What Are TheyAny of several gems, including the diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire, that have high economic value because of their rarity or appearance.
The word jewellery is derived from the word jewel, which was anglicised from the Old French "jouel" circa the 13th century. Further tracing leads back to the Latin word "jocale", meaning plaything. Jewellery is one of the oldest forms of body adornment; recently found 100,000 year-old beads made from Nassarius shells are thought to be the oldest known jewellery.
THE CORRESPONDENCE AND ORIGINPrecious stones such as rubies, topazes, diamonds and sapphires, have been valued and sought after since ancient times. The value and use of these stones by the ancients is also confirmed by many artifacts that have survived through the ages. That these stones are still precious and desired in modern times, can be confirmed by any- one by taking a precious stone in his hand and observing its flaminess and brilhance, its play of color and light, and its hardness and yet delicateness. For the preciousness of these stones is not a result of the value men attribute to them, but is an intrinsic quality from their very creation by the Lord.
It can hardly be believed by anyone in our world that this is the origin of the precious stones in heaven, because he does not know that all things that come into existence in the spiritual world are correspondences, and that all the things that come into existence in the natural world. originate therefrom.
Although during earlier times jewellery was created for practical uses such as wealth storage and pinning clothes together, in recent times it has been used almost exclusively for decoration. The first pieces of jewellery were made from natural materials, such as bone, animal teeth, shell, wood and carved stone. Jewellery was often made for people of high importance to show their status and, in many cases, they were buried with it.
