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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Gemstone Series: Part 7 Meanings of Healing Gemstones

Energy Muse is designed to balance the body using the healing properties of gemstones and crystals. For thousands of years, ancient civilizations have utilized the power of crystals to release mental, physical and spiritual blockages, thus facilitating the free flow of throughout the body. On a cellular level, our bodies and quartz crystal are both made up of mineral silicon-dioxide. Because of this, we are naturally receptive to the vibrations of crystals as they transmit, reflect, store light and receive energy. When crystals are placed directly on your body, they have a powerful vibratory effect that surges from the crystal to you. According to the law of physics, thoughts direct energy and energy follows thought. Each of our crystal energy pieces serve as a tool to help the thoughts of our consciousness connect with our body.



Abalone is a beautiful shell of the sea. It is believed to hold great healing and soothing energy, encouraging a calmer demeanor. The multidimensional, pastel rainbow colors enhance feelings of peace, beauty, compassion and love. The Native Americans believe this shell to be a sacred shell and use it, along with sage, to carry messages to Heaven. Abalone is excellent to wear when you are in need of guidance in a relationship.


Agate is one of the oldest of healing stones. As a stone of strength, it was used in ancient civilizations, on the breastplates of armor, to bring warriors strength and make them victorious in battle. Agates are very protective stones, making them the perfect stones for amulets and medicine bags. They also bring us courage, emotional strength and self-confidence.


Amethyst is a natural stress reliever that encourages inner strength and brings wealth and a strong business sense to its wearer. It is a crystal of spiritual growth and protection. It brings clarity of the mind to their owner and helps you to become more in tune with your feelings so that you get to know yourself on a much deeper level. Amethyst crystals repel negative energy and attract positive energy, making them a wonderful protection stone for the home. They have one of the strongest powers to rid your home of any negative influence.


Aquamarine clears the mind, balances emotions and strengthens personal power. In ancient times, seamen carried this stone to protect them against the dangers of the sea. It also provided them with courage. Aquamarine connects with the Heart Chakra, helping you to realize your innermost truth and promoting self-expression.


Aventurine is one of the premier stones to attract luck, abundance and success. It comforts, harmonizes and protects the heart, helping also to attract luck in love. Aventurine is a manifestation stone that can help you bring your dreams into reality.


Azurite is often referred to as the “Stone of the Heavens,” as it aids in the pursuit of the heavenly self. It is believed to awaken psychic abilities, helping you to recognize intuition and spiritual guidance. It calms and relieves mental stress, helping you to clear your mind and dissolve any blocked energy. Native Americans valued it as a sacred stone for communication with Indian Spirit Guides. The Mayans are also said to have used it for sacred and mystical communication.


Black Tourmalinated Quartz is Clear Quartz with pieces of Black Tourmaline included in it. It is believed to be a stone of great luck and wealth. It encourages a large amount of light to encircle the body, helping you to heal on many levels. When worn, this crystal helps to unlock energy blockages within the body and create overall balance within it.


Bloodstone is a powerful healing stone that has been valued for thousands of years for its healing energy. It purifies and detoxifies the body, grounding negative energy and cleansing your body’s energy. Bloodstone also increases energy and strength, promoting a constant flow of energy throughout the body. It is a very beneficial stone for athletes and people whose jobs include a lot of physical activity.


Blue Lace Agate is a wonderful stone for activating and healing the Throat Chakra. It enhances verbal communication and expression, while promoting the acceptance of your emotions. It is a very supportive stone that calms your nerves, bringing a sense of peacefulness. Blue Lace Agate is an especially helpful stone for those who may be feeling depressed or worried. It can also be used to relieve insomnia and ease tension headaches.


Carnelian is a powerful Sacral Chakra Stone. It increases personal power and physical energy, bringing you courage, compassion and a boost in creativity. Wearing or carrying Carnelian enhances vitality and will, providing you with the confidence needed to approach new projects and dreams. It is a wonderful stone to wear on a job interview, as it brings good luck and opportunity, awakening your hidden talents within. In ancient times, Egyptians buries their loved ones with Carnelian as it was thought to protect their loved ones in their journey to the afterlife and calm their fears about rebirth.


Chrysocolla is a very peaceful stone that soothes and calms us in times of stress. It connects with the Throat Chakra, helping you to create a conscious flow of words to express yourself. It gently draws off negative energies of all kinds, especially in times of transition, such as breakups or job loss. It is a wonderful stone to wear on a daily basis as a support stone or to help calm your emotions. Chrysocolla helps to face challenges and changes with ease, inspiring inner balance and self-awareness. It also increases your capacity to love.


