How to choose an amulet or a talisman?

Ancient civilizations of India, China, Egypt, Greece,Rome believed in the close connection of man with nature and, especially, with the stone, because the stone is as much an integral part of nature as plants and animals, but the world of stone is much older than the living world.



Ancient Greek scientists - Plato, Herodotus, Theophrastus - in their works paid much attention to the magical and healing properties of precious stones.
Aristotle wrote a book in which were collectedlegends about the stones used in medicine. Well-known scientists of Ancient Rome also devoted their scientific treatises to gems and their magical properties. This was written by Guy Pliny the Elder and his contemporary Dioscorides. That's what the medieval scholar, philosopher, poet Marbod Rensky said in his "Poem about gems or precious stones":



"It is known to everyone that the art of doctors is helped by stones

From human bodies to drive out malicious diseases.

It is also known that stones are the cause

All the blessings given to those who should wear them.

Let no one be surprised - the doubt here is inappropriate, -

That in the precious stones magic is hidden power.

In the herbs, it is, and in the rocks it is only more powerful. "



In the Middle Ages, the Christian Church forbadewear amulets and talismans, considering them a diabolical obsession. But it was very difficult to deal with this: after all, the belief in the magical power of these objects was rooted in pagan rituals. Faith in the miraculous power of the stone accompanied the man at all times. And till now people, getting gem stones, hope that they will help them alleviate suffering, relieve pain, become happier. Astrologers tried to reconcile the magical properties of gems with the position of the zodiacal constellations on the celestial sphere.
There are several distribution options"patron stones" on the signs of the Zodiac, proposed by various astrological schools. Currently, there are various versions of translations of ancient treatises, which describes the magical and healing properties of minerals. There are tables of the "lucky stones" of the month, based on the data of ancient literary sources: "The Bible, the Book of Exodus," "The Bible, Apocalypse," "The Chestpiece of the Byzantine Bishop Epiphany," "The Prophecies of the Delphic Oracle, collected from Herodotus" and others. But we must take into account that the compilers of these translations and tables, often without knowing the gemmological terminology and gemmochronology, use the names of stones that do not always correspond to the described time.


The International Association of Jewelers (IBA) has carefully studied all the existing lists of talisman stones from ancient biblical to modern and published an updated list.


The National Association of Jewelers (NAJ) of Great Britain believes that every month of the year has its own color and stones of a similar color correspond to it.



Jewelry stones, according to the recommendations of the IBA and NAIU, are arranged in the following order:



January garnet dark red

February amethyst purple

March aquamarine pale blue

April diamond colorless

May emerald bright green

June pearls cream

July ruby red

August chrysolite pale blue

September Sapphire Dark Blue

October opal white

November topaz yellow

December turquoise sky blue



(on the materials of the site "World of precious stones")</ p>