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-'''[[Quimbanda]]''' is an [[African diaspora religion|Afro-Brazilian religion]] practiced primarily in the urban city centers of Brazil. The religion borrowed many aspects of other traditions, especially [[Umbanda]] and [[Candomblé]]. Quimbanda focuses on male spirits called ''exús'' as well as their female counterparts, ''pomba giras''. ''Pomba giras'' are often regarded as the spirits of deceased women who worked as prostitutes or in other positions traditionally considered immoral in [[Christianity|Catholic]] Brazilian society. Quimbanda's practices are often focused on worldly success regarding money and sex.
+The mineral aggregate '''[[bloodstone]]''' is a cryptocrystalline mixture of [[quartz]] that occurs mostly as [[jasper]] (opaque) or sometimes as [[chalcedony]] (translucent). The "classic" bloodstone is opaque green jasper with red inclusions of hematite. The red inclusions may resemble spots of blood, hence its name.
-<p><small>Photo credit: Quimbanda Nàgô</small></p>
+Bloodstone was called "stone of Babylon" by Albertus Magnus and he referred to several [[ritual magic|magical]] properties, which were attributed to it from Late Antiquity. Pliny the Elder (1st century) mentioned first that the [[magician]]s used it as a stone of invisibility. Damigeron (4th century) wrote about its ability to make rain, [[solar eclipse]]s and its special virtue in [[divination]] and preserving health and youth.
+<p><small>Photographer: [[Travis McHenry]]</small></p>
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