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Precious stones, individuality of, 26 in high-priest's breastplate,
235-306 life in, 5
magical virtue of, 5-8, 44, 45 meaning of, seen in dreams,
356-358 names of, used as adjectives, 12, 13 used by Shelley, 13 used in typography, 12 of Mohammedan heavens,
349
perfume of, 376 principal, found in various States of the Union,
364-366 religious use of, 235-274 sex of, 40, 41, 42 symbolizing
initials of names
47-50 therapeutic effect of, 367-
391 to express acrostics, 359 worn by Chinese mandarins to designate rank, 256 Prehite, 365 Preston, Richard, curative sapphire
of, 387, 388 Price, Prof. Ira Maurice, 233 Procopius, 283 Prellus, 381
Ptolemy II, Philadelphus, 67, 93 Pueblo Bonito, relics from, 81, 92,
112, 113 Pueblo Indians, 81, 92, 112 Punamu, New Zealand jade, 87-90,
254 Puranas, 236, 241 Pyrites, Aztec mirrors of, 99
"fools' gold," 99 Pyrope, 34
Q
Quartz, 122, 145, 298
cat's-eye, 334 "Questions of King Melinda," extract from, 235
R
Rabanus Maurus, 305, 314'
Rabelais, 349
Radium, 381
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 383
Raziel, Book of, 132
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Sir Charles Hercules, vii Red, Christian symbolism of, 273 gems in
dreams, 357 in occult ritual, 336 significance of, 30 stones,
therapeutic effect of, 370 worn in Siam for Sunday, 335 Sea,
chrysolites from island in, 66 Reinach, Dr. Salomon, vii Rémusat, Abel,
300 Reuben, 289, 291 Revelation, book of, 236, 275, 295,
302,
303, 304, 307, 310, 311, 318 Rhodolite, from North Carolina, 365
Rhodonite, gem of Russia, 364 Ridgeley, Prof. W., 203 Rig Veda, of
seven ratnas, 243 Ring of elmêshu-stone, 231
engagement, combining all favorable influences, 362 Gyges, 7
St. Elizabeth, 165
St. Valentine, 257
Rings set with scarabs, 119
seven,
of Mollonius of Tyana, 244 with initials, 359 Rock-crystal, 10, 122,
133, 217, 236, 244, 265, 292, 336 as religious symbol, 100 Aztec skull
of, 100, 101 gem of Aries, 347
of
the moon, 348 god Maya's tank of, 237 humorous tale of, 101 temples of,
in China, 101 used as fetich by Cherokees, 254 "Roman de la Rose,"
magic stones
in, 43 Rosicrucians, 269 Rostand, Edmond, 138 Rubellite, 360
Ruby, 10, 26, 33, 40, 101-103, 124,
133, 234, 236, 238, 240, 241,
242, 243, 244, 280, 292, 343,
372, 375, 381
as natal stone, 308, 316, 319, 320,
335 curative effects of, 28 embedded in flesh by Burmese,
103
gem of Capricorn, 347 of Mars, 348, 349 of Summer, 323, 324 of Taurus,
343, 347 in dreams, 357 lost and regained brilliancy, 159
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