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Topaz
Topaz is a semiprecious stone. It is associated with the celestial bodies - planets Pluto and Mercury. The name topaz comes from the name of Topasione, a small island located in the Red Sea, where the sailors had found the gem. This stone was very popular in the ancient world. The color of topaz varies. It can be purple, pink, orange, but there is also the prevailing topaz, without color.
Topaz has been considered as a stone of justice and entrepreneurs.
In ancient times it was believed that topaz could bring luck in business, and could make someone rich. When someone undertook an important mission or wanted to succeed in business, it was necessary to take topaz as a talisman to bring good luck. This stone was able to predict the intentions and actions of a business partner and "pushed" towards the right decision. It was also considered to be a stone of revelation of the secret, a stone of criminologists and psychologists. Topaz develops intuition, warns against the intentions of the enemy. But this stone was contraindicated in a family, could destroy the family heritage.
Topaz has its medicinal properties. It helps in asthma attacks; it is useful for diseases of spine, anemia, and epilepsy. Topaz is also useful to improve the effectiveness of various treatments for chronic diseases. Like many other gemstones, topaz protects a person from madness and evil eye, returns a healthy sleep. It is believed that if a man wears topaz, he will be endowed with wisdom, intellect and rationality, while a woman will be endowed with beauty.
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Garnet - symoblism of the stone
Garnet (from Latin "granatus") is a talisman and a mystical stone. It is associated with the zodiac signs of Leo and Capricorn. There are different kinds of garnet: pyrope (yellowish-red garnet), almandine (violet-red garnet), andradite (emerald garnet), grossularite (colorless garnet) and melanite (black garnet). Another name for garnet is venus: the name has long been known in Russia. The ancient Romans called garnet "carbuncle".
Different ethnic groups attributed magical properties to garnet. Thus, in the Middle Ages there was a belief that garnet might give its owner a strong desire. They also believed that wearing the garnet, a man became very fiery and passionate with the gift of brilliance in his eyes. The people of Persia believed the garnet to be their patron, even called it "a real rock". For the Chinese the garnet symbolized the fun. This stone was a guardian against the evil eye, bad dreams and betrayals. In ancient Egypt and Babylon, the garnet was associated with the harvest. In India it was a symbol of love and devotion. For many centuries it has been believed that the garnet was a stone of friendship, it would improve human relationships and reinforce the bonds of love. The medieval magicians believed that the garnet would generate insane passion, and sometimes this fact turned against the owners themselves. The stolen garnet can bring many disasters.
This stone has long been considered as an amulet or a stone of lovers, a symbol of love, friendship or affection.
Because of its deep red color, the garnet has long been regarded as a stabilizer of blood pressure. One of the therapeutic properties of the garnet is to help infectious diseases and febrile conditions. The garnet gives power to people, increases vitality.
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The emerald is a green stone, a magical talisman.
Babylonian astrologers connected this stone with the sign of Cancer. In the European tradition with astrological subject the emerald belongs to the constellation of Taurus. It corresponds to the earth element. The emerald was dedicated to Venus. It is the stone of June. The emerald as a mineral belongs to a group of beryl. Its stones are aquamarine similar to beryl and heliodor. The emerald is the rarest and the most expensive. It is used in the manufacture of jewellery. Emeralds and diamonds have the same market price. The oldest mine of emeralds was discovered by the first Egyptian Pharaoh. It was situated in the Arabian desert, on the watershed between the Nile and the Red Sea. Out of all the precious stones queen Cleopatra considered the emerald to be the only worthy of her beauty.
Even her image was carved on the stone of the emerald. An Arab camp, where thousands of slaves worked, had become known as "Cleopatra's Emerald Mine." Many legends tell that the emerald has become the most precious treasure in the collection of many rulers. A great lover of emeralds was the Queen of Sheba, and the emperor Nero used special lenses made of emerald to watch the gladiators fight.
To the Incas the emerald was revered as a sacred stone on a par with gold. The Peruvians used the green stone as a talisman, which had special magical power.
The Brazilian Indians called the emerald "Tepostonom" - the son of the mountain. The legend of the Inca religion tells of a giant emerald that had the size of an ostrich egg.
In Russia, a mine of emeralds was discovered in the Urals, on the bank of the river by a farmer named Maxim Kozhevnikov in 1831. The emerald produces in the soul a sense of peace. It symbolizes spring, fertility, youth, freshness, life, joy, hope, memories. The emerald was used in medicine as a remedy for fever and leprosy. In India, the emerald was a talisman against evil spirits. The emerald is the stone dedicated to people who are devoted to the art. It serves as a source of inspiration for poets, artists and musicians. In medieval Europe the emerald was assigned as a prize winner in the race of bards. Pushkin has also discovered the magic of the emerald: the emerald served him as a talisman necessary for his work. To this stone Pushkin dedicated a poem: "Keep me, my talisman ..."
