AGATE - Chalcedony
Chemical Composition: Si02
+
Crystal System: Trigonal Hardness:
6.5
Habit: Agate usually forms concentric or irregular layers
lining a cavity. Chalcedony is often mamillated, botryoidal or
stalactitic.
It often lines cavities in rocks.
Colour:
Agate is normally banded, white, milky white or grey, also shades of green,
brown, red, blue or black.
Commercial agate is often coloured
artificially.
Onyx is a form of agate.
Chalcedony is
uniform in colour: carnelian is red to brownish red; chrysoprase is apple green
and heliotrope,
also called bloodstone, is green with red spots.
Jasper is opaque chalcedony and is generally red,
but yellow, brown, green and grey-blue varieties occur.
Flint
and chert are opaque chalcedony, usually dull grey to black in colour.
Avalonite is blue druzy
chalcedony.
KEYWORD: STRENGTHENING
The names given to
the different types of agate are legion and many have local significance
only.
Agate nodules are of worldwide occurrence. Each
type has its own function and therapeutic purpose.
Agate was
collected in the desert regions around Jebel Abu Diyeiba in Egypt over 3,000
years ago.
From ancient times India has supplied agate and
the material was also found along the Achates River in Sicily, a river now known
as the Drillo.
Many types of colourful agates are found in the
United States of America. Botswana agate is the most commonly
available.
Agate occurs typically as a cavity filling in
lavas.
The layering often follows the form of the cavity and
gives place inwards to crystalsof quartz.
Persian wizards are reputed to have invoked the
power of agate to divert storms.
A famous collection of
thousands of agate bowls, which was accumulated by Mithradates, king of Pontus,
shows how highly agate was regarded.
Agate bowls were also
fashionable in the Byzantine Empire.
Collecting agate bowls became a common pastime
among European royalty during the Renaissance and many museums in Europe,
including the Louvre, have spectacular examples.
The
mining of agate in the Nahe River valley in Germany, which was already
documented in 1497, gave rise to the cutting centre of
Idar-Oberstein,
Germany. Originally, the river was used to power the grinding
wheels.
When the Nahe agate deposit was exhausted in the
nineteenth century, Idar cutters started to develop the agate deposits of
Brazil, which was the catalyst for the exploration and discovery of Brazil’s
rich deposits of tourmaline, topaz, amethyst, citrine and numerous other
fabulous gemstones.
It is said to be one of the stones used in
the breastplate of the high priest.
Agate amulets were used in
Tibet and Nepal.
Agate is used for general strengthening, grounding,
stabilizing and centering of physical energies.
It can be used
for universal healing, bringing vitality, and balance and inner harmony.
It is slow to work, but agate is especially good for animals, plants
and children. In historic times, agate was used in drinking water to heal
the body; it also eliminates thirst.
If you are
using them ‘magically’ they should have appropriate or special natural
‘markings’ on them appertaining to and pertinent to their use.
The
chalcedony anhydrous, or water agates, has a unique significance; they are
masses, which consist of a shell of cloudy-white chalcedony within which is
sealed a quantity of water.
This can often be heard splashing
about when the pebble is shaken.
Sometimes the water is
visible. These enhydros are mostly found in Brazil.
They
are very useful for healing emotional trauma; this is facilitated by holding the
enhydro in the receptive hand, or by placing it over any painful area of the
body until all painful sensation has stopped.
Enhydros can be
used to heal all fluid functions of the body.
They work quickly
and have been successfully used in the treatment of liver disorders.
The cleansing effect is very beneficial on all organs of the
body.
Enhydros have a cleansing, supportive, watery, female
energy.
They equate to the primeval waters, the symbol of the
collective unconscious.
Pregnant women have carried
them as talismans since the dawn of civilisation.
Remarkable types of
agate-filled nodules are the so-called ‘Thunder Eggs’ - a name given to them by
the Native Americans.
These nodules are found as spherical
masses of silicified claystone and rhyolite with a star-shaped outline of
agate.
The thunder eggs have been used to facilitate
inspiration from other dimensions and connect the user to the ‘star nations’
for guidance, insight and path working.
They aid
meditation, producing deep states of relaxation that would otherwise take years
of practice to attain.
Thunder eggs contain the energy of the
storm, facilitating a synergy of energies to bring about rapid spiritual
transformation.
