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•^Ghayat Al-Hakim}^
This is to be done in the hour and honor of 9.
Also, carve on a stone of emerald the following symbols:
-in its hour and ascendant. The holder of this stone will have
full command of authors, accountants and laborers.
On a stone known as mantis, carve the image of a man sitting
on a distaffed chair with a lead in his right hand writing on a
scroll in his left hand. This is to be done in the hour of 9 and in
its honor. If the holder of this stone is a writer and hopes to
achieve a favor from a ruler, he will be employed by that ruler,
entrusted with his affairs and favored in every aspect.
It is stated in the book The Interpretation Spiritual of Talismans,
that if you carve a picture of a frog on an emerald stone in the
hour when 9 is ascendant and hold onto it, no one can harm you
or talk badly about you. On the contrary, your actions will
always be commended.
Additionally, when the picture of a mouse or a jerboa is
carved on an emerald stone of emerald in the hour when 9 is
ascendant, no one will steal anything from the person who will
make profits in his trade.
It is stated in the same book that the person who carves on
an emerald stone a picture of a lion and the head of a lion and
writes underneath it a thousand and above it the letter "d" in the
hour when 9 is ascendant, will be loved by all people and saved
from the atrocities of kings.
Other sources state that when a picture of a scorpion is
carved on a crystallite stone in the when it is ascendant and is
worn by a pregnant woman, her child will be saved from all
diseases.
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