OTHER BOOKS

by Robert Simmons

The Pocket Book of Stones

Stones of the New Consciousness

Moldavite: Starborn Stone of Transformation (with Kathy Warner)

Earthfire

by Naisha Ahsian

The Crystal Ally Cards

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Simmons, Robert, 1951 – author.
   The book of stones : who they are and what they teach / Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian; with contributions by Hazel Raven. — Revised edition.
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   1. Crystals—Psychic aspects. 2. Precious stones—Psychic aspects. 3. Crystals—Therapeutic use. 4. Precious stones—Therapeutic use. I. Ahsian, Naisha, 1968- author. II. Raven, Hazel. III. Title.
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THE STONES

The stones are always circling Her,

Tumbled under ocean waves.

They’ve gazed upon Her star-white face

And danced the night moon tides away.

The stones are echoing Her name—

In deep rock veins they chant and tell

Of rushing streams and hollow hills,

The blessed darkness of Her womb.

The stones all listen to Her Song—

Harp strings touched by wind and rain

From Heaven’s arc to Earth’s deep core—

In life’s great web each note a strand.

The stones are borne up from the Earth—

Ancient sacral gown of jewels—

And as they wake our vision sparks

A prismal glimpse of She who comes!

                                 —Anonymous

We know that much pagan thought, as exemplified in the famous phrase, “as above, so below,” suggests that the terms “inferior” and “superior” are unreal. The idea “as above, so below” evokes an awe toward Nature, a sense that we share consciousness with plants, animals, stars and stones, and that all living creatures, including stones, share a consciousness with the Soul of the World … or the spiritual genius of the Earth.

—Robert Bly in News of the Universe

In a crystal we have the clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being.

—Nicola Tesla

PREFACE

This extraordinarily beautiful book, by its title, The Book of Stones, softly and without fanfare, but with immense truth, announces that this writing comes directly from the stones themselves, is of them, not an imposed, conceptual theory about stones written from a non-soul-engaged perspective. Of the myriad books now available about gems and minerals and their metaphysical properties, this work is both the base and the crown. There is something different, very different about the book you hold in your lap. (It may be a little too heavy to hold for very long in your hands; but, after all, stones are supposed to be heavy.) The love, care, precision, beauty, embrace, depth and height that characterize this writing and the very design of the book itself resounds a new, emerging form of spiritual metaphysics; an engaged metaphysics, one that dissolves the separation between the properties of the stones and a passiveness of the stone-holder; a radical departure from the usual kind of spiritual metaphysics that expects to get something without giving very much.

This book, by the very way it is written and presented, boldly declares that working with stones beckons us to an I-Thou meeting rather than expecting the goodies to come pouring in the moment a purchase is made. The spiritual-metaphysical properties of stones as listed in the book are more ‘the promise,’ spoken by the stones, of what could happen if we approach them as living beings. We can obscure and severely limit this most basic dimension of stone-work if we take the many attempts to put the intimacy of a soul-connection with stones into scientific terms and then proceed to take those terms naively and literally.

To take what is promised by the stones literally would trap us in a terrible kind of materialism. It is their promise and has to be heard and felt on their terms, not in terms of our personality needs. For example, if a stone promises prosperity, to take that offering literally is to abuse the speaking of the stone, for ‘prosperity’ spoken in an intimate relationship cannot possibly mean “you are going to make me materially rich.” If I say to a dear friend, lovingly, with all my heart, “I wish you prosperity,” I am not saying, you will become materially wealthy because we are related. I am saying that because of our intimacy, your soul prospers and the world shines brighter.

The new work proposed in this writing begins, at last, to go beyond needing backing by science on the one hand and practices from the past on the other hand. Just as the human being emanates an electromagnetic field, so too do stones. However, I never relate with another person as soul-being in terms of an electromagnetic field, and the attempt to be scientific can obscure the mystery of our meeting in an effort to make it more acceptable to those who cannot understand loving a stone. It is time to roll the stone out of the closet! There is the unmistakable presence, a Who, that accompanies every stone with which we establish a relationship. And the connection is spiritual while being completely within matter. Here, by working in depth with stones, the age-old and false division between spirit and matter is demonstrated as wrong each moment we really take the time to notice what is happening while holding a stone. Matter’s spirit and soul reveals itself to us in utmost particularity. Sometimes we are shocked and are thrown into tears with the overwhelming recognition of the soul of matter. Sometimes we simply feel that it is going to take time for the relating to develop.

Just as the scientific understanding of what happens when we hold, carry, meditate with a stone is not to be taken literally, neither are the references to spiritual/occult systems such as shamanism, alchemy, or occult lore to be taken as fact. The two, when de-literalized, are saying that the range of the felt-sense of a relationship with a stone simultaneously spans the whole of the outer cosmos and the whole of the inner worlds, which are, after all, one. Stones, in other words, are the most perfect tool in all of the universe for simultaneous world and self-understanding. Scientific explanations are a metaphor for the outer dimension of the relationship, and magical explanations are a metaphor for the inner dimensions. The science metaphors impress upon us that matter matters, and the occult metaphors impress upon us that all matter is ensouled. It is time, though, if work with stones is to move to the next level of what can happen, to move away from dualistic mentality and move toward more adequate imaginations such as ‘resonances,’ ‘fields,’ ‘currents,’ ‘emerging,’ ‘interactive unfolding, ‘wholeness,’ and a host of other, more descriptive and thus truer senses of what is happening. The philosopher Martin Heidegger said that any explanation can only go so far as the explication of the phenomenon. A wonderful notion. In the case of stones, the explanations tend to be way, way ahead of the explications. To explicate, means simply to fully be present with, to listen inwardly and intently and describe the phenomenon from within the phenomenon itself. Here lies the precise manner in which this book is both base and crown of all books on the mineral worlds. More, much more time is spent with explication than with explanation. That is, you have the chance to meet the stones, intimately, closely, soul-fully, before trying to explain how they do what they do.

Each stone works simultaneously in three ways, at three levels—a physical level, a soul level, and a spirit level. There is nothing theoretical or speculative with this suggestion; it is wholly a matter of noticing. In order to meet at the physical level, an empathy of openness is required. We have to suspend judgment, see what is here before us without preconceptions, and be able to be perceptually present with a simultaneous focused and diffused attention, to see the stone in its particularity, with focus, and to also see its relations with its world-surroundings, with diffuse attention. To meet at the soul level requires more; we have to be present to how a stone goes on exerting its presence when it is no longer physically present. I remember, for example, working with Azeztulite. It took a long time to really see this stone. I thought it at first just a member of the category “quartz,” that was supposed to have extraordinary properties. Then, one day, I really looked and saw the sparkling, multifaceted light gleaming from the white depth of this stone. What I previously perceived through known categories disappeared and I saw this stone for the first time, even though it had been in my house for several months. The next morning, when I awoke, there was the inner presence of multitudinous gleaming, glowing lights, and a felt sense of felt-connection with the stone. I knew then, we had moved to a soul level of relating. Then, later, in meditation with the stone, a conscious blending with the inner qualities of the stone took place, such that I could not tell where I ended and the being of the stone began. And, there were endless soft white currents, infinite in depth. At the moment that happened, everything I ever knew about religion and spirit was suddenly gone as I was faced with a spiritual presence that was inexplicable and yet soft. Its presence was nonetheless so powerful that all previous religious categories fell away. I did not know what to expect, nor do I now, as the work seems to be to allow what it wants to unfold.

Stones are not simply commodities to be bought and sold, used and put aside. Just as the alchemists knew there was a relationship between the seven metals and the spiritual beings of the seven planets, and our bodily health, there seems to me to be an intimate relationship between the millions of stones and the spiritual beings of the millions of stars. And, I suspect this relationship has to do with the health of the Earth, that we who find ourselves drawn to stones are called to be servants of the Soul of the World. Our teachers showing us the ways to do this are the stones, and what they have to teach is far, far beyond anything we can possibly imagine. This book is the portal to working with spirit-beings, who through millions of years of development, are embodied. Wisdom.

—Robert Sardello, PhD
The School of Spiritual Psychology

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To my wife and partner, Kathy Helen Warner, I offer my deepest gratitude for the hundreds of hours of work you have dedicated to the creation and production of this book, for your lively mind and loving heart, and for helping me become aware of the spiritual aspects of stones. To my coauthor Naisha Ahsian, I extend my appreciation and respect for your inner gifts and your loyalty to them. Special thanks also go to Hazel Raven, both for her contributions to the book and for her pioneering work as a crystal healer and teacher in Great Britain and Europe.

To our book designer, Margery Cantor, who walked into our office unannounced, her intuition tugging at her sleeve, thanks for paying attention and for making the book beautiful. To Be Engler, whose eagle eyes found hundreds of mistakes large and small, thanks for making us look like better writers. To John Goodman, who was willing to keep taking pictures late into the night, I bequeath an electric guitar and and my hopes that we will both succeed as rock stars—of a different type. Kudos to Dr. Bill Warnock for helping me get well from the mysterious illness that would have kept me from finishing this book. Thanks also go out to Patrice and Joe Alexander, Greg Warner, Tigran Muradian, Sean Willey, Yula Troughton, Jean Barberi, and Angela Payette—the staff of Heaven and Earth—who have supported my work in innumerable ways.

To those who lent us stones or allowed us to use their pictures of stones, I am grateful for your generosity. To the customers who ordered their copies of this book up to two years ago, thank you for your patience. To the many crystal lovers over the years who have sent and told me the stories of your spiritual experiences with stones, thanks for spreading the word, and keep up the good work!

To my guides and teachers, thank you for helping me walk this pathless path.

—Robert Simmons

In acknowledging those who have supported and helped me in the process of writing this work, I must begin with thanks to Creator, Kchi Niwaskw, who has lent the original spark of inspiration and the continuing flow of energy for both my life and all of my cocreations. May all of my work be for the purpose of bringing balance to Mother Earth and All Our Relations.

I also must acknowledge my spirit teachers and guides, who have been instrumental in the writing of this book and my own development and growth. Thank you to the Crystal Allies, who have shared their patience, humor and love in addition to the information I requested of them. They have taught me that information does not equal knowledge, and that the alchemy of transforming information into knowledge requires a high degree of willingness to learn by falling on one’s face.

Thank you also to Grandmother Spotted Owl, who has taught me the true reality of apparent illusion.

Thank you, Ron, for grabbing me by the ankles and yanking me back to Earth occasionally, putting up with my late nights, missing meals, occasional mood imbalances, and for stopping my spinning and lovingly shoving me in a direction—any direction! You teach me so much about presence, surrender, joy and the power of giggling! You are my bestest friend.

Marie Sierra–Hope Thorn Mali Kindria Katcoffee! My little Silverwings is becoming an Eagle! I love you so much! You are a miracle. Thank you for reminding me how ridiculous it is to be an adult, and for your patience in losing your mother yet again down the writing well.

To my Crystal Resonance Therapy students, thank you for your willingness to do your own work! I learn so much from you! Thanks also to my Primus Healing Technique Practitioners, for carrying the most important vibration of all to Earth and to humanity.

To my friends: thanks Janet for crystal road trips, coffee breaks, attitude adjustments and general commiseration; thanks Laura for your office support, friendship and laughs; Daphne, for taking on the responsibility for things no one else wants to own up to; and thanks also to the rest of the Hardwick P. Posse (Janet D., Jill E., and Sierra T.) for helping me to not take myself so seriously!

Finally, thanks to Robert Simmons and Kathy Helen Warner for their work through a long labor and the final birth of this creation into the world.

And, as always, to everyone who has helped, hurt, healed or held me—thank you for all the lessons!

—Naisha Ahsian

DISCLAIMER

This book is not a substitute for professional medical or psychological advice and care. The authors of this book do not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of stones as a form of treatment for medical or psychological conditions. Readers should regularly consult a physician and seek professional medical advice about any physical, medical, psychological, or emotional matters that may require diagnosis or medical attention. The statements in this book have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This book is not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.

The information discussed in this book regarding the metaphysical properties of stones is intuitively derived and has not been scientifically evaluated. Readers are advised to view this information as speculative in nature, and to evaluate it in light of their own experiences. The authors’ intent is only to offer information of a general nature to help readers in their spiritual quest for higher consciousness and well-being. In the event that you use any of this information in this book for yourself, the authors and publishers assume no responsibility for your actions.

INTRODUCTION

Way back in the spring of 1984, I found myself on the highway running the length of Cape Cod, daydreaming about meteorites. I was a jewelry designer and craftsman, and I was trying to think of some unusual and attractive way to incorporate bits of meteorite into jewelry pieces. I wanted to make something unique, rather than the ruby, emerald, sapphire and diamond rings that were my stock in trade.

Suddenly an image broke into my mind—a golden comet with a meteorite at the head and tiny sparkling diamonds strewn in the tail. I was captivated by the vision and was certain I had seen the answer to my inner question. To my knowledge, no one had ever made anything like this before. A few moments later, I realized that Halley’s comet—the most famous comet in world history—would be appearing in the skies about a year and a half from then. I imagined ‘comet fever’ sweeping the globe and, with it, a big demand for my newly inspired comet pendant design. Visions of fame and fortune danced in my head.

They danced so entrancingly that I missed the turn-off for my sales appointment and traveled another thirty miles before realizing it. At that point, I abandoned my plans and decided to visit a friend who lived on that part of the Cape, and who had once had success marketing a similarly unique jewelry design.

When I told him about my new idea, he said, “That’s great, but you should use Moldavite instead of a metal meteorite. It’s a tektite, another kind of meteoric stone, but it’s also a gem. I read about it years ago.”

Rummaging through his bookshelves, he found it—a 1958 lapidary magazine with an article on Moldavite. I pored over it eagerly, finding that here indeed was a celestial gemstone, a transparent green glassy material that could be faceted into gems. I also discovered the odd fact that the writer had believed these space rocks had special ‘powers’ that could bring good fortune and spiritual progress to those who possessed it. In fact, he linked it to numerous historical anecdotes and legends, comparing it to the fabled ‘Stone of Shambhala’ and the ‘Stone of the Holy Grail.’ I was puzzled, but strangely excited, and an odd feeling of destiny moved like a wave through my usually skeptical mind. I decided to call the author, if I could find him, and ask a few questions.

In a matter of minutes, the operator had given me the telephone number of George Bruce in Stone Mountain, Georgia. I made the call, wondering what I would say if he answered. After a few rings, an old man’s voice crackled, “Hello?”

“Hello. My name is Robert Simmons, and I’ve just been reading your article about Moldavite. I was hoping I could ask some questions about it.”

There was a long silence, which finally ended when the old man’s voice asked incredulously, “You’ve just been reading my article?” I nearly laughed. I had forgotten the magazine was twenty-six years old.

We talked for four solid hours. I’m still not sure which of us enjoyed it more. He was delighted that someone was finally interested in his favorite stone, and I was becoming increasingly intrigued with the stories he told about these mysterious objects that fell from the sky. I was also certain I had found the right gem for my comet pendant. We hung up, agreeing that Mr. Bruce would send me samples.

My wife and I have written a whole book about Moldavite and our experiences with it, so I won’t go into everything here. It’s enough to say that this day was my doorway into the world of metaphysical stones. I had always loved rocks and minerals—from the carnelian I bought as a Cub Scout to the emeralds I set in my gold rings—but from the moment Moldavite caught my attention in such an oddly serendipitous way, evolutionary change came rapidly and almost without effort. Many, many synchronicities led me to change my lifestyle to a healthier, more spiritually oriented one. A few months later, I met my wife-to-be, Kathy Warner, a healer and crystal worker. She was the first person to realize that Moldavite had a higher purpose than my comet pendants, and she became my teacher in regard to the properties and uses of many members of the mineral kingdom. It only seemed natural that we open our little store on the day after our wedding. And the name, Heaven and Earth, described the origins of our inventory as well as our hopes for what working with crystals and stones could bring together for our customers.

Twenty years later, my skepticism about whether stones emanate ‘energies’ is gone, though many questions remain. I have watched literally thousands of people get their first ‘tingle’ from a Moldavite or other crystal, and I have read hundreds of letters from people who have written to describe how one stone or another has been a catalyst for inner healing, self-discovery and/or a deeper connection with Spirit. I have gone through many personal experiences of energetic linkage with stones and the beings who communicate through them. I have theories about how these things may happen, but no measurements or objective proofs to offer the scientifically inclined. The best advice I can offer anyone is, “Try it and see for yourself.” Not everyone is immediately able to feel stone energies, or to notice their effects on consciousness. To them I say, “If you’re interested, keep trying.” It took six months of meditation before I clearly felt energy from a stone, but that first time was a big deal! It changed my picture of reality.

Being in the business of selling crystals for metaphysical use always entails the sharing of information. In the early days of our store, Kathy and I spent many hours talking to customers, telling our stories, sharing our intuitions and making suggestions of what stones people might try out to help them achieve specific goals. Our ability to attune to stones and to people sharpened with practice, and our own work with the stones increased our reservoir of knowledge. After a couple of years, we produced the first Heaven and Earth Network News—a newsletter devoted to exploring the metaphysical properties and uses of stones. We called in psychics and channelers, and we drew as well upon the information provided by our inner guides. My own guide came with a name and an image—Radha, a sixtyish lady with glasses, a beehive hairdo and an impish sense of humor. In this book, with her invisible permission, I put my own name beside the ideas we have intuited together.

Another vital source of intuitive information on the metaphysical properties of stones has been my friend and coauthor Naisha Ahsian. She came into the store one day to check out the energies of our inventory, and ended up having one of the most powerful reactions to Moldavite we had ever witnessed. Psychically sensitive since childhood, Naisha was capable of ‘channeling’ various guides who spoke through her of how humans might benefit from the use of stones. She also predicted the emergence of the stone Azeztulite months before we discovered it. As we became friends, I began incorporating her information into the newsletter. Years later, she experienced an intense and sustained contact with the entities she calls the ‘Crystal Allies’—benevolent spiritual beings who personify the energies emanated by the various stones. The result of that connection was Naisha’s creation of the highly popular oracle deck and book known as The Crystal Ally Cards. She has gone on to found a school, the Crystalis Institute, which offers a certification program in Crystal Resonance Therapy. (For more information, see the Resource section in the back of this book.)

I want also to acknowledge another friend, Hazel Raven, who has helped by providing her insights on the properties of several laboratory-grown or ‘treated’ stones. They are a part of this book, even though some people (including Naisha) prefer to work only with completely natural minerals. My reason for including such materials is simple—people are using them and feeling their energies, and they offer vibrational patterns not found in other stones. Hazel Raven, who is perhaps Great Britain’s best-known teacher and author in the field of crystal energy work, kindly offered her intuitions regarding whatever stones I asked about, and they have added greatly to my own understanding.

In urging the reader forward into to his or her adventures within the mineral realm, I offer a little advice. Don’t take our words, or anyone’s, as gospel truth. People’s experiences of stone energies vary at least as much as their experiences of music, art, psychic ability and various other types of perception. We’ve attempted to describe our intuitions about how the stones in this book might be utilized to enhance one’s consciousness, emotions, health and spiritual growth, and we trust from past experience that a large portion of those who try them out will agree. But we’ve also seen many times that individuals will sometimes respond to particular stones in completely different ways from one another. Even Naisha and I view certain stones through somewhat different perceptual lenses. To us, this expands rather than invalidates the pool of knowledge which we are all building together. Those of us who try to hear what the crystals are saying and receive what they offer are explorers, mappers of unknown territory. The stones themselves, and our own inner guidance, are the best teachers.

This brings up one of the reasons we have included a color picture of each of the stones we discuss. Not only do they display the beauty of the mineral realm and provide readers with visual images for the sake of recognition—they also offer an energetic link to the stones themselves. One way to decide which stone one may wish to select for a specific purpose is to hold one’s intention in mind while thumbing through the pages of this book. See what draws your attention. Ask inwardly what the pictured stone offers. Then read the commentary, without discarding your own intuitions. Through the image, one can create a resonant connection with the stone itself, and with practice one can learn to choose from the pictures alone.

We have selected the stones in this book on the basis of their spiritual properties and their availability. We have left out minerals which we view as being unhelpful, and certainly anything we knew to be radioactive or highly poisonous. (Some stones we include may still have levels of toxicity, as in lead-based or mercury-based minerals. So please don’t eat any of the stones in this book! And be careful how you handle those about which you have doubts or concerns. Look them up in a mineral reference book if you aren’t sure.) We have also left out materials which are exceedingly rare or are unavailable in the marketplace, although in some instances, where the energies were simply too good to miss, we have included rare minerals. The goal of The Book of Stones is to provide a pictorial metaphysical reference for the widest array of crystals, minerals and gemstones which people can actually find and use. We also hope to have provided somewhat more in-depth information than has previously been available. And we believe that by presenting the perspectives of two different authors side-by-side, we have given our readers a more multidimensional view of what the stones can offer.

Working with stones for spiritual growth, consciousness expansion and self healing is a field of exploration and speculation. We can’t scientifically prove that any of this stuff works, and we may never be able to do so. Yet millions of people are out there buying crystals and using them in these ways. The ‘fad’ that started twenty or thirty years ago hasn’t died out. Nonetheless, we do not advocate using stones instead of traditional medical or psychological care. Do both if you want to. As far as we can tell, crystals are like chicken soup—they can’t hurt. So experiment to your heart’s content, but don’t go risking your physical or mental health.

For us, the greatest joy of our work with stones has been on the spiritual side. The tales of chakras opening, guides appearing, Light descending and rapture being kindled are too many to tell, although hundreds of them have provided the experiential roots for what we say in the pages that follow. Not only have the stones helped us to open to our own inner treasures, they have also shown us that the Earth is alive in ways we had never suspected, expressing herself through these outpourings of her own substance and energy. The enhancement of our relationship, as individual souls, with the Soul of the World is the greatest gift we can receive from the mineral realm. And we can return that gift through our loving actions, for the sake of the world.

Addendum for the New Revised and Expanded Edition

I am grateful to say that since 2005, The Book of Stones has reached hundreds of thousands of readers. I have met quite a number of them, through workshops, at mineral shows and in our studio. It has been a wonderful confirmation to discover that so many people are aware of the stones as beings, and that they share the idea that we are all in relationship with the World Soul through our connection with the stones.

I’ve been privileged to have a front-row seat at the unfolding of the amazing story of spiritual evolution and awakening in which we are all taking part. It has now been thirty years since I first connected with Moldavite and was turned on to stone energies. Rather than being a passing fad, as was predicted in the media, worldwide interest in the healing and spiritual qualities of crystals and stones has increased many fold. It is practically mainstream now, and one finds that information on the energies of stones has infiltrated its way into airport gift shops, movies, music and the daily lives of all sorts of people. Virtually everyone I meet at least knows someone who is ‘into’ crystals. Seeing the gentle and persistent way this consciousness has spread through the world gives me a great deal of hope.

I am still on the journey, thirty years later, and still loving it! Along the way, I’ve met some wondrous new stones. They are a big part of the reason for bringing out this revised and expanded version of The Book of Stones. There are seventy-six stones in this edition that were not in the prior one. (A few others have been deleted because of lack of availability. I feel it’s best to write about the stones one has a reasonable chance of finding for sale somewhere.) Readers may notice that the new stone chapters are all my writing. Naisha did not write about these stones. Hopefully, in these cases, my words will communicate an adequate picture of their energies.

This whole book is an invitation. It is a call to continue, or begin, your spiritual journey with the stones. They are present and available, each singing with its own voice, and through them all the voice of the Earth vibrates softly in our hearts. When we listen, when we answer, the dance begins.

—Robert Simmons
November 8, 2014

GETTING STARTED

Why  Stones Work : A Theory

Many readers of this book will already be familiar, through experience, with the energetic and spiritual properties of crystals and minerals. Others are likely to be new to all of this. A goodly number from both camps may wonder, as I did, about the how and why of it all. How can something inorganic like a stone affect a living organism, such as me, with an experience I would describe as ‘energy’? What is crystal energy anyway? How does the experience of stone energies relate to anything spiritual? Why can some people ‘feel’ crystals while others can’t? Where does the information on the energetic properties of stones come from, and why should anyone pay attention to it? During my thirty years of working with stones, I’ve come to accept the fact of crystal energies and the human capacity to consciously experience them, and I’ve developed ideas that provisionally answer some of those persistent questions.

One of the most surprising aspects of the crystal world is its pervasiveness. All solid matter is made up of atomic particles arranged in some definite organized crystalline structure, called a ‘lattice.’ The crystal lattice structure, especially as it is found in minerals such as Quartz, Beryl, Diamond, etc., provides great stability of structure and regularity of flow of any electromagnetic energies that move through it. (The crystal lattice systems of the minerals described in this book are mentioned in the first paragraph of each entry.) This is why silicon chips are used to provide memory in computers. It is also the reason Quartz crystals can be incorporated into watches and clocks to provide highly accurate measurements of time.

A property of Quartz and some other minerals which makes them useful in many areas of everyday life is the piezoelectric effect. The word piezo is Greek for ‘push’ or ‘press’. The effect known as piezoelectricity was discovered by brothers Pierre and Jacques Curie in 1880. Crystals which acquire a charge when compressed, twisted or distorted are said to be piezoelectric. Through the piezoelectric effect, mechanical energy can be transduced into electromagnetic energy, and vice versa. The first practical use of piezoelectric crystals goes back to the early 1920s, when the stability of early broadcasting stations was much improved with a crystal oscillator. The Quartz crystal is still used in radios due to its stability as channels are split and narrowed to allow greater use of the radio spectrum. A Quartz crystal microphone reacts to the mechanical pressure (force) from sound waves hitting a crystal, changing the sound energy into electrical impulses which can then be electronically amplified or broadcast.

Other types of crystals, notably Galena and Pyrite, are used in constructing crystal radio receivers. These crystals are able to transduce the electromagnetic energy of the radio signal back into sound waves which are audible to the listener. Crystal radios do not need a battery or other power source, because they are able to draw energy from the radio waves being transmitted through the atmosphere. The crystal radio is simply a tuned circuit designed to resonate at the frequencies of the AM radio band.

These examples demonstrate that certain crystals can act as resonators and transducers of electromagnetic energies. With this principle in mind, it is not too great a leap to imagine that they may be capable of transforming and/or amplifying other forms of energy which have not yet been detected by scientific instruments. It may also be true that the human body and/or human consciousness is capable of detecting, or ‘feeling,’ these energies, especially when one is in touch with the appropriate crystal.

One of the other surprises I encountered in my search for an explanation of stone energies is the crystallinity of living organisms. The DNA molecule present in each cell of all living organisms is itself a hexagonal crystal structure, approximately ten atoms wide by six feet long. Of course, the DNA molecule is intricately folded, in order to fit into the tiny cell nucleus, but if the DNA molecules in a single human body were stretched out to full length and strung together, the distance covered would be 125 billion miles, or about seventy round trips between Saturn and the Sun. Yet the crystal lattice structure of these infinitesimally thin threads, too narrow to reflect light, is so strong that the codes of life which give each organism its form and character have been carried by it through billions of years of evolution.

Biophysicists are now suggesting that the physical bodies of human beings and other organisms are liquid crystals. A liquid crystal is defined as a liquid whose component particles, atoms or molecules, tend to arrange themselves with a degree of order far exceeding that found in ordinary liquids and approaching that of solid crystals. Biophysicist Mae-Wan Ho writes: “Organisms are so dynamically coherent at the molecular level that they appear to be crystalline … There is a dynamic, liquid crystalline continuum of connective tissues and extracellular matrix linking directly into the equally liquid crystalline cytoplasm in the interior of every single cell in the body. Liquid crystallinity gives organisms their characteristic flexibility, exquisite sensitivity and responsiveness, thus optimizing the rapid, noiseless intercommunication that enables the organism to function as a coherent, coordinated whole. The organism is coherent beyond our wildest dreams. Every part is in communication with every other part through a dynamic, tunable, responsive liquid crystalline medium that pervades the whole body, from organs and tissues to the interior of every cell.”

Reading this, I began to understand that we are not so different, so separate from the inorganic world of minerals as I had thought. If we ourselves are crystals, composed of coherent structures approaching that of solid crystals, yet retaining the greater flexibility of liquid crystallinity, it is easier to imagine how an energy flow from a stone could be received and perceived by my own mind/body, analogous to the means by which a crystal radio receives the signals from the broadcast tower. And reversing the flow, I could see how focusing one’s intention on a Quartz or other crystal could potentially magnify the force of that intention. Further, the crystal might be capable of holding the pattern of that intention, being ‘programmed’ just like a computer chip. If crystallinity was indeed a property of both stones and humans, our interaction was more plausible than I had realized.

I found two intriguing pieces of scientific information regarding the possible interaction of minerals and living organisms in anthropologist Jeremy Narby’s book, The Cosmic Serpent, which was also the source of the information on DNA’s crystal structure. In discussing DNA, Narby mentions that these living molecules emit photons of light at regular intervals, in a coherence strong enough for them to be compared to an ‘ultra weak laser.’ That in itself reminded me of the crystal radios and their energy-transducing effect, as well as the fact that actual lasers use mineral crystals such as Ruby to focus the beam of light. I wondered, is it possible we have tiny ‘lasers’ in our very cells, and would excitation of the light-producing qualities of DNA account for the phenomenon of the human aura and Light body? And could exposure to certain crystals provide the necessary energy for influencing, altering and/or enhancing the human field? Many people in the metaphysical world of crystals have reported just such experiences.

Narby also recounted the 1923 experiments of Alexander Gurvich, who noticed that cells separated by a Quartz screen mutually influenced each other’s multiplication processes, which was not the case with a metal screen. He deduced that cells emit electromagnetic waves with which they communicate. It took more than half a century to develop a ‘photomultiplier’ capable of measuring this ultra-weak radiation; the container of this device is also made of Quartz. Perhaps the Quartz screen even amplified the energy flow between the cells, or brought the signals into greater coherence. For me, the very fact that living cells emanate electromagnetic energy was another tie to the crystal world. And Narby mentions that all the instruments for measuring biophoton emission—the light given off by DNA—utilize Quartz.

Narby entered the world of both DNA and crystals through his study of shamanism, particularly that of the Amazon ayahuasqueros, and through that work he developed the hypothesis that DNA itself has a consciousness one might describe as ‘the mind of the biosphere,’ and that this consciousness is somehow also related to crystals. He notes that crystals and other translucent stones have played highly significant roles in the shamanic beliefs of many cultures and were also prominent in Old World alchemy, magic and witchcraft. He also mentions that the Cosmic Serpent itself, which he likens to the minded consciousness of DNA, is viewed by Australian aborigines as the Rainbow Snake, a “cosmic personage … whose powers were symbolized by Quartz crystals. It so happens that the Desana of the Colombian Amazon also associate the cosmic anaconda, creator of life, with a Quartz crystal.” In fact, the cosmic anaconda is said to have been guided by ‘the divine rock.’ These linkages of DNA, the mineral kingdom and the divine spirit of creation, reaching around the world and far back in time, opened my eyes to the potentially enormous significance of the stones that I and my customers were so fond of. The spiritual potentials that the psychics, channelers and spirit guides tell us can be unlocked within us through the use of stones seemed more possible if, through them, as the shamans reported, we might be able to connect with the source of life energy itself.

The idea of conscious linkage through the use of crystals with the source of life—the Divine—is by no means new. Indigenous cultures in both North America and Burma have believed clear Quartzes to be living entities and presented them with food as ritual offerings. Crystal balls brought back by the Crusaders were said to possess magical powers. In Scotland and Ireland, spheres of rock crystal were long used to cure diseases in cattle. In past cultures of Central and South America, Quartz crystals carved into the shapes of human skulls were venerated as powerful religious objects—the dwellings of deceased ancestors or gods.

The ancient Japanese, who revered dragons in their creation myths, believed Quartz was formed from the breath of a white dragon. To them, Quartz represented perfection, which, though unattainable, was worthy of pursuit. Quartz played instrumental roles in the rain rituals of Native Americans and Australian aborigines. The Egyptian goddess Isis was said to protect the dead with a Carnelian amulet named Thet. Greek mythology extols Amethyst as a stone capable of granting spiritual protection from intoxication and also speaks of Garnet as a stone that can, through divine influence, heal emotional rifts between lovers. There are numerous other tales of the benevolent supernatural properties of stones in world mythology, and a number of them are recounted at the beginnings of our sections on individual stones. The examples above are presented to demonstrate that throughout history humanity has held an awareness that certain stones offer access to spiritual beings and Divine energies. Today’s widespread interest in the metaphysical properties of stones has picked up many of these old threads and is beginning to weave them into a tapestry of deeper understanding.

What Do I Do with My Stones? A Few Suggestions

Millions of people all over the world collect gems and minerals for their metaphysical properties, and they use their stones in a multiplicity of ways. From the collector who simply places her crystals around the house to the inventor who designs complex stone energy tools, all are working to benefit themselves and others through stone energies. I’ll mention just a few of the most popular ways tap into what the mineral world has to offer.

A CRYSTALLINE ENVIRONMENT   The simplest thing you can do is select some stones to which you feel drawn and place them around your home or work area. For instance, many people like to use Amethyst clusters to purify the energies of their home or office, creating a positive, healing vibration in the space. I know several doctors, counselors and health practitioners who do this, even though they do not actively employ crystals in their practices. Any number of other stones can be added to enhance the environmental energies further, depending on one’s needs and desires. Some individuals place protection stones at the openings of their homes, while others concentrate their collections in a meditation room or personal altar. People in difficult work environments often place a stone like Ajoite or Sugilite (which transmute negative energies) on their desks. When my wife Kathy and I built our home, we wanted the whole place to be infused with love energy, so we faced our hearth and chimney with polished slabs of Rose Quartz. When building a house, one might wish to embed beneficial stones and/or programmed crystals in the foundation. Outdoors, one can go even further, placing stones at the property boundaries or in a grid pattern around the house, garden or meditation area. All such arrangements can beneficially affect one’s day-to-day experience, and that of those who enter one’s space.

HOLDING AND CARRYING   Most crystal lovers have a selection of ‘pocket stones’ from which they can select, according to the needs of the day. One of the best ways to choose a stone is to pick it up and hold it for a few moments, paying attention to the changes in one’s energies and feelings while doing so. At other times, one may choose to simply hold a particular stone for a few moments, or however long it takes to receive what one needs energetically. In my own case, I remember a particularly stressful time in my life when I found it extremely helpful to sit and hold a Danburite crystal in each hand when I came home from work. Within minutes, I could literally feel the tension flowing out of my body through my hands. Both holding and carrying stones has the effect of bringing their vibrational emanations into one’s auric field, allowing for the beneficial modification of one’s energies.

WEARING STONES IN POUCHES AND JEWELRY   A natural extension of the practice of holding and carrying stones is to wear them in ‘medicine pouches’ or incorporate them into jewelry pieces. Both of these practices have gone on for many centuries. (For instance, the crowns of kings and queens, who were viewed as representatives of the gods, included gems which were intended to facilitate communication with the spiritual realms.) One advantage of pouches and jewelry pieces is that they allow one to incorporate combinations of stones which work together to produce the desired effects. One of the most popular jewelry designs I created was the ‘chakra pendant,’ which consisted of a vertically aligned array of seven stones, corresponding to the seven chakras, or energy centers, running from the base of the spine to the top of the head. I often wear one of them when I am engaged with the public at a trade show or lecture, and I feel that it helps keep me balanced, focused and energized, even through long hours that entail many interactions with different people. Other jewelry or pouch combinations might include ascension stones, protection stones, healing stones, love energy stones, prosperity stones and so forth. In many cases it seems not to matter whether one works with a pouch or a jewelry piece, although I prefer the vertical alignment a pendant can provide for chakra or ascension stones.

People frequently ask whether a ring works as well as a pendant, and I think that in most cases it does. The important thing is for the stone or stones to be in one’s auric field. One’s energy field is holographic, meaning that the vibrational pattern of the whole can be observed or altered from any point within the field. In some cases—for instance when one is using stones to heal or open the heart—proximity of the stones to the area of focus can be beneficial. By the same token, healers may find certain gemstone rings to be particularly helpful when they are channeling energies through their hands. All of these choices can be discerned through attention to one’s intuitive impulses.

MEDITATION WITH STONES   Perhaps the single best means to learn to ‘feel’ crystal energies is to hold a stone or several stones during meditation. In meditation, one works to gently clear the mind of thought and enter a state of positive receptivity. Many of the serenity-inducing stones, such as Celestite, can help one achieve this state. Other stones which one may choose for purposes of shifting consciousness, healing, or activating specific energy centers in the body or aura will have their strongest effects during meditation. This is because meditation quiets the mind and allows new influences to penetrate consciousness. Thus, during meditation, the stones feel stronger, not only because one is able to pay closer attention to subtle changes, but also because the state of openness allows for more pronounced effects.

Many of the minerals discussed in this book can facilitate beneficial awakenings and shifts of consciousness. In fact, I believe that the most important uses of stones involve the expansion of consciousness and the quickening of human evolution through such inner openings. Meditation with stones is the major means by which such processes are initiated, and it is during meditation that my own most profound experiences with stones have happened. The reader is encouraged to undertake her or his own explorations of the higher worlds through meditation with whatever minerals ‘call out,’ either from the pages of this book or the shelves of the local crystal store. Such stones as Phenacite, Azeztulite, Brookite, Herderite, Moldavite and others are among the most powerful tools for facilitating visionary experience, out-of-body travel, and other openings to the higher dimensions.

DREAMWORK   One means by which we all move into other realms of consciousness is through dreams. Because of their ability to alter the pattern of one’s energy field, many crystals and minerals can powerfully affect one’s dream state—bringing more frequent and vivid dreams—dreams containing spiritual guidance, dreams of ‘visitations’ from departed loved ones, lucid dreams, astral travel and other types of out-of-body experiences. Moldavite, for example, when taped to the forehead or tucked into the pillowcase, will almost always facilitate multiple, extremely vivid dreams of high spiritual content, even for people who insist that they never dream. In fact, when I use Moldavite in this way, I almost always wake up around three A.M. and remove the stone so I can get some regular sleep! Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ increase the visionary quality of dreams and can make people dream in color. Danburite, Petalite, Celestite and Natrolite can uplift one’s dream scenes to the angelic realms. Herderite and Brookite can trigger out-of-body experiences and lucid dreams. This is another great area for experimentation. Just slip the appropriate stone into your pillowcase and see where you go.

