The Magic and Science of Jewels and Stones

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Author

Kozminsky, Isidore, 1870-

Credits

Produced by KD Weeks, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Occultism -- Miscellanea

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57980

Release Date

October 4, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MAGIC AND SCIENCE OF JEWELS AND STONES
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I STUDY OF PRECIOUS STONES IN EARLY TIMES
6. 6.CHAPTER II THE MOST ANCIENT SCIENCE — ASTROLOGY: COLOURS OF THE HEAVENS.
7. 7.CHAPTER III THE EPHOD OF THE HIGH PRIEST — THE EPHOD OF THE HIGH PRIEST: THE HEAVENS, THE GATES, THE CAVES: THE FOUR WORLDS.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE BREASTPLATE OF JUDGMENT
9. 9.CHAPTER V INTERPRETATION OF THE BREASTPLATE ACCORDING TO ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
10. 10.CHAPTER VI THE STONES OF THE BREASTPLATE AND THE ZODIAC
11. 11.CHAPTER VII OLD LEGENDS
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII STONES IN VARIOUS MYTHOLOGIES
13. 13.CHAPTER IX STONES AND THEIR STORIES
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE GREATEST CHARMS IN THE WORLD
15. 15.PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS GEMS ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
16. 16.CHAPTER XI AGATE-AMAZONITE
17. 17.CHAPTER XII AMBER—AZURITE
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII THE BERYL FAMILY
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV BALAS—CRYSOCOLLA
20. 20.CHAPTER XV CHRYSOLITE—CRYSTAL
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI THE DIAMOND
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII SOME FAMOUS AND WONDERFUL DIAMONDS AND THEIR STORIES
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII DICHROITE—IOLITE
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX JACINTH—LODESTONE
25. 25.CHAPTER XX MALACHITE—NEPHRITE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI OBSIDIAN—ONYX
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII THE OPAL
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII THE FLAME QUEEN
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV VARIOUS KINDS OF OPAL
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV PEARL
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI PEARL
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII PERIDOT—RUBY
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII RUTILE—SAPPHIRE
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX SARDONYX—SUCCINITE
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX TITANITE—TOPAZ
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI TOURMALINE—ZIRCON
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII STONES IN SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII FORMS, COMPOSITIONS, CHARACTERISTICS, ZODIACAL CLASSIFICATION, AND PLACES OF ORIGIN
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV GEMS IN HERALDRY, MAGICAL SQUARES OF ABRA MELIN THE MAGE, CHARUBEL’S GEM INFLUENCES, GEMS OF COUNTRIES
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV THE INEVITABLE LAW OF TRANSMUTATION

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