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· Meanings of Stones

· Amber - Amber is said to be a very strong healing stone allowing the body to heal itself. It takes negative energy and turns it into positive energy and releases the energy, giving a bright and sunny feeling. It helps one in the art of manifestation; helping you realize your desires into reality. Amber has said to bring good luck.

· AMETHYST - "Stone of spirituality and contentment." Amethyst bestows stability, strength, invigoration and peace, the peace being the perfect peace which was present prior to birth. It is "warm and cuddly" as well as regal and ruling. It has been used to encourage and support sobriety. It is an excellent stone for one who is attempting to find freedom from addictive personalities (oneself or another). Calming, strong protective qualities, healing, divine love and inspiration. Enhances one's psychic and creative abilities. ALSO FOUND - Amethyst reflects the purple ray, one of the colors for the third eye center. It is the color that symbolizes the change of consciousness from the normal waking state into the twilight regions of altered awareness. Amethyst reflects the essence of magic and the ability to transform one reality to another. Amethyst is one of the best stones to use for meditation. Since the Amethyst color is the highest vibration of the third eye, an amethyst stone can be placed directly over this area (while the person is lying face up) to usher in a meditative state. Amethyst's gentle persuasion temporarily stills the mundane thought processes that usually inundate the consciousness so that the mind can experience tranquility. Amethyst energy shows the mind how to be humble so that the door to the higher mind can be opened. The inner calm and peace initiated by this stone enables one to dive deep into the ocean of silence and participate in the serenity that exists beyond constant mental activity. Amethyst could be called the "soul stone" because it communicates directly with that level of being. It initiates deep soul experiences. Because of the calming mental effect, amethyst is a stone that can be used for overworked, over-stressed or overwhelmed mental states. It is one of the best stones to use for tension or migraine headaches as it eases the mental anxieties that tend to cause such conditions. Amethyst is also helpful for people suffering recurrent nightmares. Before retiring, hold an amethyst crystal up to the forehead and program it to guide the mind safely through the sleep state. Then place it under the pillow and sleep securely. Amethyst will inspire sweet dreams. (adapted from Crystal Enlightenment, Raphaell)

AQUAMARINE - For those drawn to aquamarine, it will be calming and soothing. It may ease pain and grief for those stricken with an unrelenting feeling of loss. Anger and frustration may be easier to handle as the wearer becomes accustomed to the vibrations of aquamarine. You may find a brighter outlook on life, and the effects of emotional trauma on brain tissues will be gradually reversed. These benefits can be directly attributed to the higher octave blue ray energies as amplified by aquamarine. Aquamarine was used extensively as a tool for the improvement of mental powers of priests and priestesses in Egypt, certain remote parts of Asia and in Atlantis. Even earlier cultures knew aquamarine as the stone of the sea goddess. They used it to enhance their powers of receptivity, improve their understanding of cycles, expand consciousness, see beyond the wall of death, and heighten awareness during an initiation.

AVENTURINE (green) - It reinforces one's decisiveness, amplifies one's leadership qualities, and is a willing participant in instinctive action. Emotional tranquility, positive attitudes towards life, brings one into alignment with their center. Independence, health and well being, heals the heart chakra.

BLOODSTONE - Strengthens and oxygenates blood stream. Enhances physical/mental vitality. Strengthens heart, spleen, bone marrow. Aids in balancing vitamin deficiencies. Reduces emotional and mental stress. "The Stone of Courage" - also for renewal of the physical, mental and emotional bodies. Another powerful healer. It helps one toward the direct union with the divine through contemplation, prayer or mediation and love. It has been used to stabilize, as necessary, the flow of blood. Also a very good gem for those in business - self employed.

BLUE LACE AGATE - The energy of this mineral is most useful at the throat chakra, the heart chakra, the third eye, and crown chakra. Activating these Chakra, it helps one to enter in to high frequency states of awareness. It can be used in the treatment of arthritic conditions and in cases of "hereditary bone deformity: it can also be used to strengthen the skeletal structure." It is useful to enhance the mending of breaks and fractures. It can help to remove blockages from the nervous system and from the capillaries of the body. ALSO FOUND - Blue lace agate is associated with hope, unity, cleansing, harmony, protection, optimism, positive thinking, appreciation for nature, smooth energy flow, joy, truth, purification and promptness. Makes us more easy-going.

