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Crystal Healing |
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There are numerous crystals around but for the purpose of keeping it simple we are
going to focus on the most commonly used crystals in healing. Crystals heal on all
4 levels: Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual. Crystals can be chosen for
the stones specific healing property of a physical illness, disease or disorder
or they can be chosen for their healing properties on a Mental, Emotional or Spiritual
level. In addition crystals can be selected purely on the basis of their colour.
Colour Therapy and Colour Healing is very effective and Crystals can also be used
in this way. |
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The Main Crystals used in Crystal Healing |
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Agate - Agate is good protective energy
stone, especially for children, and is very calming and soothing. It also can help
strengthen the body's connection to the earth. It can give courage, energy, strength,
and dispels fears, all of which increase self-confidence. It can also lessen feelings
of envy by grounding the emotions. It is a stone of harmony, and by bringing the
elements of one's being into harmony it greatly enhances healing. Agate also enhances
creativity and stimulates the intellect. Agate is considered a stone that brings
good luck. It works with chakras according to stone colour. Agate is said to help
with issues of the teeth and gums. |
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Amazonite - Amazonite is a mint green
to aqua green stone of truth, honour, communication, integrity and trust. It is
said to enhance intuition, psychic powers, creativity, intellect, and psychic ability.
Amazonite is often associated with the throat chakra, and as such, can be beneficial
to communication. It aligns the physical and astral bodies. It can lessen stress
and self-defeating behaviours by calming and building self-esteem. Amazonite can
assist with peacefully making the transition out of this life. Amazonite is said
to heal emotional disturbances and the after effects of emotional trauma. It is
reputed to have spiritual energy healing powers of preventive energy that's good
for one's health in general, decreasing heart problems, benefiting the muscles,
helping the nervous system, lessening tooth decay and osteoporosis. |
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Amethyst - Amethyst has long been called
the "sobriety stone." In ancient Rome, crushed amethyst was added to wine
cups to prevent drunkenness. It is said to assist with healing alcoholism, compulsive
behaviours, and addictions of all kinds. Amethyst brings energies of stability,
peace, calm, balance, courage and inner strength. It has been used to protect against
psychic attacks. On the spiritual level, amethyst can help open to communication
with angels, telepathy and other psychic abilities. It is an excellent stone for
meditation or dream work, past life work, and can help you see your path. It has
also been used to help ease the pain of grief, and promote happiness. Amethyst is
reputed to be beneficial when dealing with legal problems, and money issues, which
can lead to prosperity and abundance. Amethyst is also used as protection for travellers.
Physically amethyst is said by spiritual healers and mystical lore to heal the withdrawal
symptoms of any sort of addiction, help with headaches, insomnia, arthritis, pain
relief, circulatory system issues, endocrine system problems, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia,
immune system deficiencies, and general healing. Amethyst is associated with the
brow and the crown chakras. |
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Aventurine - Aventurine is said to benefit
one in all areas of creativity, and imagination, as well as intellect and mental
clarity. Lore says that it enhances prosperity and brings career success. It is
a gentle stone energetically that gives a sense of calm and balance and enhances
happiness. It also helps one to see alternatives and potentials in all situations,
giving a positive outlook, courage and inner strength. It is also said to bring
luck, especially in games of chance. Green Aventurine is also a mystical stone of
prosperity. Aventurine bring friendship to one's life. It is also a stone of protection
energies. Folklore and metaphysical lore say that physically it is beneficial for
blood, circulatory system, headaches, general health, and sleep disorders. Aventurine
is associated with the heart chakra. |
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Black Onyx - Onyx is associated primarily
with the root chakra. It assists with challenges in life, especially those caused
by a drain of energy. It prevents the draining away of personal energy and can be
used for protection from such. It also helps with grounding and controlling or eliminating
excess or unwanted energies. It has been used for wound healing, childbirth and
to increase stamina and self-control. Black onyx and red onyx are associated with
the base (root, first) chakra. White onyx is associated with linking the base and
crown chakras to have balanced energy throughout the chakra system. |
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Black Tourmaline - Black tourmaline,
also known as schorl, is associated with the root or base chakra, and is excellent
for grouding excess energy. It is a well known as a purifying stone that deflects
and transforms negative energy, and thus is very protective. It can transform and
remove negativity from an individual or an environment. It is often used as an aura
cleanser, and can help one attain higher levels of awareness. Black tourmaline is
also used for repelling and protecting one from black magick, and is often said
to return the negative spell to the sender. Some claim that black tourmaline deflects
all kinds of energy, but my personal experience is that it's not so. It is possible
that the black tourmaline's effect of grounding excess energy gives this impression.
Black tourmaline has also been used to deflect radiation energy from tv's and computer
monitors. Emotionally, black tourmaline is excellent for dispelling fears, obsessions,
and neuroses, bringing emotional stability. Physically, black tourmaline can strengthen
the immune system, help with heart disease, arthritis, and gout. |
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Blue Howlite - Howlite is a very practical
mineral. It allows us to be calm in our communications, increase our awareness and
express our emotions. It is a spur to achieve our goals, eliminating inaction and
gives us a desire to learn and increase our knowledge. Physically it is said to
ease pain, stress and rage. It can calm and dispel criticism and can also bounce
off negative energy back to the sender! It is said to balance calcium levels in
the body and is therefore good for the treatment of teeth and bones. Please note
that blue howlite is not natural and is therefore dyed. |
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Blue Lace Agate - Blue lace agate is
a gentle, calming stone that engenders tranquillity. It assists in flight, grace,
reaching higher Spiritual planes, communicating with angels and activates the throat
chakra. It can ease the harsh edge off communication in difficult times, enhance
public speaking, and smooth discussions. It is an inspiring stone that can assist
in inner attunement, and has been used to perform miracles. As with all agates,
it is a protective stone. Physically it has been used to aid with arthritis, headaches,
digestive issues, growth, and bones. Blue lace agate is related to the element of
Air. |
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Orange Carnelian - Carnelian is an agate
class of chalcedony that is a stone of creativity, individuality and courage. Like
all agates, it has protection energies. It can aid memory, including recall of past
lives. It can assist one in finding the right mate. It is also a stone of protection
in general and from anger, jealousy and fear. In addition it can help with manifestation
of one's desires, and brings good luck. Carnelian can help ease or remove sorrows.
It also helps stabilize energies in the home. It is sometimes called the "actor's
stone". Carnelian is associated with the root and sacral chakras. Physically,
carnelian has been used to heal open sores, rejuvenate tissues and cells, rheumatism,
kidney stones and other kidney problems, gall stones, colds, pollen allergies, and
neuralgia. |
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Citrine - Citrine is known as a "success"
stone because it is said in folklore to promote success and abundance, especially
in business and commerce. Its lore also says that it enhances mental clarity, confidence,
happiness and will power. Citrine is purported to bring good fortune, sometimes
in very unexpected ways. Citrine is also a good general protection stone according
to crystal healing lore. It is said to alleviate depression and self-doubt, and
diminish irrational mood swings due to the effect of mental clarity it has. In traditional
folklore and crystal healing lore it is said to aid the digestion and eliminate
nightmares that disturb one's sleep. It is associated with the solar plexus chakra. |
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Clear Quartz - Clear Quartz is a power
stone that harmonizes and balances. It enhances energy and thoughts, and purifies
the spiritual, mental, and physical. It is also a powerfully protective stone, bringing
the purified energy in. Historically this crystal has been used to counter black
magic, to perform diagnostic healing, and to communicate with spirits and other
worlds. Clear quartz, as opposed to coloured quartz, is associated with the crown
chakra, but also works well on all chakras. Clear Quartz is considered to be the
only crystal that can clear other crystals. You can place your other crystals on
top of the Clear Quartz and this will cleanse them of any negativity. |
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Fluorite - Fluorite promotes spiritual
and psychic wholeness and development, truth, protection, and brings peace. It protects
psychically and in the physical realm. It helps one meditate and learn to go past
the "chatter" that our minds tend to generate when first learning to meditate.
It can help get rid of mental blocks and similar mental issues. Physically it helps
general health throughout the body's main skeletal and muscular systems. All colours
are also good for auric cleansing. Mixed colours bring enhanced protection in the
areas enhanced by all combined types. Clear fluorite guards against psychic attack
and strengthens consciousness. Blue fluorite has the quality of protecting the emotions
and restoring emotional balance. Purple fluorite strengthens mystical insight, psychic
awareness, and can open the third eye. Green fluorite is an excellent all purpose
healing stone that promotes healing on all levels. It also promotes self-love.
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Fuchsite - Fuschite is sometimes called
the "stone of health" in part because it can help access information on
health. Fuschite can also help one bounce back after emotional or physical problems.
It can also help get information on daily routine, stress, pets, and career. Fuschite
also can bring friendliness, compassion, and lightheartedness. It is said to speed
deep healing by assisting with recovery and immunity. It also increases energy transfer
when multiple stones are used for healing.
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Hematite - Hematite is known as a "stone
for the mind". It brings mental organization and is very grounding and calming.
