Emerald and Witchcraft

Disclaimer

This is NOT a page about Wiccans or neo-pagans, and I do not advocate the belief that Wiccans are Satan-worshippers and/or baby-killers. I am well aware that they are not. This is a starting point for historical research into the great witch craze of 1100-1700 AD. And please, don't ask me for spells.

Emerald

As a Talisman

According to Camille Léonard in his 1610 work Speculum lapidum, an emerald worn as a talisman "bridles lasciviousness, dispels demoniacal illusions, strengthens the memory, and inspires rhetoricians with convincing arguments (Givry 357).

Also see gemstones.

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Emerald and Witchcraft is copyright 1998 to Shantell Powell.