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Wonderful,
Magickal, Mustika-Pearls Part 1
Freaks and anomalies are found abound in Nature and her
creations--if we would just look for them. "Mustikas" or "Magickal
Pearls" having their origin in animals and plants are just some of Nature's
curiosities hardly known or mentioned in the literature of the Occident, accept
perhaps in faerie tales. It is different in the East, however. Pearls, other
than those originating from oysters are mentioned in the Hindu scripture,
"Sri Garuda Purana," where it explains the powers of several types of
pearls derived from mammals, reptiles and even the natural conditions or
specific events of Nature. In Indonesia, legends are found in which brave men
died searching for these pearls--and when acquired they are treasured and valued
as high as other family heirloom items such as kerises, spear heads, and other
sacred objects. Almost all magickal stones mentioned in Arabian, Chinese, and
other Eastern tales or legends actually refer to mustikas, or magickal pearls of
an organic origin. Dragons, for instance, in Chinese lore, are known to guard
pearls--these pearls are actually produced by them rather than acquired from
some external source.
It would be appropriate here to explain the word "Mustika": it is from
the Kawi language, of an old Javanese origin and translates as, "magick
jewel," or "precious stone." Some Indonesian occultists use the
word to refer to any magickal object or power. That most western occultists and
shamans do not mention animal pearls or pearls originating from plants is quite
unusual in itself. One would expect this knowledge to be universal, especially
among aboriginal shamans in all parts of the world--yet we find that this is
not--as far as we can tell (if anyone can offer us some info on this regard we
would greatly appreciate it). In contrast, the shamans of India, China, and
South-East Asia are always on the look-out for these occult objects as they hold
great power and magickal virtues--powers and virtues often employed in magickal
work, mystical rites, spiritual development, and occult healings. In the past,
kings, ministers, and noblemen sought for them and paid handsome rewards for
those able to acquire them--many have died trying. Unfamiliar with pearls of
origin other than oysters, westerners approach the subject with a good deal of
skeptism--even those involved in the occult are somewhat surprised at the
possibility. This shows that a good deal of work and investigation still lies
before the seeker and average practitioner of the occult from the Occident in
the probings of Eastern Mysteries. We also still have to hear what open-minded
zoologists and botanists have to say about these mustika-pearls.
In Indonesia, a shamanic specialist on the animal kingdom called a "pawang"
is normally the one that goes looking for these objects in the jungles and
wilderness. Sometimes magickal pearls are acquired in an occult manner directly
from the faerie realms where they are guarded by elemental beings--often with
considerable psychological struggle. Pawangs are those who speak the
"language" of animals, birds and plants. The pawang would meditate and
sleep in the wilds requesting Nature for her gifts in the form of mustikas. In
dreams or while in the trance-state he is guided by the spirit-dwellers and
guardians of the forests and jungles as to where mustikas may be acquired, and
sometimes what he has to do in order to acquire them. He is almost always
directed to caves, nearby lakes or streams and shown the cadavers or remains of
animals or plants and trees where they are found. Animals are never hunted for
their pearls, as shamans and pawangs respect them. Nevertheless, pearls are also
sometimes found in animals being hunted for food by native huntsmen. It is said
that it is the senior members of any animal species or those displaying
exceptional qualities that yields mustikas.
Occasionally, ordinary people in a rural environment would have visitations in
dreams by the regional spirits. These intelligences would direct someone to
accept a special gift from Nature lying at a certain spot. These dreams are
often found to be substantially true as the object is located--objects which are
normally mustika-pearls.
Why are mustikas so highly valued? Magickal pearls are held in great regard not
only because of their scarcity, and sometimes beauty, but also because of the
power that resides in them. These pearls are formed with the help of elementals
spirits--gnomes, elves, and other etheric beings of Nature. That etheric spirits
help to form gems is not quite unknown in western occultism. In the fairy tale,
"Snow White," for instance, we read of 7 dwarfs working in their
"mines." From the esoteric perspective, they were actually not mining
at all, but forming gems and crystals. Tales such as hens laying "golden
eggs" possesses some truth if considered in the light of magickal pearls.
