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Gemstones, Superstitions and Mystical Power

Since the beginning of recorded history,the powerful beliefs in gems have
precious stones and gems have been held inproliferated over the ages. A person in
great regard. Ancient peoples have beenpossession of a ruby may have an experience
putting jewels on monuments, jewelry,that cannot be explained through reason and
caskets, and many other places. Today, as inlogic. In the absence of a logical
ancient times, people have been putting moreexplanation, the person may very well be apt
than  just  monetary  value  on  gemstones.to  assign  some  power  to  the  stone.
The magi, the wise men, the seers, and theIf the supernatural powers of certain gems or
astrologers of the ages have found importanceanything for that matter cannot be fathomed
in gemstones besides personal adornment. Itby people, than how is it that people can
was thought that all the evil in the worldbelieve  in  the supernatural power of a god.
could be kept at bay by wearing certain
gemstones.Paracelsus was a bright and talented thinker
during the sixteenth century AD. Paracelsus
In medieval times, the influence of gems andwas thought to possess extraordinary mental
stones continued. It was not until thepowers and believed he had mystic powers over
Renaissance period that an effort was made tosupernatural  agencies.
find reason for these traditional beliefs. In
earlier times, there was little doubt thatHe was the owner of a talismanic jewel, which
beliefs existed, and were taken granted. ItParacelsus claimed was the dwelling of a
was not until later that people attemptedspirit named Azoth. Old portraits of the
find plausible explanations as to how thesephilosopher have been found with him wearing
gems were given their strange and mysticthe jewel. Few people thought that Paracelsus
powers, and how they affected the health,believed that his jewel was home to a spirit,
character,  or  fortunes  of  the gems owner.but rather that he sported the paraphernalia
in order to gain influence over nonbelievers.
When the existence of a miracle is noted,
there will always be a tendency for people toIt was once thought that long concentration
regard every strange and mystifying happeningof vision on an object tended to produce a
as a miracle. A miracle is often described aspartial paralysis of certain functions of the
something that happens outside of, or inbrain. The effect was noted in a bird gazing
spite of the laws of nature. The combinationinto the eyes of a hungry serpent, or the
of visual impression and imagination areobedience of a lion when made to look into
powerful forces. An adult entering a dimlythe eyes of an intent trainer. Staring
lit room may see pile of laundry not thinkwithout interruption on a glass ball, opal or
much of it. A young child entering the samemoonstone was thought to cause the gazer to
room may imagine that the indistinct outlinebecome partially hypnotized or even fall into
is  that  of  a  monster.a profound sleep. Whether these phenomenons
are the imaginative workings of the brain,
Miracles are often investigated, and there issemi trance, or hypnotism, it is believed to
usually a way to explain the eventgive  insight  to  the  future.
scientifically. Even with the marvelous
secrets that have been revealed to us byThe hypnotic effect of these stones may be
science, we may be foolish to think that notfrom some gleam or point of light in the
all of the old beliefs of gems powers arestone, fixing the beholders gaze. In the
without some basis in fact. If you think ofearly part of the 1800s, extensive tests were
all of the new ways that information isdesigned to test the effects produced upon a
transmitted, none is more powerful than wordsensitive subject by the touch of the
of mouth. Ever since humans have usedprecious stones and minerals. Test subjects
language as means of communication, wordsclaimed to feel certain effects from certain
have held great power. So powerful isstones.
language that entire civilizations have been
influenced  by  the  words  of  a  few.With precious stones as hypnotizing agents,
the mental impression is widely different,
Even in the face of science and reason,for here the physical impression is
closely held beliefs have been reinforced byheightened by the consciousness of the value
tales of enchantment and magical influence.and  rarity  of  the  material.
If the subconscious of one individual can
affect the thoughts and feelings of anotherThis help may help to explain the fascination
over a great distance without mechanicalthat a fine set of jewels has on the mind of
means, could this be due to some yet to bea woman, who sees the glory and radiance upon
discovered power? Should we be dismissive ofanother womans neck or wrist. This is not
a magician and his spells, or the predictionsonly due to the beauty of the spectacle, but
or  a  seer?is also owed to the consciousness that they
are rare and valuable objects, and perhaps
The theory of autosuggestion may explain howeloquent witnesses of the power of love.



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