Gem Lore

Greek Gemstone Mythology: Prometheus & Gems

Greek Gemstone Mythology: Prometheus & Gems

Explore Greek gemstone mythology — Prometheus chained to the Caucasian rock and the mythological origin of gemstone ring-wearing, Prometheus's stolen fire as divine energy in gems, the Caucasus as a...

Greek Gemstone Mythology: Prometheus & Gems

Explore Greek gemstone mythology — Prometheus chained to the Caucasian rock and the mythological origin of gemstone ring-wearing, Prometheus's stolen fire as divine energy in gems, the Caucasus as a...

Greek Gemstone Legacy: Influence on Roman Culture

Greek Gemstone Legacy: Influence on Roman Culture

Explore the Greek gemstone legacy in Roman culture — Rome's passionate adoption of Greek intaglio art, Greek gem philosophy in Pliny's Natural History, Greek gem healing in Roman medicine via...

Greek Gemstone Legacy: Influence on Roman Culture

Explore the Greek gemstone legacy in Roman culture — Rome's passionate adoption of Greek intaglio art, Greek gem philosophy in Pliny's Natural History, Greek gem healing in Roman medicine via...

Greek Gemstone Medicine: Dioscorides & Healing

Greek Gemstone Medicine: Dioscorides & Healing

Explore Greek gemstone medicine — Dioscorides and his De Materia Medica, the Galenic elemental framework for gem healing, hematite as the blood stone of Greek medicine, malachite and lapis lazuli...

Greek Gemstone Medicine: Dioscorides & Healing

Explore Greek gemstone medicine — Dioscorides and his De Materia Medica, the Galenic elemental framework for gem healing, hematite as the blood stone of Greek medicine, malachite and lapis lazuli...

Greek Gemstone Amulets: Protective Stone Traditions

Greek Gemstone Amulets: Protective Stone Tradit...

Explore Greek gemstone amulets — the evil eye belief and gemstone protection, carnelian as the warrior's protective stone, jasper's many colors and powers, lapis lazuli's divine protection, and the integration...

Greek Gemstone Amulets: Protective Stone Tradit...

Explore Greek gemstone amulets — the evil eye belief and gemstone protection, carnelian as the warrior's protective stone, jasper's many colors and powers, lapis lazuli's divine protection, and the integration...

Theophrastus On Stones: First Gemological Text

Theophrastus On Stones: First Gemological Text

Explore Theophrastus's On Stones — the first systematic gemological text in the Western tradition, its structure and methodology, detailed accounts of emerald sapphire amber and the mysterious lyngurium, the text's...

Theophrastus On Stones: First Gemological Text

Explore Theophrastus's On Stones — the first systematic gemological text in the Western tradition, its structure and methodology, detailed accounts of emerald sapphire amber and the mysterious lyngurium, the text's...

Greek Gemstone Philosophy: Plato & Theophrastus

Greek Gemstone Philosophy: Plato & Theophrastus

Explore Greek gemstone philosophy — Plato's Timaeus and gems as expressions of the cosmic order, Theophrastus's On Stones as the first systematic gemology, Aristotelian exhalation theory of gem formation, specific...

Greek Gemstone Philosophy: Plato & Theophrastus

Explore Greek gemstone philosophy — Plato's Timaeus and gems as expressions of the cosmic order, Theophrastus's On Stones as the first systematic gemology, Aristotelian exhalation theory of gem formation, specific...