CRYSTALS & STONES - Properties

Gemstones have been used for centuries as meditational aids and

magical focus.   Each individual type of stone has different properties.  Here are some healing and spiritual properties of several stones.  These descriptions are based on ancient legend and lore:

 

AGATE: Moss Agates considered to be most powerful.  Aid in restoration of energy, used  in healing, and believed to  bring wearer happiness, wealth, health, and long life.  Increases ability  to   ward  off  self-induced  anger   and  inner  bitterness.  Carnelian-gives protection and energy.   Moss green-balances emotional energy.  Moss  red-balances  physical  energy.  Blue  lace-gives tranquility.

 

Amber:  Powerful  healing  stone  with large  amount  of  organic energy.  In ancient times, ground to  a powder and mixed with honey or

oil  of  roses  for various  physical  problems.  Filters germs  and infections and  has the power to  disinfect.  Worn around  the neck to

help fight infection and respiratory diseases.  Lifts the spirits.

 

Apatite: Promotes communication and mental clarity.

 

Amethyst:  Increases  spiritual  awareness,  has  a  calming  and

soothing influence, has the ability to transmute negative into

positive, and is very effective as a healing stone.  Warmed and placed

on the forehead and  temples, it  is good  for  headaches.  Has the

ability to draw through it forces directed towards the body and repels

vibrations which the body doesn't need, thus releasing only the energy

patterns beneficial  to the body.  Best worn in healing near the heart

center.    Opens  up  spiritual  and psychic  centers.  Helps  prevent drunkenness.

 

Aquamarine:  Calms nervous tension. Calming effects of the sea.

Used to help banish fears and phobias. Means seawater.  Soothing and cleansing.

 

Aventurine:  Increases   perception and creative insight. Stimulates opportunity and motivation.

 

Azurite:  Powerful  healing  stone, invokes  spiritual  guidance,

opens psychic eye.  Good for dreams and improving psychic ability.

 

Bloodstone:  Stimulates flow of energy for healing blood circulation, stops hemorrhaging.  Removes emotional blockages.

 

Citrine: Stimulates openness and accelerates the awakening of the

mind.  An aid to the digestive system.  Helps eliminate toxins.   Encourages tremendous healing  on the  emotional and  mental levels,  helps unblock  subconscious fears,  and  serves as  a natural relaxant.

 

Coral: Balances  physical energy and relaxes tensions. Carries the creative vibrations of the sea.         

 

Emerald: Promotes creativity, stimulates perception  and insight,

and strengthen memory.  Beneficial effect on the eyes.

 

Garnet: Balances hormones, good for mental depression, enhances

self-esteem,  alleviates   bad  dreams, and encourages success in

business.  Thought to assist in seeing into past incarnations.

 

Hematite: Calming to the emotions. Worn as an amulet to confer

strength and procure  favorable legal  judgments.  In Egypt, used to

reduce  inflammation and treat hysteria.  Considered to be a grounding

stone.  Helps maintain balance between body, mind, and spirit.

 

Ivory: Spiritual protection.

 

Jade: Stimulates practicality, wisdom, and universal attunement.

Thought to provide a link between the spiritual and the mundane.  Most

 revered by the Chinese.

 

Jasper: For energy balancing of emotions and stress.

 

Flourite: Opens and softens the way for the use of others tones.

Excellent used in aquariums-provides needed minerals.

 

Lapis Lazuli: Stimulates  wisdom,  truthfulness, &  psychic

experiences, healing  and strengthening  when worn  next to the skin.

Strengthens mind and body to spiritual awareness.

 

Malachite: often used as a child's talisman to sleep soundly & protect  from bad dreams.  Stimulates clear vision and insight, represents hope and inner peace,  believed to  protect from danger.

Increases abundance in all areas of life.

 

Moonstone: Brings good fortune. Reflects the wearers being and feelings. Promotes unselfishness. Opens the heart to humanitarian

love and hope. Good for protection while traveling on  water.  Gives

clarity to spiritual understanding.  Good for pre-menstrual symptoms

and balancing to the reproductive system.  Used to ease childbirth.

 

Pearl: Stimulates feminine qualities, used to focus attention, helps pull  together mental and spiritual forces, peace of mind.

Represents purity, modesty, & gentleness.

 

Peridot:  Dispels fears,  guilt,  and depression.  Used to counteract negative emotions and healing of the spirit.  Affects top three chakras.   Once worn as a means of  gaining foresight and divine inspiration.

 

QUARTZ: Amplifies the healing energy of the one using it.  Used

to help draw out pain.  Able to tap into the energies of the universe. A good stone for meditating  on.  Works primarily with the Third Eye center, also relates well with the heart center.  To be able to tune into the quartz promotes clarity while concentrating on it.

Also affects the crown chakra.  Very potent and often worn to protect

from  negative  vibrations. Cleanse  regularly. Rutilated needles help  focus attention.   Smoky-good for calming the mind.

Rose-vibrations of universal love & inner serenity.

 

Ruby: Increases  vigor, renews vitality and cleanses the blood.

The stone of courage.

 

Topaz: Calms emotions, protects against external stressors.  

To restore physical energy & quiet emotional nature.

 

Tiger Eye: Very powerful protection, clarity of thought.

 

Tourmaline:  Causes the  wearer  to be  more flexible,  more

understanding  and more  objective in  purpose and  reason.  Calming.

Each person has a different response to this stone.  Causes a

reaction  in the intestinal tract.  Black  and  Crystal-removes negativity and cleanses.  Some  say it should not be worn as jewelry.

Electric and magnetic properties.

 

Turquoise: Vibrates calming radiations, protective, and restores healthy mental attitude.  Stone  of  friendship.  Balancing and healing.   Great strength and  vitality.  Takes on characteristics of the wearer.