| "Bezoar" comes from the Persian word, "pá | | | | level or state. |
| zahar," meaning "antidote against Poison" (pa-cure, | | | | Some mustikas are fossilized parts of an animal |
| zahar-poison). The term is normally applied to | | | | or a plant, such as the eyes of a creature. After |
| stones found in the stomach and digestive | | | | thousands or millions of years these eyes through |
| system of animals. We use the term in a generic | | | | a natural process have crystallized, hardened and |
| sense for concretions to be found in all organs of | | | | acquired occult powers. The formation of a |
| animals, plants, and in other aspects of Nature. | | | | mustika pearl or a fossilized body-part are |
| Indonesian occultists and shamans with this | | | | directed by Nature's invisible forces and |
| definition in mind, refer to bezoar stones as | | | | intelligences. Normally these intelligences are |
| "mustikas." In other parts of the East they are | | | | elemental spirits that guide the process of the |
| called by various names, such as "geliga" (Malaysia) | | | | creation of a mustika pearl, and they |
| and "Mutya" (Philippines). Ancient naturalists gave | | | | subsequently make these pearls or fossils their |
| specific names to the bezoar stones as found in | | | | home. Those carrying these pearls are served by |
| animals. For instance, bezoar stones of eagles | | | | the indwelling elementals in various ways; they |
| were called, "Aetites," or "Aquilenus." A similar | | | | help to strengthen their keepers aura and nervous |
| term, "Aquilinus" refers to the stones found in the | | | | system; they confer positive energies; they |
| head of fishes. "Crapandia" was the name of the | | | | empower the brain centers, etc. |
| stone found in toads. Swallows produced | | | | The natural energies of these pearls attracts luck, |
| concretions called "Chelidonius." The stones found | | | | neutralizes and wards-off negative forces. They |
| in cocks were called "Alectorius," and "Celonite" | | | | have a natural tonic effect upon the physical |
| was the name of the bezoar stone found in | | | | system. They are more powerful than ordinary |
| tortoises. The occultist and naturalist, "Albertus | | | | gemstones and crystals when applied for certain |
| Magnus," referred to the stone taken from the | | | | purposes. Added onto ritualistic items such as |
| head of dragons as "Draconites." This latter | | | | wands, they would truly empower an occult |
| bezoar stone was considered a great treasure by | | | | practitioner's magickal operations. Western |
| the kings and emperors of the East. | | | | occultists have yet to investigate and discover |
| As a rule, bezoar stones or mustikas were, and | | | | the power of these mustika pearls that |
| are highly valued--to the knowledgeable they are | | | | heretofore have only been mentioned in myths |
| regarded in high esteem for their practical qualities | | | | and fairy tales--as secrets known only to the |
| in the healing of mind, body, and soul, as well as | | | | ancients. |
| conferring upon the wearer wonderful psychic and | | | | Mustikas are widely known in South-East Asia, |
| spiritual qualities when used in the correct manner. | | | | India, and other countries of the East. Malays, for |
| These pearls can be costly, one source relates | | | | instance, call Mustikas "Geliga"; Phlipinos call them |
| that in contemporary times, some of these | | | | "Mutya." Occidental naturalists of the past referred |
| bezoar stones are offered by Traditional Medicine | | | | to them as "bezoar stones." The powerful stones |
| at a price of US$20,000 per stone! | | | | told in tales and legends are actually mustikas. The |
| Bezoar stones are mostly calculus concretions to | | | | Sanskrit text, "Sri Garuda-Puranam," speaks in |
| be found in animals and plants, though they are | | | | detail of these pearls. In essence it declares a |
| also found (perhaps developed through different | | | | man acquires great fortune and blessings by |
| processes) in the environment in which these | | | | possessing a mustika. |
| creatures live. Certain animals such as snakes, | | | | These magickal pearls are one-of-a-kind, unique, |
| deer, centipedes, monkeys, wild goats, camels, | | | | rare, and powerful. It is said that only fortunate |
| porcupines, antelopes, etc. produce them in | | | | people are able to acquire and keep them. |
| abundance. Some mustika pearls have their origin | | | | Where Are They Mostly Found and Acquired? |
