Folk Names: Aerolith, Aerolite Energy: Projective Planet: none, meteorites are associated with the Universe Elements: Akasha, Fire Deity: The Great Mother Associated Stones: Peridot, Diamond Powers: Protection, Astral Projection
Magical/Ritual Lore:
Meteorites have long been held in fascination by humans. They have been thought to be gifts from the gods and goddesses. Certain meteorites, such as the Kaaba stone in Mecca and a stone thought to represent the Great Mother Goddess of Phrygia, have been worshipped as symbols of divinity.
A four-ton stone has been revered in China as a holy object since the 1200’s. The stone, shaped like a crouching ox, resides in a Bhuddist shrine. Recently, however, a team of Chinese geologists studied
the stone and determined it to be a meteorite that landed about 1,300 years ago. The stone is no longer worshiped. In Babylon the meteorite was a powerful magical protectant. It was thought to remove all evils due to its strange appearance and the "roar of its awful might.“
Peridot is often found in meteorites. I held a small cut meteorite recently and studied the green peridot crystals that were packed inside it. The stone was worth about $3,000, so it didn’t go home with me. Recently, tiny diamonds were found inside meteorites that fell in Mexico in 1969-the first discovered that had formed off of our planet.
At one place or another on Earth, meteorites were used to explain the origin of life. If rocks fell to the earth from space, so too could plants, water, animals and people.
Symbolically, meteorites can be viewed as the spiritual penetrating the physical, as astral power, divine order or whim, though a friend of mine says they’re the melted remains of spaceships from distant galaxies!
Magical Uses:
Meteorites are unearthly things, literally. They possess the powers of intergalactic flight, of movement, of speed, and of energy unhindered by gravity.
Use them in rituals of protection. Place one on the altar near white candles; or carry in the hand.
They are also called upon to promote astral projection. A small meteorite or a fragment of one is placed beneath the pillow during attempts at conscious astral projection.
Yes, they are available for sale at reasonable prices. I visited the Reuben H. Fleet Space Theatre’s gift shop in San Diego a few days ago and found small meteorites for $3.00.
[Source: Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem, & Metal Magic by Scott Cunningham]
On June 2, 2016, Laurence Garvie woke to a thrilling text message: “Large bolide.”
In the early hours of that morning, a bolide—a large, bright meteor—had exploded through the atmosphere of northeastern Arizona, near where Garvie works as the curator for the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University.
“Meteoritesare falling all over the Earth all the time, but every once in a while, a meteorite lands, so to speak, in your backyard,” Garvie says. “What we’re trying to do is piece this all together to really unravel the early solar system stories.”
Step inside the Meteorite Museum, where you’ll find more than just meteorites inside. Learn more here.
This giant crater in the Arizona desert is creatively named Meteor Crater. It is 1200 metres wide and around 170 metres deep. 50,000 years ago this 40 metre wide asteroid struck what would have been a damp grassland with ten times the speed of a bullet.
1954: the giant bruise just above the hip of Ann Hodges, pictured, is the result of the only confirmed human meteorite strike.
The impact caused quite the stir in the city of Slyacauga, Alabama when it was made, but despite that rock having hurtled out of space to strike her, Hodges survived after it crashed into her living room that winter’s day.
THIS VIDEO IS SO FUN – we teach you the differences between meteorites, and deceptive meteorite wannabes – and then at the end we have a quiz and you can test your knowledge! yay interactive videos!
Libyan Desert glass is a type of tektite/impactite, is a canary yellow, glass-like mineral that is formed when silica is exposed to extreme heat and pressure. Libyan Desert glass is believed to have origins involving a meteor shower in the Sahara Desert nearly 29 million years ago. For many years scientists have believed that the mineral is the result of an extremely large air-blast, roughly 100 megatons, caused by an explosion in space near earth’s atmosphere. After extensive analysis, scientists have discovered that Libyan Desert glass is indeed created by meteor impacts.
Stun the crowd by making your appearance in quite a dashing outfit. The Meteorite Halter Bra and Pencil Skirt are lacy racy match made in heaven that will leave your spectator(s) in awe.
