Namaste

[Guest guest]

Hi Tiina,

 

Thank you for the kind words. The Indonesian site has two kinds of stones

(pearls), 1) Shaman made glass, and 2) Fossilized growths.

 

After testing various stones at AIGS and GIT labs in Bangkok we found some

stones to be glass (the transparent ones), and others to be unknown. One

pearl said to be from a bamboo stem looks like a ball of petrified wood,

naturally formed.

 

Mr. Ken Scarratt, who is recognized as the World's leading Pearl expert, now

works for the Gemological Institute of America, and GIA have sent him to

Thailand to set up a GIA research lab in Bangkok. We looked at various

samples sent from Indonesia for research and it seemed likely that some are

real natural growths, as mentioned in Sri Garuda Puranam. He has recently

taken 3 samples to NY for chemistry breakdown. I'll send the results of our

research to this groovy group.

 

Stay tuned

 

Best rgds,

Richard

http://www.richardshawbrown.com

 

-- In sacred-objects, "Tiina" <xenamacbeal> wrote:

> Hi, I'm Tiina and I just became member. Sir Richard, I am a frequent

> visitor on your homepage and consider it to be one of the most

> beautiful and informative pages I've seen. I absolutely love your

> designs! And the brochure on sacred gemmology is super, very clearly

> written. Thank you for your work!

>

> I recently read the section on Nava Moti on your page and have a

> question. I've seen similar naturally formed pearls on the Internet.

> Some of them are called bezoar stones, for example, there's a site on

> them in Indonesia which has a wide variety of those stones, all very

> beautiful and strange-looking. My question is if they are basically

> the same as the ones at your page?

>

> There are Buddha relics called Sarira beads from Thailand which also

> look like pearls of different colour and are often sold on e-bay.

> Then there are Naga eyes and snow relics. They all look so beautiful

> it's hard to believe that they could be naturally formed...

>

> Best wishes,

> Tiina Agur

[Guest guest]

Hi Richardji,

 

thank you for the answer. It's a very exciting subject, so I'm

looking forward to all new information... Another subject of special

interest would be Sri Salagrama Silas. There's a huge website with

thousands of pictures called the Salagrama Network.

 

Best wishes

Tiina

 

sacred-objects, "Richard Shaw Brown"

<rsbj66> wrote:

> Hi Tiina,

>

> Thank you for the kind words. The Indonesian site has two kinds of

stones

> (pearls), 1) Shaman made glass, and 2) Fossilized growths.

>

> After testing various stones at AIGS and GIT labs in Bangkok we

found some

> stones to be glass (the transparent ones), and others to be

unknown. One

> pearl said to be from a bamboo stem looks like a ball of petrified

wood,

> naturally formed.

>

> Mr. Ken Scarratt, who is recognized as the World's leading Pearl

expert, now

> works for the Gemological Institute of America, and GIA have sent

him to

> Thailand to set up a GIA research lab in Bangkok. We looked at

various

> samples sent from Indonesia for research and it seemed likely that

some are

> real natural growths, as mentioned in Sri Garuda Puranam. He has

recently

> taken 3 samples to NY for chemistry breakdown. I'll send the

results of our

> research to this groovy group.

>

> Stay tuned

>

> Best rgds,

> Richard

> http://www.richardshawbrown.com

>

> -- In sacred-objects, "Tiina" <xenamacbeal>

wrote:

> > Hi, I'm Tiina and I just became member. Sir Richard, I am a

frequent

> > visitor on your homepage and consider it to be one of the most

> > beautiful and informative pages I've seen. I absolutely love your

> > designs! And the brochure on sacred gemmology is super, very

clearly

> > written. Thank you for your work!

> >

> > I recently read the section on Nava Moti on your page and have a

> > question. I've seen similar naturally formed pearls on the

Internet.

> > Some of them are called bezoar stones, for example, there's a

site on

> > them in Indonesia which has a wide variety of those stones, all

very

> > beautiful and strange-looking. My question is if they are

basically

> > the same as the ones at your page?

> >

> > There are Buddha relics called Sarira beads from Thailand which

also

> > look like pearls of different colour and are often sold on e-bay.

> > Then there are Naga eyes and snow relics. They all look so

beautiful

> > it's hard to believe that they could be naturally formed...

> >

> > Best wishes,

> > Tiina Agur

[Guest guest]

Namaste to all,

 

I just joined this group last week, and I have been lurking ever

since then. I am a caucasion man, with a baptist upbringing. Within

the last two years I have been reading and studying all I can about

Ganesha. How I came to love him, is something of a mystery, even to

me. It is almost as if I just woke up in love with him! I have no

Hindu relations or friends. And I know next to nothing of Hinduism

other than what I read in "An idiots guide to Hinduism." I now belong

to a spiritual community that belives that there are "many paths to

the one God." We do not argue about what that one true Gods name is.

We also accept that we are all siblings of God, and that each person

calls to him or her as is most comfortable. I do not know of a Hindu

community here in the mid-west America willing to take in an

uneducated caucasion. So if I wanted to worship Ganesha daily in the

most respectful way possible, how should I start? Currently I wake up

every morning a meditate "Aum...Ganesh" until I am relaxed and then I

simply talk to him as I would a friend, and listen for his responses.

Any thoughts, by anyone, would be very welcome.

 

Thank you all for listening.

 

Jeff

[Guest guest]

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<jlynn (AT) stanleyworks (DOT) com> wrote: Namaste to all,I just joined this group last

week, and I have been lurking ever since then. I am a caucasion man, with a

baptist upbringing. Within the last two years I have been reading and studying

all I can about Ganesha. How I came to love him, is something of a mystery,

even to me. It is almost as if I just woke up in love with him! I have no Hindu

relations or friends. And I know next to nothing of Hinduism other than what I

read in "An idiots guide to Hinduism." I now belong to a spiritual community

that belives that there are "many paths to the one God." We do not argue about

what that one true Gods name is. We also accept that we are all siblings of

God, and that each person calls to him or her as is most comfortable. I do not

know of a Hindu community here in the

mid-west America willing to take in an uneducated caucasion. So if I wanted to

worship Ganesha daily in the most respectful way possible, how should I start?

Currently I wake up every morning a meditate "Aum...Ganesh" until I am relaxed

and then I simply talk to him as I would a friend, and listen for his

responses. Any thoughts, by anyone, would be very welcome.Thank you all for

listening.Jeff

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