BOTSWANA AGATE - Considered favorable to those who work with plants, trees and around water as it is thought to draw positive energies from them. Considered an excellent "feminine" power stone. Thought to help bring focus on solutions and work through emotional suppressions while enhancing creativity. Thought to counteract all manner of poisons, including emotional and spiritual poisoning. Also thought to help with all "hydration" or water problems and stress.

MOSS AGATE (TREE AGATE) - Moss agate is sometimes called the "gardener's stone" because it has been used for centuries to insure successful crops. Moss agate brings general abundance, success, and prosperity. It can also help one gain peace with extreme or excessive duties in life and brings self-confidence and higher self-esteem. It can reduce the difficulties associated with overcoming addictive behaviors. Moss agate is associated with the heart chakra, and is a stone of compatibility and friendship. It is also believed to help improve circulation, enhance healing of all types, overcome digestive or intestinal disorders. Green moss agate is said to assist in finding hidden treasure.

CARNELIAN - Protects against fear, envy and rage, and helps to banish sorrow from the emotional structure. The message of carnelian is that since one "is" love, there is nothing to do but to offer the love - each offering of love bringing an exponential increase in the quantity of love returned. Carnelian stimulates inquisitiveness and subsequent initiative. It can assist one in drama and pursuits related to theatrical presentations. ALSO FOUND - Carnelian, as all agates, has evolved with the cycles of the earth and has become one of the power stones of the ages. Carnelian is the gem of the earth, a symbol of the strength and beauty of our planet. It represents the golden orange dawns, the red sunsets, the autumn leaves and the deep richness of the fertile ground. It has grown and evolved along with the human race for thousands of years. It can help to teach one how to carve out a unique place in life and how to utilize personal power in the physical world. Carnelian serves as a grounder of energies and as a manifester on the physical plane. It is good for people who are absent-minded, confused and unfocused. It brings the attention into the present moment so that one can concentrate upon current happenings and thus become more productive. When used in meditation it helps to focus the mind on higher intentions and goals. Carnelian stimulates a deeper love and appreciation for the beauty and gifts of the earth.

Chrysocolla - Helps decrease emotional heartbreak and give renewed strength and balance. It gives strength and balance in expression and communication and prevents you from saying something you shouldn't say in a particular situation. It is a grounding, balancing and stabilizing gemstone. Helps you find inner strength in stressful times, promotes physical vitality. It also promotes powerful experiences when used at the third eye. Thought to be a cancer healing stone.

GARNET - modern birthstone of January - known as the "stone of health" - ridding the body of negative energies and transmuting them to a beneficial state. Also know in the past as a "stone of commitment" - to purpose, to others, to oneself. The loving power of garnet tends to reflect the attributes of devotion, bringing the love of others to expressions of warmth and understanding. It both monitors and adjusts the flow of energy, providing for a balanced energy field around the physical body and aligning the emotional and intellectual bodies with the perfection of "All that is". (from Melody's book Love is in the Earth) ALSO FOUND - Garnets are said to enhance creativity and understanding, and to bring success in business. They also are said to strengthen willpower and increase self-esteem and popularity. Garnets are also said to help in the treatment of infectious diseases, blood poisoning, and heart and lung diseases.

GREEN JADE - Jade facilitates peace within the physical, emotional and intellectual structures as well as within the materialistic world. It is said to bring accord to the environment, to transmute negativity and to instill resourcefulness. "Very Lucky Stone"

HEMATITE - Slightly grounding, reduces stress, enhances personal magnetism, optimism, will, courage. "Stone for the mind" it helps one to realize that the only limitations which exist are self-limiting concepts within the mind. Stimulates attainment of peace, self-control and inner happiness. Balances yin-yang energies. Assists in the focusing of energy and emotions for balance between the body, mind and spirit. Helps transform negativity to the purity of the universal light of love.

HOWLITE - This mineral can be used to calm communication, to facilitate awareness and to encourage emotional expression. It builds an innate decency within one's character, encouraging those attributes which are the building blocks to spirituality.

JASPER (picture jasper variety) - It can be used to further both the development and continuance of business pursuits - to provide for coordination of activities leading to increase. It has been known as "the stone of Global Awareness" - It promotes "brotherhood" to work together to save the planet. It emits an energy which promotes the spiritual affinity to achieve perfect accord between humanity and nature; it is one of the "earth Stones" for the age of redemption and cleansing of the earth. It can be used to stimulate the proper functioning of the immune system, and can be helpful in the treatment of disorders associated with skin and kidneys.

