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Crystals and Minerals

Amber Color: Amber Element: Earth Lore: Protection. It supposedly "traps" evil forces within it. Correspondences: Protective, Druidic

Amethyst Color: Violet Element: Water Lore: Supposed to protect from the "spirits" of Wine, a good piece "sings" (vibrates) when struck with a tuning fork. Correspondences: Wine/Blood

Garnet (Earth's Blood) Color: Red/Violet Element: Earth Lore: Blood related aliments, iron deficiency, good grounding and women's stone. Correspondences: mother/birth

Hematite (mirror rock) Color: Reflective silver Elements: Air, Moon Lore: Protection, it reflects negative energy away. Sacred to the Morrigan, called "Raven's eye." Correspondences: Any Moon.

Malachite Color: Green Banded, some are blue. Element: Earth Lore: The Money Stone, also luck, and a good stone for gardening. Protective. Often mislabeled as "green tiger's eye." Correspondences: Luck, commerce

Quartz, Clear Color: Clear, like glass Element: Air Lore: The prime Scrying crystal, also for logic and an unclouded mind. Correspondence: Magick

Quartz, Rose Color: Clear w/Pink or cloudy pink Element: Air Lore: An imagination releaser, good for kids. Correspondence: Love, dreams

Quartz, Blue Color: Pale blue or clear with blue Elements: Air, Water Lore: A good concentration stone, but expensive, substitute: Blue lace agate, Turquoise, Aquamarine. Rain stone. Correspondences: Lunar, thunder and rain.

Quartz, smoke or Smoky Topaz Color: Clear/yellow with gray /brown gray Elements: Air, Fire Lore: A good protective and astral stone, It either works for you or it doesn't, very "temperamental" stone, good for variable people, good stone for someone working through MPD or similar "difference of order". Correspondences: Astral, Smoke, Air, Fire, Thunder.

Quartz, Violet see Amethyst
 

Snowflake Obsidian Color: Black w/white, gray Element: Fire Lore: Burn ease, fire prevention, toss a piece in BBQ pit to whiten coals, used to avoid snow problems. Correspondences: unknown

Tiger's Eye, Blue Color: Multi-blue, reflective. Elements: Water, Air Lore: Good for airline fears and boats, wind calling, also called "Siberian Tiger's eye, Hawk's/Falcon's eye." Correspondences: Astral travel, flight

Tiger's Eye, Brown Color: Multibrown, reflective. Elements: Fire, Earth Lore: Like Hematite, it "reflects" danger away, only this is said to shatter it into multiple reflections which direct toward the one causing it. Correspondences: Said to be sacred to "cat" Gods, like Bast.

Tiger's Eye, Red Color: Multired, reflective Element: Fire Lore: Physical protection, swordsmithing, Phoenix, Brigid and physical prowess. Correspondences: Fire/Combat

Turquoise Color: Sky Blue Elements: Air, Water Lore: Protection, verbal prowess, the bard's stone. General protection. A good stone to "tune in" to for beginners. Correspondences: Music/Poetry   

General care of stones

Cleaning, Clearing and General Care of Gemstones

Crystals and Stones conduct both positive and negative energy. Before you use a stone it is mandatory to clear all prior energies and restore the stone to its natural balanced clear energy state.

Here are some suggestions, however use the method that feels right to you.

Outdoor method:

Place in Sunlight** (please consult the list at the bottom of this page - some stones can be damaged by excessive sunlight). Lay your stones and crystals on a cotton lined tray. Place in the sun for several hours. If you can place the stones close to natural plants the clearing will be much more powerful. *Be careful wild birds are attracted to the stones and small stones can be carried off by birds.

Moonlight or Rain:
Same method as sun clearing, however stones can be placed on an inside window ledge at night in the moonlight.
 

Sage and Rosemary Tea Method:
Take few fresh sage and rosemary leaves and brew a pot of light tea and allow it to cool to room temperature. Place your crystals in a glass bowl and pour the cooled tea over them. Let them sit while you are at work or overnight. This method works better using distilled or spring water.
 

Smudge Method:
pass stones through the smoke of a scented incense such as sweetgrass, frankincense, sage or Dragon's Blood. A incense blend of parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme is terrific and will restore, cleanse and maintain good vibrations in the room also.

Water Method:
place stones under cold running water for 5 minutes. You can either hold the stones in your hands or place them in a non-metal strainer. This is quick and easy but there are drawbacks: some stones loose their coatings when they get wet such as Lapis, Malachite and Sodalight. They often are stronger after this type of cleansing -- but they may get damaged faster.

Rain Method:
Stones really love t he rain. Same as with sun method leave in the rain and allow to dry naturally in the sun. This is much better than the sink method if the weather is cooperating.

Sea Salt Method:
use about 1 cup of sea salt to 2 cups natural spring water. Place the stones in the sea salt water and let them sit a few hours. If the day is sunny, remove and let them dry in the sunshine for a few hours, or if there are lunar stones, to lay in the moonlight on a windowsill through the night.

Sand and Soil Method:
bury the stones in moist sand or soil. It is much better to place the stones directly in the earth - just remember to mark the spot where they are buried!! Leave them buried for a full 24 hours. This method is especially useful for very negative energies or after having tried all previous methods and the stones still do not feel balanced. Use no wrappings, sometimes polish is removed doing this method. However, it will get something clean.

Stones that are damaged in Sunlight:
Aventurine: translucent types often loose color
Amethyst: becomes paler
Apatite: pink variety fades
Aquamarine: becomes paler
Beryl: brown or orange types may change to pale pink
Citrine: may change color
Fluorite: green and purple types change color
Rose Quartz: becomes paler
Smokey Quartz: becomes paler
Kunzite: becomes pale or loses color
Sapphire: is much happier in moonlight

Clearing and Cleansing Your Stones

Crystals are basically low-maintenance companions. They don't need to be fed or walked, and don't require trips to the vet. They do from time to time need to be cleaned and cleared.

Clearing isn't the same as cleaning, although both acts can be accomplished by the same process. Whether or not your crystals often need to be cleared they will sometimes need to be cleaned. I recommend immersing them in water for a minute or so, then gently drying them with a towel.

Don't use any kind of detergent unless for some reason grease has gotten on them. Detergents, even organic ones, tend to leave a film on crystals.

Inner Dust

Clearing crystals is more an act of getting rid of inner, psychic dust. Crystals are valuable in the technical world because they record and store information. When we translate this role into spiritual terms we say that crystals take in and store the vibrations, which surround them.

This benefits us in that we are able to program them to translate our desires and dreams into a vibration, which attracts the energy, which will materialize them. Crystals, however, not being us, don't discriminate between "good" and "bad" vibrations, and collect whatever's around.

Making a Crystal Yours

When you first purchase crystals you want to make them yours. You will want to erase or clear from them the vibrations of all those who have handled them -- not because those vibrations are bad, but because your crystals, in order to respond to your needs and wishes, must be attuned to your vibrations.

There are times when you don't want a crystal to have your vibrations, either.

If! you've been working with crystals to heal emotional pain, your crystals may absorb these vibrations. The same can be true if you've been doing a lot of releasing work.
If you've programmed crystals for specific purposes, you'll need to clear them if you want to program them for new goals/dreams.

Crystal Baths

One way to clear your crystals is to bury them in sea or kosher salt overnight. Wash them afterwards and, if possible, put them in a place where they can dry in the sun. You can get similar results by using salt water, and this is a better idea for highly polished stones, as salt crystals may scratch your crystals' surfaces. Immersing them in salt water serves the dual purposes of cleaning and clearing.

My method is to fill bowls in filtered water into which I shake some salt (probably the equivalent of two tablespoons per pint of water.) I leave the crystals in the water overnight. The next day I rinse them and put them out to dry. I prefer to let them dry by themselves.  If the temperature is warm (crystals may crack in subfreezing temperatures) I put the bowls outside and let them dry in the sun.

Precautions

Although I've used this method for many years without traumatized crystals, I think it's appropriate to say that other people feel this is too harsh a clearing method. If you'd like to try this method, use it with a few crystals and see how you feel.

Some crystals shouldn't be placed in water, particularly soft stones such as azurite, malachite, rough chrysocolla, selenite. I've heard that calcite shouldn't be placed in water, but I've done so with no negative results. A variant on the sea salt method is to clear your
crystals by placing them in the ocean. I recommend putting them in a pail unless you plan to give a gift to the sea.

Smudging

This is the least invasive and most popular method for clearing crystals. You can use a smudge stick for this. A smudge stick may consist of some of the following herbs: include cedar, sage, lavender, juniper, pine.

Pass your crystals through the smoke -- or, if you have arrangements of crystals around your house, pass the smudge stick over the crystals. This method is excellent as well for clearing yourself and your environment.

Cleaning/Clearing with Essential Oils

The relationship between crystals and essential oils deserves an article of its own. My focus here is on particular oils that have cleaning/clearing properties. The most economical method for using oils is to place crystals in a container, fill it with filtered water as you would for the salt water method, and put a drop or two of essential oil into the water.

Lemon: This has a purifying effect and, on a practical level, cuts grease.

Juniper: Like juniper in a smudge stick, juniper oil has the ability to help release any negative vibrations.

Lavender: If you've been doing any kind of intense emotional work with your crystals, lavender oil has a calming and balancing effect. Put some on yourself, too.

The previous methods can work well for large quantities of crystals. The following methods are better for individual crystals or small quantities of small crystals.

The Earth Method

You can bury your crystals in the earth. (Do not use this method on iron-based stones such as hematite and tiger iron.) This method can clear any rough energy from your crystals and give them a kind of rebirth in the earth (from which most crystals are mined). It's like taking them home.

Be sure to mark the place where you've buried them.

Visualization
 

Close your eyes, relax, and while holding your Crystal, visualize it glowing with white light or rainbow hues. Feel it radiating smooth, balanced energy.

Reiki

Using Reiki alone or in combination with visualization can be effective in clearing your crystals.

If you're Reiki! Level I hold the crystal in your hand and simply Reiki it. If you 're Reiki II you can also draw the mental/emotional symbol over your crystals.

How Often Do Crystals Need to be Cleared?

It depends on how much you use them. If they're sitting on your desk, looking pretty (and you can get a great deal of value just from having them around) once every three months is probably sufficient in which case they probably need baths, too. Crystals you work with every day need to be cleared no less than once a month.

If, as mentioned above, you do intense emotional work with your crystals, clear them after each session.
If a crystal looks cloudy or has a dull feeling it probably needs to be cleared.
It is always a good idea to clear a crystal before you program it.
However, once you've programmed it don't clear it until it's done its work.

Being with Crystals: A Beginning

Meditation isn't the only way to be with crystals. How you place them in your home or office is another way of being in relationship with them, and there will be articles about this in future newsletters. Programming, which I've written about, is yet another way.

A fourth way, and one which is a basic foundation for all other ways in which you live with crystals, is to become familiar with them.

Getting to Know Them

Introductions should begin as soon as you buy (or in any other way receive) a crystal. If you acquire several at once, get to know them one at a time.

In this process, it is very helpful if you can temporarily put aside anything you've learned about this particular crystal (even if its characteristics were the reason you got it). The idea is to experience your crystal without preconceptions.

A helpful way to begin this is to hold a crystal and close your eyes. I know someone is wondering with which hand they should pick up the crystal. Traditional crystal literature says that you should send energy with your dominant hand and receive it with the non-dominant hand. I would recommend doing this at first, but as you become more familiar with crystal's energies switch hands. It will help to train your dominant hand to become more receptive, which could help in left-right brain balance.

Vibrationally Challenged

While we're on the subject of questions I know that someone else is saying, "But when I pick up a crystal I don't feel anything."

Don't feel badly about this. I don't see auras. For years I was ashamed about this, but I've learned to accept it. My intuitional ability to "read" people is no less because of it and you will discover that your crystals will help to balance your vibrations whether or not you can feel theirs.

And take heart, I believe that as you get to know your crystals you will have a deepening experience of their energies.

As you hold your crystal, then, do so, as much as possible without expectation. Breathe deeply.

The article, "Meditation 101," gives more detailed instructions about proper breathing. To summarize: your stomach should go out when you inhale and in when you exhale.)

Rub the crystal between your fingertips, hold it in the very center of your palm (the most sensitive area). Become acquainted with its shape and its texture. (Since these are sensations which you can feel really explore them.)

While continuing to physically feel the crystal notice whether you are aware of any other sensations in different parts of your body. You might, for example, feel something in your solar plexus or at the top of your head.

If you feel drawn to hold the crystal against a particular part of your body do so. Notice any sensations, images, or thoughts you may have.


The most important thing is to enjoy and appreciate whatever response you have to your crystal.

The Visual Approach

Once you've gone as far as you can with touch open your eyes and look at your crystal. Keep up the deep breathing as you study it.

Some stones might not seem worth more than a 20-second scan. Hematite (which gets high ratings in the touch-and-feel department) is one. However, because its surface is so reflective, you may find that it's more hypnotic than stones which, upon first glance, seem more appealing visually.

As you look at your stone move it around. Hold it up to the light. If it has patterns follow them. Without looking for anything in particular see if you notice anything recognizable. (I have a rhodochrosite with an eagle on it and a malachite with a four-leaf
clover.)

Focus on the stone's color. Imagine that color filling you. Breath it in, fill your body with it. (This is very good practice and preparation for chakra balancing.)

If you have a clear quartz point or a cluster do all of the above, and then a little more. Unless your point is perfectly clear there will be inclusions (pockets of air and water), possibly points growing inside the main one, and perhaps rainbows in short, a world
to explore.

Keep Them Nearby

You will become more attuned to your crystals when you keep them on a bedside table or on a desk where you work. An altar or circle of stones is particularly beneficial for sleep, dreaming, concentration, and creativity. You may also want to carry a pouch of stones with you throughout the day.

Above all, treat your crystals with respect and love. They are gifts of beauty from the earth, gifts of love.   

Some of you who read this newsletter may be experienced at meditating; others may have tried it in the past, and found that they couldn't seem to do it. And some of you may have convinced yourself that you could never do it, and have never tried.

