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The Mystical & Healing Properties of Stones:
Agate~ A general protection and healing stone, increases courage, self-confidence, and energy and promotes longevity. Also good for gardening. Alexandrite~ A stone for renewal and regeneration, openness to higher self. Brings love, joy, and luck. *Amazonite~ Sooths emotions and nerves. Dispels negative energy. A gentle stone. Helps reduce stress. Aids in communicating ones truths. Helps clarify and improve thinking. *Amber~ Allows the body to heal itself by absorbing and transmuting negativity. It is dedicated to the connection of the conscious self to universal perfection. Helps with the art of manifestation. Helps with healing, protection from negativity, attractiveness, and energy. *Amethyst~ This is a very powerful stone to those who wear it. Amethyst is said to attract pure, true, emotional love. It is worn to bed or placed under the pillow to help aid in peaceful sleep. Amethyst lends courage, it helps protect against harm and illness. Clears the aura. Provides a clear connection between the earth plane and other worlds. Transmutes any dysfunctional energy in ones body. Promotes peacefulness. Protects against psychic attacks. Enhances cooperation, common sense, and flexibility. Encourages sobriety. Increases vivid dreams, relieves depression, promotes calm, serenity, and spirituality. Ametrine~ Aids with meditation. Disperses negativity from the aura. Fills the voids with the energizing and stabilizing qualities of pure light energy. Helps release blockages in the physical, mental, emotional, and auric bodies. Apache Tears~ Grounding and protective. Comforting in times of grief. Promotes forgiveness. Helps one channel ones spirit guides. Helps dispel negative energies. Good to place above your door or in the corners of your home or office. Apatite~ Helps with stuttering and hypertension. Rids one of guilt and grief. Aquamarine~ A stone of courage. Acts as a shield for the aura and subtle bodies. Helps one attune to more spiritual levels of awareness. Helps with communicating ones true feelings. Improves sight, sharpens the mind, calms and clarifies emotions. Aragonite~ Grounding and centering, facing truth and reality. Aventurine~ (Adventurine) This is an all around luck stone. When worn, aventurine is said to increase perception, simulate creativity, and even enhance intelligence. A great healing stone, it gives a sense of mental and emotional well-being. Azurite~ Aids in the development of psychic abilities. Also works to help see the good within ones self and others. Relieves arthritis and joint pain. Black Jade~ Enhances expressiveness, intelligence, and perception. Thought to be a magic stone by the Mayan and Aztec Cultures. Used in the treatment of disorders of reproductive organs. *Bloodstone~ When worn, bloodstone lends courage, calms fears, and helps to eliminate anger. Athletes can wear this stone to increase physical strength, and win in competitions. It can also be worn to lengthen your life span. Strengthens and oxygenates the bloodstream. Aids in balancing iron deficiencies. Reduces emotional and physical stress. Increases courage and charitability. Blue Apatite~ Can help you integrate and balance the emotional, intellectual, physical and etheric bodies. Stimulates clairvoyance. Good for past life insights. Has a happy, light energy. Blue Chalcedony~ Balances the energy of the body, mind, and spirit. Encourages brotherhood among all. Symbolizes benevolence and good will. Alleviates hostility, irritability, and melancholy. Enhances generosity, responsiveness and receptivity. Blue Lace Agate~ Enhances flexibility and softens stubbornness. Helps cool a hot temper. Soothes the emotions. Helps aid with communication. Blue Topaz~ Helps one clearly verbalize what they want and need in their lives. Helps one speak their truth, clearly and openly. Helps one speak of their spirituality and of clairvoyant messages. Botswana Agate~ Stimulates and energies the auric field. Enhances creativity. Used in the treatment of disorders of the nervous system and to rid the body of toxins. Calcite, Peach~ An energy amplifier. Helps the body to remember the state of perfection while experiencing disease in order to return to the nature state of flawlessness. Treats disorders of the kidneys, pancreas, and spleen. A balancing agent for the assimilation of calcium in the body. *Carnelian~ A stone that was used in ancient Egypt to still anger, jealousy, envy, and hatred. It is still used to promote peace, inner harmony, and self love. Carnelian encourages us to respect the natural balance of the earth. A great stone for woman. Increases personal power, physical energy, creativity, and compassion. Helps menstrual cramps go away. A gentle stone. Helps combat fear of public speaking and impotence. A general healing stone. Celestite~ A stone of balance. Promotes a pleasant disposition. Provides access