The Axis of Pythea, seen in Ground State, is an ancient power that bridges all dimensions. It was forged from the tripod of the Delphic oracle into a metal arch set into a marble base. It stands approximately two feet high and weighs eighteen pounds. The Axis is …

This was an orb used to ward off ancient primordial evil. It was used by the monks of Dagon to repel Glorificus, and by the Buffybot in The Gift to weaken Glory’s power.

Josephus du Lac was a theologian and mathematician. He belonged to a religious sect that was excommunicated by the Vatican at the beginning of the nineteenth century. He invented the du Lac cross, which was used to decipher hidden meanings and encrypted texts, and wrote the du Lac manuscripts which …

The Ferula Gemina looks like a stick, but has the power to split a person in half, putting positive and negative personality traits into two separate bodies. Neither body can survive without the other. Toth intended to kill the ‘Buffy’ part of Buffy in The Replacement, so the Slayer would …

The Gem of Amarrah was a legend amongst vampires. The Gem rendered the vampire who wore it invincible. Vampires combed the world for the Gem, but none found it and it was concluded that the Gem must be a myth, not unlike the Holy Grail. In The Harsh Light of …

Gwendolyn Post alerted the Scoobies to the presence of the Glove of Mynnigon in the episode Revelations. It was buried in Sunnydale in the Von Hauftman family crypt in Sunnydale. Once worn, the Glove could never be removed. It attached itself to the wearer via steel clamps and those who …

The Orb Of Thesulah was the key to translating the Transliteration Annuls for the Rituals of the Undead. These texts contained the spell to restore a soul to the undead but were lost. In Becoming (Part 1), Giles says to Willow that he has an Orb Of Thesulah which can …

The Transliteration Annuls for the Rituals of the Undead were encrypted texts on how to use the Orb of Thessulah. The translation had been lost for years until Jenny Calendar deciphered it using a computer programme. Angelus murdered Jenny in the episode Passion before she was able to use the …

Spike used the Urn of Ishtar in The Magic Box as an ashtray in Blood Ties, which was how Buffy discovered he’d been there with Dawn.

The Scoobies needed this to perform their resurrection spell on Buffy in Bargaining. Anya found the last known urn on Ebay, which she brought from desert gnome in Cairo (along with a Backstreet Boys lunchbox). The Urn was broken by demons called Hellions.

Three Vahrall demons attempted to open the Hellmouth in the episode Doomed using the blood of a man, the bones of a child and the Word of Valios. This was a fifteenth century talisman, which Giles just happened to have in his apartment. He says he brought it at a …