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Afrg«n, great name of God, on rain-stone, 5
Abarchiel, angel of March, 248
Abbott, Charles E., vii
Abdos, St., 252
Abenzoar, 136
Abracadabra charm, 326, 327
Abraham, 86
Abrantês, Duchesse d', 295
Acontus, St., 252
Acosta, Jose de, 210
Acrostics in jewels, 375
Actinolite, 2Θ
Acta of the Apostles in burning of Ephesian magic books, 325
Adair, 107
Adlerttem, 193
JSgospotami, meteor of, 79, 80
JSpinus, Franz Ulrich Theodor, 64
ältites, 20, 124, 173-178
names of, in various languages, 175
JEtius, 174
Agapitus, St., 252
Agate,
30, 31, 291, 317, 324 amulets of, in Spain, 368 as Anglo-Saxon
talisman, 331 banded, stone of Benjamin, symbolical meaning of, 283
curative use of, 129 dog's head amulet of, from Mexico, 351 "eye-," 316
idol of red, in Kaabah, 84 pebbles of, with natural markings, 377 " rainbow agate," 377, 378
Agatha, St., 257, 272
Agincourt, battle of, 259
" Ahnighito," great Cape York meteorite, 97
Alban, St., stone in Abbey of, 151-153
Al-Beruni's statement of prices of precious stones in eleventh century, 403
Alcathoue, 2
Alchemist's gold, 14, 16
medallion transmuted into, 15 medal made from, 15,18
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Alchemy, 14-16
Alectorius, 20,
119, 160, 179, 180, 181 Alexander the Great, 299, 322, 324, 378
wonderful stones found by, 70 Alexandra, Queen, talisman of, 362 Allen,
Edward Heron, 116 Amazon stones, 143, 148, 304, 320
symbol
of Suffrage Party, 374 Amber, 60-64, 297, 343, 345, 358 account of, by
Tacitus, 60 beads, 61-63 bulls of Romans, 60 crucifix of yellow, 295
curative power of, 62 electrical property of, 63 hair, 61
necklace
of, as aid to longevity, 03 oil of, 64 Ambergris, 185, 186 Ambrose,
St., 243, 272 American Polk Lore Society's exhibit in Chicago, 190,
191, 352 American Museum of Natural History, 32, 34, 96, 99 Amethyst,
58, 123, 296, 330, 335
engraved, in Egyptian amulets,
280 necklace of, ancient Egyptian,
317
stone of Ban, symbolical meaning of, 283 Amitabha, emanation of
Adi-Buddha, coral statuette of, in Royal Chapel at Lhasa, Tibet, 303
Amulets and talismans, 313-376 Abracadabra, 326, 327 against Evil Eye,
345-347 Babylonian, 314, 315 Chinese jade wands as, 385 detected by
Röntgen rays, 358 Egyptian necklace of, 317 Egyptian, with engraved
amethyst, 280 encircled with elephant's hair,
375 explanations of influence of. 313,
314 for animal», 360
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