The Mysterious Black Stone of Kaaba - Worship of a Meteorite?

[ktlight]

"Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the greatest religious observances in Islam. This year, Hajj is expected to fall between November 4-9.

People often associate Hajj with the familiar image of devout Muslims making the journey to the Kabaa, and seven-times circling the ancient stone building towards which they pray. The gathering in the plain of Arafat symbolises the climax of the hajj pilgrimage, and in 2010 two million Muslims were at the site together on a single day.

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba inside the grand mosque in Mecca. Photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian

What is less commonly known is the presence of a holy relic - literally a cornerstone - that is part of the worship. The origins of the dark stone remains a mystery to not only Muslims but geologists, scientists and historians alike.

Does the black stone reveal pagan goddess-worshiping roots of Islam?

The Black Stone of Ka’aba - al-Hajr al-Aswad

The Black Stone is a Muslim relic, which according to Islamic tradition dates back to the time of Adam and Eve. Historical research claims that the Black Stone marked the Kaaba as a place of worship during pre-Islamic pagan times.

It is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient stone building towards which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

The Stone is a dark rock, polished smooth by the hands of millions of pilgrims, that has been broken into a number of fragments cemented into a silver frame in the side of the Kaaba.

Although it has often been described as a meteorite, this hypothesis is still under consideration.

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as part of the Tawaf ritual of the Hajj.

Many of them try, if possible, to stop and kiss the Black Stone, emulating the kiss that Islamic tradition records that it received from the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. If they cannot reach it, they point to it on each of their seven circuits around the Kaaba."

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[ulli]

Take any old pebble...if you the can convince millions to worship it there will come a moment when it will start to glow.
Considering that it was paced in Mecca, which before air travel was not an easy place to travel to, those pilgrims, once they got there were super-charged with the sheer joy and relief of having arrived at their destination.
The whole thing about Islam was to unite warring desert tribes...call it nation building.
Using a single object as the center has been done before. The object itself is immaterial...it is the projected attitude that matters.

[Calz]

There are a few here on the forum that work(ed) with crystals. Perhaps someone else might remember Moldavite?


Moldavite: The Crystal From Outer Space

About 20 million years ago a meterorite shower fell in the Moldau Valley of Czechoslovakia. The result of this shower was moldavite, a rare crystal of a bottle-green, translucent hue. Although some people believe that it is a true meteorite (formed in outer space), it is more generally believed that it originates from rock that was struck by a meteorite and melted. According to the latter belief, moldavite combines extraterrestrial and terrestrial properties.

It is generally considered to be one of the stones very important for this particular phase of human evolution. Many people feel that at this time there are countless souls who are not originally from Planet Earth, but from the Pleiades, Sirius, Orion, and other systems.

The belief fueling this thought is that for our Earth to fully heal itself, new races of beings are needed, those with what might be described as a more cosmic view of existence. These souls, incarnating for the first time on this planet, (and in some cases for the first time in a physical body) need a way to be grounded in the unique energies of this planet, and moldavite is one of the helpers for this.

At one time in my life, I would have dismissed this as a fascinating theory. I have since learned that ideas which I used to dismiss without a second thought have become part of my belief system.

You don't have to believe this theory, however, to benefit from moldavite, for we can more generally look at it as a stone that can both help us be comfortable in physical existence and remind us that our Earth is part of a much larger system of consciousness.

When placed on the third eye, moldavite helps us to establish the cosmic connection. When placed on the heart it teaches us to appreciate the gift of being here on Earth.

On a more practical level, many people have reported that moldavite helps to release all that is no longer needed for personal growth: old ideas: leftover emotional/mental habits, whatever you know on a deep level needs to go.

Because its energies are so powerful it's a good idea to keep it near you a lot when you first get one and to meditate with it regularly. Whenever moldavite is used in meditation it is recommended that a grounding stone: black tourmaline, hematite, tiger's eye, smoky quartz, red jasper, or obsidian, be placed by the feet for grounding purposes.

Special warning: You will find in time that more and more things seem to be unnecessary: the relationship you're hanging on to because it's comfortable and you don't like to be lonely, for example. You may find it more and more important to be honest with both yourself and others.

So even if you don't believe in extraterrestrial beings, moldavite is a valuable stone for you, but if you're just a bit curious, moldavite may open some doors. What these doors open to, well, you'll have to decide that.

http://www.rainbowcrystal.com/crystal/gems/moldavite.html

[spiritguide]

Calz,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of crystal energy. This is an important dot on the dot to dot puzzle that shows the picture of the universe's wholeness.

:peace: