POWERS & MAGICKAL USES OF STONES
The following list provides powers and magickal uses for various stones.
This list is incomplete, in that as you begin to use stones in your rituals,
you will inevitably develop new uses and discover new powers for your
stones. There are also many, many more stones which could be included
on this list. I have chosen those which are the most common, or those which
I have used myself and had the greatest success.
A
AGATE -- Carried while gardening, this stone increases the fertility and health of your
garden. It is useful for general protection, and is especially protective for
children. Agate helps in healing, especially blood, skin, and intestinal
conditions. Agate can increase strength, restore bodily energy, increase
courage, and even promote longevity. Useful in removing envious
thoughts and spite and for help in easing stressful situations. Agate,
especially banded agate, is also a good meditation stone
AGATE, BANDED -- Bodily energy and eases stress
AGATE, BLACK -- Courage and successful competitions
AGATE, BLACK & WHITE -- Guards against physical dangers
AGATE, BLUE LACE -- Peace and happiness
AGATE, BROWN/TAWNEY -- Success and wealth
AGATE, GREEN -- Health
AGATE, MOSS -- "Gardener's talisman," healing, energy, riches, happiness, long life
AGATE, RED -- Healing, calmness, peace
.
AMBER -- Excellent for use in rituals for enhancing your beauty and attractiveness.
Helps to attract love and stimulates happiness and pleasure. Amber is
used as both a good luck and protective amulet, and is extremely protective
against negative magick which has been directed against you. When
placed on the altar, it can increase the effectiveness of your spells.
Amber is said to increase strength while relieving or curing health conditions
Amber is also very useful in protecting children.
AMETHYST -- One of my favorite stones!!! Amethyst helps to calm fears, reduces
stress, dispels doubts and negativity, and can relieve depression and
promote good judgement. Amethyst induces vivid dreams, increases
mental powers, and is useful in psychism. I keep an amethyst with my
Tarot cards, and have found that this greatly enhances their power.
Also useful for drawing pure, true, emotional love!
AMETRINE - Ametrine is a combination of amethyst and citrine, and so has the
magickal qualities associated with these two stones or crystals.
In addition, ametrine (especially ametrine points) has been used to
stabilize and balance between spirituality and daily life and to help
in psychic opening and development. Ametrine is also useful
for working with spirit and animal guides, meditation, and astral travel.
ANGELITE - Angelite is a calming stone which may be used to help stabilize the
emotions and ease anxiety and stress. Angelite is also used for
creative work, psychic ability, public speaking, and helping oneself
to become more assertive. Angelite can be used in spells and rituals
designed to reduce anger, aid in self-forgiveness, and gain spiritual
protection. Angelite has also been used for working with angels and
for sending telepathic messages to people and pets.
APACHE TEARS -- (An opaque form of OBSIDIAN). Good for grounding and
centering. Is helpful in promoting peace. Apache tears are
wonderful good luck stones, and contain extremely potent
protective energies. May also be useful in scrying.
ANGELITE - Angelite is a calming stone which may be used to help stabilize
the emotions and ease anxiety and stress. Angelite is also
used for creative work, psychic ability, public speaking,
and helping oneself to become more assertive. Angelite
can be used in spells and rituals designed to reduce anger,
aid in self-forgiveness, and gain spiritual protection. Angelite
has also been used for working with angels and for sending
telepathic messages to people and pets.
APATITE - Blue apatite, which is actually a deep aqua color, may be used
to aid in ridding oneself of guilt, grief, and excessive sensitivity
to other people's problems (especially useful for Pisceans --
like me -- who tend to carry the weight of the world on their shoulders!!!)
Blue apatite is also useful in ritual work designed to release pain and open
oneself up to joy, peace and beauty. Also may be used to aid the immune
system. Yellow-green apatite can be used in ritual work designed to rid
oneself of negative self-image, feelings of inadequacy, shyness, or shame,
and can be used to help one to accept and open themself to love,
comfort, and support. This stone is especially helpful in those who feel
"ugly" or "fat", as it helps to improve body image and release the feelings
associated with this type of negativity.
APHRODITE - Named for the Goddess, this pink stone is useful in love magick.
Helps to open up the heart chakra and allow you to receive love,
while at the same time increasing your ability to give love. Useful in
magick designed to help draw true love and find your soul mate.
Aphrodite is also useful in promoting fidelity and trust in an
established relationship.
AQUAMARINE -- Enhances the utilization of psychic powers and makes the mind
more alert. Excellent for cleansing and purifying. Aquamarine
can be used in rituals to ensure good health. It soothes
and calms emotional problems and promotes peace,
happiness, and joy as it halts fear
.