P.S. Be sure to keep a dream journal!

BODY LAYOUTS   The art of ‘laying on of stones’ for healing is said to be an ancient practice. Certainly it is true that modern healers and explorers have a much wider array of stones available to them than at any other time in recorded history. Typically, body layouts involve one person lying on a massage table or bed while a friend or practitioner places stones upon the body, often at the chakra points, meridians, or near the organs one may wish to affect. Sometimes a body layout can be as simple as a chakra-attunement array, consisting of one or more stones at each of the seven chakra points, with each stone chosen because of its affinity with that particular chakra. However, body layouts offer perhaps the greatest opportunity to experience the complex interplay of multiple stone energies, and they are limited only by one’s imagination and inner guidance. Stone arrays can be created to focus on physical or emotional healing, energy purification and cleansing, psychic protection, spiritual ascension, astral travel or any number of other purposes. The practitioner/friend may simply lay the stones one the body and withdraw while they do their work, or she may facilitate the movement of energies through other modalities. My coauthor, Naisha Ahsian has done much work in this area.

GRIDS   Patterns of various crystals and stones laid out for mutual enhancement of their energies and the energies of the surrounded space are called grids. Most frequently, they are laid out in symmetrical geometric patterns, the most popular one being hexagonal, because it mirrors the structure of Quartz and many other minerals. A small grid only a few inches in diameter, perhaps surrounding a picture of oneself or of someone one wishes to help, can be constructed on an altar or tabletop. A grid for sitting or reclining meditation can be arranged on the floor of a room in one’s home. Bigger grids can be built which encompass one’s house, yard or even large areas of land. I have spoken with several people who have gridded their farms for energetic protection and for enhancement of the life force of their crops. My wife Kathy and I have gridded our garden to help the vegetables grow and to keep the bugs away. However, the most frequently used grids are those made for one person to sit or lie within for meditation and/or healing. Combining one of these grids with a stone body layout can provide a profoundly powerful energy environment.

STONE ORACLES   The melding of stone energies with the power of synchronicity, as exemplified in such oracles as the tarot and I Ching, has been achieved in the Crystal Ally Cards and other card decks that work with the energies of the mineral realm. Just as in the tarot and similar oracles, cards are used—this time with pictures displaying minerals, their names, essential energies and a symbolic scene depicting those energies—to gain information on current and future situations. Just as in the tarot, one asks a question, shuffles the cards and spreads them out in a pre-determined pattern with assigned meanings for the placement of each card. The shuffling introduces the necessary randomness to allow the messages of Spirit to enter, and the symbolic structure of the layout and the meanings of the cards make it possible to interpret the messages. The fact that such oracles as the Crystal Ally Cards work so well is a testament to my coauthor Naisha Ahsian’s ability to truly understand the essential energies of the stones, and to the Universe’s dynamic, living, intricately woven, synchronistic tapestry of meaning.

One feature of stone oracles that is absent from the tarot and other similar systems is the stones themselves. After the cards have revealed a message for the questioner, one has the option of using the stones that appeared in the reading. One can carry, wear or meditate with stones that facilitate one’s desired outcome. One can even ask the cards which stones to use in a body layout, or which ones to carry or wear for specific purposes, such as healing, spiritual growth, linking with one’s guides or any other aspiration. Sometimes the answers may be surprising, but they are always helpful, and there is no limit to the amount of information one can gain when working with the cards and stones together.

ENERGY TOOLS   An energy tool is created when one or more stones are attached to one another for the purpose of blending and/or magnifying their energies. Tools of this type may or may not involve other materials or devices (such as copper wire, glass tubing, magnets, etc.). A simple energy tool would be a large Quartz Generator crystal to which one has glued a smaller stone, such as an Alexandrite. In this example, the Quartz Generator will amplify and broadcast the joyful vibrations of the small Alexandrite, allowing them to permeate one entire living environment.

One of my favorite energy tools is a Selenite crystal wand with other stones glued along one of its sides. Selenite is a powerful focuser and magnifier of whatever other stones are attached to it and it is available in lengths of six inches or more at a relatively low price. I have built wands of this type for chakra balancing, love and heart-opening, energy cleansing, communication, ascension, and overall synergistic activation of the human energy field. It is possible, through intuition or the use of an oracle such as Naisha Ahsian’s Crystal Ally Cards, to custom-design such tools for the needs and desires of specific individuals.

Other energy tools include wands made from glass or Quartz tubing and filled with combinations of stones, as well as ‘energy templates,’ which are actually palm-sized grids glued to a hexagonal slice of clear Quartz. On occasion, I have built larger versions of the templates, with plates of sliced Amethyst upon which I attached large Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ and faceted Moldavites. These have been among the most powerful energy tools I have ever made or experienced.

Another energy tool worth noting is the gemstone headband. These can be made from flexible plastic tubing, cut to fit snugly around the head, which is filled with one’s desired combination of stones. Closure can be provide by gluing on a copper plumbing fitting. The proximity to the brain makes these tools particular powerful for consciousness expansion. A modified version of this concept is to simply place one’s desired combination of stones inside an elastic headband. If the stones cause discomfort, one can use two headbands—one inside and one outside the stones.

For those who want to combine pyramid power with stone energies, constructing a crystal-filled pyramid from copper tubing can take one’s meditation environment to a whole new level. The copper is a good conductor of the crystal energies and the pyramid structure seems to powerfully enhance the effects of the stones.

These are just some of the possible energy tools one can put together with a few stones and a little imagination. I’ve built them all, and people tell me they like the results. I hope our readers will follow their own inspirations and create new, more sophisticated tools to serve our collective evolution and awakening.

OILS AND ESSENCES   Stone energies can be blended with essential oils or infused in water solutions to make essences. In both cases, the vibrational energies of the stones are taken on by the oil or water medium. Other authors have gone into these techniques in great detail. Those interested are advised to seek out this information, and to be sure not to utilize any toxic stones or substances.

Who Are the Stones?

Having sketched out a number of means by which one may take advantage of the potential benefits offered by the energies of stones, I want to conclude this introductory chapter with a question. Are stones alive? Of course we know that, in terms of biology’s definition of life, they are not. Yet crystals grow, they sometimes decay, and perhaps most importantly, they seem to communicate with us—at least those of us who can ‘hear’ them. Whether we are discussing the Quartz crystal which guided the Rainbow Serpent of Australian aboriginal mythology, or the crystal skull through which the shaman speaks with beings of the Other World, or the rock on the shelf of the crystal store that ‘calls out’ to us as we walk by, the interaction of human beings with Spirit through minerals (and perhaps with the spirits of minerals) is both long-standing and widespread. And if, as discussed above, our own bodies are liquid crystals through which we as souls express ourselves, our conversations with the stones may not be so far-fetched.

My coauthor Naisha Ahsian coined the term Crystal Allies for the friendly entities or benevolent energies expressing themselves through the stones. I like that name, because it both personifies them and describes their orientation as helpers to humanity. One of the costs of our Western rational objectivity is that it has figuratively killed the world. We see ourselves surrounded by dead objects rather than a living, teeming, conscious world. Even animals and plants seem relatively dead to many of us—certainly not possessing the qualities of soul and spirit we have reserved for ourselves. Yet this is not the view of many indigenous cultures. In South America, the shamans report that the plants have for centuries spoken directly with them, telling their medicinal and other properties. The same is true in many other societies for the animal spirits, and even the stones. I want to suggest that, if we take off the cultural blinders of our upbringing, we may find that the world in all its manifestations is quite alive and conscious, constantly communicating with those who have the ears to hear and the eyes to see. If we follow the advice of Martin Buber and view each object in our world not as an ‘it,’ but as a ‘thou,’ more life and greater joy will spring up within ourselves. We will lose some of our arrogance and gain an awareness of communion with all that is.

So we invite our readers to imagine that there are such entities as Crystal Allies, welcoming us to their world and sharing the knowledge of how they and we can work together for the benefit of life, love and consciousness. In our intuitive writing, Naisha and I have opened ourselves in this way, freely expressing the thoughts and images that came to us. These ideas, combined with our experiments and experiences with the stones, form the core of this book. In respect and affection for the stones as fellow beings, we have capitalized their names throughout these pages. We hope you will enjoy meeting the denizens of the mineral kingdom as you journey through the pages of The Book of Stones, learning who they are and what they teach.

Author’s Note on Crystal Healing

There are many references in this book to crystal healing and physical correspondences of stones with bodily organs and systems. I want to be sure that readers understand my perspective on this. I work with the stones intuitively, and I listen to their “voices” inwardly. What I write about healing properties is what I hear inwardly while meditating with the stones. None of these intuitions have been scientifically tested, and when I test them on myself, it is as an adjunct to good medical care, not as a substitute for it. Using crystals is, in my view, not like taking pills. I think that the effects they may have for healing are spiritual, like the effects of prayer. People who want to try out these intuitions, like myself, are free to do so. But please do not look at the writings in this book as prescriptions, or as any sort of promise that a stone will cure anything. At best, we don’t know that yet. I advise anyone in need of medical or psychological care to do what I do and get the best professional help you can. If you want to add stones, or prayer, or both, why not? And to those who practice stone layouts or crystal healing, I strongly suggest that your clients be similarly advised.

—Robert Simmons

ELEMENTAL ENERGIES IN THE MINERAL KINGDOM

People often ask me about the model of elements I use in conjunction with my work with crystals and stones. “Aren’t all stones related to the Earth element?” they ask. “They all come from the Earth!” While on the surface it may seem obvious that all stones carry Earth element energy, upon closer inspection it becomes evident that this is not necessarily the case. Some stones carry very low-frequency energies, while others carry very high-frequency energy. Some are more suited for physical healing, while others are more resonant with the emotional, energetic or mental aspects. The tremendous range of energy carried by the mineral kingdom clearly reflects the range of energies present in the elemental forces of Nature. In order to understand the relationship of these energies, it is necessary to understand the holistic interactions of all energies available to us on Earth, and how they are balanced and distributed around the planet.

The elemental forces of Nature are the expression of the energies carried by the total organism of Earth. The elemental forces of Earth, Fire, Water, Wind and Storm are not static chemical compounds, but are events that describe energetic interactions. Like our own bodies, Gaia has many different systems that allow her to move into balance through dynamic response to her ever-changing energetic field. Minerals and stones are the vehicles through which the Earth’s energy is distributed and balanced.

In order to understand the relationship between minerals and stones and the elemental energies they carry, it is necessary to first understand the holistic organism that is our planet and the ways in which the elemental forces and crystals and stones affect the total organism.

The Earth planet (which I will refer to as Gaia from here onwards) is a living, breathing organism that mirrors our own bodies in many ways. Every being on the planet acts as a cell within a system of the greater whole. The mineral kingdom, plant kingdom, animals, birds, insects and humans are all integral parts of the greater body of the Gaia organism.

Gaia has an energy field, or aura, that consists of electromagnetic (Light) energy. Humans also have an electromagnetic field (aura) that surrounds and permeates our bodies. Within the Earth the continental plates constantly shift and drift to balance Gaia’s body. This densest aspect of Gaia represents the energy of the Earth element. In our own bodies, this element is represented by the movement of our densest aspect—our bones and muscles. Gaia’s fiery core continually recycles Earth by melting down stone and releasing energy through volcanoes and geothermal activity. This energy is the Fire element, and it is mirrored in our own bodies by the digestion of food and its transformation into energy and heat. Gaia’s circulatory system shifts and moves through the tides of the oceans and the flowing of rivers, streams, springs, lakes and ponds, carrying nourishment to every part of her being and taking away waste. This is the Water element, which is reflected in our own circulatory and lymph systems. The breath of Gaia circulates around and through her body in the form of air and other gasses. This is the Wind element, which is present in us as the breath and gasses of our bodies. The element of Storm is created when all four elemental forces are empowered at once. This element is a dynamic balancing force that helps the Earth correct imbalances within her energy field. We also experience the energy of Storm within our bodies as experiences of massive cleansing, spiritual awakening and the correction of vibrational imbalance.

In order for the Earth to be healthy, all these aspects must be in balance and empowered. If any single elemental force is out of balance, the organism becomes diseased. This is true of humans as well. If any one of our systems is imbalanced it compromises our health and wellbeing. Health, in fact, is a state of dynamic balance between these elemental forces—both in the Earth and in our own organism.

Our ancestors knew the value of this dynamic balance. They spent their lives immersed in the energies of these elemental forces and honored them for their life-giving properties. Days were spent out in the fresh air and sunshine, drinking pure water and eating foods that were grown in harmony with natural law. Today, we spend most of our time isolated from these natural sources of energy, and disease and imbalance are the result. We are taught to be afraid of the sun and its life-giving fire. We eat foods grown on overstressed Earth, depleted of minerals. Our Water is toxic, as is our overly conditioned and polluted air. By separating ourselves from the natural elemental forces and attempting to control them, we have created a tremendous imbalance in both the Earth’s energy and body, and our own.

Healing is a process of restoring a state of dynamic balance to the body and energy systems by moving back into harmony with these natural forces. This state of dynamic balance allows us to respond appropriately to experiences and stimuli we encounter on a daily basis. When we are not able to dynamically respond to these changing energies and experiences, we manifest a host of symptoms including physical, psychological, emotional and energetic disease. In order to restore the state of dynamic balance that is health, we must be brought back into resonance with the full range of healing frequencies available to us through moving back into harmonic vibration with the elemental forces of Gaia.

Crystals and stones can be especially helpful in balancing these elemental forces within the body. Yes, all crystals and stones come from the Earth, but that does not mean all crystals and stones carry only the energy of the Earth element. The Earth planet is made up of stone and rock, yet all of these dynamic elements are present in her total being. Within Gaia’s body, minerals act as resonant ‘cells’ that carry the different frequencies of energy, as represented by the elemental forces. In fact, crystals and stones act as regulators and distributors of electromagnetic (Light) energy throughout the Earth.

The electromagnetic field of the Earth extends over 35,000 miles into space. This Light field (all electromagnetic energy is Light energy) surrounds, permeates and interacts with everyone and everything on the planet—just as our own electromagnetic field (aura) surrounds, permeates and interacts with all of the cells and particles making up our physical bodies. The core of the Earth generates most of this electromagnetic field, just as our hearts generate most of our auric energy field.

The mineral kingdom acts as an electromagnetic distribution system for the Earth. Some minerals are electrical in nature—such as Clear Quartz, which releases an electric charge when it is heated (pyro electric) or when pressure is applied to it (piezo electric). So, as these crystals are heated or squeezed by compression in the Earth’s crust, they release an electrical charge that is distributed through the Earth’s electromagnetic field. Other minerals are more magnetic in nature, such as the naturally magnetic Lodestone (Magnetite). The magnetic energy of these minerals acts to regulate the Earth’s frequency of vibration. So, some stones act as stimulators of the Earth’s energy, and some act as regulating influences upon it.

Each mineral within the Earth vibrates with a specific band of frequency within the full electromagnetic spectrum of the planet. You can think of these frequencies like the color bands in a rainbow, though the color of a stone does not necessarily reveal its resonant frequency. Some minerals vibrate at a very specific and narrow range of frequencies. Others are capable of carrying a much more expanded range of energy. Together, these minerals act to distribute and regulate the energetic field of Gaia, ensuring that her aura remains vibrant and healthy. Crystals and stones carry the entire spectrum of Light energy available to us—from very low-frequency energies we equate with the physical realm, to the extremely high frequencies we equate with spiritual awakening.

When we bring a crystal or stone into our electromagnetic field, two things occur. First, the electromagnetic frequencies carried by that stone will vibrate with related frequencies in our own energy field through the physical law of resonance, creating a third, larger field of vibration. Your nervous system is attuned to these shifts in energy and will transmit this information to your brain, where the frequencies stimulate biochemical shifts that affect the physical body, trigger emotional experiences and shift brain function to open you to spiritual experience.

Second, the tiny particles of minerals in your body that also carry that frequency will move into resonance with the particles of mineral in the stone. This causes your body to believe that you actually have more of that mineral in your body and it will react accordingly with additional biochemical shifts. For instance, if you are holding a calcium-based stone, the calcium particles in your own body will be ‘activated’ by moving into resonance with the calcium in the stone. This will create a third, stronger energetic field that carries the calcium energy signature. Your brain receives this information through the nervous system and reacts accordingly—adjusting your biochemistry as if you actually had more calcium in your physical system. This may trigger physical healing of calcium-imbalance-based illnesses, or it may trigger emotional or even spiritual experiences.

The experience you have when holding a mineral, then, is directly related to its electromagnetic energy signature and the systems of the body, mind and Spirit which resonate at that energetic level. These systems of the body, mind and spirit are grouped into five cate-gories: physical, energetic, emotional, mental and spiritual. Each of these aspects is also governed by an elemental force. The physical level of vibration is governed by the Earth element, the energetic is governed by the Fire element, the emotional by the Water element, the mental is governed by the Wind element, and the spiritual is governed by the Storm element. By understanding which level is predominantly affected by the electromagnetic energy of the stone, you can determine the elemental force with which the mineral resonates.

Stones related to the Earth element tend to be resonant with the physical level of our experience—the lower-frequency and magnetic energies. These stones are what we would consider to be ‘grounding’ stones. They help regulate high-frequency energy and create bio-chemical and energetic shifts, enabling one to feel more present in the body and on the Earth. The Earth element governs the structures of our lives—home, job, family structure and financial aspects—and the structure of the body. Earth element stones tend to stimulate and balance the Earthstar chakra (located approximately six to twelve inches below the soles of the feet) and the base chakra (located at the base of the spine). They can be helpful in working on the dense aspects of the body, such as the bones and tissues; or they may be used to support changes in the more established structures of our lives, such as ending long-term relationships, changing careers, moving house, or changing the physical body. These stones also help balance the emotions related to the dense aspects of our lives, such as physical survival, connection to the body, and feelings of being capable and responsible.

When you work with an Earth element stone either in meditation or by simply having the stone within your aura, you will find that these aspects of your life become highlighted. This helps you become more aware of what needs to shift in your life in order for these aspects to come into balance and harmony.

Fire element stones help fortify and balance the energy systems of the body. They govern the flow of energy through the meridians, the vitality of the chakras and, on a more physical level, the reproductive system, digestive system and the endocrine system. Fire element stones affect such aspects of the body as digestion and metabolism, hormonal balance, glandular issues, sexual function and desire, and fertility. The Fire element governs how we experience energy and how we put our own energy into the world. Our second chakra (navel area) and third chakra (solar plexus) are our Fire element energy regulators. On an emotional level, Fire element stones deal with how we use our will and our personal power, our creativity and sexual expression, our ability to take action on our dreams and desires, and anger and fear issues. These stones tend to stimulate the body and energetic field.

Fire element stones tend to highlight issues of creation and manifestation. In order to manifest something, one needs to be able to take action toward one’s vision. If the Fire element is lacking, self-direction usually suffers and one’s ability to create and manifest in the world is compromised. When you work with Fire element stones you can expect to have experiences that will show you where your personal energy may be blocked or misused. By bringing the Fire element back into balance, you can feel more empowered, creative and excited about life.

The Water element governs the emotional body, circulatory system, lymphatic system and the fluids of the body. It helps one to release the past and flow toward the future, to communicate one’s feelings and truth to others, and to feel more love and compassion. The Water element governs the fourth chakra (heart) and fifth chakra (throat). When the Water element is out of balance, one may have difficulty expressing one’s thoughts, opinions or feelings. Relationships may suffer because of lack of communication. On a physical level, almost all circulatory system and heart issues stem from a Water element imbalance. When you work with Water element stones, you can expect to learn how to communicate more effectively and how to express your true self. Situations may arise in your life that will cause you to have to develop your ability to express yourself or set emotional boundaries. Water element stones assist in maintaining healthy emotional balance and are frequently used to alleviate depression, excessive fear, sleep dysfunction and hyperactivity. They are often the stones focused upon when relationship issues arise, or when one wants to attract a relationship partner.

The Wind element governs the mental aspect and opens the doorway to the spirit world. It brings messages from the spirit realm in the form of visions, information or ‘hunches.’ The Wind element governs the sixth chakra (third eye) and crown chakra (at the top of the head). These are the doorways to spiritual vision and mental processes. On a physical level, the Wind element governs the respiratory system and mental cognition. Wind element stones stimulate the respiratory system and enhance brain function and mental abilities. They are often used to facilitate meditation, to support study and learning, and to enhance mental clarity. These stones are excellent for use in breathwork, healing from tobacco use, and for general respiratory difficulties. They tend to sharpen the mind, to enhance mental focus and cognitive ability, and to assist in opening the psychic and intuitive abilities.

When you work with Wind element stones you can expect to learn about maintaining focus, acquiring new skills, expressing your knowledge and opening your intuitive and psychic abilities.

The Storm element is actually an energy created by the synchronistic combination of the frequencies of the other four elements. Storm energy can activate any chakra or level of the body, mind and spirit because it carries the energies of all of the elemental forces. The Storm element is generally related to the Soul Star chakra located approximately six inches above the crown of the head. This is the chakra through which we experience our highest spiritual energies and insights.

Storm element stones are used when massive transformation, cleansing and radical dynamic balancing are called for. These stones often work on many different levels, affecting all of the body’s systems and elemental energies. They are generally used only for short periods of time and in circumstances when one is ready for tremendous change. They often bring up deep patterns to be understood on a conscious level and then cleared. When you invoke Storm by utilizing Storm element stones, you can expect changes in your external world as well as your internal world. People often report radical shifts in their lives when these stones are utilized. Whatever is not in alignment with a state of perfect dynamic balance will be cleared by the energies of Storm element Crystal Allies.

Some stones carry a combination of elemental energies because their chemical composition and vibrations allow them to resonate at a broad range of frequencies. You will notice as you read this book that some stones have more than one elemental designation. In such cases, these stones can be used for either element’s properties. Once you have identified the general elemental force requiring balance, it is best to use your intuition to choose the exact stone or stone combination to address your specific needs.

The practice of utilizing the elemental model with crystals and stones goes into much more depth than this chapter can cover. My students of Crystal Resonance Therapy take over a year of study to become proficient in elemental interactions and applications. With the basic understanding of stone and elemental energies I have provided here, you should be able to begin your own playful exploration of this powerful system of crystal energy application. I wish you bright blessings on your journey with your own Crystal Allies!

ADAMITE

KEY WORDS      Joy, love, creativity, enthusiasm, perseverance

ELEMENT      Fire, Wind

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd) and Heart (4th)

Adamite is a zinc arsenate mineral with a hardness of 3.5. Its crystal structure is orthorhombic, and it often occurs in radiated aggregates or fan-shaped rosettes. The majority of specimens are an inch or less in diameter. It is usually a bright yellow-green color, but it can also be honey-yellow, brown, white, pale green, blue-green or colorless. It forms in oxidized parts of ore veins, especially arsenic-rich zinc deposits. Most of the finest pieces of adamite are from Mexico and Namibia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Adamite is a stone for enhancing the alignment of the heart and solar plexus chakras, thus allowing one to synergize one’s will with one’s feelings. Such an alignment is particularly helpful for achieving one’s ‘heart’s desires’—the aspects of life one longs for but which may seem impossible to realize. Adamite kindles the fires of optimism and determination, assisting one in taking on whatever challenges must be faced, making the necessary leaps of insight and persevering through difficulties. The heart is the organ of truth and can hear the call of one’s highest destiny. The will, which emanates through the solar plexus, most often follows the dictates of the mind. When the will and mind are working together without the participation of the heart, there can be a lack of enthusiasm—even depression—that pervades the psyche. When the heart is brought in, when one listens to its exhortations and follows them, one is on the path of personal truth which knows neither discouragement nor boredom nor defeat. Of course, the heart’s desires may seem impractical and inconvenient, but such is the price of truth. Adamite helps one to transcend such objections and move forward on the path of true fulfillment.

Another of Adamite’s qualities is that of opening one’s awareness to contact with spirits, angels, guides and the souls of those who have passed on. This is another aspect of its linkage of the heart and solar plexus. Love is the current upon which psychic perception rides most readily. Adamite helps one to open the heart to those upon the other side of the veil and to direct one’s intention with sufficient focus to establish and maintain a channel of communication. Clairvoyants, readers, psychic healers, shamanic practitioners and others to whom such communications are most vital will find that Adamite increases their receptivity and sensitivity, also enhancing the clarity of the messages one sends to entities in the higher vibrational realms.

Adamite harmonizes with the heart stones Moldavite, Rose Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Morganite and Emerald, as well as the solar plexus stones Heliodor, Golden Labradorite, Sulfur and Citrine. Its playful nature is enhanced when it is combined with Strombolite. Phenacite will help Adamite in the manifestation of inner visions into physical reality, and Tsavorite Garnet will assist one in using Adamite to achieve financial prosperity.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Adamite is related to both the Fire and Wind elements, as it stimulates both the energetic and mental bodies. Its energy is one of joyful expression and the manifestation of physical health and emotional well-being. It carries the energy of the joyful inner child and the wise higher self, reminding us of both our innate innocence and our unbreakable connection with our Divine source.

Adamite is useful in stimulating and supporting the adrenal glands and thyroid, adding energy and vibrancy to the physical body and the aura. It can help to clear sluggish energy from the meridian system and the energy channels within the body, as well as from the emotional body in the aura. Adamite is also stimulating to the pituitary and pineal glands, enhancing one’s mental clarity, focus and acuity. It stimulates the release of positive hormones, such as serotonin and oxytocin, that create a sense of well-being and expansiveness.

Adamite is an excellent ally for those who must maintain a positive, loving energy when in taxing situations, such as those who work with children, in social services, or in positions requiring cheerful service to disgruntled customers. It assists one in maintaining a good mood and allowing unpleasant experiences to pass through without being taken into one’s energy systems.

Adamite can help to prevent psychic vampirism, since the frequency of joyful exuberance it creates is unpalatable to those who replenish themselves by feeding on the energy fields of others. It could be considered a protective stone because of its ability to sustain one in the face of negativity, but it is not a stone for building walls or keeping others out. Rather, it is an ally that assists one in reaching and exuding a high-frequency, positive energy field that naturally transmutes negativity before it has the chance to penetrate one’s aura.

Because of Adamite’s effects on the endocrines and other systems of the body, it increases one’s overall vitality and energy level, which in turn stimulate one’s desire for physical activity and the ability to find joy in physical expression. For this reason, it is a helpful aid in weight loss and establishing healthy exercise habits.

SPIRITUAL   Adamite assists in connecting with the source of creativity and in helping one to maintain a positive, loving energy field that is also strong and vibrant. It can be used in meditation to help one in creative problem-solving or bringing through new ideas. It is helpful in building one’s trust in the Divine’s ability to meet all of one’s needs, and in this way is a helpful stone to use in spiritual abundance work.

Adamite can also assist one in discovering one’s true passion or joy in life. Often, people are confused about their spiritual purpose because they don’t realize that the Divine’s will for us is to follow our greatest joy—thus sharing and spreading that joy to others. Adamite’s ability to stimulate our awareness of joy, to deepen our creative connection and to assist in manifesting our desires, all assist in the recognition and manifestation of one’s spiritual path of service in the world.

EMOTIONAL   Adamite helps one to move out of passive mode and into an active, dynamic and expressive relationship with others and with the world around one. It can help one to remain playful, joyful, patient and kind. It allows one to return to a state of child like wisdom and relationship with all things, helping one to recover one’s senses of wonder, curiosity, creativity and vitality. Adamite can help one to ‘lighten up’ and move out of a state of worry-based paralysis.

This stone’s energy can also help to re-light the passionate spark of sexuality within loving relationships, as it assists couples in rediscovering their playfulness and joy in one another.

PHYSICAL   On a physical level Adamite is stimulating to the endocrine system, particularly the secretion of the love- and joy-related hormones. This can assist those who may feel depressed or experience strong symptoms related to hormonal imbalance such as PMS, SAD or other cyclical hormone-related imbalances. It can assist in clearing the mental fog that is often associated with hormonal imbalance, chronic fatigue disorder, or a general lack of energy. Adamite is a helpful aid in finding joy in exercise and physical expression, and so is an ally for those needing to reconnect with their bodies or who wish to experience weight loss or an increased level of physical fitness.

AFFIRMATION   I pursue my heart’s desires with passion, high spirits, perseverance and joy.

AEGIRINE

KEY WORDS      Clearing, protection, energy, confidence

ELEMENT      Earth, Fire

CHAKRAS      All

Aegirine (also known as Acmite) is a sodium iron silicate mineral with a hardness of 6. Its crystal system is monoclinic and it forms in columnar, prismatic crystals, which are sometimes striated with pointed terminations. It is dark in color, often black, greenish black or brownish black. It occurs most commonly in alkali-rich volcanic rocks. It is found in Greenland, Russia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Aegirine crystals are wonderful tools for removing negative or stuck energies from all levels of the subtle bodies, and for activating the positive flow that should be there. Aegirine crystals are excellent protection, and they also help one to find the courage to shine one’s inner Light, even in dark and negative places. These are stones of confidence and strength, carrying the knowledge that Light has nothing to fear from darkness, but that Light indeed is the healer of darkness. There are few stones as effective as Aegirine for breaking the attachment of negative entities to one’s etheric body. Such attachments are not normal for energetically healthy and balanced individuals, but anyone can become vulnerable in moments of strong fear or anger. Negative attachments can also take root if one makes holes in the aura’s protective field through abuse of alcohol or drugs, or smoking cigarettes (though the effect is more gradual). Carrying or wearing Aegirine can be an effective stop-gap measure for forcing the release of these vampiric energies, and working with Aegirine in body layouts or in conjunction with other subtle energy healing modalities can, in time, regenerate the damaged protective auric shield.

Aegirine combines very well with Moldavite, which enhances its power to banish negative entities. Tibetan Tektite and Azeztulite assist Aegirine in healing and balancing the auric field, and in infusing it with high-vibration spiritual energies. Aegirine is one of the minerals that makes up Nebula Stone, so it works very well with that too.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Aegirine has the ability to clear the aura, draw a wide range of Light frequencies into the energy systems, and protect one from energetic disease and imbalance caused by radiation sources such as ELF (extremely low frequency electromagnetic waves), man-made electromagnetic fields from computers and electronics, and from other natural and artificial radiation sources.

Aegirine allows high-frequency energy waves to permeate the aura, at the same time that it grounds those frequencies into the manifest realm and the physical body. It acts as an antenna for high-frequency light waves, gathering and focusing these waves into a concentrated form that has direct effect on the manifest levels of energy. Aegirine crystals are wonderful tools to use in healing when one needs to bring densities, entities or negative energy clouds into resonance with high-frequency light energy. It is effective in the treatment of electrical imbalances of the body and nervous system, and can be used as a protective shield against any type of negative radiation—physical, emotional or energetic. Aegirine can also be used as an assistant in the awakening of the kundalini energy and can help stabilize one’s energy field as one moves through a kundalini activation. It is excellent in helping to ‘set’ energetic attunements or new energetic patterns in the aura.

SPIRITUAL   Aegirine assists one in ‘seeing the light’ when one has become depressed, hopeless, unhappy or otherwise aligned one’s thoughts with negative energies. It can help one to identify one’s negative thoughts and attitudes, and to shift those energies to more positive expressions. It carries the energies of enlightened action, karmic understanding and spiritual commitment.

EMOTIONAL   Aegirine’s spiritual and emotional properties are very closely linked. This ally can assist in the evolution of negative emotional patterns such as blame, shame, guilt, worthlessness and self-pity. It assists one in finding the energy and determination to positively express one’s energy in the world. It can be very helpful for those who are breaking addictive habits because of its ability to help reveal the emotional roots of that behavior.

When one becomes resonant with Aegirine’s energy, there is a heightened awareness of one’s own issues and karma around power use. Once this information has been processed and integrated, Aegirine’s energies will stimulate experiences that assist one in reclaiming one’s power and receiving guidance for that power’s proper applications.

PHYSICAL   Aegirine works with the liver, spleen and gallbladder. It assists the body in processing and eliminating toxins on physical and energetic levels. The energy of this mineral accelerates the electrical systems of the body, stimulating the chakras and exciting the energy field. Aegirine is an excellent stone to use in support of general physical energy and stamina, and is very helpful for those recovering from illness or injury. It is excellent for use by nurses, doctors or others who are exposed to the toxic energies of traditional hospital environments.

AFFIRMATION   I clear my energies of all disharmony and negative influences and move strongly into my wholeness.

AGATE

Agate is the name given to numerous varieties of banded chalcedony, a mineral of the Quartz group. Like other Quartz minerals, Agates have trigonal crystal structure and a hardness of 7. Stones such as Moss Agate and Dendritic Agate, because they do not exhibit banding, are not Agates in the strictly scientific sense, but they will be considered here as well.

The name Agate comes from the river Achetes in Sicily, where Agates were found in ancient times. Agates have been discovered with the artifacts of Neolithic people, and they were used by the early Egyptians before 3000 B.C. The stones were also utilized in jewelry in ancient India. Native Agates were the foundation of a German stonecutting and polishing industry which flourished from the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries, and which still exists today.

In metaphysical terms, Agates in general are known as stones of generally lower intensity and slower vibrational frequencies than some others, but this is not considered a defect. Rather they are regarded as stabilizing and strengthening influences which can help one to build a lasting connection or resonance with whatever energy pattern a particular variety represents. The wide variety of Agates offers one a full spectrum of choices.

BLUE LACE AGATE

KEY WORDS      Communication, clarity, confidence

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th)

Blue Lace Agate is banded in intricate patterns of light blue and white. Most of the best material comes from South Africa. Some specimens from Romania and South Africa have coatings of tiny sparkling druzy crystals. Blue Lace Agate is available in the marketplace in tumbled stones, beads and cabochons for jewelry.

ROBERT SIMMONS Blue Lace Agate is beneficial for those who have difficulty making themselves heard by others, or who wish to become more articulate in their speech. It helps one ‘find the words’ to share one’s highest truth with others, and it assists one in building the confidence necessary to stand up and speak it in all situations. It helps instill clarity of thought and an unwavering intent in regards to the ideas and goals which matter most. It is a stone for the enhancement of loyalty and trustworthiness.

Many people are working now to consciously bring about the reality they wish to be theirs, and one of the tools for this is the use of verbal affirmations. They idea that our world is the way it is ‘because we say so’ is as revolutionary as it is true. For those working with affirmations, Blue Lace Agate can be an excellent tool, because it strengthens the throat chakra and amplifies the power of what comes through it. Like other Agates, Blue Lace works in a slow, steady manner. It may not make one’s dreams come true overnight, but it helps one stick with it while the transformation is in progress, and it magnifies the effects of our efforts.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The frequency of Blue Lace Agate opens and clears the throat chakra and assists in connecting one’s communications with one’s higher guidance. It is the ‘stone of the diplomat,’ due to its ability to assist one in speaking one’s mind and heart in a way that others can hear. Blue Lace Agate can assist communication in situations where angry words must be avoided and clear understanding promoted.

This stone helps those who have difficulty in expressing themselves due to fear of the judgment of others or their own self-doubt. Blue Lace Agate allows for the gentle opening of the throat chakra and the speaking of one’s thoughts, beliefs and truth. It can assist those who may fear speaking in public or sharing their ideas or thoughts with strangers. It can help one to gently view one’s own beliefs about the importance of one’s own contribution in the world and to overcome childhood programming that a person should be ‘seen but not heard.’

Blue Lace Agate is also useful in balancing the throat chakras of those who are unable to stop talking, or who tend to speak before thinking about the consequences and effects of their words in the world. This gentle ally can assist these individuals in finding the beauty of inner silence, and in being more discerning about the words and thoughts they share with others. It can help those who are unable to keep a secret to understand and abide by the sanctity of trust in communication.

Blue Lace Agate is also an excellent stone for those who are unable to discern truth from falsehood. It is excellent for imaginative children who tend to create stories and present them as truth, helping them become more clear as to whether an event was real or imagined.

Blue Lace Agate also offers energetic support for those who constantly use communication in their work. It is an excellent stone for workshop presenters or lecturers, teachers, or for anyone who must consistently speak in a clear and intelligible manner. It helps to protect the throat chakra from overstimulation and can help with sore throat, laryngitis, or other inflammations related to the throat chakra.

SPIRITUAL   Spiritually, Blue Lace Agate teaches us that our words create our reality and can be a reflection of our highest self. It is a soothing, gentle stone that can help to facilitate communication with guides in meditation, especially when seeking specific information and guidance. It can help one to understand the importance of communicating one’s truth, knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Blue Lace Agate can also be used on the third eye to soothe an overactive mind and to assist in calming and stilling one’s thoughts.

EMOTIONAL   On an emotional level, Blue Lace Agate is calming and centering. It can help to soothe nervous or worried dispositions and to calm overly stimulated children. Blue Lace Agate assists one in understanding the importance of one’s words in creating one’s reality. It can help one to identify negative speech patterns and habits, and to shift one’s inner dialogue to be more positive and uplifting. It can facilitate shy people in speaking their ideas and sharing their knowledge and wisdom with others. It can assist overly verbal individuals to calm their addiction to talking and assist them in focusing on saying only what really needs to be said.

PHYSICAL   On a physical level, the soothing energy of Blue Lace Agate can be employed for sore throat, laryngitis, or other inflammations of the throat area. It is balancing to the thymus and thyroid glands and helps to calm hyperactivity. It is an excellent stone for children who have difficulty communicating or who may have difficulty sleeping due to excessive fear.

AFFIRMATION   I communicate my ideas with clarity, conviction and irresistible eloquence.