There are many such golden eggs available. Elementals are Nature's handmaidens
and are the hidden forces acting behind all phenomena and natural formations or
creations. Elementals help "paint" the flowers and nourish them with
prana and the necessary gases. Science calls the latter process osmosis, but
behind the physical scene, in the etheric world, one may perceive fairies
frolicking among plants, flying to and fro, entering and exiting the stem and
leaves of plants taking the pranic globules from the air and into the flora.
Such similar work as the above are being done by elementals in the formation of
mustikas. The difference with ordinary gems and crystals is that these
elementals eventually make the pearl their dwelling place until released by the
destruction of the pearl or for some other cause--thus sometimes we have genuine
pearls without the elemental spirit present. Below we quote a paper,
"Conversations on Occultism" by H.P. Blavatsky on elementals to give a
greater insight on these beings (italics are ours) :
"Student.- If I understand you, an elemental is a centre of force,
without intelligence, without moral character or tendencies, but capable
of being directed in its movements by human thoughts, which may, consciously
or not, give it any form, and to a certain extent intelligence; in its simplest
form it is visible as a disturbance in a transparent medium, such as would
be produced by 'a glass fish, so transparent as to be invisible, swimming
through the air of the room,' and leaving behind him a shimmer, such as hot
air makes when rising from a stove. Also, elementals, attracted and vitalized
by certain thoughts, may effect a lodgment in the human system (of which
they then share the government of the ego), and are very hard to get out.
"Sage.- Correct, in general, except as to their 'effecting a lodgment.'
Some classes of elementals, however, have an intelligence of their own and
a character, but they are far beyond our comprehension and ought perhaps
to have some other name.
"Student.- Am I to understand that a clairvoyant or clairaudient has
to do with or is affected by a certain special class or classes of
elementals?
"Sage.- Yes. A clairvoyant can only see the sights properly belonging
to the planes his development reaches to or has opened. And the elementals
in those planes show to the clairvoyant only such pictures as belong to their
plane. Other parts of the idea or thing pictured may be retained in planes
not yet open to the seer. For this reason few clairvoyants know the whole truth.
"As to the moral character of elementals, they have none: they are
colourless in themselves - except some classes - and merely assume the
tint, so to speak, of the person using them."
It is the presence of these elementals in pearls that give them an extra feel of
power. Normal gemstones and crystals do not have any elemental spirits dwelling
in them unless willed by an occult practitioner; mustikas, however, do have an
etheric being living in them as a matter of course. Lacking a spirit dweller, a
mustika-pearl is still more powerful than an ordinary gemstone or crystal as it
possesses the energies of the Guardian Group-Spirit or Intelligences (Animal
Totems/ Plant Devas) of the animal/plant species embedded in it.
Some occultist believe that the beings living in mustikas are human spirits, but
we feel this to be untrue. Human spirits do not return to dwell in animals or
stones but live in the various realms of the astral and higher regions.
Elementals dwelling in pearls are not demonic; although some may be amoral. Some
may assist the owner to gamble for instance--directed to do something negative
by its master. The elemental would not know the difference between good and evil
or the natural law of consequence. Elementals love to imitate human beings in
clothings, names and titles. Thus, psychics of high-caliber have found that most
elementals adopt the titles and names of saints and kings. These names and
titles should not be taken too seriously, but when given by the elementals
themselves, they do respond psychically to them. Acquiring the names and details
of the elemental dweller is not an easy process, although once acquired and
contact made with the pearl-intelligence, many things may be known about the
origin of the mustika and its virtues. Yet, psychics who manage to contact the
elemental spirit are probably 40-70% accurate in this matter. It should be noted
that even without such knowledge, the powers and virtues of a magickal pearl may
still be readily felt by those possessing it after a short period of time.
Undeveloped psychics may have trouble detecting and communicating with
elementals. Interacting with human spirits and jinns may not pose a problem but
elementals may sometime elude them. This is because elementals will not interact
with humans that are spiritually unbalanced and have not harmonized their
element psychologically within the psyche. For this reason, genuine mustikas or
magickal pearls may be mistaken for fakes by psychics who know no better.