Like many other stones, the emerald also has its positive and negative characteristics.
In ancient times it was believed that the emerald reflected all what was secret, and it was able to understand the future. Placed under the tongue, the emerald gives man the gift of prophecy. It banishes bad dreams, because it breaks free from insomnia, it strengthens the human heart and eliminates all evil spirits. The emerald should be embedded in gold to be able to save its owner from dangers. It is also important to know that the emerald does not tolerate lie and hypocrisy. Such people will always be accompanied with misfortune and disease.
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For some time the intelligent pig has a negative symbolism: an incorrect value, ignorance and greed.
In the ancient world, however, the pig was seen as a symbol of fertility, and in Egypt as an animal sacred to Isis, the goddess of agriculture, Ceres in Rome and Demeter in Greece.
The American Indians perceived the pig as a bringer of rain, which fertilizes the earth. For the Celts, it was a symbol of strength and love, fertility, good luck and prosperity, and consecrated to the goddess of the pig Ceridwen, "Old White" and the mother of the goddess of the moon and fertility Theia, who was nursing the gods with her breasts. For Hindus, the pig represents the female aspect of Vishnu - Vajravarahi. The black pig, on the contrary, is disturbing; however, in Egypt it is an animal sacred to Seth, the god of the desert, storms and foreigners.
In Buddhism, the pig is located in the center of the wheel of existence and represents ignorance - one of the three illusions that prevent a person to arrive at the fullness of life (the ultimate goal of it). As well, in Judaism and Islam, the pig is an unclean animal, in fact, Jews and Muslims do not eat pork. Christians see it as a vile, rude creature, a symbol of the sins of the flesh, and in particular as an expression of greed. The pig can be identified with Satan, because of the "marks of the devil," the footprints left by the front legs of the pig.
The twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac is the pig, the embodiment of integrity. The Suidae family, to which the pigs belong, includes the wild boar, which for the Greeks, Celts and Japanese symbolizes the positive characteristics of strength and ferocity.For Hindus, Vishnu and Rudra boars were celestial. In the Western tradition, however, the wild boar can also be referred to brutality, lust and sin.
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The wild boar and pig
The wild boar, like the moon, is a solar symbol. The wild boar is the personification of the sun, and is associated with masculinity in its extreme manifestations such as: aggression, courage, struggle, blood lust, intemperance, gluttony, immorality and debauchery. The "white pig" was considered a lunar animal, associated with female and fertility. For the Celts the symbol of the wild boar expressed positive values. This animal was considered the embodiment of courage and altruism. The Scandinavians believed that the wild boar had prodigious abilities, so they wore helmets emblazoned with the image of the wild boar, or the mask of the animal, so that the soldiers on the battlefield had their protection.
The warrior, wearing a special helmet or wild boar mask, was under the protection of the goddess Freya. In the tomb of the deceased the wild boar flesh was placed, because it was believed that this would give him the strength on the way to the afterlife. For the Greeks, the Hittites and the Norse mythology the motif of the transformation of man into the wild boar often prevails. In that way the sinners were punished for their misdeeds.
The Indians of South America were convinced that the pigs turned into beast people to insult the son of a god or a hero. The Druids associate the wild boar with incarnation of spiritual power, while its opponent, the bear represents the secular, military power. Perhaps, this association was born, because the wild boar lives in the forest, and leads a secluded secret life that resembles that of a solitary hermit. In addition, pigs feed on acorns, the fruit of the sacred oak, mushrooms and truffles.
In the Indian mythology and legend it is said that Brahmin Vishnu saved the earth in the form of the wild boar. The demon Hiranyaksha, an implacable enemy of the gods, sank the earth into the ocean, but the wild boar Varaha killed the demon and lifted the earth from the water with the tusks. The female incarnation of Varaha is Vajravarahi (a feminine form of the Buddha, also known as Vajradakini (Diamond Skywalker) or Vajrayogini (Diamond Spiritual Athlete).
The above female deities symbolically represent the Buddhist view, the illumination goes beyond any sexual identity. Hindus worshiped the wild boar, as a source of life and fertility. In the Buddhist iconography, the wild boar is located in the center of the wheel of samsara, as a symbol of the sins of the flesh, passion and ignorance. In Christianity, the symbol of the wild boar has a downside. It is often associated with ferocity, wild blind force, cruelty, lust and gluttony. It is also associated with the devil and the dark forces of evil.