DENDRITIC AGATE

KEY WORDS      Growth and wisdom through inner work

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Dendritic Agate is not banded and so is not strictly an Agate in scientific terms. It gets its name from a Greek word meaning tree-like, and this is quite descriptive of these stones. They are usually colorless, white or gray (though some are a lovely light purple), with tree-like or fern-like inclusions of iron or manganese. The inclusions are called dendrites. Most Dendritic Agate comes from Brazil, India or the USA. Some lovely purple are found in Oregon.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Dendritic Agates are ideal tools for strengthening the fiber of the self through inner work. Those involved in therapy, meditation practice, rebirthing, a twelve-step program or any other path of serious inner work will find Dendritic Agate to be a helpful talisman. Carrying or wearing one of these stones or keeping it on one’s altar will assist one in taking the day-by-day steps that are necessary to achieve the desired insights and behavior changes. Dendritic Agate helps one to keep a positive, though not unrealistic, attitude while going through needed transformations. It also assists in keeping one in touch with the physical world, so one does not live merely in one’s thoughts and mental processes. These stones can help reduce stress in difficult times, promoting a good-natured acceptance of one’s circumstances, as well as offering long-term help in improving them. The purple varieties of Dendritic Agate are particularly well suited to purification of the body and energy field, and to working towards spiritual transformation.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Dendritic Agate assists one in perceiving the self-imposed limitations and patterns that have created one’s experiences. This ally facilitates the perception of one’s ‘shadow self’ and the integration of all aspects of one’s being. It helps to purify the energy field and assists one in understanding the ‘positive’ lessons of ‘negative’ experiences. It is a stone which carries the energy of balancing polarities and can help one to find a point of balance and wisdom through the integration of all aspects of self.

SPIRITUAL   Dendritic Agates open one’s eyes to the Divine blueprint of the Self and to the areas in which one has failed to be true to that pattern. It assists one in regarding one’s habits and behaviors unflinchingly and facilitates the stable, sober determination required to make the necessary ‘course corrections’ upon the path of life. The purple varieties vibrate with the Violet Flame of spiritual purification, and these are particularly helpful in overcoming addictions and self-destructive impulses which stem from the unconscious apprehension that one is ‘not good enough.’

EMOTIONAL   Through its resonance with truth in regard to the self, Dendritic Agate assists one in overcoming the sources of guilt, resentment, envy, shame, blame and other self-destructive emotions. It helps one to see and forgive the experiences and people through which such patterns were set in motion, and it allows one to form a fresh and realistic view of oneself, colored neither by unwarranted self-deprecation nor by exalted fantasies. It helps one to get a wholesome, truthful ‘reality check’.

PHYSICAL   Organs and systems affected by inner tension and feelings of unworthiness will benefit most directly from Dendritic Agate’s benevolent influence. These stones allow one to release stress, overcome addictions and stop repetitious patterns of toxic emotions which can deplete and exhaust the organism. In particular, they can aid those working to overcome back pain, which is often caused by the unconscious desire to avoid confronting difficult feelings.

AFFIRMATION   I am committed to doing the inner work that brings truth, growth and balance to my life.

ELLENSBURG BLUE

KEY WORDS      Eloquent communication of the heart’s truth, soothing the throat chakra, calming the mind, opening psychic vision

ELEMENT      Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Heart (4th)

Ellensburg Blue Agate is a rare amygdaloidal nodule or geode type Agate found in Kittitas County near Ellensburg, Washington. It is prized for its color, which ranges from pale sky blue, to a bright cornflower blue, to a deep blue-violet. It was deposited by glacial movements so the true location of its origin is unknown. In history, Ellensburg Blue Agate was held in high esteem by the Northwestern Native American tribes. In some instances, only the chief was allowed to wear one, and in any case it was essential that at least the chief have one of these Agates. When European settlers arrived, the natives tried to trade their blue treasures with their new neighbors, but the settlers had little interest in the pretty blue stones. Today Ellensburg Blue Agate is sought after by local residents and visitors to the Ellensburg area, and it commands high prices in jewelry stores. One national magazine has named Ellensburg Blue the ‘third rarest gemstone in the world.’

ROBERT SIMMONS   Ellensburg Blue Agate is a beneficial stone for the throat chakra, conveying to the user an enhanced ability to see and speak the truth without concern for the consequences. It links the throat with the heart, allowing one to communicate what the heart knows. This stone can also aid artists, poets and musicians to eloquently express the treasures of their souls and the messages that come through them from the Soul of the World.

Ellensburg Blue Agate emanates the vibration of peace, soothing the emotional body and releasing stress from the psyche. It can be used to heal burns, lower fevers and cool hot tempers. It is an excellent antidote for destructive excesses of passion which are the result of negative judgments. These stones offer compassion and forgiveness in place of righteous indignation. Yet even as this occurs, one does not lose the truth in a haze of naivete—rather, one sees the deeper truth of the suffering of others in a way that leads inevitably to compassion.

The deeper shades of Ellensburg Blue can also stimulate the third eye, activating psychic abilities and inner visions, as well as the crown chakra, for spiritual purification and linkage with the Soul body.

Ellensburg Blue Agate works synergistically with Tugtupite, bringing both passion and eloquence to one’s expression of truth. It can be combined with Nuummite to facilitate deep delving into oneself and one’s soul history. Pairing it with Gaia Stone (also from Washington) encourages the clear expression of the beautiful, silent longing that issues from the heart of the Earth.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Ellensburg Blue Agate is a beautiful and powerful representative of the blue-ray mineral tribe. It is a carrier of Wind and Water element energies, helping one attune to messages from Spirit and calming the mind for meditation. Its energy gently stimulates the third eye and throat chakras, facilitating the communication of higher truths and insights. This ally’s energy helps ease the chatter of internal dialogue and focus and calm the mind, so one may more easily experience meditative or transcendent states. It helps one release worries and fears as it gently expands consciousness and creates a feeling of relief, relaxation and buoyancy.

Ellensburg Blue Agate is also a gentle cleanser and opener of the throat chakra. Its frequency can help one to recognize where one’s fear of speaking may have originated. It can assist one in being more confident in speaking one’s truth and more willing to share one’s opinion or personal experiences.

SPIRITUAL   Ellensburg Blue Agate promotes a gentle connection with the higher realms by calming the mind and assisting one in meditating. It can help one connect with angelic energies and communications, and encourages one to share one’s insights and information with others.

EMOTIONAL   Ellensburg Blue Agate is calming to the emotional body and helps one release resentment, anger, fear and other constrictive emotions. It can help one put aside worry and doubt, and encourages optimism and expansiveness.

PHYSICAL   Ellensburg Blue Agate can be used in instances of eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis and other skin irritations and infections. It cools itchiness and tightness of the scalp or skin. This ally can also be used to cool and support the vocal cords and throat area.

AFFIRMATION   My throat sings praises for the sweet sorrow of the Heart.

FIRE AGATE

KEY WORDS      Vitality, sexuality, creativity, will

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Fire Agate is the name given to a brilliant multi-colored gemstone that combines a deep brown base hue with flashes of orange, red, green and gold that look like tongues of living flame. The best stones come from Mexico. Fire Agate’s iridescent colors are produced by light interference at thin layers of regularly spaced iron oxide crystals within the chalcedony.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Fire Agates vibrate with the vitality of the physical world and are ideal tools for those who need to have an ‘in-the-body experience.’ Among the spiritually inclined segment of the population, there are many who attempt or wish to avoid the messy and painful difficulties of life by escaping into the upper realms. Unfortunately, the price one pays is often high, and one can become a spacey, low-energy person who glows with spiritual light but doesn’t generate enough heat to get anything done. For those of us who lament that they don’t much like the Earth and they want to go home, Fire Agate is an ideal remedy. Here is a stone that can help us remember why the lines of people waiting for the chance to be born on this planet were so long. Fire Agate awakens the lower chakras and fills one with the zest for living. It lights one’s inner fires of life force, creativity, sexuality and will. It activates the senses and increases the pleasure one takes in everyday life. In helping one come fully into the body, Fire Agate assists one in making real the divine blueprint of one’s life purpose.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The shifting flame-like colors of Fire Agate stimulate the first, second and third chakras. This stone assists one in taking decisive action in unclear circumstances. It allows one to manifest Divine guidance through action and can help in all aspects of manifestation work. It is a stone of creativity and expression, and is particularly good for overcoming artistic blocks of all kinds. Fire Agate can stimulate sexual and physical energy, and increase stamina and circulation. It is a warming stone that is great in the vibrational treatment of poor circulation, lethargy or lack of energy, or depression. It is also helpful in working with sexual imbalances, including impotence or fear of sexual intimacy.

SPIRITUAL Fire Agate aligns the etheric body with the physical, assisting one in staying grounded and revitalizing the exchange of spiritual and physical energies through the membrane of the self. Since all is flow and process, the enhancement of this exchange is energizing to the soul as well as the organism. Fire Agate opens the channels of creativity, so that Divine inspiration can flow through one into all one’s activities and artistic expressions.

EMOTIONAL   This stone puts one in touch with the zest for living, and with this, one experiences an increase in passion, an intensification of all emotions and reconnection with one’s deepest desires. It helps one find the courage to take risks in order to fulfill the inner promptings which call one more fully into passionate involvement with life. It is ideal for awakening one from the stupor of humdrum routine and can banish feelings of resignation or hopelessness. When one is wearing Fire Agate, it can also stir the emotions of others, sometimes facilitating attraction between mates.

PHYSICAL   Fire Agate stimulates the etheric body, refreshing the body through its connections at all the meridian points. It is a ‘stone of eternal youth,’ bringing a new sense of vitality to one’s overall health. It stimulates the root and sexual chakras, and can be helpful in remedying dysfunctions of the bowels and sexual organs. Through the third chakra it ignites the beneficial ‘fire in the belly’ for increased digestive efficiency. It can enhance fertility in both women and men.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace my body and the physical world, taking pleasure and joy in all of my life.

HOLLY BLUE AGATE

KEY WORDS      Bringing Spirit into matter, stimulating psychic abilities, exploring the ‘vertical dimension’

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Third Eye (6th), Heart (4th)

Holly Blue Agate is a blue-violet stone found near Holly, Oregon. It is one of the rarer varieties of Agate and is highly prized for its rich color. It is a popular jewelry stone.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Holly Blue Agate carries the highest vibration of all the Agates. It is a stone for grounding spiritual energies in the physical world and can be used to link the higher spiritual ‘bodies’ to the physical self, so one can experience multi-level awareness. Holly Blue Agate resonates with the ‘vertical dimension’ and allows one to move up and down the scale, seeing the perfection of the simultaneous operation of the many levels of consciousness which it is possible for one to perceive. It activates the psychic centers in the brain, enhancing ESP, lucid dreaming, mediumship and other paranormal abilities. It also helps one to ‘hear’ the promptings of one’s spirit guides.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The frequency of Holly Blue Agate stimulates the third eye and crown chakras and connects the energies of the heart and mind. It assists in opening psychic and intuitive abilities, while providing protection from the interference of negative energies in psychic work. Holly Blue helps one to understand the lessons behind emotional experiences and assists one in letting go of emotional attachments to the past. It can facilitate meditation and prayer by opening the higher chakras and connecting them to the heart.

SPIRITUAL   Holly Blue Agate vibrates at a higher level than other Agates, so it is capable of harmonizing the highest spiritual energies with the density of the body and one’s life on Earth. In kundalini meditation, it activates the ‘Blue Pearl’—an experience of inner awakening that first manifests as the vision of an electric-blue point of light which appears to waking consciousness as if floating a foot or two in front of the Third Eye chakra. This stone activates the psychic centers of the brain, making possible a wide array of subtle perceptions and clairvoyant experiences. It can activate the gift of prescient vision, which can be enhanced by using it in conjunction with Prophecy Stone.

EMOTIONAL   The transmutation of the emotions through greater spiritual awareness is the gift of Holly Blue Agate. This stone expands consciousness to a more cosmic viewpoint, such that one loses the desire to fret or worry over petty concerns. It brings a feeling of calm, a sense that ‘all’s right with the world,’ even in times of difficulty. It facilitates empathy and compassion for others and encourages acts of generosity and kindness. It is helpful to teachers and all those whose work demands patience and forbearance.

PHYSICAL   Through its affinity with the upper chakras, Holly Blue Agate clears blocked energies which can bring about headaches, nervousness and anxiety-related impediments of speech or mental performance. It is soothing to the brain and can help move the location of consciousness from the ‘survival centers’ in the back of the brain to the prefrontal lobe—the center of higher awareness. It can be used to bring calm and greater clarity of thought to those with dementia, psychosis or other mental/emotional/spiritual dysfunctions.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to multiple levels of consciousness and my spiritual abilities grow and expand.

MOSS AGATE

KEY WORDS      Stability, persistence, grounding

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Heart (4th)

Moss Agate is not technically a true Agate, because it is not banded. It is a chalcedony with dendritic inclusions of moss-colored green minerals. Spots of red also occur in some specimens. Many of the best Moss Agates come from India. In the marketplace, Moss Agates are available as tumbled stones, beads and cabochons.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Moss Agate is one of those stones that would be beneficial to almost everyone. Its energies are modest but wholesome. It emanates the vibrations of balance and stability in the physical domain. It is an excellent stone for individuals convalescing after an illness, or for those ‘in recovery’ from addictions. Like the tortoise in the old fable, the motto of Moss Agate is ‘Slow and steady wins the race.’ Moss Agate can assist those who feel ungrounded or unstable. It enhances mental concentration, persistence, endurance and bringing one’s goals to completion. It can be used as a talisman for increasing the effectiveness of physical workouts and even bodybuilding. Meditating with Moss Agate, one can project the image of a completed project or goal into the stone, and the stone will magnify the energy of one’s intention, thus assisting in the achievement of the goal.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The deep, clear energy of Moss Agate assists one in connecting with Earth energy and the devic realm. The stone is grounding in the sense that it assists one in connecting to the Earth, at the same time that it stimulates psychic contact with elementals and Nature spirits. Moss Agate can be employed to assist one in bringing ideas and concepts into being through its grounding influence. It is an excellent stone for use in abundance work, as it promotes the sense of all things being provided for us within creation. Its energy is supportive to physical health, wealth and spiritual understanding of all aspects of the natural world.

SPIRITUAL   Because of its grounding and balancing influences, Moss Agate encourages the spiritualization of one’s life in all its aspects. It helps one to transmute unwholesome tendencies in oneself which may be karmic attachments from past lives, and to find the will to replace these patterns with the Divine blueprint of one’s Higher Self. It assists one in bringing dreams into reality by helping one to hold clearly one’s inner vision until manifestation can take place. Moss Agate, as it opens the portals of communication to the realm of the devas and Nature Spirits, brings to one’s awareness the reality that the world itself is a living being, both physical and spiritual.

EMOTIONAL   Moss Agate assists one in bringing peace and stability to the emotional body. It can be a great help to those who experience wild ‘mood swings’ and to those who have become addicted to emotional drama in their lives. It can make those with volatile temperaments more patient and can help almost everyone to experience a greater feeling of wholeness and inner calm. Such shifts help the individual to develop greater determination and persistence in dealing with the daily challenges of life.

PHYSICAL   Moss Agate is a stabilizing influence on all the systems of the physical body, bringing circulation, digestion, neuronal activity and the function of the visceral organs into harmony and balance through the strengthening of the etheric body. It can enhance the acuity of the senses, sharpening all of one’s perceptions such that the world itself seems more vividly present to consciousness.

AFFIRMATION   I am balanced and stable, healthy and whole and at home on the Earth.

AGNITITE

KEY WORDS      Expansion of consciousness, bodily and spiritual transformation, infusion of Divine Fire, enhancement of latent capacities, Vibrational Ascension

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      All, including the Etheric and Earthstar chakras

Agnitite is the name given to a variety of quartz from an island off the coast of Africa. It is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. Its name is derived from the Sanskrit word agni, meaning ‘fire.’ It is characterized by reddish streaks of hematite that run through some pieces, although most of the stones have large areas without the inclusions. Much of the material is slightly milky and translucent.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Agnitite was named for Agni, the Vedic deity of fire who was worshipped in India some 5,000 years ago. Many of the Vedic sacred hymns are invocations to Agni, whom the rishis considered the supreme source of spiritual Light, Life Force, and even immortality. Agni was fervently invited to enter the bodies of the ancient chanters of the holy mantras, to illumine their hearts, bodily tissues, and consciousness with the sacred fire carrying the divine nectar. They believed that Agni was a spiritual fire that existed in all of matter, in living things, stones, and even water.

In more recent times, Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and her disciple Satprem rediscovered the inner significance of the Vedic tradition, and worked to call the holy fire into their own bodies, their own cells. Their belief was that humanity is meant to evolve into a new species, one in spiritual union with the Divine. Aurobindo saw that agni is a very real spiritual current, which he called the Supramental Force (‘force above and beyond the mental’). In his meditations, and in those taken up later by Satprem and the Mother, this force was called down into the body from above the crown chakra, filling it with spiritual fire and grounding it in the Earth, for the transformation of the planet as well as humanity.

The reason for telling this story is that the pattern of the currents that enter the body when working with Agnitite echoes the descent of the Supramental Force described above. It is initially felt in the crown and third eye as a pulsing vibration that pours readily downward, through the heart, into the lower chakras. Almost immediately, its currents increase in intensity, and there is a wave of powerful vibration that reverberates through the whole body, all the way out through the feet. As I worked with the stone, I could feel a spreading warmth as well. Although I would not yet have called it ‘fire,’ I sensed that both the intensity and warmth of this stone’s currents would increase as I worked with it further and increased my receptivity to its vibrations.

Agnitite stimulates the entire Liquid Crystal Body Matrix, and helps the body learn to resonate in vibrational unity. This shift will enhance qualities such as intuition, healing, strength of will, sense of purpose, and awareness of one’s shared consciousness with that of the world at large. As one’s body currents harmonize in resonance with those of Agnitite, one may discover an increased sensitivity to other crystals and stones, including those still under the ground! I recommend Agnitite as an aid to rockhounds seeking stones ‘in the wild,’ and to those who work meditatively to discover the qualities of stones.

Individuals who wish to help in the formation of the Planetary Crystal Grid of Light (which is being formed in part through the worldwide activation of Azeztulite), are urged to work with Agnitite, because of its capacity to awaken and harmonize the higher vibrational potential of the body. We are called to ‘ground the Light’ into the Earth through our bodies, and Agnitite is an exceptional aid to this activity.

For spiritual self-healing, Agnitite is recommended for those wishing to purify the blood and cellular tissues. It seems to act vibrationally as a detoxifying influence, at the same time that it energizes all of one’s systems. This may be because the quartz and hematite contained in Agnitite work in synergy with one another.

For opening the spinal channel and awakening one’s connection to the Supramental Force, one can combine Agnitite with Tibetan Tektite. For developing the latent spiritual capacities of the new human species to which we are evolving, one can combine Agnitite with Nirvana Quartz, Circle Stones, Cryolite, and Herderite. For all this, and for the additional step of awakening the Light Body, any and all forms of Azeztulite can be most helpful. For increasing the downflow of the Supramental Force, Spanish Aragonite is also suggested.

SPIRITUAL   Agnitite stimulates the process of Vibrational Ascension, which allows one’s body and consciousness to merge with the Divine Fire latent in all matter. It accelerates spiritual growth on all levels.

EMOTIONAL   Agnitite awakens the capacity for spiritual ecstasy, and works to heal the emotional body through the infusion of Divine Light.

PHYSICAL   Agnitite emanates a powerful energy of purification that can purge the cells of habitual patterns of degeneration and disease. It teaches the cellular consciousness that regeneration and rejuvenation are being offered to the body from Divine Source. This stone offers the vibrational pattern of bodily transformation and even immortality.

AFFIRMATION   I unite the whole of my being in full and joyous surrender to the Divine Fire of transformation and immortality.

AJOITE (Ajo Quartz)

KEY WORDS      Love, healing, emotional support, goddess and angelic connections

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Etheric (above the head)

Ajoite is a blue or blue-green copper silicate mineral. It is named after Ajo, Arizona, where it was first identified. It is a rare mineral and is most frequently seen as an inclusion in Quartz. The most beautiful and plentiful Ajoite specimens in Quartz crystal points came from the Messina Copper Mine in South Africa. In addition to Ajoite, some of these crystals contain Hematite, Limonite and/or Papagoite. Another small discovery of Ajoite in agatized Quartz was made in Zimbabwe. As of this writing, both of these finds are exhausted and the only Ajoite in the marketplace comes from old stocks from the two African discoveries.

Occasionally, Ajoite forms within Quartz in bright turquoise blue shapes that are said to look like angels. From some of these, feathery threads of pure copper emanate in patterns suggestive of wings. The ‘Angel Wing Ajoites’ are some of the most avidly sought specimens of all.

Other unusual Ajoites include a very few druzy crystallized pieces discovered around 1998 in Zimbabwe. From this same find came rich blue and blue-green agatized Ajoite. Whereas the Messina Quartz crystals mostly contained small spots of pure Ajoite, the agatized Quartz displayed much more color. Some of it was pure enough to be made into faceted gems, cabochons or beads, and some of the larger pieces were used to make exceptional Ajoite spheres.

Ajoite is an important metaphysical stone and is much sought after by crystal lovers. Its energies are emotionally soothing and healing, and many people report that Ajoite connects them to the heart of the Earth itself. On some occasions, people break into tears the first time they hold a piece of Ajoite. Ajoite is believed to transmute negative energy to positive energy and to relieve unhappiness. It is a stone of feminine empowerment and activates the throat chakra.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Ajoite in Quartz emanates one of the sweetest, most nurturing and loving energies of any stone in the mineral kingdom. It is a pure bearer of the vibrations of the Earth mother, the feminine aspect of the life force of our planet. Ajoite can cleanse the heart of sorrow, wash negativity out of one’s thoughts, and open the floodgates for the ocean of love to lift one to the higher planes. It clears and activates the throat chakra, assisting one in communicating one’s deepest inner truth. It helps one connect with the Goddess energies, both within oneself and throughout the natural world. Ajoites can be very powerful tools. They can clear the auric field and align the Light body with the physical. They can harmonize the energies of any chakra, disperse contracted thought forms that are creating pain, dispel any amount of negativity, and call forth the truth from oneself and others. All of Ajoite’s work is accomplished in the most soft and loving manner; it is all but impossible to resist the gentle transformation it brings. And one should not resist, for the changes engendered by Ajoite are great blessings indeed.

Ajoite is a strengthener, healer and harmonizer of the emotional body. Its sweet vibrations not only soothe us—they also draw out the poison of one’s subconsciously held sorrows, fears, rage and old woundings. Meditation with Ajoite can bring both tears and laughter, as feelings arise in what is often a deep yet gentle release of inner tensions. Yet the outcome is a movement towards joy, a happiness that needs no outer reason.

There is something profoundly wholesome about Ajoites. They not only help us to release our old grief and pain, but once this process has progressed, we are gifted with a sense of growing strength and confidence, a clear-minded sense of our own goodness and our ability to move forward on the spiritual path. Ajoite reminds us of beauty, both inner and outer, and it inspires us to bring more beauty into the world through all the things we say and do. Ajoite can help one awaken the emotions of compassion and forgiveness—first for oneself and then for all beings. These emotions are key in the healing of the many conflicts that exist on all levels of human life.

In regard to the crystals containing ‘Ajoite Angels,’ I maintain that all Ajoite crystals, gems, tumbled stones, spheres and beads contain angels, but that these specimens show their forms as a physical manifestation. It is indeed a delight to discover within the structure of the crystal the feathery blue ‘wings’ and sunburst patterns which make one immediately aware of the higher beings manifesting through these stones. They are quite beautiful and most desirable. But I say again, on the energetic level, all Ajoites are the expression of what we would term ‘angels,’ and for this they all deserve to be cherished.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Like many of the copper-based stones, Ajoite emanates a strong female energy ally. It is an ally to call upon when one wishes to develop receptivity, stillness and surrender to the Divine. Its color reminds one of the azure ocean and sky, lending a calming and cooling influence to inflamed emotions and inflammation in the body. Because of its blue color, one may be tempted to think of this stone as predominantly a throat chakra stone, but its energies are powerful activators of many levels of the energetic bodies and the chakra column. While it is effective in opening the throat area, its energies are better used to activate the channel of communication with the Divine through the third eye, crown and etheric chakras.

Ajoite is one of the highest stones of angelic and Divine communication that I have yet found. Its frequencies assist one not only in opening to guidance from higher realms, but also in the grounding of that guidance onto the Earth plane through communication or teaching. Simply receiving personal information or guidance from Spirit is not the highest use of this stone. Instead, the information that is accessible through Ajoite’s energy pattern is of a more macrocosmic nature, pertaining to the evolution of humanity and the highest good of all. For this reason it is an excellent stone for use by channels, spiritual teachers or others who have the responsibility of effectively communicating spiritual information to groups and humanity in general.

Ajoite can assist in calming an overactive thought process, settling the mind and allowing for more focus and concentration. It can assist one in perceiving where self-limiting beliefs may be influencing one’s ability to manifest and create in the world. It is an excellent stone to employ when deeper understanding of karmic patterns is desired.

SPIRITUAL   Ajoite assists in connecting with Divine guidance and information. It is an excellent stone to use for communion with angelic entities or the nurturing aspect of the Divine source. It can assist one in maintaining mental focus on No-Thing during meditation and can assist one in releasing worries and fears in order to turn one’s attention more fully to the Divine.

EMOTIONAL   On an emotional level the effects of Ajoite are multifold. Its energy supports a sense of nurturance and emotional rescue, and at the same time it stimulates the release and cleansing of emotional patterns or lessons. Ajoite can engage inner vision and higher understanding as well as the emotional self. Ajoite has a calming and uplifting effect on the emotional body. It can help those who are subject to extreme emotional polarities or who are prone to excessive anger or fear. It helps one to gain perspective on situations that are emotionally charged and can help one to understand the underlying emotional basis for the experience. It is useful in gaining understanding of the karmic or alternate life roots of emotional patterns and experience. This enables one to perceive the spiritual basis of life’s lessons as it guides one to gently but firmly remove old emotional patterning.

PHYSICAL   Ajoite can be used to help elevate one’s mood when hormonal imbalance causes depression, excessive anger or other emotional extremes. It is an effective stone to use when PMS or menopausal symptoms cause difficulties. It can help anyone—male or female—with issues of extreme anger or fear, by assisting one in maintaining a sense of center through emotional extremes. It assists iron-based stones such as Hematite in strengthening the blood, and so can be used as an adjunct stone in balancing issues of weak blood, such as anemia.

AFFIRMATION   I open my heart to love and speak its truth with openness and compassion. As I am healed, I heal others.

ALEXANDRITE

KEY WORDS      Joy and wisdom, release of sorrow

ELEMENT      Wind, Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Alexandrite is a variety of Chrysoberyl, a beryllium aluminum oxide with a hardness of 8.5. It is one of the hardest gemstones, second only to diamond and corundum. It crystal pattern is orthorhombic, and it sometimes forms in hexagonal-looking twinned crystals. It was discovered in the Ural Mountains of Russia in 1830, on the birthday of Czar Alexander II, and was named after him. The magic of Alexandrite is in its property of color change—it is light red or red-purple in incandescent artificial light and green or blue-green in daylight. (Appropriate to its name, the red and green colors of Alexandrite were the same as those of the Russian Imperial Guard.) In addition to Russia, Alexandrites have been found in Sri Lanka, South Africa, Burma, Brazil, Madagascar and the United States. The largest cut gem, weighing sixty-six carats, is in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Alexandrite is one of the world’s rarest gemstones, and the finest specimens are more costly than Diamonds.

Since its discovery, Alexandrite was believed in Russia to be a stone of good fortune. As belief in the magical properties of stones faded with the rise of science and rationalism, Alexandrite was the only gemstone still believed to be a beneficial talisman as late as the nineteenth century.

In current metaphysical thought, Alexandrite is said to carry a very joyful vibration and to be a powerful agent of inner transformation and spiritual evolvement. It embodies both the heart energy (green) and the higher mind energy (purple). Its property of changing color in different lights symbolizes the ideal of inner adaptability in which one is able to respond from the mind, the heart, or both together, in whatever way is most appropriate. Using Alexandrite in meditation, in stone layouts, or in jewelry can stimulate a harmonic opening of the heart chakra, third eye and crown chakras, in which the three operate as an integrated whole.

ROBERT SIMMONS   It is true that Alexandrites are stones of joy, and for that reason they ought to be taken seriously. These stones have a vibrational connection to Source energies of the higher dimensions, where the atmosphere is most rapturous. However, one must be careful to do more than just enjoy the happy feeling engendered by contact with Alexandrite. Alexandrite’s window to the ecstasies of the higher realms can and should be the springboard to inner exploration. Here is a tool to offer one a quest into the Self. For one thing, it may help one to experience the fact that the joy of the celestial realms is also simultaneously here at every moment, and one’s reality depends to a great extent upon the levels at which one chooses to receive. Alexandrites shift their colors when different wavelengths of light shine upon them. One of their lessons is to teach us to take in all energies that come to us, to transmute them into such harmony and beauty as is possible, and to do this with the inner resilience of a commitment to joy. This commitment, with the assistance of Alexandrite’s vibrational connection to the higher realms, makes us into sources, rather than mere receivers, of joy.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Alexandrite is a stone of high wisdom and heart energy. It facilitates one in moving through grief or self-pity and enables one to perceive one’s own point of power in the moment. It is excellent for those who procrastinate and are unable to take action due to fear. Alexandrite opens the heart chakra and the third eye, assisting one in perceiving and understanding the wisdom hidden within difficult emotional experiences. It lends a sense of hope in even the darkest of times and can aid one in finding the path to the Light when all seems lost.

Alexandrite is also a stone of joy, stimulating one’s recognition of abundance on all levels. It can be used to attract wealth and to assist in manifesting the heart’s desires and dreams. Even in pieces that do not exhibit color change, the energy of Alexandrite can assist one in shifting circumstances and emotions to more accurately reflect Spirit on the Earth plane.

Alexandrite brings a frequency of joy that is related to the experience of revelation. It is a powerful stone for stimulating the intuitive and psychic senses, at the same time opening the heart to Divine Love. Alexandrite is a powerful stone to use for connecting with the Divine Mind. Within this state of connection, it is as if you are speaking to a loving parent, who will answer questions and reveal knowledge to you in a way that reflects a deep understanding of your experiences. When resonant with the energy of the Divine Mind, you are able to speak from a heart-centered place of higher knowledge. This facilitates communication, teaching, and channeling or psychic counseling work.

This stone facilitates accessing the Akashic records and can assist one in perceiving alternate and past-life experiences that are relevant to current situations. It is closely related to both ancient Egyptian and Atlantean energies and can assist those who were once priests or priestesses in recovering ancient sacred knowledge.

SPIRITUAL   On a spiritual level, Alexandrite allows connection with the frequencies of Divine Knowledge and Divine Love. It assists one in resonating with these frequencies and utilizing them to gather knowledge for the growth of the self or others while sharing this knowledge from the heart. It facilitates the recovery of alternate-life information and Akashic records.

EMOTIONAL   Alexandrite brings in the frequency of Joy. It teaches one to perceive the joy in being an embodied soul. Resonating with this stone may assist you in dealing with issues of not being able to receive love or energy from others. It can assist one in learning to trust one’s intuition and guidance, and in opening to become a channel for Divine knowledge and love.

PHYSICAL   Alexandrite stimulates the pineal and pituitary glands and opens the crown through heart chakras. It stimulates the brain and assists in balancing brain function. Alexandrite’s properties are mainly spiritual, though it can be used to help one relax in order to support physical healing. It is an excellent stone to use with those who are fearful of the healing process, as it allows them to relax and become more receptive to the experience. It is a good stone to use with those who are preparing for surgery or other invasive processes.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace with joy the totality of life.

AMAZONITE

KEY WORDS      Truth, communication, harmony

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Throat (5th)

Amazonite is an alkali feldspar mineral, a potassium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. Its crystal system is triclinic and prismatic. Its color is green or blue-green. Its name derives from the Amazon River in Brazil, where there are important Amazonite deposits Amazonite is also found in Colorado, India, Madagascar, Namibia and Russia.

Amazonite jewelry was produced as long as four thousand years ago. It was used in India, Egypt, Sudan and Mesopotamia. The seventh chapter of the Egyptian Book of the Dead was engraved on Amazonite, and an Amazonite scarab ring was among Tutankhamen’s treasures. It is believed to have been the third stone in the breastplate of Moses. Amazonite was also used in jewelry worn in pre-Columbian South and Central America. In ancient Egypt, Amazonite was a popular amulet stone, and the Assyrians associated Amazonite with the god Belus.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Amazonite is a stone of harmony, both within the self and among people. It is a truth-teller and a peacemaker, assisting one in communicating one’s true thoughts and feelings without over-emotionalism. This is the first step towards both inner and outer peace. The second step is activated by Amazonite’s awakening of compassion through stimulation of the heart chakra. Once one has expressed one’s truth, it is necessary to assume the other person’s point of view in order to achieve harmony, and Amazonite facilitates this. A similar process operates within oneself, as the competing factions of one’s personality with their separate motivations and desires come to awareness through self-examination. Sleeping with Amazonite can bring these inner components into focus through the symbolism of dreams. Meditation with Amazonite makes everything more conscious, so one can listen to and integrate all aspects of the self. Because it is a stone of truth, one can trust the visions, dreams and intuitions that surface while working with Amazonite.

Amazonite can also empower us in manifesting our dreams and desires. It is a magnifier of our intentions, and because it works through the throat chakra, these intentions must be spoken aloud. Holding an Amazonite while forcefully affirming aloud what one wishes to create can powerfully enhance one’s ability to bring it into being. The power of the spoken word is a great and mystical thing—remember that Genesis affirms that the Universe was brought into being by the word of God. Amazonite teaches us to speak the truth and to make what we speak come true.

For throat chakra activation and enhancement of communication, Amazonite works well in combination with Aquamarine, Ajoite, Larimar, Aqua Aura Quartz, Chrysocolla and Turquoise. For deepening insight into truth, adding Moldavite, Phenacite and/or Nuummite can be most effective. Working with Azeztulite and Amazonite together can bring about inner journeys to alternate realities, as well as the capacity to accurately communicate the information and insights acquired there.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Amazonite is deeply stimulating for the heart and throat chakras. Its energy is that of personal truth, allowing one to express one’s heart through communication. It opens and clears the throat chakra to assist those who tend to repress the expression of their own thoughts and feelings due to fear of confrontation or conflict. This stone also assists one in identifying how one’s words have created current reality, and how to change one’s vocabulary or communication style to reflect a higher, more aligned reality. Amazonite is excellent for those who are in positions of conflict resolution or who need to communicate their own truth more effectively.

Amazonite can also be helpful for those who are out of touch with their truth. When someone doesn’t know what they want, or what they feel, Amazonite can assist them in gaining clarity. For those who are unclear about what they have to offer the world, Amazonite can gently point them toward their gifts and knowledge.

Amazonite is also a powerful ally for those who have difficulty in setting appropriate boundaries. It assists one in perceiving and communicating one’s truth, allowing one to effectively set limits on what one wishes to experience. Because of its ability to help one to overcome fear of conflict, it frees one to identify and set strong and clear boundaries on physical, energetic and emotional levels. These can be internal boundaries that help one to develop self-discipline, or external boundaries that assist one in defining one’s personal space.

Amazonite can assist one in ‘walking one’s talk’ and aligning one’s actions to one’s words. In this sense, it assists one in learning the lessons of integrity and truth. It is an excellent stone for those who are overly concerned with the opinions and judgments of others, or who may spend too much time offering opinions and judgments to others. It is a stone of ‘right relationship,’ assisting one in attaining and maintaining personal balance when in relationship with others or with the world in general.

SPIRITUAL   On a spiritual level, Amazonite assists one in communicating higher truths and higher knowledge. It is the stone of truth, assisting one in perceiving the truth for oneself and in others. It assists in the development of discernment of energetic boundaries.

EMOTIONAL   On an emotional level, Amazonite assists one in setting appropriate boundaries, both within oneself (discipline) and externally. It helps one to move beyond fear of confrontation or judgment, allowing one more freedom in acting in alignment with one’s higher truth and integrity. It encourages one to walk in right relationship and to speak and live one’s truth for the highest good. It assists one in gaining self-knowledge and in defining one’s core beliefs and values.

PHYSICAL   Amazonite assists in physical healing for many conditions. It is helpful in cell regeneration and healing after trauma or injury. It is an excellent stone to use for gout and arthritis. It is helpful in preventing hair loss and helping to repair brittle hair and nails. It can help to balance the thyroid and adrenals, especially when these glands are over-taxed by excessive stress or emotional repression.

AFFIRMATION   I speak and live my highest truth, and I call forth its manifestation in the world.

AMBER

KEY WORDS      Light, warmth, solar energies, clarification, healing

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd)

Amber is an organic material made up of fossilized natural botanic resins; it is a mixture of hydrocarbons with a hardness of 2 to 2.5. The ancient Greek term for Amber was elektron, a word referring to the sun. Amber is known to develop an electric charge when rubbed, and our word ‘electricity’ derives from the ancient Greek term for Amber. The word ‘Amber’ comes from ambar, the Arabic word for ambergris, a similarly colored material discharged from the sperm whale and used in making perfumes.

Amber varies in color from yellow to brown or reddish brown, and is often transparent. Frequently it contains bits of plant material or fossil insects, some dating as far back as 120 million years ago. Baltic Amber, which is usually considered to be the finest, was formed from the resins of coniferous trees some 30 to 60 million years ago.

Amber has been fashioned into jewelry and ornaments for thousands of years. In Egypt, it was used at least 4,500 years ago, and Amber beads dating back to 2000 B.C. have been found in Crete. In Europe during the Middle Ages, rosary beads made from Amber were so popular that the available supplies were exhausted.

In the mythology of ancient Greece, Amber was created when Phaeton, son of the sun god Helios, was struck and killed by lightning. The grief of his sisters was so great that it turned them to poplar trees, and their tears were transformed to droplets of Amber.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Many stones help us to connect with Light, but Amber brings us to Warmth. The energies of Amber are very solar, and they have the quality of creating a comfortable sense of warmth, health and well-being in the wearer. Amber carries the vibration of organic life, perhaps because it came from living trees, and that makes it feel very friendly and familiar to us. Amber has always been valued by humans for both its beauty and its healing qualities, and our long history of positive regard for Amber makes it a substance we tend to immediately like. Perhaps there is some ‘species memory’ that makes us realize the wholesome and beneficial traits of Amber—whatever the reason, the association seems good for both sides.