to, and the transfer of, information from the pure angelic realms. Contains an innate wisdom that is accessible to the user. Helps one see the difference between want and need. Brings hope in times of despair, bringing calmness and harmony to ones life. Dismisses worry. Great for the quest of bliss. Great healing stone. Transmutes pain into light. Chrysacolla~ Provides great inner strength. Promotes harmony and the release of negativity. Aids with arthritic conditions. Soothes nervous tension. Chrysoprase~ Facilitates deep meditative states. Helps heal a broken heart. Reduces superiority or inferiority complexes. A gentle stone. Aids in depression, promotes emotional balance, wisdom, and peace. Citrine~ Dissipates and transmutes negativity. Does not "take on" negative energies. Helps increase income. Helps one release fear. Brings happiness. Brightens ones life. Clears the aura. Aids in digestion and balances the thyroid. Aids in mental and intellectual functions. Increases self-esteem. *Coral~ Coral and shell come from the oceans and the seas, they are the remains of sea creatures, and the homes in which they lived. It was believed that the sea was home to human souls, so coral was considered very powerful by the living. It can be worn to encourage peace, wisdom, and protection. Helps in childbirth and adoption. Wards off bad thoughts from others and promotes a general well-being. *Crystal Quartz~ This is a beautiful stone that reflects all the colors of the rainbow. Quartz is an amplifier of energy, it is used to promote psychism, power, and healing. It is a good stone for personal transformation and a great spiritual link with the higher self. Dumortierite~ Eliminates stubbornness. Helps one be patient. Stimulates verbalization of spiritual ideas. Helps one identify the cause of disorder or disease. Aids in opening ones clairvoyant abilities, which we all have. Emerald~ The love stone. Eliminates negativity. Brings in harmony. Enhances dreams and spiritual insight. Helps one open to unconditional love of self and others. Fire Agate~ Increases personal power. Dispels fears. Provides a protective shield. Helps bring passion and life to endeavors. Fluorite~ Purifies, cleanses and eliminates that which is in disorder. Excellent aura cleanser. Protects against cording. Good stone for students. Excellent in reducing inflammation and fevers. Enhances spiritual energy work, focuses the will and balances the psyche. Fuchsite~ Aids with meditation, helps you access information. Enhances knowledge and right action in the field of holistic healing. Helps one to pick the correct herbal and holistic remedies. Used in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. Increases the flexibility of muscles. *Garnet~ A fiery red stone, garnets are worn to enhance strength, endurance, and vigor. A strong stone for strength and protection. In the past, garnets were exchanged between friends who were parting to insure that they would meet again. A stone of prosperity and productivity. A stone of health. Aids in romantic love and passion. Helps past life regressions, career success and self confidence. Balances your natural energy. A highly protective stone. *Goldstone~ An uplifting stone. Reduces tension and stomach problems. Hanksite~ Helps provide insight to help combat trickery and illusion. Helps one to become totally open to another. A great stone to use during meditation and during advancement toward spirituality. Dispels introversion. Enhances creativity. Helps increase flexibility in the mental, emotional, and physical bodies. *Hematite~ Powerful in healing, and drawing illness from the body. If you scratch your hematite, just rub your fingers over it and it will "heal" itself. Helps in memory enhancement. Calming. Grounding. Helps one see that the only limitations are the ones we place on ourselves. Helps bring balance between the mind, body, and spirit. Transforms negativity to universal light. Stimulates peace, self control, and inner happiness. Good for blood disorders, insomnia, and spinal alignment. Calms and soothes, reducing stress and blood pressure. Holly Blue Agate~ Facilitates communication between the physical and the spiritual worlds. Helps improve communication skills, especially around verbalizing ones true feelings. This is a very rare stone. *Howlite~ A white stone, it is good for mineral absorption. It can give off the energy of affinity and kindness. Reduces stress and anxiety. Quietly soothes and calms to bring gentleness and patience. Iolite~ One of the major stones used during healing, meditation, and astral travel. Gently helps one with spiritual growth. Strengthens the auric field. Has been used by shamans to insure accuracy of visions. Helps one to stay in the present moment. Helps lessen fatty deposits and rid the body of toxins. *Jade~ This stone can be found in many shades and colors. Jade is an ancient love attracting stone, it radiates divine, unconditional