When we approach meditation with the idea that unless we immediately meet our guides and angels and have a mystical experience disappointment will inevitably result. You wouldn't take your first swimming lesson and expect to win an Olympic gold medal the following week, and meditation is a kind of exercise which is similar to physical forms in that you improve with practice.

What I am about to describe is a very basic form of meditation which will teach you one of the basic prerequisites: correct breathing.

In Comes the Good Air

Many years ago I learned that I didn't breathe naturally. In natural breathing the solar plexus expands on the inhale and contracts on the exhale. Most people do the opposite, which increases, rather than releases, emotional tension.

Babies breathe naturally, but most children learn that shallow breathing seems to reduce feelings of emotional pain. The next time you get very upset observe your breathing. Are you holding your breath; are you trying not to feel? (This is especially obvious when people are afraid.)

The emotions we try not to feel don't go away, though. They accumulate in the form of stress and tension in the solar plexus, where they can cause all sorts of physical ailments, such as asthma and ulcers. Shallow breathing also depletes our intake of oxygen, which can cause anxiety.

Relearning how to breathe is the first and most important step in releasing stress. Try practicing natural breathing for five minutes a day. Imagine your breath rising from your feet and traveling up your body to the top of your head as you inhale. On the exhale feel your breath descending again to your feet.

Do this also whenever you feel yourself getting tense. Lean back in your chair and just breathe.

Beyond Breathing

Gradually increase the amount of time you spend on this breathing exercise. You may want to put on a favorite piece of classical music while you do so.

Once you feel comfortable with the basic breathing exercise you'll find that it creates a relaxed mood which is conducive to problem solving. (Remember, you're increasing your oxygen supply, which stimulates the brain.)

Maybe you need to come up with a creative way of doing something. Focus on it, think about what you hope to accomplish; then concentrate on your breathing. Allow your thoughts to wander. Don't automatically dismiss any idea, however ridiculous it initially seems; your imagination doesn't like to be rejected any more than you do. If no solution immediately emerges tell yourself that one will; then let it go. An idea may surprise you later on.

The relaxation method can help you in conflicts with others, especially when you're angry at them. It's important to feel anger and equally important to know when to let go of it, to realize that it tenses the body, tightens the jaw, and often conceals the heart of your feelings. When you get relaxed you may find that you're also feeling taken for granted, invalidated, betrayed, vulnerable. Once you've allowed those feelings, try to imagine how the other person might feel. Focus on resolution rather than on being right.

You can use this procedure when you're in conflict with yourself, when you're trying to choose between Choices A and B. Imagine each choice fully, noticing what feelings arise with each, and which choice calls up the most positive feelings.

The more regularly you practice this relaxation technique the more readily you'll be able to apply it in a crisis situation. After using it you may not feel ready to take on the world, but you'll be more at peace with yourself and ready to go into deeper states of meditation. 

Programming Crystals
 

It is possible to program your crystals or other stones to hold a
message, work for a specific purpose, to broadcast an affirmation, emotion or energy frequency, enhance protective filters, promote clear communication, deepen meditation and healing work and for an almost infinite number of other purposes.

Before you program a crystal for any purpose you should determine that the crystal agrees to and is in accord with your intended program. Some crystals have already got a firmly set memory and purpose. These stones are not appropriate to use for your own programs.

Before we had computers we sometimes called this process "enchanting" the stones.

Your programs can be either autonomous or activatable.
 

Autonomous programs either broadcast the program continuously or activate automatically when needed.

Activatable programed stones are held and mentally activated by intention, request/command or when a pre-designated time or situation /condition occurs.

Crystals programmed in answer to healing requests usually have autonomous programs.

Programs for correcting bad habits such as smoking and programs for protection or improving an ambient atmosphere and for general manifestation or projecting affirmations are usually autonomous. 

An activatable programmed crystal might be used for connecting with your high self, sending energy to someone in labor ( programmed ahead to activate when labor begins ) to deepen meditation or enhance sleep, to help your memory while taking a test or for any purpose that you do not need constantly.

Many people think of the word programming as meaning to impose your will on the stone.

This idea is incorrect. The first key and requirement for any kind of programming is that the crystal or stone be in agreement. The stone chooses to accept a program or in fact invites you to work with it in that way. Any program should be in accord with the innate purpose and energy of the stone. You could call it asking or mutual attunement or even use the older term, enchantment. Never program a stone that does not choose to work with you in this way and for the purpose needed. The programming part is a way to connect the person with the particular natural energy and purpose of the stone or to fine tune an affirmation.  Use intuition, meditation or a pendulum or other tool to help you determine if the stone is in accord with your intended program.

I received the crystal programming shakti energy from crystal deva in 1991.
One does not have to program crystals unless you feel called to do so.

Its just one possible way of helping to create a mutually beneficial relationship. You should have an intuitive sense that it is suitable to program the stone for what you intend before you do so.

After the crystal is cleared, hold the crystal in your hand or touch it if it is too large to hold.

Open your mind to sense any intuitive information about the stone. You may or may not become aware of the Deva, the spirit or life force of the crystal. Greet that essence as you would greet any other new friend and receive what impressions you can from the stone.

When you have gotten a sense of the stone ( do not be disappointed if at first these impressions are vague, practice will improve your ability to commune ). Think about what you want to work with  the stone for. Do you want it for general or specific healing? for protection? To broadcast an affirmation? Examples are general  healing, communication, protection, and so forth. People also program or consult stones for more specific purposes such as to treat a bad back, for confidence at an interview, shield from negative energy etc.

When you have decided what you wish to use a crystal for Seek a crystal that feels like it is in accord with your intention. Ask the crystal if this is in accord with its current purpose and if it is willing to carry this program for you. You probably get some sense of the crystals agreement or lack of it. If you do not you will probably learn to sense the answer to these questions in time.

A pendulum can be used to help discern the answer, if you don't have your intuition active yet. If you sense that the answer is no you might deepen your meditative communication and ask the crystal what it wants to do or what work it will do. Be open to receive an answer.

Your intuitive communion with the stone may have already given you a sense of what purpose it is for.

If you do not get an answer set the stone aside and come back to it some other time.

Most stones are probably best programmed for a general range of function such as healing rather than a very narrow range.
 

Often if you have a lot of crystals you can just announce what you need a crystal for and you may sense an intuitive response from a crystal or will be attracted to a specific crystal or crystals, which are in accord with your desired purpose.
This process of choosing and meeting the stone and agreeing on the purpose is in some cases all that needs to be done a verbal affirmation of the agreed upon purpose is normally made aloud in your own words.  

Once you become familiar with this process it can be done very swiftly.

For the following technique you may want to write your program out before hand The rules for affirmations apply, keep it present tense and use positive words only the universe ignores negative terms, programmed crystals are not to be used for dishonest purposes, you cannot use a crystal to make someone love you. Action and results follow attention and thoughts; focus on the result you want.

The following is the technique I have found to be very effective and far simpler than many programming methods.

The Technique

Once you have selected the right stone and sensed agreement. ground and center yourself. Clarify your intention, hold the stone in your dominant hand or in both hands. Large stones can be touched rather than held.

Focus your intention on the stone. Clearly state in your mind or out loud what it is you are programming the stone for. Visualize the desired result as  clearly as you can if appropriate. To program a stone to broadcast an intention, prayer, desire or affirmation or healing energy you just intend that it do so.

One to five minutes is the standard time to hold the focus, though it can be much shorter continue until you feel that the crystal holds the program.

Using a shakti can also shorten the time (you would run it as you hold the focus ).

The program vibration is now set in the crystal.

You may add an ending intention that the program is locked in and will stay until cleared some people breathe deeply and exhale strongly over the crystal while they focus on the program.

Some people renew or refresh the programs from time to time.

You can intend that it activate only when you hold it or when you call on it or have it be constantly active, depending on the purpose you are programing or dedicating it for.

When you activate an activatable program you just intend to run it. You may find it more effective to hold the stone in your non dominant hand to receive energy/messages from the crystal and in your dominant hand to program or to amplify sending a program or healing energy.

Stones do not have to be held to be activated. Stones programmed for a personal effect are usually carried or placed nearby. Place the crystal under a pillow for dream programming for example.

Stones that broadcast affirmations, manifestation programs or atmospherics such as a call to mental alertness or for calm can be set in a window or on a table, or where ever it feels that they will not be disturbed excessively. I have read many books that state that how far a given crystal can project its program is directly related to its size.

This has not been my experience at all. I have used small crystals for big programs quite often.

I strongly recommend programming a single terminated quartz crystal to help facilitate your connection and awareness of your high self and/or companion Angel and carrying it with you.

You can hold this stone while meditating. You can also use a programmed stone to run/receive energy shakti from your High Self or Solar Angel.

The Crystal connection empowerments and other crystal attunement systems include shakti for this but I think most people can connect with their own high self and request this. Stones programmed for channeling High self, Angel shakti,
or attuning you to harmony with Divine will cannot usually be amplified or combined with other programs or shakti.

If you do not have a particular stone or crystal that you need for a particular purpose you can use a singly terminated quartz crystal and ask/intend that it be charged to act as the needed stone.

Tumbled quartz stones will also work though sometimes the energy may be felt in a more diffused way.

Make sure that you clear any stone you are using as an energetic substitute.

When you are done with it.. I always thank the stone after use.
Quartz crystal is most often used for programming. Most stones will work with you, but clear quartz is the most versatile.

Keep your programs in harmony with the natural energies traditional uses and your intuitive sense of the purpose of the stone.

Program a loving stone like rose quartz for loving, calm peaceful purposes a grounding stone for appropriate purposes.
Singly terminated quartz crystals are most often used though round crystals and other stones work quite well also.
It is quite important when programming a crystal by intention that you are quite clear and focused on just what it is that you do intend.

Even if you are using a programming shakti you need to have your intention very clear and accurate. You might want to write down your proposed program first and before you program a stone or other object to promote a particular emotion think it through carefully.

When I was first learning to program crystals I had a number of misfires which both demonstrated to me the effectiveness of crystal programming and the need to understand exactly what you are asking for, and to consider ramifications.

I once charged a stone with the intention that it promote happiness in a large room and after a few days we all became very irritated at the constant "Happy" energetic nagging. It was just not comfortable or natural.

I also once programmed a stone to promote sleep in a bedroom and it was  so effective that it was virtually impossible to do anything else at all in the room until the stone was cleared.

My love life virtually disappeared. Even a plumber and a heater repairman were struggling to remain awake to their great puzzlement.

You also need to be very clear as to how your program might actually be interpreted.

A program intended to help you see auras might instead help make your aura visible to others.

You may also be surprised by some results, a stone programed to assist with other being communication was too effective as I was flooded with information and emotions from animals, trees insects and even a lawn.

Programming a crystal for mental alertness and emotional clarity has not caused any difficulties so far. You want to help not overpower. These cautions apply even more strongly to programs for love etc. if in doubt don't do it!. Crystal programming is to be used only for good and in
accord with your soul purpose. You cannot and should not use these techniques to try to manipulate others.

When you wish to change the program of a crystal clear it before reprogramming.

Some people use tiny stickers to put a word or sign on a crystal so that they can remember what they programmed it for.

People often program a crystal to transmit a healing energy like Reiki for this they run the energy while holding the intention that the crystal transmit the energy usually to a particular person.

Most programs need to be in your own words which is why I do not have a list of specific examples. It is traditional that most programs include the concept that the work be in accord with the highest good.

Practice sensing your crystals and try out at least three different programs. 

Magical Stone Substitutions

  This is a partial list of substitutions for stones that you may not be able to obtain readily.  Using substitutions are just as effective.  Please note that Quartz Crystals can be charged with the magical attributes of any stone (Opals are another), through your own visualization.

 

 
Author:
Cunningham's Encyclopedia Of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic
Scott Cunningham 

Crystal Consecration ritual

Perform the following ritual on a night of the full moon to cleanse a crystal of negative influences and to charge it with healing power. Begin by lighting two white altar candles ( one on each side of the altar).

Place a small bowl or cup of fresh rainwater (or melted snow) and a dish of sand, soil or salt on the altar.

In the center of the altar, place a censer containing any of the following incenses: frankincense, myrrh, nutmeg, patchouli, rose, saffron or sandalwood.

Take the crystal in your right hand and pass it through the smoke of the incense as you say:
 

"By the power of the Goddess and by the ancient and mystical element of air
I consecrate and dedicate this crystal as a magickal tool of healing.
Gently place the crystal in the dish of sand, soil or salt, and say:
By the power of the Horned God and by the ancien! t and mystical element of earth
I consecrate and dedicate this crystal as a magickal tool of healing.
Sprinkle a few drops of water on the crystal, and say:
By the power of the universe and by the ancient and mystical element of water
I consecrate and dedicate
This crystal as a magickal tool of healing."

Once again, take the crystal in your right hand. Move it in a sunwise circle around the flame of each candle as you say:

"By the power of love and by the ancient and mystical element of fire
I consecrate and dedicate this crystal as a magickal tool of healing.
May this crystal stone of power work for my good and for the good of all.
So Mote it Be!"

After the consecration ritual has been performed, cup the crystal between your hands and allow it to harmonize with your aura and spiritual consciousness. Breathe gently upon the crystal as you direct your thoughts and intentions into it. The charged crystal will respond to the energy of your will.

 GEMSTONE FOLKLORE
Written by Dino Manzella

 The following is a list of many different gemstones and what magical powers people have believed they endowed.
 
Agate: To the wearer, this stone serves as a third eye. It watches over the wearer while they sleep, while they blink, and while they are looking the other way.

Appearance: Multi banded stone. Opaque to transparent, primarily peach-orange to gray.

 Aperturebauble: Protects from witchcraft and voodoo. Actually this stone does not have to be a gemstone. It can be any type stone with a natural hole in it. Some myths say that a piece of rope, string or leather strip should be threaded through a hole and a piece of iron (such as a key) be linked to it.
Appearance: Any color. The hole should be easily seen.

 Aquamarine: It has been known to stabilize body fluids. It also is a luck charm for marine travel.
Appearance: Light Blue.

 Adventurine: Strong physical healings have been reported by people who wear this stone. It is also believed to be a luck stone for an adventurer.
Appearance: All shades of green.

