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14th century Goryeo painting of Ksitigarbha holding a cintamani Mani stone. In Buddhism, the wish fulfilling jewel (Skt. maṇi, cintā-maṇi, cintāmaṇi-ratna) is an important mythic symbol indicating a magical jewel that manifests one's wishes, including the curing of disease, purification of water, granting clothing, food, treasure etc ...
Mani stones are intentionally placed along the roadsides and rivers [1] or grouped together to form mounds, [1] cairns, [2] or sometimes long walls, as an offering to spirits of place or genius loci. Creating and carving mani stones as devotional or intentional process art is a traditional sadhana of piety to yidam .
Charmstone (charm-stone and charm stone), a stone or mineral artifact associated with various traditional cultures, including those of Scotland and the native cultures of California and the American southwest. Snakestones (also Serpentstones), fossilised ammonites were thought to be petrified coiled snakes, and were called snakestones.
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Lapidaries portrayed "the most common method of medical application" being wearing the stone on one's person in a jewelry setting, for example, in a ring or a necklace or held the stone against the skin. Allowing direct contact between the gem and the skin was encouraged to facilitate the transfer of healing properties. [19]
According to Armenian "The Queen of the Serpents" legend, the serpents of Mount Ararat select a queen who destroys invading armies of foreign serpents, and carries in her mouth a "wonderful stone, the Hul, or stone of light, which upon certain nights she tosses in the air, when it shines as the sun. Happy the man who shall catch the stone ere ...
Stone massage and similar practices involving the placement of objects of different temperatures have been dated back to ancient civilizations as a form of healing and therapy. [1] Cultures including Native American, Hawaiian and many South Pacific nations have practiced similar methods to provide physical and spiritual ease. [2]
Zultanite rough crystal and gemstones. Zultanite is a gem variety of the mineral diaspore, mined in the İlbir Mountains of southwest Turkey at an elevation of over 4,000 feet. [1] The mineral's name is a trade name and is equivalent to the trade name Csarite. [2]