About the Cardinal Stone
I was perusing one of my favorite (there are many) parts of Book 1 Voices in Crystal.
This part shows an early interaction between Marai and the individual Children of Stone. This is something I've seen in my thoughts, just like a little movie.
Marai is looking for something to start a fire. What he finds is essentially the cardinal stone. It looks a little like a ruby. Later on, it changes shape and becomes a symbiont and teacher for one of the women. Still later it has become larger and is in another country to be discovered by a later incarnation of the same woman. At that time it is considered a goddess stone.
"When Marai reached the flat ledge outside the mouth of the cave, he took the bag of stones from his belt and sorted blindly through it again. This time, he sensed more warmth and a slight tremor. Perhaps he could find a clear crystal to catch the rays of the sun and power it down to the ailing flame below.
A faceted warm stone, different from the rounded and cooler stones slipped easily into the shepherd's hand.
Fire... He thought, without even looking at the stone in his hand Fire and air turned into stone...The children said that they were fire and air, but when they came here, they took the elements of earth and water, forming crystal stone. This is the fire of Her vengeance! It's like a woman 's anger, somehow. It has the passion of anger, but love... Passion and fire in it's glory... Marai smiled faintly.
Lifting the little stone into the light, he saw it was red in color, but crystal. The stone looked like a ruby; as if it had been cut in a diamond shape with pointed ends. In its center lay a scramble of a gold spiderweb like filament that pulsed and almost breathed, when he separated this stone from the others. He held it even higher so that the sun’s rays could warm it."
I am the fire of love.
Touch me, my beloved..."
Children of Stone: Voices in Crystal
This part shows an early interaction between Marai and the individual Children of Stone. This is something I've seen in my thoughts, just like a little movie.
Marai is looking for something to start a fire. What he finds is essentially the cardinal stone. It looks a little like a ruby. Later on, it changes shape and becomes a symbiont and teacher for one of the women. Still later it has become larger and is in another country to be discovered by a later incarnation of the same woman. At that time it is considered a goddess stone.
"When Marai reached the flat ledge outside the mouth of the cave, he took the bag of stones from his belt and sorted blindly through it again. This time, he sensed more warmth and a slight tremor. Perhaps he could find a clear crystal to catch the rays of the sun and power it down to the ailing flame below.
A faceted warm stone, different from the rounded and cooler stones slipped easily into the shepherd's hand.
Fire... He thought, without even looking at the stone in his hand Fire and air turned into stone...The children said that they were fire and air, but when they came here, they took the elements of earth and water, forming crystal stone. This is the fire of Her vengeance! It's like a woman 's anger, somehow. It has the passion of anger, but love... Passion and fire in it's glory... Marai smiled faintly.
Lifting the little stone into the light, he saw it was red in color, but crystal. The stone looked like a ruby; as if it had been cut in a diamond shape with pointed ends. In its center lay a scramble of a gold spiderweb like filament that pulsed and almost breathed, when he separated this stone from the others. He held it even higher so that the sun’s rays could warm it."
I am the fire of love.
Touch me, my beloved..."
Children of Stone: Voices in Crystal
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