 Azurite: Promotes healing on all planes. A stone of success.
Appearance : Deep rich blue.

 Black Onyx: Absorbs evil. Discourages the wearer of evil doings.
Appearance: Deep Black.

 Bloodstone: A provider of strength and energy.
Appearance: Dark green with red and/or yellow spots and swirls.

 Coral: Protects from all evil.
Appearance: Red to pink.

 Emerald: Encourages people all around the stone to tell the truth.
Appearance: Bright Green.

 Fluorite: Aids in learning and meditation.
Appearance: Blue to violet green.

 Garnet: Determination and strength
Appearance: Deep red to purple red.

 Hematite: In Babylon it is known as "The Stone of the Warrior." Dedication and achievement are its strong points.
Appearance: Silver black outside. Rusty red inside.

 Iolite: "The Water Sapphire" inspires wisdom and psychic energy.
Appearance: Violet-blue.

 Jasper: Strengthens stamina.
Appearance: Found in many different colors, most commonly red. Always opaque.

 Jet: Carbon based predecessor of the diamond. Often this stone was burned as an incense during the middle ages. Protects against bad luck.
Appearance: Coal.

 Moonstone: Protects the soul.
Appearance: Peach, white, gray or clear.

 Mother-of-pearl: Endurance.
Appearance: Soft white with pearl like patterns within.

 Opal: Meditation
Appearance: White, green or black. Often sparkling rainbows are often seen within.

 Quartz Crystal: This stone has many names such as crystallized light, petrified ice, tears of angels, and the teardrops of the Egyptian goddess Isis. It has often been used as a healing stone. Adds luck to magic users.
Appearance: Sometimes clear but often cloudy white in parts.

 Sapphire: Stone of wisdom and prophecy.
Appearance: Many shades, but most commonly Blue, yellow, green, gray or black.

 Sodalite: Repels fear and aids in regeneration.
Appearance: Navy blue to indigo with white or gray streaks.

 Topaz: Stimulates intelligence and controls anger. Ancient India believed it was crystallized fire.
Appearance: Many shades. Most popular are rosy gold, deep yellow, golden brown, and aqua blue.

 Turquoise: Often an amulet of travel and good luck.
Appearance: Jade green to sky blue.

 Unakite: Adds to charisma.
Appearance: Salmon pink, light olive or sage green.

 Magical Stones and Your Sun Sign

Copyright © 1999 by Kim Rogers-Gallagher

Over many years of being an astrologer, I've found that certain stones possess energies that seem tailor-made for use by each of the Sun signs. So if you re feeling the need to increase your personal power or bring out the most positive qualities of your sign, take a look at this list, and try the stones I've mentioned. No matter what you use, keep in mind that carrying or wearing any stone on the right means you're projecting or sending out that energy, while using it on the left means you're filtering what you receive or attract from your environment.

ARIES:
Red belongs to Mars your ruling planet, so you'll love bloodstones, rubies, and garnets, which are all good fiery choices. When you'd like to tamp your fire down a bit, try carnelian. It promotes peace, harmony, and patience, but holds fire and lends warrior-energy to the wearer. Now, your traditional birthstone is the diamond not a bad fit, since diamonds are known for purity, and Aries energy is pure, too clean and uncluttered by hidden motives. If your budget doesn't allow for jeweler's diamonds, substitute Herkimer diamonds, long used as a stand-in.

TAURUS:
There's nothing you like more than a great big chunk of polished perfect rock of any kind. The stones that are best for you are lapis, that gorgeous blue stone that's laced with flecks of gold, and rich, fertile Jade. The emerald is your traditional birthstone.  Emeralds are the charming representative of both the earth element and the planet Venus the building blocks you're made of. Its soothing color suits you since you're spring-born. This stone is most powerful when set in copper, the metal that corresponds with Venus.

GEMINI:
Since you so love variety, its no wonder your birthstone is the agate. The agate is also associated with Mercury, your ruling planet.  It's an aid to truth telling and good to carry when you want your words to be accurate. Although flourite is not traditionally associated with Gemini, it's a natural match. Fluorite is connected to the air element, as it keeps the mind keen. Stick it on the computer and pick it up when you get stuck between paragraphs.

CANCER:
Your planet is the Moon, so the moonstone is naturally connected to you. Its gentle energy protects against absorbing the emotions of others. Sapphires have an affinity with the Moon, too, and will magnify your natural instinct and psychic powers. Chalcedony (a translucent, milky quartz) calms the emotions, and, like moonstones, will keep away depression and sadness quite a boon for an emotional creature like you. Any pink stone with soothing properties, like rose quartz or rhodochrosite, is also a good talisman for Cancer. Carry or wear any stone on your left (the "incoming" side) as a filter for the emotions.

LEO:
Like Aries, a kindred fire sign, you love red, so when it comes to gems and stones, the royal ruby springs to mind. Speaking of royalty, have whatever you wear set in that most royal of all metals gold.  Nothing suits a legend more, and gold has a long-standing link with the Sun, your ruling planet. To increase your natural courage and help you speak eloquently, a trait any performer appreciates, wear carnelian Amber is also a good match for you, as it holds the life force your sign is famous for.

VIRGO:
Although the agate is one of your birthstones the type that seems to Correspond best with your sign is the moss agate, a lovely clear stone with feathery green threads running through it that look like ferns. This stone is best worn while gardening, one of your very favorite pastimes. Agates also promote good physical health, and health is your business, after all. Your other birthstone, the aventurine, increases the perceptive powers, sharpens the intellectual faculties, and helps to fine-tune the eyesight something any draftsperson can use.

LIBRA:
Your traditional birthstone is the opal, but there are other stones that can be worn or carried to help you achieve your goal of finding and keeping that one special other. Any stone associated with Venus, your ruling planet, will do nicely, such as lapis lazuli. This lovely blue stone with golden flecks of pyrite mystically blends the energies of Venus and Mars (the planets in charge of relationships), and is worn to soothe, heal, and calm the wearer. Another good stone for Libra is kunzite, since its specialty is attracting love.

SCORPIO:
Black is Pluto's color, and red belongs to Mars, the planet that ruled Scorpio before Pluto was discovered. These are the traditional power colors, and power is your specialty so these stones will attract you most. Red stones like carnelian, jasper, and red garnets appeal to your warrior side, and black stones ! fascinate you like apache tears, black tourmaline, or hematite. To ground and protect yourself, use Pluto's favorite stones, spinet kunzite, or rutilated quartz, which is perfect for Scorpio since it's a stone within a stone, and, like you, is full of buried treasure.

SAGITARIUS:
Sagittarius' most important goal is to truly be a 'wise one," so sodalite is wonderful for you. It helps to gain wisdom and to pass that wisdom back out into the world. Sodalite (and sugilite) also calms the mind, and may help even Sagittarians settle down long enough to meditate. Amethyst, ruled by Sag's planet, Jupiter, is another good match. Itclears the mind and quickens the wit. You'll love both blue and amber topaz, too, said to bring wealth and happiness to all December-born.

CAPRICORN:
Rock endures, and permanence is a quality Capricorn finds all too rare, so you're quite fond of all stones. Most books say darker stones are your favorites, like onyx, hematite, and obsidian, because they're affiliated with Saturn, your planet, but try malachite. It operates like a magnet when it comes to attracting a good deal, and if you carry this stone on your left, you'll draw business success.  Malachite also helps heal broken bones, and since your sign rules the skeleton of the body, this stone is a kindred spirit.

AQUARIUS:
Although your birthstone is the gentle, peace-loving amethyst, your energies seem to blend better with stones that conduct ideas, since you're an air sign, and communication is your business. Aventurine is carried to enhance mental clarity and keenness, and sphere, a greenish stone, is reputed to help with processing information. The best conductor of all is clear quartz, however, so it's not surprising to find clusters placed strategically throughout an Aquarian's home” especially around the computer.

PISCES:
The color of any stone you carry directly affects your disposition.  So if you're feeling like you need to put out a little more energy than you've got, toss a couple of red stones into your right (or "outgoing" side) pocket. Red carried there gives our personal presentation a fiery Uplift." As far as birthstones go, the amethyst has always been yours, and appropriately so: these gentle lavender crystals lift the spirits protect you from addictions, and aid in good judgment. Suglite has also been used, just lately, as a birthstone for Pisces. It's a relatively new stone, but it seems to bestow psychic awareness and is said to make the wearer wise. 

Gem Power

Wear or Use these stones:

1. Sunday - Wear Topaz, Sunstone or Diamonds. Use Pearl in Crafting talismans.

2. Monday - Wear Pearl, Moonstone, or Crystal. Use Emerald for amulets.

3. Tuesday - Wear Ruby, Star Sapphire or Emerald. Use Topaz for amulets.

4. Wednesday - Wear Amethyst, Star Ruby or Lodestone. Use Turquoise in amulets.

5. Thursday - Wear Sapphire, Cat's Eye or Carnelian. Use Sapphire in rituals.

6. Friday - Wear Emerald or Cat's Eye. Use Ruby in rituals.

7. Saturday - Wear Turquoise, Labradorite or Diamond. Use Amethyst in rituals.  

How to Use Crystals in Your Everyday Life

In all the applications mentioned in this work, the crystals are described in configurations of three, each balancing the other two and enhancing their power. To get the most out of the crystals, I would recommend you carry them with you in a pouch made of cotton, leather or silk. When using crystals for aiding in the business world or with personal health, carry them around the lower portion of the body. When using for emotional well being or spiritual growth, I would recommend carry them close to the heart, or at least the upper body. Carry your crystals for as long as you feel you need to. Always trust your inner feelings about how your crystals will work best with you. Every person vibrates slightly differently.

IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
 

Financial Improvement
Situation: Poorly managed finances, lack of available funds
Configuration: Citrine, Granite, Gypsum
This configuration is designed to draw the necessary finances to you and also to help break down elements that may be causing financial confusion.

For Luck
Situation: Preparing to take a gamble, uncertainty of over outcome of a decision
Configuration: Gypsum, Calcite, Quartz
When the outcome of events is more dependent upon events than on people, i.e. the roll of a dice, the direction of the wind, then this configuration can be useful to pull the odds
towards your favor.
Use this configuration only at specific times, to ensure the effects are focused.

Obtaining support for a project
Situation: Making a proposal or presentation to management, or to peers, which you believe, may be treated with skepticism.
Configuration: Meteorite, Granite, Pyrite.
If you have a proposal to make which is likely to be received poorly, carry this configuration with you while preparing your presentation, and also keep it with you in a pocket during the meetings.

Project Management
Situation: Large, difficult projects requiring sound planning and firm management, where several people are involved.
Configuration: Hematite, Sodalite, Granite
Keep this configuration with you while liasing with personnel on the project, and also during planning and project related meetings.

Team Work
Situation: Working closely with several individuals to arrive at a common goal.
Configuration: Meteorite, Sodalite, Tigers Eye
Whether engaging in a team competitive sport, or working on a team project, this configuration can be used to improve harmony and coordination with the group.

Personal health

Improving Sexual Enjoyment
Situation: Involved in a stable relationship with a partner, where keeping a deep sexual connection is felt to be important.
Configuration: Lace Agate, Flint, Rose Quartz
Useful for enhancing the physical side of a stable intimate relationship, this configuration should be kept under your pillow at night, and carried close to the lower body during the day.

Memory Enhancement
Situation: Poor memory, scatterbrained or preparing for an exam.
Configuration: Hematite, Calcite, Pyrite.
If you are continually losing things; have difficulty remembering names or birthdays or just need some extra memory while preparing for an exam, then this is a good configuration to use.  Keep under your pillow at night, and near your upper body during the day.

Physical Fitness
Situation: Beginning a fitness or dietary regime, during physical therapy after a physically disabling illness or to aid the knitting of broken bones.
Configuration: Lace Agate, Calcite, Galena
Carry this configuration with you around your lower torso to help your body heal, and to add extra energy to your diet or fitness program.

Physical Ailments
Situation: Recovering from internal health problems, e.g. kidney or liver disorders
Configuration: Flint, Gypsum, Lace Agate
After surgery, or to add strength to medicines, this is an excellent configuration to carry with you to aid in the healing process, and to help prevent a return of the condition.

Recovery from Addiction
Situation: Alcoholism, Drug Addiction
Configuration: Amethyst, Bornite, Rose Quartz
Give this configuration to someone you are worried about as a gift and tell them why. If you are in recovery yourself, and are on the early steps of a recovery program, this configuration will help you find the courage to stay clean and sober.

Emotional health

Clearing personal confusion
Situation: Too many different options presenting themselves at the same time. Stressed out at work. Unable to know which way to turn. Unsure of how you feel about a person or situation.
Configuration: Sodalite, Hematite, Bornite
When you are unsure what to do next, or there is too much going on around you to enable you to think clearly. This configuration can help clear some of the distractions and allow you to focus. Carry close to your heart, or, if you are having trouble sleeping, keep under your pillow.

Protection from a negative environment
Situation: In unfamiliar territory, on a bad side of town or with people who you very much against you or what you stand for.
Configuration: Pyrite, Hematite, Jasper
Use as a talisman to ward off potential harm, and to keep negative feelings at bay. This configuration will provide light in a dark situation, and help keep you safe.

Recovery from the loss of a loved one
Situation: Break-up of a relationship, bereavement, long term separation (such as through military duty).
Configuration: Rose Quartz, Flint, Snowflake Obsidian
This configuration will help you avoid the swings of emotions and behavior which are often prevalent at these times, while helping you remain true to yourself and realistic about the situation.

Spiritual well-being

Balancing Energies
Situation: Out of balance spiritually. Imbalance of the male/female self. Moodiness
Configuration: Rose Quartz, Amethyst, Citrine
When you need to stabilize yourself spiritually, this configuration will help immensely, particularly if kept nearby while meditating. An excellent energy source to pull from when balancing the major chakras

Centering
Situation: Returning to ones spiritual center to find the personal truths within.
Configuration: Galena, Amazonite, Turquoise
When you need help listening in the emptiness to your inner voice, and to aid you in learning what you truly want from life and your journey through it, this configuration is useful to carry with you close to the heart, and to keep nearby during meditation.