love. Peaceful, it is powerful in emotional balance. Jade is said to bring money into ones life, guard against accidents, and worn to receive wisdom. Brings peace. Helps dissolve self limitations. Dream stone. Teaches tranquility, serenity, and to live in balance. Very versatile stone. Thought to be a stone of good luck, prosperity, and good health. Protective and lucky when worn as jewelry. Jasper (general)~ Calms a troubled mind. Helps with digestive problems and other ills. Jasper, Leopard Skin~ Aids in finding and achieving life's goals. *Jasper, Picture~ Also called the Picasso Stone. Stimulates creative visualization. Helps one see the hidden pictures within fears, grief, thoughts, and hopes. Helps one to see any hidden messages that others may have. Stabilizing, balancing stone. *Jasper, Red~ Helps one to get along with the same sex. Helps one feel comfortable with ones sexuality. Overall balancer. Helps with conflict and aggression. Promotes grace and perseverance. Jasper, Red with Pyrite~ A good dream stone, helps one to remember their dreams. Prevents "set backs" in disorders. Protective. Shielding. Keeps away all forms of negative vibrations and can allay physical anger. *Jasper, Yellow~ Gives comfort during grief. Helps create a safe journey during astral travel. Stabilizes energy levels. Cleanses the aura. *Jet~ Raises the kundalini. Protects against illness. Decreases depression. Helps one accept change. Kyanite~ Helps one to induce the recall of dreams and to promote dream solving; providing access to solutions during dreams. Helps rid the body of unwanted energies and toxins. Labradorite~ Strengthens the will and inner strength and convictions. Aids in combating addictions. Larvikite~ Aids with communication, especially when communicating ones needs. Grounding. Aids with tuning into ones psychic abilities. *Lapis Lazuli~ This beautiful blue stone with golden flecks of pyrite has long been the symbol of power and royalty. This stone has many associations with kings and queens, it was a favored stone of Cleopatra. This stone also is said to aid in the search for our inner light, the gold is the representation of the wisdom we can gain in this journey. Helps one communicate what one is "getting" from a third eye perspective. Brings cheer and success in relationships. Expands awareness and intellectual capacity. Helps increase ones intuition. Brings emotional healing and stability. High intensity stone which cleanses the spirit to bring out inner truth and peace. Lepidolite~ Helps decrease stress. Aids transition. Encourages self love and openness. Very calming. Aids sleep. Wonderful to add to a bath at the end of a stressful day. Magnesite~ Aids with visualization. Instills peace during meditation. Used to stimulate passion and heart felt love. Lessens PMS. Reduces fevers and enhances purification of the cells. Magnetite (Lodestone)~ Used to dispel grief, fear, anger, and attachment. Brings tenacity, durability and endurance to the user. A stone of stability. Can be used to attract love and to aid with activities of manifestation. *Malachite~ A rich, green, powerful stone. It is often worn to guard against negativity and physical dangers. Malachite is also a great stone to help reduce stress. A Transformation stone. Excellent for releasing negativity. Helps one recognize the reason for an illness or disease. A very intense physical healer. Helps release negative emotions and protect from psychic attack. *Moonstone~ This stone is a nurturing stone that comes in shades of white and gray. It is intimately connected with the Moon in magical lore. It is believed that wearing the stone will bring about harmony and uplift the spirits. It increases intuition and insight. Brings happy energy into its environment. Has been know to help with PMS and menopause. A great stone for women. Helps one happily accept changes to ones body. Helpful in psychic work. Draws love and helps with interpersonal relationships. Moonstone, Green~ Helps with obtaining what is needed. Stimulates intuition. Alleviates emotional tension. Very gently opens the heart. Allows the "motherly love" of the universe into ones being. Morganite~ Brings on love, empathy, patience, and compassion. Heals the emotional self. *Moss Agate~ A strong physical healer. Emotional balancer. Helps one improve their self esteem. Calms high energy people. Helps the body eliminate toxins. Brings in the healing energies of the earth. *Mother~of~pearl~ A lustrous, opalescent color, the mother~of~pearl is not a true stone, it is the interior of various sea mollusks. It is a protective stone, and it helps the wearer be kind and understanding. *Obsidian~ This is a volcanic glass, it appears in many different shades. It is associated with protection and can assist in emotional drainage. It can help one get in touch with earth energies and those deep emotions bubbling within us that need to be released before they explode. Obsidian, Mahogany~ Provides strength in times of need. Provides vitality to ones life work or fulfillment of ones aspirations. Eliminates energy blocks and relives tension. Grounding. *Obsidian, Rainbow~ Brings love and light to ones life, allowing for the recognition of the spiritual side of ones nature. It's also used for "gazing", especially in the area of love matters and relationships. Grounding. Protective. *Obsidian, Snowflake~ Brings purity and balance to the body, mind, and soul. Assists with meditation. Helps one identify unwanted behaviors. Grounding. Protective. Helps clear negativity. Protects against nightmares and emotional draining. Okenite~ A warm and fuzzy stone. It clears obstacles from ones path. Helps one identify karmic debt. Decreases disabilities associated with aging. Helps alleviate a "nervous stomach". *Onyx~ Most often this stone is found in shades of black, earth tones, and white. It is a strong protection stone, however, this is for more practical protection... i.e. walking down a dark alley, etc. Onyx is also very effective in dealing with stress and ending grief. Releases old relationships and keeps away general negativity. Opalized Gem Silica~ Good stone for communication. A very gentle stone. Gives universal love to the user. Also helps with intuition. Opalized wood~ Eliminates worries of little importance. "Change what you can and don't worry about the rest". Grounding. Helps provide access to past lives. Helps one see why a trauma or disease has occurred; helps one get the lesson. Helps with atrophy. A stone of transformation. Peacock Rock~ A stone of happiness. Protects against negativity. Excellent healing stone. Brings harmony to the cellular structure of the body. Helps rid the body of toxins. *Pearl~ Also fresh water pearls are included. Mystically, pearls symbolize the moon, water, and the center of creation and the universe. They are said to carry the powers of love, money, protection, and luck. *Peridot~ This stone is used to attract love, as well as calming anger, fear, and anxiety. Peridot is a green shade, which is always associated with wealth attraction traits. Healing is also associated with peridot. Provides a shield of protection around the body. A regenerative stone for the body. Aids digestion and insomnia and increases psychic powers. *Picasso Stone~ Master of the subconscious mind. Provides clarity to inner sight. Good for artists. Helps with creativity. Reduces anxiety and stress. Used in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. Promotes weight loss. Pietersite~ Said to contain the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Helps one see the beauty of the soul. *Quartz (general)~ Amplifies, focuses, stores, transfers, and transforms energy. Brings in universal energy. A wonderful all purpose stone. Aids with healing, releasing, allowing. Brings in the full spectrum of light. The greatest of all healing stones. Acts as an amplifier for psychic energy and aids meditation and visualization. *Quartz, Rose~ Removes negativity. Encourages unconditional love for ones self and others. Great for healing emotional wounds. Attracts love into ones life. Clears anger, fear, and guilt. Helps get you in your heart. Promotes peace, forgiveness, and nurturing. Quartz, Rutilated~ Enhances communication with higher self. Helps one understand ones journey during astral travel. Increases clairvoyance. Stimulates the immune system. *Quartz, Smokey~ Transforms negative emotions and negative energy patterns. Grounding. Protective. Good to use during meditation as it helps you relax and open while staying grounded. Stone of cooperation. Good for groups. Helps relieve fluid retention. *Quartz, Snow~ Harmonizes the human energy field with universal energy. Helps heal negativity. Protects the auric field. A good energizer stone. Rhondochrosite~ The stone of love and balance. Removes tendencies toward avoidance and denial. Gently and quickly balances the emotions. Encourages the optimum state of health. Helps release past psychological issues. Helps eyesight. *Rhondite~ This is a beautiful, pale pink stone. Wearers of rhondite always tend to be calm, and coherent. They also seem to be able to cast off confusion. This is an excellent stone for opening up the heart and emotions. Balances yin-yang. Calming. A stone of love. Helps one be unconditional in their love. Dispels anxiety. Used in the treatment of arthritis, emphysema, and throat infections. Fosters the ability to remain calm in arguments and resolve disagreements in a loving way. Rhyolite~ Represents change, variety, and progress. Provides insight to the subtle energy channels within the body. Helps one to strengthen the body and mind. Helps one to enjoy the great vastness within ones self. Stone of resolution. Ruby~ Brings spiritual wisdom, health, knowledge, and wealth. A excellent protective stone. Encourages the immune system. Sardonyx~ Encourages self control and courage in public