Fire agate consists of platy crystals of an iron
mineral over layers of chalcedony.
When polished,
the rainbow colours of the iridescent layers appear.
Fire
agates contain the elemental energy of fire, seen by alchemists as the source,
which operates at the centre
of all things, as well as the agent of
transmutation, because all things are derived from and return to fire.
This energy is seen as the great supernal father energy - the ‘seed’
force of the universe.
It is an expression of spiritual
energy and the determination of the spirit.
Fire also purifies,
burns and destroys the old so that new may emerge.
Fire agates are used for spiritual fortitude.
They have a fast effective energy, which may be used for vitality, or
when you feel your energy is low.
They stop ‘burn out’.
They have also been used for protection: using the energy as a fire shield
facilitates this.
Fire agates are strong, protective and
masculine in nature.
They relate to the sacral and solar plexus
chakras.
They are useful to stabilise a ‘blown’, deformed,
wide-open chakra.
Successful healing ceremonies have been carried out
with fire agates, as their energy quickly burns away the blocks or negative
energy in the auric shell.
Green moss agate contains inclusions of
other minerals, which assume tree-like (dendritic) forms.
(Dendritic,
is from the Greek word dendron, meaning ‘tree’). The included ‘vegetation’
is chlorite.
The best location of green moss agate is the
Deccan trap of India.
It contains the energy of earth, is slow
acting, solid, grounded, physical, stable, passive and feminine.
This energy has the power of materialisation and encompasses all
activities of productivity, fertility, growth and regeneration.
Green moss agate is a wonderful healing stone to use in any situation where the
element of earth needs to be fully manifested within the physical realm.
It reconnects you back to the earth, bringing stability to all levels
and in all situations.
It has been used in the treatment of all
fungal growths and will help support the immune system by activating the healing
and balancing energies within the heart chakra.
This action
alone will give direct communication with the Divine through the manifestation
of flowing heart energy.
Animals and plants thrive in the green
moss agate’s energy field.
It facilitates earth-healing activities and
can be used to place a Mandala on the earth for earth-healing
ceremonies.
Affirmation: My body is becoming more important to me:
I seek to nurture and strengthen it constantly
AMETHYST - Kataila or
Jamunia in Hindi - Rose de France
Chemical Composition: Si02
+(Al,Fe,Ca,MgLi,Na)
Crystal System:
Trigonal Hardness: 7
Habit: Crystals
are usually six-sided and are terminated by six faces
Colour: From
nearly colourless with the faintest of mauve tinges to deep
purple
KEYWORD: SPIRITUAL
The violet and purple
varieties of quartz provide the most prized and in many respects the most
interesting of the large family of quartz minerals. http://mineral.galleries.com:/minerals/gemstone/amethyst/amethyst.htm
Amethyst, the name by
which this variety of quartz is known, is of ancient derivation.
Pliny stated that the gem was so called from the colour being near
to, but not quite reaching, that of wine.
The name is also said
to have been derived from the Greek word ‘amethustos’, which is translated as
‘not drunken’, and was assigned to the stone from the belief that the wearer
would not suffer from excess consumption of alcohol.
The legend of the origin
of amethyst comes from Greek myths.
Dionysius, the god of intoxication, was enraged one
day by an insult from an insignificant mere mortal and vowed to revenge himself
on the next mortal that crossed his path, creating fierce tigers to carry out
his wish.
Along came the unsuspecting Amethyst, a
beautiful young maiden on her way to pay tribute to the goddess Diana.
Diana turned Amethyst into a statue of pure crystalline quartz to
protect her from the brutal claws of the tigers.
Dionysius wept
tears of wine in remorse for his action at the sight of the beautiful
statue.
The god’s tears stained the quartz purple, creating
the gem we know today.
Amethyst was carried into battle to preserve
the wearer from harm.
As an amulet it was supposed to dispel insomnia and
sharpen the intellect and it was also used as an antidote against
poison.
Leonardo Da Vinci wrote, “Amethyst was able to
dissipate evil thoughts and quicken the intelligence”.
In Tibet,
amethyst is considered to be sacred to Buddha and mala beads are often fashioned
from it.
In ecclesiastical communities the spiritual amethyst
has always been held in very high esteem.
Many of the finest
quality specimens of this variety of quartz are set in the finger rings of
bishops.