Amber is recommended to be worn or carried by anyone recovering from illness or injury, because its warm and nurturing energies put us in touch with our own essential strength and security. It is excellent for convalescence, because it warms the inner being and activates the life force, as well as one’s emotional desire for wellness. It helps one to see the path to recovery and have the courage and confidence to follow it. Because Amber carries the vibration of life force, it helps us bring more of that energy into all levels of our beings. It can help one achieve longevity, and it is a beneficial stone to be worn by those who are elderly. Not everyone can (or would want to) move to a warm, sunny climate for retirement, but Amber facilitates the activation of a warm, sunny ‘interior climate.’

Amber can also spur one’s innate capacity to manifest prosperity. To amplify this potential, I recommend using it with prosperity stones such as Tsavorite, Yellow Sapphire and Moldavite. Pairing Amber with Moldavite is also helpful for bringing positive and successful inner transformation. In addition, Amber works especially well when combined with Jet, facilitating purification, health and protection from negativity.

NAISHA AHSIAN   While Amber is not technically a mineral, it has long been honored for its energetic and healing properties. Amber is a purifier, acting on the energetic, emotional and physical levels to transform negative or stagnant energies into clear, usable frequencies. Just as trees take in the ‘waste’ gas of carbon dioxide and turn it into oxygen, Amber takes in ‘waste’ energies and converts them to usable energy. It can assist one in purifying one’s aura, as well as clearing any vibrations it contacts in its environment. This makes Amber an excellent stone for protection because it transforms negativity into a source of clear energy.

Amber is a key to ancient knowledge and can stimulate the remembrance of one’s lineage and the genetic lessons and experiences passed down from one’s ancestors. This makes it an excellent ally for clearing family patterns. It can assist in past-life exploration during meditation and in clearing karmic debris from one’s energy field. It is a powerful ally in shamanic journeys, for its protective energies and for its ability to facilitate travel to the lower world.

Amber is a form of solidified sunlight. Unlike other crystals and stones born within the depths of the Earth’s crust, Amber is first created by the synthesis of light by plants and trees. As it is fossilized, that life force is solidified into the material we know as Amber. Because of its relationship to Light and to the Star at the center of our solar system, Amber is an excellent source of Light energy. It can assist one in connecting with interdimensional and intergalactic Light beings, including Nature devas, crop-circle makers, faeries and other beings connected to sacred nature. It is particularly connected to the Egyptian deity Ra.

Due to its light-carrying properties, Amber can help those who become depressed during winter due to light deprivation. It assists in stimulating metabolism, physical energy and the flow of energy along the meridians of the body. It can help draw out infection and cleanse contaminants from the organs.

SPIRITUAL   Amber assists one in connecting with Light beings, particularly those who are on Earth or who are to assist us through the coming shift. Its helps us integrate Light energy into the physical body, and is an excellent support for energetic healing. It offers protection through processing less desirable frequencies into cleaner, higher energy. Amber links us with Solar energy, reminding us of the Light and helping us clear resistance to our personal evolution.

EMOTIONAL   Amber can assist those with Seasonal Affective Disorder or other depression based on light deprivation. It can help one find purpose and strength, taking action to evolve one’s reality toward higher consciousness. It can assist the psychically sensitive by offering a protective Light barrier against negativity until they are able to control their intuitive skills.

PHYSICAL   Amber helps increase general vitality and energy levels. It assists energetically in drawing out infection and preventing infection from occurring. It can stimulate sluggish digestion, organ and gland function. For those who work with removing entities from the energy field, Amber can be a valuable ally for sealing the aura after extraction and clearing any lingering negative patterns that might re-establish themselves in one’s field.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth the cleansing and healing of my energy field, and I embrace the blessings of physical life.

AMBLYGONITE

KEY WORDS      Calm power of the will, manifestation of creative ideas

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd)

Amblygonite is a lithium sodium aluminum phosphate mineral with a hardness of 5.5 to 6. It is usually a pale yellow color, but is sometimes greenish yellow or lilac. Its crystal structure is triclinic and it is often found in association with other lithium-bearing minerals such as Apatite, Lepidolite, Kunzite and Tourmaline. It is a relatively rare material and is found primarily in Brazil, Burma and Maine in the USA. A small percentage of Amblygonite is transparent and can be faceted into gems.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Amblygonite is an excellent stone for bringing one’s emotional body into balance for the liberation of one’s innate creative energies. Many individuals feel called to do creative work in artistic fields, such as writing, music, dance and so forth, but are hindered by blockages that stem from the emotional areas. One may feel inadequate to manifest one’s dreams, or perhaps a past wound or trauma has created a fixation that blocks one’s progress. Wearing, carrying or meditating with Amblygonite can assist one in finding the peace and inner clarity necessary to do creative work. Amblygonite can help ignite the creative spark, moving one forward on the path to the fulfillment of one’s higher purpose. Thus it is both a soother and an energizer, calming the emotions while awakening the creative mind.

Because it activates creativity, Amblygonite can also help to manifest in this world the images one pictures in the etheric. It can help one do the necessary work to make one’s dreams come true. To enhance this Amblygonite can be combined with Phenacite, which has great power to assist in bringing the imagined into reality.

Amblygonite can have numerous practical applications. Whenever one faces a situation where calm and mental clarity are needed, this stone is a ready ally. It harmonizes with other stones by bringing calm and clarity into conjunction with whatever they are doing.

For those who wish to work with high-intensity stones such as Moldavite, Phenacite, Natrolite, Azeztulite, Tibetan Tektite and others, but who are jangled by the intensity of their energies, Amblygonite can provide the needed calming effect. It can amplify the beneficial energies of other lithium minerals and is an aid to purification stones such as Amethyst. Amblygonite combines with Libyan Gold Tektite to provide an energy of enhanced personal power and calm clarity of mind.

NAISHA AHSIAN   This high-lithium stone can assist in clearing, stimulating and strengthening the solar-plexus chakra. It is excellent for those who are unable to utilize their personal power to shift their reality, or who have experienced the negative effects of power abuse in their lives. As it soothes the emotional body, Amblygonite gently raises these issues to the surface so that they can be cleared or integrated. It can assist one in overcoming deep-seated fears and phobias by gently soothing the solar plexus and facilitating action.

Amblygonite can assist individuals who have difficulty concentrating or finishing projects. Though not a strong prosperity stone, it is excellent in conjunction with prosperity stones, as it helps one to follow through and bring one’s idea or project into being. For this reason, it is useful for anyone who procrastinates or becomes overwhelmed when attempting to create.

SPIRITUAL   Amblygonite can assist one in identifying one’s issues around power. This is particularly useful for those who are afraid of taking action out of fear of hurting others, or who resist assuming their personal power due to negative power models from their past.

EMOTIONAL   Amblygonite assists in maintaining a sunny, calm outlook on life. It encourages one to find one’s emotional center and to maintain that center when life experiences become hectic or difficult. It can help one overcome stress, fear of action and procrastination.

PHYSICAL   Amblygonite is very useful for all manner of attention deficit or inattentive disorders, particularly where hyperactivity is also an issue. It is useful in soothing digestive upsets such as excessive acid or heartburn, ulcers, and irritable bowel syndrome.

AFFIRMATION   I call my creative dreams into being, through the calm strength of my will.

AMEGREEN

KEY WORDS      Mind/Heart integration, spiritual connection, compassion, psychic ability, emotional healing

ELEMENT      Earth, Wind

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Crown (7th), Etheric (8th and beyond, above the head)

Amegreen is a combination of purple Amethyst and Prasiolite (Green Amethyst) with a hardness of 7. The stones come from Africa, and the crystals grow in conjunction with white Quartz. The best specimens show distinct bands of all three colors, and the purple Amethyst sometimes occurs in a chevron pattern. Green Amethyst is itself a rare stone, but Amegreen is even rarer and may soon become extinct.

ROBERT SIMMONS There is a wonderful softness and lightness about the energies of Amegreen. The Amethyst brings in the Purple Ray of purification and stimulates the crown chakra. The Prasiolite soothes the emotions and balances the energies of the heart chakra. The white Quartz that connects them emanates the pure white Divine Light energy. Amegreen provides a wellspring of emotional support, helping one to heal past wounds or simply to lift the veil of sorrow or depression. It reminds us of the eternal life force, the flowers of spring, the gentleness of a loving touch. This stone is a reminder to us that we are all loved deeply by the spirit beings who watch over us and that their assistance is available when we call on them.

Wearing or carrying Amegreen helps one integrate the mind and heart. It allows for the creativity and inspiration of the mind to be guided by the heart’s wisdom. It opens one’s consciousness to the influence of the higher energies of the Divine, while assisting one in remaining centered in the body, at the heart chakra. The combined vibrations of the Amethyst, Prasiolite and white Quartz harmonize all the chakras and lift one’s spirits. Amegreen helps one give and receive both spiritual and human love. It assists in lifting oneself out of the doldrums and making a new effort in one’s life.

Amegreen works well in combination with Moldavite, which brings the active energy of transformation into union with Amegreen’s harmonious flow. Combining Amegreen with Petalite, Azeztulite or Phenacite can serve to emphasize one’s connection to higher spiritual realms. Other stones which harmonize well with Amegreen include Morganite, Celestite, Rose Quartz, Lemurian Seed Crystals and Satyaloka Quartz.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Amegreen is a wonderful ally and a very special stone. It carries the frequencies of both Amethyst (Divine connection) and Prasiolite (heart-centered healing), balancing spiritual quest with the manifestation of Divine energy on the Earth plane. Amegreen carries the energies of both the Wind and the Earth elements, being one of the few minerals that is easily able to accommodate these polarities within itself.

The Amethyst aspect of Amegreen stimulates the third eye and crown chakras, assisting one in connecting with the Divine. It activates intuitive and psychic abilities, enabling one to receive more information from Spirit and from the energies in one’s environment. Amethyst carries the energy of the higher mind beyond ego and resonates with pure consciousness.

The Prasiolite aspect of Amegreen’s energy encourages the expression of this pure consciousness through the sharing of one’s heart in compassion. The channeling of the Divine Light through the heart center stimulates physical and emotional healing and assists one in living the Light in one’s day-to-day experience.

Amegreen brings the frequencies of love, peace, consciousness and compassion to one’s energy field. It assists one in dropping ego-based emotional patterns and in evolving beyond the perceived wounds and trauma of the past. Amegreen can assist one in maintaining a calm and peaceful inner center, and in communicating one’s highest awareness through one’s presence and energy.

SPIRITUAL   Amegreen gently stimulates the higher chakras, opening the psychic and intuitive centers and enhancing psychic ability. It facilitates meditation, lending a calm sense of surrender to the Divine. Amegreen helps ground the energy of pure consciousness into the physical body, facilitating healing. It allows one to recognize and integrate the illusion of polarity into the reality of the centered self.

EMOTIONAL   Amegreen assists one in releasing emotional roles and ego-based identities, freeing one to express the full consciousness of one’s Higher Self. It exudes an energy of love, peace and fulfillment that is very helpful in attaining and maintaining a meditative state.

PHYSICAL Amegreen’s ability to ground high-frequency Light energy into the physical body makes it a joyful companion in the healing process. It is useful for all types of ailments involving the heart. It helps stimulate the healing and repair of the body, making it a good all-around healing stone for recovery from physical injury or trauma.

AFFIRMATION   I offer myself to full connection with Spirit, through the opening and union of my mind and heart.

AMETHYST

KEY WORDS      Protection, purification, Divine connection, release of addictions

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Etheric (8th and beyond, above the head)

Amethyst is a member of the Quartz family with a trigonal crystal system and a hardness of 7. Its color, which varies from pale to deep purple, is derived from the combination of trace amounts of iron and aluminum, plus natural or applied irradiation. Amethyst crystals and gem rough are found in numerous locations throughout the world including Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, Africa, Canada, Russia, the USA and Europe.

Amethyst has been prized for its beauty and its legendary energies for thousands of years. Neolithic people in Europe used it at least as early as 25,000 B.C., and in ancient Egypt it was made into beads and amulets. Early Greek and Roman societies placed high value on Amethyst, and it has long been viewed as a stone of royalty, utilized in crowns, scepters and the rings of bishops. Amethyst is said to have been the ninth stone in the breastplate of the high priest of Israel, and one of ten stones upon which the names of the tribes of Israel were engraved. Amethyst’s name comes from a Greek word meaning ‘not drunken,’ and an ancient Greek myth explains its derivation: The god Bacchus, angry because of an insult, decreed that the first person he met would be eaten by his tigers. The unfortunate person happened to be Amethyst, on her way to worship at the shrine of Diana. When the tigers sprang, Diana transformed the girl into a clear, transparent crystal. In remorse, Bacchus poured the juice of his grapes over the stone as an offering, thus giving the gem its beautiful purple color. The Greeks believed that Amethyst would prevent intoxication, calm anger and relieve frustrated passion.

ROBERT SIMMONS   It is interesting to see how many of the spiritual properties attributed to Amethyst in past centuries are similar to those which have been intuitively discovered in recent years. Indeed it is appropriate to view Amethyst as a stone of spiritual protection and purification. It can be an aid to curbing overindulgence and giving up bad habits. It can be used to assist one in quitting smoking, drinking or drug use. It stimulates the crown chakra and is an aid to meditation, helping one to still one’s thoughts and move into higher states of consciousness. It can clear one’s energy field of negative influences and attachments, and can thereby facilitate the creation of an energetic ‘shield’—a field of spiritual Light around the body that wards off the negativity in one’s environment.

Those familiar with the St. Germaine stories may remember the legendary ‘violet flame’ of spiritual purification which readers and disciples were urged to call upon to purge themselves of karmic baggage or illness, and to protect themselves from psychic attack. This is a direct analog of the subtle vibrational field emanated by Amethyst, and it can assist one in connecting with this beneficial energy.

Amethyst is an ideal stone for enhancement of one’s physical environment. Placing Amethyst clusters, geodes or crystals in one’s home, meditation room, car, etc., can bring the feeling that one is surrounded and protected by a ‘bubble of Light.’ For this reason Amethyst is an especially recommended stone for everyone from healers and psychologists to teachers and truck drivers. If one is ill, placing an Amethyst specimen in one’s room can help keep one’s healing space clear. Wearing Amethyst maintains the inner space of one’s body and energy field in a state of balance and wellbeing. In all cases, one is advised to clear the energies of one’s Amethyst pieces from time to time. The easiest method is to hold the stone under running water for a minute or less, while affirming the intention that the stone be cleared.

For spiritual protection, Amethyst works especially well when combined with Moldavite. Amethyst generates its characteristic ‘bubble of Light’ shield, while the Moldavite raises one’s vibrational frequency to a level at which one simply doesn’t resonate with the lower energies of negative entities or dark forces. The spiritual connection provided by Amethyst is greatly enhanced by stones such as Azeztulite, Phenacite, Scolecite and Natrolite. Amethyst also harmonizes with all varieties of Quartz, including Citrine, Smokey Quartz, Clear Quartz, Chrysoprase, Opal, Tiger Eye and all types of Chalcedony. Sugilite and Amethyst together are the best pair for releasing addictive behavior. Other stones which enhance Amethyst protective qualities include Black Tourmaline, Healer’s Gold (Pyrite/Magnetite), Obsidian and Jet.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Amethyst is one of the first stones to which people are attracted when beginning their work with the mineral kingdom. Its beautiful purple Light combined with its high, sweet energy makes Amethyst a necessary item in any Lightworker’s tool box. Amethyst is a cardinal Wind element stone. The Wind element stimulates the mind, the intuitive and psychic abilities, and one’s connection to the spiritual realms. Amethyst embodies all of these properties, making it a powerful tool for spiritual expansion and cognitive understanding.

Amethyst is a classic meditation tool. Its energy allows one to easily enter into a meditative state and to maintain conscious awareness while in communion with the Divine. The vibration of Amethyst stimulates the higher mind and facilitates brain function. Because of its ability to stimulate the third eye, crown and etheric chakras, Amethyst is a natural choice for psychic opening and intuitive work. Its inherent high frequency acts as a barrier against lower energies, making it a valuable protective tool for those doing psychic or intuitive work. Amethyst’s energy builds a cocoon of Light around one’s aura, creating a powerful resonant field that helps one remain clear and centered while staying open to spiritual direction and intuitive information.

Amethyst’s ability to activate the higher mind allows one to gain a clearer comprehension and understanding of the dynamics and root causes of life experiences. Due to this enhanced clarity and balancing of the mind and thought, it can be useful in assisting one in overcoming addiction by counteracting the effects of drugs on brain function while imparting its own peaceful, blissful energy. Amethyst assists in eliminating emotion-based decision-making, allowing one to take actions based on higher guidance and spiritual understanding.

In healing work, Amethyst helps one understand the root cause of one’s disease or imbalance. Its ability to lend clarity assists one in identifying the damaging beliefs, behaviors and habits that brought an energetic imbalance into the physical realm. It reveals one’s ego-driven self-destructive patterns and the root experiences behind them. It helps one take responsibility for one’s reality by reminding one of our cocreative relationship with the Universe.

SPIRITUAL Amethyst facilitates meditation and engenders communion and communication with one’s guides and angels. It assists one in surrendering to the Divine and assuming one’s spiritual power as a creation of that Divine being. It opens and clears the third-eye and crown chakras, which in turn accelerates the development of intuitive and psychic abilities.

EMOTIONAL   Amethyst can help one identify the root causes behind behaviors, habits and emotional patterns which create imbalance and disease. This powerful ally assists one in recognizing one’s response-ability as a spiritual being having a physical experience. It can help those who are prone to disassociation or playing victim to recognize their inherent power and their ability to align their physical reality with their spiritual purpose. Amethyst is helpful for those who do not feel that they are native to the Earth plane, or who experience a constant longing for a ‘home’ on other worlds, systems or dimensions.

PHYSICAL   Amethyst has traditionally been used to counter addictive behavior and thought patterns. It lends clarity of mind and makes it more difficult for alcohol, drugs and other addictions to alter one’s mood. It helps balance the nervous system and the brain. It can be used to help with symptoms of tinnitus, nerve disorders, or brain imbalances. Amethyst’s energy also supports oxygenation in the blood, helping to improve the body’s assimilation of oxygen and the elimination of waste gasses, especially when in combination with other high-iron content stones such as Hematite or Magnetite.

AFFIRMATION   I am purified, uplifted and protected through my connection with the Divine.

AMETRINE

KEY WORDS      Mental and spiritual clarity, decisiveness

ELEMENT      Wind, Fire

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Crown (7th)

Ametrine is a combination of Amethyst and Citrine in the same stone. It is a member of the Quartz family with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. Its yellow and gold bicolored appearance is striking, and the best specimens are usually faceted for jewelry. Ametrine is found in Brazil and other parts of South America, but the best natural specimens in recent years have come from Uruguay and Bolivia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Ametrine is a harmonious blend of Amethyst and Citrine energies. Amethyst is stimulating to the crown chakra, protective to one’s auric field, purifying to one’s personal energies and uplifting to the spirit. It can aid greatly in letting go of bad habits and addictions. Citrine is a stone for enhancing mental clarity, creativity and will. Ametrine combines all of these traits, and it brings one’s spirituality into harmony with the mind, often catalyzing a profound flow of creativity, new ideas and insights. It is beneficial to keep Ametrine at one’s desk or beside one’s computer, or wherever else one sits to do the mental side of work. The Ametrine will help the mind stay clear, creative, energetic and on task. Those trying to lose weight or break other self-defeating habits are also advised to work with Ametrine, in this case as a jewelry piece or pocket stone, keeping its energies within one’s auric field.

Ametrine combines well with all other members of the Quartz family. Adding Rose Quartz will bring the heart chakra energies into activation, in harmony with mind and spirit. Combining Ametrine with Moldavite multiplies its effects manyfold, as its transformational energies activate all the chakras and focus upon manifestation of the will and advancement of one’s spiritual evolution. Other stones which enhance the effects of Ametrine include Sugilite, Golden Labradorite, Yellow Sapphire, Lilac Lepidolite, Phenacite and Azeztulite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Like Amegreen, Ametrine is a combination of Quartzes—in this case, Amethyst and Citrine. It is a Wind and Fire element stone, combining the stimulating energies of Wind with the creative and action-oriented energies of Fire. Ametrine links the clarity and Divine connection of Amethyst with the stimulating and purifying influence of Citrine. These two powerful energies work together in Ametrine to develop one’s ability to take action upon one’s spiritual guidance and to overcome one’s fears.

The Amethyst aspect of Ametrine connects one to the spiritual realm, where one can receive instruction from guides, angels or the Higher Self. Once this connection has been established, the Citrine aspect of Ametrine comes into play by aligning one’s center of will (the solar-plexus or third chakra) with the third eye and crown. The Citrine energy in Ametrine helps one take clear and decisive action based upon higher guidance and aligned with Divine Will. The stimulating and clarifying energy of Citrine facilitates removal of blockages or resistance to action or change, empowering one to create a more spiritually aligned reality.

This combination of energies makes Ametrine an excellent stone for those who are indecisive or unable to act because they fear making a ‘wrong’ decision. It can also help those who procrastinate or are unable to commit to a course of action or achievement. Ametrine can support one in overcoming one’s fear of success and in eradicating patterns of self-sabotage. Ametrine can assist one in making the changes necessary to align one’s life with the Divine, and in grounding higher frequencies into every aspect of one’s life.

The energy of Ametrine is useful in keeping the mind focused and alert when studying or learning. It should be used when one is feeling mentally sluggish, foggy or unable to concentrate. Its vibrational pattern enhances brain processes and assists one in mental endeavors.

SPIRITUAL   Ametrine assists one in connecting to Divine guidance, then taking action on that guidance to effectively change one’s reality. It is a ‘stone of the muses’ and can help one connect with and manifest Divinely inspired ideas or information.

EMOTIONAL   Ametrine helps one overcome fear of action or progress. It can assist one in overcoming self-sabotage and procrastination. It is excellent for those who are easily swayed by others, as it helps one develop a strong sense of one’s own power and potential.

PHYSICAL   Ametrine can be used to stimulate the brain, enhance learning and creative problem solving, and aid in memory and information retention. It assists with digestive issues and helps to stimulate metabolism. For this reason, Ametrine can be a valuable aid in weight regulation and in making proper food choices. Ametrine can also be used in combination with other endocrine system support stones to assist in hormonal balance.

AFFIRMATION   I align my thoughts and will to the Divine pattern of my spiritual purpose.

AMULET STONE

KEY WORDS      Comfort and well-being, harmony with the Earth, feeling at home in one’s body

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th)

Amulet Stone is a variety of rhyolite found in the area of Mount Hay, near Rockhampton in the Australian state of Queensland. It is an intrusive igneous rock, and is dominantly composed of the minerals potassium feldspar, quartz, and lesser amounts of plagioclase feldspar, mica, hornblende, and other minerals. Its colors include brownish and greenish areas, as well as veins of transparent material.

The stones were formed about 120 million years ago, as molten volcanic lava cooled and a shell formed around trapped gas bubbles. The shell eventually cracked, allowing gases to escape and siliceous liquids containing minerals and impurities to enter. Ultimately, the cavity filled in and the contents crystallized. The Australian aborigines are said to have called these stones ‘Uluru’s Children,’ and they were believed to ensure a harmonious relationship among humans and all creatures, nature, and the Earth.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The pulsations from Amulet Stones are slow, strong and powerful. They penetrate deeply into the body no matter where they are held. The first adjective that comes to mind is ‘friendly.’ These stones make excellent allies for the journey of incarnation. Their slow pulsations help one to experience the pleasure of being alive in a body on the Earth. They can greatly aid one in feeling grounded and at home in the physical world. They are highly recommended for those who tend to feel uncomfortable or unsafe in this world, because they can dispel such feelings and teach one to enjoy the experience of life.

Amulet Stones offer a special kind of vibrational protection. It is not that they repel negativity or create an energetic shield; they simply vibrate so positively that there is no resonance with negative or hostile people or situations. These stones emanate such good-natured currents that they can clear a bad mood just by holding them, making one feel so comfortable that fear and stress seem long gone and forgotten.

Amulet Stones are attuned to the natural harmony of the Earth. Keeping one nearby, or on one’s person, can aid in regulating healthy sleep patterns and in dispelling bad dreams. They are excellent stones for children since their currents are so stable and comforting. In healing, the effects are slow and steady rather than dramatic. The stones tend to encourage the body to find its own natural equilibrium. They are ideal for people who are convalescing after the crisis of an illness or injury. I highly recommend these stones for those working spiritually to calm emotional instability, anxiety and/or depression. As the Aborigines believed, Amulet Stones support harmonious relationship within the self, as well as with other creatures, nature and the Earth.

Amulet Stones harmonize with almost all other stones. They can help people adjust more easily to high-vibration stones such as Azeztulite, Anandalite, Phenacite, Herderite and Elestial Angel Calcite. Their capacity for supporting the body’s natural state of well-being is augmented by stones such as Crimson Cuprite and Ruby. With Moldavite, they increase one’s process of positive self-transformation. In the area of health, they have a natural synergy with Healerite, Healer’s Gold and Sillimanite.

SPIRITUAL   Amulet Stones are helpful in integrating one’s spiritual life with one’s physical life. They remind us that we are always connected with Spirit.

EMOTIONAL Amulet Stones bring comfort to the emotional body, and are ideal for releasing fear, anxiety and/or depression. They are uplifting to one’s mood, and can dispel tension and stress.

PHYSICAL   Amulet Stones support physical healing on all levels. Their ability to make one feel comfortable and happy provides the ideal conditions for recovering from illness or injury.

AFFIRMATION   I gratefully accept and embrace my body, myself and the Earth.

ANANDALITE

KEY WORDS      Divine Bliss, kundalini awakening, Light Body activation

ELEMENT      Fire, Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Soul Star (8th) and Transpersonal/Etheric (9th to 14th, above the head)

Anandalite is the name given to a variety of Quartz found in India in 2009. It is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. It occurs as clusters of small white or off-white points arising from a grayish chalcedony base. The points vary from carpets of tiny, sparkling druzy crystals to clusters of points up to a half-inch long. One unique physical feature of Anandalite is that a small percentage of the clusters reflect bright colors from and within the surfaces of the points. The colors range from green, blue, and violet to yellow, red, and orange. They are not the same as the fracture rainbows found in Quartz and other crystals, but are a type of natural iridescence. Specimens with this feature are known as Rainbow Anandalite. The name Anandalite is derived from the Hindu word ananda, meaning ‘Divine Bliss.’

ROBERT SIMMONS   Anandalite is among the most powerful stones for Light Body activation and awakening the dormant potentials of both the physical body and the consciousness. It profoundly stimulates the central nervous system, all along the spinal column from the root chakra up to the crown. Its currents wash through the whole body like a tsunami of intense, pleasurable, subtle electricity. Sometimes it focuses in the lower chakras as warmth, which can increase in magnitude until one actually sweats from the heat.

As one invites the currents to rise, both through movement of the stones and through inner intention, one can feel the flood of vibration and warmth entering each chakra. This rising tide is greeted with delight by the body, both in the areas of the chakras and throughout the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix. As the currents enter the higher chakras, where there is more refined consciousness, the stimulation becomes less physical and more spiritual. At the heart, the heat turns to an upwelling of love and joy, and a rush of images appears in rapid succession (often of colored lights, though sometimes of beautiful scenes or of people one loves). It feels as if the heart is offering its joy upward to the brain.

At the throat, there is at first a feeling of fullness, like a lump in the throat, which clears as more of the vibration enters. My sense is that the stone currents are cleansing this area of blockages, and this is confirmed by the subsequent feeling of well-being in that area.

In the head, Anandalite can cause both the third eye and crown chakras to open at once, and the entire interior of the skull may be filled with intense, buzzing, vibratory currents. They seem to swim inside one’s head! It is as if the entire brain is one huge chakra. The currents then continue upward, pouring out the top of the head like a fountain. In the full experience of Anandalite’s energies, one can feel the whole line of chakras and the head pulsating with the same undulating current. The emotional tone evoked by these stones is one of spiritual pleasure and the thrill of self-awakening. Anandalite makes one feel like a musical instrument that is being tuned and played by invisible hands, and there is the satisfaction of self-recognition, as if to say, ‘Now this is what I really am!’

While all Anandalites are capable of initiating the types of experiences described above, Rainbow Anandalite is frequently described as carrying the highest level of ecstatic energy, and supports the activation of the Rainbow Body of Light.

Many stones, especially Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite and the original White Azeztulite, work in ways that are somewhat similar to Anandalite, though they do not so specifically engender the symptoms of blissful kundalini awakening. All forms of Azeztulite can act as powerful allies to combine with Anandalite. Phenacite, Herderite, Natrolite Scolecite, Brookite and the other stones of Vibrational Ascension will enhance the effects of Anandalite. If one wishes to increase the stimulation of kundalini energies in the chakra column, I suggest combining Anandalite with Tibetan Tektite.

SPIRITUAL   Anandalite initiates multiple levels of spiritual awakening and recognition that the awakened state is one’s true Self.

EMOTIONAL   Anandalite activates the experience of Divine Bliss, an ecstatic union of oneself with the Divine.

PHYSICAL   Anandalite electrifies the body with the transformational currents of kundalini. These can initiate experiences of interior heat, which are sometimes quite intense. When this occurs, various disharmonious conditions can be purged from the body, leading to healing and functioning at a higher level.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself, with gratitude and surrender, to the unknown currents of Divine Bliss.

ANDALUSITE

KEY WORDS      Cleansing, comforting, protective, retrieving ancient information

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Third Eye (6th)

Andalusite is an aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 7.5. It is named after Andalusia in Spain, where it has been found. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. It forms sometimes in transparent crystals which can be cut and faceted into gems. These gems can display varying colors when viewed from different angles, a sign of Andalusite’s strong pleochroism. Andalusite is also found in opaque prismatic crystals, which are brown with a black cross (caused by carbonaceous inclusions), which can be seen by viewing the crystal in cross section perpendicular to the prism axis. This special form of Andalusite is also known as Chiastolite. Andalusite is found in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Canada, Spain, Russia and the United States.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The vibrations of Andalusite are slower than those of many other crystals and minerals, but they are profoundly powerful and beneficial. These are ancient stones, and they carry in their crystalline structure the very heartbeat of the Earth. When they are held in the hand, one can feel a slow, deep pulsation, which seems somehow very friendly and comforting. This is an excellent stone for helping sensitive people feel at home and safe here on Earth. It offers psychic protection, grounding, an infusion of life force and a sense of contentment and wellbeing. This is just what is needed by so many spiritually aligned people, who feel that they don’t belong here and that they want to return to their ‘home’ in the higher dimensions. Of course, our true home is wherever we are, and where our hearts reside. Andalusite helps one realize that this world (into which all have volunteered to incarnate) is a good and nurturing place where one can wholeheartedly enjoy living.

The memory of these stones is exceedingly long. Those who work with them in meditation can use them to facilitate access to the Akashic records. There one can read the tale of one’s own spiritual journey through life after life, as well as the great spiritual histories of this and other planets.

Andalusite can be used to strengthen and energize any chakra and to repair holes in the auric field. It carries the etheric pattern of wholeness for the body, especially the teeth and skeletal system.

The friendliness of this stone makes it ideal for those trying to overcome feelings of loneliness, isolation, depression, anxiety and various fears. It is recommended as a protection stone for those traveling or working in areas of danger or negativity.

Andalusite works well in combination with Lemurian Seed Crystals, Shaman Stones, Jet, Sugilite and Moldavite. It will also adapt itself so as to harmonize with almost any other stone the user wishes to wear or hold. The feeling of good-natured friendliness and generosity emanating from these stones is remarkable and unique. They are highly recommended!

NAISHA AHSIAN   Andalusite is an excellent stone to use in the cleansing of the aura. Its strong Storm element energy grounds high frequencies into the physical and energetic bodies and can rapidly clear blockages from the meridians and chakras. It is especially stimulating for the lowest and highest chakras, activating the doorway of the crown, enabling one to access high-frequency energy, and the grounding cord at the first chakra, assisting one in manifesting high-frequency energies on the Earth plane. It can help to stimulate the Soul Star chakra above the head and the Earthstar chakra below the feet. The activation of these two chakras is critical for manifestation of the Higher Self in the physical body.

Andalusite is a wonderful stone for healers, due to its ability to connect one to a constant flow of high-frequency energy as it completes a grounding circuit with the Earth, ensuring a safe outlet for excess energy. In a sense, this stone allows one to become a ‘lightning rod’ for Light while protecting the nervous system from being energetically overwhelmed.

Andalusite’s energy guards one against energy drain or overextension of one’s resources during healing or psychic work. It constantly fills one to overflowing with usable, clear energy. It helps one to open to receive energy from the Divine and to direct that energy into form. Though it is not strictly a prosperity stone, it can offer great enhancement in prosperity work, especially in combination with other prosperity stones.

Andalusite is an excellent ally for protection—its ability to bring high-frequency energy into the aura can heal energetic leaks, holes or hooks in the vibrational field, which can otherwise leave one open to dense or unaligned energy. Andalusite stimulates all of the elemental energies in the body, assisting in the healing process. It can help one call upon inner reserves of vitality and strength in order to overcome obstacles or difficulties.

SPIRITUAL   Andalusite helps activate the higher chakras, making it easier for one to access the spiritual realm. It assists healers and psychics in maintaining the integrity of their energy fields as they work. This stone enables one to attract Light while at the same time protecting one’s physical and energetic systems from overload.

EMOTIONAL   Andalusite can help protect one from psychic attack or energy drain. It assists those individuals with weak emotional bodies in replenishing their energies, protecting them from lower vibrations.

PHYSICAL Andalusite is a general strengthener. It is an excellent ‘tonic’ for anyone who has been ill and may still have a weak vibrational field which needs protection. It works to regulate the nervous system and the energetic field.

AFFIRMATION   The Earth is my home in this lifetime, and it feels good to be here.

ANGEL AURA QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Upliftment, peace, serenity, expanded awareness

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Etheric (8th and beyond, above the head)

From the perspective of this book, there are only a few color-enhanced stones we feel are energetically active, unique and useful. In general, our position is that stones which are dyed, stained or coated to make them attractive are no better, and sometimes worse, than they are in their unadorned form. One of the exceptions to this rule is Angel Aura Quartz. (Another is its cousin, Aqua Aura Quartz.) This stone is produced when clear Quartz points or clusters go through a special treatment process in which their surfaces are bonded with vaporized or finely powdered platinum, silver and other trace metals. The resulting crystals exhibit silvery surfaces with flashes of brilliant iridescent color. The name Angel Aura Quartz derives from this color’s likeness to images of the gossamer wings of angels, and from an energetic connection to the Angelic domain.

The hardness of Angel Aura Quartz is 7, and its color layer is permanent. It will not wash or rub off, although saws and grinders can cut through it. The energies of the Quartz, Platinum and Silver combine to emanate a unique spectrum of subtle energies.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The shimmering shades of iridescent colors that highlight Angel Aura Quartz immediately put one in mind of the angels. There is something delicately uplifting about Angel Aura Quartz, a quality of sweetness that stimulates the spirit and elevates one’s mood. Meditating with these stones, one can easily move beyond the body and go to one’s ‘inner temple.’ This is a place of purification and rest, in which one’s angelic guides are present, ready to help one release stress and move into deep peace.

Remembrance of past incarnations, insights into one’s spiritual purpose, the ability to channel higher knowledge, and the opportunity to commune with loving spiritual entities are among the possibilities available through working with Angel Aura Quartz. And all of these things take place in a ‘bubble’ of peace, tranquillity and contentment.

Angel Aura Quartz is a stone of attunement to beauty, and it can assist one in remembering to pay attention to the beauty surrounding one, in both Nature and Spirit. Wearing Angel Aura Quartz helps one to be a beacon of inner beauty, peace and spiritual awareness during one’s journey in this world.

Angel Aura Quartz harmonizes well with Aqua Aura Quartz, which activates the throat chakra and assists one in communicating the insights received while working with Angel Aura Quartz. It also works synergistically with Danburite, Petalite and Seraphinite, all of which support communication with the angelic domain. Combining Owyhee Blue Opal, Oregon Opal or Alexandrite with Angel Aura Quartz can help bring more vivid memories of past lives. To enhance Angel Aura Quartz’s energies of serenity and peace, Kunzite, Amblygonite, Pink Tourmaline and Lithium Quartz are recommended allies.

HAZEL RAVEN Angel Aura Quartz is a product of modern technology, just as Aqua Aura Quartz is. The beauty of these Quartzes is apparent as the ‘new’ technology enhances the extremely powerful properties of the master healer, Clear Quartz. The rainbow Light of Angel Aura Quartz brings joy, light and optimism.

Angel Aura is an activator of brilliance on all levels of the body and energy fields. It has been used for aura and chakra clearing, removing ‘cords,’ limited beliefs, wrong mental attitudes, unspoken psychic contracts and astral parasites. It aligns and purifies all the chakra system, allowing for the ‘Rainbow Light Body’ activation and integration. The Rainbow Light Body is the full integration of the ‘higher self,’ and its full activation leads to enlightenment.

Angel Aura allows one to reach deeper meditative states to integrate the knowledge gained. During meditation practice, the mind can assume various states of quietude and peace which can be misleading. There is a supersensual bliss that comes with the lower stages of samadhi which, once experienced, leads the meditator to imagine that the final goal has been attained. Angel Aura shows you that you should never be satisfied with these lower experiences but continue onwards towards the experience of full samadhi or total union.

Meditation is a lifelong practice, for there will never be a point where there is nothing more to be learned. The last obstacle all who meditate must face, before total union is achieved, is the great void. This too must be crossed by the meditator. It is accompanied by an overpowering feeling of being stripped bare and left totally alone. There is nothing that can be seen or heard. The meditator is beyond seeking solace in others and confronts this illusion individually. Strength of mind is needed at this juncture and, by drawing courage and strength from within, a triumphant leap of faith is made. Angel Aura will give inner rainbow Light, strength and courage to those who sincerely seek enlightenment and Cosmic Consciousness.

SPIRITUAL   Angel Aura Quartz opens one’s awareness to the frequency of the angelic domain. It assists one in remembering the lessons of past incarnations and attuning to one’s spiritual purpose.

EMOTIONAL   Angel Aura Quartz uplifts one’s mood and puts one into a state of serenity and peace, in which one is able to perceive and receive the love energies of the higher planes.