Contacting the Higher-Self
Situation: Questing for knowledge, re-opening communication with the Higher self.
Configuration: Crystal Geode, Turquoise, Amethyst.
The Geode should be unopened and the start of this rediscovery process, but, if feasible, may be opened towards the end, prior to the final realignment meditation. Keep this configuration close to the heart for several hours before the start of each of meditative session related to contact of the higher self.

Enhancing Psychic Abilities
Situation: When discovering ones psychic abilities, or when the need for additional psychic focus is necessary.
Configuration: Flint, Tigers Eye, Quartz.
This configuration will help channel energy from the Universe to you. It is very good at helping to open up the psychic paths of communication. This configuration should be worn close to the head if possible, during times of psychic activity or learning.

Grounding
Situation: Becoming too wrapped up in dreams and aspirations, rather than in the physical world. Useful for turning off after extending periods of psychic exposure.
Configuration: Galena, Obsidian, Lace Agate.
If your hopes and dreams have become obsessive so that you are losing your grasp on physical reality, this configuration is for you. It is also useful for preventing burn-out in a psychic practitioner, clairvoyant etc. who may be exposed to many different clients over
several hours, and needs to discharge afterwards.

Meditation Enhancement
Situation: General enhancement of meditation, help in obtaining serenity after a stressful day, or at the beginning of a day which is liable to produce stress.
Configuration: Turquoise, Amethyst, Amazonite
This configuration is useful for clearing irrelevancies from the mind, enhancing general calmness and helping one focus during meditation. Keep the stones close by during meditation, and if possible, keep them close to your upper body several hours before. If you are intending to meditate in the morning, place them under your pillow the night before.

Gemstone Offerings

AMETHYST - meditation

AVENTRERINE – emotional healing

BLACKSOTNE (Obsidian) – letting go

BLOODSTONE - courage

BLUE TOPAZ - harmony

CARNELIAN - passion

CITRINE - awareness

CRYSTAL QUARTZ - enlightenment

GARNET – inspires self-love

GEMSTONS – mixed association

IOLITE – true to the heart

MOONSTONE – love drawing

PERIDOT - healing

RED JASPER - energy

ROSE QUARTZ – heart awakening

SMOKY TOPAZ - protection

TIGERS EYE – money drawing

TURQUOISE - friendship    

Ten Healing Crystals for Stress

Crystals for Healing Stress

Stress is unavoidable in any society and is a symptom of our
inability or ineffectiveness to accept change as fast as it seems
thrust upon us. We must adapt quickly to disappointments, shock and traumas, physical pain, and other tremendous emotional and psychological imbalances in our environments. It isn't easy to keep up with the changes!

Crystals are particularly good at helping us adapt to changes in energy frequencies created through stressful situations.

There seems to be a crystal for every form of stress including financial (Citrine), relationships (Rose Quartz) and burnout (Smokey Quartz).

Having a large crystal in a room can also help reduce stress, by reducing negative energies and harmonizing imbalanced energy patterns.

By wearing the crystals through out the day, preferably as a full necklace, as a pendant, or in a small pouch at the Heart Chakra; the vibrations of the crystals will continue to affect areas of the imbalance, restoring a positive state where the imbalance has occurred. The effects of crystal healing at the emotional and psychological levels are subtle, yet are often noticed more by others than yourself! I have listed ten crystals and gemstones that are useful in healing stress.

Ten "Stress Stones"

Amethyst
Keep an Amethyst cluster at your desk or in your therapy room to transmute negative energy. Amethyst helps you think and act at your highest level. It's good for promotions (spiritual), and reduces tension headaches. Wear an Amethyst pendant continuously for migraine prevention and for alleviating arthritic pain.

Citrine
The "Success Stone" - Citrine encourages a bright outlook and
happiness. It attracts wealth and joy. Keep a piece in your wallet to enrich your holdings. It can help stabilize emotions and soothe family problems. Citrine is also good for improving stress-related digestive problems.

Clear Quartz
Clear Quartz can be worn as a crystal pendant to deflect radiation from going to your body. Quatrz is an excellent general physical system fortifier and protector. It increases mental clarity. Hold a clear crystal at your solar plexus and breathe evenly for several minutes to calm your emotions, to relax the body, to clear the mind, and to refresh your energy. Stare into the crystal to clear writer's block and to increase creativity.

Fluorite
Fluorite - a stone to unblock stuck energies. For digestive systems problems use the yellow/green colour combination. For pains in the skeletal and muscular system, use the blue/white color combination. For head area complaints, use the purple/clear combination. For asthma, wear the green colored Fluorite. To help congested mental thoughts, use a purple cluster in your work area, or position a cluster at your crown chakra while sleeping.

Garnet
Garnet - An energy revitalizer. Garnet is excellent for strengthening the base chakra. It promotes sexual energy (for your self and partner). It helps increase circulation to the legs and pelvic area. It reduces menstrual pain when held or taped over the ovaries and uterus. Garnet can increase sexual stimulation and fertility too!

Hematite
"The Anti-Stress Stone". Hematite reflects back negative energies to the sender (so you don't end up taking them on yourself). Hematite dissolves the issues when one meets with confrontation. Tape a small piece over the leg and back areas to reduce pain and to increase electromagnetic circulation. Hematite helps balance the meridians.

Malachite
Malachite is excellent for Type A personalities and for those prone to heart disease and stresses to internal organs. It helps to detoxify the liver and to increase blood circulation. Malachite is excellent for breaking up old energy patterns. Use it with Rose Quartz to soften the effects of a broken heart! Due to the possibly toxic copper content of this stone, keep Malachite away from pets and children, and do not wear it against the skin for long periods of time. This stone is for external use only.

Rose Quartz
"The Love Stone" - Rose Quartz is very protective and soothing for many issues. Place a large chunk of the stone at your Heart Centre for 15 minutes to relax after a stressful day. Rose Quartz helps to unblock anxiety and to promote healing of private emotional issues. It allows one to become more receptive and open to challenges.

Smokey Quartz
Smokey Quartz is an excellent stabilizer for mood swings. It helps ground feelings of depression, and both absorbs and transmutes negativity. This stone is best worn at the solar plexus, the seat of the emotions. Smokey Quartz is excellent for PMS and cranky persons; and good for persons imbalanced due to extreme stress and burn-out. It provides a protective field for recovery.

Turquoise
"A Stone of Protection" - Turquoise is an excellent toner for all
systems of the body. It helps prevent organs from absorbing toxins and breaking down. Wear this stone at the throat to strengthen your will and to communicate effectively. It helps to sweeten the voice and speak your truth. Turquoise helps reduce premature aging.

Some Hints On Crystal Healing

Your commitment to the crystal is part of the healing process. Let the crystal do the work for you.
It is best not to wear more than two crystals at any one time if you are new to crystal healing, as many find the effects too distracting.
The length of time to obtain the effects desired will depend on the quality of the crystal (size, color, energy charge), location worn, duration worn, and the crystal's appropriateness to your healing issue. Some crystals are better suited to the overall underlying problem than to just treat superficial symptoms. Select your crystal with an honest outlook on the problem.

Healing Stones

Adamite: Blue, blue-green, yellow-green. Brings gifts of heart & mind together for balance, inner strength, and steering steadily through life. Creativity &  entrepreneurial thinking, and new directions for business/personal growth. Blue: Creativity, throat, mouth, ears, breath of life, lymph. Green: Lungs, heart, thymus, endocrine glands. H:3.5; CTR: 4, 5; T

Agate: Chalcedony Qtz. Red, orange, yellow, browns; Solid, Grounding. For stomach, colon, liver, spleen, kidneys, X-ray/radiation. MOSS: Centering, taking heart. Blood sugar, anorexia/food issues, lymph nodes, Balances emotions. IRIS: Insight, Restores nerve feeling and healing after injury/burns.
PICTURE: Gaze into for meditation. L/Rt. brain balance. Pineal, pituitary; coordination. Blue LACE: Patience, peace. Cools. H:6.5-7; CTRS: 1,4

Alexandrite: (A chrysoberyl.) Clear violet-green, lt. blue or orange-yellow iridescence. Color changes with angle. Opens Heart, Solar Plexus, and especially Crown Centers. For healing, centering, self-esteem. Rare and Powerful. Opens to higher self, disattachment, psychicness, spiritual love, joy, and luck. Excellent tissue regeneration; especially Central Nervous System. H:8.5; CTR: 3,4,6,7

Amazonite: Solid Lt. Blue/turquoise. Gentle Friendly, calming, soothing; Opens throat, heart, and solar plexus centers for self-expression, artistic creativity, healing. Throat, thyroid, nerve and Brain paths. Reduces self-damaging behavior, increases straight posture of self-respect, confidence, grace, self-assuredness with communication. H: 6-6.5; CTR: 5

Amber: Clear yellow or orange ancient petrified resin (possibly pine tree). Electromagnetic. Opens solar plexus chakra for mental clarity, moods balance, confidence. Stomach anxiety, spine, Central Nervous System, brain, memory loss, cell regeneration. Aligns mental and emotional bodies via orange and yellow CTRS. Excellent detoxification and protection from radiation, especially x-rays, sun, computers, airport, planes and others' energies. Sacred use (incense/worn) by Asian and American Indians, and worldwide. H: 2-2.5; CTR: 3; T

Amethyst: Translucent, purple/lavendar Qtz. Psychicness, imagery, mind quieting. Wear when sleeping or when awake to reduce anger, impatience, and nightmares. Brow + Crown CTRS. Headaches, eyes, scalp/hair, pituitary, pineal, blood sugar  balance. Especially aids sobriety; alcohol/food/sex/other addictions. Famous ancient detoxicifier (especially helped with poisons, alcohol.) Keep in pet's
water to reduce fleas. H: 7; CTR: 6

Angelite: Medium blue to white crystals. Fairly newly discovered. Psychic connection to oneness with universe, angelic realm, spiritual guidance. Astral travel, heightened sensory awareness. Seeing paths to surmount challenges. Aligns physical  and etheric fields for healing self & others. Regenerates and rejuvenates ill or depleted areas. H: 3; CTR 6,7; T (due to Lead Sulfate)

Apache Tears: Small, dark, smoky-translucent Obsidian pebbles. Eases and releases pain, loss, sadness, anger, etc to help heal and go on with life. For looking within, protection, vision quest/purpose. gently grounds and unblocks lower body and endocrine glands/chakras. Aids healing. Represents tears of grief shed by Native American women after their loved ones' deaths due to invading troops. H: 5; CTR: 6

Apatite: Transparent dk. blue, yellow, clear...Blue and purple are used especially to heal and stimulate throat CTR. and kidney point for self-expression, teaching, healing mouth, throat, thyroid, high blood pressure, stuttering, etc. Reducing hunger. High Calcium content strengthens bones, muscles, mineral assimilation. Use yellow on Solar Plexus and Brow CTRS. H: 5.5; CTR: 3,5,7

Apophyllite: Clear, white, light green striated crystals. Very powerful for deep, peaceful stillness and alpha state/meditation/dream recall. Clairvoyance,  out of body travel, etc. Green is most powerful: Heals and brings joyous openness  to the heart CTR. as it opens the brow and crown chakras. Clears mental fuzziness and channels for with higher-self + angelic realm contact. Helps see truth for growth. H: 5; CTR:4,6,7

Aqua Aura: Clear quartz with metallic light blue tint from electrical infusion of gold  (amplifies quartz conductivity.) Increases ability to send energy & alter consciousness for meditation, telepathy, healing. Opens/clears throat. H:7; CTR:1,5

Aquamarine: A beryl. Clear light blue, blue-green. Tranquilizing, uplifting, openness,  innocence, light-heartedness, creativity, communication, self-awareness, confidence, purpose. Throat (& spleen) CTR(s), Heart, immune system, thymus, lymph nodes, Especially: Mouth, ears, etc. Affects etheric and mental levels.  Releases anxiety, fear, restlessness, peaceful stillness like the flow of a forest stream. Breathing allergies, water travel, journeys, sea goddess, seeing  through people, protection. CTR:5; H:8

Aragonite: Translucent purple-pink-brown hexagonal, or white needle crystals . Deep, peaceful meditation; uplifts emotions. Centering, overview, patience  under stress, hepsus navigate business/managerial/personal challenges with a clear head and steady hand. Giving and receiving easily. Balances yin-yang.  Eyes, brain, Central Nervous System, heart, opens spiritual/brow chakra for  day-to-day living with an open heart and mind. H:4; CTR:3,6; T

Aventurine: Translucent dark/lt. green quartz. Heals emotional pain/fear/imbalance by dissolving blocks in the heart CTR. Historically also draws out heat of fevers, inflammation, nerv. system stress. In your bath water, a soft, soothing stone for general  healing. Universal love, truth, prosperity. Much like Moss Agate. H:7; CTR:5

Azurite: Solid deep blue, blue-purple. Activates brow and throat CTRS. More assertive communication and alert, quite, deep access to subconscious and other times/places/lives. Psychicness, creativity, decisiveness, deeper insight, seeing truth, reduces depression, anger, abnormal cell growth. Hi copper content stimulates thyroid, sinus, skin cleansing, spleen, nervous system, mental + etheric bodies. H:3, 5-4; CTR:5,6; T

Bloodstone: ("Heliotrope") Solid dark green, red flecks. Electromagnetic (high iron). Ancient Egypt, Atlantis used to calm, ground, revitalize. Classic for wealth, menstrual  cramps, anemia, blood clots, hemorrhoids, birthing/reproductively, imbalance. Cleansing heart and blood circulation, marrow, thymus, lungs; Heart. H:7; CTR:1,2,4

Boji Stones: Iron-magnetite concretion. Solid round, grey-brown discs with high iron. Grounding, electromagnetic. Balances body's energy field. Many have found they  reduce pain by holding 1 in each hand. Recharges electrically in sun.  (Store boji's apart -magneticness neutralizes each other. Also wearing/holding with tiger's eye or other stone containing asbestos may bring on ill feeling.)  Rough "male" and smooth "female" stones both have + and - charge. CTR:1; T

Brass: Flattens and grounds energy. (poor conductor); not generally used for healing. can dull/block energy. May be used as shield, reducing sensitivity and awareness. CTR:1

Calcite: Milky yellow, peach, green, white or clear crystals. Soft. Lime Green: Tranquility ; soothes spiritual heart; helps us learn from lessons in each  situation and new options. Clarifies visions, imagery, astral travel and recall. Helps us replace fears, old ways with healthier ones. Cleans toxins and fumes
from body. Needs cleansing if sticky. Yellow: Spine, bones. Detoxification  of kidneys, pancreas, spleen. Decalcifying joints. Clear/Optical: Clearer vision & communication, wellness, general cleansing. Blue: Eases pain (especially back).  Orange: Uplifting, joy, happiness, humor. H:3; CTR: per color.