Chrysoprase opens and activates the Heart Chakra, allowing for a strong flow of energy to the heart. By sending divine energies into this chakra, it infuses you with universal love and helps you love from the heart. Chrysoprase is a stone of grace and compassion that promotes optimism, joy and contentment. It encourages acceptance of yourself by banishing feelings of superiority or inferiority from within.


Citrine is a stone of light and happiness. It does not hold any negative energy and therefore never needs to be cleansed. It brings clarity to those who wear it and helps to manifest anything you want to bring into your life. It activates your imagination, bringing more creative visions to a clearer mind and a more positive outlook in life. Powered by the Sun, Citrine warms, cleanses and energizes the body, energizing and strengthening the solar plexus.


Clear Quartz is known for its powerful manifestation properties that stimulate and revitalize the chakras within the body. Clear quartz jewelry allows the wearer to think more clearly, which helps them focus and identify their true dreams and desires. Clear quartz is also useful for spiritual development because it assists in clearing blockages in the body, which allows energy to flow freely.


Coral has been called the ‘garden of the sea’. It was believed to prevent ill fortune and offer protection from skin disease. Dreams about Coral are believed to foretell recovery from a long time illness. Ancient civilizations believed that Mars was composed of Red Coral. Coral is a good aid for meditation or visualization, as it symbolizes life and blood-force energy.


Fresh Water Pearls are cultured in inland waters and not in the sea. The oldest Pearl was worn in 4300 BC by a Persian Queen. They are considered the bringers of light, beauty and love. They also help you to become aware and conscious of the problems that we carry around with us. Pearls are linked with innocence and helps us to see life through the eyes of compassion.


Garnet is a stone of health and energy that enhances energy, passion and pleasure. It is said that the only light on Noah’s Ark was provided by a Garnet stone. It helps to move the chi and energy flow within the body, stimulating physical activity. Garnet is a good stone to help with depression, as it brings joy and hope to the wearer and helps lessen the anger directed at oneself. It also cleanses the chakras of negative energy, re-energizing them in the process.


Goldstone is made from quartz sand glass, infused with copper particles to give it its shimmery appearance. The sparkles of Goldstone are symbolic of light that can always be found in the darkness. It deflects unwanted energies and is highly regarded in the spirit realm as a protective mineral.


Hematite is a very protective stone that helps you to stay grounded in any situation. It absorbs negative energy and calms you in times of stress or worry. When you wear Hematite, it helps you feel balanced, calm and centered. This stone helps you to find your own, unique talents, releasing self-imposed limitations.


Jade is deeply rooted in Asian history and has been considered a powerful lucky charm for centuries. Jade is a stone that allows you to see past fears and negative thought patterns and instead, encourages the manifestation of dreams and transforms them into realistic goals in the physical world. This gemstone also boosts positive emotions such as courage, generosity, compassion, and longevity, all which promote a richer and more fulfilling life.


Jasper is highly valued as a healing stone that is full of grounding energy. They can connect you deeply to the vibrations of the Earth, bringing a greater understanding of the power of nature. Jasper helps us to be less judgmental and know on a soul level that we are all connected. In some Native American culture, Jasper symbolizes the blood of the Earth, making it particularly sacred.


Labradorite cleans and opens the crown chakra by stimulating the wearer’s intuition. It is a power stone that allows you to see through illusions and determine the actual form of your dreams and goals. Use Labradorite to stimulate the imagination, develop enthusiasm and to see more clearly in meditation.


Lapis Lazuli is a gemstone of complete inner awareness of the self, which connects the wearer to a higher consciousness. It has been in existence since the beginning of time. This powerful stone works by clearing and harmonizing the throat chakra, which enhances creative expression and communication. Lapis Lazuli helps you connect with your spirit guides, which provide wisdom and shield you from negativity by deflecting harmful vibes and returning them to their source.


Malachite is a stone of transformation. It assists in clearing and cleansing all the chakras. It is an overall healing stone that stimulates and balances the heart and throat chakras. Malachite facilitates the release of negative experiences so once can heal and regain hope. It is very inspiring, purifying and compassionate and attracts love by opening the heart.


Moonstone is believed to be a stone of destiny. It is strongly connected to the moon and the divine feminine, making it a wonderfully helpful stone for women. It is worn to increase fertility and harmonize the mind, providing health and protection. Moonstone helps to align the hormone production, metabolism and reproduction. It allows deep-rooted feelings to energize and come to the forefront.


Mother of Pearl is the iridescent lining that forms in mollusks. Associated with the element of water and the ocean, it is valued for its powerful healing energy. Mother of Pearl is considered to hold the energy of purity and is believed to keep evil away. It is known to alleviate fear, promote prosperity and good luck, allowing you to see that beauty in everyday things.