PHYSICAL   Angel Aura Quartz allows for the release of stress and the harmonization of one’s energy field with the physical body.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth my connection to the Angelic domain, and I ask for upliftment, peace and serenity.

ANGEL WING BLUE ANHYDRITE

KEY WORDS      Communication with angels and spirit guides, enhanced psychic perception, self-acceptance and forgiveness

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Like the closely related stone known as Angelite, Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite is a calcium sulfate mineral with an orthorhombic crystal system and a hardness of 3.5. These crystal clusters, which often form in fan-shaped sprays reminiscent of wings, are found in Mexico. Their color is the same soft blue as Angelite.

ROBERT SIMMONS Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite is one of the most powerful ‘soft’ energy stones in the mineral kingdom. It makes one realize that, as with true angels, that which is gentle can also be strong. These stones can cleanse the aura of any amount of negative energy, clearing blocks, erasing implants, soothing all sorts of dis-harmony and providing a conduit of strength through which one can reconnect with Source. In meditation, this stone can provide the experience of ‘flight.’ Simply hold one of these stones in each hand while in a seated position. Gently and slowly, with eyes closed, move the arms up and down as if one were a great lazy bird in zero gravity. After a few such motions, fold the arms into the lap and allow the mind to glide into the higher realms. For those who are ‘angels in human form’—those who have taken on a human incarnation in order to assist in the planetary transformation of consciousness—Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite can facilitate a deep remembrance of one’s true identity. One way to discern whether such a recollection is valid is to examine whether the image of one’s angelic aspect fills one with self-pride at being ‘more than human’ or with humble appreciation for the ordeals endured by humans in physical life. In the first case one is most likely in the thrall of ego, while the second reaction, if it is sincere, indicates true understanding.

Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite harmonizes with Azeztulite, Petalite, Danburite and Diamond. All of these stones have connections with the Angelic realm and can assist one in lifting one’s consciousness to higher levels. In addition, combining Seraphinite with Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite can help one ‘call down’ the angelic energies for healing purposes. Together, these stones can imprint upon the etheric body the Divine pattern of perfect health and balance on all levels. If held in consciousness, this perfect pattern can manifest in the physical self, as well as in one’s astral and etheric bodies. Combining Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite with Owyhee Blue Opal and/or Oregon Opal can enhance one’s ability to accomplish the healing and rebuilding of a wounded emotional body. Bringing in Alexandrite will increase one’s ability to see and remove limiting implants and ‘crystallized’ emotional blocks, both of which can slow one’s progress on the path of spiritual growth.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Blue Anhydrite appears in many forms and many colors, with some of the best-known being a massive form of Blue Anhydrite called Angelite. Similar in color, but very different in energy, are the Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite crystals. Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite crystals are a Wind element ally. They open one’s psychic senses to higher perception and enhance one’s connection to the spiritual realms.

These fan- or wing-shaped crystals are wonderful expressions of Anhydrite’s angelic energy. In meditation, they can assist in connecting with the higher guidance and angelic forces by calming and quieting the mind as they stimulate the higher chakras. They help soothe busy thoughts and quiet the internal dialog, which can be a distraction from meditation.

Blue Anhydrite crystals gently stimulate the third eye, enhancing inner vision, particularly visions of angelic beings, devas and guides who bring information during meditation.

Angel Wing Anhydrite crystals are excellent for purifying the emotional body. They can assist in moving ‘stuck’ emotional patterns and in establishing a refreshing flow of energy through the aura. These allies assist one in perceiving where one is not honoring oneself. They are excellent tools for healing one’s self-worth and in helping one perceive oneself as a manifestation of the Divine. They can assist one in releasing resentment or grudges which have become crystallized within the emotional body.

In healing work, these beautiful fan-shaped crystals can be used to gently stir the aura, using a motion like spreading icing on a cake. Dragging the crystal through the outer levels of the aura helps to disengage stray entities, detach psychic hooks and arrows, and smooth ‘hot spots’ in the energy field. Used on the third eye, they gently unlock the psychic senses and help increase one’s awareness of guidance during readings, healing or meditation.

SPIRITUAL   Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite crystals assist in opening to Spirit in meditation and prayer. They help connect one to the ever-present angelic entities who surround and protect us. They help establish communication with these beings, assisting one in receiving support, help and information from the spiritual realm.

EMOTIONAL   These wonderful stones help dislodge crystallized emotional patterns from the aura. They can help dispel old habits of vengeance, anger, attack or resentment. Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite can facilitate compassionate communication with those in need of understanding or forgiveness, including communication with oneself within one’s own mind.

PHYSICAL   These are wonderful tools for energy healing, clearing and cleansing the aura and emotional body of densities and etheric attachments. They are less active on the physical level than Angelite but can also be used to strengthen the skeletal system and joints.

AFFIRMATION   I am loved, accepted, helped and protected by my angelic guides, and I call upon them for daily assistance in my spiritual journey here on Earth.

ANGELITE (Blue Anhydrite)

KEY WORDS      Angelic communication, gentle self-expression, serenity, expanded awareness

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Angelite is the name commonly given to a form of blue Anhydrite found in Peru. It is a calcium sulfate mineral with an orthorhombic crystal system and a hardness of 3.5. It has a soft blue color and tends to form in nodules with white exteriors, although some blue Angelite crystals have also been found.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Angelite is a stone which can act as the physical representative or anchoring talisman for the energies of one’s guardian angels, guides and other friends in Spirit. Carrying, wearing, holding or being near an Angelite stone provides one with a focal point of connection for receiving love, guidance and help from the invisible ones who surround us on the higher planes. The stones themselves seem to emanate serenity and benevolence, and these are the energies being constantly broadcast through them to assist us.

Communication and communion with beings on higher dimensions are Angelite’s special gift, and this makes these stones useful to those wishing to develop powers of psychic attunement, channeling, mediumship, clairvoyance and spiritual healing. It can assist one in receiving spiritual guidance for oneself and others, and is therefore a useful tool for astrologers, tarot readers and others who are involved in spiritual counseling. It can also help one develop sensitivities for communication with humans who have ‘passed over’ to the other side. Because it stimulates the throat chakra as well as the third eye and crown, Angelite helps one communicate one’s intuitive insights and the ‘downloads’ from Spirit intelligences. It does so in a most peaceful manner, so that those who hear one speak receive not only the information but also the very vibration of the higher realms.

Angelite is an excellent stone for dreamwork and can help one remain lucid in the dream state and remember the guidance received in dreams. It can also enhance the spiritual quality of one’s dreams. Angelite can help one tune into memories of past lives and to the Akashic records. It can assist one in understanding and interpreting the symbolic content of dreams and inner visions. In meditation, Angelite can facilitate moving into peaceful inner states, quieting one’s thoughts and allowing one to float gently into expanded awareness.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Angelite is a strong Wind element stone. Like other Wind element allies, Angelite’s energy is stimulating to the third-eye and crown chakras. It facilitates connection with guides and angels and can assist one in moving into meditation more easily. Its connection to angelic energies makes this an excellent stone to use when Divine intervention is called for. The frequency of Angelite is very soothing to the emotional body, lending a lightness of being during difficult times. It is a stone of tranquillity and it invokes a sense of inner peace when it is worn or used in meditation. It can be utilized to help bring peace to situations where conflict or ego posturing is making progress difficult.

Angelite also assists in gentle communication and compassionate speech. It is an excellent stone at times when one needs to learn to temper one’s words in consideration of others. Rather than stimulating the throat chakra, Angelite’s energy soothes the area. This can be very helpful in situations where excessive chatter or wordiness can get in the way of understanding. It can assist those with sharp tongues to clear the venomous energy from their throat chakras. This ally’s energy invokes sweetness in one’s words and communication.

SPIRITUAL   As its name implies, Angelite is useful in connecting with the guidance of angels and spiritually aligned beings. It is a soothing meditative tool that allows one to open to the meditative state more easily. It gently stimulates the third-eye and crown chakras and helps to soothe overactive or unaligned throat chakras.

EMOTIONAL   Angelite assists one in communicating in a clear, concise and balanced way. It is soothing to one’s overall energy and can be a helpful ally when diplomacy or a higher vision of cooperation is called for.

PHYSICAL   Angelite’s mineral composition is related to the skeletal system, particularly in regard to energetic support of one’s bone density and growth, as well as such issues as arthritis and osteoporosis. It energetically assists one in attaining greater mobility and range of motion, and helps to dissolve calcification in the joints. It is an excellent stone for vibrational enhancement of one’s capacity for the self-healing of breaks or fractures, and for the maintenance of healthy bones as one ages. In addition, it is useful for regulating appetite and digestive function—especially where emotional issues play a role in obesity.

AFFIRMATION   I am always surrounded by love and benevolence, and I harken to the inner promptings of my angelic companions.

APACHE TEARS

KEY WORDS      Grounding, protection, enjoyment of physical experience, emotional cleansing

ELEMENT      Earth, Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Heart (4th)

Apache Tears are a variety of Obsidian, a silica-rich, glassy volcanic rock with a water content of less than one percent. Its hardness is 5 to 5.5. Apache tears are native to Mexico and the Southwest in the United States. Their name derives from a story about an Apache Indian tribe pursued by cavalry. It is said that the warriors were forced over a precipice to their deaths and that the dark tears of grief of the Apache women solidified into the droplet-shaped stones which can be found in that area. Apache Tears are roundish, about ½ inch to one inch in diameter, and are usually semi-transparent and black-brown in color.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Apache Tears, like most types of Obsidian, can be used for grounding and for protection from negative energies. They are convenient to carry in a pouch or pocket, because of their size and rounded form, and they feel ‘friendlier’ than any other variety of Obsidian. They link easily with one’s emotional body and can be used to cleanse and heal old wounds or emotional ‘baggage’ one may be carrying from the past, whether in this life or a previous one.

Apache Tears facilitate processing and release of frozen emotional patterns, especially those held below one’s level of awareness. They are ideal helpers when one is working to uncover and release such blockages—in spiritual counseling, therapy, breathwork or rebirthing. Meditation with Apache Tears can open the floodgates of grief, allowing cleansing and release of feelings of woundedness or victimization.

Apache Tears can be excellent talismans of protection from all sorts of negative forces. They raise one’s level of psychic attunement, so one can ‘feel’ the approach of threatening per-sons, situations or energies. They can be a sort of ‘vacuum cleaner’ for negative vibrations, keeping one clear by magnetizing and neutralizing disharmonious frequencies. Thus they can also be used to cleanse one’s own auric field and etheric body of all sorts of unpleasant influences, whether they are astral parasites or one’s own chosen limitations and burdens.

Apache Tears ally themselves with other grounding and protective stones such as Smokey Quartz, Black Tourmaline, Aegirine, Red Garnet, Midnight Lemurian Jade and Healer’s Gold. They also have a strong affinity with Moldavite, Tibetan Tektite and Libyan Gold Tektite. Though these stones have extraterrestrial origins, their structural similarity to Apache Tears provides an avenue for resonance. In these instances, the Apache Tears can help to ground in one’s body the high frequencies of the various Tektites, allowing one to more easily integrate their energies. For emotional healing, Rhodochrosite can assist Apache Tears in awakening one to catharsis, forgiveness and release.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Apache Tears are a form of Obsidian, often containing iron-based mineral inclusions. Apache Tears carry a strong Earth element energy that assists one in connecting with the sacred aspects of the physical realm. Like other Obsidians, Apache Tears are also resonant with Fire energy, having been birthed from the volcanic crucible. This balance of Earth and Fire energies assists one in grounding energy and purifying the meridians and chakras. This ally assists in the creation and strengthening of the grounding cord extending from the base chakra through the Earthstar chakra below the soles of the feet, and into the heart of the planet.

Sometimes people on a spiritual path may deny the Earth plane and its lower-frequency energies. They may feel that the Earth is not spiritual and that one must move beyond the physical in order to attain spiritual understanding. They may even believe that only high-frequency energy is ‘of the Light,’ and that low-frequency energy is negative. Apache Tears remind us that Spirit is all around us—within every particle and wave of this dense material plane. Apache Tears help us understand that all frequencies of energy have emanated from the Divine Source and each fits into the Divine’s plan for its creation. You can’t have a rainbow with just the color purple! Apache Tears remind us that the lower frequencies of the Earth plane can also be sources of spiritual teaching and knowledge. They assist us in finding the humor in our human limitations and in the limitations of the material realm. They can aid one in discovering the joy in physical experience and in the beauty of the world.

Apache Tears teach us of the movement of energy throughout the natural world. They are excellent allies for the shaman because of their ability to assist one in crossing between the lower world and the Earth plane. They open the portals to the interdimensional worlds of Nature, helping one connect with the realms of Faery, the elemental beings, Devic energies and other sources of natural spiritual knowledge and energy.

Apache Tears are valuable for regulating excessive Fire element energy. They can be useful for the type A personality who may need to learn the value of stillness. They are strengthening to the blood and the immune system—especially useful for countering blood-born disease. They can help calm fever and lend general vitality and strength to the body.

SPIRITUAL   Apache Tears help one understand the value of the physical plane and the spiritual lessons it has to teach us. They are useful for psychic protection and can help one open to the realms of Nature spirits and other Earth cohabitants from this and other dimensions.

EMOTIONAL   Apache Tears help those who feel trapped in physicality to find the joy in physical experience. They are useful in gently pointing out the value of this life to those who may tend toward depression. They help counter negative thought patterns and can assist one in finding more positive thoughts with which to create one’s reality.

PHYSICAL   These stones lend general strength and stamina, help to vitalize and purify the blood, stimulate hair and nail growth, and boost the immune system.

AFFIRMATION   I affirm that the Earth is my home, that I am grounded, safe and protected, and I release any wounds or negativity that might hold back my spiritual growth.

APATITE

Apatite is a calcium phosphate mineral with a hardness of 5. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It is found in Brazil, Burma, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India, Mexico, Greenland, Canada and the USA. Its name is derived from a Greek word meaning ‘to deceive.’ This is because of the variety of colors and formations in which this stone occurs, making it easy to mistake it for other minerals. It can be yellow, blue, green, brown, gray or colorless. The largest known Apatite deposit is in Kirovsk, Russia. Large individual crystals of up to 200 kilograms are found in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.

The Apatite stones used for metaphysical purposes are primarily the higher-quality, attractively formed crystal pieces in blue, green and gold. We will discuss each one separately.

BLUE APATITE

KEY WORDS      Psychic activation, access to knowledge

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Blue Apatite is a cleansing influence on the auric field, especially in the mental body—the vibratory level associated with psychic perception and paranormal abilities. It is stimulating to visionary states and is a good stone to keep in one’s pillowcase for lucid dreaming and astral travel. Blue Apatite can enhance one’s experience of ‘vertical vision,’ in which one is able to see multiple levels of consciousness operating harmoniously and simultaneously. It is a stone of inspiration, capable of making one more susceptible to the ‘aha experience’ in which one has an instant of understanding, which crystallizes the answer to long-standing problems or questions. Its vibration attracts the ‘blue beings’ of the supernal regions—whether they be ETs, guides or godlike entities such as Krishna—and it allows one to commune with them.

NAISHA AHSIAN Blue Apatite is a Wind element stone that has its energetic focus on clearing and stimulating the third-eye chakra, stimulating inner vision and enhancing psychic ability. It is a particularly strong stone to use in past-life or alternate-life work, due to its ability to lend access to the energy levels where the Akashic records and one’s own soul patterns exist. It can help one connect with spiritual guidance about how the information from other lives can best be used in this life.

Because of its ability to help one access past-life information, Blue Apatite can assist one in understanding any karmic influences contributing to one’s current reality. This stone is particularly good at pointing out karmic roots for physical imbalances and medical conditions. Blue Apatite is stimulating to the mind and can enhance general mental function and clarity. Used in the dream state it allows one to find creative solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems. It uplifts the spirits and lends a positive outlook and a hopeful attitude.

SPIRITUAL   In addition to its applications for exploring other lives and their karmic patterns, Blue Apatite can be used as a dream stone, enabling one to access the subconscious for creative problem solving.

EMOTIONAL   Blue Apatite has a very uplifting energy. It can help one gain a higher perspective on situations, so one does not become mired in emotional response. It can be helpful for those who have fear of heights or fear of falling due to past-life experiences.

PHYSICAL   Blue Apatite can be used to soothe headaches and to stimulate eyesight. It is particularly good for eye problems rooted in lack of eye movement, such as declining eyesight from extensive computer work. It can also help those who experience vertigo or dizziness.

AFFIRMATION   I open my inner eyes to the realms of hidden knowledge.

GREEN APATITE

KEY WORDS      Knowledge of the heart, relaxation, revitalization

ELEMENT      Water, Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th)

Green Apatite is actually a blue-green color in most instances. The finest gem-grade material comes from Madagascar and Russia. In most cases it is found in chunks and small amorphous pieces rather than prismatic crystals.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Green Apatite is a wonderful tonic for frayed nerves and stress. Its energies are so soothing and cooling, one is reminded of the feeling of plunging into a pristine lake on a hot day. By blending the energies of the heart chakra, throat chakra and third eye, Green Apatite allows one to clearly communicate the balanced wisdom of the mind and heart, keeping one attuned so as not to overdo either one’s logical or emotional side. This gemstone is ideal for those who wish to pursue a teaching or healing role in life, since it aids one in putting out energy while maintaining inner balance. Green Apatite can also assist one in communication with Nature spirits, as well as in channeling healing energies to the Earth. These gems harmonize with most others, especially Danburite, Phenacite, Azeztulite, and Larimar. The first three are all high-vibration stones, and they will elevate the states accessible via Green Apatite. With Larimar, communication and emotional balance are enhanced. These stones are quite ‘user-friendly,’ and most people will enjoy connecting with them.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Green Apatite is a Water element stone that also resonates with the Earth element. It is stimulating to the physical body and the heart chakra, as well as helping to open the third eye and intuitive faculties. It is an excellent stone to use when one has difficulty in manifesting one’s vision. Green Apatite exudes the energy of the awakening spring, bringing freshness and vitality after difficulty or pain. It stimulates hope and renewed courage in the face of adversity. It is an excellent stone for those recovering from long illness or emotional pain. It is also a great stone for healers, as it assists the practitioner in maintaining a positive, clear energy field and a heart-centered focus.

Green Apatite can awaken heart knowledge, allowing one to understand the karmic basis for one’s current experiences—particularly those of an emotional nature. Wearing it is useful when one is working to clear emotional patterns from relationships or to discontinue negative communication habits with loved ones. It can help one rise above past patterns in karmic relationships, so that interactions can be based upon the present.

Green Apatite can also be used as an abundance stone, due to its ability to stimulate the flow of energy on the physical plane. It helps one feel true abundance, meaning gratitude for life, breath and love. Once this energy is established, it can also assist in attracting money—a symbol of abundant energy. For those who have an emotional attachment to or repugnance for the symbol of money, Green Apatite can assist in breaking that bond, allowing one to see money solely as a symbol of energy exchange. This helps to heal patterns of avarice and self-righteous poverty, lending a joyful air to the process of manifesting abundance.

Green Apatite’s energy assists one in connecting with the electromagnetic field of the planet, allowing one to replenish one’s energy and establishing a connection between the heart of the Earth and the physical heart. It is a stone for healing both humans and the Earth.

Green Apatite helps strengthen both the physical heart and the heart chakra. It is especially useful for those who have heart problems and/or stress due to scarcity-mindedness. It is an excellent general healing stone, supporting the work of more specific stones as it builds a sense of abundant health, energy and happiness.

SPIRITUAL   Green Apatite helps manifest one’s vision, increase one’s sense of abundance, and heal imbalances around money. It is a joyful stone that encourages one to release one’s attachment to illness or disease and to focus with renewed hope upon vibrant good health.

EMOTIONAL   Green Apatite can assist in perceiving and healing emotional patterns with roots in other lifetimes. It brings a general sense of emotional well-being and healing into the aura. It can help one understand the emotional basis for issues of abundance and/or money.

PHYSICAL   On a physical level, Green Apatite stimulates the physical heart and helps in situations of heart disease. It can be a useful stone when one is recovering from heart attack, heart surgery, or other heart disease—especially when those illnesses are based in stress and habits driven by scarcity-mindedness or fear of lack. It is a useful all-around healing stone that brings hope for recovery and a refreshing healing energy to those who have been ill.

AFFIRMATION   I open my heart to receive new energy, new hope and new life.

GOLDEN APATITE

KEY WORDS      Creation, clarity, confidence, manifestation

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Golden Apatite is one of the purest crystals of the Yellow Ray, the vibration of mental clarity, strength of will and manifestation. It is a solar stone, and therefore male in tone. It can help either men or women strengthen the male side of the personality. It assists one in developing assertiveness and confidence in all situations. Golden Apatite is also a stone of learning, and it can enhance one’s capacity for taking in and digesting new information—especially information which helps in manifesting one’s strongest desires. If one is unclear about what one really wants out of life in general, or any specific aspect of life, meditation with Golden Apatite can bring both the needed insight and the strength of purpose to make it so.

Carrying or wearing Golden Apatite can increase the effect of one’s will in social situations and can enhance personal charisma. It can assist in the manifestation of prosperity on all levels. It can help one find the courage to take risks and the clarity to know which risks to take. One note of caution—those with an overabundance of native confidence may find that this stone makes them a bit too assertive for the taste of others in their environment, especially the work environment. On the other hand, Golden Apatite can be a useful ally to anyone in a competitive situation, from sports to the corporate world.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Golden Apatite carries the energy of the Fire element, bringing a stimulating and purifying essence to the will center at the solar plexus and the action center at the navel chakra. Golden Apatite is an ally to employ in all aspects of creation and manifestation work. It is particularly helpful to those who are starting new ventures or who wish to bring ideas into physical form. It is an excellent stone for businesspeople, or for those who need to develop their business skills in order to manifest a living from their passions.

Golden Apatite helps one to connect with Divine Will and to understand how to manifest Divine Will through action in the world. It can assist one in overcoming self-imposed limitations which prevent one from taking action. It can also aid one in moving through one’s fear of action—lending courage and excitement when one is hesitant to make a move or take a necessary risk on the path to manifesting one’s dreams.

The frequency of Golden Apatite helps to release blockages in the solar-plexus chakra which may limit one’s acceptance of abundance or prosperity. It can help one overcome fear of success and heal patterns of self-sabotage. It allows one to develop self-confidence and to renew one’s sense of self-worth.

Golden Apatite’s energy also removes blockages from the second chakra—the center through which action leads to manifestation. It helps stimulate this chakra to provide more physical and creative energy which one can utilize for one’s projects. It helps one organize one’s thoughts so that effective action can be taken toward one’s goals.

SPIRITUAL   Golden Apatite is a prosperity stone on many levels, but especially on the spiritual level. It assists one in connecting with one’s passions and dreams, encouraging actions to manifest those dreams. It helps one to know Divine Will, and to base one’s choices and actions upon Divine guidance, rather than solely pursuing one’s personal will.

EMOTIONAL   Golden Apatite lends a sunny energy to one’s aura, helping one to feel hopeful and passionate about life. It helps enhance a sense of self-worth and instills self-confidence.

PHYSICAL   Golden Apatite is stimulating to the endocrine system and can help improve overall energy levels as it assists the body in detoxifying. It is stimulating to the metabolism and helps the body use energy efficiently. It can be an aid for losing weight or enhancing the effects of exercise. It energizes the spleen and gall bladder and assists in improving digestion.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth my rightful clarity of mind, strength of purpose and success in creation and manifestation.

APOPHYLLITE

Apophyllite is a hydrated potassium calcium silicate mineral with a tetragonal crystal system and a hardness of 5. It is most commonly colorless, white or gray. There are also rarer specimens in varying shades of green. Apophyllite often appears in cubic or pyramidal shapes. Most specimens on the market are from India, especially the Poona and Nasik districts. Apophyllites are also found in Italy, Germany, Canada, Iceland, Greenland and Brazil.

ROBERT SIMMONS All Apophyllites carry the vibrations of higher realms—from the devic to the angelic—and they can be used to help one attune to these realities, which coexist with our everyday world. As Jesus said, “The Kingdom of Heaven is spread out upon the Earth, and men do not see it.” This spiritual blindness, from which those of us using stones and crystals are working to recover, is one of the reasons that scientists and others can view matter as lifeless and without consciousness. Once the veil has been lifted, one sees all the world, inner and outer, as alive and filled with intelligent awareness. Apophyllites are one of the most powerful mineral tools for lifting that veil.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Both clear and green Apophyllites are related to the Wind element, with Green Apophyllite also carrying the energy of the Earth element. As with most Wind element minerals, Apophyllite stimulates the third-eye and crown chakras, activating the higher mind and enhancing psychic abilities.

Apophyllite is particularly good at clearing blockages in the crown chakra. It can assist in gently opening this energy center at the top of the skull, which connects one with the spiritual source and expands consciousness. Apophyllites are excellent aids for meditation and the practice of being present in the now. They help clear distracting thoughts and ego-based interpretations of events, allowing the brain to resonate with higher spiritual thought forms.

Apophyllite crystals are mini-temples dedicated to the healing and enlightenment of the Earth and her children. Meditation with them can help one perceive the connectedness of all things in creation, as well as one’s highest role in returning balance to the Earth. Apophyllite can be used to stimulate connection to interdimensional beings and angelic energies.

GREEN APOPHYLLITE

KEY WORDS      Connection with Nature spirits

ELEMENT      Wind, Earth

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Third Eye (6th), Heart (4th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Green Apophyllite crystals and clusters emanate a sweet energy that resonates with the abundant life force of the world of Nature. Meditation with them can open one’s perception to seeing and interacting with Nature spirits, devas, and even to telepathic communication with animals and plants. Just keeping one or more of these stones in one’s indoor environment will infuse it with the refreshing energies of Nature. Carrying or wearing one will increase the flow of life force throughout one’s whole being. These are ideal stones for those recovering from illness—invoking the energies of rebirth, healing and growth.

Green Apophyllite can assist those who wish to work with Nature spirits in gardening or in restoring wild areas. Such beings take great delight in these stones, and the clusters make wonderful outdoor ‘offerings,’ as well as decorative pieces.

Green Apophyllite can assist one in animal communication, opening the psychic channel whereby one can interact with both individual animals and the collective minds of entire species. It can work similarly with plants and even other minerals. Those who wish to connect deeply with other types of stones and crystals will find Green Apophyllites of great value.

Green Apophyllite resonates strongly with Seriphos Green Quartz, Green Phantom Quartz, Seraphinite, Hiddenite and Fairy Wand Quartz. All of these emphasize Green Apophyllite’s link to the Nature spirits. Dioptase, Ajoite and Emerald enhance Green Apophyllite’s capacity to facilitate forgiveness and emotional healing. Zincite and Ruby offer a boost to Green Apophyllite’s energies of vitality, recovery and rebirth.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Green Apophyllite’s focus is on amplifying the spiritual energies of the Earth and her inhabitants. This ally assists one in connecting and communicating with the power of Nature, the devic and fairy realms, and the plant and animal kingdoms. It carries the energy of green, growing things, bringing vitality and health into one’s aura.

Green Apophyllite is connected to both the Wind and Earth elements and is one of the few stones that can balance these polarity energies. It opens one to the intelligence of the natural world and assists one in connecting with the consciousness of the planet itself. It is an excellent stone for Earth Healing and Earth Evolution work. It can also be used as a support in purifying toxic environments and in protecting oneself from environmental pollution.

Because of its ability to attune one to the spiritual frequencies of Nature, it is ideal when one is working with portals and dimensional doorways. It can help one become more sensitive to these natural openings between dimensions as they occur in vortices and other ‘power spots.’

SPIRITUAL   Green Apophyllite facilitates communion with Nature beings. It can facilitate use of natural vortices of energy and dimensional doorways. It can be used for communication with the other kingdoms of nature, both plant and animal.

EMOTIONAL   Green Apophyllite lends a sweet, hopeful and growing energy to one’s emotional body. It can help one overcome cynicism as one rediscovers the childlike joy and wonder of simply being alive on the Earth.

PHYSICAL   Green Apophyllite can aid one in self-healing from degenerative disease or diseases of the tissues. It can assist in detoxification of the body, especially from chemical pollution. It can help the body move into resonance with the electromagnetic field of the Earth.

AFFIRMATION   I am a creature of the Earth, at one with the realm of Nature.

CLEAR APOPHYLLITE

KEY WORDS      Interdimensional awareness

ELEMENT      Wind, Earth

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Third Eye (6th),

ROBERT SIMMONS   Just as the Green Apophyllites are ideal for tapping into the spiritual vibrations of the world of Nature, the Clear Apophyllites excel at attuning one to the higher-frequency energies of the angelic and interdimensional domains. Indeed, these crystals can serve as windows into many other worlds, and those wishing to experience interdimensional travel will enjoy working with them.

Meditation is one of the chief ways of working with Clear Apophyllites. I especially suggest focusing upon ‘entering’ the stone. If one can imagine one’s point of awareness moving into the interior of one of the Clear Apophyllite crystals, one will find, once ‘inside,’ that geometric corridors of Light lead off in all directions, and that one’s consciousness can travel along these corridors to myriad realms of inner experience.

Keeping one or more of the Clear Apophyllites in one’s environment can provide an atmosphere of purity and spiritual presence in one’s home, meditation area or work space. Placing one of these crystals on a table or shelf in each of the four directions, with a fifth one at the center, creates a powerful geometric energy grid which will clear and purify the vibrations of an entire room.

Angels are attracted to the Light and high vibrations emanated by Clear Apophyllites. One may use these stones to contact one’s guardian angels and spirit guides, or to visit the higher angelic realms. They are also useful tools for developing prophetic vision. The ideal chakra placements for Clear Apophyllites are the third eye for prophecy and interdimensional travel, the crown chakra for connection with the angelic domain, and the heart chakra for awakening awareness of Divine love.

Clear Apophyllite works synergistically with Azeztulite, Scolecite, Natrolite, Phenacite, Herderite and Brookite, all of which are ‘Ascension Stones’—facilitators of interdimensional travel within and through the higher realms. Kundalini energies can be activated quickly through combining Tibetan Tektite with Clear Apophyllite. Using Selenite in conjunction with Clear Apophyllite can open the pathway to conscious communion with the Higher Self.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Clear Apophyllite is an excellent tool for increasing one’s inner vision and psychic ability, enhancing the clarity of remote viewing, and connecting with other-dimensional or extraterrestrial beings through the use of ESP. It is an excellent communication device for contacting spiritual guides and for receiving direction from the Higher Self or Soul level consciousness. It can help one invoke the highest Light into an environment or situation and is an excellent stone for healing rooms and altars.

Clear Apophyllite is purely a meditative tool, having few physical healing effects other than infusing the aura and physical body with high-frequency Light energy. It is a highly mentally active stone, helping one to understand spiritual lessons and to process spiritual information. It is an excellent stone to use in a healing situation when spiritual understanding is necessary in order to repair a physical imbalance.

Clear Apophyllite is also useful in offering renewed vision to those who have become discouraged in their spiritual growth and may need an extra infusion of Light to lend them courage and purpose.

SPIRITUAL   Clear Apophyllite is a powerful stone for activating inner vision, connection to higher guides and angels, working with spiritual information and gaining spiritual vision. It assists one in connecting with and communicating with the Higher Self and the Soul.

EMOTIONAL   Clear Apophyllite can help to dispel the ‘dark night of the soul’ and assist one in returning to one’s spiritual path after disillusionment or difficulty. It helps one to develop faith and trust in the Divine and to gain a higher perspective on physical experience.

PHYSICAL   Clear Apophyllite infuses the human aura with Light energy, balancing and stimulating the energetic systems. It helps one understand the spiritual purpose for physical disease or imbalance.

AFFIRMATION   I open my mind and heart to awareness of the higher realms.

AQUA AURA QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Calming and relaxing, connection with spiritual realms, enhanced communication, psychic protection

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th)

From the perspective of this book, there are only a few color-enhanced stones we feel are energetically active, unique and useful. In general, our position is that stones which are dyed, stained or coated to make them attractive are no better, and sometimes worse, than they are in their unadorned form. One of the exceptions to this rule is Aqua Aura Quartz. (Another is its cousin, Angel Aura Quartz.) This stone is produced when clear Quartz points or clusters go through a special treatment process in which their surfaces are bonded with vaporized or finely powdered pure gold. The resulting crystals exhibit vivid blue surfaces with subtle flashes of iridescent rainbow colors. The name Aqua Aura Quartz is derived from the rich aquamarine color and the fact that the blue is an outer sheath, like an energetic aura. The hardness of Aqua Aura Quartz is 7 and its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal), like all Quartz. Aqua Aura Quartz crystals have been very popular in the metaphysical marketplace since the late 1980s.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Aqua Aura Quartz shares many characteristics with Aquamarine—it is highly stimulating to the throat chakra, enhancing one’s ability to communicate inner truth, and it also has a calming and relaxing effect on the emotional body. Aqua Aura Quartz can be used to sooth anger, cool feverishness, and release stress. It is strongly connected to the element of Water, and it is therefore a stone for enhancing one’s access to the truth of the emotions and the portals of Spirit which are accessed through the emotions. Aqua Aura Quartz can assist one in plumbing one’s emotional depths and heights while retaining inner peace. It can also be an aid to those who wish to become conscious channels for spiritual wisdom, clearing the pathways of interdimensional communication.

Aqua Aura Quartz has a very high and intense vibration. It has been used to activate the energy of other minerals for healing work and can be a potent stone when used in body layouts for activation of all the chakras. It can be successfully applied to smooth and heal the auric field and to release negativity from one’s emotional, physical, etheric and astral bodies. Wearing Aqua Aura Quartz can help one to shine with one’s inner beauty, to attract wealth and success, to bring forth esoteric wisdom, to relieve depression and anxiety, and to assist in creating an aura of peace and well-being in oneself and one’s surroundings. It is a stone of spiritual elevation, which can help raise the vibration of humanity as we enter the next phase of evolution.

Aqua Aura Quartz combines harmoniously with Amethyst, Moldavite, Oregon Opal, Golden Labradorite, Danburite, Larimar, Covellite, Charoite, Lapis, Seraphinite, Chrysoprase, Rhodochrosite, Iolite, Citrine, Green Amethyst (Prasiolite) and Tanzanite.

HAZEL RAVEN   Aqua Aura Quartz is the fusion of nature and science. Atoms of pure Gold are pyroelectrically bonded with top grade Clear Quartz in high-temperature near-vacuum conditions. The bonding process co-mingles the two substances in a permanent way, which results in the dazzling blue color.

Aqua Aura works initially on the throat chakra, gently cleansing all imbalances which have blocked the flow of heartfelt communication and the ability to express emotions in a constructive, positive manner. It reduces stress ‘hot spots’ in the body, bringing calm to the aura, allowing for a flowing, peaceful energy.

Minimizing one’s emotional stress is a good preventative measure, as too much stress can weaken the immune system. This alchemical crystal strengthens and supports the thymus gland which sustains the immune system, so it makes an excellent gem essence. Aqua Aura provides solace for the spirit and well-being for the body as it swiftly releases chaotic energy patterns and stress. It induces a peaceful, healing resonance.

Aqua Aura will safeguard the wearer from psychic or psychological attack. Any unwanted intrusion from outside sources will be quickly dissipated by transmutation into an immaculate, pure, loving energy which can then be safely used for healing the situation causing the attack. The more outside forces attack one’s energy field, the more energy will be available to one for healing the cause. Aqua Aura discourages malevolent or parasitic energies from interfering with one’s energy field. This stops energy drain or spiritual vampirism and gives one the confidence to embrace the world, allowing free expression of thoughts and feelings. In meditation it opens the gateways to the angelic realm.

SPIRITUAL   Aqua Aura Quartz stimulates one’s connections with higher vibrational realms, facilitating channeling and all types of interdimensional communication.

EMOTIONAL Aqua Aura Quartz calms the emotional body, allowing one to witness one’s various emotional states without being pulled into identifying with them.

PHYSICAL   Aqua Aura Quartz releases negative energies from one’s auric field, bringing inner peace and relief from stress.

AFFIRMATION   My auric field is filled with peace and well-being; I am protected from harm and attuned to the vibrations of the higher worlds.

AQUAMARINE

KEY WORDS      Cooling, soothing, enhancement of clear communication

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Heart (4th)

Aquamarine is a blue or blue-green variety of beryl, a beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 7.5 to 8. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal) and its pigment is iron. History records its first use in Greece between 300 and 500 B.C. Its name, derived from the Latin meaning ‘water of the sea’ is an apt description of the color and clarity of fine Aquamarine crystals. Aquamarine has been mined in Brazil, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Australia, Africa and the United States.

In ancient lore, Aquamarine was believed to be a treasure of mermaids, and it was used as a talisman to bring good luck, fearlessness and protection to sailors. It was also valued as a stone of eternal youth and happiness.

ROBERT SIMMONS   These luminous blue gemstones are one of the wonders of the mineral kingdom. They are good for all types of calming and cooling, from hot flashes to anger, yet they also activate the throat chakra, assisting one in the clear communication of one’s highest truth. They are stones of the Water element, bringing one in touch with the subconscious, the domains of spirit, and our deepest emotions. Their energy is as refreshing as a shower under a cool waterfall. Even though Aquamarine calms, it does not put one to sleep. It brings one to a relaxed, alert stage of consciousness in which one is fully aware of one’s own store of knowledge, wisdom and feelings, and able to articulate them all with clarity and conviction.

For women, Aquamarine lends the courage and clarity to express one’s inner knowing, and it enhances intuitive abilities. It is a doorway to communication with the Goddess, both within the self and in Her outer manifestations. For men, Aquamarine helps dispel emotional numbness and the difficulty men sometimes experience in communicating their feelings. It also calms frustration and helps one keep one’s temper, even when provoked. For both sexes it promotes gentle, truthful, compassionate communication. It is very attractive to children, though it can make them rather talkative. However, this can be a benefit if the child is shy or has difficulty verbalizing.

Aquamarine is a stone of empowerment for both women and men, and it helps one realize that not all power comes from force—there is also tremendous power in aligning oneself with the yielding, resilient vitality of life. Aquamarine connects to the Divine Feminine, the Source of life energies, and those who wish to know Her better can use this stone as a gateway.

