Most often rosaries are regarded as belonging to certain religions. And indeed, most rosaries are used as aides in reading prayers: it's easier to count prayers or names of the god (the gods) with their help. And the number of beads match the number of prayers, that a believer recites. Although moving fingers along the beads accompanied not only by the prayers.
A rosary may be the only "complete" structure, where the ends of the base (cord or rope) with beads strung on it, are linked to each other, so that ring (circle). In magic is a ring that allows a strong element in the rise to power accumulate. The allegorical meaning of a ring-the Crown of the faith. In addition, represents a rosary the cyclicity of time, endless repetition, asceticism. It is believed that they are linked with succession and a ladder to heaven.
Rosaries are used in Christianity (both in Catholicism and orthodoxy), old believers, Islam, Buddhism, under shamans, etc. And every religion has a rosary with strictly defined parameters. Looking at a concrete Rosary can always tell who it belongs to (for example, a Buddhist, or a Christian). Additionally, the shape of a rosary that owner's level can be determined, and are to one or other branch of the doctrine (as for a beginner the small amount of beads in a rosary enough, it could not be enough for an in-depth user).
The beads are produced from a wide variety of materials including bone, glass, wood, flowers, (even from horns and vertebrae of animals), semi-precious stones like amber, agate, jasper, serpentine or jet and precious materials including silver, diamonds, coral and crystal crushed. The material of pearls is selected on the basis of objectives by the owner.
Juniper berries, dark blue lapis lazuli, red coral would be the best material in order to scare off evil spirits, the harmful influence. A rosary made of sandalwood, pearls and rock crystal can help to remove obstacles, to calm down, and to increase disease resistance. Beads made of spiritual development of lotus seeds, amber, seeds from the Bodhi tree, as well as gold, copper or silver are used to long lifespan, the development of wisdom to promote and improve. For the mystical practices a rosary made of juniper, black or red wood, bone, black crystal, Agate and black coral. A rosary made of Cedar help to remove the headache, to reduce the pressure, improves sleep and dreams. And besides, will protect against bad people, witches, nightmares. Moreover, in addition to moving fingers along the pearls which is recommended to touch a head and a sore spot regularly before you go to bed, and night-put them under the cushion.
It is known that nerve endings, which are directly related to the think tanks, are concentrated in the fingertips. The children look: development of fine motor skills of their hands, we give them peas, beans, so we develop not only the hands, we are also developing a brain activity. Even in ancient times used clever Chinese fatigue walnuts to relieve stress. A rosary works on the same principle. Moving fingers along the beads can affect a variety of vital functions in your body, and, especially, his emotional state. Additionally, influences this work with a rosary on painful joints, they develop and relieve the pain (e.g., arthritis). And another side of a rosary effect on our body is her help when focusing. If you remember some important information on a large scale (text, poems, words of a foreign language), you must want to sequentially iterate Rosary beads, each is shifting from a single Pearl, repeating a specific information unit.
