This book is a small part of one of the volumes of “The Book of Stones or a Step Towards a Wider Perception” Its publication was initiated by German partners, so the Lithuanian editions follows the German one.
Amber is an integral part of Aestian history. Everything has remained in their Spiritual memory, as have the applications of amber. The Aestians included the Prussians, as well as the tribes that lived in the territories of modern Lithuania and Latvia. Prussians are no more. Lithuania and Latvia are remnants of the Aestians. The Aestian Spirit opens up its treasures and strength for those who now live here now and consider these lands their Motherland. We have to dare to embrace it, but before we must have courage to open ourselves for it. This Spirit speaks through amber, especially amber that is not mined, but caught by amber fishermen in ancient ways. That’s what this book is about.
Maybe it will awaken your genetic memory too?
Amber is a special organic material with an amorphous structure, just like Lithuania. Have you ever wondered why Lithuania adopts a variety of thought structures, but still manages to retain its identity and even its language over the centuries? It’s all because of the amorphous structure of thought, which includes all the other structures, while still remains itself… That is why Lithuania is like amber. It is everything and nothing… It is the remnants of the Essence of Essence… Who among you remembers this?…
The photographs in the book are from the exposition and collection of the Mizgiris Amber Museum. Photos by K. Mizgiris.
Ilgevičienė, Audronė. Gintaras. Vilnius: Petro offsetas, 2009. 68 p. ISBN 978-9955-815-85-3.
Additional edition: 2012.
This book is published in German:
Bernstein: Stein des Meeres, des Lichtes und der Sonne. Saarbrücken: Neue Erde, 2009, 127 S. ISBN 978-3890-605-36-2.