Magic exists Part I - Stones

It is all around us, we just have to look and feel very carefully.

But we humans create the magic itself through word, action and sometimes also through the production of objects into which we bring our idea of magic and meaning. 

In and of themselves, these objects are everywhere and constantly around us. In the magical world, one distinguishes between everyday things, the natural things, and the supernatural objects, those that may have been given to us by the goddess or gods (depending on tradition) and that can sometimes lie right at our feet when, for example, we are passing through hike the forest. There are everyday things in the house and yard, such as brooms, candles, wooden spoons, buckets, wooden wheels, iron nails, etc. and the natural things, such as plants, stones, water, earth or bones of animals. Then there are also the supernatural things, like specially shaped or rare stones, pieces of wood from trees that have been struck by lightning, or oddly shaped branches, roots, special water from special springs... just everything that strikes us as very special and what already inherently has a certain magical charisma; but that is rare and can possibly only be discerned by a trained or knowing eye. But even if they are conspicuous or special, it does not mean that they always have magical powers of their own. This power will only unfold through our involvement, through our belief in it and through our softly spoken word; also by certain circumstances or conditions, such as the times and place of the find.

These magic things, which are taken either from nature or from human creation, also have many connections and meanings with ancient pagan folk magic.

It is the magic of natural objects, such as crystals or precious stones, such as flints or specially shaped stones such as thunderbolts, or perforated stones.

Perforated stones, called Drudenstein or chicken gods, were already worn on the body by our ancestors as a protective amulet against illnesses, or hung up in the house and stables for the sick cattle or placed in the mangers. Such perforated stones were also hung in diseased trees to make them fertile again. Hung on a baby cradle or bed, they are said to protect against bewitching.

The thunderbolts are wedge-shaped, hard and partly perforated stones that were formed by Mother Nature or date back to primeval times (especially the Stone Age). According to old legends, they are said to have great magical powers, since they were considered a weapon of the god Donar and whoever owns such a stone has magical powers and can do magic. 

Thunderbolts are considered protection against lightning strikes in the house and yard. But they are also said to help against diseases such as inflammation, the rose (facial or shingles) by smearing the diseased parts of the body with it. 

According to superstition, women giving birth should be given a thunderbolt to make the birth easier.