Well, for starters, what do I mean by crystals?
I mean rocks. Beautiful rocks with ancient significance, some more known to the ancients than others.
John's Revelations have some of my favorite examples of ancient crystal awareness:
"The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow gleaming like an emerald encircled the throne."
"The foundations of the city (or people of the city) were adorned (or arranged) with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as pure as transparent glass.
But I saw no temple in the city...."
I'm not entirely sure how my relationship with crystals happened, I vaguely remember a chain of events, but looking back it just seemed that one day I was not aware of crystals and the next day I was addicted to their resonance. It was as if they found me, I guess they did.
17 years ago we named our cat "Jade." I don't even know why I thought that was a beautiful word, I had no idea what Jade really was.
My mother-in-law shared some jewelry with me, I suspect that one of the strings of beads is Jade, but I have yet to have that confirmed. My wondering began.
My mother gave me some Tiger's Eye earrings and an Agate pendant. My youngest daughter desired a piece of Rose Quartz and then a piece of Amethyst, and was allowed to purchase them, and when she brought it home I loved them much as she did, it seemed. I began to purchase pieces for myself and my collection grew and grew and grew. Each piece comes with an encouragement, Tiger's Eye for insight, Agate for strength, Rose Quartz for gentle love, Amethyst for spirituality. The descriptions I mentioned are very, very basic. Each stone actually has layers of meanings, and can mean different things to different people.
My collection is more than some and not as much as others, but I have developed a sense of what they mean to me, so what do I reach for when I reach for:
Labradorite? Positive magic
Carnelian? Physical attraction
Citrine? Positive finances and sunny outlook
Aventurine? Luck in love and money
Jade? Power, but not for power's sake. When I feel like positive things are happening I reach for Jade to enhance the effects of that positivity. I avoid Jade when I feel negative. It also feels like it draws me to earthy people, but repels me from those who are motivated by the "Jotunn machine."
Jasper? Comfort and beauty, although it seems like it is backfiring a bit lately. As if my motivation for being beautiful causes me to overthink my own vanity and feel insecure instead. Perhaps Jasper needs to be used along with a desire to focus on letting inner beauty be seen outwardly, as opposed to vanity. I think outward beauty is a nice thing, but without inner beauty, vanity really is like a rotten Easter egg.
Tiger's Eye? Safety while traveling
Pink Quartz? Romance
Amethyst? Enhanced spirituality
Chevron Amethyst? Clearing an area of negativity
A necklace of Lapis Lazuli combined with Smokey Quartz? Enhancement of the "clairs," i.e. clairaudience, clairsentience, clairvoyance. It also seems to be helpful in seeing auras and communicating with nature spirits. At this time it is too powerful for me to wear frivolously, or it will mess with my realities. I have to wear it in relative solitude, it is wonderful to wear while walking in nature alone.
Denim Lapis earrings? They always stand out to my husband, he always says "nice earrings." I have come to reach for them when I am planning to be focused primarily on him.
Pearls? Letting go of expectations
Amber? Warmth and pain relief
Amazonite? Strength from the inside out, literal strength for bones and teeth and skin
Sardonyx? Emotional and physical protection
Malachite? Enhanced sense of personal worth
Kyanite? Good communication skills
Selenite? Spiritual sensitivity
Garnet? Spice of life, and deflection of negativity
Turquoise? Friendship
Blue Calcite? Saying the right things
Calcite? Find my personal perfections, what is just right for my journey
Goldstone? Energetic alchemy
Howlite? Neutrality
Clear Quartz? Aspirations
Pink Mangano? Reiki Stone
There are so many more, but the aforementioned have been entering into my daily life often.
I also have a bracelet that has a variety of stones to enhance the chakra energies and I wear it for energetic balance.
These are experiential observations. I start with the meanings that have been attributed to these stones by others, and I observe how I feel while I wear them. I sense how they interact with me and my surroundings. Different people respond differently to different stones, and some people aren't open enough to responding to stones at all, they might change, they might not.
Everything has a measurable vibration, and everything can affect the vibrations around it. Vibrations are related to emotion and relationships, and emotion to health. Vibrations will affect manifestation for better or worse, might as well be for better, right?
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