Celestite: White, clear, or cool lt. blue cluster crystals. Gentle. Soothes nerves, stress. Quiets mind. Serenity, harmony, easiness, stillness for receiving, connection to spirit, overview, creativity. Aids Throat CTR; honesty, openness, stress, worry, hearing, thyroid, potassium/manganese deficiency, Central Nervous
System, tiredness, fades in sunlight. H:4; CTR:5

Cerussite: Clear/misty white to brown. Helps us be centered, confident, capable and versatile amidst life's challenges. Grounding to here/now and higher self. Graciousness, good listening/communication skills. Translate higher concepts to everyday language. Psychicness, clarity. Shows what we can/can't change. Letting go (stress, addictions..) Insomnia, Central Nervous System, coordination, general healing. Both grounds root chakra and opens crown (& Throat) CTR. Plant growth , protection against bugs. H:3.5; CTR:1,5,7; T

Charoite: Purple, solid. Newly coming into greater use. Works with Indigo & violet CTRS to transmute/lift us out of emotions, fear. Seeing old patterns with new possibilities. Opens heart, inspiration, service, seeing clearly (mentally, physically, psychically), faster healing. Some find useful also for entity release work and alcohol/liver detoxification. CTR:4,6,7

Chrysoberyl: Translucent Gold or Green Cat's Eye (often confused with qtz. Tiger's Eye, but rarer). Usually clear, green or green/brown, non-greasy. For acquiring more prosperity. Confidence, self-pride, healing. Amplifies other gems (NOTE: Some are irradiated to turn green- trust your feeling with each stone.) H:8.5; CTR:3,7

Cobalt-Calcite: (Calcite, pink from Cobalt) Brings love, patience, gentleness, compassion. Soothes intensity of feelings. Mental and emotional balancer. H:3; CTR:4b; T

Copper: Excellent energy conductor! Sends and amplifies thoughts, healing, and gem electrical energy into wearer's energy field. Next to skin: Detoxes and soothes arthritis, rheumatism, other inflammation problems. 3rd chakra: stomach, intestines, etc. Warms, releases resentment, anger, etc. built up in joints as
arthritis. Exhaustion recovery, circulation, balances warm sun energy and cool  lunar energy. Energize with sun. H:2.5-3; CTR: 3+all; T

Coral: Calcium and calcite. Red and orange: stimulates 1st 2 chakras for energy and warmth, fertility. Energizes emotions. Muscles, blood, heart, reproductive system; thyroid, metabolism; meridians; spine, bone and tissue regeneration. (Avoid if high blood pressure, fever, anxious). Pink: Heart CTR, increases sensitivity, caring, compassion. White: Soothes; heals meridians, stress, smell ability, nerves. Black: Creativity, repels lower energies. H:3-4; CTR: by color; T

Cuprite: Deep wine red. (High copper content) Opens flow of 1st/root and 3rd/Stomach/power centers, hundalini energy, willpower. Also, with heart CTR: strengthens thymus, heart, blood, and oxygen, metabolism, stamina and healing. Historically also heals relationship with father, the yang side of us, masculinity (for men) and confidence/security issues. Access past life parent info for healing issues. H:4; CTR:1;3;4

Danburite: Clear crystal. Powerfully radiates bright, pure, white light, filling our body, mind, and spirit (and relationships) with loving light. Excellent to cleanse, purify, or debrief. Fills 3rd eye and Crown CTRS with joy and illumination. Brings truth, honesty, a smile to the heart and open receptivity to mind and spirit. Strengthens mind, nervous system, life force, awareness. Program for particular uses. Excellent healing tool. H:7; CTRS: all, especially 6 & 7

Desert Rose: A gypsum. Lt. brown. Gently grounding; clarifies thinking and mental vision, perception. Quiets worry, brings out practicality. (Related to Selenite). Reminds us to take time out to smell the roses. Quiets the mind. H:1.5-2; CTR: 3

Diamond: (Carbon) Powerfully absorbs and amplifies thoughts/attitudes of user, other gems, and wearer's strengths and weaknesses: Prosperity, generosity/ vs. miserly; love vs. distrust; overview, spirituality vs. lust, immediate gratification. Used with loving, clear intent; clears blocks, opens crown CTR: spiritual love, peace. Clarity, trust, confidence. Cleanse thoroughly (It can hold our other's previous attitudes, emotions...) Ancients also used for detoxing. H:10; CTR: All, especially: 7; T (dust)

Dolomite: Pink/pastel/milky to clear. Clear varieties, especially pink are used to softly open and heal heart CTR. Soothes hurt, loneliness, anxiety, etc. Facilitates giving and receiving, generosity, spontaneity, creativity, energy uplift. Calcium content strengthens bones, teeth, muscles, woman's reproductive system; helps PMS. H:3.5-4; CTR: 1,4,4b

EILAT Stone: (chrysocolla and malachite) (incl. turquoise). Excels in healing  emotional and physical aspects of heart/lungs and throat CTRS. Flushes out/heals hurt, fear, stress, loss. Antidepressant. Sinuses, mouth; Bone and tissue  regeneration. On Solar Plexus: Aligns the subtle bodies, harmonizes heart, mind, and  body. Wholeness, peace of heart, self-expression, creativity. Balances yin/yang.  Draws out pain, inflamation, fever. CTR: 3-5; T

Elestial: Special form of clear/smokey qtz. Changes confusion/illusions to clarity, seeing truth, overview. Psychicness, openness to higher self/God/spirituality. Stimulates crown chakra/pineal to rise above situations, emotions. May initially intensify lower thoughts (ego, denial, self-judging...) to release these blocks to open heart/mind. Healing brain cells from drug/alcohol use. "All-seeing Stone" brings infusion of light. Use as a bridge stone to enhance energy flow between chakras. H:7; CTR:1,7

Emerald: Beryl. Strengthens heart CTR for abundance, growth, peace, harmony, patience, love, fidelity, honesty. Lifts depression, insomnia. Knowingness of the heart, peaceful dreams. Breathing, heart, lymphnodes, blood, thymus, pancreas (blood sugar rebalance), labor/delivery, eyesight, and etheric field. Excellent  general healer. Ancient blood detoxifier and anti-poison. Androgynous. H:7.5-8. CTR:4,4b; T (aluminum)

Epidote: Deep green, striated. Strengthens over all health, heart, well-being, energy.  Courage, stamina. Helps take good care of one's self  (food, rest, etc.) H:6-7; CTR:1,4

Fuchsite: Muscovite. Mica-like flaky light green. Light-heartedness, friendliness, compassion, recovery, immunity. Speeds deeper healing. H:2-2.5; CTR:4

Garnet: (Only clear is used for healing) Use cut and polished. The brighter the better. Red: 1st and 2nd CTRS. Warms, energizes emotionally and physically (arthritis, frostbite, paralysis), grounds. Used by ancient cultures. Exhaustion, low BP, detoxing and strengthening blood, muscles, kidneys, gallstones. Stimulates life force and sexuality, hormone balance, antibodies, fertility, persistence, stamina, passion, confidence (and stubbornness). Yang (avoid if excess anger, impatience, high blood pressure, heat, inflammation, etc.) 1st/root CTR. Orange: Warmth, energy. 2nd CTR.Green: CTR:1,4; H:7-7.5; T (aluminum)

Gem Silica: Gem quality Chrysocolla. Highly Evolved. See Silica. T (copper) Gold: Excellent all-purpose, high level gem amplifier and electrical conductor, especially on solar plexus and heart CTRS. Strengthens meridians, nerve system, digestion. Positively charged with warming sun energy. Often warn by teachers/healers, especially after much self-healing (addictions, childhood...) Attracts prosperity, stores, amplifies thoughts/emotions/energy (Greed too). Yang. Pink = Gold + copper. Lovingness warmth, spirituality. Amplifies gem effects. White: Combines sun and moon's energy, thus higher conductor and amplifier. H:2-3; CTR:3,4,7

Goldstone: Medium brown with tiny coppery glitter. Reported to be a man-made form of sunstone originally created when alchemists were working towards creating gold. Gently uplifting, mildly helpful to solar plexus CTR, to reduce stomach tension, protect center of body. CTR:3 Hawk's Eye/Falcon's Eye: Natural Green, grey or blue Tiger's eye-like quartz. Helps gain perspective to see/face situations fully. Seeing the overview clearly and  unflinchingly, as from a Hawk's eyes. Stomach and brow chakras. Blue: Deepens meditation. helps us see the truth (self, others, situations) in order to grow.
H:7; CTR:3-6

Hematite & Marcasite: Silver-gray metallic. (High iron, mercury) One of the most grounding of all stones (root CTR). Condenses scatteredness, fuzziness into mental clarity, concentration, memory, practicality, helps study, bookkeeping, detail work, sound sleep. Confidence, will power, boldness. Egyptians used also to calm hysteria and anxiety. Yang. Helps us adjust to being physical. Spleen, blood, cleanses. Can deflect. Regroups after jet lag, stress, birth, anesthesia.H:6; CTR:1-3

Herkimer Diamond: A special clear quartz. Shifts brain powerfully into alpha/deep stillness, opening the brow and crown CTRS for a strong, clear channel, psychic readings, meditation, OBEs. May take one too "high"/spacey to wear. The "Dream stone" - in meditation or pillow, it wonderfully enhances visualization, astral travel into the light and dream recall. Amplifies and  stores thoughts, energy; use as bridge to stimulate energy flow up through the chakras. Cleanse often. H:7; CTR: All especially 6,7

Hiddenite: A spodumene, like kunzite. Green. Best known for drawing prosperity. Clears heart to receive. Eases love or $ loss. Calming. H:6-7; CTR:4; T(Aluminum)  Howlite: White. Gently absorbs and uplifts stress, tension, anxiety, emotional intensity, etc. Quietly loving, calming. Works with the heart center, bringing greater gentleness,  patience, tact. Helps bones, teeth, and other calcium aspects of body.
H:5.5; CTR:4b

Iolite: (Cordierite) Clear bluish-lavendar. Opens a light pathway from Throat CTR. up through crown. Truth, simplicity, imagery, peace. Living at higher awareness level. Alcohol/addiction detoxificator, sobriety. A newer stone recently more available. H:7; CTR:6,7; T (Aluminum)

Jade: Solid to translucent. Green. Health, wealth, longevity stone. Ancient Chinese used also for courage, wisdom, justice, mercy, emotional balance, stamina, love, fidelity, humility, generosity, peace, harmony. Lungs, heart, thymus, immune,  kidney and blood detoxification, nervous system. Androgynous. A gentle,
steady energy. H:6.5-7; CTR:4

Kunzite: Spodumene with lithium. Pink, clear. Powerful, high level stone. Strengthens healers, teachers. Opens the emotional heart and spiritual heart. Unconditional lovingness,  compassion. Healing abuse/loss/addictions. helps emotional balance, confidence, connection to higher self, oneness. Reduces depression, mood swings, stress, radiation. Also brow and crown CTRS. Deepens altered state: psychic readings, healing...being centered emotionally and spiritually. H:6-7; CTR: 4, 4b, 6, 7; T (Aluminum)

Kyanite: Light blue, splintery. Placed on brow, this opens 3rd eye and blue'/throat CTRS. Enhances psychic images, foresight, consciousness, meditation, communication. On 3rd  eye; answers questions, especially in imagery. Brings out our natural ability to manifest  things into reality via thoughts, visualization. Tranquility. H:4-7; CTR:5,6; T (aluminum)

Labradorite (Clearer/lighter)/Spectrolite (Darker): Subtle green/blue/yellow/etc.  metallic iridescent. Brings forth each person's strengths to share with the world. Originality. Easier, more restful sleep. Helps us relate to others. Opens energy flow to solar plexus and brow CTRS and whatever other centers are most in need. Still evolving along with us. Fragile, avoid salt cleansing. H:6+; CTR:3,5,6; T(aluminum)

Lapis Lazuli: Solid, med. to dk. blue. In meditation, opens brow CTR: higher guidance, intuition, connection to higher self, overview, decisions for good of all. Organizes, quiets mind. Opens Throat/Thyroid CTR.: Self-expression, writing, creativity, dream insight. ..Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, autism, shyness, nervous system; MS, speech, hearing, pituitary, DNA, lymph, inflammation, pain (especially head), protection. H:5; CTR:5,6

Larimar: A gentle, soft, sky-blue Caribbean healer. Brings tranquility of water/sea and air to heart and mind. Soothes and uplifts hurt, fear, depression, pain of life, changes with love. Self-expression, patience, acceptingness, simplicity, creativity,  artwork. With red spots: helps gentle people be assertive. Cools, draws out inflamation, fevers, sunburn heat. Especially helps the creativity and throat CTR. (shoulder, thyroid , nose). Pleasantly uplifts the heart and eases stress. CTR: 4b,5

Lepidolite: (Contains Lithium and mica). Solid lavendar to soft pink, dull, sparkly. Calms and relaxes. Gently eases intensity of feelings, stress, mood swings, depression, manic-depression, self-criticism, anxiety, addictions, worrying. Brings hope, relief, gentleness, self-love, patience, self-forgiveness, unworried sleep, mental/emotional balance, well-being. For master gland and immune system, skin, DNA. Balances 2nd and 3rd and Brow chakras with new spiritual love CTR. Fragile; salt water cleanse may cause it to break apart. H:2.5-4; CTR:2,3,4b,6

Lodestone: (Magnetite, Iron). Metallic black, natural magnet. Related to (and works like) hematite for grounding, clear thinking, focus (detail work, decisions, etc.). Electromagnetically pulls toxic blocks and pain from energy meridians, pancreas, and lower glands. Old story of its use for faithfulness test: Unfaithful one is said to fall out of bed if touched by this stone.  H:5.5-6.5; CTR:1; T

Malachite: Steady pulsing electromagnetic energy. (High copper content) On brow: Stimulates physical and psychic vision, concentration. For heart and solar plexus centers: Stomach, liver, kidney stones, lungs, immune system, radiation, MS, circulation. Powerful with azurite or chrysocolla for healing: Releases and draws out pain, inflamation, depression, anger; heals blocks. Protects well by powerfully cleaning the auric field, rapidly absorbing undesirable  energies, including: computer, TV, and other radiation, etc. Place in the 4 corners of a room to cleanse carpet toxins/gases. Clean very frequently - daily if possible! H:3.5-4;
CTR:3,4; T (copper)

Meteorite: Usually solid, dull, mottled, brownish to black. Noniron varieties amplify thoughts/telepathic sending/receiving, greater awareness, some connection to extraterrestrial life. Odd/unusual energy, best used by those drawn to them. CTR:1 or 6

Microline: See Amazonite.

