Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic (Cunningham's Encyclopedia Series) by Cunningham Scott

Author:Cunningham, Scott [Cunningham, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: magic, mineral, spellcraft, earthday40, Crystals & Gems, Birthstones, Metals, magick, crystals, precious, Gemology, spells
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2011-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

[contents]

part three

the magic

of metals

chapter fourteen

The Metals

A fireball flashes and roars across a primeval landscape. It strikes the ground with tremendous impact, sending up a cloud of dirt and debris. When it settles, the area is covered with smooth, blackened objects of almost unreal weight. A human figure who has witnessed this phenomenon crouches warily, watching the sky, then stands and surveys the bits of strange material lying nearby.

The magnitude, the splendor, and danger of the event triggers something in the witness’ mind. After a long wait, the person guardedly snatches up one of the still-warm stones. Somehow, the witness feels, this is a powerful object, infused with the energies of the eerie points of light in the sky.

Ten thousand years later a priestess of the goddess Isis sits in a walled garden beside a lotus pool. She fingers a shiny, metal image of a winged and kneeling figure. Silver, she muses, the metal of Isis.

Four thousand years hence a man strips off his clothing and carefully removes his glasses and brass bracelet. He changes into a robe possessing no metal zippers, no steel reinforcing tabs. He is preparing himself for magic.

Metals are “the flesh of the gods and goddesses,” the bones of the earth, manifestations of universal powers. To our consciousness they may be expensive or common, beautiful, or merely interesting, sacred, or utilitarian.

All metals are potent magical tools. Their ritual use—or avoidance—is as old as magic itself. Just as early peoples sensed forces within stones, so too were metals found to contain energies that had tremendous influence. One guarded against evil. Another banished nightmares. A third was used solely in honor of the forces behind life and the universe.

Later, as humans devised the technology to free metals from their rocky matrixes, more sophisticated magical knowledge concerning metals evolved.

Today, metal magic is nearly forgotten, as herb and stone lore once was. This is unfortunate because metals are just as powerful and effective in magic.

Metals can be used alone or in combination with stones. If you are a lapidary or a jeweler, you can fashion your own magical rings, bracelets and crowns. If not, many potent pieces can now be obtained in stores, by mail, or can be made to order.

The magic of metals doesn’t require investing in a pound of gold or a ton of silver. Neither will you have to travel to distant lands in search of legendary mines. Metals are everywhere around us. To perform this magic, all we need do is recognize the energies lying in wait within them.

Planetary Metals

Since at least ancient Babylonian times, certain metals have been associated with the planets. This system, designed for ritual use, has remained fairly constant to this day.

To perform a spell related to one of the planets (see part four for planetary ritual information), empower its metal with your specific magical need and use it in some meaningful ritual way, just as you would stones.

Metals may be worn, carried, placed in small cloth bags, or situated near candles or stones—there are no limitations.

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