Daniel, Book of, 242, 243, 250
David, St., 270, 273
Davison, J. M., 99
“Dawn stones” (eoliths), 109
Declan, St., 273
stone named after him, 43
De Foe, Daniel, 326
Delphi, Omphalus of, probably a meteorite, 76
“Depositio Martirum” of 354 A.D., 251, 252
“Devil’s stone,” boulder in East Prussia, 42
Diamond, 16, 61, 294, 300, 304, 372, 387
curative use of, 135
in Cañon Diablo meteorite, 99–101
said to have been given as poison in Baroda, 380
uncut, in “Sacred Shrine” of Chartres, 291
with cross effect in black and white, 296, 297
Diana, 81
Diaz de Castillo, Bernal, 305
Didanor, Angel of June, 247
Dieris of Central Africa, rain-stones of the, 6
Dietrich of Bern, Saga of, story of “Victory Stone” from, 199, 200
Dioscorides, 150, 173
Dodge, Mrs. William E., 99
Dog-collars set with coral as cure for hydrophobia, 131
Dolmens, curative stones of, 38
whirling stones of, 39
Domingo, Santo, Fiesta de, 309
Donato, St., amulets of, 265
Donne, John, 337
Dragons, gem-bearing, of India, 11
Draper, Mrs. Henry, vii
“Druid’s glass,” 227, 228
E
“Easter stone,” 285
Ebers papyrus, 148, 149
Echinites, 192, 193
Egede, Hans, 359
Elagabalus, Emperor, 83
Eldred, John, 389
Electric gems, 51–64
Elephants, 299, 301
“Elf-stones,” 108, 109, 110, 161
Elizabeth, Queen, 215, 337
Eloy, St., 264, 273
“Emanism,” term used to denote influence of amulets, 313
Emerald, 4, 16, 29, 53, 68, 119, 120, 123, 124, 125, 131, 136, 277,
278, 287, 291, 294, 298, 304, 310, 317, 324, 330, 343, 371, 395
ancient, from Berenice, Egypt, 382
cast into sacred lake of Guatavita, Colombia, 311
curative use of, 135
dedicated to Venus, 305
engraved with head of Christ, 291, 292
in cathedral of Mainz, 295
of Hernan Cortés, 305
of Temple of Melkarth at Tyre, 81
stone of Levi, symbolical meaning of, 281
_Enastros_, 192, 194
Encelius, 167
Enimie, St., legend of, 262, 264
_Entrochus_, 192, 194
Ephesian writings for amulets, etc., 325
Ephesus, Temple of Diana at, 81
_Épreuve_, or tester, 181
Erasmus, 164
Erasmus, St., 267
Erman, Adolph, 149
Erosion of stones and pebbles, 22
Ethelred II, 152
Eugénie, Empress, 331
Eulalia, St., 269
“Evil eye,” 131, 265, 315, 320, 339, 344, 345–347, 367, 368
“Expanding stone,” 45
F
Fabianus, St., 251, 253
Fairbanks, Arthur, vii
“Fairy stones,” 37
Farrington, O. C., vii
“Fatima’s hand,” 347
Feavearyear, A. W., vii
Feldspar, 30, 77, 324
in “Book of the Dead,” 318, 319
Felicissimus, St., 252
Felicitas, St., 251, 253, 274
Felix, St., 252
Ferdinand III, Emperor, 15
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, vii
Filippus, St., 252
Filocalus, Furius Dionysius, calendar of, 251
Floating-stones, 223
Flower jewels, 342, 343
Foote, A. E., 101
Fossils and concretions, virtues of, 160–190
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