Beginning with Crystals
Getting your new friend
Once you make the decision to get crystals even the briefest research can leave you speechless with the choice of stones, their meaning and value and how to use them. This is just one starting point and as you go on, you will find your own direction to follow. We hope you enjoy them, find the energy in them and yourself and make them an essential part of your life.
Stone of Power
Such a grand name for what is the most basic of crystals. Any good collection should contain one or more Clear Quartz crystals. They are both a source of healing energy but also an excellent channeling stone.
Its protective properties mean it is a potent defense against the negative energies we encounter every day. Well worth carrying in your pocket or purse and even in your hand at times of stress.
When used as a stylus or wand in rituals as it focuses the mind. The glyphs drawn by clear crystal are energized and sharp so it is best used in angular wards. Although it retains its energy well, it can get tainted by negativity easily and therefore regular cleansing is highly recommended.
Attuned to the Crown Chakra it stimulates clear thought and higher understanding, it also helps align all the other chakras. It is bound to the element of fire but more specifically the white light of the sun.
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Maiden of Calm
The tale of Dionysus gives us a good insight into this stone's powers, claims to prevent drunkness may be dubious on the surface but gain from deeper inspection. The reckless thought and action from intoxication often lead to erratic actions and decisions. Amethyst has a calming and settling influence to reduce and counter this behavior.
It also shines a light of reality on the misguided minds of the troubled and depressed and when charged with Love can offer hope where none seems to exist. Reducing anxiety and stress is one of its gifts as well as aiding insomnia. It emanates truth so guides against charlatans without and self-delusion within.
In rituals, it takes energy well and assists in clear thought, although it brings truth it brings a gentle awareness rather than a harsh realization so it has a benefit in scrying as well as healing. It is a soft energy and seems to perform best with rounded glyphs and crystal grids.
Also attuned to the Crown Chakra it also stimulates clear thought and higher understanding but gently so can rebalance a nervous soul. Tied to the element of Air its power is soft but pervasive.
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Stone of Opportunity
For many green is the color of luck and Green Aventurine is known for bringing luck. In truth the luck it brings is the kind the wearer makes, seizing opportunity, taking the chance and setting aside fear for risk. While luck is enticing, its real power lies in its healing qualities, as it cleans doubt from the heart it cleans impurities from the body.
It is the great body balancer and can rest the body and especially the nervous system, restoring and strengthening it. Calming the skin, sinuses, eyes, heart, and lungs, for luck and health alone this should always be carried.
Best used carefully in rituals, for healing it is a strong source of power and I would suggest 5 stones. For luck or confidence, it should only be used in Meditations of Time and then with Amethyst to soften the journey.
Unsurprisingly it is tied to the Heart Chakra, bringing emotional calm and serenity. As an earth stone, it grounds the wearer to reality but also the opportunities available.
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Bloodstone
The iron in Hematite reminds us that our earth has an iron core and thus this is a great stone for centering and grounding us, seeing the truth in fantasy and feeling our earth center. It is a great purifier and defense against negative thoughts and energy and also gives clarity and purpose to plans and ideas. Hematite aids confidence and endurance, and gives a good foundation to your
willpower when facing new challenges.
Excellent in cleansing and goal-seeking rituals, it also gives stability in other ritual settings, with both its protective and grounding qualities. I find Hematite gives different effects when used in numbers or with a single master stone.
Considered a primary Root Chakra stone, it pulls and cleanse negative energy from the other Chakras and so balances them. It has strong grounding properties. An Earth element stone, it's calming and grounding helps counter more energetic crystals in your collection.
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Twice Force
In the realm of communication, Blue Kyanite brings purity. It denies negative energy and demands truth so guides speech and clear communication but works against lies and liars. It is also a stepping stone to connecting with our higher powers and gives insight and greater understanding of our place in the universe. It is a great source of fortitude and determination, this can improve conviction and confidence.
Excellent in cleansing and warding rituals, it is one of only two crystals that do not absorb negative energy. It enhances the power of chants in rituals and as such ensures clarity and potency.
Bound to the Throat and Third Eye Chakras, this stone allows easy self-expression and good communication. It allows energies to flow smoothly between the Chakras enhancing all of them and also opening the way to higher knowledge. As an airstone, it guides expressions of thought and will and gives purity to them.
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Ceylonese Magnet
One of the most magnetic of our stones, Black Tourmaline is one of the most powerful protective stones there is, placed near the door to your home either on display or in a plant pot it offers a safeguard against negative energy of all kinds. It is also an excellent grounding stone. Its protective qualities also extend to the physical world, protecting people in dangerous activities.
Described as a daily disinfectant for the soul, Black Tourmaline cleanses the aura and repels negative energies and thoughts. Especially at night, it helps ward against bad dreams and four at each leg of the bed can be used to good effect.
