Dzi stone

Dzi stones

A Dzi stone ( Tibetan གཟི ། ; pronunciation “dzi” or “gzi”) is a type of stone bead of unknown origin that is worn as part of a necklace or bracelet. The Tibetan word "Dzi" means "shine, brightness, clarity, splendor". In some Asian cultures, including the Tibetan ones, pearls are believed to have positive spiritual power. They are usually worn as protective amulets and sometimes used in ground form in traditional Tibetan medicine.

Original Dzi stones made of agate or onyx are very rare and difficult to get, and if so, they are usually very highly endowed.

Reinhold Messner with a Dzi amulet

A well-known wearer of a Dzi amulet is the South Tyrolean mountaineer Reinhold Messner , who has always wore a Dzi amulet since the 2000s and made it known in Europe. The racing driver Michael Schuhmacher was also often photographed with different Dzi stones.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Julia Müller-Klieser: Eye stones in the 3rd and early 2nd millennium BC Chr .: a functional analysis. In: Thomas E. Balke, Christina Tsouparopoulou (eds.): Materiality of Writing in Early Mesopotamia (= Materiale Textkulturen. Volume 13). De Gruyter Open, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045962-3 , pp. 109–132, here p. 119, doi: 10.1515 / 9783110459630-006 .
2. ↑ Ancient dZi Beads from 2500BC to 500AD. dzibeads.co.uk, accessed June 11, 2017 .