Moldavite: Greenish to brown-green Tektite (fell to earth). Dull outside, deep clear green inside. Powerfully expands psychicness, channeling. On Heart CTR. Eases longing to leave earth. On pillow, brow, crown: Telepathic access to spiritual laws, info from higher regions/places to help us and Earth to be healthier and more spiritual. An intense meteorite helping people incarnating from elsewhere be more comfortable here on earth (reducing asthma, toxin sensitivity, emotional intensity, epilepsy...)(May make some too spacey; be sure to ground self after use and before driving.) Fragile - Don't salt cleanse! More rare, expensive and powerful than a plain "tektite". H:5.5; CTR:6,7; T (aluminum)

Moonstone: Feldspar (contains aluminum). Translucent with white, pink, yellow, soft sheen. Soothes stress, anxiety, women's hormones/menstrual imbalance, lymph.  Enhances intuitive sensitivity via feelings and less overwhelmed by personal feelings. Greater flexibility and flow with life. Connects 2nd and 6th chakras and Pineal for emotional balance, gracefulness. Helps all be more comfortable with our gentler feminine/yin receiving side. Especially for water signs. H:6-6.5; CTR:2,6; T

Mother of Pearl (MOP): Beads/decor made of glossy pearly inside of pearl oyster  shell. (Isn't a stone) Carries the gentle, peaceful healing energy of the sea. Relaxes, soothes emotions, sensitivity, stress. H:3-4; CTR:2,5; T (Organic)

Obsidian: Solid/translucent black to smoky. (Incl. "Navaho/Apache Tears") Objectivity, dis-attachment, grounding. Reduces fantasy/escapism. Absorbs and  dissolves anger, criticism, fear, etc. thus protective. Unusual black stone: Absorbs dark and converts to white light. Friendly. Can't be misused. Root CTR. Brings higher CTR light into lower ones; cleanses, uplifts. Changes fear into flexibility with change.  SNOWFLAKE: Clairaudience and owning our lower aspects for growth; Healthy balance. (Be aware - Obsidian balls help to see truths by initially amplifying beliefs,  patterns, fears, blocking our growth.) H:5; CTR:1,5. GREEN: Heals broken  crystals and charges them. CTR:4

Onyx: Balances and grounds. Absorbs and flattens emotional intensity. Androgynous. Can't conduct or retain healing energy/programming very well. Black: Root CTR.  Grounding. Green: Heart/4th chakra. Yellow: 3rd Seriousness, logic. Blue: 5th CTR. The more translucent/clearer ones are more effective.
H:3; CTR: Match to stone color.

Opal: A silicate. Contains water, correlating with our emotions. Clarifies by  amplifying and mirroring feelings, buried emotions, desires (including love and passion) . Less inhibition, more spontaneity. Crown and Brow CTRS. Visualization, imagination, dreams, healing. Easily absorbs, stores emotions and thoughts. Fragile. Fades/cracks in sun, heat, salt, acidic foods. Moisten frequently with water or oil. Some cancel/negate other gems. (backfires if not used for good of all) May change color with high energy/intensity people. White: Balances L/Rt. brain. "Black"/Dk blue: One of the most potent.  Fire Opals: May stimulate passion, temper, energy. H:6; CTR:2

Pearl: White: Symbol of pure heart and mind; innocence, faith. Of the sea, it has watery and lunar elements, thus balancing emotions, especially for water signs.  Absorbs thoughts, emotions. For solar plexus CTR (digestion, stomach, WBCs, immunity)  and emotional stress. Low integrity or anger rebounds to user (like Opal). Cleanse frequently Fire signs less compatible unless drawn to Pearl. May cool and soothe. Gold and Black: Also for prosperity. Pink: Works especially with the heart CTR. Pearls best without other gems. Divers wear for shark protection. H:3-4; CTR:2,3,4; T (Organic)

Peridot: Clear bright green/green-yellow. Clears heart CTR, pathway, strengthening breath of life, prosperity, growth, openness. Used by Egyptians, Aztecs, Incas to gently cleanse and heal the physical heart CTR. (lungs, lymph, breast) Yellower gems also for Solar Plexus CTR (stomach, liver, adrenal...) Helps understand relationships, other realities Alleviates depression, anger, fear, jealousy, anxiety. H:3-4; CTR:3,4

Phenacite: (Phenakite) Milky whit to clear crystal. A powerfully loving, healing, spiritual stone newly more available. Clearer stones intensely opens 3^rd eye, crown and Transpersonal CTRS. as a white light channel. Clairvoyance/spiritual  communication, meditation, astral travel. Energizes meridians and healing of other stones. H:7.5-8; CTR:6-8

Pyrite/Fool's Gold: (with iron) One of the most grounding stones in use today. Used for focus, practicality, logic, memory, clearing fuzzy thinking/scatteredness etc like Hematite. Helps Yellow Chakra: Stomach, intestines, ulcers; sulfur and mineral assimilation, circulation, body acidity imbalances, depression, illusions/lack of clarity about situations/people. Great for grounding spaciness after meditation/psychic readings. Represents Sun's golden energy. H:6-6.5; CTR:1,3

Quartz "Rock Crystal": Clear, many forms and colors! Probably the most versatile multi-purpose healing stone. Easy to cleanse, store info/energy in, program or amplify energy and healing with. Can both draw and send energy. Powerful clear ones open Brow, Crown, and Transpersonal CTRS for meditation, sending/receiving guidance. Stimulates natural crystals in body tissues and fluids to resonate at new healing frequency. See also many other stones (Amethyst, Tiger's Eye...) India: Detected food poison by clarity change. Yin or  Androgynous. Works with all chakras and master gland. H:7; CTR: All With Chlorite: Powerful for sending and advanced specialized uses. Blue (Or gray/lavendar): A good healing stone for linking heart with throat and brow CTR. to expand self expression and creativity, plus refining communication skill to new levels. Eases throat tension. Immune system, thyroid, iodine and B Vitamin use. Some say shining light through Blue Quartz can help reduce need for glasses. Still evolving. Yin. H:7; CTR:5

Rose: Translucent to clear Pink. Love, beauty, peacefulness, forgiving, lovingness, self-love, emotional balance. Soft. Gently soothes and warms heart center. Emotional healing, loss, stress, hurt, fear, low confidence, resentment, anger. Slowly eases childhood traumas/neglect/lack of love, low self-esteem. Cleanse and recharge often.  Especially if fades. Aligns mental, emotional, and astral bodies. H:7; CTR:4b

Rutilated/Rutile: Clear Quartz with metallic, golden rutile, copper, or blue/gray titanium fibers that powerfully electrically conduct and amplify energy/thoughts/programming for healing. Intensifies/deepens altered states. Opens Crown/Brown CTRS for meditation, clairvoyance, telepathy, insight. Some make one too spacey or  scattered to wear. (Induces Alpha) Stimulates immunity, strength, blue corona, imagery, dreams. Golden fibers may increase radiation protection and health rejuvination. Each stone's energy/qualities are unique. Androgynous. H:7; CTR:6,7

Smoky Quartz: 2 kinds: 1.) Smoky, rootbeer, or chocolate-colored clear crystals. The clearest, most intense ones powerfully open the crown CTR. crawing light down the root chakra, inducing Alpha/deep meditation for channeling/higher  guidance, deep relaxation, lovingness. Ancient use also to stimulate meridians, kundalini, and correct fertility/PMS/reproductive imbalance. Stores info well. Aleviates fear, anxiety, depression, emotional  stuckness, etc. 2a.) Dense, dull, solid/semisolid black/brown, less attractive. Very  grounding, opposite of other smokeys . May feel dense, heavy, nonconductive. 2b.)  Many were irradiated to turn them this flat, dark color with white edge of base. If so, they're not useful for conducting light/healing, thus less useful for wearing or healing. H:7; CTR:1,6,7

Rubellite/Red Tourmaline: Strengthens, grounds/rejuvenates, warms. Unites heart and body for love, courage, passion, energy, stamina, steadiness. High Lithium  content (thus pink/red color) brings emotional balance, lovingness, devotion in a  down-to-earth way. Balances body's electrochemistry. Heart and Root CTRS. Helps detach from personal pain. Releases reproductive CTR. blocks; stimulates  fertility. Used to strengthen and detox blood and immune system and to ease  radiation effects. Yang. H:7; CTR:1,4b

Ruby: Red Corundum. Contains chromium (blood sugar balance.) Warms, energizes after exhaustion. Strengthens physical and emotional heart (4th chakra), love, courage, confidence, vitality, stamina, strength, leadership, success over challenges. Intensifies all  emotions (passion, jealousy, impatience, love...) Attempted use for pressure/control (for  love, etc) backfires onto user. Used for reproductive/root CTR; infections, cholesterol,  clots, blood detox (alcohol, caffeine, etc), sexual blocks. Stimulates circulation, menses, pituitiary. healing the earth. H:9; CTR:1,4; T (aluminum)

Rutile: See Quartz - Rutilated. Sapphire: Corundum. Blue, green, pink, purple, clear  . Related to Ruby. Blue: Communication, insight, intuition,  clairaudience, inspiration, spiritual prayer/devotion, peacefulness.
Pituitary and Thyroid. Detoxing skin, body. ANtidepressant. Cools, contracts, soothes, thus reducing inflamation, fevers, nosebleeds.  Hearing problems, TB, burns, etc. Nervous system (& Epilepsy) and meridians. Strongest if next to skin. Especially throat CTR.  Star: Also: wisdom, will, centering,
cheerfulness, luck. Reduces radiation effects, anxiety, procrastination. Some effects subtle. Black: more grounding. Protection. May strengthen by posing challenges to overcome. H:9; CTR:1,5,6; T (Aluminum)

Selenite: A Gypsum. White/clear striated crystals. Mental focus, growth, luck, immunity, kundalini. Centuries-old record keepers of events/information. Smoothes emotions. Holding crystal, visualize it bringing white light/energy (higher ideas/consciousness)  from transpersonal point above head down through body, out through feet into earth/physical  plane. Place on 3rd eye for stored info. May help physical and emotional letting go. Repro; spine and nerve system, emotional and athletic flexibility. Sends healing to the earth. Expands sensitivity, field of awareness. H:1.5-2; CTR:2,6,7

Silica: "Gem Silica": The highest, purest form of gem quality Chrysocolla. One of  the highest evolved blue-green stones. (Also see: Chrysocolla).  H:2-4; CTRS:4,4b,5; T

Silver: Excellent for mental, emotional, and physical releasing and cleansing.   Works on mind/emotions to see overview, emotional balance, patience. Like  the moon's energy, it has gentle, cool, smoothing effect. Thus it reduces inflammation, fever, nervous system stress. Best with the gentler, cooler-colored gems. Works with  pituitary and upper energy centers. Generally Yin. Wear the metal that you feel  attracted to. H:2.5-3; CTR:6,7

Smithsonite: Light blue, pink, or lavendar fuzzy bubbles. Harmonizes and aligns heart, throat, and brow CTRS. for smoother communications, leadership, perceptiveness and  depth in relationships, and expansion into new areas. Meditation clarity, and receptiveness. Insight via dreams, dream recall. Versatile; Historically works well in many areas,  especially Throat CTR, nose, lymph, immunity; tissue elasticity. Chakra corresponds with stone color. H:5; CTR:4,5,6

Sodalite: General communication and writing stone. Logic, ideas, truth. Balances body energy levels via thyroid, pituitary, lymph, and other glands. Helps throat CTR, insomnia , neck, mouth, hearing, blood sugar, etc. Cooling and drawing for infections, burns, sinus inflammations, high blood pressure, etc. Still evolving. H:5.5-6; CTR:5;

Sulphur: Solid/clear yellow. Rejuvenating, especially if one does a great deal of  thinking/mental wk and little physical exercise. Mental clarity, focus, analysis, understanding , willpower, discipline, confidence. Used in Egypt and modern hot springs/baths for  arthritis, pain, rheumatism, swelling, lymph, cysts, hemorrhoids. Traditionally very healing for wounds, cleansing and healing skin, sinus, pancreas, liver, syphilis, appendix, indigestion, insomnia, depression, etc; Strengthens endocrine glands. Found in garlic, mustard,  chives, onions, horseradish, etc. Repels garden bugs.  H:1.5-2; CTR:3

Sunstone: Aventurine feldspar with gold-orange metallic sheen. Warms  the heart and lifts/rejuvinates the spirit. Protection, life force, grounding.  H;6-6.5; CTR:1,7

Tanzanite: Clear, blue-purple-violate Zoisite crystal. (Use clear ones for healing meditation.) Placed on brow, it powerfully opens brow plus Crown centers for clairaudience, visions, spiritual connectedness, protection, manifesting.  Helps expand our physical and mental seeing, hearing, hair, skin. H:6.5-7; CTR:5,6,7 