LAPIS LAZULI - Energizes the throat chakra. Augments strength, vitality, virility, mental clarity, illumination. Enhances psychic abilities and communication with higher self and spirit guides. Creative expression. It has also been used as a protective stone, sheltering the wearer/carrier from physical danger and psychic attacks. Lapis Lazuli is a "stone of total awareness", helping to expand awareness and intellectual capacity and allowing for conscious attunement to the intuitive and psychic aspects of ones nature. "The Stone of Royalty"

MALACHITE - Sometimes called "the stone of transformation" assisting one in changing situations and providing for the transfer of sacred information to spiritual evolution; clears and activates all Chakras, balancing and equalizing. It can create an unobstructed path leading to a desired goal. Facilitates the rise of spirituality and the enhancement of psychic abilities. Protects against radiation and can be used in the treatment of asthma, swollen joints, tumors, growths, broken bones and torn muscles.

MOONSTONE - The energy of moonstone is balancing, introspective, reflective and lunar. It is capable of helping one with the changing structures of one's life on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. Once called the "travelers stone" it is used for protection against the perils of travel. Moonstone is also a talisman of GOOD FORTUNE. It is also said to both arouse tenderness within the self and to bring happiness to the environment in which it resides. ALSO FOUND - Moonstone is a feldspar gem material, which received its name because of its luminosity and resemblance to the glowing Moon. It has been prized as a gemstone for thousands of years. Mystic Lore: Intuitive sources say that Moonstone is a stone of emotional harmony and well-being. It has been revered for centuries in India as a stone which can bring harmony and good fortune to marriages and love relationships. Moonstone is said to help one relax and enjoy life, and to help one fully love and appreciate others.

OBSIDIAN - Called the "Mirror Stone" it reflects one's personal shortcomings such that they can come to the conscious to be dealt with, then let go of. The most well know of the different colors is Apache Tears, a black obsidian. Obsidian can help protect against the negativity of others and has a grounding influence, helping one to stay focused in the moment. It can also help to stimulate analytical capabilities and precision, and can help promote a forgiving attitude and release of grievances.

ONYX (JET) - "for initiating the modes of centering and alignment of the total person with the higher powers." "Can be used to banish grief, to enhance self-control, to stimulate the power of wise decision making, and to encourage happiness and good fortune". It is grounding and can be used to deflect or absorb the negativity of others. ALSO FOUND - Black onyx is associated with the first or base chakra. It helps with wound healing, childbirth and increases stamina and self-control. It is a grounding stone that is beneficial for controlling and eliminating excess or unwanted energies. Black onyx assists with challenges in life, in particular those caused by a drain of energy. It prevents the draining away of personal energy.

OPAL - Opal is said to be an overall tonic to aid the body in healing, increases intuition and belief in the Magical! ALSO FOUND - Awakens and helps understanding of psychic intuition and mysticism. Encourages living authentically in feeling and action, with faithfulness and loyalty. Helpful for eyesight and during childbirth. ALSO FOUND - In the Orient, opal has always been seen as an "Anchor of Hope", whose wearer would be in God's hands and would never have to fear any illness. The history of the name OPAL points to India with the old Sanskrit word "Upala", meaning "precious stone". According to the Hindu myth, the Eternal One TRIMURTI (the triad of the three gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) transformed a beautiful maiden, adored by the three gods, into a foggy phantom because of her extreme jealousy. But to recognize her again, Brahma gave her his heavenly blue, Vishnu gave her the brilliancy and golden color of the sun and Shiva, the flickering red of the fire. Now easily recognized, the Eternal One transformed her again, this time into an opal. The ancient Romans also adored the opal; they named it "opalus", before the days of Christ. They also used it as a universal cure against eye diseases, as the so-called eye stone ("optahlmos"). Marc Antony wanted to show his love for and impress Cleopatra with an opal ring, but its owner, the Roman senator Nonius, preferred to rush into exile instead of handing over his beloved opal, about the size of a hazelnut. According to Plinius, opal is a cup of unification, from which the carbuncle (garnet) drank its smoldering glow, the amethyst its saturating purple, the emerald the oceans green, the topaz its golden yellow and the sapphire the blue of the deep sea. For Shakespeare, opal was "The Queen Of Gems".

PEARL - It signifies faith, charity, and innocence, enhances personal integrity, and helps to provide focus to one's attention. The pearl has been known as a "stone of sincerity", bringing truth to situations and loyalty to a "cause". It has been used to inhibit boisterous behavior, and to provide a reflection of the self such that one may see the manner in which one appears to others. ALSO FOUND - Pearls are formed when a bit of foreign matter enters a mollusk and is coated with nacre or mother of pearl to reduce the irritation to the mollusk. Because pearls are formed as a result of irritation, they are believed to hold the key to the ability to overcome pain and troubles. They are an example of turning the insignificant into the sublime. Pearls represent faith, charity, purity and innocence. They enhance concentration and meditation while inspiring wisdom and tranquility.

