Mysterious nine-eye dZi bead from my private collection It has a relief surface called “snow leopard skin”.
Mysterious dZi beads 9 eyes
Amulets
The secret Hongshan culture
There is one more secret place in the northeast of China, about which there are a lot of legends. It is as famous as the Himalayas in Tibet. An ancient civilization engendered 6-7 thousand years ago in the Huanghe river basin is nowadays famous by its Hongshan Neolithic culture. Especially the place between Inner Mongolia […]
DZi-beads: the meaning of the patterns. Part III.
In our previous articles you learnt about the meaning of the eyes and the symbols-pictograms on dZi beads. Today I would like to tell you about the meaning of the figures of deities and animals on Tibetan amulets. The meaning of figured patterns on dZi beads. Garuda (“Mythic bird”). This is a huge bird, […]
DZi-beads: the meaning of the patterns. Part II
In my last article I acquainted you with the meaning of dZi bead eye number. HERE you can see the patterns from 1 to 365 eyes on Tibetan talisman and what energy they bring. However, besides the traditional eyes there can be specific figures and symbols etched on dZi beads. Today I’m going to tell […]
DZi-beads: the meaning of the patterns. Part I
The number of eyes on Tibetan amulets and their meaning. As many people already know, there are particular pictograms applied on holy Tibetan dZi stones. These are either eyes or some kind of symbols, figures. The patterns are applied for a good reason. Today I am going to tell you what power the Tibetans endue […]
Meteorite amulets
Celestial iron, black axe stone and the stone – metal types of “meteorite” amulets. If you think that the word “meteorite” means the amulet made of meteorite iron (which is got from the meteorite fallen onto the ground), you are mistaken. As there are a lot of types of “celestial” things (in the Tibetans’ opinion), […]
Mysterious gobi-agate dZi stones
In ancient times these unusual stones were well known to Tibetan shamans. They were used as the type of dZi stones to be protected from evil spirits and jinx as well as to attract luck. Only several decades ago such stones with mysterious relief eyes were believed to have disappeared. But not long time ago […]
DZi beads with incrustation
Silver and gold threads as well as semi-precious stones became main peculiarity of unusual dZi beads series of ancient Tang Dynasty. On March 2, 641 Chinese Princess Wencheng came to Tibet as a wife of Tibetan imperator Songtsan Gambo and the era of great Tan Dynasty began, from which the development of Tibetan Buddhism began […]
Mystery of Tibetan dZi beads
From ancient times mysterious Tibetan lands and the Himalayas were famous with their miracles and magic amulets. Not only local population still believes in the power of these amulets, but also many people all over the world. DZi beads (they are also called GZI or ZI) are considered to be one of the most esteemed […]