The following article is reproduced from “Lucifer” magazine, London, September 1890, pp. 223 to 226. The word “Lucifer” is an ancient name for Venus, the light-bearer, the planet-sister of our Earth.[1]

Signing as editor, H. P. Blavatsky added this commentary to the end of the article:

“The above is of course the superstition of the occult tradition. Comparative study in this field of research has yet to be attempted, when it will be proved that there is a true scientific basis in the widespread belief in the virtues of the ‘tears of the Gods’.”

As to the importance of stones, Blavatsky wrote in “Isis Unveiled”:

“Pythagoras pays a particular attention to the color and nature of precious stones; while Apollonius of Tyana imparts to his disciples the secret virtues of each [of them] …”. [2]