The Magic of Jewels and Charms - Couverture souple

Kunz, George Frederick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486296717 ISBN 13 : 9780486296715

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 1997

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

EiLS, gems, stones, superstitions and astrological Jlore are all so interwoven in history that to treat of either of them alone would mean to break the chain of association linking them one with the other. Beauty of color or lustre in a stone or some quaint form attracts the eye of the savage, and his choice of material for ornament or adornment is also conditioned by the toughness of some stones as compared with the facility with which others can be chipped or polished. Whereas a gem might be prized for its beauty by a single individual owner, a stone of curious and suggestive form sometimes claimed the reverence of an entire tribe, since it was thought to be the abode or the chosen instrument of some spirit or genius. Just as the appeal to higher powers for present help in pressing emergencies preceded the development of a formal religious faith, so this never-failing need of protectors or healers eventually led to the attribution of powers of protection to the spirits of men and women who had led holy lives and about whose history legend had woven a web of pious imaginations at a time when poetic fancy reigned instead of historic record. The writer still holds that true sentiment, the antithesis of superstitious dread, is good for all mankind sentiment meaning optimism as truly as superstition stands for pessimism and that even the fancies generated by sentiment are helpful to us and make us happier; and surely happiness often means health, and happiness and health combined aid to evolve that other member of the triumvirate, wealth.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0486296717
• ISBN 13: 9780486296715
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 494
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italie