====== Boji Stones ======
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folk_names: 
energy_tags: Projective
gender_tags: 
planet_tags: Mars
element_tags: Fire
deity_tags: Akasha
effect_tags: power, protection, healing, balancing energies
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On a trip to Denver, the owner of Isis Bookstore piled several bizarre-looking "stones" in my hands.

"Here," he said. "What are they?"

They were gray, metallic, heavy. Were they magnetic? No. Some were grainy-surfaced ovals, fairly smooth, while others were studded with what appeared to be three-sided corners of some metal that had formed crystals within the "stone" itself.

A few were tubular-shaped, looking like two stones that had been smashed and fused together.

"What are they?" I asked, stumped.

"Boji Stones(tm)," Leon said, smiling.

Yeah, I'd never heard of them either. They apparently come from some place in Kansas.

Holding one in each hand, I felt a tremendous flow of energy through my body.

===== Magical Uses =====
Boji Stones(tm) are something of an enigma. I've taken them to experts, but they aren't sure just what they are-crystalline forms of iron? Pseudomorphs (wherein organic or mineral substances are replaced with, in this case, metal)? At least one specimen, I was told, seems to be a fossilized vertebra of some ancient animal, in which the bone has been replaced with a form of pyrite.

Whatever they are, Boji Stones&trade; emit forceful, projective vibrations. They appear to be useful for balancing the body's energies, with the resultant effects of calming, grounding, and healing. One women said that holding a stone in her hand had removed the pain from it.

They are certainly protective, in that they charge up our psychic defenses.</ifauth>