Index
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Kunz, George Frederick
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Aazem, great name of God, on rain-stone,5
Abarchiel, angel of March, 248
Abbott, Charles E., vii
Abdos, St., 252
Abenzoar, 136
Abracadabra charm, 326, 327
Abraham, 86
Abrantès, Duchesse d’, 295
Acontus, St., 252
Acosta, José de, 210
Acrostics in jewels, 375
Actinolite, 29
Acts of the Apostles in burning of Ephesian magic books, 325
Adair, 107
Adlerstein, 193
Ægospotami, meteor of, 79, 80
Aepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodor, 54
Ætites, 20, 124, 173–178 names of, in various languages, 175
Ætius, 174
Agapitus, St., 252
Agate, 30, 31, 291, 317, 324 amulets of, in Spain, 368 as Anglo-Saxon talisman, 331 banded, stone of Benjamin, symbolical meaning of, 283 curative use of, 129 dog’s head amulet of, from Mexico, 351 “eye-,” 315 idol of red, in Kaabah, 84 pebbles of, with natural markings, 377 “rainbow agate,” 377, 378
Agatha, St., 257, 272
Agincourt, battle of, 259
“Ahnighito,” great Cape York meteorite, 97
Alban, St., stone in Abbey of, 151–153
Al-Beruni’s statement of prices of precious stones in eleventh century, 403
Alcathous, 2
Alchemist’s gold, 14, 16 medallion transmuted into, 15 medal made from, 15, 16
Alchemy, 14–16
Alectorius, 20, 119, 160, 179, 180, 181
Alexander the Great, 299, 322, 324, 378 wonderful stones found by, 70
Alexandra, Queen, talisman of, 362
Allen, Edward Heron, 116
Amazon stones, 143, 148, 304, 320 symbol of Suffrage Party, 374
Amber, 60–64, 297, 343, 345, 358 account of, by Tacitus, 60 beads, 61–63 bulls of Romans, 60 crucifix of yellow, 295 curative power of, 62 electrical property of, 63 hair, 61 necklace of, as aid to longevity, 63 oil of, 64
Ambergris, 185, 186
Ambrose, St., 243, 272
American Folk Lore Society’s exhibit in Chicago, 190, 191, 352
American Museum of Natural History, 32, 34, 96, 99