ARAGONITE - A grey and lavender colored stone, which aids in grounding and
centering. Aragonite is also useful in overcoming illusions,
and help one to face truth and accept reality.
AVALONITE - A blue-violet stone which is a form of chalcedony. Due
to its color, avalonite is useful in calming and soothing, aiding meditation
and visualization, and promoting a sense of security for the user. Also
useful in aiding psychic awareness and delving into the mythical
past and collective consciousness.
AZURITE - A dark blue stone which can heal emotional trauma,
confusion, blocks, and negativity. This stone is also useful in working
with spirit guides, animal guides, and the Goddess. It is also said to
increase psychic healing ability and aid in visualization.
B
BARITE - This interesting stone is peach and black. It is helpful
in rituals and spells designed to clear obstacles in one's life path.
Using barite helps to conserve energy, and so is helpful for those
who have immune problems or who are excessively anxious or
stressed. Helps to promote a balanced energy flow in the user.
BLOODSTONE -- Increases physical strength and promotes courage.
It is helpful in business and legal matters. Bloodstone has been found
to increase the effectiveness of spells. When worn, this stone is
said to increase one's life span. Great for healing matters concerning
the bloodstream. Can be used for invisibility (in the form of not
attracting attention to yourself).
BLACK MOSS AGATE -- Good for guarding against physical dangers.
Especially useful in protection after dark. This stone represents quiet
power, and helps to combine and balance the physical with the spiritual.
BLACK ONYX -- Great for defense against negativity. Can be used to
reduce sexual desires. Onyx is an extremely potent protective stone, and is
widely known for its ability to protect against psychic attacks and hexes.
BLUE AVENTURINE -- Good for reducing or eliminating negative
emotions. Lends itself well to healing. A great stone for purification
and peace. When held, this stone can reduce or completely cleanse
the body of pain.
BLUE LACE AGATE-- Wear or carry this stone for peace and
happiness. Very effective for reducing household and/or family quarrels.
Useful in reducing stress when held in the hand. Good for promoting
caring and tenderness.
C
CALCITE (OPTICAL) -- Optical calcite is useful in working gemstone
magick, as it doubles the strength and power of your spell. It is also
useful in cleansing the aura, clearing all attachments and entities.
Allows you to see the spiritual more readily.
CARNELIAN -- This stone is excellent for increasing courage, especially
in the shy. Helps to promote self-confidence while inducing peace.
Offsets doubt and negativity. Carnelian is excellent for increasing sexual
desires and is very useful in spells relating to lust. Very helpful in all
forms of healing. Can also be used to guard against people who try
to read your thoughts.
CHRYSOPRASE - This is one of my favorite stones!!! It is a beautiful
apple-green colored stone from Australia, which is useful in soothing
heartache and loneliness, promoting emotional balance, and granting
inner strength and peace. Chrysoprase can help to promote courage
and can open and heal old traumas and grief. It is also a helpful stone
to use in creating a bond of trust with the Goddess.
CITRINE -- Wear this stone at night to help prevent nightmares and
to have a good night's sleep. Helps to tap into user's power to give
energy to magick. Can be used as a good luck stone. Helps to
increase self-esteem. An excellent stone to use for promoting creativity.
COPPER--Energy direction, healing, luck, love, protection, money
CRYSTAL QUARTZ (CLEAR) -- This stone has the ability to be
programmed with the powers of ANY OTHER STONE, and then
substituted for that stone in any ritual. Great for psychism and as
a general magickal power amplifier. Can be used to relieve headaches,
reduce fevers and calm toothaches. Great for use in building a magick circle.
D
DIAMOND -- Spirituality, sexual dysfunction, protection, courage,
peace, reconciliation, healing, strength
E
EMERALD -- Love, money, mental powers, psychism, protection,
exorcism, eyesight
F
FLOURITE -- This is another of my favorite stones. It comes in
beautiful transparent shades of blue, green, and lavendar. It works
well to strengthen the power of all other stones. It helps to straighten
out the thoughts, and has the ability to reduce the level of emotions
in any situation, so that a more accurate, logical perspective
can be had. It also heightens analytical abilities, and effectively
lowers anger, depression, and desperation.
G
GARNET -- I wear a garnet ring at all times, for protection. Garnet
is a highly protective stone, in that it provides a barrier of charged
vibrations which repel negative energies on contact. It is also
useful for protection after dark. It can be used to strengthen
the aura, and is great for lending extra energy to rituals. It is also
useful in enhancing bodily strength and endurance.
