Path: ultra.sonic.net!not-for-mail From: catherine yronwode Newsgroups: alt.lucky.w,alt.magick.tantra,alt.magick.tyagi. Subject: Male and Female Stones Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:40:11 -0800 Organization: Lucky Mojo Curio Co. Lines: 45 Message-ID: <36D1CEBC.26DF@luckymojo.com> References: <36cfb926.2300053@news.calweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d98.nas16.sonic.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Macintosh; I; 68K) CC: sacredlandscapelist@egroups.com Xref: ultra.sonic.net alt.lucky.w:3262 alt.magick.tantra:8006 Ashley Lockwood wrote: > > What is the difference between 'male' and 'female' lodestones? I > assume it has to do with shape... In the hoodoo folk-magic tradition, as i was taught, a male lodestone is angular, irregular, long, or narrow, while a female lodestone tends toward the compact, cubical form, or has rounded edges. To perform hetorsexual love-attraction spells, you use a male stone and a female stone; for homosexual sex-spells, you use either two male stones or two females. For money-drawing spells, where often only one large lodestone is used, it is typical to pick a female-shaped stone, due to its bulky, compact volume. Similar distinctions between male and female natural rock forms can be found in Hindu folk religion, where tall, angular, narrow rocks are consecrated to Siva or Bhairava (a regional fierce-protector form of Siva) while short, squat, rounded rocks are consecrated to Deva (Kali, Shakti, Parvati, and other names for the goddess). For wonderful examples of these well-worshipped rocks, many decorated with metal foil and red paint, see: Mookerjie, Priya Pathway Icons: The Wayside Shrines of India Thames and Hudson, 1987 80 pp., 76 colour photos ISBN 0-500-27428-2 Likewise, in ancient Scottish and English megalithic shrines, some authors believe that the builders intended tall, angular, male rocks to represent the sky-god and short, round, squareish, squat rocks the earth-goddess. See: Meaden, George Terrence The Stonehenge Solution: The Secret Revealed Souvenir Press, 1992 224 pp., b&w and colour illustrations ISBN 0-285-63057-1 catherine yronwode Lucky Mojo Curio Co: http://www.luckymojo.com/luckymojocatalogue.html The Lucky W Amulet Archive: http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html Sacred Sex: http://www.luckymojo.com/sacredsex.html The Sacred Landscape: http://www.luckymojo.com/sacredland.html Freemasonry for Women: http://www.luckymojo.com/comasonry.html check out news:alt.lucky.w for discussions on folk magic and luck