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Remember a while ago we had a topic about energy of stones and I was very skeptical? This is a passage from "Shulamith", a re-tell of "Song of songs" by a certain writer. The writer was interested in mysticism and very well-read.
In this passage, Solomon tells Shulamith about the properties of different stones as he adorns her with them. I let off most of the text.
(Ruby) is the holy stone of Ophir. It is the stone of love, anger and blood. On the hand of a person who has a fever or lust, it becomes hotter and burns with red fire. If you grind it in powder and drink with water, it makes face blush, quenches stomach pains and makes soul happy. It heals the heart, the brain and the memory. One should not wear it in presence of children, though, because it evokes passion.
Sapphire is the stone of virginity. They use to put it into mouths during long travels to quench thirst. It also heals leprosy and all malignant growths. It gives clarity to thoughts. Roman priests wear it on index fingers.
Shamir (i.e. diamond - C) is the king of all gems. Greeks call it Adamas which means unconquerable. It shines in the darkness of the night but even at daytime it loses its shine on the hand of an assassin. Shamir is bandaged to the hand of a woman who is in difficult labor. Warriors going into battle wear it on their left hands. The wearer of Shamir is liked by kings and unafraid of evil ghosts. It clears the face, the breath, calms sleep of lunatics and gets wet if it is close to poison. These stones are male and female, when buried deep in earth, they can multiply.
Moonstone is the stone of Chaldean and Babylonian Magi. Before issuing oracles they put it under their tongues and it renders them capable of foreseeing the future. In the nights of the New Moon it gets cold and shines brighter. It helps a girl when she matures.
Smaragd (Emerald) is the favorite stone of Solomon. If you look at it for a long time, your mind gets brighter, if you look at it in the morning, the whole day will be easy for you. It chases away bad dreams and evil thoughts, treats palpitations. Snakes and scorpions won''t approach the wearer of emerald. Ground emerald mixed with hot camel milk is given to a poisoned person. Mixed with rose oil, it alleviates bites of poisonous insects. Mixed with saffron and applied on eyes, it heals chicken blindness (vitamin A deficiency - C). It helps bloody diarrhea and black cough (pneumonia? lung plague? pulmonary abscess? - C).
There are more but I have no time to go further today. I thought it was funny. I shall continue later - in case someone wants help during hunting, drinking and earthquakes...
In this passage, Solomon tells Shulamith about the properties of different stones as he adorns her with them. I let off most of the text.
(Ruby) is the holy stone of Ophir. It is the stone of love, anger and blood. On the hand of a person who has a fever or lust, it becomes hotter and burns with red fire. If you grind it in powder and drink with water, it makes face blush, quenches stomach pains and makes soul happy. It heals the heart, the brain and the memory. One should not wear it in presence of children, though, because it evokes passion.
Sapphire is the stone of virginity. They use to put it into mouths during long travels to quench thirst. It also heals leprosy and all malignant growths. It gives clarity to thoughts. Roman priests wear it on index fingers.
Shamir (i.e. diamond - C) is the king of all gems. Greeks call it Adamas which means unconquerable. It shines in the darkness of the night but even at daytime it loses its shine on the hand of an assassin. Shamir is bandaged to the hand of a woman who is in difficult labor. Warriors going into battle wear it on their left hands. The wearer of Shamir is liked by kings and unafraid of evil ghosts. It clears the face, the breath, calms sleep of lunatics and gets wet if it is close to poison. These stones are male and female, when buried deep in earth, they can multiply.
Moonstone is the stone of Chaldean and Babylonian Magi. Before issuing oracles they put it under their tongues and it renders them capable of foreseeing the future. In the nights of the New Moon it gets cold and shines brighter. It helps a girl when she matures.
Smaragd (Emerald) is the favorite stone of Solomon. If you look at it for a long time, your mind gets brighter, if you look at it in the morning, the whole day will be easy for you. It chases away bad dreams and evil thoughts, treats palpitations. Snakes and scorpions won''t approach the wearer of emerald. Ground emerald mixed with hot camel milk is given to a poisoned person. Mixed with rose oil, it alleviates bites of poisonous insects. Mixed with saffron and applied on eyes, it heals chicken blindness (vitamin A deficiency - C). It helps bloody diarrhea and black cough (pneumonia? lung plague? pulmonary abscess? - C).
There are more but I have no time to go further today. I thought it was funny. I shall continue later - in case someone wants help during hunting, drinking and earthquakes...
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