GOLD -- Power, healing, protection, wisdom, money, success, male sexual dysfunction
GREEN AVENTURINE -- This is an excellent good luck
stone. It is useful in spells involving money, gambling, and business
success. Can calm troubled emotions and speed general healing.
This stone increases perception and intelligence while it
stimulates creativity.
GREEN JASPER - A receptive stone which is useful in healing magick,
especially for the eyes, kidneys, and stomach. Green Jasper may
be worn to help prevent migraines and also to guard the health
in general. These stones are also used in spells for money, riches,
prosperity, luck, grounding, and balancing. Place in your garden
to encourage more luxuriant growth of your plants. Also useful
for fertility magick.
GREEN MOSS AGATE -- Wonderful stone to wear to draw
new friends. This stone is said to be able to lead you to hidden
treasures. It is also called the "gardener's talisman". It can be
used to relieve exhaustion and to heal problems with the neck
and back. Also useful in money and happiness spells.
H
HAWK'S EYE - This is a black and silver colored stone which
assists psychic ability, transforms negative energy into positive,
and heals negative energy from past lives. It may also aid in
releasing karmic attachments.
HEMATITE -- A wonderful stone to use for grounding and
centering. Useful in healing, especially when worn in the form
of a necklace. It seems to draw illness out of the body. Its
silvery, mirror-like surface is good for divination, especially
scrying.
HERKIMER DIAMOND -- Substitute for diamonds (see Diamond)
I
IOLITE - This is an indigo colored stone which is useful in
working with the third eye chakra. It can help to open and
expand psychic abilities, encourage psychic exploration, enhance
curiousity, and guide you through spiritual beginnings and growth.
J
JADE (GREEN) -- Grants wisdom when placed against the
third eye chakra (on the forehead). Attracts love, and is useful
for protection. This gem can actually help the body to heal itself.
It is used to help treat heart, kidney, and stomach disorders.
L
LABRADORITE-- This awesome stone comes from the sun/moonstone
family. The stone is a opaque smoky quartz color, but when
rotated in sunlight, has flashes of vivid green, blue, red, yellow,
orange, and gold. This stone carries some of the properties from
both the moon and the sun. Helps in opening the heart chakara
in order to more readily receive love. Increases inner strength
and convictions, as well as promoting courage. Draws success
to the ower's life. Greatly enhances dreaming, and the ability
to remember the content of the dreams during the waking hours.
Also helps to enhance all forms of perception during the day. The
stone may be more powerful in one area than another, dependant
upon what color the "flash" is. (see color magick for more). This is
a fantastic stone to acquire, and then to continue to carry or use
throughout one's life - as the results of the stone's energies continue
to build and each result enhances the next result.
LAPIS LAZULI -- One of my favorite stones. This stone is useful
in improving emotional, physical, spiritual and psychic conditions.
It relieves depression while promoting peace. Lapis is excellent
for use in divination. Place this stone on your altar while scrying,
gazing, or reading the Tarot or runes. Lapis is very protective
and also promotes courage. Can be used to draw spiritual love
to oneself, and is a powerful fidelity charm.
LEOPARD SKIN AGATE -- Very protective, especially against
sorcery and possession. Increases courage and strength. Use when
contacting your animal spirits. Helpful in healing.
M
MALACHITE -- Another very useful stone!!! Place one on your altar
to lend extra energy to magickal spells. Guards against negativity and
depression, calms and soothes. Enhances the ability to give and
receive love. Increases business success. Promotes sleep. Very
protective against physical dangers. This is a wonderful stone to
use in the protection of children, as well as protection during travel.
MOLDAVITE - A dark green stone which is useful in healing magick.
Moldavite encourages self-healing, protects spiritual healers,
and gives protection during astral travel.
MOONSTONE -- Great for divination and psychism-many people
keep a moonstone with their tarot cards for increased psychic
ability. Helpful in dieting and maintaining a youthful appearance.
The moonstone is love drawing and helpful for reconciliation.
Moonstone is a gently protective stone, and is extremely useful
in protection while traveling by water.
MOQUI MARBLES - See Shaman Stones.
MORGANITE - This stone is a pink form of beryl. It is useful in
magick involving love and fidelity. It also aids in healing emotionally
related matters, including karmic suffering and pain from past-life traumas.
MOTHER-OF-PEARL -- This has been used consistantly for
many generations in ritual jewelry. It is sometimes placed on
newborn babies for protection. It is also great for use in spells
for wealth and prosperity.