| in so-called mythological creatures such as dragons | | | | The mustikas--pearls and fossils accessible to us |
| and sea-serpents. Unusual stones and pearls in our | | | | from our sources--have been acquired mostly in |
| collection were acquired by shamans and occultists | | | | the Indonesian archipelago. They have been |
| possessing expertise in the field of mustikas. | | | | discovered in caves, jungles, sacred places, |
| Bezoar stones according to some scientific | | | | historical sites and in the remains of animals and |
| investigators, are composed mostly of calcium | | | | plants. Some of them were magickally retrieved |
| phosphate, with some elements of the crystalline | | | | from the etheric planes by occultists who |
| mineral, "brushite." Certain bezoar stones contain | | | | specializes in this unusual feat. The power within |
| oxide of iron, silex, alumina, etc. Gemologists may | | | | these pearls are sometimes known by the |
| analyze them to be simply natural-mineral or | | | | psychic struggle the occultist had to go through |
| semi-precious stones--but what makes these | | | | with the spirit guardians in order to acquire them. |
| bezoar stones special and unique is their point of | | | | Quite a number of these pearls were gifts to our |
| origin, and many owners of these pearls have | | | | sources by tribal shamans and chieftains. |
| come to realize that they contain a psychic | | | | How the existence and virtues of the pearls are |
| intelligence or presence. Some psychics verify that | | | | discovered could sometimes occur quite by |
| bezoar stones have an indwelling elemental spirit | | | | accident. For instance, tribal hunters may find an |
| called by occultists "fairies," "elves," etc. | | | | animal exhibiting a degree of invulnerability to their |
| Royalty were very fond of bezoar stones--not | | | | weapons; after having finally killed the animal with |
| solely because of their exquisiteness or their | | | | the help of a shaman, they would discover that |
| unusual appearance, but because of the great | | | | the creature possessed strange pearls lodged or |
| magickal virtues that they confer to the | | | | embedded in their head or body. Subsequent |
| possessor--virtues such as charisma, an | | | | investigation would reveal that it was these pearls |
| authoritative-bearing, personal magnetism, psychic | | | | that gave the animal its invulnerability power. |
| sensitivity, etc. Queen Elizabeth I, for instance, is | | | | Animals are not hunted or killed for mustikas |
| historically recorded to have had several bezoar | | | | pearls, though, as shamans know that they can |
| stones as part of her crown jewels. Xá | | | | hardly be found in that manner--the discovery of |
| Abás, one of the kings of Persia, was also | | | | a pearl is often incidental to the killing of a |
| fond of the stones. According to one legend, one | | | | creature for food or because they are a menace |
| of the Shahs of Iran gave several bezoar stones | | | | to villagers. Pearls are mostly found in the |
| to Napoleon--something which "the conqueror" | | | | remains, dens, and nests of the creatures. |
| greatly honored. He later tried to destroy them in | | | | Centipede are one of the many creatures that |
| fire, perhaps so that they would not fall into the | | | | form pearls. These pearls are formed by the |
| wrong hands. | | | | mucous of the giant centipede, which it plays |
| In the "Garuda Purana," a Hindu scripture, bezoar | | | | about with its mandibles and then places it on top |
| stones are highly extolled; while in western | | | | of its head where it crystallizes and in time falls |
| literature, speaking of the toad-stone, | | | | off to the ground. Some centipede pearls are |
| Shakespeare acknowledged their existence in "As | | | | formed in the stomach. Genuine centipede |
| You Like It, (Act II, Scene i)": | | | | mustika pearls are prized by gamblers for the luck |
| Sweet are the uses of adversity, | | | | that it bestows upon its master. |
| Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, | | | | Generally speaking, the virtues of pearls are |
| Wears yet a precious jewel in his head . . . | | | | known by the observation of their effects in |
| Bezoar stones are scarce--some are rare! Most | | | | one's daily life as they are carried, worn or |
| have great beauty while others may look | | | | attuned to by certain methods such as psychic |
