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Despite its evil connotations, elemental Sulfur was burned for centuries as fuel and to purify sickrooms, hospitals, charnel houses, and plague areas.

Homer’s term for sulfur was “dispeller of plagues.” Lore of the times stated that foul smelling things would repel evil spirits, and you can’t get much worse than burning sulfur.

Even into the twentieth century, country lore stated a lump of sulfur in a red bag around the neck would ward off illness (perhaps by keeping everyone away).


The stone has a tradition of use by South American and Central American natives as a healing stone. Some sources say it brings together the four directions, Mother Earth, and Father Sky. Crushed, it was scattered in the four directions to dispel darkness and corruption in an effort to cleanse the earth.