Full title is "The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, being a description of their sentiments and folklore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in medicine, protection, prevention, religion, and divination, crystal gazing, birthstones, lucky stones, and talismans, astral, zodiacal, and planetary." Just about everything you ever wanted to know about precious stones, aside from their formation, acquisition, and chemical composition. - Summary by TriciaG
Chapters
1 Preface 8 min 2 Ch 1 - Superstitions and Their Sources, pt 1 15 min 3 Ch 1 - Superstitions and Their Sources, pt 2 18 min 4 Ch 2 - On the Use of Precious and Semi-precious Stones as Talismans and Amulets, pt 1 17 min 5 Ch 2 - On the Use of Precious and Semi-precious Stones as Talismans and Amulets, pt 2 23 min 6 Ch 2 - On the Use of Precious and Semi-precious Stones as Talismans and Amulets, pt 3 20 min 7 Ch 3 - On the Talismanic Use of Special Stones, pt 1 22 min 8 Ch 3 - On the Talismanic Use of Special Stones, pt 2 29 min 9 Ch 3 - On the Talismanic Use of Special Stones, pt 3 28 min 10 Ch 3 - On the Talismanic Use of Special Stones, pt 4 28 min 11 Ch 4 - On the Use of Engraved and Carved Gems as Talismans, pt 1 25 min 12 Ch 4 - On the Use of Engraved and Carved Gems as Talismans, pt 2 25 min 13 Ch 5 - On Ominous and Luminous Stones, pt 1 23 min 14 Ch 5 - On Ominous and Luminous Stones, pt 2 23 min 15 Ch 5 - On Ominous and Luminous Stones, pt 3 23 min 16 Ch 6 - On Crystal Balls and Crystal Gazing, pt 1 21 min 17 Ch 6 - On Crystal Balls and Crystal Gazing, pt 2 23 min 18 Ch 6 - On Crystal Balls and Crystal Gazing, pt 3 21 min 19 Ch 6 - On Crystal Balls and Crystal Gazing, pt 4 20 min 20 Ch 6 - On Crystal Balls and Crystal Gazing, pt 5 17 min 21 Ch 7 - Religious Uses of Precious Stones, Pagan, Hebrew, and Christian, pt 1 18 min 22 Ch 7 - Religious Uses of Precious Stones, Pagan, Hebrew, and Christian, pt 2 19 min 23 Ch 7 - Religious Uses of Precious Stones, Pagan, Hebrew, and Christian, pt 3 19 min 24 Ch 7 - Religious Uses of Precious Stones, Pagan, Hebrew, and Christian, pt 4 21 min 25 Ch 7 - Religious Uses of Precious Stones, Pagan, Hebrew, and Christian, pt 5 20 min 26 Ch 8 - On the High-priest's Breastplate, pt 1 18 min 27 Ch 8 - On the High-priest's Breastplate, pt 2 19 min 28 Ch 8 - On the High-priest's Breastplate, pt 3 22 min 29 Ch 9 - Birth-stones, pt 1 32 min 30 Ch 9 - Birth-stones, pt 2 29 min 31 Ch 10 - Planetary and Astral Influences of Precious Stones, pt 1 22 min 32 Ch 10 - Planetary and Astral Influences of Precious Stones, pt 2 35 min 33 Ch 11 - On the Therapeutic Use of Precious and Semi-precious Stones, pt 1 21 min 34 Ch 11 - On the Therapeutic Use of Precious and Semi-precious Stones, pt 2 29 min
