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--gemstones--

Excerpted from Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem, & Metal Magic, by Scott Cunningham.

RUBY

Folk Name: Carbuncle

Energy: Projective

Element: Fire

Powers: Wealth, Protection, Power, Joy, Anti-Nightmare

Magical/Ritual Lore: This stone is one of many that is thought to grow dark when danger or negativity approaches its owner or when illness threatens. Whether this was psychically viewed, symbolic, or an actual change in color or clarity of the stone is undetermined, but was probably a psychic phenomenon.

Magical Uses: Basically, the ruby strengthens the body's own psychic defense system when worn.

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