DIAMOND

The stone you have chosen is Diamond. The word diamond comes from the Greek “Adàamanta“, accusative of Adamas, which means “Very Hard Iron“. Only after Aristotle was this terminology applied to stone, in fact, the term is composed of the privative "a" and the word "Damas" which means to tame. Literally means impossible to tame. The term diamond later became adamant, demant and, finally, diamond. Regarding the etymology of the term, Biringuccio writes: "Its extreme hardness is not softened by fire, nor can it be cut with iron, so that it is indomitable from every created thing." The Hindus called it uira from the Sanskrit vajra (lightning) and gave it the epithet "fragment of eternity". The same term is used for Adamantine to indicate the typical qualities of diamond, in particular hardness and purity but often also conveyed to the moral qualities of a person such as firmness, integrity or irreproachability. Something impenetrable, unscratchable, but also which cannot be won and therefore "invincible". The Arabs called it almas, while the Hindus called it a "fragment of eternity". While the legends of the North say that the diamond was created by the God of Mines, pulverizing all the other stones and fusing them together, in ancient Greece it was thought that it was what Jupiter gave as a reward to his favorites, in exchange for a service . In the Middle Ages, an ancient belief said that taking a gold ring with a diamond and wearing it for nine days and nine nights on the heart, in contact with the skin, guaranteed the unconditional love of the man or woman of one's dreams. On the ninth day, at dawn, it was necessary to engrave in the metal the word Scheva which derives from the Arabic term shvu'which means well; sheva can mean "seven" or "oath". The ritual consisted of tying three of one's hairs to three of the beloved's, reciting "O body, may you love me and may your purpose succeed with the same ardor as mine by virtue of Scheva". Once the hair was tied, everything had to be wrapped in a piece of silk and worn around the neck for another six days. On the seventh, having freed the jewel from hair and fabrics, it had to be offered as a gift to the loved one. Also in the Middle Ages it was believed that it warned the wearer of the dangers that loomed over him and that it purified his character. In India diamond is used as a therapeutic and magical tool. It was powdered to sprinkle on newborns and wish them protection and luck. Even today it is the symbolic stone of India. Crystal therapy holds the diamond in very high regard. Its major sphere of action is on the brain and nervous system. Consequently, its proximity to our body has a beneficial effect on all psychosomatic diseases. Diamonds are the protagonists of mythical and esoteric traditions: ancient Greek philosophers believed that diamonds were inhabited by otherworldly spirits; the ancient Romans considered them tears of the gods or splinters of stars that fell to Earth, while for the Hindus a Diamond was generated by the collision of lightning on the rock. According to Jewish tradition, a Diamond, placed in front of a guilty person, would darken, while placed in front of an innocent person it would acquire shine. Throughout the Middle Ages and up to the Renaissance, Diamonds were attributed a variety of esoteric powers against the adversities of life, including instilling courage, courage, invincibility, strength and virtue, as well as banishing nightmares, driving away evil spirits, appease wild beasts and even protect the house from lightning. Due to its pure and transparent color, the diamond represents purified air. Diamond is one of the many allotropic forms in which carbon can occur; in particular, diamond is made up of a crystalline lattice of carbon atoms arranged according to a particular structure called tetrahedral. Diamonds originate in the Earth's mantle, where the very high pressure conditions necessary for their formation exist. The sign of Gemini is associated with the diamond. According to the ancient Chinese, the "garden of precious stones" existed, where male (Yang) and female (Yin) specimens were found: when the gems in this place were born paired, and when together they were nourished with celestial dew, from them , as a perfect synthesis of the two cosmic polarities, in their extreme power small diamonds were generated. The diamond, due to its transparency, was an emblem of purity, innocence and virtue; he was always associated, due to his harshness, with royalty and power. In the language of symbols it means affection, loyalty, cordiality, immutability. The Buddha's throne was built of diamond, signifying spirituality, but also love, luck, courage. It represents, in Catholic symbolism, the Church of Christ. According to the negative tradition, however, it can indicate cruelty, sin, wickedness. In Egypt this splendid gem was consecrated to Osiris, in Greece to Apollo and Mercury, which made it particularly beneficial to the right eye, directly connected to this divinity. Pliny called the diamond the enemy of calamity and revealed the secret to breaking it: it was enough to immerse it in warm goat's blood, nourished with the plant called "stone grass". Even alchemy later confirmed these theses: only with the blood of a beak or a lion could the diamond be won; it was added that it was produced, by coagulation, in the rock due to the low temperature and that it was only found in the midst of gold. But these statements should of course not be taken literally; alchemical language is highly symbolic. The great Science of the Transmutation of metals and the Purification of human nature speaks to non-experts with words understandable only to those who have undertaken this hermetic and difficult path. The occult importance of the diamond is very great, which embodies the complex symbolism of Good and Evil; the Billour stone, for example, could only be worn by the Masters of esoteric orders: it was endowed with supernatural virtues, healed all ailments, changed base metals into noble ones. Its light could not be tolerated by the human eye without a protective screen; similarly the light of Knowledge cannot be shown to those who are not ready to receive it, unless appropriately obscured by particular filters: symbols and archetypes. In sacred texts the diamond is associated with the tribe of Issachar:

« Issachar is a sturdy donkey who lies down in the stables. He sees that rest is sweet, that the country is beautiful, he turns his back to the yoke and becomes a servant by paying tribute »  

« ...Rejoice, O Zevulun, when you go out upon the seas, and you, O Issachar, when you remain in tents. They will call many peoples to Mount Zion and there they will offer the sacrifices commanded because they will suck up the treasures of the seas and the riches hidden in the sand."