The reason a talisman works is because when you inscribe something on an object you create imprints upon the aetheric fields that then create perpetual ripples in the aetheric field(the electomagnetic energy all around us).
This is why monuments are so powerful and new political orders tend to destroy them. A monument is like a giant antenna broadcasting energy related to that which the monument represents or inscriptions upon it.
Throughout Europe jews have erected monuments to the holocaust where upon those monuments in hebrew they wrote something along the lines of "may their blood be avenged", referring to the victims of the holocaust. These monuments have broadcasted energy waves to help contribute to situations that have resulted in Europeans losing ground by virtue of the fact Germany is part of the European Union necessitating that revenge be Europe-wide due to Germany's political union with Europe.
The Washington monument is the largest obelisk in the world, This has a lot to do with the global cultural power america has. Obelisk are symbols of power.
Obelisk represents petrified light. Planets revolve around the sun. The nation who is the light becomes the center of the world, becomes middle earth. Becomes the middle kingdom. The nation with the sages, the wise men(and women), is the light of the world through which other nations revolve.
Obelisks are wisdom magnets, they help draw into your nation wisdom which then makes your nation the center of world affairs culturally.