Tiger's Eye: Chalcedony Quartz Cat's Eye. Yellow-gold. Confidence, willpower, clear thinking(and thus speaking), personal power in life. Yellow/Solar Plexus CTR.  (Not as strong as citrine or Topaz). Works on Mental plane: amplifies thinking and manifesting what you think about (careful!), will. Helps separate thoughts from feelings, so centered, less emotional. Digestion, stomach, anxiety, ulcers,
bones. Rub with essential oil on Ft. bottom for blood detox. Use with malachite or pearl for mental/emotional balance, understanding. Helps change anxiety,  fear and obsessiveness into practicality, logic, etc. Yang. Green or Blue: See Hawk's Eye. H:7; CTR:3; T

Topaz: Golden or pink/"Champagne" Crystal. Golden: The most powerful, electromagnetic of yellow/ solar plexus gems. A strong, steady, high level gem for mental clarity, focus, perceptivity, high level concepts, confidence, personal power, stamina.  Helps mood swings, insomnia, worries, fears, depression, exhaustion, nervous system  stress, stomach anxiety. Also works somewhat with the crown CTR. Liver/pancreas  detoxification, blood sugar balance, tissue and backbone strengthener (physically and
emotionally). Radiates warmth, sun/light energy, protection. Excellent for water signs,  teachers, excess work stress, manifesting, higher-self connection. Brings emotions and thinking into balance. Pink and Champagne: Works also especially with the heart str for  love, spiritual compassion. Blue: Alignment with our higher self, creative expression , writing, focus on your path. H:8; CTR:3,4b,5; T

Tourmaline: A powerful, electromagnetic, striated gem. Strengthens body and spirit (and meridians), transmutes lower frequency thought/energy to a higher frequency of light  and brings light/spirit into the physical. Radiates light protection for wearer. Clearer=higher frequency, effectiveness. Especially for nervous system; blood/lymph toxins. Black:  Powerfully deflects/shields against unwanted or dark energies, especially for sensitive  people. Grounds spiritual/light energy into root chakra, for centeredness amid chaos.  Neutralizes fears, resentment, neurosis, obsessions, intestinal or spine energy blocks, toxins, constipation. Place at feet, knees, or base of spine for groundedness during/after healing. Radiation protection. CTR:1 Blue (Indicolite): Wonderful for aligning with higher self for deep insight, vision, intuition, mental peace, patience,  nerve system. Throat CTR: CTR:5,6 Green: Taking heart, will to live, lifeforce , prosperity, compassion. Energizes Central Nervous System (for neualgia, migraine , burns, etc.) Opens/heals physical and emotional Heart CTR. Lungs, asthma, etc. Cleanses meridians and blocks, stimulates new growth, rejuvinates heart, lymph, immune system.  Thymus and entire body health. Yang. CTR:4 Pink: Emotional and spiritual love, healing loss,  emotional pain, fear, self-gentleness (especially with severe illness like cancer, emphysema, etc.) Best in combination with counseling. Most powerful together with  Kunzite or Rhodocrosite. Self-love, compassion, release of old hurt. Trust . CTR:4,4b Red: See Rubellite. Watermelon: (Red/pink and green) Brings together compassion, passion, depth of heart with lifeforce and groundedness (red). Emotional and spiritual love (light pink) expressed in the physical heart CTR.  (Green) Excels for immune system and life-threatening illnesses. Balances  metabolism, endocrine system; harmonizing. Empowers other tourmalines.  Yin/yang balance. H:7; CTR:1,4,4b; T (Aluminum) 

Crystals and Anatomy

For centuries, crystals and stones have been associated and utilized for different anatomical locations and the organs associated with them. Here is a list, courtesy of the National Museum of Natural History. This list is a great jumping point for any crystal healer.

Appendix- Chrysolite
Arms- Malachite, Jadeite
Bladder- Topaz, Jasper, Amber & Orange Calcite
Bone Marrow- Purple Fluorite
Brain- Green and Dark Blue Tourmaline, Amber, Beryl & Blue Lace Agate
Capillaries- Dendritic Agate
Circulatory- System Amethyst, Chalcedony, Hematite, Bloodstone & Red Jasper
Digestive Tract- Chrysocolla, Green Jasper & Red Jade
Ears- Amber, Obsidian, Orange Calcite, Celestite & Rhodonite
Endocrine System- Amber, Yellow Jasper, Amethyst, Fire Agate & Pink Tourmaline
Eyes- Beryl, Aquamarine, Fire Agate, Cat's Eye, Sapphire & Celestite
Fallopian Tubes- Chrysoprase
Female Reproductive- Carnelian, Amber, Moonstone, Topaz, Chrysoprase & Unakite
Foot/Feet- Onyx, Smokey Quartz
Gall Bladder- Jasper, carnelian, Topaz, Citrine, Calcite & Tiger's Eye
Hands- Aquamarine, Moonstone & Moldavite
Heart- Rose Quartz, Rhodonite, Cuprite, Garnet & Dioptase
Immune System- Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Turquoise & Black Tourmaline
Intestines- Celestite, Green Fluorite, Peridot & Beryl
Jaw -  Aquamarine
Kidneys- Bloodstone, Beryl, Jadeite, Hematite, Citrine, Smokey Quartz, Rose Quartz & Amber
Knees- Jadeite & Azurite
Liver- Bloodstone, Carnelian, Aquamarine, Beryl, Red Jasper, Danburite & Charoite
Lower Back- Carnelian
Lungs- Lapis Lazuli, Kunzite, Amber, Beryl, Pink Tourmaline, Rhodonite, Dioptase & Peridot
Metabolism- Sodalite, Amethyst & Pyrolusite
Muscle Tissue- Magnetite, Danburite & Cuprite
Neck- Quartz & Aquamarine
Nervous System - Green Jade, Amber, Green Tourmaline, Lapis Lazuli & Dendritic Agate
Pancreas- Blue Lace Agate, Chrysocolla & Red Tourmaline
Pineal Gland- Rhodonite
Pituitary Gland- Benitoite
Prostate Gland- Chrysoprase
Shoulders- Selenite
Skeletal System- Iron Pyrite, Purple Fluorite, Amazonite, Azurite,
Calcite. Cuprite & Sardonyx
Skin- Azurite, Green Jasper & Brown Jasper
Spine- Garnet, Labradonite, Tourmaline & Beryl
Stomach- Green Fluorite, Beryl & Fire Agate
Teeth- Fluorite, Aquamarine & Rutilated Quartz
Testes- Topaz, Jadeite & carnelian
Throat- Beryl, Lapis Lazuli, Blue Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Amber & Green Jasper
Thymus- Blue Tourmaline & Aventurine
Thyroid- Blue Tourmaline, Azurite, Citrine, Aquamarine & Amber
Veins- Snowflake Obsidian & Pyrolusite

Goddess Correspondence Stones

This is my correspondence list for Goddess stones. What do I mean by this? These are the stones I use as a representation of the Goddesses in Magickal workings. I have included a number of well-known Goddesses and my personal correspondence stone or stones for each of them. You might find some crossovers; most Goddesses will have more than one stone, and this is okay. The Goddesses are in alphabetical order.

I set myself this task of creating the Goddess correspondence stones as a way of reading more about the individual Goddesses and thinking about them. I was already well-versed in the healing properties of crystals and gemstones and wanted to do some more work on their magickal aspects without resorting to other people's books. I found this a really nice way to learn more about the many aspects of the Goddess and the stones.

I'd be really happy to hear from anyone who has done some similar work. I am happy to talk about the reasons why I have chosen certain stones for certain Goddesses.  I really hope you find this useful.  

Aditi - Crocoite, Red Jasper
Aphrodite - Rose Quartz, Garnet, Smoky Quartz
Amaterasu - Fire Agate, Pyrite, Sunstone
Ariadne - Angelite, Blue Apatite, Lapis Lazuli, Sodalite
Arianrhod - Aquamarine, Moonstone
Artemis - Quartz Crystal, Garnet
Asherah - Boji Stone, Epidote, Staurolite, Alexandrite, Charoite, Unakite
Astarte - Rose Quartz, Garnet, Smoky Quartz, Fire Agate, a dish of red and white stones
Athena - Green Apophylite, Red Calcite, Aragonite, Selenite
 

Baba Yaga - Amazonite, Chiastolite, Prase, Scapolite
Bast - Fire Agate, Pyrite, Sunstone, Agate, Jasper, Lapis Lazuli
Baubo - Boji Stone, Larimar, Obsidian
Blodewedd - Amazonite, Carnelian, Chrysocolla, Citrine, Epidote
Branwen - Rose Quartz, Green Apophylite, Aquamarine
Brigid - Gold, Angelite, Lapis Lazuli, Sodalite

Cailleach - Quartz Crystal, Labradorite, Stones from the beach or river, or dug from the garden
Ceres - Angelite, Sodalite, Amethyst, Bloodstone, Selenite
Cerridwen - Aquamarine, Alexandrite, Charoite, Unakite
Cybele - Boji Stone, Epidote, Staurolite, Red Quartz, a dish of earthy colored stones or stones dug from the garden

Dakini - Garnet, Boji Stone, Amazonite
Demeter - Crocoite, Red Jasper, Boji Stone, Moss Agate, Green Fluorite
Devi - Garnet, Prase, Smoky Quartz
Durga - Larimar, Yellow Apatite, Carnelian

Ereskigal - Black Obsidian, Black Tourmaline, Smoky Quartz, Lapis Lazuli
Ezili-Freda-Dahomey - Garnet, Pearls

Fortuna - Citrine, Pyrite
Freya - Scapolite, Crocoite, Red Jasper

Gaia - All stones are from the earth, so use any you wish. I like to place a small dish of assorted stones on the altar to represent Gaia, the Earth

Hathor - Boji Stone, a dish of brightly colored stones (yellow, orange, green etc), Blue  Lace Agate, Black Star Diopside, Obsidian
Hebe - Agate, Angelite, Bloodstone, Green Diopside, Hematite, Yellow Jasper
Hecate - Dark stones such as Black Tourmaline, Hematite, Smoky Quartz, Black Obsidian
Hestia - Fire Agate, Ruby, Sulphur, Tiger Eye
Hokkmah - Larimar, Topaz

Inanna - Amber, Kunzite, Obsidian, Labradorite
Ishtar - Quartz Crystal, Moonstone, Garnet
Isis - Fluorite, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite

Juno - Garnet, Boji Stone, Carnelian, Chrysocolla, Citrine
Juventas - Green Aventurine, Bloodstone

Kali - Black stones, especially Black Obsidian, Fire Agate, Sulphur, Alexandrite, Charoite, Unakite
Kore - Air magick stones such as Amber, Celestite, Herkimer Diamond, Sodalite
Kuan-Yin (aka Quan Yin and Kwannon) - Rose Quartz, Selenite, Quartz Crystal, Rutilated Quartz, Topaz
Kunapipi - At least one stone from Australia. I generally use a small dish of Australian stones in earthy colors.

Lady of the Beasts - Quartz Crystal
Lakshmi - Citrine, Gold, Silver, Diamond, precious stones
Lilith - Garnet, Smoky Quartz

Maat - Diamond, Quartz Crystal
Metis - Boji Stone, Larimar
Minerva - Kunzite, Mica, Fluorite
Morgan - Larimar, Aquamarine, Blue Calcite, White Coral, Moonstone, Morganite
Morrigan - Scapolite, Amber, Kunzite, Obsidian, Morganite
The Muses - Aquamarine, Blue Apatite, Blue Lace Agate

Nephthys - Amazonite, Chiastolite, Scapolite
Nut - Amber, Celestite, Herkimer Diamond, Sodalite

Oshun - White Coral, Watermelon Tourmaline, Blue Calcite, Aquamarine, Copper
Ostara (aka Eostre) - Pyrite, Sunstone, Prase
Oya - Dark red stones (such as Ruby, garnet, Red Jasper)

Parvati - Crazy lace Agate, Honey Calcite, Ruby, Rutilated Quartz
Pele - Fire Agate, Ruby, Sulphur, Tiger Eye, Tiger Iron
Persephone - Pink Tourmaline, Sugilite

Qadesh - Garnet

Radha - Rose Quartz, Cassiterite
Rhea - Moss Agate
Rhiannon - Danburite, Sapphire, Howlite, Jade

Sarasvati - Aquamarine, Blue Calcite, White Coral, Watermelon
Tourmaline, Fluorite
Sekhmet - Fire Agate, Sunstone, Pyrite
Selene - Moonstone
Shekinah - Fluorite (I like to use a small Fluorite sphere but any
Fluorite will be fine)
Shulamit - Blue Apatite
Sophia - Fluorite (especially purple and blue)

Tanit - Sunstone and Moonstone (together if possible)
Tara - Ametrine, Orange Aventurine, Gem Silica, Chrysocolla
Themis - Boji Stone, Chrysocolla, Jade, Citrine, Epidote
Tiamat - Aquamarine

Urvasi - Garnet, Aquamarine

Venus - Any large stone near a tree, Garnet, Rose Quartz
Vesta - Fire Agate, Opal

Yemaya/Ymoja - Aquamarine, Coral
Yhi - Angelite, Lapis Lazuli, Sodalite, Australian stones, Epidote

Zirna - Moonstone, Rose Quartz

by April Theberge   

Simple Stone Spells

Money And Prosperity

New Year's Stone - At sunrise on the morning of the New Year, go outside and find the largest stone you can carry. Take this back to your house and put it in a place of prominence. If you keep the stone in your house for a year, it will be one filled with
prosperity. Replace the stone every year.

Luck

On the Fence - Rise before the Sun on the morning of the Spring Equinox. Find several stones and place them on the fence posts that surround your property, visualizing yourself, your home and life filled with luck.

Love

Stone Love - Go to a place that contains many water-worn stones. Look for a large, flat rock while visualizing yourself being involved with the perfect mate.

On this rock, mark with red ink two intertwined hearts. As you do this, keep visualization in mind. When you are finished, bury the stone in the earth in an uncultivated place.

Protection

The Five Pebbles - Go to a moving brook or stream. While standing in the water and facing downstream, remove five small pebbles from the stream bed. As you do this, visualize your need for protection.

