User blog comment:TheDoctor230/Damien Darhk's Idol/@comment-27700324-20160328042048

Just like with Vixen's Totem, Damien Darhk uses mystical items for his power and that ring is one of them. As for the flashbacks, Oliver might just be doing what he always does, which is run into plotlines from the present. It is coincidental that this always happens, Because TV is weird!