Obsidian is made from natural volcanic glass that forms from molten lava, which has cooled very quickly. Working on the root chakra, this grounding stone instantly connects you deep within the core of the Earth. Obsidian assists the body in clearing and removing all negative energies from the aural field, including harmful emotions such as fear, jealousy, anger, and greed.


Onyx is a powerful protective stone that can shield the mind and body from electromagnetic energy. It absorbs and transforms negative energy, helping to prevent that drain of personal energy. Onyx assists with melancholy, the release of negativity and depression. It helps to calm your fears, leaving you feeling stable and secure.


Peridot has been valued for thousands of years as a semi-precious healing stone. It is a high-vibrational Heart Chakra crystal that carries a positive energy, especially helpful for those undergoing traumatic emotional situations. It is the stone for Archangel Raphael and rules the realm of Angelic Virtues. Peridot has the ability to bring out unconditional love, happiness and light.


Pyrite is known to remedy financial hardship and attract abundance. The resemblance of Pyrite to gold has made it a traditional symbol for money and good luck. Its sunny golden color associates it with the sun and with the fortification and strengthening of the mind. Pyrite makes a wonderful energy shield, blocking out negativity from various sources.


Rhodonite helps to balance the emotions and calm impatience. It is a very supportive stone that works with the Heart Chakra to attract love, ground negative energies and see areas in your life that can be improved upon. Rhodonite helps you to rediscover your inner gifts, bringing out much-needed love into the world. It also assists you in discovering your true passion and learning brand new skills to enhance that passion.


Rhodochrosite raises your self-esteem and self-worth, while increasing feelings of self-love. It is a strong crystal for emotional healing that encourages you to love yourself and reach a state of joy and happiness. It is a powerful heart chakra stone that vibrates with the energy of love. Rhodochrosite also gives you the courage to look at things that you may have been afraid to face before.


Rose Quartz is a stone of unconditional love and is one of the most important stones for activating the heart chakra. It opens the heart to love of the self, family, friends, and romantic love. Rose quartz carries a soothing energy, which transmutes into feelings of empathy, forgiveness, and reconciliation. These feelings lower stress and tension in the heart. This gentle and powerful gemstone works to help release toxic emotions such as anger, jealousy, and resentment towards others, allowing the heart to heal and move towards a higher consciousness.


Rudraksha Seeds are miracle seeds that emit positive vibrations. These seeds have been worn by Sages and Togis since Vedic times for their profound spiritual significance and powerful healing properties. Rudraksha seeds are believed to be endowed with cosmic powers to elevate the soul and assist on the path of ascension. According to the ancient Vedas, Shiva cried tears of compassion for humanity and his tears became Rudraksha seeds to assist humanity in our healing.


Rutilated Quartz is Clear Quartz riddled with needle-like pieces of Golden Rutile, often called “The Hairs of Venus.” It can clear energy blockages of all the chakras and stimulates the alignment of the mind and body. Rutilated Quartz is said to attune you to their Divine Purpose, connecting them with the spiritual realm and their angels. It is a very uplifting stone that infuses joy into your life and surrounding environment. It is said to speed up the healing of injuries and slow the effects of aging.


Selenite is the ideal crystal for all types of energy clearing. It has the ability to clear, protect and shield your energy body as well as clearing the energy of your other crystals and home. It quickly unblocks any stagnant or negative energy to create a smooth flow of positive energy. Selenite crystals magnify the energy of any other gemstone that is placed upon it, making it perfect for reactivating and recharging your jewelry and other healing crystals. It has also been recently used in holistic medicine treatments for physical healing, including cancer treatment and tumor reduction.


Serpentine helps to bring hormones back into balance. It helps to clear out and release the dense areas of the chakras so that healing can occur. It helps you to take responsibility for your life and know your life is what you create it to be. Serpentine serves as a gentle reminder that you can always reach for the stars and obtain your goals. It can also be used to attract and manifest anything you want in life—abundance on all levels, prosperity, love, healing…anything you want!

Smoky Quartz is known for its powerful grounding properties that help the wearer reconnect to Earth and remain balanced with their feet on the ground. It magnifies a powerful vibration that absorbs and transmutes negative energy. Smoky quartz heals the mind and body by clearing mental and emotional blockages, which relieves pain and releases negative energy from the body. When this gemstone is worn close to the skin, it provides emotional support and also removes feelings of anger and resentment.