It helps with original thinking, logical thinking, and mathematics. It decreases
negativity and can help balance the body/mind/spirit. Physically it has been used
to keep the body cool, to decrease blood disorders, nervous problems and insomnia,
as well as align the spine and mend broken bones. Hematite is associated with the
root (base) chakra. Hematite is good at grounding out excess energy and acting as
a stabilizing force. |
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Kyanite - Kyanite is a stone of channeling,
altered states, vivid dreams, dream recall, and visualizations. It gives protection
during these states. It brings loyalty, honesty and tranquility, and diminishes
anger and confusion. Kyanite does not retain negative energy and never needs energetic
cleansing. It does align and balance all chakras, often very suddenly. Kyanite can
remove energy blockages. Blue kyanite is associated with the throat chakra and is
a boost to meditation. Black kyanite is also a boost to meditation, and is associated
with the root chakra. Black kyanite is also very protective and deflects negativity. |
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Pyrite- Pyrite is a stone of intellect
and protection. It enhances intelligence, mental stability, logic, analysis, creativity,
memory, and psychic development. It can help you tap your own latent mental talents
and abilities. Pyrite is a powerful protection stone, and is very grounding. Pyrite
is also known as Fool's Gold and Healer's Gold. |
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Red Jasper - Red jasper is called a stone
of fairness and justice because mystical lore claims that it decreases unjustness
and helps in unfair situations. It is also said to enhance responsibility, choice,
and compassion. Used in mystical dream work, it can enhance dream recall. It is
said to assist in protection and rescue from danger. Red jasper is associated with
the first and second chakras. Metaphysically, it is purported to have a stabilizing
effect, and help one take all one's energy and use it in a balanced manner. It is
also said to be a stone that helps in all areas of survival, and is a very protective
stone. Red jasper said in gemstone lore to be a stone of controlled passion and
used to help control one's own passions. Crystal healing lore says that physically
it assists in healing by maintaining positive movement with all types of disorders
and disease.
Red Jasper Healing Crystals are available in our Shop.
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Rhodonite - Rhodonite is a stone of grace
and elegance. It decreases anxiety while increasing attention to detail. It works
beneficially on the heart chakra, opening one to unconditional love and increased
service to mankind. It is also a calming stone. Rhodonite is also a stone of contrasts.
The bright pinks indicate energy that enhances passionate love. The shiny black
indicates grounding energy. This stone can help one have a passionate love that
is also grounded. Physically it has been known to help with emphysema, joint inflammation,
light sensitivity, strep throat and heart disorders.
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Rose Quartz - Rose quartz is a stone
of unconditional love. It opens the heart chakra to all forms of love: self-love,
family love, platonic love, and romantic love. Rose quartz has excellent protection
energies during pregnancy and childbirth. The elevated energy of quartz gives rose
quartz a property of enhancing love in virtually any situation. It also brings gentleness,
forgiveness, and tolerance. Rose quartz is also said to be helpful with weight loss.
Rose quartz is associated with the heart chakra. |
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Smokey Quartz - Smokey Quartz is a grounding
and stabilizing stone. It brings calm and centering, lifts depression, enhances
practicality, and generally removes negative energies, bringing happiness. Smoky
quartz is also a good luck stone. It can also assist in tapping subconscious wisdom.
Smoky quartz is a protective stone, particularly for physical protection, protection
from negativity, and psychic protection. Physically, smoky quartz is helpful for
kidneys, abdomen, pancreas, reproductive organs, menstrual cramps, fertility issues,
water retention. Smoky quartz is associated with the root chakra. |
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Sodalite - Sodalite is a stone of logic,
rationality, and efficiency. It is helpful for work in groups and stimulates thought.
Sodalite is a stone that is good for healing breaches in communication. It is a
stone of truth, and brings this to all communications. It can help end arguments
or other disagreements. It is particularly useful for honesty of emotions. It increases
intelligence, knowledge and learning, and can unite the logical with the spiritual.
Physically it is beneficial for the glands, digestive system, relieving insomnia,
and decreasing calcium deficiency. It can also be useful for quicker healing of
head colds. Sodalite is associated with the throat and brow chakras. |
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Tigers Eye - Tiger's Eye is a stone of
protection that is also very grounding. It enhances integrity, willpower, practicality
and correct use of power. It is a stone that enhances good luck, and brings prosperity,
often in the form of money. Tiger's eye is also a very protective stone which is
especially protective during travel. It can also help one see clearly without illusion.
Tiger's eye brings a special boost to the solar plexus chakra and to one's personal
power. |
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