A Winter Walk in the Stone Sanctuary: Video
Walking through the Stone Sanctuary; October, 2016
A Stone from the Sky: The Thunderstone of Ensisheim, 1492
The Thunderstone of Ensisheim On November 7, 1492, a young boy from the Alsatian town of Ensisheim watched breathlessly as a brilliant fireball slashed across the sky and plunged to the ground in a wheat field. Rescued from local souvenir hunters by the local magistrate, the roughly triangular stony chondrite meteorite was…
Huwasi stones of the Hittites: “The stones were treated as gods; they were given food and water and were anointed and washed.”
Huwasi Stones “In Hittite mythology, a huwasi stone is sacred to a deity and is usually situated in a temple. Larger huwasi stones were placed in an open area surrounded by trees and other plants. The stones were treated as gods; they were given food and water and were anointed and washed. At any cult…
The Foundation Stone: “The Spiritual Junction of Heaven and Earth.”
The Foundation Stone is the name of the rock at the center of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. From the Zohar: “The world was not created until God took a stone called Even haShetiya and threw it into the depths where it was fixed from above till below, and from it…
Seer Stones: Urim and Thummin
Mormon church releases photos of ‘seer stone’ used by founder Joseph Smith (From the Salt Lake Tribune, August 2015) Byline: Peggy Fletcher Stack The LDS Church provided a new glimpse of its origins Tuesday by publishing the handwritten “printer’s manuscript” of the Book of Mormon and photos of the “seer stone,” a dark, egg-size…
Stone and Symbol: The Stone in Jacob’s Dream, The “Stone of Destiny”
Jacob’s dream” by Nicolas Dipre, 1495-1531. The Dream of Jacob Genesis 28:10-22 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep….
Stone and Symbol: Here I raise my Eben-Ezer (The Stone of Help)
The Stone of Help Eben-Ezer (אבן העזר, Even HaʿEzer, lit. stone of help) is the name of a location that is mentioned by the Books of Samuel as the scene of battles between the Israelites and Philistines. It is specified as having been less than a day’s journey by foot from Shiloh, near…
The Stone of Scone and the Coronation Chair
“All Crowned English and British Monarchs Have Been Seated in this Chair at the Moment of Coronation” From Wikipedia: The high-backed, Gothic-style armchair was carved from oak at some point between the summer of 1297 and March 1300 by the carpenter Walter of Durham.n At first, the king ordered for the chair to be made…
Stone as symbol : The Stone Money of Yap
Rai Stones from Yap (from Wikipedia) Rai stones are circular disks with a hole in the middle. The stones vary widely in size: the largest are 3.6 meters (12 ft) in diameter, 0.5 meters (1.5 ft) thick and weigh 4 metric tons (8,800 lb). The largest rai stone is located on Rumung island, near Riy…