Sodalite encourages being true to your self and standing up for your beliefs. It is a stone of self-expression and confidence, helping you to deal with issues of self-worth, self-acceptance and self-esteem. Sodalite promotes intuition and a trust in your own judgment. It is a stone of awakening that stimulates the Third Eye and deepens the meditation.


Sunstone is known for its powerful connection to the light and the power of the sun. It brings light to all situations and is said to give you the power to “shine,” promoting a sunny and positive attitude. Sunstone has a bright and joyful energy that increases vitality and lightens dark moods. It helps to empower those who feel abandoned by others, encouraging motivation and positive action.


Tiger’s Eye helps to rebalance the body on all levels, encouraging optimism and trust in the future. It brings brightness and light into all situations and shines insight onto all problems. Tiger’s Eye brings good luck, abundance and prosperity to its wearer. In many ancient civilizations, it was used as a talisman against bad luck and curses. Tiger’s Eye is a must have in any home for healing.


Turquoise is known as the “master Healer,” and is said to be the bridge between Heaven, Sky and the Earth. Many Native American cultures believe that Turquoise helps to connect the mind to the infinite possibilities of the Universe and is considered very sacred in Chinese cultures as well. It is a throat Chakra stone, as it helps to foster honest and open communication from the heart. It works to protect and align the chakras, strengthening the overall body in the process.

Gemstone Series: Part 6 CHAKRA HEALING WITH CRYSTALS


Each of your 7 chakras is strongly connected with specific colors, foods, sounds and gemstones. In the busy world we live in today, the human energy field can easily become unbalanced. But, you can readjust it to promote wellness using chakra healing crystals. Colored chakra crystals produce certain vibrations to help balance, align and cleanse your 7 chakras. Check out this Energy Muse chakra stone chart and our Shop by Chakra feature on our website to learn more about your 7 chakras and chakra healing crystals:


Let’s start with the Root Chakra, or first chakra. It is located at the base of the spine, and is connected with the color red. It is associated with security, grounding, physical activity, confidence and identity, which are enhanced by root chakra crystals, Smoky Quartz, Red Garnet, Hematite, Red Jasper and Black Onyx. 

The 2nd Chakra, or Sacral Chakra, is located in your lower abdomen, and is associated with the color orange. This chakra is linked with sexuality, creativity, passion and personal power, which are magnified with Amber, Carnelian, Goldstone, Orange Calcite and Tiger’s Eye. 

The Solar Plexus Chakra, or the 3rd Chakra, is located behind the navel–your center of breath–and is associated with the color yellow. It controls courage, honor, compassion, and responsibility with others. Chakra healing crystals connected with your solar plexus chakra include Citrine, Yellow Jade, Rutilated Quartz and Pyrite. 

Your Heart Chakra, or 4th Chakra, is located in the center of the chest and is connected with the colors Pink and Green. It allows you to live from your heart and truly feel which is the fastest way to healing. Open your heart chakra with Amazonite, Chrysoprase, Emerald, Aventurine, Green Calcite and Rose Quartz. 

The 5th Chakra, or Throat Chakra, is just above your collar bone, at your throat, and is connected with blue gemstones. It promotes truth, communication, honest living and self-expression, which are encouraged with Angelite, Kyanite, Sodalite, Apatite and Aquamarine. 

Your Third Eye Chakra is just above your eye brows and in between, and is connected with the color purple. Your third eye chakra aids with intuition, guidance, self-realization and self mastery. Use Amethyst, Fluorite, Iolite, Charoite and Angelite to align and balance your third eye. 

Lastly, your Crown Chakra is at the top of your head and connected with the colors white and violet. It facilitates the energy distribution throughout the body and is connected with spirituality, meditation and deep thought. Use Amethyst, Clear Quartz, Lepidolite, Blue Lace Agate and Ametrine.



Gemstone Series: Part 5 THE 10 BEST WAYS TO USE CRYSTALS IN YOUR MAGICAL AND SPIRITUAL WORK




Everything is connected, and everything is energy. Magical and spiritual work involves working within this sea of energy to create harmony and positive change. That’s why crystals – which vibrate with very specific healing and harmonizing frequencies – are an extremely useful (and delightful!) tool.

But how to employ them? In addition to being awake to which crystals naturally call to you, and consulting books about their metaphysical properties (such as Love is in the Earth by Melody or The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals, and Stones by Margaret Ann Lembo), here are 10 practical, effective, and fun ways to use crystals in your spiritual and magical work.

