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gems/minerals (subtle support)
ruby
vibrational therapies
definition
essence: heart of spiritual love and devotion (darker color: physical; lighter: astral)
traditional uses: said to give off their own heat and light (they actually do fluoresce a bright red in ultraviolet light), love (star ruby), blood, heart, heat, energy, plague, foolish thoughts, toothaches, poison, enemy plots.
alchemical: associated with Mars
etymology: Corundum comes from the Sanskrit "kuruvinda" for ruby.
technical: the red gem variety of corundum (aluminum oxide). All other colors of gem corundum are called sapphire. (Walker, p. 168)
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