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Ch. 3: Talismanic Use of Special Stones

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TALISMANIC USE OF PRECIOUS STONES        77
a revealer of truth, this stone was an enemy of all en­chantments and conjurations; hence it was greatly favored by magicians, who found all their arts of no
avail if an emerald were in their vicinity when they began to weave their spells.56
" Morales, " De las piedras preciosas," Valladolid, 1604, fol. 101.
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