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Lapidary medicine is a pseudoscientific concept based on the belief that gemstones have healing properties. The source of the idea of lapidary medicine stems from information found in lapidaries, books giving "information about the properties and virtues of precious and semi-precious stones."
A sacred stone, the "father to all stones", the navel of the earth, containing sacred letters and endowed with healing properties in East Slavic legends. Alomkik: A place accessible to the Abenaki peoples' mythological protector Pamola, where he holds those who trespass on Maine's Mount Katahdin. Altjira
The Greeks and Romans, at least from the Hellenistic period onward, used Neolithic stone axeheads for the apotropaic protection of buildings. [6] A 1985 survey of the use of prehistoric axes in Romano-British contexts found forty examples, of which twenty-nine were associated with buildings including villas, military structures such as barracks, temples, and kilns.
A 17th century English lapidary text. The etymological root of the word lapidary is the Latin word lapis, meaning "stone". [6] In the 14th century, the term evolved from lapidarius, meaning 'stonecutter' or 'working with stone', into the Old French word lapidaire, meaning 'one skilled in working with precious stones'.
For Emily Balliet, whose Altadena home burned down in the wildfires, the work of the LA Lost Stuffy Project has brought "light" to her family during what she described as a "dark time."
Oil of Saint Philomena. The Oil of Saints, also known as the Manna of the Saints, is "an aromatic liquid with healing properties" [1] or "holy water (very much like myrrh)" [2] which "is said to have flowed, or still flows, from the relics or burial places" [3] of certain Christian saints, who are known as myroblytes while the exudation itself is referred to as myroblysia [4] or myroblytism.
A Queens public high-school teacher created a creepy “escape room” where he allegedly sexually abused a female student, according to a troubling new report.
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