“BLOOD STONE”

Evening Star, Issue 22955, 12 May 1938, Page 7

“BLOOD STONE”

USE BY DRUIDS EVIL POWER FOR WITCHES “The blood stone,” a crystal ball believed to have been used by Druids, and witches and to have evilly influenced humanity since centuries before Christendom, was auctioned at Christie’s in London last month. Although the afternoon’s bidding waa brisk—the previous lot, a Louis XVT* snuff bos, fetched 295 gs—the—the appearance of the small crystall ball, silvermounted, hung on an ebony stand* seemed to chill the dealers. A German offered two guineas. ,Th« owner, a West End connoisseur, bought it back for £3O, a fraction of its value. - He stated in an interview: “ Th* thing fascinates me, yet I never know whether I want to- keep it or get rid of it. Recently it has lain quietly in two or three collections and seems to have done no harm. But I believe it has a sinister history.” ■ • At the British Museum, an expert said: “ A few of these stones have been dug up from the tombs of ancient Britons. This one was found at Chatham in the sixteenth century. It i» supposed to have been used by witches, giving them fantastic powers. “ It was buried with a woman, probably some high priestess of evil, fop Druids prized the crystals greatly .and used them for calling down spiritual fire and the presence of gods.”