As your hand closes over the pebbles, see them beaming out protective energies. Just as the pebbles are hard and have weathered for eons, so too will they strengthen your protective shield.

Now carry them at all times for protection. If you wish, place them in a small pouch or a fold of cloth, or incorporate them into some form of jewelry.

Magical Intentions

Carry the stones in your pants pocket or place in a cloth pouch and carry with you.

Taken from the book "Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic"

Gemstones and Oils for Charm Bags

Certain gemstones are valuable in the practice of Magick. Combine them with corresponding oils to make a potent elixir:

Amethyst
Aids in development of magickal skill, spiritual connections, love, clarity, divination, wisdom, courage, psychic growth, dreaming, protection, healing and balancing energy.

Corresponding oils
Frankincense: protection, purification, strengthening
Clary Sage: wisdom, protection, purification, divination
Sandalwood: protection, spirituality and harmony
Lavender: love, peace, balancing, purification, protection
Rosemary: protection, love, purification, courage

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Rose Quartz
For balancing emotions and feelings in friendships and relationships.  A love stone used for healing, personal attunement and finding a higher love.  Used for spiritual awakening, restoring faith, fertility, and tapping into your inner voice.  Excellent altar stone for love and sex magick.

Corresponding oils
Acacia: protection, love, blessing and psychic powers
Gardenia: love, peace, spirituality, and stimulation of the heart chakra
Jasmine: love, dreams, spiritual love, aphrodesiac
Lavender: love, peace, calming, balancing
Rose: love, divination, protection, peace, balancing, strengthens the heart chakra and spirit

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Aventurine
Used for healing, sexual well-being, activating and expanding your imagination, enhancing creativity, and drawing prosperity to you. 
Carried as a good-luck charm, strengthens perception.

Corresponding Oils
Clove: protection, prosperity, purification, love and mental powers

Almond: prosperity and wisdom
Balsam Fir: prosperity and mental clarity
Ginger: prosperity, love, power, healing, strengthens and warms the spirit.
Nutmeg: luck, prosperity, fidelity, increases dreams, strengthens and calms

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Moonstone
Stone of good luck, fruitfulness, true love, intuition, clairvoyance and healing.  Used for multi-dimensional awareness, divination, creative inspiration, and enhancing desire.

Corresponding Oils
Camphor: divination and clarity
Narcissus: divination, strengthens connection with other planes
Mugwort: astral-travel, prophetic dreams, psychic powers
Poppy: sleep, love, fertility, luck, invisibility, intuition and prophetic dreams
Rose: love, luck, divination, peace, balancing

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Hematite
Iron oxide used for centering, grounding and manifesting light and energy.  A stone of protection, strength, astral-projection, and dreaming

Corresponding oils
Juniper: purification, protection, centering, strengthening
Ylang ylang: strengthening and balancing energy, attracts higher vibrations of energy
Mugwort: astral projection,! prophetic dreams
Nutmeg: increases dreams, strengthens and calms
Dragon's Blood: protection, crown chakra, control of energies   

AMETHYST ANTI-STRESS CHARM

Needed
small charm bag or pouch
marker
1 small piece each of sodalite, malachite, amethyst, and orange calcite
1 Tbl lavender.

Using the marker draw a peace sign on the charm bag or pouch.

Place the lavender inside. As you do so say: "Lavender for great protection".

Add the sodalite , saying: "Sodalite for psychic connection".

Add the malachite, saying: "Malachite to bud and sprout".

Add the amethyst, saying: "Amethyst to calm throughout".

Add the orange calcite, saying: "And calcite, orange, to amplify. Their powers mix and unify. To relieve stress and aggravation, Racing heart and irritation".

Close the bag and grip it tightly in your dominant hand. Say: "Bring me peace and calm relief. As I do will, so mote it be!"
 

Carry the bag with you.

Black and White Stone Divination

Spend a few minutes gathering stones.

Half should be dark and half of a lighter color.  Place them on the ground before you. Ask your question or keep it in mind.

Close your eyes and jumble the stones around for a few seconds; then, with your left or receptive hand, remove one of the stones.

If you picked a dark stone, the answer is yes or the prospects favorable.

If light, then no.

  Manifesting with Crystals

 Very simply, manifesting is a method of 'programming' your quartz crystal to help your subconscious mind to create something tangible in your life that you may need. Notice that I use the word need, not want. There is a very big difference! Before you proceed with any form of manifesting it is extremely important that you examine your conscience and decide exactly what it is you wish to achieve. Decide, in as much precise detail as possible, whatever it is you need to acquire. In order to avoid dissipating the crystalline energies, it is most essential that you only use your chosen crystal for manifesting purposes only! Let me repeat once again. Need, not want, should be your main criteria!

First, hold your quartz crystal in front of you, with both hands. Stare at it intently and visualize yourself and your intention together. You may now close your eyes.

Bring into your mind a complete and exact image of whatever it is you wish to manifest. Visualize as much detail as possible; concentrate as hard as you possibly can and imagine that you actually possess whatever it is you are manifesting. You are extremely happy and relaxed, secure in the knowledge that your need has been met. Ake your time; 5, 10 or even 15 minutes, it doesn't matter. Then, when you have finished, take a large deep breath, relax your body and when you feel comfortable, open your eyes. Do your manifesting whenever possible (morning and evening).

Crystal Grids

There are different kinds of crystal structures that are called grids. There are so many kinds and forms that we not going to be able to explore very many of them at this time and will just begin with a general introduction and few simple forms.

I usually work with very simple grids rather than the more elaborate and esoteric forms and do not find them any less effective than more elaborate grids or those made with a lot of formal ritual. Your experience may differ from mine.

Some grids are large structures placed on the ground which connects with the ley lines of the Earth which are the planetary equivalent of the meridian channels and other energy channels in people. All the crystal within the Earth can be thought of as being elements of a huge grid.

There are groups of people who go around placing crystals in the ground to restore the Earths' crystal grid where they feel that it is broken or disrupted and other groups who feel that this creates disharmony in the Earth grid ( I don't know if they follow the first group around taking crystals out or not ). Stone structures at centers of spiritual energy such as Stonehenge and medicine wheels are also sometimes called stone grids.

Some people call the layouts of crystals which are sat within or placed around and over the body, grids. The star of solomon form of six crystals around a center is among the most common forms for layouts large and small and for grids for almost every purpose.

Placements of crystals in your home such as one in each corner can also be considered a kind of grid. Some people include crystal grids as part of a devotional altar. This use is not limited to one religion or spiritual path. You may also see some photo manipulated images of crystals and/or crystal charged artwork referred to as crystal grids.

These may or may not be energy-linked with physical crystal grids we will discuss this form in the mandala lesson. There are some examples of these mandala here.

The Crystal Grids we will focus on are arrangements of charged crystals dedicated to a particular purpose such as sending healing energy or focusing a manifestation or for Earth healing or to bring in or broadcast specific frequencies of energy into a certain area. They are a way of creating a continuous flow of energy for a specific purpose on a larger scale than by just programming a single crystal. They are often used to send remote healing to others, as part of rituals for Earth healing or peace, for manifestation procedures and broadcasting affirmations and personal goals.

They are often used to magnify, focus and or prolong a treatment using energy work such as Reiki. The quartz and crystal healing shakti from the crystal empowerments can also be focused using a crystal grid or used to charge one.

Some grids are made so that you can place food or clothes inside or on or near them to clear and charge them. You can put a grid under your bed or massage table. You might put a small prosperity grid in your cash drawer at work or put a grid in your flower garden.

Some grids are simple circles others are based on traditions of sacred geometry and/or forms like the tree of Life, Mercaba, Aunk or even the peace symbol. Some grids are simply a number of stones placed in parallel rows.

Grids could sometimes be considered a kind of mandala although mandalas can be far more complex than most grids. Mandalas are often used for personal meditation. The placement of the stones is usually done in focused meditation for both grids and mandala. Mandala are usually gazed at and meditated with, grids are often created with intention and then left to continue the work of transmitting energy for a particular purpose.

There are many ways to create crystal grids and individuals often have strong preferences as to specific layouts. I am not even going to try to cover all the different ways of doing grids here.

Some people place grids directly on the ground or on a table, most are placed on a plate, in an Abalone shell or gourd or on a tile or wooden slab or possibly an altar cloth. Clay, glass, lead crystal and stone or crystal slabs or disks are among the most favored containers or bases for the grid. Some people place the crystals directly on the base surface others use sand, earth, small pebbles or peat moss in the container. I have seen grids in which the stones were glued or otherwise fixed to the base so that they could be hung on the wall and grids can even be made as jewelry or sculpture.

There is even a form where a real grid is made of copper wire and crystals are placed on this, some of these are made large enough for a person to lay comfortably inside. These are sometimes made as a floor for a large copper pyramid.

You may also place the crystals on a paper marked with a diagram of the layout for the grid or with a traditional sacred form such as the star of Solomon, the Sephiroth, the infinity symbol or on or around an image of a symbol such as the antakarana or a Goddess or an emblem of your spiritual path.

A piece of paper with the purpose and/or elements of the purpose for which the grid is being created and activated written on it is also common. Some people place a small note under the central crystal. For a remote healing grid people may place the name of a person who has requested healing energy or prayers under a stone in the grid. They may dedicate each of the secondary stones in the grid to a specific individual or aspect of the intended purpose.

People choose the crystals used in the grids intuitively as well as by the traditional use of a stone. Grids are often made with clear quartz crystals alone.

Other grids use a combination of quartz and other stones and crystals and some may not use clear quartz at all. Some use quartz and only one other kind of stone and others may use a variety of different stones, some will be entirely of one kind of stone and some may use dozens of different stones. Intuition, need and purpose as well as what stones are available to you will determine what you use in a grid.

The most common are square or circular with a center stone. They may or may not have linking crystals. Linking crystals are usually small clear quartz points placed between the other stones in the grid to connect the stones and direct the flow of energy. They may be used pointing either inward or outward from the center and are also often placed between stones in the outer "wheel" or other form of the grid.

Stones are always cleared before being used in a grid and charged and dedicated as placed and after placement. Intention is always used to set the purpose and activate the grid. After the grid is created it is activated and the individual crystals are linked energetically. This is often done with a crystal wand, generator point or laser wand crystal or can be done with another kind of wand.

Many people follow a carefully laid out order for activating the crystals in a grid with a wand. You may wish to choose a specific "master crystal" or wand for each of your grids and keep it with the grid or you may use the same crystal or wand to charge many grids. The wand or master crystal is meditated with and charged before being used to activate the grid.

Grid activation can also be done with intention or with shakti. Some grid "systems" place strong emphasis on the order that you place the stones and the order you charge them, others do not.

Some people set the intention that the energy of the grid into the center so that the outside crystals set the purpose of the grid and the center crystal projects the energy/program outward. This form usually uses a clear quartz center crystal usually in a generator or transmitter formation if one is available. Links with the center will usually point inward for this form. Double terminated stones can also be used as links when you want a two way flow of energy or an inward and outward pulse of energy flow.

Another way the intention can be set is that the center stone provides either the connection to the source of power or is chosen to set the main purpose of the grid and the energy is projected from the center out through the outer stones. Links with the center for this form usually are placed point outward. When You point the stones inward it can also be for the purpose of unifying the varied aspects of a complex situation. This style may use a different stone or a cluster of crystals for the center. Most people do seem to feel that single clear points usually create a more focused, possibly stronger energy field when used in the grid center than a sphere or cluster or stones other than clear quartz.

Grids may be left permanently or until their purpose is fulfilled and are usually recharged and dedicated fairly often. A specific schedule for this recharging is impossible to set as it will vary from grid to grid.

You will want to place your grid in a location where it is not easily disturbed yet is accessible for recharging. Your grid may hold its charge longer without recharging if it is placed in a location where it gets some sunlight.

One thing that has become apparent as I did research for this file is that almost every one has their own way of creating and empowering crystal grids. Some people call on angels and ascended masters to charge them, some people chant or recite poetry others just put the stones down and use intention. Some people feel strongly that one form of grid is superior to some other form. Once again I cannot give you a definitive way to create crystal grids like most of the other ways of working with crystals probably all the methods work and what works best for you will depend on your individual personality and preferences. Do meditate and seek the permission and intuitive sense of which crystals and forms are best each time you create a grid.

Some Grids

The square or pyramid grid is a flat representation of a pyramid and uses five main stones one in each corner and one in the center It may be aligned with the four directions and linked on the outer wall with a crystal between each of the corner crystals these have been placed and charged counterclockwise in the diagrams I have seen, although I learned to use a clockwise placement. You can also place either double terminated crystals or two single terminated crystals one pointing in and one pointing out between the center stone and the outer corner stones.

Crystal Properties By Color

Lately we have had people asking us the magical properties of some fairly new Crystals on the market, for example Ametrine, Ammolite and Aventurine. You may ask where did these Crystals come from all of a sudden....did they just poof into existence? Yes in a way. Until a few years ago man did not have the capability to quarry these stones. The veins were either just too deep or the depth of them was coupled with such extreme heat that mining was impossible. But thanks to technology (snicker) we now have them at our disposal.

The problem is this: Yes all Crystals will have metaphysical properties to them but if we only started to mine them a few years ago it is highly doubtful our Mystical ancestors had access to them. Therefore you will not find them listed in any of the old texts. In addition care must now be taken to insure what you are purchasing is natural and not man made. All Crystals start as clear.....it is the amount of heat, radiation and iron content that creates the color. Colored crystals are now being created by man that are almost impossible to tell from the "real thing". I'm sorry to say that many a newbie to crystals are being tricked by the fakes. And a fake Ametrine does not hold the Magical properties of the true crystal. With Ametrine the trained eye can spot the "real" from the "fake".....a natural stone when held up to the light will show what appear to be little air bubbles trapped inside. They are actually trapped gas bubbles from when the stone was molten. A Fake when held up to the light will show a "clear" crystal inside which will be either crystalline or teardrop in shape. This is the seed crystal which the fake was grown.

There are many beautiful natural Crystals available today. Though our ancestors did not have access to them does not mean we should not utilize them. What becomes important is the color; all crystals of the same color hue hold similar magical properties. Below are links to Crystal Properties by color.

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