1. Keep a crystal with you throughout the day. After choosing a crystal according to the type of healing or vibration-shifting you desire, and cleansing it in cold running water, sea salt, sage smoke, and/or sunlight, hold it in both hands and bring to mind the feelings and conditions you’d like it to help bring into your life. Feel as if they’re already present for you, and inwardly thank the crystal for supporting you in experiencing them. (This is a way of programing the crystal with your intention.) Then keep the crystal in your pocket, or in a pouch around your neck, each day until you feel you’ve adopted its vibration into your energy field. Be sure to cleanse it and re-empower it every few days.

2. Sleep with a crystal at night. My life has changed since I began sleeping with a black tourmaline in my hand. I can literally feel it relaxing me deeply and absorbing/neutralizing any harsh or frenetic energies from wi-fi or electronics, or that I may have picked up during the day. Other crystals that can be cleansing and healing to sleep with include amethyst, spirit quartz, jasper, and selenite (although if a crystal feels powerful to you for the purpose, I would follow that hunch).

3. Place a crystal in a certain area or room. If, for example, you’d love to create a very clear and organized vibe in your office, placing a cleansed fluorite on your desk would be an excellent idea. A citrine quartz in a retail store can help maximize the vibrations of wealth and happiness, and a white quartz can generally cleanse and uplift the vibration in any room or area. An added benefit of crystals used in this way – and another aspect of their power – is their beauty! When placed artfully, they can really enhance the aesthetic of a room.

4. Place a crystal on top of a written intention or list of goals. When you write your intentions or goals in the present tense, as if they’re already true (e.g. “I am vibrantly healthy and strong”), you can cleanse and empower a white quartz point (or another crystal that matches the energy of your goal) in bright sunlight, and then place it on top of the folded intention(s) or goals(s). If you have an altar, it would be a great place for this, or just anywhere where it won’t be disturbed. This way, the crystal acts as a battery and channel to clearly hold that intention and direct it toward its most ideal manifestation in your life.

5. Cleanse your personal energy with a crystal (or crystals). Selenite wands are excellent crystal tools for removing negativity from your personal aura. Think of them like a lint brush that snags challenging patterns or energies, pulls them out of your field, and instantly neutralizes and dissolves them. Simply move the wand around your body, a foot or so away from your skin, as if you are brushing your aura like a linty suit. Another way to cleanse with crystals is to hold a black crystal, such as a tourmaline, obsidian, or smoky quartz, and to consciously direct any harsh, excessive, or unhealthy vibrations into it. Afterwards, set the crystal in the sunlight to evaporate and neutralize what it has absorbed.

6. Put gem elixirs (or crystal essences) in your drinking water. A gem elixir doesn’t contain actual parts of a crystal, but rather the vibration of a crystal, which is preserved in water and something that keeps the vibration viable, such as brandy. When you put a couple of drops in your drinking water regularly, you bring the crystal’s vibration into your own personal vibration, which – while subtle and gradual – can shift things very powerfully. Alaskan Essences is the most popular brand for gem elixirs, and I have had great success with their products. (But if you find another brand that you trust – go for it! Just be sure the product is expertly and safely made.)

7. Make a crystal grid. If you have a number of crystals in your collection, creating a crystal grid can be a very powerful magical act. Like all magic, simply putting in the effort begins to shift vibrations, which reverberate back to you in the form of positive change. But added benefits of creating a crystal grid include the creative aspect, which instantly opens you up to Divine Energy, as well as the vibrational properties of the crystals themselves. The sacred geometry of the mandala (or whatever shape you choose) also adds its considerable power to the mix, and the emanations from a crystal grid in your space can be quite palpable indeed.

8. Use a crystal point as a wand to direct energy. When a crystal is pointed, you can use it like you would use a wand, to direct Divine/Universal energy through your body and out through the wand. To do this, consciously connect with the energy at the core of the earth coming up through your feet and tailbone, as well as the energy of the cosmos coming down through the crown of your head. Hold the crystal in your right hand, and feel this Universal energy flowing through your crown and feet, into your heart, down through your arm, and out through the crystal. You can direct energy in this way to cast a magical circle, to empower an object with magic and positivity, to activate energy, or to send someone healing energy and love.

9. Bury crystals to empower a property or create a protective boundary. To empower a property with positivity and/or to create a protective boundary around a space, bury quartz crystal points at the four corners of the lot. In this case, the bigger the crystal the better. Be sure to cleanse the crystals in bright sunlight first, and to empower them with your intention to increase positivity and create a protective aura around the space. Then bury them, point side up.

10. Use a crystal to heal, open, and/or activate a chakra. If you know that one of your chakras could use some healing, choose a crystal that corresponds with that chakra color: red for the root chakra, orange for the sacral, yellow for the solar plexus, green for the heart, blue or turquoise for the throat, indigo or royal blue for the third eye, and purple, lavender, or white for the crown. Empower the crystal in sunlight, and then simply place the crystal on your body at that chakra point. You can also recline and set the crystal directly on your body at that point. Relax and allow the crystal to affect the desired change.