Although amethyst is always violet in hue, the
range of colour play is very wide, from nearly colourless with the
faintest
of mauve tinges to a fabulous deep purple.
The colour is due to an iron impurity via
radiation-induced effects.
If the earth then heats them, they
can turn brown, red or green.
Purple is a dignified colour, which has
long been considered a royal colour, so it is not surprising that amethyst has
been so much in demand during history.
Splendid amethysts are highlighted in the British
Crown Jewels; they were also a favourite of Catherine the Great and Egyptian
royalty.
The pale amethyst colours are sometimes called “Rose
de France” and can be seen set in Victorian jewellery.
The deep
colours are the most valuable, particularly a rich purple with rose
flashes.
Amethyst is mined in Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay and
Argentina, as well as in Namibia, Zambia and other African countries.
Amethyst is the birthstone for February.
‘Man is a
spiritual being who, in order to be truly spiritual, needs a body’ (St Thomas
Aquinas).
Amethyst, with its purple polarity, truly embodies these
words. It can unquestionably bring out the spiritual properties of those
who wear it and work with it.
Amethyst is a transformational
healer, which will bring spiritual growth and Divine understanding.
It purifies all the chakra centres and can be used anywhere on the
body and on all levels of the aura, giving relief from addictions and addictive
traits within the personality.
It works as an amplifier of
healing and spiritual energies.
When consciously
directed it will break down and transform blocked or stuck energies.
Its pain-relieving properties have been demonstrated over and over
again, so much so that it never seems to fail in drawing out pain.
Amethyst is a very approachable crystal and has been involved in human evolution
for eons; as such,
It has instigated the activation of many people
into the healing properties of gemstones and minerals.
The
guardian or over-soul of all the amethyst on the planet is probably the most
friendly of all the Crystal Angels.
Time and time again, if you
ask crystal therapists which was the very first crystal they used or wore, you
will find the beautiful amethyst at the top of the list.
It also helps protect from over-indulgences, which
have lodged in the emotional body, it calms the mind and thereby aids spiritual
and personal growth, giving understanding into the cause of the
indulgence.
Amethyst aids comprehension and enhances the faculty of
judgement by stimulating the spiritual body, which ultimately brings detachment
from worldly concerns.
It helps you to retain a good temper, avoid errors
and achieve self-discipline and high standards in life.
Amethyst encourages you to become your own leader
and master.
It also gives a stable mind, removes outrage and
anxiety and absorbs excessive body heat: as such it is very beneficial to
menopausal women who are suffering from hot flushes, due to rapid changes in
hormone levels.
Amethyst is full of originality and inspiration and
is a great teacher.
It is power and humility combined and it
will instil these qualities in those who wear it and work with it.
Amethyst brings spiritual dedication, which makes it a powerful and
positive meditation stone.
Amethyst works on the pineal gland, the top
of the head, the crown chakra, the brain and the scalp.
Amethyst can be beneficial to help calm people who are emotionally
erratic.
It treats any kind of internal
inflammation.
It also treats heart palpitations and hearing
disorders, the skeletal system, nervous system, immune system, digestive tract,
stomach, heart, skin and teeth, insomnia, mental disorders, eye problems,
headaches, migraine and pain.
It is used for regression and it
links to the unborn child, hence its use in infertility.
It
protects those who are unable to protect themselves - babies, small children,
the sick and vulnerable and the animals.
It also affords
protection to those who are opening spiritually.
A group or cluster of
amethyst will cleanse the environment of large amounts of stuck or blocked
energy, easily raising the overall vibratory level to a much higher frequency of
light, which is always beneficial to health.
In Arabic
countries it has been traditionally used to stop nightmares.
In
Asia it is a favourite fung shui ‘wealth cure’ it is common to see amethyst
‘caves’ being sold, as this is believed to promote harmony and abundance if
placed at a “prosperity” area in the room.
Affirmation: I am full
of spiritual originality and Divine inspiration.
AMETRINE
Chemical Composition: Si02 +
(Al,Fe,Ca,Mg,Li,Na)
Crystal System:
Trigonal Hardness: 7
Habit: Crystals
are usually six-sided and are terminated by six faces
Colour:
Purple and yellow combined in the same crystal
KEYWORD:
SYNERGY
A unique quartz variety which has the colours of both
amethyst and citrine contained in the same crystal, it has been found relatively
recently only in South America.
