Today it is becoming popular among certain countercultures within Western society such as the new age movement, but is regarded as baseless by scientists and medical professionals.
Charmstones were used in prehistoric Native American cermonies for broader spiritual purposes including securing of productive harvests. Jigme Lingpa in the Vajrayana tradition wrote a treatise on charmestone usage which Namkhai Norbu mentions. Charmstones are evidenced by the Shalagram and lingam in the Hindu tradition and by maban in the indigenous Australian tradition.
For example, the Miwok and Pomo tribes of Northern California have left thousands of charmstones in the bed of Tolay Lake in Sonoma County. The mineral specimen may either be naturally occurring or honed from a natural stone in some cases, the specimen may be entirely manufactured as in the case of certain Mayan pottery finds. This belief has been part of several indigenous cultures for centuries, , e.g., cintamani. A charmstone is a mineral specimen which certain prehistoric, historic or contemporary peoples invest with healing, mystical or paranormal powers.
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