| unsightly and as worthless baubles--but within | | | | contact with the indwelling elemental spirit. Some |
| them all lies great virtues and magickal power that | | | | of the pearls have quite unusual physical effects, |
| are probably more potent than ordinary crystals | | | | such as the costly and rare Mustika Merah Delima |
| and gemstones--especially for healing work. The | | | | that tinges water where it is immersed in with a |
| contemporary practice of crystal healing is based | | | | red coloring--or so the story goes. |
| on the ancient healing-art of applying the bezoar | | | | How to Determine the Real from the Fake |
| stones to the body to neutralize poison. As the | | | | There are various ways for determining whether |
| latter were scarce, ordinary crystals and stones | | | | a mustika is real or a fake. Some of the various |
| were used instead. One is most fortunate to | | | | points to be considered are the following: |
| possess these bezoar stones--especially the higher | | | | The Energy Present |
| quality ones which are prized greatly by collectors | | | | When a pearl is held between the thumb and |
| and occult practitioners. They can be considered | | | | forefinger, as the breath is held, energy would be |
| not only as investments--possession alone actually | | | | felt as issuing forth from it. The longer it is held |
| improves the financial and social condition of their | | | | the stronger will the energy be palpable. The |
| owner--one reason why they were sought for by | | | | energy would run through one's arm and finally |
| noblemen and kings. The knowledgeable occultist | | | | reach the heart or to one of the other chakras |
| would know how to wield and take full-advantage | | | | within the body depending upon its quality. Fakes |
| of the power that these stones possess. These | | | | do not give such sensations. |
| bezoar stones are actually physical | | | | The Presence of an Elemental Spirit |
| representations of the "Cintamani" or the | | | | Each and every one of the mustika pearls have |
| "wish-fulfilling" jewel of the Buddhists--they help to | | | | an indwelling elemental spirit--fakes do not have |
| fulfill one's innermost and cherished dreams. | | | | them unless attached by a knowledgeble occultist. |
| Most of these mustika pearls have their origin in | | | | The presence of the spirit may be felt and |
| the Indonesian archipelago--from the islands of | | | | communicated with by a psychic. |
| Kalimantan (Borneo), Java, and Sumatra. It is a | | | | The Medicinal Properties. |
| fact , though, that even in these islands bezoar | | | | Without exception, all mustikas have vibrational |
| stones are scarce. | | | | healing virtues which may be tapped into. Again, |
| Mustikas are unusual objects formed in animals | | | | fakes do not possess such power. |
| and plants. They may assume the shape of | | | | The Difference Between Mustikas and Ordinary |
| regular oyster-pearls and tumbled stones or in | | | | Consecrated Talismans |
| unusual shapes and sizes. In their unpolished | | | | There are several principles that differentiates |
| untumbled state, they have a rough texture. | | | | mustika pearls from talismans. Among them : |
| Unlike oysters that form pearls out of irritation, | | | | 1) Mustikas are empowered by Nature's forces |
| Nature forms these pearls in the bodies of | | | | and intelligences--unlike talismans which are |
| diverse animals, plants and fruits for some reason | | | | consecrated by human operators. |
| unknown as yet to us. They are unusual creations | | | | 2) The power and elemental spirit within a mustika |
| that may correspond to human cancers, cysts, | | | | pearl are not extinguishable or transferable to |
| and tumors. Not all animals or plants of the same | | | | other objects, unlike the power within talismans |
| species form these pearls, but they possibly do | | | | which may be magickally neutralized or |
| occur in almost every living being. | | | | transferred to other items. |
| Unusual pearls have also been found in the bodies | | | | 3) No observances or prayers are required for |
| of saints and holy people; this might possibly be | | | | mustika owners in order to maintain its power or |
| an indication that animal and plant pearls are the | | | | have them function perfectly--unlike talismans |
| manifestation of an organism's highest energy | | | | which do. |
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