Origins & History: Biblical High Priests to the Legend of Siegfried
In Exodus, Jasper was enshrined as the first stone upon the breastplate of Aaron, signifying divine protection, and it is named as the foundation wall of the New Jerusalem in Revelation. Germanic legends recount that the dragon-slaying hero Siegfried had red jasper set into the hilt of his sword Balmung to stem wounds and steel his valor in battle. Roman farmers buried jasper amulets in freshly plowed fields during vernal rites to invoke fertile rains and bountiful harvests from the Earth Mother.











































































