speaking. Relieves anxiety and grief. Protection, luck, and peace are promoted by this stone. *Sodalight~ Helps eliminate confusion. Encourages self esteem, self trust, and trust of others. Used to enhance truthfulness in emotions. Provides access to the sacred laws of the universe. Dispels guilt and fear and draws wisdom. Spheres~ Spheres can have influence in the development of psychic abilities. Used in personal meditations to gain greater spiritual clarity and insight. Used to gain hidden wisdom and some use spheres in fortune telling. Gazing into crystal spheres, one may get a glimpse into the past or future. Energy flows from sphere 360 degrees so it aids in the environment where it is placed. Sugilite~ A love stone for this age, representing the perfection of "all that is". Energizes ones central channel. Helps one get in tune with the universe. Can help remind one of the reasons for being in the physical body, answering the "why am I here?" question. Eliminates hostility, anger, and all negative attributes. Sulphur~ A great stone to hold if you have a cold. Helps one release judgments and self criticism. Sunstone~ Dispels fearfulness, alleviates stress and increases vitality. Represents the sun god. Protects one from the forces of other realms. Good for sore throats. Helps reduce ulcers and cartilage problems. Tagua Nuts~ Known as the vegetable ivory. Used to make beautiful carvings that closely resembles ivory. Tanzanite~ Increases psychic abilities and enhances spiritual connectedness. Thulite~ Reduces aimlessness, vanity, and conceit. Aids in tissue restructuring after a heart attack. Tiger's eye (general)~ Aids in clear thinking, helps in manifesting will, courage and confidence. *Tiger's eye, Multicolored~ Aids with intuition, releasing fear and allowing ones personal power to come into ones body. Provides enthusiasm for life. Helps one see their inner-connectedness of all things. Helps the ego to release the idea of being separate. Calming. Grounding. Tiger's eye, Red~ Enables one to slow down. Soothing and calming. Balances the yin-yang. Tiger's eye, Yellow~ Combines the energy of the sun and the earth. Peaceful. Helps one seek clarity. Helps with intuition. Releases introversion and fear. Stimulates wealth. Used in treatments of disorders of the eye, throat, reproductive system and intestines. Helps night vision and spinal alignment. Tiger Iron~ (Tiger eye, Red Jasper, Black Hematite) Assists in creative endeavors. Helps one find refuge when danger is perceived. Stimulates physical vitality, strengthens muscles and aids with red and white blood cell production. Grounding. Topaz~ Soothes physical pain, promotes peace and calms emotions, as well as promoting forgivness. *Tourmaline (general)~ Diminishes fear by promoting understanding. Encourages self confidence. Has been a shaman tool among many different tribes. Brings healing powers to the user. Provides protection from danger occurring on the physical plane. Tourmaline, black~ Strong protection from negative energies. Reduces fears, obsessions, neurosis, and panic with a calm rootedness. Tourmaline, blue~ Helpful with verbal, speech, and throat patterns. Brings mental peace and patience. Tourmaline, green~ Cleanses and detoxifies the spirit, brings prosperity. Tourmaline, multicolor~ Aids in calming, protection, focus, and balance. *Tourmaline, Pink~ Brings together love and spirituality. Promotes joy and peace during periods of change. Helps one trust in the power of love. Releases destructive tendencies. Promotes healing of emotional pain. Tourmaline, watermelon~ Aids in healing old emotional pains and brings emotional understanding. *Turquoise~ Turquoise is a protective stone. It is worn to guard off the evil eye, disease, violence, and accidents. It also promotes courage. Connects one to the universal and earth energies. Encourages using love in all issues. Excellent healing stone. Cleanses the auric field, promoting optimal health of physical and etheric bodies. Gentle yet powerful. An excellent for attracting friendship, luck, and happiness. Releases shame and guilt. Unakite~ Balances emotions and spirituality. Helps one release conditions which have been inhibiting ones growth. Helps one identify the cause of an illness. A good heart stone. Helps during pregnancy. Transforms negative emotions into positive ones. Another grounding stone. Variscite~ Helps one get messages and energy from the etheric plane. Calming. Very gentle yet powerful. Helps sooth a broken heart. Helps one understand the importance of unconditional love. Helps one see that being in ones heart, and having love for ones self, really is the key to making your life flow easily on its path. * Indicates that the stone is generally easily available. **Want to know what your zodiac stone is? Check the Zodiac Stone page! **Want to know what your Birthstone is? Check out the Traditional Birthstone page!
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