Gemstone Series: Part 4 How to Cleanse or Purify Crystals



Cleansing should be done in a way that you feel most comfortable with. It should be done when you acquire a new stone and before each use.

Salt: Bury your stone(s) in sea salt for 24 hours.

Sun or Full moon: Lay your stone(s) out where they will be blessed by the sun or moon’s rays

Running Water: Put your stone(s) in a creek and allow the water to cleanse them (be sure to mark the spot so you can find them again). Be mindful that kids and animals are attracted to them and may take them. Place them where they won’t be easily spotted by passers by. If you don’t have access to a creek, then use running tap water.

Thunderstorm or snowstorm
: Place your stone(s) outside when you know a storm is coming. It it’s not only a powerful cleanser… but an energizer as well.

Meditation and Prayer
: Meditate or pray over your stone(s) and visualize the negativity being cleared away.

Smudging: The smoke from sage, herbs, resins and incense can be used to “smudge” negativity. Ignite the sage and blow it out so it smolders. Fan the smoke over your stone(s). 

Earth
: Bury your stone(s) during the full moon. Dig them up when they “feel” finished or during the next full moon. Remember to mark the spot so you can find them again.

How to Program a crystal
If you have a specific purpose for your stone, then you may want to program it with certain energies as an aid for your work. (healing, meditation, channeling, divination, cleansing, affirmations, manifesting, protection etc…) 
Hold the stone in your receptive hand (the one you do not write with). Visualize your energies mingling and you merging with the stone. At this point, you should RESPECTFULLY ask the stone (in your mind) if it is willing to be programmed for your purpose. If you don’t feel resistance, then visualize your programming going into the molecules of the stone. Remember to express your gratitude when you have finished.

How to use crystals:

Wearing: You can put stone in your pocket or purse and meditate on them when the time allows. You can often find pouch necklaces that allow you to wear them around your neck. The good thing about that is you can change them and mix and match as your needs change. You can wear stones in the form of jewelry.

Gemstone Elixer: Add one or more stones that have the properties to suit your needs to a glass of spring water. Allow it to sit over night during a full moon or during the day in the sunlight. Remove the stones (expressing your gratitude for their help) and take a moment to reflect upon the energies you have charged the water with. Drink the water and feel it entering each cell in your body and reaching into your DNA where it can repair and energize problem areas. You will find further instructions on my blog.

Meditation: select stones to help you with the desired outcome of your meditation (relaxation, healing, chakra balancing, channeling etc..). Use you intuition to see where it should be placed (held in your receptive hand, on a chakra, on your 3rd eye). This can become a very complex use so I recommend that you find a book that will you guide you further into meditation and healing with crystals. I offer several which are linked below with the chakra healing information.

Ritual Bath
: Select some stones for your bath water. As you soak, feel the energized water soaking into your skin.

In the home: Stones can be placed around the home or office wherever you feel drawn to place them (out of the reach of small children and pets). If you have a collection of small stones that would easily be lost, place them in a bowl, basket or large seashell and sit them on a sunny windowsill.

Gemstone Series: Part 3 How to Program a crystal



What does it mean to program a crystal?

Programming a crystal is somewhat like a computer program. You have a computer program to do a certain task. A crystal program would be the same. Consider what you want this crystal to do. Here are some ideas:
Meditation aid
Crystal healing
Psychic awareness
Protection
Good luck charm
Empower other crystals
Crystal reading – crystal divination
Ritual or ceremonial use
To create sacred items like jewelry or décor
Energy to be used to plants
Crystallizing drinking water
Making gem elixirs
Ritual oils
Prepare to Program a crystal

Before you program the crystal is to purify the crystal. There are several ways to do this.
  • Light some sage or incense and hold the crystal in the smoke which will cleanse away any previous programming or negative energy.
  • Place the crystal in sea salt or salt water over night
  • Place your crystal in a stream of running water where it won’t be washed downstream and lost. Take care to place it where someone won’t find it and that you will remember where it was placed.
Ask you angels or guides to clear away all energies in the crystal so that it is open and ready to receive a new program. Ask that it be blessed that it become a tool for the greater good of all and that it only work in the highest of energy vibrations.