Sometimes other factors fool people who think they know something about mustikas;
two such factors are the color and form of a pearl. When shown a genuine pearl
of a certain color and size, like one having its origin from a bamboo plant, for
instance, they would search for further bamboo mustikas having only such
characteristics--other genuine bamboo pearls of a different form and color would
be labeled as "false." This is unreasonable as there is nothing in
Nature that are exactly alike. Oyster pearls, as an example, come in various
colors, sizes, and forms. Oyster pearls are not always round, they may come in
pear-shape forms, as in tear-drops, and even flat pieces resembling angel-wings.
We personally possess bamboo pearls as large as a chicken egg, red in color. We
also have blue and green, and black bamboo pearls of diverse shapes and sizes.
Not all of our stock are presented on our web-site. The pearls shown are merely
representative of what is available. Those ordering mustika-pearls from us are
not always given the exact same mustika as seen in the pearl-pictures--mustika-pearls
are one-of-a-kind.
Descriptions from ancient texts as to the color and shape of a mustika do not
tell the whole story as not enough pearls were found at that time to make a
proper comparison or a true statement. To put it plainly, mustikas or magickal
pearls of the same animal or plant origin do not always have the same color,
size or form. They may appear as an unworthy object or as a thing of
beauty--their appearance should not be too much of an issue for the magickal
practitioner, for their true value lies in their occult nature.
In their natural state most mustikas have rough textures. It is only after being
tumbled and polished do they give a lustre. It is actually in their natural
state that one may see that a mustika is genuine as they are unlike any crystal
or gem stone in their uncut, untumbled, and unpolished state. Sometimes natural
objects such as a grass or part of an insect may be found embedded within
them--these magickal pearls often possesses additional power.
Pearls may be tested by the layman whether they are genuine or fake using the
finger test; however, this method is not conclusive--it does entail having some
psychic sensitivity on the person testing it. The method is to hold a pearl with
the right hand between the thumb and forefinger. Inhale and hold your breath,
then feel the energy flowing along the arms to the heart. Exhale when you need
to. Repeat the breathing cycle--the more you do this, the more definite will the
energy be felt. The arm holding the pearl would feel intensely heavy at one
point--this effect is generally not felt with ordinary stones and objects. You
may test this for yourself should you possess a magickal pearl. Some people make
a mistake of stating that testing every object makes their fingers tingle and
thus feeling this as a result of holding a magickal pearl is of no import. This
is fallacious, and is not the effect sought. This tingling is the result of the
blood pulsation as the fingers are pressed against the hard surface of the
pearl. What we are actually after in this experiment is to feel the subtle
energy flowing into the arms--thus the pearl should not be held between the
fingers too tightly. When the energy flows, it accumulates in the arm before
reaching the body--this makes the arm intensely heavy. When one's subtle nadis
or etheric nerves have been cleansed of psychic toxins and enlargened for a
greater capacity of energy-flow, just holding a mustika-pearl for a few seconds
is sufficient enough to feel the rush of the force.
In the days of yore, most men could only mention animal/plant pearls in their
writings. Nowadays, magickal pearls are bountiful and readily available to a
wider public--to those that seek them. The reason has partly to do with the
Aquarian-Age that we find ourselves living in. It is, however, mainly because
Nature wishes to offer humanity something that would help men embrace her and
not destroy the platform where the other lower kingdoms have their place of
evolution. Mustika-pearls are Nature's gifts to humanity, it connects us
directly to the Spirit-Intelligences of the mineral, plant, and animal kingdoms.
As alluded to previously, the reality of mustika pearls are to be found in
certain literature. Below we quote fully the summary/translation of the Sri
Garuda Purana by the gemologist , Robert S. Brown, regarding this matter. The
commentary in square brackets are ours:
"Besides (natural) oyster pearls there are seven other types [In fact,
almost every animal specie and perhaps plant-life may produce pearls--although
rare] found in conch shells, wild boar heads, elephant heads, king cobra heads,
bamboo stems, clouds, and fish heads.