Aquamarine works synergistically with Larimar, Gem Silica, Chrysocolla, Turquoise, Blue Topaz and Ajoite—all stones of communication and connection with the Divine Feminine. It also harmonizes with other members of the beryl family, including Heliodor, Morganite and Emerald. Pairing Heliodor with Aquamarine activates both the throat and solar plexus, allowing one to speak powerfully for the achievement of one’s will. With Morganite, Aquamarine assists one in the expression of love and compassion. Aquamarine and Emerald strengthen the link between the throat and the heart, activating the power of truth and helping one succeed through clear seeing and speaking. Moldavite is a powerful energizer of Aquamarine, while Aquamarine soothes the intensity of Moldavite. Together they allow one to move swiftly yet calmly through the great spiritual transformations to which many are called in these times.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Aquamarine is a cardinal Water element stone. It is a powerful cleansing agent for the emotional body and is one of the best stones to employ in clearing communication issues. Aquamarine is perhaps the strongest stone for clearing and activating the throat chakra. It stimulates the flow of energy and communication from the heart to the throat, assisting one in speaking one’s deepest and most heartfelt truth. It can help one overcome fear of speaking and is an excellent stone for the support of teachers and presenters of all types. It is cooling and soothing to the emotional body and can assist one in speaking clearly and without anger in difficult situations.

Aquamarine is the stone of release. It helps one free oneself of attachments to old patterns, relationships and ways of being. It can assist those who keep emotional scorecards or grudges to let go of the past. It is excellent for working with grief, as it assists one in fully releasing attachment to the body of a loved one while retaining a positive emotional connection to the loved one’s spiritual being.

Aquamarine’s energy gently, yet firmly, brings one’s emotional patterns to the surface for processing. It helps one understand where one is holding on to emotions, communication patterns, or thoughts that are limiting one’s ability to ‘go with the flow.’ It can help one identify where ego is causing one to overreact, assume a victim or abuser role, act in a passive-aggressive manner, manipulate others, or martyr oneself. By identifying these patterns and consciously releasing them, one can raise one’s relationships and communications to a level that is more reflective of Divine Love and compassion.

Aquamarine helps balance excessive anger or fear and assists one in clearing patterns caused by past emotional, physical or verbal abuse. It is an excellent stone for children who have been through traumatic situations and have disassociated from their emotional bodies, or who are acting out their emotions in an aggressive way.

The deeply cleansing energy of Aquamarine can assist one in rapidly moving through transition and change, removing resistance and helping one overcome fear of the unknown. It is an excellent ally when one’s internal and external baggage has become too heavy. It helps ‘pack rats’ to release attachment to physical items and clear the clutter from their lives.

SPIRITUAL   Aquamarine activates the throat chakra, facilitates communication of one’s truth, soothes excessively fiery energies and promotes understanding between divergent viewpoints. It helps clear stagnant energy and assists one in releasing old patterns.

EMOTIONAL   Aquamarine helps one release old emotional baggage and ego roles. It calms anger and hysteria, assists in releasing vengeful thoughts, and helps one see where one is perpetuating negative emotional patterns in relationships. It is useful in moving through grief.

PHYSICAL   Aquamarine is a cooling stone. It helps counter infection and is especially useful for laryngitis, strep throat or a sore throat. It supports the healing of inflammatory diseases of all types. It is soothing to eczema, hives, rosacea and psoriasis. Aquamarine quiets the nervous system. It can help one avoid outbreaks of herpes and it can help curb allergy symptoms.

AFFIRMATION   I embody the yielding, cooling power of water, and I express my truth with calm certainty.

ARAGONITE

Aragonite is a calcium carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. It occurs in various colors, including white, gray, reddish, yellow-green and blue. The most popular varieties for metaphysical use are Red Aragonite and Blue Aragonite. Aragonite’s crystal system is orthorhombic, and it can be found in prismatic crystals, concretions, stalactitic masses or other forms. Aragonite forms the skeleton of a number of marine organisms, either living or recently fossilized. Beautiful reddish Aragonites come from Molina de Aragon, Spain. The most popular forms of Aragonite for metaphysical use are the reddish Aragonite Star Clusters found in Morocco and the stunning Blue Aragonite specimens which have recently come out of China. Other Aragonites occur in Italy, Greece, Austria, England, Czech Republic, Mexico, Peru, Pakistan and the USA.

ARAGONITE STAR CLUSTERS

KEY WORDS      Balancing energy fields, emotional healing, renewed strength and confidence

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

ROBERT SIMMONS   These stones are powerful allies for the healing and balancing of the emotional body. They can assist in maintaining a center of serenity in trying circumstances and in discharging subconsciously held tensions relating to past emotional wounds. Meditation with these beautiful and uniquely shaped crystal clusters can open the inner eye to visionary experiences of past lives and forgotten events in this lifetime. Such memories can initially occur as the vivid re-experiencing of old woundings. However, when such attachments have been cleared from the body and the auric field, Aragonite Star Clusters can facilitate a real adventure of exploration, wherein one may cruise the archives of one’s soul history, recovering beneficial information for soul advancement. These stones can help one be consciously aware of imbalances within one’s energy field or within the field of someone else who holds them. They are powerful diagnostic tools for crystal workers who do body layouts. Also, wearing an Aragonite Star Cluster can enhance one’s feeling of emotional strength and confidence, allowing one to become a ‘human star’ emanating love and compassion for others. These are crystals for which frequent (once a week) clearing—in running water or with sage smoke—is recommended, especially if one is doing healing work on oneself or others. They are wonderful tools for releasing pain and fear, and bringing more love into the world.

Aragonite Stars resonate well with all members of the calcite family, as well as Selenite, which facilitates the process of interdimensional travel. Celestite can assist the Aragonite Stars in opening the inner gateways to the angelic realms. Phenacite and Herkimer ‘Diamond’ can enhance one’s visual perception of one’s experiences on the inner planes. Hematite can be a useful aid if inner travel with Aragonite Stars leaves one feeling ungrounded.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The energy of Aragonite Star Clusters is at once soothing and energizing. Its vibration immediately spreads through the body—clearing, cleansing and balancing all of the energy centers and levels of the aura. Because of their form, Aragonite Stars radiate energy outward in many directions, creating a ‘web’ of Light Force throughout the energy systems. Enveloped by this web, one feels a sense of peace and release as the energy stimulates the healing integration of past wounds or energetic blockages.

The Aragonite Star Clusters blend the energies of all five elements, creating a sense of balance and completion. When used in healing, they may be placed on each of the chakras progressively. This pattern will allow the gentle opening and release of blockages within the chakras and will have a balancing effect so other energies can be successfully applied. This layout can be particularly effective when emotional release and healing are necessary.

The Aragonite Stars are also excellent meditation tools, facilitating connection with higher states of consciousness. They are well suited to those who wish to link with the Higher Mind in order to communicate its teachings on the Earth plane.

SPIRITUAL   Aragonite Star clusters facilitate clearing and activating the auric field, chakras and meridians. They can assist one in exploring the higher realms. They encourage the expression of one’s energy through words, the arts, or other communication channels.

EMOTIONAL   Aragonite Stars assist in emotional growth and self-healing work. They help one find a calm center within one’s heart. They help one release attachment to emotional drama or ego investment in past wounds. Aragonite Stars help us to understand that the only truly aligned emotion is love, and to realign with this primary force in the Universe.

PHYSICAL   Aragonites stimulate the body’s energy systems, increasing vitality and stamina. They are helpful in grounding Light energy into the most dense aspects of our physical selves, the bones. They can be used for regeneration of bone tissues and for healing broken bones.

AFFIRMATION   I create balance and harmony within myself as I go forward with the healing of my emotional body.

BLUE ARAGONITE

KEY WORDS      Intuition, communication, meditation, increased emotional perception and psychic ability

ELEMENT      Wind, Water

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Many of the soft blue stones such as Aquamarine and Larimar are known for calming disturbed emotions and enabling communication of one’s emotional state. Blue Aragonites go a step further—they enhance all levels of emotional perception and intensify one’s enjoyment of all emotional states. Much suffering comes from the suppression of emotions. Blue Aragonite relieves the fear which leads us to numb ourselves to the joys and sorrows of life, and brings a renewed zest and courage for experiencing all of one’s feelings. It is not only a powerful intensifier of positive emotional states but is also of assistance in healing past and present emotional wounds. It allows one to embrace fully everything that life brings, making it easier to see the beauty and perfection of both triumph and tragedy, love and loss, as well as all states in between.

Just as it activates and improves the state of the emotional body, Blue Aragonite intensifies one’s natural empathic and psychic abilities. This is of special importance to those who are healers, psychic readers, medical intuitives or body workers. Its vibrations are harmonious with the reiki energies. This is an excellent stone to use in body layouts for self healing or activation of higher states of awareness.

Blue Aragonite also provides a stabilizing influence, so one is not overwhelmed by intensified emotional receptivity and empathy for others. It increases one’s capacity to handle strong energies of all types without experiencing stress. It is an excellent stone for those with busy, challenging lives—those who choose to take on many responsibilities, but who wish to remain in touch with all their sensitivities. It enhances insight and assists in communication with ‘higher’ sources of information and intelligence. It can help one bring the heart and mind into a synchronous dynamic harmony which can enlarge one’s capacity for thought, communication, creativity and emotion.

Blue Aragonite combines well with Moldavite, which magnifies and quickens all its effects. Aquamarine, Owyhee Blue Opal, Larimar and Blue Topaz add to its enhancement of communication. Azeztulite, Phenacite, Danburite, Petalite, Scolecite, Natrolite and Satyaloka Quartz increase its effect of sensitizing one to one’s spiritual capacities. Seraphinite can be used to strengthen Blue Aragonite’s healing properties.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Blue Aragonite carries the energy of the Wind and Water elements, creating a channel for information from the higher realms to be expressed through the throat and heart chakras. Its energy stimulates inner vision and one’s connection to guidance, and it soothes and opens the throat area so that one can effectively communicate spiritual information. This is an excellent stone for channelers, psychics, or teachers of spiritual principles.

Blue Aragonite is very useful in supporting the practice of breath work for emotional healing. It is helpful in balancing the respiratory system, ameliorating asthma and bronchitis. It’s frequency stimulates inspiration and it is a powerful stone for reaching deep states of meditation. Blue Aragonite is excellent for stimulating the throat chakra, making it a good choice for those who are hesitant or who have difficulty expressing themselves because they are unable to find the right words to describe their ideas or feelings.

Because it connects the throat and heart chakras, Blue Aragonite can help one to share one’s heart with others and to be more compassionate in one’s speech and attitudes. It is excellent for singers, sound healers or others who use sound vibration to express the healing energy of the heart. It is ideal for helping victims of verbal abuse find healing words and phrases to replace the hurtful words they tend to repeat in their internal dialogs.

SPIRITUAL   Blue Aragonite facilitates spiritual communication and helps one convey ideas and concepts clearly. It assists in expressing one’s highest knowledge as well as one’s deepest feelings. It is excellent for sound healers of all types, and it helps to calm and focus the mind.

EMOTIONAL   Blue Aragonite improves emotional perspective and healing. It helps one to speak and think compassionately and to heal from verbal abuse. It assists one in overcoming hesitation or fear of speaking and sharing one’s ideas and thoughts with others.

PHYSICAL   Blue Aragonite helps with respiratory illnesses or weaknesses, especially those involving inflammation. It stimulates the lungs and is useful in breath work, pranayama or other deep-breathing practices.

AFFIRMATION   I openly embrace the increase of my emotional and intuitive abilities.

SPANISH ARAGONITE

KEY WORDS      Awareness of the living world, awakening higher awareness, attunement to the future stream, grounding heavenly energies on Earth

ELEMENT      Wind, Fire, Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Etheric (8th to 14th)

Aragonite is a calcium-carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. It occurs in various colors, including white, gray, reddish, yellow-green and blue. Aragonite’s crystal system is orthorhombic, and it can be found in prismatic crystals, concretions and stalactitic masses. Aragonite forms the skeleton of a number of marine organisms, either living or recently fossilized. Beautiful bicolor (reddish-purple and gray-green) Aragonites come from Molina de Aragon, Spain.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Spanish Aragonite is the most highly energetic form of Aragonite. It stimulates the third eye and crown chakras very powerfully, and allows one to attune with the frequencies of the etheric chakras above the head. Spanish Aragonite has the unique capacity to step-down the vibrations of the supra-physical or etheric centers so that one can link with them. This facilitates connection with the higher-frequency domains such as the angelic realms.

One of the strengths of Spanish Aragonite is its ability to help us connect empathically with animals, so it is highly recommended for those working with animal communication. On a deeper level, Spanish Aragonite encourages one’s capacity to link with the living world. Working with this stone in meditation, or carrying it through the day, can sensitize one’s energy field to the subtle currents operating beneath the visible surface of things and events. Perceptions are experienced as participations. One recognizes one’s own creating activity, and the creating activity of the world. Such experiences bring recognition of an intimate involvement with all that one perceives, and engender the felt sense of life in everything.

Spanish Aragonite carries powerful Life Force currents. With most stones, these currents enter from below, through the root chakra. In the case of Spanish Aragonite, the energies come in through the crown chakra. The Life Force entering us through this portal is involved with the infusion of the Light Body into the physical form, as well as the regeneration of the organism.

Spanish Aragonite brings a great feeling of peace into the cellular consciousness of the body. It first fills the cells with pulsing, living currents of energy, and then encourages all levels of the body, including the etheric, to release into the Universal Wholeness all coalesced negative identifications. When we identify with some experience or feeling of difficulty, a negative pattern coalesces. Aragonite, as it spreads its higher-realm vibration through the body, dissolves these patterns, if we are prepared to accept this.

Many of the high-energy stones have been linked to the Vibrational Ascension process. An old misunderstanding of ‘ascension’ is the idea that it takes one ‘up and out,’ away from the realm of Earth. Spanish Aragonite’s ability to bring powerful energies of spiritual Light down into the body and the Earth from higher-frequency domains demonstrates the real meaning of ascension—the unification and integration of the higher realms with the Earth plane.

We, as incarnate souls, have chosen to enter the density of matter, with the ultimate purpose of the infusion of all matter with spiritual Light through our own intention and actions. This is both ascension and the wedding of Heaven and Earth. What is ‘below’ joins with what is ‘above’ in an alchemical union that is the fulfillment of the Divine Plan. When we focus on incorporating high vibrations into our physical selves, we are working in unity with this purpose. Spanish Aragonite is a great and powerful facilitator of this process. Some of the potential effects of this unfoldment include healing, wholeness, enlightenment, and immortality for ourselves and the Earth.

One can sometimes feel a strong quality of a potent, unknown future potential when one holds and attunes to this stone. It is resonant with the idea of carrying the memory of the future, and it is strongly linked to the manifestation of that unknown potential in the world. Spanish Aragonite carries the pattern of the Earth’s highest Destiny, and ours as well. It can aid one in envisioning that destiny, and in seeing at least some distance into the coming events that will contribute to that unfolding.

The first task of Spanish Aragonite is to trigger, and aid in, the transfiguration of the human body into the Body of Light. However, its ray is transparent or invisible, so its radiance is one that is felt rather than seen, even inwardly. It links us to what is known as the Midnight Sun in the heart, and it is in resonance as well with the being sometimes known as the Black Madonna. This attunement is accentuated if one uses a stone such as Master Shamanite, which is a stone of the deep realms. The stone and the being of the stone are devoted to nourishing and protecting the feminine hidden in exile in the darkness of matter.

Spanish Aragonites resonate and ally themselves with other stones that carry the same mission—bringing the Light into the darkness. I invite people to work with all of the Ascension Stones (White Azeztulite, Phenacite, Petalite, Danburite, Nirvana Quartz, Herderite, Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite, Himalaya Gold Azeztulite and Golden Azeztulite from North Carolina) in conjunction with these Aragonites. Any stone that has been super-activated through the Azozeo process will work well in conjunction with Spanish Aragonite.

SPIRITUAL   Spanish Aragonite crystals can provide powerful stimulation for the processes of Light Body activation and Vibrational Ascension. They can help to actualize latent spiritual capacities such as visionary awareness and the ability to see future events.

EMOTIONAL   Spanish Aragonite vibrates in the spectrum of joy and ecstasy. The infusion of its energies brings much Light into the emotional body, such that one’s emotionally dysfunctional patterns may be dissolved and replaced with devotion and happiness.

PHYSICAL Spanish Aragonite brings Light and high vibrations into the body, eventually permeating every cell and realigning them to pure Life. These stones can be used to help one dislodge the hold of any ailment or negative pattern in the body.

AFFIRMATION   I welcome the Clear Light into my being, and I align myself with the unfolding of the Divine Plan.

ASTARALINE

KEY WORDS      Protecting and nourishing the Light Body, healing the cells

ELEMENT      Wind, Water

CHAKRAS      All

Astaraline is a combination of muscovite, quartz and cronstedtite. Its colors range through white and pale-gray shades, with yellow streaks and even some areas of pink. In many pieces, sparkles appear as tiny glistening points of light. It is found in Colorado, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Astaraline is a very active stone. It resonates throughout the body, readily entering through the third eye and/or the heart chakra, and making itself felt throughout the body, even to the hands and feet, and all points in between. It brings powerful but pleasant vibratory sensations into the abdomen and chest, as well as the head and throat. It has an immediate capacity for clearing the throat chakra, which may be felt at first as a slight pressure in that area. When this is cleared, the throat is much more open and able to conduct the currents from the lower chakras up to the head.

The currents of Astaraline also move downward from the head into the body. Astaraline helps the cleared throat to give expression to the emerging wisdom of the bodily or cellular consciousness.

One of the components of Astaraline is muscovite, a mineral that stimulates the higher capacities of the brain. Astaraline does this as well, and considerably more. In addition to stimulating mental and intuitive abilities, it grounds higher awareness right into the body. It is also protective to the awakening Self. It insulates one’s soul and spiritual core from negative influences, and keeps one’s energy field pure.

The quartz component of Astaraline is of very high spiritual frequency. I suspect it is infused with the qualities of Azeztulite, because it carries a great deal of Light, and because it so strongly stimulates the upper chakras. Of essential importance to Astaraline’s effectiveness is the iron silicate cronstedtite, which keeps these high frequencies grounded in the body and connected to the cells.

Astaraline is an important aid for awakening the cellular consciousness. This is the awareness of the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix—the awakening Light Body. The Liquid Crystal Body Matrix is an entirely new mind that is congruent with the true Self. Though we think often of the true Self as residing in the heart, the sense I receive through working with Astaraline is that the heart is the overlapping center where the true Self and our everyday identity can meet and join with one another.

The true Self (also called the Higher Self or the second ‘I’) is present in every cell of the body (perhaps in every atom), and it is this Self that we join in the partnered consciousness through alchemical transformation, samadhi, or what is now called Ascension. The processes of Ascension and Light Body-awakening are happening all over the world, and to the Earth herself. Astaraline declares itself to be a newly awakened mineral, emerging at this time to play its role in the great spiritual transformation we are all entering.

As a stone of cellular consciousness, Astaraline can help those involved in spiritual self-healing to bring harmony and functional alignment to all of the bodily organs and systems. Its nourishing, coherent emanations encourage the cells to find the new path to a state of grace, leaving behind old habits of deterioration and degeneration. Astaraline amplifies the power of the Divine Blueprint for the Body of Light, not as a separate vehicle for the ascension of the individual but as the transformation of the gross body into radiant spiritual Light. This means awakening the cellular mind and helping the cellular awareness to gradually gestate, until it is strong enough to remain awake and generate a new physical state. It is as if the stones’ currents form an inner cocoon of Light, within which we can metamorphose into a new luminous Self. These potentials are now dawning on the spiritual horizon, and the unknown adventure of our collective transformation lies ahead.

Astaraline works synergistically with Moldavite for the acceleration of the spiritual transformation process. For Light-Body activation, it harmonizes with all forms of Azeztulite (especially those super-activated by the Azozeo process), as well as Spanish Aragonite and Golden Healer Quartz. Lilac Lepidolite, Pink Tourmaline, Azumar and Larimar aid Astaraline in providing a cocoon of emotional serenity around the body. Healerite can be combined with Astaraline to help in the cellular healing needed for full actualization of the Divine Blueprint.

SPIRITUAL   Astaraline builds a ‘cocoon’ of protection for the gestation of the Light Body. It activates the Divine Blueprint for Vibrational Ascension and aids in achieving identification with the true Self.

EMOTIONAL   Astaraline encourages comfort and joy within the transformation process.

PHYSICAL   Astaraline supports the healing of destructive habits on a cellular level. It teaches the body to accept its latent pattern of perfection.

AFFIRMATION   I am safe and protected as I go through the process of spiritual metamorphosis into the New Human Being.

ASTROPHYLLITE

KEY WORDS      Self-knowledge, realization of multidimensional self, self-acceptance, forgiveness, infusion of oneself with Light

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Astrophyllite is a complex mineral, a potassium, sodium, iron, manganese, titanium silicate with a hardness of 3.5. It forms in bladed crystals which often occur in starbursts within its tan matrix rock. Its color is most often a coppery bronze but can also be golden yellow. Its crystal system is triclinic. It forms in cavities in igneous rocks, especially nepheline synenites. It can occur in association with acmite, feldspars, brown micas titanite and zircon. It has been found in Greenland, Norway and the USA, but most material on the market has come from the Kola Peninsula of Russia.

ROBERT SIMMONS Astrophyllite is a gemstone ally for navigating the twists and turns of travels beyond the body—in the astral realm and the next several levels above it. It can help one achieve the state of lucidity wherein one can make choices and take purposeful actions, even in the often chaotic domain of dreams. It is both a spur to expanding consciousness into the higher realms and an anchor which can assist one in returning to ‘home base,’ no matter the extent of one’s wanderings.

The famous words of the oracle of Delphi, “Know thyself,” might be the concentrated message of Astrophyllite. It can reveal the hidden pattern of one’s divine blueprint, or life purpose, if one is willing to work with it awhile in meditation. Another way to achieve this is to simply wear or carry the stone, then learn to pay close attention to the synchronicities in one’s everyday life. Following the pattern of such ‘random’ events, one can discern the outline of what the Universe wants from us and for us. Astrophyllite is both a magnet for these synchronicities and an aid to being more aware of their occurrence and meaning.

Being out of alignment with one’s inner purpose can cause all sorts of symptoms, such as boredom, depression, overeating, addictions and so forth. Astrophyllite can aid one in shedding such states, not as a direct remedy, but as an amplifier of one’s latent interest in the deeper and more significant purposes of one’s life. When we are absorbed in the thrilling drama of self-discovery, such distractions and compensations are less attractive. The complex structures and flashing reflections of Astrophyllite resonate with its deeper purpose—to shine a light on the mirror of consciousness, to illuminate the true self.

Astrophyllite and Moldavite work together exceptionally well, especially in regard to activating one’s highest purpose in life and in assisting one in following that path. The acceleration they provide sometimes necessitates a rather intense ‘burning’ of old karma, but for those who are ready, this is an immense blessing. Astrophyllite and Tibetan Tektite combine to stimulate the kundalini energies, both within and beyond the boundaries of the body. If extra energy is needed for activation of the Soul Star, Natrolite and Scolecite are ideal allies. If the Earthstar is weak, Black Tourmaline, Smokey Quartz and Hematite can be helpful.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Astrophyllite is a powerful Storm element stone that activates the chakra column to become a channel for high-frequency Light energy. It activates and connects the Soul Star chakra above the head with the Earthstar chakra below the feet. In the connection of these two powerful etheric energy centers, all others chakras in the body are activated, charged and aligned. Astrophyllite enables one to resonate with and radiate the full spectrum of electromagnetic energy that is the Light. From the highest-frequency energy to the lowest, Astrophyllite reminds us that the entire spectrum of Light is necessary to our health and our spiritual growth.

Astrophyllite carries an energy that helps walk-ins and ETs feel more at home on Earth. It stimulates the higher chakras and encourages intergalactic and interdimensional communication and telepathy with beings from these realms. It can enhance telepathic communication on the Earth plane as well, allowing for more exact interpretation of psychic information. It is an excellent ally to employ when one wishes to receive specific scientific or technical information from these other realms or from other times such as one’s past lives in Atlantis or ancient Egypt. It can assist one in psychic time travel or intergalactic travel.

Astrophyllite has the ability to direct Light into the darkest recesses of one’s being and experience. It can help one perceive and understand one’s most buried and unacknowledged thoughts and feelings. By bringing these shadow aspects of the self to conscious awareness, wholeness, self-acceptance and self-forgiveness can be achieved. Astrophyllite is excellent for those who believe they are beyond redemption or salvation due to their ego investment in the shadow self. It can help these individuals to perceive their inherent divinity, fully accepting and loving themselves, deciding to live their full potential. For this reason, Astrophyllite can offer excellent support for counselling those who have been institutionalized in our criminal justice or mental health systems. It is also helpful in exorcism and entity removal work.

Astrophyllite strengthens the energy field, acting as a natural protection against negative or harmful vibrations. Electromagnetic energy is Light energy and is necessary for much of our healing and psychic work. However, very intense or focused electromagnetic fields can be harmful, and electromagnetic pollution is a growing concern in our society. Astrophyllite can mediate the effects of electromagnetic pollution—such as that produced by electronics, radio transmitters or cell towers—even as it assists the body in processing a broader range of electromagnetic energy. It acts as a natural protection against radioactivity as well.

SPIRITUAL   Astrophyllite enhances the ability to communicate with ETs, interdimensional beings and other civilizations from the past or future. It activates the entire chakra column and assists the body in resonating with a full spectrum of Light energy. It can assist in exorcisms and entity removal and in turning dark entities toward the Light.

EMOTIONAL   Astrophyllite can help one accept one’s shadow self and feel more whole and accepting of oneself. It can give hope to those who fear the judgment of others or the Divine. It assists one in finding Light in the darkest corners and in deciding to express one’s full Light in the world. Astrophyllite allows one to face one’s darkest fears and reclaim one’s full power.

PHYSICAL   Astrophyllite can energetically protect one against radiation and electromagnetic fields. It helps regulate the nervous system and enhances brain function. Astrophyllite is useful in supporting detoxification on an energetic or physical level.

AFFIRMATION   I know and accept myself in all aspects, histories and dimensions, and I call forth the highest manifestation of my spiritual purpose.

AURALITE-23

KEY WORDS      Activation of the Divine Blueprint, the Magic Presence, enhanced psychic capacities, purification, regeneration and rejuvenation

ELEMENT      Wind, Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Auralite-23 is the name given to a group of unusual crystals found in Canada in the Boreal forest of the Canadian Shield, north of Lake Superior. The stones are primarily composed of amethyst, a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. However, they contain a wealth of other minerals. Their discoverer has named them Auralite-23 because of the stones’ perceived positive effect on the human energy field, and because analysis has shown that there are at least twenty-three different minerals in each specimen of these crystals. Because of this complex structure, there is a unique synergy of energies in Auralite-23.

Auralite-23 crystals are about 1.2 billion years old, having been formed during the Meso-proterozoic Era, at the time when multicellular creatures first emerged and began to flourish. It has been suggested that meteoric impacts during this time brought rare metallic ores to the surface, where they eventually dissolved and were incorporated into the structure of the growing amethyst crystal now called Auralite-23. The elements identified by assays using x-ray diffraction include the following thirty-five, present in various samples: Ag, Au, Al, Ba, Be, Bi, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, La, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, N, P, Pd, Pb, S, Sb, Sc, Sr, Th, Ti, Tl, U, V, W, Zn, Zr.

The crystals themselves are structured layers of phantomed chevrons composed of three base-three quartz species—amethyst, citrine and a rare form of metamict green quartz. The mineral compounds they contain reportedly include titanite, cacoxenite, lepidocrocite, ajoite, hematite, magnetite, pyrite, goethite, pyrolusite, gold, silver, platinum, nickel, copper, iron, limonite, sphalerite, covellite, chalcopyrite, gialite, epidote, bornite and rutile.

ROBERT SIMMONS   When I sat down to meditate with two crystals of Auralite-23, I was surprised by the sheer volume of energy coming from them. They are much stronger than regular Amethyst! When a stone is held at the crown chakra, its pulsations move fully through the brain, activating both the crown and third eye. They engender sensations of peace and tranquility in the mind, and a sense of being in the presence of the sacred. They remind one of the sacred nature of one’s own consciousness, and bring a quality of inner focus that facilitates deep meditation. The mind is quieted and calmed, the emotional body is stilled, and the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix is attuned to its Divine Blueprint. When one holds one of these stones at the crown chakra and a second one at the heart, a powerful circuit is created, helping to integrate heart awareness with one’s usual sense of self.

Auralite-23 stimulates higher awareness and telepathic connection with one’s guides and guardian spirits. It offers a direct and immediate link to what is called the ‘Magic Presence’ in esoteric literature—the Self beyond the everyday ‘I’ that knows one’s life pattern and destiny, that can help one live one’s life as an expression of one’s true spiritual purpose. In the poetic mystical tradition, this aspect of oneself—so different that it seems like a Divine being beyond oneself—was known as the Beloved of the Soul. Union with the Beloved was fervently sought by many spiritual aspirants. The connection facilitated by Auralite-23 is to that Higher Self, and although it does not guarantee full union without one’s own efforts, it does offer an energetic link that greatly assists the journey to the Divine within.

The link Auralite provides to higher realms can instigate a process of inner purification. Those willing to receive this stone’s blessings are inwardly ‘inspected’ and cleansed of various inner knots of negative fixation. The felt sense of this can seem like a dissolving of one’s cares and worries—a release of anxiety, resentment, judgment, depression and defeat. As this dissolution occurs, one feels an uplifting of spirit and an awakening to the potential for a new life. This rising of optimism and new hope is felt all the way into one’s cellular consciousness. The body itself is awed and made reverent by the clearing of the veils of illusion and the dawning of the presence of one’s true self, the Higher Self.

Other effects of Auralite-23 can include an increase of one’s psychic sensitivity, enhanced insight into truth, disappearance of chronic problems with the body, a balanced awakening of kundalini, an awareness of the ‘eternal now,’ spontaneous visions of future events, enhanced capacity for soul travel and lucid dreaming, and experiences with Angels.

As a stone of the Divine Blueprint, Auralite-23 makes an excellent vibrational tool for spiritual healing. It can be applied to any area of the body in order to rebalance and heal through the re-installation of one’s Pattern of Perfection. Auralite-23 reminds the body, on a cellular level, of its proper vital function. As such, this is a stone of regeneration and rejuvenation. On the emotional level, the peace and widened awareness facilitated by Auralite-23 can clear many triggers and snags that cripple the emotional body. This stone also helps heal the soul through facilitating remembrance of past lives and stimulating the insight needed to release karmic patterns.

Auralite-23 encourages one to recognize the blessings of one’s life in relationship with the world. It encourages one to meet each moment of experience with the positive intention to bless the world with one’s own love and self-giving. This activity of blessing is the essence of the New Consciousness, and is at the core of Auralite’s nature. I hope those who acquire it will allow themselves to be awakened to this new and sacred way of being.

Auralite works most harmoniously with all forms of Azeztulite, as well as Rosophia. Its protective and purifying qualities are enhanced by Guardianite, Black Merlinite, Black Andradite Garnet, Smoky Quartz and Black Tourmaline. Using Auralite-23 in conjunction with Mystic Merlinite will enhance one’s potential to magically transform oneself and to make positive magic in the mundane world. Master Shamanite can aid both in purification and in deepening the meditative experience initiated by Auralite-23. Auralite-23 is one of the stones that can be enhanced by the Azozeo super-activation process.

SPIRITUAL   Auralite-23 stimulates spiritual evolution and transformation. It helps unite one with the Magic Presence or Higher Self, and awakens one to the New Consciousness.

EMOTIONAL   Auralite-23 protects the emotional body and helps release unhealthy emotional patterns.

PHYSICAL   Auralite-23 stimulates cellular regeneration and rejuvenation.

AFFIRMATION   I choose my highest spiritual path, and surrender into union with my Higher Self.

AVENTURINE

Aventurine is a member of the Quartz family, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its structure is hexagonal (trigonal) and is crypto-crystalline. Its name is derived from the Italian a ventura, a type of glass discovered around the year 1700. The name was chosen because of the likeness of the glass with its randomly spaced iridescent sparkles to these stones with their similar markings. Aventurine is found primarily in three colors—green, blue and red-brown. The color of Green Aventurine comes from microscopic Fuchsite particles within the Quartz, and the color of Red Aventurine comes from inclusions of Hematite. Blue Aventurine is colored by inclusions of copper silicates. Major deposits of Aventurine are found in Brazil, India and Russia.

GREEN AVENTURINE

KEY WORDS      Vitality, growth, confidence

ELEMENT      Water, Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Green Aventurine is a stone of optimism and zest for life. It helps one move forward with confidence into new situations, such as changes in one’s employment, residence, school, relationships or spiritual focus. It even assists one in embracing such challenging issues as aging, illness and one’s own mortality. It is not a stone of resignation or acceptance so much as it is a facilitator of one’s taking everything in stride. It brings with it a feeling of lightness, even humor, as it assists one in dealing with the ups and downs of life. In meditation, it helps one to persevere through the times when it seems as if nothing is happening. In emotional life, it allows one to look at the bright side of difficult issues. In healing, it instills life force and aids in rebuilding depleted energy reserves.

Green Aventurine can be a stone of ‘good luck’ and is recommended for those who wish to manifest greater prosperity. It can assist in other situations where one’s overt external actions do not control the outcome. It would be a good stone to carry to the racetrack, a tax audit, or a first date. It is a very ‘user friendly’ stone, and one need only be near it to derive its benefits.

Green Aventurine harmonizes with all members of the Quartz family, modifying its focus slightly as it resonates to the frequencies of its companion stones. Combining Moldavite with Green Aventurine creates a highly dynamic energy which helps one to move through even drastic transformations with equanimity, confidence and good humor. Moonstone, Morganite and both Green and Pink Tourmaline have the effect of magnifying Aventurine’s heart-chakra energies, making one prone to give and find love more easily.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Green Aventurine is a powerful expression of the combined energies of the Water and Earth elements. It supports emotional and physical healing and energy balancing. Green Aventurine’s essence is that of spring bursting forth after a long, dark winter. Its frequency stimulates renewal on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels, assisting one in releasing old patterns, disease and lessons, so new growth and movement can take place.

The Water element energy of Green Aventurine can assist one in perceiving the core emotional issues behind illness or imbalance. It soothes emotional wounds and facilitates the release of outmoded relationships, emotional patterns and heartache. Its frequency stimulates a sense of renewed hope and joy and is very useful for those who have issues of depression. Because of its combination Water and Earth element energies, Green Aventurine allows one to remain emotionally stable through periods of change or upheaval. It acts as an emotional anchor, keeping one rooted in the heart when emotional storms arise.

Green Aventurine reminds one of the law of impermanence. It helps one release attachment to one’s creations and experiences. It encourages one to view change philosophically and to take each destruction in one’s life as an opportunity for growth in a new direction. It fosters optimism and deep appreciation for the myriad experiences life offers.

Green Aventurine assists one in connecting to the Earth and/or devic energies. It has a gentle grounding effect on the vibrational field, encouraging energy to move out of the head and into the heart center. This is useful for those who tend to be too ‘heady’ or intellectual. Green Aventurine reminds us that an experience itself is often the teaching and that not every event must be analyzed.

Green Aventurine supports the heart, assisting with circulatory issues and stimulating the flow of life-giving energy throughout the body. It engenders body activity and movement, while assisting one in physical regeneration. It is excellent for use by those with cardiac conditions or who are recovering from surgery or illness. Aventurine is particularly good for energetically stimulating growth in young children and premature infants. It helps to correct lethargy and depletion, or lack of life force. It helps one to clear the energetic systems and stimulates new growth and understanding.

SPIRITUAL   Green Aventurine helps clear and reinforce the emotional body and heart chakra. It assists one in releasing attachment to outcomes and in being more present in one’s experiences. It helps one to be willing to heal and move forward in life.

EMOTIONAL   Green Aventurine assists one in finding hope, optimism, and joy in daily life. It helps one to remain heart-centered and to peacefully navigate difficult emotional experiences. It facilitates one’s willingness to release attachments to past relationships or life situations and to embrace change, growth and renewal.

PHYSICAL   Green Aventurine helps heal and regulate the heart and circulatory system. It stimulates cell repair, regrowth and general healing. It can help slow-developing infants and children to blossom. It stimulates life force, increasing physical and vibrational vitality.

AFFIRMATION   I move forward with optimism, confidence and renewed vitality.

BLUE AVENTURINE

KEY WORDS      Psychic attunement, self-discipline, inner strength

ELEMENT      Wind, Water

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Blue Aventurine is a stone of self-discipline and inner strength. It assists one in making clear decisions and sticking by them. It can be useful in initiating changes of problematic habits such as smoking, overeating, substance abuse and even traits such as selfishness and passive aggression. It energetically supports one in taking responsibility for oneself and one’s relationships, in part by helping one to discover that one actually can handle one’s life successfully. It can be useful for individuals with the ‘Peter Pan’ syndrome of never wanting to grow up. Under the positive influence of Blue Aventurine, one may realize that adulthood is preferable to perpetual youth.

As one becomes stronger and more ‘comfortable in one’s own skin,’ innate powers and sensitivities which had been blocked by inner disharmonies can begin to surface. Psychic and intuitive abilities, attunement to beneficial guidance from the spiritual domain, the capacity to empathically ‘read’ others, and the knack for ‘tuning in’ to information from the Akashic record are among the potentials which the influence of Blue Aventurine can help one realize.

Those who wish to work with Blue Aventurine are advised to place it upon the third eye or hold a piece in each hand during meditation. Sleeping with one of these stones in the pillowcase or simply carrying one in a pocket can work very well. The idea is to allow sufficient time for the stone to influence one’s vibrational pattern. Blue Aventurine works gradually, so one should not expect miracles overnight.

