Tektites in Myth and History
For longer than history records humans have regarded Tektites as magical. The word itself comes from a Greek word meaning molten. In the Chinese Tang Annals, which go back more than 2,000 years, Liu Sun makes the first written reference to tektites, calling them Lei-gong-mo, Inkstone of the Thundergod. Australian Aborigines call them Maban, which means magic. In India, they were Saimantakimani, the sacred gem of Krishna. The Sanskrit name for them, Agni Mani, is generally translated into English as fire pearl or teardrops from the moon.
In Native American legends they were thought of as harbingers or messengers and Australian aboriginals believed finding one brought good luck. They used Tektites both as tools and as weapons and believe they control weather and aid in hunting. Medicine men there would carry Tektites in their beards believing it helped maintain telepathic contact.
Medicine men from several aboriginal tribes would use Tektites in healing ceremonies while other cultures believed that touching a Tektite could be lethal and that they were used for evil. It was believed that throwing a Tektite at an individual could cause death.
On the Island of Billiton in the Java Sea teardrop shaped Tektites are plentiful. Locals referred to them as magic black seeds and it was believed that planting them would make tin grow. Tin is one of the major exports of the island.
Moldavites were used as ornaments as well as tools as long as 30,000 years ago in the region of present-day Czechoslovakia. Tools and amulets made from Tektites have also been found in Indochina, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Tektites referred to as fire pearls have been worshipped in China, India, Indochina and Tibet for at least 2,500 years. . They are sacred to Tibetan monks and lamas, who call them the Stone of Shambala and believe them to have come from the constellation Orion. One legend is that fire pearls are pieces of the arrowhead of the Hindu god Arjuna.
In Saudi Arabia, stories were told by Muslims of a city destroyed by heavenly fire in punishment for the inhabitant's iniquities. Thinking of the biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the English explorer H. St. J. Philby made the exceedingly difficult journey to the reported site deep in the Empty Quarter. He found perfectly circular glassy walls enclosing sand-floored depressions up to a hundred meters in diameter. In the surrounding area, they found a scattering of shiny jet-black "pearls", assumed by the locals to have been lost by the fleeing harem and scorched by the fires of heavenly wrath.
In the orient it was believed that Tektites brought power, wealth and precognition. Stories abound of powerful men who prospered as long as they possessed a Tektite but if they ever lost it they went into decline. One story tells of a Prince Pulavarman who acquired a Tektite and built an empire which included Malaya, Java and nearby islands. His dynasty ruled for 1000 years and when they lost the Tektite it crumbled. 400 years ago the Sultan of Malacca, a powerful braggart, claimed to have it. One of his court officials stole it and sold it to Don Alfonso d'Albuquerque, a Portuguese admiral. He became very powerful in the area and conquered Malacca. When he died, another sultan seized it. The British founder of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles, bought a tektite from a Javanese potentate for a high price and became the most powerful European in the area until he lost it. It somehow found its way back to a ruling house of Java.
Queen Elizabeth II was gifted a necklace which contained a Tektite. She was also given another piece of Jewelry from the Swiss government which contained a large raw Moldavite as its centerpiece for the tenth anniversary of her coronation.
Winston Chirchill as well was gifted with a Tektite.
Charles Darwin acquired several Tektites while on the Beagle and it was he who first suggested a volcanic origin for them.
One final curious fact. Emus in Australia use them as gizzard-stones and Australian aboriginals will cut them out of emus they have hunted.
Metaphysically Speaking
Below I use the term Tektite but am referencing all Impactites.
Tektites are by nature protective. They aid in helping one connect with and ground into Earth’s reality. They activate the third eye and are said to assist in visionary work as well as lucid dreaming and dream recall. It strengthens ones energy field and assists in learning. They help to accelerate ones inner growth and evolution. Once one has acquired a Tektite changes in jobs, relationships lifestyles and/or possessions which did not serve the best path for you may be released and new paths more suited for your lifestyle may be found. First and foremost these are stones of evolution. Tektites are also great teachers for people who need help in grounding to the reality of today’s mundane world.
The above is a generalization at best. Different Tektites are as different as Quartz is to Topaz. They are all comprised of different fused soils depending on the location where they hit and some may well contain Meteoric fragments. Applying the same properties to all Tektites would be the same as saying all rocks on Earth are the same. With this in mind it is important to consider what type of Impactite you are working with and realize that they will all have differing properties with some commonalities. If you open yourself to them you will find they are amongst the best teachers you can work with and are more willing than many to share their secrets.
Moldavites, Tektites, and Meteorites in general have been considered as ascension stones for as far back as humans have been able to record their history and in all likelyhood a lot longer than that. They have always been considered to be a link to the devine/gods. The best example of this is the stone in Mecca which millions of Muslims make a pilgramige to every year. Although never seen by outsiders most feel this is a meteorite.
I feel that athough this is correct it helps us to not only accend but also assists in travels to all levels of existence. and makes for a great link to our ancestors.
Moldavite can be a very powerful stone for people and as such will take different levels of contact to become used to it and it to you. This is however not unique to Moldavites and can be applied to all stones of every sort. Most people who work with stones extensively have stories of at least one, and usually a lot more, type of stone which they just couldn't connect to, felt uncomfortable with or which just didn't feel right in some way. In most cases these can be overcome with meditation and just by being close to it for longer and longer periods of time. Sometimes however the time just isn't right and a connection may not be made no matter how hard you try
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