"The Curious Lore of the Opal,”

"The Curious Lore of the Opal,”
Lucky Opal - the stone of hope, the birthstone of October.

Opals had been considered good luck stones for centuries, until Sir Walter Scott's novel “Anne of Geierstein” started a superstition. The novel's heroine buys a cursed opal which she wears in her hair - and later, she dies. And the legand of the unlucky Opal was born.

Early races credited Opals with magical qualities and traditionally, opal was said to aid its wearer in seeing limitless possibilities. It was believed to clarify by amplifying feelings, buried emotions and desires. The Romans had been wearing opals for centuries and considered them a symbol of hope and purity. The gem was carried as a good luck charm or talisman. They believed opals instilled the gift of prophecies, warned of poison, brought good fortune, and protected against disease. Early Greeks believed they embodied the powers of foresight and prophecy. In the 7th Century it was believed that opals possessed magical properties.

It is said that gazing into the depths of an opal will reduce stress and improve eyesight. A Chinese belief is that the wearer must be pure of heart in order to receive an opal as a gift; Asians also view opals as symbols of hope and loyalty. Opals have been used in magic potions as healing tonics or to stave off nightmares. Ritualistically, they have been used to enhance power and attract money. Spiritually, opals are used to help people, see within themselves as well as to aid in past life regression. This is said to be done by looking within the opal’s colors until the past can be seen. So powerfully connected to spirituality are opals, Australian, aboriginal, shamans even used them to conjure visions.

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It is true that Opals will bring misfortune to those who attempt to use it’s power for evil or selfish purposes. It is the stone of love, but only to faithful lovers, it will bring misfortune to an unfaithful lover. If an opal is given as a sign of love or for luck, its breaking is regarded as a bad omen. Opal intensifies the wearer’s thoughts and actions, so if you tend to be anxious or nervous, then it will magnify these feelings; if you are focused, this trait will be magnified. Dreaming of opals denotes the coming of great possessions

The opal is many things including the most powerful of healing stones, the stone of hope, and the stone of great achievement.

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