Amulets and talismans, 313–376 Abracadabra, 326, 327 against Evil Eye, 345–347 Babylonian, 314, 315 Chinese jade wands as, 385 detected by Röntgen rays, 358 Egyptian necklace of, 317 Egyptian, with engraved amethyst, 280 encircled with elephant’s hair, 375 explanations of influence of, 313, 314 for animals, 360 fragments of skull used as, 331–334 from Pueblo Bonito ruins, 352 from Russia, 308 Gnostic, with seven vowels, 328 _hei-tikis_ of New Zealand jade, 361 Hindu, 330, 340 in the Bible, 278, 322, 323, 325, 360 in Ecuador, to arouse love, 350 in Egypt, 317–321 in old Italian MS., 327, 328 in Persian grave, 324 jade, in Panama, 349 life preserving, story of, 366, 367 “mummy eyes,” Peruvian, 350 of agate and coral in Spain, 367, 368 of Catherine de’ Medici, 334 of hematite, 383 of Mexican Indians, 348 of Paris, 329 of the Czar, 309 Pascal’s, 337 pearls as, 392 Queen Elizabeth’s, 337 set in the skin in Burma, 345 “Talisman of Charlemagne,” 329–331 teeth and bone used as, 368, 369 Tibetan, 343–345 used by Eskimos, 358, 359 Anatganor, angel of December, 248 Anaxagoras, predicts fall of meteorite, 80 “Angelical stone,” for visions, 16 Angels, 241–251 figures of, on medieval gems, 245 guardian, 244, 246, 248, 249, 250 in Song of Moses, 250 Luther’s opinion of guardian, 250 Mohammedan, world-bearer, on ruby-rock, 248 not to be worshipped outside the church, 244 of months, in Sepher de-Adam Kadmah, 247, 248 seven good, and seven bad, 246, 247 Anglo-Saxon “Laece Bok,” of Bald, 331 Anna, Santa, President of Mexico, 256 Anne, St., 253, 272 de Beaupré, shrine of, 254–256 jewel dedicated to, 256 relics of, 255, 256 Antar, Persian hero, legend of, 88, 89 Anthony, St., of Padua, 253, 266, 272 medallion given to church of, by Pope Paul V, 254 _Anthrax_, 401 Aphrodite, 81 Apollo, 3 Apollonia, St., of Alexandria, 272 legend of, 257 Apollonius of Tyana, 81 Aquamarine, engraved with head of Julia, 288 “Aqua Tofana,” 266 Ariston, St., 252 Aristophanes, 284 Aristotle, pseudo-, 5, 69, 70, 163, 396 Arnobio, Cleandro, 140, 142 Arnobius, 74 Arphe, Enrique d’, 294 Aschentrekker (ash-attractor), a Dutch designation of tourmaline, 52, 54 Asis Artau, Francisco d’, 295 _Askal_, stone said to break the diamond, 69 Assos, Asia Minor, stone of, 3 Astarte, 81, 83 Asteria, 291 _Astroites_, 199 _Atnongara_-stones of Australian medicine-men, 16 Aubrey, John, 260 Auspicius, St., 255 Autoglyphus, 196 “Aviator-stone,” 116, 117 Avicenna (Ben Sina), 90, 125, 138 Azaêl, angel, 246 B Baccii, Andrea, 153 _Bætyli_, 76, 82 Bajazet II, Sultan, 291 Balas-ruby, 401, 404 Bannockburn, Battle of, 25 Barbara de Portugal, Queen of Spain, 295 Barbara, St., 273 legend of, 258 Barbosa, Duarte, 401