Guest guest Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 HESSONITE : The following story is also drawn from my own personal experience. In 1976, while staying on the Indonesia island of Bali, where I was having an extensive collection of unique astral jewelry crafted by goldsmiths there, I was introduced to a young America living on this island. His nickname was "Abdula" due to his dark complexion, and he was known as an inveterate, chronic gambler. I informed Abdula that the gem hessonite, when flawless, was renowned in traditional Hindu lore as a lucky charm for gamblers, owing to its relationship with the fickle planet Rahu. I happened to have an exceptionally fine specimen of hessonite with me, which I'd recently obtained in Sri Lanka. Intrigued with the idea of owning a bought the stone and asked me to have it properly set in a ring for him. So I designed a special astral ring in pure silver, complete with the appropriate herbal ashes sealed into tiny tubes next to the stone, and sold this talisman to him for $400. When I went to deliver the ring, Abdula was deeply engaged in a serious, high-stakes game of backgammon with several other people. He told his fellow gamblers about the lucky ring, and they all scoffed at the idea of such a powerful talisman. So right then and there he slipped the ring onto his finger and decided to test its purported power. To everyone's incredulous amazement (and to my own great relief), Abdula won the price of the ring in the very first game, and immediately I received three new orders from the other players! ---Ha ha!!! I thought, "Now they will ALL win at the same time" *GRIN* Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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