Here's a reply from a member of the FB Group, saying she (now) agrees with my suppositions about the beads in question, based on viewing your photo.

It's a good thing when people come to understand and support ideas that might be considered to be unsubstantiated, "kooky," or whatever.

The dialogue I showed above does not include a number of comments—some of which were rather frustrating to me—but that are typical of many discussions.

JDA.