It has been given the obvious
name of ametrine, which emphasises the stone’s synergy of energies.
This stone, for very good reason, has been eagerly sought by healers
and jewellery designers, for not only does it contain the colours of both
amethyst and citrine, but also the properties and vibration of both
minerals.
Initially the ‘new’ mineral was said to be from Brazil, but
it was later reported to be from Bolivia.
The Anahi Mine in Bolivia is the major world
producer of ametrine.
The mine first became famous in the
seventeenth century, when a Spanish conquistador received it as a dowry when he
married a princess from the Ayoreos tribe, named Anahi.
Ametrine was introduced to Europe through the conquistador’s gifts to the
Spanish queen.
Ametrine is especially inexpensive when you consider
that it comes from only one mine in the world.
According to
gemmologists, the ferric iron atoms can enter into the quartz crystal structure
either by substitution for
silicon atoms or interstitially in the gaps
between Si04 octahedra.
One of these replacements provides the colour of
citrine, while the other causes the amethyst shade, but only after
irradiation.
The coloration has happened over geological ages,
certain conditions occurring in the earth’s crust allowing the radiation from
surrounding rocks and minerals, though infinitesimal, to create this
effect.
What a wonderful crystal ametrine is to work with as a
vibrational therapist! Its fast effective action quickly and efficiently
dispels negativity from every level of the body and aura.
It
speedily fills the spaces with positive Pranic healing energy.
In treating long-standing illness and degraded health conditions it is extremely
useful, as the amethyst energy works very fast to ease and release
pain.
It brings understanding as to the cause of the
dis-ease harboured within the energy field and purifies on all levels,
giving relief from addictions and addictive traits within the
personality.
It works as an amplifier of healing and spiritual
energies contained within the citrine.
The citrine then acts as
a positive mental stimulant, clearing the mind and stimulating the mental body
into focused concentration.
It opens the conscious mind to
intuition and guidance from the healer within.
Ametrine promotes
mental clarity and mental endurance, balancing, energising and soothing the
emotions.
It aids digestion and strengthens the digestive
system.
Ametrine cures burning sensations and problems of
the blood, haemorrhoids and jaundice.
It also eases gastric
upsets, constipation, flatulence, coughs, colds, asthma, apoplexy and tumours
and is the best stone
of our time for M.E. and relieving energy drain and
psychic or psychological attack.
Ametrine is expansive and brings abundance on all
levels, especially enhancing creative and spiritual abundance.
It has been used extensively in the treatment of AIDS
patients.
It teaches us how to work in a new way, allowing
for greater understanding of the brotherhood/sisterhood of the human, animal,
plant and mineral kingdoms.
Ametrine is also very protective
because it contains the protective qualities of amethyst and citrine.
Citrine is brilliant to use with depression. It is particularly useful for
fears and phobias and for the process of
releasing negative traits,
especially the fear of responsibility, which can hinder you - particularly in
relationships.
Ametrine will also help you think through your
difficulties and encourages you to explore all avenues, leaving no stone
unturned until you find the best solution. It stimulates mental wisdom
and is very penetrating; it will aid your total
concentration.
Ametrine loves new ideas and looking at the world
with fresh ‘eyes’, but it hates hesitation, procrastination and ignorance and
can be impatient.
Ametrine aids communication, so if you sometimes
feel ‘tongue tied’, wear a citrine pendant and you will find you eloquently have
no shortage of words.
On a higher level, ametrine will aid
intuition and telepathy, bringing spiritual wisdom.
Ametrine is a very
good crystal to use when counselling others. It tracks deep-rooted reasons
why disease occurred.
If you give it to your client to hold, it
usually brings to the surface what the person needs to look at within their
lives.
It gets them communicating.
Some therapists have found that it helps relieve
the symptoms associated with diabetes, rheumatism and anorexia and it clears the
mind to help correct forgetfulness.
Affirmation: I am filled with
positive Pranic healing energies. My life is
transformed.
ANGELITE - Anhydrite
Chemical Composition:
CaSO4
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Hardness: 3.5
Habit: Tabular, rectangular box formed by three
pinacoids, often elongated in one direction, forming a prismatic crystal;
most commonly massive and granular
Colour: White, grey or
colourless, but also blue to violet
KEYWORD:
KARUNA
http://mineral.galleries.com:/minerals/SULFATES/ANHYDRIT/anhydrit.htm
Anhydrite is a relatively common sedimentary mineral that
forms massive rock layers.
