It is not clear how he actually got his hands on the stone, but he described it as being made of a type of glass formed from a meteorite called moldavite, with etchings upon it in ancient Sanskrit that he claimed read “Through the Stars I come.
A follower of Theosophy, a spiritual belief that a group of divine ascended masters would unite all mankind, he had long had a fascination with the Cintamani Stone, and according to the story he got it, leading to his many accolades, achievements, and strong political connections and clout at the time. One of the most well cases of someone allegedly holding the stone revolves around the Russian artist, philosopher, 1929 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and occultist Nicholas Roerich in the early 1900s, also famous for having been a mystical guru for Henry Wallace, who was Secretary of Agriculture and would become Vice President of the U.S. There have been many diverse individuals, societies, and organizations who have claimed to have come into possession of the Cintamani Stone, including such names as King Solomon, Genghis Khan, Akbar the Great, the Freemasons, and even the Dogon tribe of Africa, famed for their mysterious knowledge of the binary star Sirius before it was officially discovered to be binary, with all of them having their great knowledge and success attributed to the stone’s powers. The Cintamani Stone is often described as either a multi-faceted iridescent jewel or in other traditions more like a luminous pearl, and although it has mostly been seen as nothing more than a metaphor for the teachings of Buddha, there have been many throughout history who have believed it to be real and sought to obtain it for themselves, making it a much sought after legendary magical artifact along the same lines as the Philosopher’s Stone or the Holy Grail. The stone then passed into the possession of the enlightened and the worthy, who could use its powers for the good of all humankind, eventually finding its way to the legendary city of Shambhala, although fragments of it were said to have made their way out into the world. The king did not know what the significance of these items was until it was explained to him by two mysterious strangers who one day came to his court and explained that these relics were there to guide humanity, keep us in line, and drive progress. There are many myths on where this all-powerful stone came from, but one of the most popular tales of the stone is that it is said to have fallen from the sky in a chest along with other powerful artifacts during the reign of king Lha Thothori Nyantsen of Tibet in the 5th century. The Cintamani stone is attributed with various wondrous powers, including granting wishes, manifesting anything one desires, eliminating sickness, purifying water, granting knowledge of all time and space, and bringing its holder to a higher state of being and even granting immortality, allowing the achievement of a godlike status.
The Cintamani Stone is, according to legend, a magical wish-fulfilling jewel imbued with great power that is prevalent in many Buddhist traditions as well as in Hindu lore, often depicted in the possession of the Bodhisattvas, those who are on the path to enlightenment, or in Hindu mythology the gods Vishnu and Ganesha. The legend of what is called the Cintamani Stone, which roughly translates to “thought-gem” or “wishing stone,” goes deep back into history, and is pervaded by much mystery and myth. One of these is a magical stone from Buddhist lore that supposedly grants the holder great power over the universe and reality itself, but which has never been proven to be real or not. From magical stones, swords, and even the famed Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail, these are items that lurk out in the periphery between reality and legend, hovering in the morass of a limbo merging fact, fantasy, and myth to congeal into something that evades any true understanding as a real item, but which nevertheless have inspired many to try and obtain them. There have been many legends that have sprouted up over the centuries revolving around mysterious artifacts and relics supposedly imbued with amazing mystical powers.
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