An episode of the Gospel tells of Christ's exorcism. The man possessed by demons in the land of the Gerasenes, was forced to live in caves and wander through the mountains in the throes of his madness. When Jesus met him and asked his name, he called himself "Legion," because there were a lot of demons inside of him. Then those demons begged Jesus to be sent in the middle of the pigs. They were satisfied, but the pigs went crazy, rushed into the lake, drowning (see the Gospel according to St. Luke and Mark). For Jews and Muslims pork is evil, forbidden food, and its symbolism is also associated with gluttony, lust, unbridled aggression. However, the pig is a symbol of motherhood, prosperity and wealth. It is also dedicated to the Great Mother that represents both the fertility and the greed and the greatest deception of the goddess.
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Ancient Germanic wild boars
For Nordic Gods Frejra and Freji, the wild boar was considered a sacred animal. Frejra called the wild boar sunny Gullinburstine, which means "from the golden bristles." For Freji the wild boars, Hildisvini, were her beloved herd; so, this animal was considered a symbol of protection of the goddess, as well as for military affairs and love. The warriors of Odin in Valhalla ate the wild boar Zehrimnira every day, and at night its bones grew back the meat again.
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Wild boar hunting
The victory of the hero of the wild boar is a common mythological motif. The ancient cults linked the boar with the beyond. They believed that the ruler of the "kingdom of darkness" always had in abundance, pork, with which he fed people. The Celts believed that the wild boar pursued by hunters, could lead them into the realm of the dead. The Romans associated the wild boar with god Mercury that was believed to be the companion of souls into the kingdom of the dead.
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The shepherds
In ancient times, those who took care of cattle were highly respected in their communities. It was thought that the shepherds had secret power, allowing them to come into contact with the animals. In addition, it was believed that the divine shepherds, rulers and protectors of animals were endowed with the ability to penetrate in the afterlife.
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The Eleusinian Mysteries
In Eleusis in Attica, the ancient Greeks used to organize a religious festival in honor of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone. Demeter is the hypostasis of the White Goddess, a symbol of the female fertility, the bloom and life. The "Eleusinian Mysteries" took place in September, with nine days of celebrations and represented the myth of the abduction of Persephone from her mother Demeter by the king of the underworld Hades. They tended to the spiritual purification, and represented the suffering and tragedy, as well as a moment of consecration. In the representation of the Mysteries, Demeter is also the goddess of fertility.
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The image of the owl is contradictory.
It is a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, sensitivity, a prophetic gift, moderation, and melancholy.
However, being a night bird, it represents threat, misery, and it is a bad omen. In ancient China, Egypt, India and America, the owl was a messenger of death and was associated with the forces of evil. The Celts called it "a dead bird", the reincarnation of the witch peering at night. In Egypt it was identified with death, life after death and the kingdom of eternal sleep. The Chinese believed that the owl, while learning to fly, scratched out the eyes of its parents, so the owl for them represented ungrateful children, crime, horror and death.
The owl is a symbol of the Hindu god Yama, the Lord of the dead, who judges the soul after death, and it was also an attribute of the goddess Durga, Shiva’s wife, whose worship dates back to the cult of the Great Goddess.
The Jews have portrayed Lilith, the female demon, flanked by two owls, to emphasize her nocturnal nature, deceit, malignity, sexuality and darkness.The oldest picture of the Sumerian goddess Lilith, who, in the legend, is known as the first wife of Adam, is represented with two owls, a sacred bird of divinity. In Christianity, the owl was considered the embodiment of Satan. Some people believed that the owl attracted other birds into a net. Similarly, the Christians identified it with the devil, who seduces innocent souls, carrying them on the path of sin.
There is a very intense match of the owl with loneliness and isolation. However, at the beginning of Christianity, the owl was also related to wisdom, and sometimes you can see the image of the owl next to the crucifix. After all, Jesus sought to enlighten his wisdom "sitting in the darkness and in the shadow of death."The Slavs imagine the embodiment of the dark forces in the owl. The Poles, for example, believe that the owl dies during the day and lives only at night. Its presence near a house is interpreted as an omen of death. However, the owl is sometimes useful, warning the hunter about impending danger.
The owl and lycanthropy
It is a popular belief that the possessor of magical power could even turn into an owl, because he is a man who has something evil.
The owl of the Indians of Latin America
The Indians of Latin America worshiped it a lot, and often referred to the symbolism of the owl, which for them represented the change, the wisdom of changing a disadvantage into an advantage. The Aztecs believed that the owl was a demonic creature, and brought bad luck. The Mexican Indians worshiped the goddess of rain in the guise of an owl.
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For some time the intelligent pig has a negative symbolism: an incorrect value, ignorance and greed.
The image of the owl is contradictory.