Anhydrite does not form directly,
but is the result of the dewatering of the rock-forming mineral gypsum.
This loss of water produces a reduction in volume of the rock layer
and can cause the formation of caverns as the rock shrinks. Good mineral
specimens of anhydrite were extremely rare, despite its common occurrence.
However, fine specimens of anhydrite have been found in Mexico and
Peru showing good crystal habit,
a nice blue colour and even a play of light
internally in the crystal.
Lilac-blue anhydrite is sometimes called Angelite,
for its “Angelic” colour.
Anhydrite comes from Mexico; Peru; Germany
and New Mexico, but it was adopted by the ‘New Agers’ as Angelite.
This was where it first made its ‘appearance’ on the New Age crystal
scene.
This happened when the keepers of ‘days’ gathered
for the Harmonic Convergence of 1986 in Peru.
It is used for
conscious connection to the Angelic realms via attunement to the heavenly
vibration of this pale lilac-blue stone.
Angelite brings inner
peace, tranquillity, calm and focus to the highest realms of heavenly
light.
It is one stone that truly holds the energy of the force
we know as Karuna: compassion, pity and tenderness.
It also
implies devoted action to alleviate suffering.
It applies itself well to facilitating the practice
of Mantras, vibrating with high intensity as each chakra is activated with the
appropriate sound.
With conscious dedicated use it unlocks Nada
or the inner mystical sounds.
When applied to the feet it will
also clear the meridians of energy blockages.
Angelite’s glandular domain is the thyroid and
parathyroids. It has also been used for inflammation of the throat and
thyroid problems.
Its healing vibration is also linked to the upper
lungs and arms, the base of the skull and weight.
Angelite
balances the fluid functions of the body and thereby will release excess body
fluid.
It has been used as an aura cleanser and activator to
bring Angelic attunement.
Blue is the colour of the present time, the
Aquarian Age.
The Aquarian is seen as the truth seeker;
however, she or he must go forward in truth, for if they do not go forward,
they will go backwards out of fear.
Angelite combats this
fear. It will help you unlock the secrets of the spoken word, giving voice
to your truth.
Psychologically, angelite counteracts harshness;
if somebody is acting insensitively in a situation, angelite will help
that
person to become more compassionate.
It also teaches them
acceptance of that which cannot be changed.
Angelite can be
used to relieve pain, both physical and psychological, and combats cruelty and
brutality.
It has also been used to alleviate the pain of
stomach ulcers and sunburn.
Affirmation: The energy of Karuna
guides me, and I have inner peace and tranquillity.
AQUA AURA QUARTZ (See
Quartz)
Colour: Aqua blue
KEYWORD:
ACTIVATOR
Aqua aura quartz is a product of advanced twentieth
century technology.
The beauty of these quartzes is
manifested as the ‘new’ technology enhances the extremely powerful properties of
the master healer, clear quartz.
It is the product of natural
organic quartz and pure gold in a secret process that owes as much to alchemy as
it does to science.
In high-temperature near-vacuum conditions,
atoms of pure gold are pyroelectrically bonded with top grade clear quartz,
creating the highly energized stones known as aqua aura. The bonding
process of the quartz and pure gold co-mingles the two substances in a permanent
way, which results in the dazzling original colour.
Aqua aura is clear organic quartz combined with
gold.
This alliance manifests the most amazing deep vivid sky blue
colour of vastness, which is free of all limitations.
The blue
ray works initially on the throat chakra, gently cleansing all stored putrefied
negative issues,
which block the flow of heartfelt communication and the
ability to express your emotions in a constructive, positive manner.
It will allow the positive energy of your soul expression to be fully activated
within all levels of the chakra,
meridian and auric systems. This
crystal will activate the original blueprint or Divine matrix, restoring the
original energy of vital life to all the cells of the body. This will
allow us to anchor our Divine Mandala into the
planetary grid, activating
our personal and planetary accession into the fifth dimension.
The aqua aura crystal can help with the thymus
gland, located between the heart and throat under the sternum, which is now
known to play a vital part in maintaining the body’s immunity against all
diseases.