How to Program a crystal:

  1. Contemplate what you want the crystal to do. Envision that in your mind’s eye.
  2. Hold the crystal in the hand you do not write with (receptive hand). Lay your other hand (projective hand) on top.
  3. Breath in very deeply through your nose pulling air into the very bottom of your lungs till they are totally filled up.
  4. As you take this first, clean, fresh air from the universe, see it in your mind’s eye, going into your lungs and into your blood and right down to the cells. Purifying your body and energizing it.
  5. Pause for a count of 5
  6. Exhale slowly through the mouth, expelling all of the air from your lungs and onto your hands.
  7. As you are exhaling, envision this breath as energy flowing from your chest/ heart chakra and up and into your projective arm down towards the crystal…
  8. See your energy flow from your projective hand and into the crystal. See your desire for this crystal making a connection with the crystal.. you may see little sparkles from the crystal as if thinks are shifting to accept the new program.
  9. Exhale totally till your lungs feel like a vacuum.
  10. Now inhale deeply and pull your energy through the crystal combined with some of the crystal energy.
  11. Pull this energy down through your receptive hand.
  12. Envision your energy blending with the crystal energy in your body.
  13. Pull that energy as you inhale deeply like the first time, through the nose into your heart chakra.
  14. Hold 5 seconds
  15. Repeat the entire process until you can feel the spiritual connection between you and the crystal. Now your crystal is programmed and attuned to your energy.
  16. You are done when it feels right.
  17. Thank your angels and guides for the help.

Gemstone Series: Part 2 Gemstone Elixir Directions and Recipes



A gemstone elixir is water that has been charged with the metaphysical properties of one or more crystals and/ or gemstones. Creating a gemstone elixir is very easy and inexpensive. Below you will find the gemstone elixir directions.


Needed:
1 or more crystals or gemstones that possess the metaphysical properties that you are interested in.

Directions:

  1. Wash the gemstone (s) with dish soap and water and rinse well.
  2. Meditate with the crystals in your hand. Program them by telling them what it is you want them to help with (pain relief, attract love, lose weight etc….)
  3. Place gemstones in the bottom of the clean glass container
  4. fill the container up to the desired level with water
  5. allow the container to sit in a sunny window for at least 24 hours – it is even better if you choose the day of the full moon so you get a nicely balanced yin and yang energy to the elixir - Exception: If you are trying to decrease something (debt, lose weight or shrink a tumor), work on the waning moon (just after the full moon has passed)
  6. Using a clean spoon, remove the gemstones from the water so they are not accidentally swallowed.

How to Use Gemstone Elixirs
You can drink the water as it is.
You can also make it into herbal tea or other beverages. However, steer away from artificial sweeteners, colors and caffeine.
You can rub the water on the area on the body that needs help.
Elixirs can be used on pets and plants too. Just remember to remove the stones so your pet doesn’t swallow them.
You can add the elixir to bath water
anoint people, pets or objects (to bless them with healing or protection etc...)

I’m sure you will think of other ways to put your gem elixir to use.


Suggestion to Empower Your Gem Elixir even more:


For added potency, you can handwrite positive and inspiring words and symbols and tape them facing into the container. For example: if you are trying to lose weight, you might draw a big minus sign.. and your weight goal… and words that make you think of being thin. Write it all down… and tape them facing into the container. Keep in mind that a glass container of water magnifies whatever is seen through it. So your words and symbols are magnified. This method of creating elixirs with water and words comes from Dr. Emoto’s Messages in Water. I highly recommend that you read it. Dr. Emoto photographed pictures of ice crystals on glass. He began to wonder what would happen if he played classical music to it. He was amazed that the crystals became more intricate and beautiful. He began to experiment with words like “love” and “gratitude” taped to the glass and found the same results. He tested water before and after being blessed by Monks.. and spring water from Lourdes to create incredibly beautiful crystals. He pondered what would happen if he taped negative words like “hate” or “war”. If crystals did form, they were distorted and ugly. Many times the water wouldn’t even form crystals…. Instead… the water appeared to become putrid. So imagine, if blessing water can improve it’s crystal formation, imagine what it will do for your body since you are more than 60% water.


Gemstone Elixir Recipes

To create your gemstone elixir, use the directions listed above. These are the combinations of gemstones you can use for each recipe. I normally do my magick in 3's because 3 is a magickal number that can represent the trilogy. In Christianity it would be Father, Son and Holy Spirit. To Pagans, it is Maiden, Mother, Crone. According to Doreen Virtue, the number 3 means that the ascended master that you are most devoted to is assisting you in your endeavor. This can refer to Jesus, Buddha, Kwan Yin, a favorite saint or any spiritual or religious figure Including angels and spirit guides. However, you can choose one gemstone or work with many.