Blue Aventurine harmonizes with all other Aventurine, as well as Clear Quartz, Amethyst, Citrine, Opal, Moldavite, Lapis and Sodalite. It can bring additional strength and focus to the energies of any other stone. Its capacity for psychic opening is enhanced by combining it with Phenacite, Azeztulite, Celestite, Herderite, Scolecite, Brookite, Natrolite and/or Datolite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Blue Aventurine resonates with both Wind and Water elements, stimulating the mind and the heart. It helps open the throat and third eye, encouraging one to speak one’s highest wisdom and empowering one’s communications. It resonates with the heart chakra, fostering love and compassion. Blue Aventurine is useful to those who are empathic and intuitive, but who tend to be susceptible to negativity because of their sensitivity. While protecting one from negative energy, Blue Aventurine can aid in perceiving how to heal this susceptibility and strengthen one’s abilities to focus on positive, useful psychic information.

Blue Aventurine is cooling and soothing to the auric field and the nervous system. It can help balance hyperactivity and improve one’s ability to focus or concentrate. Blue Aventurine is useful in encouraging one to assume one’s power by taking full responsibility for one’s life. It is helpful in revealing victim patterns and in empowering one to accept responsibility for one’s experiences. Blue Aventurine teaches us how our actions affect our experiences, and it helps us perceive which actions, thoughts or emotional patterns underlie our creations.

SPIRITUAL   Blue Aventurine promotes full responsibility for one’s life—a precursor to the recovery of personal power. It opens the third eye, encouraging vision and inspired ideas. It aids in the highest expression of one’s wisdom and knowledge and is excellent for teachers.

EMOTIONAL   Blue Aventurine assists one in perceiving where one is playing a victim role and disempowering oneself. It helps one see how one’s actions and thoughts have created one’s current reality, so one can be empowered to change one’s experience. It helps calm fiery emotions and allows one to feel more peaceful and less affected by external energies.

PHYSICAL Blue Aventurine is useful in balancing the hormones—particularly for women. It can help lessen muscle twitches, spasms and facial tics. It supports healthy blood and blood oxygenation. It is useful in helping ‘blue babies’ strengthen their respiratory and circulatory systems. It is also helpful in strengthening venous and arterial walls. Blue Aventurine can assist in calming hyperactivity and enhancing mental focus and concentration.

AFFIRMATION   I grow in strength and awareness from accepting responsibility and claiming my power.

RED AVENTURINE

KEY WORDS      Discernment, determination, strength, creativity, sexuality, alignment with one’s highest path.

ELEMENT      Earth, Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Third Eye (6th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Red Aventurine is a stone of vitality, creativity, sexuality, mental alertness and manifestation through action. It increases one’s desire to take on and overcome the challenges of life, and it helps one find the determination to persevere in the most difficult situations. It increases the flow of prana, or life force, helping those with low vitality to get things done. Individuals recovering from illness can use it to aid them in rebuilding their physical energies, as well as their confidence. People who have diminished sexual appetites may find renewed excitement when this stone is kept on their person or near their bed. Artists, writers and others who rely upon their creative capacities may discover that Red Aventurine assists them in finding new inspiration. Those who must work long hours with focused attention will find a powerful ally in Red Aventurine. And everyone who wishes to bring their desires into reality will take heart from Red Aventurine’s ability to infuse one with the confidence, faith and energy to see things through. The message of Red Aventurine is “I can do it,” and it facilitates the process by which one’s confidence and capabilities rise to the level of one’s desires.

Red Aventurine harmonizes with all varieties of Quartz, including the other Aventurines. For strengthening life force one is advised to combine it with Ruby. For sexuality and creativity, as well as manifestation, Zincite is an ideal ally. To enhance manifestation, Phenacite and Golden Labradorite are recommended. Moldavite will bring Red Aventurine’s power to bear upon the tasks of spiritual transformation. If Red Aventurine makes one feel excessively powerful, a softening stone such as Ajoite will temper any harshness.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Red Aventurine carries a combination of Earth and Fire elements. Its energy is very different from Green or Blue Aventurine and it should be treated as an entirely different material. Red Aventurine is concerned with the physical level of being and with transforming physicality through focusing energy into action. Red Aventurine helps one regulate one’s energy so consistent effort can be generated. It helps one to remain focused on the task at hand and to pursue one’s goals with determination. It assists one in bringing divinely inspired ideas into being by helping one to determine the highest course of action.

Red Aventurine helps one choose the highest path among many options. It fosters discernment and the ability to see which ideas will ultimately prove themselves and which are ‘pie in the sky.’ Its energy lends resolve to those who are often unable to commit to a path. For those who are stubborn due to ego, Red Aventurine can help reveal where flexibility will ultimately forward one’s goal or vision. For individuals who have numerous creative ideas but have difficulty following through on them, Red Aventurine will prove to be a valuable ally.

This stone assists one in being firm yet centered in the face of conflict. It allows one to recognize and admit when one is not on the highest path or when one has made a mistake. It encourages self-forgiveness and the ability to laugh at oneself and one’s foibles.

SPIRITUAL   This ally helps one develop the necessary fortitude to manifest one’s highest ideals through consistent action. It helps prevent one from being swayed from the course aligned with one’s highest good at the same time it allows one to recognize if one is on the less-than-highest path. It encourages discernment, commitment and perseverance.

EMOTIONAL   Red Aventurine helps one with self-forgiveness and enables one to laugh at one’s mistakes. Its energy quickly reveals self-deception.

PHYSICAL   Red Aventurine is a strong blood-strengthening stone. It can help stimulate red blood cell production in the bone marrow and can assist in regulating the blood in the body. It helps to balance auto-immune disorders and the immune system in general. It is supportive of the liver and is helpful in detoxification efforts.

AFFIRMATION   I clearly see my highest path, I know I am capable of walking it, and I am committed to achieving my destiny.

AXINITE

KEY WORDS      Grounding, endurance, vitality, inner exploration

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Third Eye (6th)

Axinite is a borosilicate or complex borate silicate mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its color is usually brown, although blue and violet specimens have also been found. Its crystal system is triclinic. Its name is derived from the similarity of its sharp-edged, wedge-shaped crystals to the form of an ax. Axinite occurs often within veins and cavities in granite. It is found in France, Mexico, Russia and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Axinite emanates a very wholesome and helpful energy. It is clarifying to one’s consciousness, harmonizing to one’s emotions, expansive to one’s awareness and balancing to one’s physical energies. It is strongly grounding, but more than that, it helps one bring the Earth energies up through one’s feet and into one’s whole body. This can be a powerful aid to one’s endurance and vitality. It is recommended for anyone who works long hours.

In the inner domains, Axinite acts to allow the waking mind access to the subconscious and superconscious realms. It seems also to help one hold in memory the experiences of the spiritual planes, perhaps because it so thoroughly grounds one’s energies. Axinite can be used to assist one in gaining conscious access to the morphic fields of knowledge accumulated by each species throughout time and space. Axinite can function as a ‘savant stone,’ facilitating direct mental access to knowledge, independent of any outside source.

For maximum physical vitality, combine Axinite with Zincite and/or Moldavite. For working on the inner planes, use Axinite in conjunction with Herderite and/or with such stones as Phenacite, Azeztulite, Beryllonite, Tremolite and Danburite. Axinite with Alexandrite can facilitate past-life recall, especially in regard to lessons relevant to this lifetime.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Axinite stimulates the mind, activates and improves the memory, and allows one to enter consciously into the dream state or the subconscious mind. Because of its ability to cut through the veil between the waking and sleeping states, Axinite is a powerful ally for exploring the disciplines of astral travel or lucid dreaming. In meditation, Axinite will facilitate one’s reaching expanded states of awareness. It helps cut through distracting thought patterns and worries that keep one from attaining a meditative state.

Axinite’s energy enables one to access and explore aspects of alternate lifetimes within the subconscious level of the mind. This can aid one in releasing alternate life influences affecting this lifetime, allowing one to heal ancient karmic wounds and create one’s life consciously. Axinite’s frequencies can also be employed for accessing the Akashic or genetic records.

Axinite’s energy helps one cut through difficulties, delays and frustrating obstacles. It is a helpful travel stone that assists the body in easily adapting to changing time zones, climates and sleep patterns. It is especially helpful in maintaining physical health when one is in less-than-optimum surroundings or situations. It can assist in dispelling conflict, allowing all parties to feel empowered and cooperative. It can be utilized in legal situations to prevent delays, to accelerate the often slow-turning wheels of justice and to bring forth the truth. It helps cut through deception and reveal truth in all situations.

In healing, Axinite can be used effectively on the feet, to stimulate all systems of the body. Axinite is an excellent first-chakra stone, facilitating the movement of energy up the legs and through the spine and chakric column. Its metaphysical healing power rests in its ability to direct high-frequency energy into the physical body, clearing outdated patterns and realigning the physical self with the spiritual self.

SPIRITUAL   Axinite is a ‘stone of truth,’ ensuring that the truth will be revealed. It activates the higher chakras by creating a strong grounding cord through which excess energy can be released. It can be useful in accessing cellular records and alternate-life information and can assist in clearing the mind for effective meditation.

EMOTIONAL   Axinite helps one dispel power struggles and avoid conflict. It engenders a cooperative feeling and facilitates mutually beneficial resolution to conflict situations. It assists one in feeling empowered and competent.

PHYSICAL   Axinite brings Light energy into the lower chakras, energizing the physical body and infusing each cell with healing energy. It is an excellent ally for general health and well being, physical vitality and abundant energy.

AFFIRMATION   I bring into my body the vitality and grounding of the Earth and the knowledge of the higher realms.

AZEZTULITE™ (General Information)

Azeztulite has one of the most unusual stories of any stone in this book. Chemically it is a variety of quartz with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The original Azeztulite came from a single find in North Carolina around 1970, and over thirty years later a second deposit was uncovered in Vermont. Since then, over a dozen varieties of Azeztulite have been discovered around the world. Azeztulites are not distinguished by their chemical makeup, which is always quartz and sometimes combined with other minerals. The distinct high-vibration energy currents that are particular to these stones are what make them Azeztulites.

ROBERT SIMMONS   There is no way to explain Azeztulite without telling a personal story. Azeztulite came into the world of crystal lovers through a series of inner communications and synchronicities that began in 1991. They concern myself, my wife Kathy Warner and my friend and coauthor Naisha Ahsian.

Late in 1991, Kathy and I received a telephone call from three women who were working together in channeling. The person doing the primary work was Naisha Ahsian, who later came to work for us and created the Crystal Ally Cards. She told us that she and the other women wanted to commission a special piece of jewelry. It was to contain five powerful stones—Moldavite, Tanzanite, Danburite, Phenacite and Azeztulite. We were excited about making the piece but we had never heard of Azeztulite. She answered that the beings who were communicating with her said that if our company, Heaven and Earth, did not yet have the stone, we would soon.

Naisha went on to say that the term ‘Azeztulite’ was the stone’s spiritual name, that the beings themselves were called the Azez, and that the stone would become a very important tool for Lightworkers. We were told that the new stone would be colorless and oddly shaped, not like the prismatic crystals of Quartz and other minerals with which we were familiar. After much fruitless searching and investigation by all of us, a box of oddly shaped white-to-transparent stones arrived in the mail from a total stranger, a rockhound who thought they were Phenacite. When Naisha and her friends inspected the box they said, ‘This is not Phenacite—it’s the Azeztulite. Buy it!’ And that is how we began our work with it. Shortly after we received the first batch, Naisha sent us a letter with information on Azeztulite and the Azez, including transcripts from her channeling:

The beings with whom I am communicating are part of a society of interdimensional, extraterrestrial beings, and they have said we may call them the Azez. From what I understand, their reason for being centers on anchoring the ‘Nameless Light’ onto planets and into societies coming under the influence of that energy. The word ‘Azez’ seems to mean both ‘Nameless Light’ and the embodiment of that Light in the universe, which is the Great Central Sun. The stone Azeztulite is not only for communication with the Azez, but also holds and channels the energy of the Nameless Light and its manifestation from the Great Central Sun. These beings have bases all over the world at energy centers both known and unknown to us, including the Andes, the Himalayas, the Adirondacks and other mountain ranges.

I’m not sure if ‘channeling’ is the correct term for how I communicate with them. It is much more of a direct telepathic link.

Next came a transcript of the words she received from the Azez: “Interdimensional travel involves ‘pulses’ of energy in the universe, which act as bridges for interdimensional travel. When we travel through many dimensions, these energy pulses cause disruptions that make it difficult for us to communicate with other bases in other dimensions and on other planets. Here enters the stone Azeztulite, which we use to create channels for our communications with other bases. On each base or planet we inhabit, we have chosen a stone to be the anchor for these channels.

After some manipulation and alteration, we engineered Azeztulite to handle the intense energies it carries. Until recently, we did not have the technical knowledge to engineer a vessel to contain this energy frequency. In our culture, ‘Azez’ is the term for the ‘Nameless Light,’ the embodiment of which is the Great Central Sun. Please understand the implications of what we are explaining. This stone is the embodiment of the Azez and carries with it the manifest energy of the Great Central Sun. This is a powerful stone. This stone heralds many changes!

Azeztulite will enable those of you who are telepathic ‘windows’ and dimensional engineers to begin to reclaim the knowledge of these practices from your genetic memory banks. We will now begin to make ourselves known more fully to those beings, to aid in this awakening and transformation.

Disease on your planet is the result of certain frequencies of light. You cellularly block these light waves through thought-form shields and contracting emotional patterns. Your cellular consciousness is therefore unable to properly learn and expand, resulting in disease. Azeztulite carries energies and frequencies of Light that help release the shields and blocks, healing disease and aiding in cellular rejuvenation and expansion. Likewise, its activation at certain points on your planet will aid in healing the total organism of Gaia.”

Some years later, Naisha added these insights: Azeztulite speaks to us of alternate realities. As humans, we inhabit a very narrow range of reality. It is as though we walk this Earth with blinders on, never seeing the incredible depth and beauty of all the levels of reality that surround us. Azeztulite was sent as an ally to aid us in connecting with the other realms around us, enabling us to open to the true scope of perception of which we are capable.

The coming Age of Light is about opening ourselves to these more expanded levels of reality. It is about reconnecting with the Source of energy that exists beyond us all and is embodied in the Great Central Sun. Azeztulite carries this energy and, when we resonate with it, it shares this broadened perspective with us. From this connection we will gain a greater wisdom and understanding of the beings that we truly are—beings of Light.

Through the years, we have seen thousands of people connect with Azeztulite. We have told the story of its discovery over and over again, yet each telling brings goosebumps of excitement. We have seen people experience such profound contact and recognition that they were in tears. It remains the stone that emanates the most rarefied of all vibrations and brings dramatic awakenings and spiritual growth to those who work with it.

As of this writing in 2014, we have been working with Azeztulite for twenty-three years, and it remains at the top of our list of spiritual stones. As Naisha’s later communications with the Azez foretold, more Azeztulites of different types were found around the world. The two newest ones, Red Fire Azeztulite and Black Azeztulite, were found just this year—the Red Fire Azeztulite in New Zealand and the Black Azeztulite in Vermont. Others have been discovered in Colorado, North Carolina, India and Africa. (Several types come from New Zealand, and seem connected to that country’s beautiful energies.)

Naisha’s links with the Azez also revealed the ultimate goal of these angelic beings—to continue infusing the Earth, through people attuning to the Azeztulites, with the Nameless Light of the Great Central Sun. It is foretold that this energy infusion will activate more and more of the Quartz in the Earth’s crust, ultimately transforming our world into a Planet of Light. So many of the other predictions of the Azez have come true that we are convinced of this one’s veracity, and we are working ardently with thousands of others around the world to help bring about this transformation.

WHITE AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Inner Light, joy and serenity, DNA and Light Body Activation, Vibrational Ascension, spiritual awakening, link with the Nameless Light, meetings with the Azez

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All (including the etheric chakras above the body)

White Azeztulite is the first Azeztulite discovered. It was found originally in North Carolina and later in Vermont, USA. White Azeztulite is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. Most pieces are white, but some are partially or fully transparent.

The currents of White Azeztulite are greatly amplified when the stone is put through the Azozeo super-activation process, taking it to a completely different and higher vibrational level.

ROBERT SIMMONS   There is nothing on Earth quite like the original White Azeztulite. More people have connected with this stone than with all the other Azeztulites combined. It is the first earthly material to receive the infusion of the Nameless Light, facilitated by the high angelic beings known as the Azez. One might say that White Azeztulite is one of the key elements of the Vibrational Ascension that the Earth and the human species are now beginning to experience.

If one holds a White Azeztulite over the third eye, the currents of the stones are experienced as pulsing high-frequency energy that originates in the spiritual realms of Light. Indeed, seeing light in the interior of the skull is one of the hallmarks of White Azeztulite. Its currents feel like living Light, and are accompanied by deeply pleasurable sensations in the head and body. It is as if one is being sweetly caressed by angelic hands—and these hands work with a purpose, for they are not only there to soothe us but to kindle Light and expansion of awareness.

The presence of White Azeztulite kindles reverence, the sense that one is in the presence of something holy. The statement ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Light’ is highly resonant with the qualities of White Azeztulite. It brings forward the inner experience of spiritual Light, and through its presence suggests to us a path of Truth to Light. This path must be, and naturally is, followed with an ardent intensity—one might say a ‘zest.’ It has been pointed out to me by a friend that the name Azeztulite could be rewritten as ‘a zest to Light,’ or an ardent approach to the Inner Light.

White Azeztulite works on the cellular level, stimulating the light-emitting qualities inherent in the DNA. Our dna, holding the very matrix of life, can be viewed as the portal through which spiritual Light enters our bodies and, through us, the world. The physical light emitted by DNA is the byproduct of the spiritual Light of life that pours through us. White Azeztulite, with its direct link to the Great Central Sun, enhances and increases the flow of this Light within us, and through us into the Earth.

This Nameless Light, according to the Azez, has the capacity to dissolve the patterns of degeneration and disease that are habitual in living organisms. As our Inner Light increases through the work with White Azeztulite, it is possible for us to experience full Light Body Activation, which can ultimately transform the body into a living incarnation of Light. This incarnated Light, which has existed on Earth only rarely in the past, is akin to the Philosopher’s Stone of alchemy, and the manna described in the Bible. It is the Robe of Glory mentioned by the Gnostics, and it is the ultimate goal of Azeztulite’s mission with humanity.

On more everyday levels, Azeztulite is a positive emotional influence. It helps keep one’s attention on benevolent thoughts and actions, encouraging altruism and compassion. It can dissolve negative attachments that foster depression or anxiety. It cleanses the emotional body, and brings joy and serenity. Wearing a piece of White Azeztulite clears one’s auric field and creates a bubble of love, light and beauty that one carries everywhere.

White Azeztulite is one of the most wide-spectrum spiritual healing stones. It can break the hold of any dysfunction or illness brought about by hostile energies in one’s environment or by one’s own self-negating thought patterns. As it lifts one’s awareness and awakens the Body of Light, one can become aware of one’s essential immortality, dissolving any patterns of limitation. By facilitating Vibrational Ascension, White Azeztulite calls forth the unity of body, mind and spirit. Under the influence of these stones, one’s wholeness is more readily realized. Crystal healers will prize White Azeztulite as one of their most powerful and effective tools.

Both healers and those who work contemplatively with White Azeztulite may find themselves in the very presence of the Azez. These angelic beings have been spiritual caretakers of humanity for thousands of years, and numerous people who work with Azeztulite have seen and communicated directly with them. The presence of White Azeztulite greatly facilitates such encounters.

White Azeztulite should be placed in power spots and other key places all over the globe. As the original stone of the Nameless Light, it has the capacity to awaken other stones to its energies, and to facilitate the awakening of the Earth’s Light Body. This is especially true if the Azeztulite has been subjected to the Azozeo super-activation process.

White Azeztulite works harmoniously with all other Azeztulites, as well as all other Syn-ergy Twelve and Ascension Seven stones. It is powerfully resonant with Phenacite, Petalite, Beryllonite, Tremolite, Green Taralite, Vortexite, Vitalite, Natrolite and virtually all high-vibration stones. When one uses White Azeztulite together with Rosophia, their combined currents can bring forth the spiritual union of Heaven and Earth within one’s own heart.

SPIRITUAL   White Azeztulite pours a flood of spiritual Light into one’s consciousness, kindling Light Body Activation leading ultimately to Vibrational Ascension.

EMOTIONAL   White Azeztulite cleanses the emotional body, and infuses it with love, compassion, joy, serenity and expansiveness.

PHYSICAL White Azeztulite brings Light into the cells, helping to dissolve any negative patterns that create illness.

AFFIRMATION   I am a child of the Divine Light, and that Light is my own essential Self.

SANDA ROSA AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Grounded infusion of Light, spiritualizing the body, multi-level sensing capacity, quieting the mind, stimulating innervision, etheric cleansing, high serenity

ELEMENTS Storm, Earth

CHAKRAS      All (1st through 7th)

Sanda Rosa Azeztulite is the name given to a variety of Azeztulite composed of quartz, white feldspar, spessartine garnet and mica. It was discovered in North Carolina in 2008. The color is primarily an opaque white with speckles of red-pink garnet and shimmering dots of silver-gray mica. The hardness of this stone is between 6 and 7.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The discovery of Sanda Rosa

Azeztulite is a favorite memory of mine, since I was a part of it. Traveling through North Carolina in 2008, I was hoping to find a source of more White Azeztulite, and had asked a local friend to help me seek out likely locations. I had also, while driving there, received a moment of vision in which the Azez seemed to be telling me that I would indeed find more Azeztulite, so my hopes were high. As soon as I arrived at my friend’s home, we went out looking. Lo and behold, the new Azeztulite was there, in the first area where we looked for it!

But the new Azeztulite was different—instead of being pure white, it was dotted with bits of reddish pink and shimmering silver-gray. And its currents, while definitely those of Azeztulite, were different. They were more grounded and somehow more comforting than the original White Azeztulite. They entered through the third eye and moved both upward to the crown and down to the heart. In a few moments, my whole body was filled with a soft tingling in which I felt caressed by many invisible hands. When I asked inwardly what to call this new discovery, I was given the name Sanda Rosa Azeztulite, meaning ‘the Rose of the Sand’ (or ‘Quartz of the Heart’). It seemed fitting, because the area was certainly sandy, and these stones’ currents definitely nourished and expanded the spiritual heart. I was utterly elated to have found them, and to have had the vision from my journey confirmed—not simply with more White Azeztulite, but with a whole new variety!

The currents of Sanda Rosa Azeztulite descend readily to all parts of the body after entering from above. They spread through the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix in a graceful flow. Sanda Rosa Azeztulite is very soothing to the etheric body. Its interface with the energetic membrane of the physical body is a smooth and nurturing one. Its currents bring Spiritual Light into the body and mind, and it is easier to stay grounded with Sanda Rosa Azeztulite than with some other varieties. Many people who find White Azeztulite too intense are quite comfortable with Sanda Rosa Azeztulite.

The Spessartite Garnet in these stones carries a vibration of its own, which harmonizes beautifully with the pure white Azeztulite portion of them. The Spessartite Garnet is a very Earth-friendly, body-friendly material. It resonates strongly with the first and second chakras, providing the grounding influence one experiences from Sanda Rosa Azeztulite. It helps spiritualize the densest aspects of one’s physical self. It also provides a vibrational steppingstone so that the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix can find resonance with the Azeztulite currents through the Garnet’s harmonizing, mediating energies.

Sanda Rosa Azeztulite’s currents move at a relaxed pace as they undulate through the body. They are warm, and resonate well with our corporeal selves. They also encourage our bodies to vibrate at a higher spiritual frequency without losing touch with the Earth. The Mica portion of Sanda Rosa Azeztulite seems to stimulate a certain reflective quality in the consciousness. It is a strengthener of the inner witness, the observer in oneself who watches without judging all that passes within one’s body, mind and soul. Sanda Rosa Azeztulite stimulates the third-eye and crown chakras in a way that allows very deep levels of meditative awareness. It is calming to the emotional body, benefiting those who are working to quiet the mind. This stone’s agenda is to make the body comfortable with the presence of the Divine Light within every cell.

Sanda Rosa Azeztulite is a good stone to take into the realm of dreaming. It stimulates vivid images in the psyche in both meditative and sleep experiences, and helps one remember dreams.

One of the potentials of working with Sanda Rosa Azeztulite is being able to ‘see’ the spiritual worlds expressing themselves through the events, gestures and meanings of what happens in the physical Earth and our lives here. It is helpful to envision this world superimposed upon the spirit realm as a mask covers one’s true face. The mask both conceals and reveals the truth beneath it, depending upon one’s level of seeing. The Azez say that through this stone they can offer an attunement of the third eye that allows one to focus, by choice, on any or many of the multiple layers of being that express the reality of the spiritual worlds. Meditating with the stone, focusing attention on the pleasant currents moving through the third eye, is the suggested means to most readily open to this attunement. The recovery of our latent capacity for multifold spiritual vision can be of immense help in awakening to our wholeness—and what we can become will be far beyond our wildest imaginings!

Sanda Rosa Azeztulite can aid in clearing and cleansing the cells and organs of etheric patterns of contraction, dysfunction and deterioration. It is one of the most useful stones for spiritual healing, as it works on multiple levels to bring forward the pattern of wholeness latent within all of us that may have been fragmented due to fear, or wounded by the attacks of other organisms or entities. It offers vibrational support for quelling digestive discomfort, especially if it is triggered by stress or anxiety.

On the emotional level, Sanda Rosa Azeztulite’s currents are calming, reassuring, friendly and nurturing. They can help alleviate anxiety and bring one to a state of centeredness and high serenity. They can help dispel negative emotional patterns linked to past lives, and attune one to connect with one’s purified, joyful and perfected future self.

Sanda Rosa Azeztulite has a good and easy resonance with Rosophia. Together they facilitate the deepest release of stress and the strongest repair of the emotional body and the etheric body. Sanda Rosa Azeztulite also resonates well with Moldavite, Circle Stones, Seraphinite, Tanzanite, Morganite, Seriphos Green Quartz, Master Shamanite and others that attune to the Divine Blueprint of the body.

SPIRITUAL   Sanda Rosa Azeztulite enhances meditation and dreams, and stimulates the attainment of multi-level awareness. It can facilitate inner encounters with high spiritual beings such as the Azez.

EMOTIONAL   Sanda Rosa Azeztulite supports inner serenity, and is soothing to the etheric body.

PHYSICAL   Sanda Rosa Azeztulite supports the digestive system and harmonizes one’s bodily systems with higher consciousness. It can spiritually benefit dysfunctions related to stress or anxiety.

AFFIRMATION   I am an incarnated Self, composed of Light and Ttruth, able to see clearly the manifestations of Spirit in matter, and to support the awakening of humanity.

AMAZEZ AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Purification, protection, enlightenment, Divine Connection, psychic capacities, shamanic journeys to the Upper World

ELEMENTS Wind, Storm

CHAKRAS      All, including the ‘Mouth of God’ at the back of the head

Amazez is a member of the Azeztulite family, a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. It was discovered on an island off the African coast. Its color is a mixture of shades of purple, grayish-purple and white.

ROBERT SIMMONS   When I first saw Amazez crystals, I was struck by how beautiful they were, and how much they physically resembled Auralite-23. However, unlike Auralite-23, these new stones are not all purple; they contain bands of white as well. When I first felt their currents, I realized they had a much stronger vibration than I had expected—stronger than any amethyst-bearing stone I had ever come across. And although Amazez emanates unique and powerful currents, it is clear that they are of the high-vibrational nature that is the signature of Azeztulite.

It was very exciting to see the Azeztulite frequencies expanding into stones in the amethyst family, which is very helpful. Amethyst has long been known as a stone of Divine Connection, and a stone of spiritual protection and purification. It is one of the oldest healing stones and perhaps the most popular crystal in the world. As the currents of the Nameless Light of the Azez continue to spread through the stones of the Earth, more crystals are awakened and activated to the Azeztulite vibration. In Amazez, we have the best possible combination of Azeztulite’s spiritual Light with the traditional beneficial energies of Amethyst.

Amazez can stimulate and bring Light to any chakra, or to any part of one’s subtle-energy body. Although amethyst’s natural ‘home’ is at the third eye and crown chakras, Amazez is equally able to activate the throat, heart, solar plexus and even the first and second chakras. It fills the whole body with powerful currents of blessing and purification, and it is easily grounded through the feet. In fact, a major part of this stone’s program is to ground spiritual Light into the Earth through us—a purpose completely in alignment with all the other Azeztulites.

Amazez is an ideal therapeutic stone for crystal practitioners. It can be used to bring spiritual aid to any weak or afflicted areas of the body. It does this through working primarily in the subtle-body aspect of the individual, clearing any ‘clouds’ or gray areas from the auric field and awakening the power of one’s Divine Blueprint. This allows the pattern of perfection to reestablish itself on the subtle-body level, leading to the manifestation of wholeness and well-being on all other levels. Amazez is powerful enough to be used as a tool in ‘psychic surgery,’ allowing the practitioner to ‘cut out’ attachments, negative thought forms and unhelpful entities.

The sheer power of Amazez, combined with its purifying qualities, make it an ideal stone to use when clearing an individual or an area of all types of negativity. Whether these are subconscious negative programs from past lives or from bad experiences in this life—or whether they are energy-depleting entities picked up in bad environments—Amazez, used with clear intention, can dispel them from one’s energy field and one’s environment. Wearing or carrying a piece can keep one’s personal field in a clear, pure, healthy state, while placing whole crystals of Amazez in one’s environment can have the same effect on one’s surroundings. These stones not only bring in the Light—they also keep the darkness at bay!

Amazez can purify one’s field in a way that makes possible conscious interaction with higher beings on many spiritual planes. The angels, and even the Azez themselves, can more readily approach one who has been purified by this stone. Amazez is an excellent stone for out-of-body travel, raising one’s vibration high enough to transcend the body while simultaneously protecting one from negative influences. It can be used in shamanic journeys, especially to the Upper World.

Amazez enhances all the psychic capacities, including clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, remote viewing, prophetic vision, psychic healing and many more. It can stimulate intuitive abilities, acting as a source of creative inspiration and instant knowing of whatever one turns one’s attention to.

Amazez can powerfully activate the ‘Mouth of God’ chakra near the top of the spine at the back of the head. This is an extremely important point on the energy body, and is the source of many mystical experiences. It coincides physically with what is called the ‘reptile brain.’ The reptile brain, our oldest brain structure, has been mistakenly maligned, because it is seen as primitive. However, it is also spiritually the portal of the risen kundalini as it pours in to illuminate the whole brain. It is called the ‘Mouth of God’ because it is through this portal that the Breath of God flows into us when conditions are right. Amazez can awaken and help open this critical passage so that our latent Divine energies can circulate properly and bring us to enlightenment. For this purpose, I recommend using a pair of crystals, one held at the third eye and another at the Mouth of God point.

Amazez harmonizes with all of the Azeztulites, as well as Auralite-23, Elestial Angel Calcite, Violet Flame Opal, Lemurian Light Crystals, Phenacite, Danburite, Scolecite, Brookite, Natrolite, Merkabite Calcite and Nirvana Quartz. It has a special affinity for Guardianite, and together they emanate a hugely powerful vibration of protection, purification and empowerment. Amazez is one of the stones that accepts the Azozeo super-activation process.

SPIRITUAL   Amazez opens the path to accelerated spiritual evolution through its powerful energies of purification, protection and awakening. It opens the ‘Mouth of God’ portal for kundalini energies to enter the brain.

EMOTIONAL   Amazez cleanses the emotional body of all negative attachments, including dark entities. It dispels depression, anxiety and timidity, and boosts self-confidence.

PHYSICAL   Amazez stimulates healing of the brain and nervous system. It brings spiritual aid to weak or afflicted areas of the body.

AFFIRMATION   I call upon the Divine Source for purification, healing, clarity, awakening and enlightenment.

PINK AZEZTULITE (Rhodazez)

KEY WORDS      Deep heart awareness, emotional healing, serenity, compassion

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th) Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Soul Star and Transpersonal/Etheric (8th to 14th, above the head)

Pink Azeztulite (aka Rhodazez) is a mixed mineral containing both quartz and dolomite. The quartz component of Pink Azeztulite is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The dolomite component is a calcium-magnesium carbonate with a rhombohedral crystal system and a hardness of 3.5 to 4. The mixture of quartz with dolomite makes Pink Azeztulite softer than other varieties. Pink Azeztulite was discovered in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States.

ROBERT SIMMONS Although Pink Azeztulite is a mixed mineral, it is unmistakably an Azeztulite, as one recognizes when one meditates and opens to its frequencies. Like the other forms of Azeztulite, Pink Azeztulite resonates rapidly through the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix, and one senses tingling over the entire surface of one’s skin, as though one is being gently touched by innumerable tiny hands. These may be indeed the hands of the Azez, the Light Beings who have awakened these stones to their potential and purpose. Yet even with its tingles, Pink Azeztulite is a deeply soothing stone. As it awakens sensitivity, and as it sweeps through the Liquid Crystal Body with the pattern of the Nameless Light, it also soothes the emotional body. It goes to the heart, and seeds there the pattern of compassionate acceptance and love towards all aspects of oneself. It is an ideal stone to help lift the veil of grief or depression.

In our culture we are taught not to accept or love ourselves too much. We are taught that the demands and customs of culture are more important than our own self-esteem. This leads to deep fragmentation that may manifest as either a contraction of self, shame, fear, defensiveness or what might be called egoistic self-esteem. These are two sides of one coin, and have their roots in the fragmentation of self that is rampant in human societies. Wholeness begins with wholeheartedness, and Pink Azeztulite, as it centers in our hearts and initiates the currents of compassionate self-acceptance, moves towards healing our fragmentation. In meditative work it often kindles imagery from one’s past, especially moments in which emotional wounding has occurred. The compassionate heart qualities encouraged by Pink Azeztulite wrap themselves around the images of our fragmentation and bring them into the center of our hearts; thus the lonely, forgotten child is comforted.

Pink Azeztulite emanates spiritual currents of forgiving, of loving, of gentleness, softness, calm, quiet, certitude, loyalty and heartfelt compassion. These become available to extend to others as well as to oneself. This is an excellent stone for bringing strained relationships into a state of reconciliation. It is ideal for use by therapists, spiritual counselors, mediators, doctors, nurses and all those whose work involves helping others. It is recommended for those in law enforcement and other stressful professions, to avoid inner ‘hardening.’ In actually, the difficulties of the world incline all of us to protect ourselves with an outer shell of callousness, but in allowing this we lose some of our humanity. Pink Azeztulite helps one stay centered and strong within the heart, expressing both truth and kindness.

As one wears, carries or meditates with Pink Azeztulite, one will notice the sweet, calm, serene, yet highly activated state that is the signature of these stones. Ultimately, Azeztulite’s purpose is to ignite the light of the Great Central Sun within one’s heart, enabling one to become a Light Being in human incarnation. To be the bridges between Heaven and Earth is Azeztulite’s pattern of destiny for humanity. It is a stone of ascension, but not of departure from the Earth. It is a stone of awakening to wholeness, love and enlightenment, and to expressing these qualities for the good of all.

In spiritual self-healing, Pink Azeztulite supports the heart, lungs and circulatory system. It is recommended for helping heal physical maladies rooted in past emotional wounds.

Pink Azeztulite works synergistically with all other Azeztulites, as well as Morganite, Rose Quartz, Pink Calcite, Kunzite, Celestite, Rosophia, Satya Mani Quartz, Danburite, Nirvana Quartz and Lemurian Light Crystals. Lithium Light and Lilac Lepidolite can enhance its soothing qualities.

SPIRITUAL Pink Azeztulite stimulates heart awareness, compassion, empathy and kindness. It encourages one to become a Light Being in human incarnation.

EMOTIONAL   Pink Azeztulite is an ideal stone for emotional healing, soul retrieval, forgiveness and reconciliation. It softens one’s demeanor and keeps the channels of feeling open.

PHYSICAL   Pink Azeztulite supports the heart, lungs and circulatory system. It aids self-healing in areas linked to emotional wounds.

AFFIRMATION   I am whole within my heart, present to others from my heart, and spiritually enlightened by the Divine wisdom I encounter through my heart.

CINNAZEZ (Cinnabar Azeztulite)

KEY WORDS      Alchemical transformation, accelerated evolution, prosperity, longevity, immortality, enhancement of extrasensory perception, increased synchronicities, awakening to heart intelligence, attunement to primordial Light and Sound

ELEMENTS Earth, Wind, Fire, Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Crown (7th), Third Eye (6th) and Heart (4th)

Cinnazez is a unique combination of red cinnabar, white quartz and a black zinc compound. It has been found only in New Zealand. The quartz component of Cinnazez is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The cinnabar component is a mercury sulfide with a trigonal-trapezohedral crystal system and a hardness of 2 to 2.5. The zinc compound is currently not identified specifically. The components of most Cinnazez specimens are so thoroughly mingled that the softness of the cinnabar is not noticeable. The material is usually full of tiny open cavities, which sometimes contain tiny druzy crystals. Cinnazez is named for the prominent presence of cinnabar, and because the stones exhibit the energetic properties of Azeztulite.

ROBERT SIMMONS   My felt sense, upon first holding a pair of Cinnazez stones, was of a powerful healing and enlightening wave spreading through my body, beginning in the head and moving quickly throughout the torso and finally all the way to my feet. The speed at which the currents of these stones can spread is surprising, and the feeling is unexpectedly pleasant. It is as though the cells are receiving a powerful wave of Life Force, love and wisdom—a wave that is simultaneously comforting and illuminating. I found that once I picked up the stones, I did not want to put them down, and that even when I willed myself to set them aside, I picked them up again within a couple of minutes. The attraction to these stones is palpable, and I sense it is because there is something in the currents of Cinnazez that satisfies a powerful evolutionary need.

I asked the Beings of Cinnazez to tell me of its nature and qualities. Here are some of the insights that came: ‘We are quickeners of consciousness and awakeners of higher awareness. We can stimulate your nervous systems to actualize their latent capacities of clairvoyance, telepathic communication, attunement to heavenly realms and direct knowledge of Divine Truth. We are bringers of Wisdom, and we stimulate spiritual enlightenment. We are the solidified essence of the Philosopher’s Stone, and we help the body open to become a conduit of the Celestial Fire of the Great Central Sun. We are as full of Light as any Azeztulite, yet we act faster to bring the Light through you and into the world. We are teachers of the body, and can awaken the human body/mind to full self-awareness. Meditation with us in silence allows us to penetrate and activate every cell. We are alchemical transformers, turning the leaden unconsciousness of the past into the Golden Truth of the World-coming-to-be. We are first among the new stones of the Earth’s Golden Age, which is now dawning. Those who work with us will receive our blessings, and can become givers of blessing.’