It will cool fevers and bring calm to the aura,
allowing for a flowing peaceful energy.
Aqua aura is very
stimulating when placed on the throat chakra in a gemstone layout, but we find
we can safely use this stone on any area of the body.
It will
release stored stress and induce peace and healing resonance; the process is
profound, but gentle.
I have personally seen hundreds of people
helped by this stone, in fact many would not want to be without it after finding
just how transformational its properties are.
This crystal will also safeguard the wearer from
psychic or psychological attack.
Any unwanted intrusion from
outside sources will be quickly dissipated by transmutation into an immaculate
pure loving energy, which can then be safely used for healing the situation
causing the attack.
The more outside forces attack your energy
field, the more energy will be available to you for healing the cause.
This is truly a ‘master’ vibrational crystal, but as with all
energies the conscious use of this energy towards enlightenment is always the
prime goal.
Aqua aura will help you find your own space
again.
The aqua aura quartz crystal will bring wisdom to
heartfelt communication, encouraging gentleness and discouraging malevolent
energies.
Aqua aura quartz is even more shielding than an
aquamarine crystal, because its gold inclusion within the ‘New Crystal Matrix’
activates the solar energies, bringing the full force of your soul ‘quality’
into every level of your being.
Affirmation: I now activate my own
‘Divine Essence’. I always speak from the heart.
Large crystals have been found and sometimes, due
to particular growth conditions, striations (lines) are clearly visible on the
surface.
http://mineral.galleries.com:/minerals/GEMSTONE/AQUAMARI/aquamari.htm
Aquamarine, the “gem of the sea”, derives its name
from “sea water”.
The reference is obvious: aqua sparkles like
the sea and its colour is pale to medium blue, sometimes with a slight hint of
green.
Legends say that it is the treasure of mermaids, with the
power to keep sailors safe at sea.
Aquamarine is said to be a
particularly strong charm when immersed in water.
The ancients
also believed aquamarine gave protection against the wiles of the devil and to
dream of aquamarine meant that you would meet new friends.
Aquamarine
is always a pastel blue, but the darker the colour, the more value it has.
Therapists also prefer a pure blue, with no green in it. If you
prefer a greenish tinge, you will find that these stones are much less
expensive.
The word brilliance is probably derived from the
ancient Greek word for beryl, berullos, which means crystal.
Aquamarine is the birthstone for March.
Heliodor, or golden beryl, is
named after the Greek words for sun - helios - and gift - doron.
These special crystals arc record keepers.
Aquamarine gives freedom from the impressions and influences of others.
Calming, soothing to the emotions, cooling and an excellent
meditation stone, it helps you go with your own ‘flow’, finding your perfect
karmic path with courage, fortitude and, most of all, compassion for
yourself.
It will shield the aura from anger, hatred, envy and
hostility.
It opens the gateways to understanding the archetypal
realms, gives mental and emotional stability, promotes greater understanding
of the dramas we may be caught up in and facilitates being able to step out
of the drama to see the underlying emotion.
Archetypes are
universal themes, or models, of the ‘human condition’.
They are illustrated through myths, fairy stories
and even modern plays and films; they serve to provide us with an understanding
of our emotional experiences - both what we are and what we would like to
become.
Once you understand your ‘drama’ or ‘life role’ you
can then change it for one that is more in tune with the life you really
want.
Aquamarine also identifies the underlying patterns we may have
embedded into our neural pathways, which are outwardly projected
as
particular behaviours; we can choose at any moment to discard those that no
longer serve us.
Aquamarine teaches us to take up our emotional
reins and the emotional challenges that face us every day in order that we can
choose a different direction and move into a new stage of development.
The throat chakra is also fully activated by aquamarine.
Indeed
it is very stimulating when placed on the throat chakra in a gemstone layout,
but we find we can safely use this
stone on any area of the body; it will
release stored stress, induce peace and healing resonance.
It
alleviates all problems of the throat, swollen glands, the teeth, jaw and upper
chest.
Aquamarine really feeds the central nervous system
and calms nervous stress and breakdown.
The stillness of
aquamarine calms the panic that can follow emotional shock.
It
stops the person running away from their hurt self and the painful
situation.
It is a good stone to use when encountering problems
in relationships.
It encourages you to be able to speak what is
in your heart.
