Liner Notes for The Wish Fulfilling Jewel Returns
Liner Notes for The Wish Fulfilling Jewel Returns The Wish Fulfilling Jewel is the name of the third act of my novel The Inexplicable Affair Of The Mesmerising Russian Nobleman , which introduces, amongst other characters, The Honourable Katherine Bedford. One joke in the novel and it’s sequel, which admittedly is just for me, is that people are always wondering about fabulous jewellery and exotic gemstones. Edwardian and Victorian crime stories love to be about expensive, and sometimes cursed precious stones. Schneemann though is wise to this and refuses to have anything to do with them*. The Wish Fulfilling Jewel (Cintamani) is indeed a Buddhist symbol, and also a Hindu one, though Katie’s explanation is almost as wrong as the idea that you can just hand one over. It is a metaphor for the rare achievement of true devotion to the teachings of the Buddha, or, for Hindus, the highest state of worship. It’s also usually depicted as a pearl rather than a yellow stone. The go...