Its grounding quality connects Black Tourmaline to the Root Chakra but its guarding and cleansing properties help and purify all the other Chakras too.
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Supreme Nurturer
The multi-talented Jasper is the balancing, harmonizing, cleansing and energizing earth center of any collection. It is a mainstay against stress and brings a grounding tranquility to soothe the spirit. Brecciated Jasper is a stone of vitality and strength. It can bring clarity and focus to thoughts and ideas.
Jasper is a lucky stone and has protective qualities against the dark. In a crystal grid, it is a good foundation stone, absorbing negative energy and stimulating new life energy in its sister stones. Balancing the body chemistry it aids the circulatory, digestive, and sexual organs.
A classic Earth stone, it is the stone of choice for your Root Chakra stones, Red Jasper charges your inner spirit, invigorating the tired and listless parts of your body, it instills new energy.
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Light Maker
Citrine is believed to be of value in cleansing re-energizing the spirit, aiding in thought and self-consciousness, it can give insight and clarity. It is thought to assist in illness of the thyroid, bladder and cleansing organs and is worn or carried for this purpose. Known also as the merchants stone, it can also bring material wealth.
Symbolic of the Sun, it is great to clear away negative energy and can be used as a cleanser for your altar space. Helping to prevent bad dreams and nightmares, it is placed under the pillow to ease sleep and give pleasant dreams.
Associated with Air it symbolizes good health and good fortune. Placed on the Solar Plexus Chakra, Citrine cleans, clears and stimulates free-flowing energy, excellent for meditation.
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Stone of Transformation
A great stone to treat and prevent anxiety, allow it to balance your thoughts and fears. The healing green of the stone brings natures healing, allowing us to face and accept the past and let it go from our thoughts and fears, releasing any power it holds over us back to the universe. In doing its work we find new confidence in our daily lives and our future. A truly powerful stone.
A protective stone, Malachite takes negativity away and clears air and energy. A stone of good fortune and luck, it can bring truly positive changes into your life, hence it's alternate name.
Tied to the Heart Chakra is gives power over ourselves and our interaction with the mundane world, giving our vision clarity and true balance.
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Apache Tear
Gaining its color from natural irradiation, Smoky Quartz removes electromagnetic energy and radiation and helps protect against them. A gentle stone it purifies our space, lifting dark thoughts and depression and leaving tranquility and peace. A great stone for settling unquiet environments and restoring order in our homes.
Smoky Quartz has an essential place in rituals, with both cleansing and healing properties it is also keeps us firmly tied to the material plane. Used as a focal point and anchor it gives a safe harbor to our spirit in higher meditation.
Used with both the Root Chakra and Heart Chakra, its grounding power and cleansing energy opens the Chakras and gives a focused approach and dispels indecision and over cautiousness.
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Gold of the North
Bringing new energy to both body and soul, Amber gives a vital boost. Stimulating higher thought it gives inspiration, encouragement and new insight. Excellent when facing new horizons, it can dispel the predictable and lead us in new directions. Amber is also considered beneficial in more mundane travels and should be carried on long journeys.
Absorbing dead, negative energy and transforming it into a new vital force is one of Amber's gifts. In ritual, Amber can be used for luck, love, power, prosperity, and health including sexual health but as a Sunstone it requires a pureness of heart and purpose.
Bound to the Sacral Chakra, Amber controls the flow of energy as it charges the spirit and physical form. It also stimulates and reactivates the Chakras with life force.
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Silesian Ruby
This stone vibrates on the frequency of love, love of others and love of self. Strengthening friendships, building bridges and calming the angry heart, all are within the power of this stone. Purifying the spirit, this stone offers the doorway to tranquility and peace in thought and deed.
This is truly a powerful stone in ritual when used in healing hearts and easing the pain of loss. It is essential to truly understand love before undertaking rituals with Rose Quartz. If you truly love a flower, you don't pick it, you water it.
Unsurprisingly Rose Quartz rules the Heart Chakra, purifying and cleansing the heart it brings healing and restoration throughout.
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Satin Spar
Helping with clear thought and insight, it dispels confusion and helps give the real picture. If used as a sleep aid it unravels troubled thoughts and helps for a restful night. It can be used in protection against false thoughts and influences and also can improve memory.
In ritual, Selenite releases you from self-delusion and allows for honesty and purity of thought. This honesty helps us raise our awareness in line with our higher consciousness, our thoughts transcend the mundane world.
Its powerful vibration can clear, open, and activate the Crown Chakra and is powerful for spiritual work.
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The Shapeshifter
This is a stunning stone and like it's namesake epitomizes balance and fearlessness. It gives clear decision-making, unclouded by fear or emotion. It drives you to action and dispels trepidation and over-cautiousness. Its objectivity and drive is a powerful combination.
In ritual, it has protective properties as well as grounding and centering. It can be used to discern how reliable or viable a person or project may be in achieving goals.
