Gem Lore

Christian Gemstone Literature: Marbodus & Lapidaries

Christian Gemstone Literature: Marbodus & Lapid...

Christian gemstone literature — from Marbodus of Rennes's verse lapidary to Albertus Magnus's scientific gem treatise to Hildegard von Bingen's healing prescriptions — represents the most systematic attempt in Western...

Christian Gemstone Literature: Marbodus & Lapid...

Christian gemstone literature — from Marbodus of Rennes's verse lapidary to Albertus Magnus's scientific gem treatise to Hildegard von Bingen's healing prescriptions — represents the most systematic attempt in Western...

Christian Gemstone Legacy: Modern Spiritual Use

Christian Gemstone Legacy: Modern Spiritual Use

The Christian gemstone legacy — two millennia of biblical gem symbolism, medieval lapidary wisdom, and liturgical gem use — continues to shape modern spiritual practice, offering crystal healing practitioners a...

Christian Gemstone Legacy: Modern Spiritual Use

The Christian gemstone legacy — two millennia of biblical gem symbolism, medieval lapidary wisdom, and liturgical gem use — continues to shape modern spiritual practice, offering crystal healing practitioners a...

Biblical Gemstone Identification: Ancient vs Modern

Biblical Gemstone Identification: Ancient vs Mo...

Many biblical gemstone names refer to different stones than their modern equivalents — the biblical sapphire is lapis lazuli, the biblical topaz is peridot, the biblical diamond may be moonstone...

Biblical Gemstone Identification: Ancient vs Mo...

Many biblical gemstone names refer to different stones than their modern equivalents — the biblical sapphire is lapis lazuli, the biblical topaz is peridot, the biblical diamond may be moonstone...

Medieval Christian Gemstone Symbolism: Lapidaries

Medieval Christian Gemstone Symbolism: Lapidaries

Medieval Christian lapidaries — the encyclopedic texts that catalogued the spiritual, medicinal, and magical properties of precious stones — represent the most systematic attempt in Western history to understand gemstone...

Medieval Christian Gemstone Symbolism: Lapidaries

Medieval Christian lapidaries — the encyclopedic texts that catalogued the spiritual, medicinal, and magical properties of precious stones — represent the most systematic attempt in Western history to understand gemstone...

Hildegard von Bingen & Gemstones: Medieval Healing

Hildegard von Bingen & Gemstones: Medieval Healing

Hildegard von Bingen — the 12th-century German abbess and mystic — wrote the most detailed gemstone healing guide in medieval Christian tradition, her Physica prescribing specific stones for specific ailments...

Hildegard von Bingen & Gemstones: Medieval Healing

Hildegard von Bingen — the 12th-century German abbess and mystic — wrote the most detailed gemstone healing guide in medieval Christian tradition, her Physica prescribing specific stones for specific ailments...

Christian Gemstone Amulets: Protective Stone Guide

Christian Gemstone Amulets: Protective Stone Guide

Christian gemstone amulets — from engraved gem rings of the early Church to medieval gem-set crosses and scapulars — represent a two-thousand-year tradition of using specific stones for specific protective...

Christian Gemstone Amulets: Protective Stone Guide

Christian gemstone amulets — from engraved gem rings of the early Church to medieval gem-set crosses and scapulars — represent a two-thousand-year tradition of using specific stones for specific protective...