"Pearls from elephant heads, bamboo stems, boar heads, fish mouths, and
conch shells are lusterless, even though possessed of other auspicious
qualities [Not all crowns of animals are lusterless--some have clear
crystalline-structures and do give forth a sheen; some bamboo pearls also
have lustre]. Pearls from conch shells are usually the size of a large
kona (the large end of a drum stick), and they possess a color similar to their
host shell.
"Fish pearls are perfectly round and symmetrical. They possess a yellowish
hue like the scales of the pathenam fish which often inhabit the mouths of deep
sea whales [Again, not totally true, we have seen shark pearls white in
color.]
"Boar pearls [we have this pearl available in our collection] are colored
like a boar's tusks and are found only in remote parts of the world. Such pearls
are auspicious symbols of the Varaha boar incarnation of the Supreme Lord,
Sri Vishnu.
"Pearls derived from bamboo appear like hailstones in color, and they are
found only within bamboo that has grown in a region populated by religious
people [Lots of bamboo pearls in our collection--they mostly come from
Ujung Kulon, Java, which secret sources say is one of the remote places where
the Indonesian Spiritual Masters regularly convene].
"Pearls from the cobra's hood are perfectly round, like fish pearls, and
they radiate a natural effulgence. By repeated washing, a snake pearl becomes as
lustrous as a polished sword blade. Anyone possessing such a naga-mani attains
piety, rare good fortune, and eventually becomes illustrious as a leader of men,
complete with a great collection of all precious gems [Cobra-pearls are not
always round, they may also come in other shapes].
"Upon acquiring such a snake pearl, the owner should have the rite of
installation performed by a priest who is learned in religious formalities.
After hearing from the owner how the pearl was obtained and conducting the
benedictory ritual, the priest should formally install the jewel inside the
owner's house. On such an auspicious occasion, the sky becomes filled with dark
and heavy rain clouds, thunder, and flashing lightning, such as exhibited at the
time of universal dissolution. A man in possession of such a snake pearl will
never be troubled by snakes, demonic beings, diseases, or disturbances in any
form.
"Cloud pearls [this could possibly be a "dew pearl" or a
variation], being naturally effulgent like the sun, illuminate the sky in all
directions and dispel the darkness of cloudy days. Glowing brighter than the
combined light of the moon, the twinkling stars, and fire, a cloud-born pearl
dissipates even the darkest night exactly like the sunrise. A cloud pearl
is so priceless that the entire earth, with her oceans filled with countless
jewels and covered in layers of gold, would not be equal in value. Cloud pearls
rarely reach this earthly world, because they are usually taken away by the
demigods.
"Even a low born man would become supreme ruler of the entire world if, as
result of some past pious actions, he were to come into possession of such a
pearl. The appearance of such a man on earth who obtained a cloud pearl during
his lifetime would bring good fortune not only to himself, but to the
entire human race as well. No form of evil could even touch the land within an
8,000 mile radius of his birthplace."
THE "OTHER" PEARLS By Richard S. Brown, Gemologist (G.I.A.)
How do animal/plant pearls differ from ordinary gem stones and crystals? Mustika-pearls
contain energies of the Totem Animal/Plant Spirit-Guardians (Power-Animals/Plant
Devas) of the species under its care. During its construction, an elemental
spirit appropriates these energies to actually construct every line of force
within the pearl and to actually dwell within it after it is fully formed. The
energies of the Totem-Animal/Plant Spirit and the presence of the elemental are
the two occult factors that differentiates mustikas from ordinary crystals and
gems.
Extraordinary mustika-pearls are sometimes found. These are the crowns and horns
of animals that normally do not possess them. In this category are also the
fossilized-eyes and other parts of animals and creatures. Crowns are normally
lusterless as described in the Sri Purana Garuda. There are, however,
crocodile-crowns that are crystalline in nature. Most crown-pearls come from
snakes and centipedes. These crowns normally have a spiral, conic shape.
Horns/crowns of animals such as horses (unicorn) and cats do exist, though they
are scarce.
Copyright © 2006 Luxamore
Bio:
Leonard Lee aka Luxamore Metaphysical teacher, counseler, healer and merchant of
occult/magickal items of Indonesia. www.indotalisman.com
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