Suleiman beads, a forward to the group via Denise

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oM

 

 

Of course you can always forward anything I say to any

group - I would never say anything which could not be

forwarded anywhere!

 

In is mined in India, at least the ones I have access

to.

 

In the meantime I received an E mail from a friend in

UK which I pass on to you.

 

Love and Light

 

Vijay

 

Dear Vijay,

I have been meaning to write to you to let you know

that I've solved

the Suleiman issue. It was in fact staring me in the

face all the time,

but none of us put the pieces together.

 

The Himalayan countries have a tradition of the

Medicine Buddha, also

known as Bhaisajyaguru or Sangye Menla in Tibetan. You

can read all

about the tradition here :

 

http://www.medicinebuddha.org/medicine_buddha.htm

http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/medicinebuddha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaisajyaguru

 

The important thing for our purposes is that beads of

black and white

of a particular kind are known as Medicine Buddha

beads. I own

hundreds of them, and the link with Suleiman was

proved conclusively to

me when I had bought the beads as Medicine Buddha

beads, showed them to

a number of Islamic dealers I know to ask them if they

have anything

similar, and they all identified them a Suleiman

beads.

 

eBayer Monsoon carry some of these beads, and their

write-up is

excellent :

 

" Bhaisajya dZi beads are also known as spherical

Striped Beads. The

beads are mostly round with a white line / band at the

center.

Bhaisajya dZi belong to the family of dZi Beads. The

linear pattern

appearing on Bhaisajya dZi beads are all natural

configurations.

 

The name “Bhaisajya dZi” originates from the belief

that by holding and

warming the Bhaisajya Dzi in the small enclosed area

of the palm, it

will exude an herbal scent. The name Bhaisajya dZi,

means “herb master”

in Tibet. According to legend a Bhaisajya dzi has the

ability to cure

illnesses and ward off evil.

 

Bhaisajya dZi beads originate from Tibet and date back

to 2000 - 4000

BC. These beads are mostly discovered in Tibet.

Archaeologists believe

that Bhaisajya dZi beads are of Pakistani origin.

Perhaps due to the

flourishing trade with other countries, large numbers

of Bhaisajya dZi

are also found in other countries around the

Himalayas.

 

Traditionally, a Bhaisajya dZi is an auspicious bead

used to warding

off evil. Its spherical shape makes it very suitable

to be used as

chanting beads. Buddhist devotees who use Bhaisajya

dZi to practice the

Buddha Bhaisajya way can achieve the unity of soul and

spirit, receive

good fortune and blessings, and be granted wishes. "

 

House of Destiny also writes about them at :

 

http://www.hseofdestiny.com/dzi/en/info_bhaisajya.asp

 

_______________________

 

Comments from Denise:

 

My suleiman bead is with a geologist at the moment,

who is trying to figure out if there is a western name

for the material, as well as exactly just what

chemical make-up it is. We cannot just speculate by

looking at a photo over chemical composition.

--Someone on the list already mentioned needing to

know how it breaks-- & you aren't breaking, mine,

honey! But the geologist will scratch it across some

sort of tile among other things-- doing this I was

told somehow show the bead's true colors. I don't have

a refractometer and not being familiar with them,

don't know it it would work on an opaque stone,

either. Nothing here on hand at my house either to

perform specific gravity tests either. I am hoping the

geologist I gave it to, or one of his collegues, can

figure it out in a while.

 

I had asked Vijay earlier if it was Zebra agate,

because there is such similarity in looks. His

response was no.