PERIDOT - also known as gem Olivine and Chrysolite - is the traditional birthstone of August - color is usually a green yellow - hardness is 6.5 to 7 This gemstone emits a warm friendly energy; works on both the heart and solar plexus Chakra; acts to provide a shield of protection around the body; to help prevent outside influences from affecting alignment and balance. Helps one to find happiness within one's self, overcoming anger and jealousy.

QUARTZ, CLEAR - "Can bring the energy of the stars into the soul". Traditionally, the natural quartz crystal was said to both harmonize and align human energies, thoughts, consciousness, emotions - with the energies of the universe and to make these greater energies available to humanity. The natural tendency of quartz is for harmony, and is recognized as a "Stone of Power". Stimulates brain function and power, aids clarity of mind. Dispels negativity in one's energy field and environment, aligns all Chakras, a very powerful healer.

RHODONITE - Has been called "the stone of love" and helps one to achieve his or her greatest potential. It activates and energizes the heart chakra, and conveys the resonance of unconditional love to the physical plane. It dispels anxiety and promotes coherence, bringing the user an observant nature and facilitating attention to details and interrelationships.

RHODOCHROSITE - This mineral has been called a "Stone of Love and Balance", providing balancing and love on all levels for all bodies. It contains pulsating electrical energy which emits the strongest power in the universe, the power of love. Rhodochrosite is also an Earth stone for healing of the Earth and for showing love to the Mother of us all. It helps one to serve the planet in Her time of need, allowing for one to recognize that the responsibility is actually a joy. It removes tendencies toward avoidance or denial and helps one to be willing to both accept and to integrate "new" information while maintaining a clarity of intellect and a moderate ideal of practicality. ALSO FOUND - Rhodochrosite is believed to foster healing, comfort, harmony, amity and friendship. Promotes smooth energy flow, emotional expressiveness, kindness, tolerance, compassion and self-love. Helps us live our spiritual beliefs. (taken from Crystal Wisdom, Dolphyn)

ROSE QUARTZ - It emits a calming, cooling energy which can work on all Chakras to gently remove negativity and to reinstate the loving, gentle forces of self- love. Good to wear in a chaotic or crisis situation. It is "the stone of gentle love," bringing peace and calm to relationships. It can be used for spiritual attunement to the energy of love. It is a rejuvenating agent for both the physical body and the emotions. It has excellent energy for healing emotional "wounds". An excellent stone to give to express friendship.

RUTILATED QUARTZ - Enhances life force, strengthens immune systems and brain function. Eases depression. Facilitates communication, increases clairvoyance. Highly electrical, more intensity than clear quartz, transmutes negativity, enhances communication with spirit guides. A great physical healer.

SODALITE - This blue mineral helps one to stimulate communications and psychic abilities. Also balances male/female polarities. Alleviates fear, calms and clears the mind, brings clarity and truth. Aids pancreas, balances endocrine system, strengthens metabolism and lymphatic system.

SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN - It allows one to recognize the unnecessary patterns which remain in one's life and to re-design one's thought patterns to provide relief from undesired conditions. It is "the stone of purity" and balance to the body, mind, and spirit.

TIGER EYE - It is helpful for individuals seeking clarity and for those who must deal intelligently with the scattered details which must be brought together in some pattern. It can be used to enhance the psychic abilities and can assist in the gentle attunement of third eye activity. This stone is best suited to earthy people. It has been used to stimulate wealth and to enhance the stability required to maintain wealth. Produces soothing vibrations, generating a calmness to unsettled turmoil, and allowing one to enjoy the actions of being unfenced and uninhibited. Can be used to enhance self-empowerment.

TOPAZ, BLUE - You get the energy of black tourmaline which deflects the negative energy of others plus the alignment and harmonizing energy of quartz. Black tourmaline also has a grounding effect, helping one to stay protected and focused in the present. Quartz tends to raise the vibration of any other crystal or mineral in the area. Balances male/female energies within one's self.

TURQUOISE - Tones, strengthens entire body, aids tissue regeneration, circulation, lungs, respiratory system. Creative expression, peace of mind, emotional balance, communication, friendship, and loyalty.