Stones and crystals have continuously fascinated us these mysterious jewels buried deep inside the earth have been used to embellish and decorate almost everything. Stones and crystals have been valued not just for the beauty but also for the rarity.
Stones and crystals have also been used as symbols of power and status, as payment, for divination, in technologies and in magicks. Stones and crystals are some of the rarest and most common structures on the planet and in the universe.
Stones and crystals are very easy to acquire now a days and prices range from a few pennies to Hundreds of thousands of pounds depending on their size and how rare they are. Every house will have few stones and crystals hanging around (whither you’re a pagan or not) in jewelery, in (or as an) ornaments or even glued to a birthday card, making them a part of our daily lives.
But Stones and crystals also have magickal and healing properties which is simple to perform and relatively low cost. When you purchase or find your stones and crystals the first thing you will need to clean your stones and crystals of negative energy.
Cleaning Stones
Stones and crystals are thousands if not millions of years old and have their own energies and spirits, some may contain other spirits or guardians so before rushing to cleanse them it is advisable to spend some time listening to the crystal to see if it needs cleansing and what way is best to cleanse them.
There are a number of ways to cleanse a crystal of any past influences or negativities.
Cleansing Methods
1. Run stones and crystals under cold running water, where possible use a stream but a garden hose or kitchen tap will do.
2. Bury the stones and crystals in ground earth a clay pot full of soil will do, length of time depend on your own feelings (3 days, part or full lunar cycle etc)
3. Sun or moon cleansing leave in direct moonlight or sunlight for 3 to 7 days.
4. Rubbing or encasing in sea salt
5. Pass through associated incense or smudge stick
Once the stones and crystals have been cleansed they will need charge or empower the crystal to a desired purpose. Each crystal will have a number of correspondences and it is possible enchant a crystal with a desired purpose such as a charm or talisman but always choose the correct crystal for the desired out come.
Charging and directing your stones and crystals.
Hold the crystal between your palms and connect with the energy of the crystal and fill the crystal with energy empowering the crystal with life energy think about the energy of the crystal what is its purpose. Match the crystal of the crystal as you fill once it as been filled you will feel its pulse allow your energy and the stones and crystals energy to mix this helps personalize the crystal to your energy helping you access it energy when needed.
When directing your stones and crystals to a desire out come you will need realize that a crystal works in two basic ways it either attracts or projects energy holding the crystal in the appropriate hand (if you are right handed your right hand will project while you left hand attracts (reverse if left handed).
In the case of a charm or talisman the crystal is set to attract like energy and the over flow of energy is imbued with like energy set to attract a goal , such as luck or love etc. or even in healing as a way of drawing off excess negative energies.
In other magicks and healing stones and crystals are used to direct energy into an object, person or higher plane. This projection can be used to either fill with energy or expel energies
Magical uses of stones and crystals
Place stones and crystals in bags wallets or pockets wrapped in cloth (white or associated colour)
Astral Projection – Quartz, Amethyst, Tourmalated quartz , Carnelian, opal, Peridot, Fluorite
Business Success – Aventurine Bloodstone, malachite, Green tourmaline, yellow zircon Tiger Eye,jade
Dieting – Moonstone, Topaz
Dreams – Amethyst, Azurite, Peridot, Fluorite
Gambling – Amazonite, aventurine, cat’s eye
Happiness – Amethyst, chrysoprase, yellow zircon
Healing/Health – Agate, amber, amethyst, aventurine, azurite, bloodstone, calcite, carnelian, cat’s – eye, celestite, chrysoprase, coral, quartz diamond, flint, garnet, hematite, holey stones, jade, jasper, jet, lapis lazuli, peridot, petrified wood, sapphire, sodalite, staurolite, sugilite, sulfur, sunstone, topaz, turquoise, red zircon
Love – Agate, alexandrite, amber, amethyst, beryl, calcite, chrysocolla, emerald, jade, lapis lazuli, lepidolite, malachite, moonstone, olivine, pearl, rhodocrosite, sapphire, sard, topaz, pink tourmaline, turquoise
Money, Wealth, Prosperity, Riches – Aventurine, bloodstone, calcite, cat’s-eye, chrysoprase, coal, emerald, jade, mother-of-pearl, olivine, opal, pearl, peridot, ruby, salt, sapphire, spinel, staurolite, tiger’s-eye, topaz, green tourmaline, brown-green-red zircon
Physical Energy – Beryl, calcite, rhodocrosite, selenite, spinel, sunstone, tiger’s-eye, red tourmaline, red zircon
Reconciliation – Diamond, selenite
Sexual Energy – Carnelian, sunstone, yellow zircon
Sleep – Moonstone, peridot, blue tourmaline
Success – Amazonite, chrysoprase, marble
Travel – Chalcedony, orange zircon
Wisdom – Chrysocolla, coral, jade, sodalite, sugilite
Originally posted 2011-04-03 10:38:59. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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