with an extensive gazetteer of over 700 UK sightings and traditions

representing everything from the sacred waters of the Norse

and naturalists

People across cultures and through the centuries have felt a spiritual

and folk incantations

A Lapidary of Sacred Stones besom with an extensive gazetteer ofA comprehensive dictionary of sacred and magical gem lore that draws on the rarest source texts of Antiquity and the Middle Ages Reveals the healing and magical virtues of familiar gemstones, such as amethyst, emerald, and diamond, as well as the lore surrounding exotic stones such as astrios, a stone celebrated by ancient magicians Examines bezoars (stones formed in animals bodies) and magnets that attract materials other than metal Based on ancient