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A Lapidary of Sacred Stones: Their Magical and Medicinal Powers Based on the Earliest Sources
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Hardcover
With Jon E. Graham (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Inner Traditions (December 4, 2012)
9781594774638 | details & prices | 357 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $26.95
About: A comprehensive dictionary of sacred and magical gem lore that draws on the rarest source texts of Antiquity and the Middle Ages ⢠Reveals the healing and magical virtues of familiar gemstones, such as amethyst, emerald, and diamond, as well as the lore surrounding exotic stones such as astrios, a stone celebrated by ancient magicians ⢠Examines bezoars (stones formed in animalsâ bodies) and âmagnetsâ that attract materials other than metal ⢠Based on ancient Arabic, Greek, Jewish, and European sources, ranging from the observations of Pliny the Elder to extremely rare texts such as the Picatrix and Damigeronâs Virtue of Stones Our ancestors believed stones were home to sacred beings of power, entities that if properly understood and cultivated could provide people protection from ill fortune, envy, and witchcraft; grant invisibility and other magical powers; improve memory; and heal the sick from a wide variety of diseases.
About: A comprehensive dictionary of sacred and magical gem lore that draws on the rarest source texts of Antiquity and the Middle Ages ⢠Reveals the healing and magical virtues of familiar gemstones, such as amethyst, emerald, and diamond, as well as the lore surrounding exotic stones such as astrios, a stone celebrated by ancient magicians ⢠Examines bezoars (stones formed in animalsâ bodies) and âmagnetsâ that attract materials other than metal ⢠Based on ancient Arabic, Greek, Jewish, and European sources, ranging from the observations of Pliny the Elder to extremely rare texts such as the Picatrix and Damigeronâs Virtue of Stones Our ancestors believed stones were home to sacred beings of power, entities that if properly understood and cultivated could provide people protection from ill fortune, envy, and witchcraft; grant invisibility and other magical powers; improve memory; and heal the sick from a wide variety of diseases.