P
PEACH (ORANGE) AVENTURINE -- This is an all-around good luck
stone. It is useful in spells to increase feelings of self-worth or
personal power. This stone attracts success to the owner,
and can also be useful as a general protection stone.
PEACOCK ORE - This colorful metal can aid in psychism
and clairvoyance. It facilitate inner knowing and helps you
to trust what you see psychically. It is also useful when doing
healing work for someone who is at a distance.
PERIDOT -- Guards against illusions, enchantments, and
nightmares. If anger is a problem for you, try using this
gemstone as it is known to calm even the most raging anger.
Peridot also calms nervousness and banishes negative
emotions. Good for general healing, promoting sleep,
and attracting money.
PYRITE (Fool's Gold) -- Money, divination, luck
R
RED JASPER -- Known to promote beauty and grace. Believe
it or not, it can ease the pain of childbirth!!! Protective and
especially useful in defensive magick -- use this stone to
send negativity directed at you back to the original sender.
Increases mental processes and forms a barrier against dangerous
desires and whims. Also a great all-around good luck stone.
RHODOCHROSITE -- Another of my favorites. This beautiful
pink stone is a powerful love drawing amulet. It is wonderful for
soothing the mind, body, and emotions. Can give the body extra
strength during strenuous activity. It has also been used to increase
beauty, especially the skin and complexion.
RHODONITE -- Promotes peace, happiness, joy and laughter.
Excellent stone to use in smoothing over relationship difficulties.
Clears the mind of confusion and doubt. Rhodonite is a very
calming stone, and helps to promote balance.
ROSE QUARTZ -- The definitive stone for love rituals. This stone
can be used to open to heart chakra. It is extremely love attracting.
It also promotes peace, happiness, and fidelity in established
relationships.
RUBY - With its beautiful red color, the ruby is quite useful in love
magick, especially for spells involving sexual love (increasing one's
desire, etc.) and lust. Rubies are also useful in promoting courage
and increasing energy.
S
SAPPHIRE -- Psychism, love, meditation, peace, defensive magick, healing, power, money
SHAMAN STONES (MOQUI MARBLES) - These strange Ironstone
concretions are found at the base of the Navajo Sandstone formation.
The Moqui Indians that inhabited the Southwest used these small balls
for marble-like games and in slings for hunting. The centers are
filled with hard packed sandstone and the outer surface is a composite
of iron, phosphorus, and lime. How they were formed and what caused
their unusual rounded shapes remain a puzzle. There are various theories
as to their formation and some scientists believe them to be from 130
to 155 million years old. Their energies are somewhat like those of
Boji Stones. Shaman Stones are highly protective, and will absorb
negativity and replace it with useful energies. They are wonderful for
healing, as their energies flow easily up the Chakra column. The first
time I held one of these stones in my hand, I could not believe the energy
I felt inside them! Meditations and spiritual journeys are greatly enhanced
by holding a Shaman Stone in each hand. They may also be used to
contact your animal spirits, totems, and guides, and to aid in shapeshifting.
Shaman Stones are equally balanced between grounding and energizing,
and act as a connector to the Earth's energies. There are likely many
more magickal uses for Shaman Stones.
SILVER --Invocation, love, psychism, dreams, peace, protection, travel, money
SMOKEY QUARTZ -- A wonderful stone to use for grounding and
centering. This stone can also be used to help overcome depression
and other negative emotions. It is also an excellent mood elevator.
SODALITE -- A wonderful stone to draw wisdom. It can be
held in the hand to help still the mind and relax the body. A
wonderful meditation stone, and superb at healing emotionally
related disorders (those caused by stress, anger, fear, or
nervousness). Useful in dispelling guilt and fear.
SUNSTONE -- Stimulates sexual arousal and increases sexual energy.
Very protective. Sunstone is also used to increase physical energy when
ill. If you want to strengthen the energy of any healing herb, place
a sunstone in with the herb
T
TANZINITE -- Great for increasing psychic abilities, promoting wisdom,
and producing clear communication. Helpful in communicating with spirit
and animal guides. Good for inner journey work. Useful in work
involving the heart, throat, third eye, and crown chakras.
TIGEREYE -- A beautiful, flashy stone which is wonderful for protection
against all forms of danger. Useful in divination and as a tool to delve into
past lives. Promotes wealth and prosperity. Increases energy flow through
the body, and is therefore useful during illness. Tiger Eye can strengthen
your convictions and create courage and confidence.