In the Root Chakra, it offers awesome grounding, in the Throat Chakra, true sight and in the Solar Plexus Chakra, it is the powerhouse of the will. It gives courage and action in abundance.
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The Setting Sun
This story of this stone begins in mans early history. Used by Bronze age man then Romans and Egyptians who called it the Setting Sun, they adorned mummies to aid their final
journey. It can stimulate the owner in both thought and deed, clearing self-doubt and motivating them on.
Used in meditation and elemental rituals to fire, they bring forth passion and love as well as instilling self-worth and confidence. In grids, they are good at the focus point
or in their elemental position.
Stimulating the Sacral Chakra, it increases the flow of both spiritual and physical energy and therefore is good for new ventures and creative expression.
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Poet's Stone
The stone of self-expression, allowing words to flow freely especially with philosophy and complex ideas. Stimulating the Third Eye, it opens the door to clairvoyance and intuition.
Boosting the immune system, it is also a great cleanser of organs and endocrine system. In ritual it is a stone of power and adds weight in focusing the will. Its mystic powers
also assist in auguries and spiritual answers.
Unsurprisingly, Sodalite cleanses and balances the Third Eye Chakra and aids in opening the door to the spiritual realm, helping us to perceive and understand what we find.
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Stone of the Speaker
Giving a sense of inner peace and benevolence this stone also instills courage and a knowledge of self. It lends itself to unique insights and ideas and the strength to explore them.
It has a two-fold use in ritual, performing well when looking to restore selfworth and inner harmony, it can also be used when seeking solutions to difficulties.
It is linked to the Throat Chakra, supporting conviction and emotion when speaking and encourages attentiveness and compassion from the listener.
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The Wisdom Keeper
This ancient stone has been used by man in jewelry, utensils and art. Found across history from Tutankhamuns death mask to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, it has a power
all of its own. It brings oneself into focus, casting aside self-delusion and false belief, it is a good stone for psychic defence from negative energies. It can be used annointed
with lavender oil to dispel night terrors and aid sleep.
In meditation and ritual this stone allows us to connect with our Higher Power, enabling us to see their will over our own wishes. It can be used to ease a troubled spirit with
its gentle nature and give clear understanding of what is really important.
Tied to the Third Eye and Throat Chakras it embodies truth, whether in the spoken word or in our higher understanding. This is one of the most powerful stones.
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Blue John
Boosting concentration, self-confidence, and decision-making, this an excellent crystal for students. Fluorite can also be used as a sleep aid when troubled thoughts break our
sleep patterns. It comes in a multitude of colors, each with different properties and effects. As a good starter stone, Rainbow Fluorite works across the spectrum of abilities.
In ritual it can be used in a number of ways, it is a great healer and balancer, especially with Green Fluorite. Its aid to learning can also be used in Grid Rituals to power
the direction and focus energies.
Fluorite is at home with any of the four upper Chakras, cleansing and balancing. Often worn as a pendant it can let its powers shine.
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The Stone Of Optimism
The stone represents prosperity, balance, creativity, optimism, calmness, and self-reflection. It can instill compassion and understanding, alleviating grief and centering
the emotions. Use Aventurine to reduce/absorb/protect against electromagnetic and environmental pollution.
The yellow energy of Aventurine is used in healing and restoring rtuals and meditations as well as cleansing. It can be drunk as an infusion for allergy and sinus treatment.
Aligned with the Solar Plexus Chakra it can open and balance the chakra which in turn alleviates doubt and indecisiveness.
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Pebble Stones of Narmada
This Holy stone is believed to be the remains of a meteor that landed in the Divine River Narmada in India. A unifying stone that brings together dual essences like light and dark or
male and female.
In meditation is can pacify the inner spirit, bringing forth the elements it can cleanse and bring rebirth through its unifying properties. It can polarize the Chakra energies,
allowing a clear pure flow of power from base to apex.
It brings forth its abilities in a unifying role, giving energy to the wielders skill at peace-keeping and understanding.
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Idocrase
This benign looking gem was first discovered on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in lava deposits, hence its name. Its fiery formmation hints at its potent abilities.
Tied to the Heart Chakra is aids ensuring a smooth flow and clears blockages. Its physical talents extend to the thyroid and endocrine system and can bring comfort when these areas are afflicted.
Its greatest talent some might say is dispelling chaos, whether in releasing anger or untangling jumbled thoughts. Vesuvianite is not a passive stone here, rather than simply calming
chaos it reorders it. Changing anger into action and confusion in to focus. It is a powerful aid in any collection.
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Crystals of Iona
The white purity of Howlite lends itself to calm and patience, releasing old attachments and finding peace.
Recognized as a powerful Guardian Stone it supports the Crown Chakra in finding self-aweness and purity while reducing self-critisism.
It can aid in sleep and finding inner peace and harmony like a white oasis of serenity.
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