It is useful in overcoming self-sabotage and in
centering oneself.
This stone is said to put you in touch with the
dolphins and whales, whose loving energy really makes you look at your
resistance to being totally loving and forgiving.
Anger or rage initially prepares the body to
correct injustice, but it must be released from the body.
When
it is not released, it solidifies and hardens into hatred.
We
need to honour and own our emotions, but we also need to elevate our
consciousness, which is a conscious act of personal will power.
When we know there is someone or something we cannot forgive, we need to ask
ourselves what we would have preferred.
When we forgive, we
rescind our expectations and conditions for loving.
We forgive
for our own sakes, but our forgiveness will affect the people we have not been
able to forgive.
If we hold on to resentment, anger, hatred and
bitterness, it gives them power over us and eventually these negative emotions
make us sick.
Sometimes we refuse to forgive in order to
punish.
A simple way of releasing anger towards
someone is to first acknowledge what you are truly feeling about their behaviour
or injustice, and then consciously choose not to punish yourself for carrying
this feeling.
You can say “I now intend to let go and release
my suffering over the situation”.
Then visualise the person you
need to forgive standing before you.
Tell them what you would
have preferred to happen and choose to release the
expectations.
You now want to be free.
They are
totally accountable for their own actions, good or bad.
Unite
your consciousness into the light of your cosmic self and imagine and experience
the light, compassion and love flowing into you.
Experience
unconditional love for yourself.
As this feeling builds in you, send
this love out to the true self of the person and say “I send this love out to
you just as you are and have been,
I have no expectations regarding
your behaviour past, present or future”.
When you feel honestly
and completely at peace with the situation, you are ready to finally release
it.
Until then, you are bound in karmic chains of hatred and
you will be linked to this person or situation for
eternity.
Affirmation: I now release and let go of my past
suffering and pain, knowing I release others
too.
ARAGONITE
Chemical Composition:
CaCO3
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Hardness: 3.5 - 4
Habit: Untwinned crystals, which are rare,
are often acicular, though sometimes tabular.
Twins stout, prismatic,
with marked pseudo-hexagonal symmetry.
Also as fibrous, stalactitic
and encrusting masses.
Colour: Colourless, white, grey; also
yellowish; green or violet; transparent to translucent
KEYWORD:
EARTHING
http://mineral.galleries.com:/minerals/CARBONAT/ARAGONIT/aragonit.htm
Aragonite, a dimorphous form of calcium carbonate, which
crystallises in the orthorhombic system, is very often twinned in its
growth. It occurs as a deposit from hot springs and in association with
beds of gypsum.
The shells of certain molluscs are made of
aragonite and many fossil shells now composed of calcite were probably formed
originally of aragonite.
The name comes from the province in
Spain where it was first noted.
This stone has a powerful earth healer
energy, which is not wildly exciting but is totally stable and safe.
It makes you think very deeply, which teaches you to think before
acting.
Aragonite is used for general strengthening,
grounding, stabilizing and centering of physical energies.
It
connects you to the Goddess and earth healing energies.
It can be used
to stabilise the base chakra, attuning you to the positive force of gravity,
allowing for your interconnectedness to the earth, your past and
childhood.
It is good to place on the body to facilitate the
grounding process and has been used in this way to access past lives.
It can be used for all the solid elements of the body, including the bones and
teeth.
It helps mend broken bones and helps with calcium
absorption.
Aragonite brings immediate warmth to the body when
it is chilled from colds or flu, allowing for the full power and passion of the
base chakra to be fully activated.
Aragonite gives a cloak of security
and earthly support during times of stress.
It is soothing; it
allows us to snuggle up to the bosom of Mother Nature.
An extremely good way of working with aragonite is to go out into
nature, where you will feel growth and renewal
channelled through the stone
and into your energy system.
It is very good for spinal
problems and will find the root of the problem by gently rooting you back into
the earth, where you will feel supported.
One interesting feature of
aragonite is its ability to tune you in to the recycling process that is an
aspect of conservation.
It teaches you moderation in all
things, to only ‘take’ what you need.
Affirmation: I am connected
to Mother Earth and know the security of being
grounded.
AZURITE
Chemical Composition:
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Hardness: 3.5 - 4
Habit: Crystals are irregular blades with
wedge-shaped terminations.