TOPAZ (BLUE) -- Use this gem in purification rituals. Great at promoting
peace, while calming emotions. Useful in removing pain from the body.
Placed by the bed at night, this stone is useful in preventing or halting
nightmares and ensuring a good night's sleep.
TOURMALINE -- Love, friendship, money, business, health, peace, energy
courage, astral projection
TOURMALINE, RED -- Energy, protection, courage
TOURMALINE, GREEN -- Money, success, creativity
TOURMAKINE, BLUE -- De-stress, peace
TOURMALINE, BLACK -- Grounding, protection
TOURMALINE, WATERMELON -- Balance, love
TOURMALATED QUARTZ -- Astral projection
TURQUOISE -- A wonderful all-around stone, useful in drawing love, money,
health and beauty. A very protective stone. Use in rituals to attract new
friends or lovers. Promotes joy. A wonderful gift, as it is said to grant
the receiver wealth and happiness.
Y
YELLOW CARNELIAN -- Heightens visualization and communication
abilities. Great for use in writing or public speaking. Travel related spells
are enhanced by the presence of yellow carnelian. A protective stone,
and good for healing, especially disorders of the stomach, nervous system, and skin.
Magickal associations of Gems
Astral Projection--Tourmalated Quartz, Opal, (Meteorite)
Attraction--(Lodestone)
Balancing Energies--Malachite, (Boji Stones)
Beauty--Amber, Jasper, Opal
Business Success--Bloodstone, Malachite, (Lodestone)
Centering--Calcite
Courage--Agate, Amethyst, Bloodstone, Carnelian, Diamond, Lapis Lazuli,
Tigereye, Turquoise
Dieting--Moonstone, Topaz
Divination--Hematite, Jet, Moonstone, Tigereye, (Lead), (Pyrite), (Tin)
Dreams--Amethyst, (Silver), (Steel)
Eloquence--Carnelian
Energy Direction--(Copper),
Friendship--Chrysoprase, Turquoise, (Lodestone)
Gambling--Amazonite, Aventurine, (Lodestone)
Gardening--Agate, Malachite
Grounding--Hematite, Moonstone, Obsidian, (Iron)
Happiness--Amethyst, Chrysoprase
Healing--Agate, Amber, Amethyst, Bloodstone, Calcite,
Quartz Crystal, Garnet, Hematite, Jasper, Lapis Lazuli,
Peridot, Sapphire, Sodalite, Sugilite, Topaz, Turquoise,
(Boji Stones), (Brass), (Copper), (Gold), (Iron),
(Steel)
Invocation (Silver)
Longevity--Agate
Love--Agate, Amber, Amethyst, Calcite, Emerald
, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Moonstone, Pearl, Sapphire,
Topaz, Pink Tourmaline, (Copper), (Lodestone), (Silver)
Luck--Amber, Apache tear, Aventurine, Jet, Opal, Pearl,
Tigereye, (Copper), (Pyrite), (Tin)
Magickal Power-- Bloodstone, Quartz crystal, Malachite,
Opal, Ruby, (Boji Stones), (Gold)
Meditation--Sapphire, Sodalite
Mental Powers--Aventurine, Emerald, Fluorite, (Gold)
Money, Wealth, Prosperity, Riches--Aventurine, Bloodstone,
Calcite, Emerald, Mother-of-Pearl, Opal, Pearl, Peridot, Ruby,
Sapphire, Tigereye, Topaz, (Brass), (Copper), (Gold), (Lodestone),
(Pyrite), (Silver), (Tin)
Peace--Amethyst, Calcite, Diamond, Malachite, Obsidian,
Sapphire, Sodalite, (Silver)
Physical Energy--Calcite, Tigereye
Physical Strength--Agate, Amber, Bloodstone, Garnet, (Iron)
Protection--Agate, Amber, Calcite, Quartz Crystal, Emerald,
Garnet, Jasper, L. Lazuli, Malachite, Moonstone, Obsidian,
Pearl, Peridot, Ruby, Sunstone, Tigereye, Tourmaline, Turquoise,
(Antimony), (Boji Stones), (Brass), (Copper), (Gold), (Iron),
(Lodestone), (Meteorite), (Silver), (Steel)
Psychism--Amethyst, Citrine, Quartz Crystal, Lapis Lazuli, (Silver)
Purification--Calcite
Sleep--Moonstone, Peridot
Spirituality--Calcite, Sugilite
Success--Amazonite, (Gold)
Wisdom--Chrysocolla, Sodalite, Sugilite, (Gold)