Disclaimer: Crystals and gemstones can leach substances that can be harmful to ingest (lead, copper, sulphur etc...). SO do your own homework before ingesting

love elixir recipe - rose quartz, moonstone and jade
money elixir recipe - citrine, jade and aventurine
protection elixir recipe - amethyst, hematite and snowflake obsidian
peace and tranquility elixir - amethyst, jade and blue lace agate
healing elixir- quartz, bloodstone, jade
good luck elixir recipe (good for gambling or when you need a little luck on your side) - jade, citrine and quartz
emotional healing elixir - rose quartz, blue lace agate and amethyst
purification elixir (you can purify people, places and things to remove negative energy) - quartz, citrine and amethyst
weight loss elixir (no calories in this!) - rose quartz, snowflake obsidian, jade - make this during the waning moon.
blessing and consecration elixir (use this if you are doing any type of self dedication or if you want to bless someone with healing or protection) - quartz crystal, citrine and amethyst
fertility elixir (to become pregnant) - rose quartz, jade, unakite


Create your own custom gemstone elixir recipe

You will need to find out what crystals you need for your elixir. Please check my crystal meaning page linked near the top of this page.

Important Note on your Gemstone Elixir

When you have finished your elixir, you can recharge the crystals again for future use. Simply place them outside or on a windowsill for 24 hours during the full moon. You can also recharge them in a thunderstorm taking care NOT to go out in a storm.

Gemstones Basics 101




Here is a simple list of what crystals to use for what task you're trying to do.

How do you use crystals and gemstones?

Create ritual oils
Add to spells
Add to ritual bath water
Create mojo bags or gris gris bags
Create gemstone elixirs
Make your own crystal rune set
Create your own crystal reading
Chakra healing
crystal healing

Caution! The following crystals and gemstones should NOT be used in elixirs or oils that will be used for ingestion or anointing. They may leach metals and substances that could be harmful such as lead or copper. If the gemstone you want to use is listed here, wear a piece of jewelry or make a mojo bag for it.

Gemstones that may not be safe for ingestion or anointing are:

garnet, malachite, moonstone, pyrite, sodalite and tiger eye

gemstones for weight loss – rose quartz (weight loss, beauty), moonstone (removing obstacles, beauty, reaching goals), snowflake obsidian (overcome negative habits), tiger eye (strength, courage, willpower)

gemstones for healing – quartz crystal (powerful healer, pain relief), amethyst (healing, powerful pain relief), bloodstone (blood, circulatory system, fevers, general good health), carnelian (depression, blood and circulation issues, sexual problems and dysfunction), garnet (strengthens aura, heart and blood), hematite (blood, circulatory system, draws out illness from the body), jade (prevents illness, helps heal the disease while working on the underlying issue that manifested the disease, longevity, protects against accidents), rose quartz (pregnancy, child birth)

gemstones for attracting love – jade, rose quartz, amethyst, jade and aventurine

gemstone for improving sex – carnelian (energy, balance, potency)

gemstones for prosperity, money and good luck – aventurine (good luck especially in gambling, prosperity), jade (good fortune, prosperity), iron pyrite (money drawing), tiger eye (good luck, prosperity)

gemstones for protection
– quartz, amethyst, citrine, hematite, tourmaline, obsidian, apache tears, agate, carnelian, garnet, jade, moonstone, pearl, tiger eye

gemstones for peace and tranquility – amethyst, sodalite, blue lace agate, aventurine

gemstones for emotional healing – rose quartz (unconditional love, emotional healing, forgiveness, grief, depression), amethyst (calms fears, raises hope, lifts vibration), aventurine (heart chakra, calms emotions), moonstone (soothes emotions, forgiveness, empathy, understanding, unconditional love)

gemstones for fertility / pregnancy
– geode, rose quartz, moonstone, unakite, pearl

gemstones for purification – quartz, amethyst, citrine, black tourmaline, hematite, snowflake obsidian

gemstones for transformation (to change something) – black tourmaline, quartz, citrine, amethyst, malachite

gemstones for legal justice – malachite

gemstones for psychic awareness and divination – quartz, amethyst, citrine, jade, sodalite, moonstone, hematite, tiger eye, obsidian

gemstones for astral projection
– amethyst, celestite

gemstones for sleep and ream work - prophetic dreams, dream recall, lucid dreaming or for treating sleep disorders such as insomnia or nightmares – amethyst, citrine, celestite, moonstone

gemstones for wisdom – jade, amethyst, citrine, sodalite

gemstone to remove obstacles – quartz, citrine, agate, smokey quartz

gemstones for strength and courage – tiger eye, agate, amethyst, bloodstone, carnelian, garnet

gemstones for grounding – hematite, black tourmaline, obsidian, garnet

gemstones for beauty – rose quartz, moonstone, amethyst