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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.
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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.
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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)