Also, aggregate crusts and radiating, botryoidal, nodular
and earthy masses
Colour: Azure, deep blue or pale blue if found in
small crystals or crusts
KEYWORD: VISION
http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/carbonat/azurite/azurite.htm
Azurite is a
very popular mineral because of its unparalleled colour, a deep blue called
“azure”, hence its name.
The colour is due to the presence of
copper (a strong colouring agent) and the way the copper chemically combines
with the carbonate groups (C03) and hydroxyls (OH).
Azurite is
transparent if in thin crystals, otherwise it appears translucent to
opaque.
Azurite has been used as a dye for paints and fabrics for
eons.
Unfortunately, at times its colour is too deep and larger
crystals appear black.
Small crystals and crusts show the lighter azure
colour.
Malachite is closely associated with azurite in many
ways.
Not only do they frequently occur together, they also
have very similar formulae (a difference in structure produces the green colour
for malachite).
Malachite can also replace azurite, making a
pseudomorph, or an exact copy of an azurite crystal (only now it would be
green).
It is also an unimportant ore of copper.
Fine crystal clusters, nodular specimens, and interesting and
beautiful combinations with malachite are important pieces in anyone’s healing
collection.
Associated minerals are limonite, chalcopyrite,
native copper; calcite, cuprite, chrysocolla, malachite and other oxidized
copper minerals.
Azurite dissolves and transmutes fear into
comprehension.
Not only do you release the fear, but understand
why you absorbed the fear vibration into your emotional body in the first
place.
Often when I work with clients I find that their fears
or phobias are usually rooted deep within the sub-conscious level,
often
placed there during the formative years.
As children we are extremely impressionable and
completely open to the influence of our parents, relatives and teachers.
We quickly absorb other people’s ideas, thoughts, feelings and
emotions; indeed, children are very empathic.
By releasing the
fear vibration, we quickly find the root cause, allowing true healing to take
place.
Azurite has an energy that also brings renewal and can quickly
motivate us into action; this is wonderful for all those who feel
world-weary.
Azurite integrates the physical body with the
spiritual body for ease of communication and as such has been used
for
meditation practice.
Azurite has a very powerful healing vibration and
combines exceptionally well with other stones for an integrated
smooth
transmission, which facilitates stress-free healing and a gem essence made of
azurite is very useful for
stopping the side effects of true healing
(healing crisis).
Azurite is also beneficial for healing
stress-related disorders.
If you wish to use azurite for
meditation assistance, the gem essence, when used externally on the throat and
third
eye chakras, is a very powerful vision enhancer.
When
combined with malachite it is penetrating, bringing up deep, hidden, negative
emotional energies,
then healing them and cleansing negative thought
patterns or miasms that may have become entrenched in the causal
body.
This stone combination must be used with caution
and understanding.
Malachite gets to the core of the problem,
the very heart of the matter; it fact it will leave no stone unturned in doing
so.
This makes it a very strong and powerful crystal, an
idealist that can cause heart palpitations if worn, used or carried
indiscriminately.
Azurite/malachite does open doors, though, to deep
emotional healing - and in its blue/green mantle you will eventually find a
sanctuary of peace.
Malachite also heals through the
realization of the body - mind connection, which has been proved to play a
significant role
in the origins and exacerbations of many illnesses.
The emotions work at a subtle energy level through the influences of
the astral body, which feeds into the etheric body.
It has become clear that depression and other
emotional disorders can cause a suppression of the body’s natural defense
against illness.
This state of immuno-incompetence can
later become translated into physical illness through an increased
susceptibility to viral and
bacterial agents, as well as through internal
sources of disease like cancer.
Distortions originating at the
level of the astral body take time to work their way down through the etheric to
the physical levels.
This is why it may take weeks, months or
even years before changes in the emotional/astral constitution become manifest
as physical illness.
Azurite treats skin, bones, teeth, the
circulatory system, gall bladder, liver and kidney problems.
It
also addresses all problems related to a dysfunctional throat chakra, sore
throats, neck-ache, thyroid problems,hearing problems, tinnitus and asthma, also
emotional problems such as being over-talkative, dogmatic, self-righteous or
arrogant; holding back from self-expression; unreliability and inconsistency of
views.
Affirmation: I use my inner vision to reach for the stars
and my highest spiritual attainment.