Those who have read something about alchemy will know that the fabled Philosopher’s Stone (believed to be capable of prolonging life indefinitely and transmuting lead to gold) was said to appear in three stages. The initial dark phase (nigredo) signified unenlightened matter, and could refer to most of the Earth’s dormant rocks, which are spiritually asleep. The second or white phase (albedo), signified a state of spiritually awakened matter, capable of attuning to spiritual Light and awakening the alchemist to his or her higher destiny. I have long believed that the original White Azeztulite represents this aspect of the Philosopher’s Stone. The third and final phase of the development of the Philosopher’s Stone is the red phase (rubedo), in which the Stone has fully developed all of its powers. In its red phase, the Philosopher’s Stone is believed to supply the alchemist with power over his or her own longevity, and the ability to heal others and transmute matter from one state to another. The similarities of the red version of the Philosopher’s Stone to the description of the properties of Cinnazez is remarkable.

My next insights came in a dream that occurred one night after I had meditated with two Cinnazez stones. In the dream scenario, I was in Italy with my wife, exploring a lovely little town. At one point, when my wife was out of sight, a woman approached me and began speaking rapidly in Italian. When she realized I didn’t understand her, she switched to English, saying I really must attend a theater performance that night—a dramatization of the story of Mercury. She told me I should record and remember the information in the play. When I awoke, I realized that ‘Mercury’ referred both to the elemental Mercury in the cinnabar component of Cinnazez, and the mythic being know as Mercury (called Hermes by the Greeks), who is the father of alchemy! I began to meditate more with the Cinnazez, and have been recording the information and insights, just as she instructed.

Cinnazez is a quickener of evolutionary growth. It stimulates the brain and central nervous system, increasing one’s receptivity to fields of knowledge in the inner realms. It aids those who wish to access the Akashic Records, or to discover the answers to questions or problems in any area. Cinnazez stimulates one’s vibrational field, making one a better conductor of all kinds of positive energies. It enhances one’s capacity to form and hold inner images, which are often the form in which spiritual ‘downloads’ of Divine knowledge occur. It helps one attract new knowledge and insights in the same way a metal post attracts lightning.

Cinnazez stimulates the intelligence of the heart, and strengthens the neural networks through which the mind and heart communicate. It can facilitate hearing the heart’s voice, and recognizing and following the heart’s wisdom. As it awakens heart intelligence to a greater degree of conscious awareness, it opens the channels of angelic and interdimensional communication. It is an ally for those seeking to understand the inner workings of the Universe.

Cinnazez is a powerful stone of inner alchemy, stimulating the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix to a higher level of coherence and energy. The stone’s vibrational waves can be viewed as waves of resonance, bringing all the cells into harmonious alignment. They stimulate the inner experiences of primordial Light and Sound, allowing one to enter into visionary experiences that are both Light-filled and tangibly vibrational, making one’s body into a resonating chamber of Divine Speech. If one aspires to become a spiritual channel or medium, Cinnazez can facilitate rapid advancement on these paths. Those who work with oracles such as Tarot and the I Ching in conjunction with Cinnazez may discover that their insights are enhanced, and their ability to notice hidden meaningful connections is increased.

Wearing or carrying Cinnazez can trigger an increase in synchronicities in one’s life, and a clear awareness of their meaning. These stones tend to engender an alchemical transmutation from the ‘lead’ of fragmented, ego-driven consciousness to the wholeness and dynamic powerful of one’s Higher Self. To incarnate the Higher Self is to realize true spiritual gold.

Regarding gold, Cinnazez is one of the most powerful stones for attracting financial prosperity and abundance on all levels. If one has a Prosperity Altar in one’s home or workplace, Cinnazez is a most highly recommended part of it. Using Moldavite and Cinnazez together will enhance the power of this type of altar. Cinnazez is also excellent to be worn or carried if one is trying to attract prosperity.

Cinnazez harmonizes very well with Rosophia, Master Shamanite, Phen-acite, and with all other Azeztulites. If Cinnazez is super-activated with the Azozeo treatment, it becomes a much more powerful version of itself, acting to bring about even more rapid self-transformation and spiritual awakening.

[Note: As Cinnazez contains mercury sulfide, it should not be used for elixirs unless a double-bottle method is employed, so the stone does not physically touch the elixir water. Use care in handling all minerals containing any toxic substance.]

SPIRITUAL   Cinnazez stimulates the alchemical process of self-transformation, awakening new levels of consciousness in mind, heart and body. It enhances mental ability and intuition, and increases one’s capacity for receiving spiritual ‘downloads’ from higher realms.

EMOTIONAL   Cinnazez brings pleasure to the body, and enhances one’s capacity for exercising personal power in regard to the way one experiences emotions. It can greatly strengthen the emotional body.

PHYSICAL   Cinnazez supports and empowers the nervous system, and enhances well-being on the cellular level.

AFFIRMATION   I choose the path of alchemical transformation, and I allow my old, leaden self to be burned away, its ashes dissolved, so that the new golden substance of my True Self can manifest.

GOLDEN AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Attunement to the Gold-White Light, Light Body awakening, time travel, accessing the Hall of Records, kindling the Sun of the Heart, awakening the pineal gland

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Soul Star and Transpersonal/Etheric (8th to 14th, above the head)

Golden Azeztulite is the name given to a group of prismatic crystallized Azeztulites discovered in North Carolina, USA. These (and the beautiful Sauralite Azeztulite from New Zealand) are the only fully crystal-shaped Azeztulites discovered thus far. Like all Azeztulites, they are a form of quartz with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. Golden Azeztulites are named because of their citrine-yellow to light-smoky range of color, and because of their ability to engender within one’s awareness the spiritual ray of Gold-White Light—the ray of the Great Central Sun.

ROBERT SIMMONS   When I first meditated with Golden Azeztulite crystals, I experienced a very powerful opening of the third eye and crown chakras. Placing them at these points created a highly charged conduit of vibration between them. I experienced the two chakras being linked by an L-shaped bar of light that was so intense that it felt nearly solid. These are among the most powerful stones for stimulating the upper chakras to their fullest capacity.

Golden Azeztulite crystals are important for the stimulation and awakening of the Light Body. They carry both the Golden Ray of the enlightened Earth and the White Ray of Divine Light. When one works with these stones, one can experience the blending of both of these spiritual Light Rays within one’s upper chakras. This sensation is highly pleasurable, and is capable of leading one into powerful visionary experiences.

Golden Azeztulites stimulate the pineal gland, which produces the chemical DMT (dimethyltryptamine), associated with very intense expansions of consciousness, as well as visionary encounters with beings on higher planes. No one knows exactly what conditions are necessary to ‘turn on’ the pineal gland, but experiences with Golden Azeztulite suggest that it can have this effect. One of the visions I have had with this stone—sometime after the initial episode with the L-shaped bar of Light—involved the feeling that a spot in the very center of my brain was excreting ‘nectar,’ a delightfully delicious something that seemed to flow from that central point and slowly fill up the whole inside of my skull with a very strong and sweet sense of euphoric bliss.

Further, the experience brought about images of colorful spiritual beings with shifting forms and diaphanous bodies. They approached and began attempting to communicate with words that came out of them visually, like speech made of light. During the entire experience, the interior of my brain felt ‘blissed out’ by the waves of nectar coming from the center. As I have read about the pineal gland and DMT, I feel sure that what occurred was involved with this gland and this substance. Many spiritual traditions claim that the awakened pineal gland is a source of Divine energy, and this experience makes me agree!

Another inner domain to which Golden Azeztulite may facilitate access is the realm of Golden Light. On one occasion, meditating with a pair of these crystals, I opened my eyes and saw that the room itself was filled with golden light. This is always an astonishing occurrence. Sri Aurobindo’s partner, the Mother, spoke of this atmosphere of gold. Her life’s work was engendering the human transmutation into immortality. (Many esoteric teachings say that the Light Body is an immortal body.) In her explorations, the Mother sometimes entered a realm she describes as an atmosphere of ‘warm gold dust.’ This is precisely what I saw upon opening my eyes after feeling the Golden Azeztulite current move through my skull. The Great Central Sun emanates this same gold-white light. A holographic likeness of this Central Sun is present in our own hearts, and is sometimes kindled in one’s consciousness in the presence of the Golden Azeztulite, as I experienced moments later.

Holding the Golden Azeztulite crystal to my heart chakra, I was quickly immersed in a vision of a golden radiant glow within my chest, where the physical heart is. This golden glow was filling the interior of my body with gold-white light, while rotating on its axis like a planet or a sun.

Golden Azeztulite is attuned to the unknown latent capacities of the brain/mind and nervous system. It stimulates the prefrontal lobes of the brain very intensely and precisely. These capacities involve direct knowing, simply by turning one’s attention to a question or a subject, or towards the so-called Hall of Records on the inner planes. It is simply a turning towards knowing. An exciting potential that Golden Azeztulite can help to awaken is our capacity as time beings—capable of moving in conscious awareness through the fluidity of time.

Another capacity enlivened through working with Golden Azeztulite is empathy. It can help one to know precisely how another person feels, often more deeply and clearly than she or he is consciously capable of expressing.

In spiritual self-healing, Golden Azeztulite offers energetic support to the brain and nervous system. It can be used to help release ‘frozen’ programs of fear or shame stored in the amygdala in the brain. The blissful experiences of finding the golden Sun of the Heart, and of turning on the flow of nectar from the pineal gland, can aid in dissolving old patterns of alienation and defensiveness that hobble one’s capacity for joy. The energies of Golden Azeztulite can be enhanced through the Azozeo super-activation process.

Golden Azeztulites resonate with all other forms of Azeztulite, especially Himalaya Gold and Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite. They also work in a special harmony with the New Zealand Azeztulites—Sauralite, Cinnazez, and Honey and Cream Azeztulite. In addition, they work synergistically with Golden Labradorite, Heliodor, Scolecite, Smoky Quartz, Citrine, Phenacite and Danburite.

SPIRITUAL   Golden Azeztulite can open the heart, third eye and crown chakras, stimulating them to much higher levels of activity. These stones can engender visionary experience, time travel, interdimensional communication and Light Body activation.

EMOTIONAL   Golden Azeztulite crystals facilitate inner states of euphoria, bliss, joy and ecstatic rapture. They can help heal old patterns of limitation brought about by emotional wounds.

PHYSICAL   Golden Azeztulite supports the brain and nervous system. It seems to stimulate the pineal gland, bringing forth a variety of positive and pleasurable effects.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to be permeated with the Golden Light of the enlightened Earth and the pure White Light of the Divine, and I invite them to flood into my heart, brain and body.

HONEY & CREAM AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Inner Light and sweetness, pleasure, bliss and ecstasy, contact with the Azez in dreams or meditation; love, blessing, emotional healing, recovery from stress or illness

ELEMENTS Water, Wind, Earth

CHAKRAS      All, especially Heart (4th)

Honey and Cream Azeztulite is the name given to a variety of Azeztulite found only in certain rivers and beaches of New Zealand. Its name is derived from the fact that its coloring is a blend of creamy white and rich, golden-honey brown. Another aspect of the stone’s naming is the perception that its energetic currents are ‘delicious,’ like honey and cream. The stone is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. Typically the raw specimens have been rounded by centuries of tumbling in rivers or in the sea, but in many pieces there remain small pockets where tiny crystals can be seen.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Honey and Cream Azeztulite emanates currents that fill the body with waves of Light, and something I have to call sweetness. It is a very pleasurable sensation, stimulating one’s higher capacities and filling one with soft, comforting vibrations. These are stones one could easily fall in love with, as they seem to generate love within every cell of the body. They are different from many high-energy stones, which can be powerful and intense. Honey and Cream Azeztulites combine power with love in a way that calls to mind Nature in her most fertile and lovely expressions.

This stone is the mineral version of warm waves on a quiet beach, or a garden of lilies, or a rainbow after a spring shower. It kindles Divine Light in one’s cells in a way that feels gentle, kind and intimate. There is a great deal of power as well, and it builds to higher and higher levels the longer one holds the stone. Yet it is never overwhelming or uncomfortable—it strengthens at just the pace one is ready for. This is one of the reasons I view Honey and Cream Azeztulites as among the most evolved types of Azeztulite. It feels as if the intelligence that guides the expression of these stones is learning to gauge our sensibilities more precisely, so that the newest Azeztulites are the ones most perfectly matched with human energies.

Honey and Cream Azeztulites (and Sauralite Azeztulite crystals, also from New Zealand) emanate the most feminine currents of all Azeztulites. They feel very nurturing, and they have a soothing quality, even as they bring a great deal of Light into one’s body and consciousness. In particular, I recommend sleeping with the Honey and Cream Azeztulites. While the original White Azeztulite and Satya-loka Clear Azeztulite are probably too intense for most of us to be able to sleep comfortably in their presence, Honey and Cream Azeztulite can waft you on a carpet of sweetness into the realm of dreams. And the dreams one experiences with these stones are often profoundly spiritual. One can travel through the levels of the Cosmic Spheres to the Great Central Sun, feeling successive waves of bliss. (This experience can also occur when one meditates with these stones.) One may meet the angelic beings who are the Azez themselves, or even encounter Sophia, the Soul of the World, in the dream or meditative state. Such experiences are ecstatic in nature, and the pleasurable waves engendered by Honey and Cream Azeztulite can help one attune to the frequencies of ecstasy that are the nature of the highest realms.

On more Earthly levels, Honey and Cream Azeztulites are ideal allies for emotional healing. They can help one soothe and comfort one’s inner child, allowing recovery from old patterns of shame or feelings of abandonment. They can be used in soul-retrieval work, providing a cocoon of loving currents from which to ‘call home’ any lost parts of one’s original wholeness.

Because of their gentle nature, Honey and Cream Azeztulites are ideal stone companions for recovering from exhaustion caused by stress or overwork. They are a lovely antidote for stress, and for regaining health after an illness. These stones especially support the adrenals and the parasympathetic nervous system.

Last but not least, I recommend working with Honey and Cream Azeztulites to engender the Activity of Blessing. Holding one of the stones over one’s heart, imagine receiving a blessing in one’s heart from the stone with each inhalation. (This IS actually what is happening!) With each exhalation, release a blessing from one’s heart to the stone, in its spiritual essence. This is to be repeated indefinitely, and the longer one does this, the stronger will be the current of blessing. It is easy to move into an ecstatic state doing this meditation. Ultimately, practicing this will teach one how to meet every experience and perception within a similar state of mutual blessing. If enough people were to do that, we could transform our world.

Honey and Cream Azeztulite vibrates in resonance with all other types of Azeztulite. It also works synergistically with Shungite, which quickens its infusion of Light and bliss. Combining Azumar with Honey and Cream Azeztulite is ideal for intensifying their ecstatic energies. Working with Cinnazez can increase the speed and intensity of the currents emanated by Honey and Cream Azeztulite. For healing applications, I recommend combining these stones with Healerite. All Azozeo-activated stones harmonize with Honey and Cream Azeztulite—and of course an Azozeo-activated Honey and Cream Azeztulite is quite a wonderful thing in itself! These stones also harmonize with Ascension stones such as Phenacite, Danburite, Petalite, Herderite, Brookite and Satya Mani Quartz.

SPIRITUAL   Honey and Cream Azeztulite fills one with love and spiritual blessing. It is nurturing on every level, and helps the soul to feel safe and comfortable on the path of spiritual evolution.

EMOTIONAL   Honey and Cream Azeztulite emanates currents of sweetness that can heal the emotional body and bring a sense of security. It feels as if one is being held in an angel’s arms.

PHYSICAL   Honey and Cream Azeztulite supports healing and recovery of vitality after stress or illness.

AFFIRMATION   I know that I am always loved and constantly blessed, and I offer my gratitude and blessings to all beings.

HIMALAYA GOLD AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Creative manifestation through the will, cocreating with Sophia, kindling the Great Central Sun in the Heart, filling the body with Gold Light

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Soul Star (8th), Transpersonal/Etheric (9th to 14th, above the head)

Himalaya Gold Azeztulite was discovered in 2008 in the regions near the Himalaya Mountains. Like other Azeztulites, it is a form of quartz with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The name derives from the location of its discovery and its bright yellow color.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Himalaya Gold Azeztulite emanates Azeztulite’s whole pattern of energies, and one of its special qualities is its resonance with the solar plexus chakra. This is the seat of power and manifestation in the human being. As with other conditions we carry from the past, within our solar plexus are patterns of limitation that severely limit our capacity to create. We literally do not know our power, and in the past this may have kept us from abusing it. Yet with evolution into expanded awareness comes the necessity of taking up our full range of potentials. The arrival of Himalaya Gold Azeztulite coincides with the beginning of our development of new capacities for creative manifestation through the will. The stimulation of the solar plexus, in alignment with the Seat of Vision in the third eye chakra, is an important aspect of this activation.

Himalaya Gold Azeztulite activates multiple chakras, including the heart, solar plexus, third eye, crown, and the chakras above the head including the Soul Star (eighth) and transpersonal/etheric chakras (ninth to fourteenth). This is an exceptional array of energetic activation, and it is ideal for facilitating our capacities for conscious cocreation—an essential part of our coming destiny.

There is more to genuine creative activity than our own self-aware aspirations. The creating we can do—in which we are truly creating a world, our bodies and our living experience—is not isolated within us, but is cocreating in a kind of union with the Soul of the World, whose impulses we feel in our hearts. Individually, we can utilize the third eye to envision something mentally, and the solar plexus to ‘push’ things into manifestation, but this is a limited sort of creating. When we work in cocreative unity with Sophia, the Soul of the World, we are simultaneously setting our intentions and letting go of any expectations of what the results must be. We imagine the essence of what we want, and then we ‘exhale’ it, releasing it to Sophia. It is the heart’s natural gesture of trust, not in fulfillment of what we imagine in our minds, but in whatever may come to us.

This rather circular gesture of intending and releasing in trust allows the spontaneous genius of the World Soul’s creating to engage with us in a sort of continuous dance. The results of this are seldom what we might have expected. Rather, they are infallibly preferable, more perfect and appropriate for the harmonious well-being of the whole, of the All. We can often recognize our original intention bearing fruit that reminds us of our original hope, yet is far better.

Himalaya Gold Azeztulite facilitates this kind of cocreating activity in several dimensions. Its stimulation of the third chakra lends greater power to our intention. When we are strong-willed (but avoid trying to be tyrants), we have more to offer on our side of the dance. We can focus our intentions better, and keep our actions in alignment with the intentions we have set, even though we have released expectations. Having more awareness and control of the third chakra’s currents also allows us to learn to consciously project (intend) and withdraw (surrender) them. Being able to feel these gestures is very helpful in learning to practice them continuously. Our strengthened third chakra also increases our capacity to feel the wills of others, giving us the opportunity to align or disengage with them. Additionally, we can even learn how to feel the flow of the World itself—what the Chinese called the Tao, and what we might consider the creating activity of Sophia—and learn how to better flow with its currents.

Himalaya Gold Azeztulite can cause the heart and solar plexus energies to ‘burn into’ one another, making them feel like a single huge energy center. The joining of these two chakras embodies the merging of love and will, bringing one into alignment with Divine Will. When this occurs, one will often feel a great surge of exaltation!

In one meditation with Himalaya Gold Azeztulite, I saw an inner image of a golden sun or a radiant star over my head, and I felt the radiance of this golden sun penetrate my crown chakra slowly, like liquid Light with the consistency of honey. The golden Light descended slowly through my third eye, and I began to inwardly see a field of golden Light. It continued descending, through my shoulders and the upper chest, and I felt the light being pulled down through my root chakra into the Earth. Then I had a sudden vision of the heart as an organ of gold, and recognition of the nature of the heart as a radiant star. An inner voice spoke: ‘We all have this.’ Working with Himalaya Gold Azeztulite can bring about such experiences in anyone.

Himalaya Gold Azeztulite sometimes contains streaks of red running through the yellow color. Certain pieces are almost completely red. We know these stones as Himalaya Red-Gold Azeztulite and Himalaya Red Azeztulite, but they are from the same location and partake of similar energies as Himalaya Gold Azeztulite. The red inclusions tend to deepen the energies, bringing them down to the second and first chakras, enhancing sacred sexuality and bringing a powerful flow of Life Force into the body.

Himalaya Gold Azeztulite works synergistically with all of the other Azeztulites as well as Phenacite, Heliodor, Golden Labradorite, Rosophia, Lemurian Light Crystals, Nirvana Quartz and all stones of Ascension. It can be stimulated to even higher energy levels through the Azozeo super-activation process.

SPIRITUAL   Himalaya Gold Azeztulite brings the pure Golden Ray of spiritual Light into the body. It enhances inner vision and facilitates cocreation with the Soul of the World.

EMOTIONAL   Himalaya Gold Azeztulite encourages one to have the courage to create, and brings joy as it opens the portals of higher spiritual awareness.

PHYSICAL   Himalaya Gold Azeztulite stimulates profound healing on the cellular level through the infusion of golden Light. It offers special support to the heart, lungs and digestive system.

AFFIRMATION   I am a cocreator with the Soul of the World, and the intensity of power I can manifest is equal to the depth of my joyous surrender.

PINK FIRE AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      The inner fire of Divine Love, High Heart activation, passionate self-identification with Love, emotional and physical self-healing

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th) and High Heart(between 4th and 5th)

Pink Fire Azeztulite is the name given to a milky, semitransparent form of Azeztulite characterized by streaks of dark, brownish-red hematite. It is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. It was found on an island off the African coast.

Pink Fire Azeztulite is energetically an unusual stone, because it becomes infused with the currents of Azeztulite through the Azozeo super-activation process. In its non-Azozeo-activated state it is called Agnitite (‘Stone of Fire’).

ROBE RT SIMMONS   When we first began our work with Azeztulite, we were told by the Azez—the angelic beings who foretold and activated the first Azeztulites—that more Azeztulites would be found. Later, we learned that the Azez intend for all the quartz on Earth to eventually resonate with the frequencies of Azeztulite. This is a profound work of transformation—one that could make the Earth into a Planet of Light. The Azozeo process allows us to facilitate that transformational activation, and one stone that proves this to me is Pink Fire Azeztulite. After its exposure to the Azozeo field, it has taken on new properties that I did not observe before. One of these is responsible for its new name.

The Hindu rishis spoke many centuries ago in the Rig Veda about the Divine fire, or Agni, which was both a Being and an internal experience. When Agni enters the body, it transforms the cells into Light-giving sources of vast energy that brings enlightenment, ecstasy and knowledge of truth. Agnitite has always been a conduit of these energies, but its newly activated Azozeo state makes it much more powerful.

In addition to the profoundly powerful energies emanated by these stones, there is a particular experience they can engender. It is the entry of the fire of Divine Love, a pink fire centered in the heart. When one meditates with a super-activated Agnitite (Pink Fire Azeztulite), one may feel the streaming power of the stone coursing through the body and eventually focusing in the area of the heart. As this experience intensifies, one feels inner heat in that area, and one can see interior spiritual Light—a pink Light that is also felt as being quite warm, like a pink fire. Holding the stone over the heart helps to intensify these sensations, and imagining the stone’s etheric image actually moving into the heart can increase the intensity even more. As this occurs, the warmth and Light within the chest grow and strengthen, until one may actually sweat from the sense of internal heat, or weep from the experience of the Divine Love emanated by the pink Light.

Carrying the experience through to its fulfillment can bring about the awakening of the High Heart, a usually dormant energy center several inches above the heart chakra. This spot is the bodily throne of the Divine Self, and the seat from which inner wisdom and truth can begin to be accessed on a continuous basis. When this center is fully activated, one will notice that the pink fire is always blazing there, reaching out through us to bless, heal and awaken the world. Thus it is not the physical color of the stone (which is semi-transparent with some reddish inclusions) but the inner experience of the pink fire that is the reason for its name.

Pink Fire Azeztulite is a stone of passion. It encourages one to love with great intensity, with no holding back. And this expression of total love is not only for a spouse or partner, or for one’s children and friends—it is for the world and everything in it. Pink Fire Azeztulite opens the floodgates of the heart, teaching the mind that to withhold love is to stifle life itself. This stone teaches that life is love, and that giving love supports all life. It triggers within us the potential to truly know that love is our foundation, our Life Force, and the animating energy of the Universe. And it offers us the experience of our own unlimited love, which is the same as Divine Love.

Pink Fire Azeztulite circulates its currents through the body, making love a cellular experience. It can eventually teach the cells that love is the antidote to illness and even death. Thus it is an ideal stone for those seeking to heal dysfunctions such as autoimmune disorders, in which the body attacks itself. Visualizing the pink fire pouring out of the stone and filling every cell with its loving Light is a recommended way of working with this stone for self-healing.

Pink Fire Azeztulite is useful for emotional self-healing as well, bringing an infusion of unconditional love into one’s energy field. The intensity of love emanated by Pink Fire Azeztulite can dissolve rigid patterns of old pain, self-inflicted emotional damage, and the discouragement of having felt abandoned or unloved. Love is both joyful and serious—and powerful as well. When one feels the power and purpose of love, one’s attachments to old, fragmented ways of being can be dislodged. This discovery often leads to moments of exuberant joy as well as inner commitments to serve the flow of love as it rises to permeate and transform our world.

Raw or polished pieces of Pink Fire Azeztulite can be used to fill one’s environment with powerful love energies. The stone can be worn to help keep oneself connected to the currents of Divine Love at all times. It works harmoniously with all other Azeztulites, as well as Azumar, Healerite, Rose Quartz, Morganite, Rhodonite, Rhodocrosite and Kunzite.

SPIRITUAL   Pink Fire Azeztulite kindles the inner fire of Divine Love, making one both a receiver and a transmitter of intense and powerful Love energies.

EMOTIONAL   Pink Fire Azeztulite initiates the energy of Love in a way that can go beyond normal human experience. It profoundly aids emotional healing on all levels.

PHYSICAL   Pink Fire Azeztulite spiritually supports recovery from autoimmune illnesses. It facilitates self-healing through permeating the cells with the Light and Fire of Divine Love.

AFFIRMATION   I give myself totally to the receiving and expressing of Divine Love.

RED FIRE AZEZTULITE (New Zealand Red Azeztulite)

KEY WORDS      Life Force, enthusiasm, vitality, power, passion, sexuality, etherization of the blood, intelligence, visionary experience, healing, longevity, alchemical transmutation

ELEMENTS Earth, Fire, Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Red Fire Azeztulite is a member of the Azeztu-lite family, a microcrystalline silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. It is native to New Zealand, and is deep red in color. Iron inclusions are the primary coloring agent.

Red Fire Azeztulite is an unusual stone energetically because its currents are greatly amplified when the stone is put through the Azozeo super-activation process, taking it to a completely different, and higher, vibrational level.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Red Fire Azeztulite is a very powerful stone. Its currents are capable of stimulating and awakening any of the chakras. Its vibrations enter the body wherever one is touching it, and they quickly spread through one’s entire energetic system. This makes it a very useful stone for a multitude of applications, from spiritual healing to evolutionary transformation.

Red Fire Azeztulite resonates powerfully with the blood, heart, lungs and circulatory system. It seems to bring its high vibrations directly into the bloodstream, spreading throughout the body and into the tissues as the blood flows. As one experiences this full-body pulsation, it can feel as though spiritual Light and expanded consciousness are filling one’s body cell by cell, yet very quickly. One can sense an ‘inner rejoicing’ as the consciousness of the cells is awakened to the presence of the Nameless Light. With this stone, however, there is heat as well as Light—as if an interior Fire has been kindled. With that Fire comes a flood of passion, confidence, optimism and power. One can feel the intensity of energy within oneself like red fire, which is the reason these stones were named Red Fire Azeztulite.

Red Fire Azeztulite carries a tremendous amount of Life Force. It works spiritually to replenish one’s strength, endurance and vitality. It is an excellent stone for overcoming fatigue and stress. If one feels depleted or anxious, meditating or sleeping with a Red Fire Azeztulite is highly recommended. This stone also stimulates the pituitary and pineal glands, enhancing their spiritual functions. Thus it is a stone of visionary experience and enhanced capacity for insight. It can help one to access guidance from angelic guides and teachers in the higher realms.

Red Fire Azeztulite is a stone of intense passion. It can stimulate the energy centers linked to sexuality, and can even enhance the sexual currents between partners. It is one of the most powerful ‘gemstone aphrodisiacs’ if the partners are spiritually linked. It is an excellent stone for those on the tantric path.

Red Fire Azeztulite comes from New Zealand, and it is a perfect complementary partner for the white Sauralite, also from New Zealand. Where Sauralite’s energies are gentle, loving, receptive and yin, Red Fire Azeztulite’s vibrations tend to be active, assertive and yang. These are amazing stones for helping one to move forward with one’s plans and goals. They aid in manifestation by enhancing one’s own power to achieve whatever one desires. These are stones of great intensity, and their currents take one unswervingly toward one’s chosen destiny.

The vibrational stimulation provided by Red Fire Azeztulite affects one’s intelligence as well. Perhaps these stones stimulate dormant areas of the brain. (One can certainly feel them moving strongly inside one’s head!) Whatever the reason, Red Fire Azeztulite appears to get the brain ‘fired up,’ increasing one’s ability to solve problems and aiding one’s access to inspired ideas. It also greatly enhances one’s enthusiasm and energy for carrying one’s visions forward into manifestation.

As a stone of the bloodstream and body, Red Fire Azeztulite also aids in awakening the intelligence of the cells, organs and bodily systems. This intelligence can develop into another mind—the body-mind—that can dialog with the brain, giving one much greater self-awareness and wisdom. Red Fire Azeztulite also kindles the inner fire of heart intelligence. Thus, it stimulates the activation of the Trinity of Intelligence—of brain, heart and body. This is one of the culminations of the original promise of Azeztulite—to bring Divine Light and Divine Awareness into human beings, and into the Earth through us.

Because Red Fire Azeztulite does so much to bring Light, joy and vitality into the cells, it is a stone for the enhancement of our physical life. My impression is that exposure to Red Fire Azeztulite, especially when combined with one’s conscious affirmation and cooperation with its currents, can aid in increasing both the quality and duration of one’s life. When one’s cellular consciousness awakens and aligns with the Nameless Light, the effect can penetrate all the way into the DNA and its telomeres, bringing greater longevity through greater joy. Red Fire Azeztulite has the capacity to permeate the entire body with its life-affirming currents.

Red Fire Azeztulite has a special relationship with the heart, lungs and bloodstream, and its currents link into the body through those channels. They bring enlightened energies into the blood, and then to all of the tissues in the body. They work to transmute the blood’s cellular material into etheric forces that act upon all of the body, and indeed our entire being—physical and nonphysical. This process was called the ‘etherization of the blood’ by the spiritual genius Rudolph Steiner. I feel strongly that Red Fire Azeztulite is a long-awaited catalyst for fulfilling Steiner’s vision of the spiritual transformation of humanity through this process.

As a stone of spiritual self-healing, Red Fire Azeztulite resonates beneficially with the heart, lungs and bloodstream, as well as the brain. However, its vibrations can be utilized for any organ or bodily system. This stone’s energetic link with the blood means that its currents can move to any part of the body, carrying its blessing vibrations wherever they are needed.

A final word regarding spiritual alchemy: The goal of alchemists through many centuries was the fabled Philosopher’s Stone, a magical object or substance with the power of transmutation. It was said to be capable of changing lead into gold, and to transform a mortal human being into an immortal one. It was also believed to be capable of healing any illness. The Philosopher’s Stone was envisioned as forming in three different manifestations, of three different colors—red, white and black. The usual progression of evolution was from black (dark, polluted, unevolved energy) to white (noble, spiritual, purified energy) and finally to red (powerful, vital energy, the Spirit in the flesh).

The original black phase may be symbolic of our own unenlightened state, before beginning the journey. I have long felt that, in the world of crystals, the original White Azeztulite is resonant with the white aspect of the Philosopher’s Stone and its uplifting qualities. Now I sense that Red Fire Azeztulite embodies the fully evolved currents that represent the final stage of the evolution of the Philosopher’s Stone. It brings Light into the body, triggering the process of transmutation. Simply exposing oneself to stones carrying such currents does not accomplish the alchemical work. However, working with the White Azeztulite and Red Fire Azeztulite can be of great assistance, providing one with the energetic resonances toward which one may evolve—through effort, awareness and surrender.

Red Fire Azeztulite carries powerful vibrations in its initial state, just as it comes from the ground. However, when it is subjected to the Azozeo Super-Activation process, its power is multiplied and it becomes almost a whole new stone. (This is transmutation in action!)

Red Fire Azeztulite works synergistically with all other Azeztulites, as well as Master Shamanite, Phenacite, Danburite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Zincite, Crimson Cuprite, New Zealand Carnelian, Rosophia and Morganite.

SPIRITUAL   Red Fire Azeztulite carries enlightened currents into every cell of the body.

EMOTIONAL   Red Fire Azeztulite kindles enthusiasm, confidence, power and optimism. It can stimulate sexual currents between spiritually linked partners.

PHYSICAL   Red Fire Azeztulite lends energetic support to every part of the body, and it has a special affinity to the bloodstream, heart, lungs and brain.

AFFIRMATION   I act in the world with love and power, kindled by the red fire of my passionate commitment to the Light.

SAURALITE AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Marriage of Divine Light with Earthly matter, physical enlightenment, heart-centered consciousness, the Divine Feminine as the Earth, spiritual purification, joy and happiness

ELEMENTS Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Storm

CHAKRAS      All, including the Earth Star, Soul Star (8th) and Transpersonal/Etheric Chakras (9th to 14th, above the head)

Sauralite is the name given to various crystallized forms of New Zealand Azeztulite. The name Sauralite is derived from the Hindu word saura, which means ‘the Great Sun,’ or ‘spiritual Sun.’ Sauralite crystals, like all Azeztulites, are a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7.

Sauralite Azeztulite crystals are found in mountainous areas of New Zealand, often in the abandoned tunnels of old gold mines. There is a great variety of growth patterns, ranging from sheets of microcrystalline honeycombs to jagged cathedral points to sparkling druzy clusters. Most Sauralite is white, but a small percentage is naturally stained a rich red-brown. An even smaller percentage displays veins of purple amethyst.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Sauralite Azeztulites are crystals of intricate and varying forms. They include clusters of tiny druzy points, coral-like honeycombs of white crystal, geometric pseudo-morphs and other unique patterns. Their variety reflects the vitality and originality of the Spiritual Earth as she expresses herself in New Zealand’s beauty, and in the stones formed within that living crucible.

Energetically, it was immediately clear to me that these were one of the new varieties of Azeztulite that the Azez had predicted would be discovered in places all over the Earth. The currents carry the unmistakable Azeztulite vibrations. Yet they have a special quality that is distinctive to them. They are very happy stones, and they induce great happiness—sometimes to the level of ecstatic rapture—in anyone who opens to them. They can also fill both one’s head and one’s cells with pure White Light.

Sauralite vibrates with astonishing intensity, combining the Nameless Light of the Great Central Sun with the living vitality of the Earth. New Zealand is one of the energetically clearest places on the planet, a place where the Light of Heaven and the Love of Earth are vibrantly intermingled, and these stones are evidence of it. They carry the purpose of Azeztulite in its full realization—the living Light of the Divine married to the density of matter.

In meditation, these stones literally draw the Light down through the crown while they open the base chakra for the upwelling of Earth energies. They allow one to become a living vessel for the spreading of Light, and for the dissolving of fear, contraction and pain. They are stones of physical enlightenment, making the body a place of ecstatic celebration of union with the Divine Earth. Sauralites are the most feminine Azeztulites, because the Earth’s vitality is so alive in them. They can help us awaken to the joy of cocreative partnership with the Living Earth. In this state, we experience the disappearance of linear time, and an ongoing unfoldment of magical synchronistic manifestation in every moment. To work deeply with Sauralite Azeztulite is to enter a new way of being—multidimensional awareness encompassing joy, forgiveness, communion, magic, ecstasy and unity with the Earth.

In emotional self-healing work, I recommend Sauralite Azeztulites for issues around depression or grief. These stones can also be used to help dispel stress and inner tension, and to relieve negative obsessions about past events. They can aid in clearing past-life negative fixations that are impairing emotional or physical well-being.

In meditation, Sauralites can put one in touch with the cocreative edge of the World-coming-to-be, the flowing stream of eternity entering into time. These stones can guide one into the state of heart-sovereignty, in which one’s consciousness is heart-centered and the mind defers to and serves the heart’s wisdom. Sauralite Azeztulites also stimulate the imagination, trigger inspiration and encourage living in the world within a state of constant blessing. They are at the leading edge of the New Consciousness, and they can provide us with both a vision of the New Earth and the experience of how we can enter it, while simultaneously helping bring it to birth.

I feel that Sauralite has emerged at this time because our spiritual evolution has reached an important level. There are now numerous individuals who are aware of the Light in the cells and of their own subtle-body makeup. Working with Sauralite can aid these people to fully awaken the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix to its own body consciousness, conjoined with our mental consciousness, our heart awareness and the Spiritual Earth. The heart is the Bridge of Light between the mental consciousness with which we are familiar and the bodily knowing of the New Human. Sauralite carries the quickening energies to stimulate this transformation. This is a joyful awakening—truly an ecstatic one—and the great question posed to us by Sauralite—and by she who is Earth—is: ‘Will you give up your old life for a new, unknown joy?’ How many of us are ready to answer ‘Yes!’ to that invitation?

I view Sauralites as the stones carrying the vibration of the Divine Feminine in her new manifestation—the consciousness and joy of the illumined Earth. Sauralite tells me that the Garden of Eden is not in the past but in the future, and that this future is approaching rapidly, even in the face of all the environmental degradation we see in the daily news. The Earth is arising to meet the Light of the Great Central Sun, and in this merging will come the healing and the joy for which all our hearts are longing. When we work with Sauralite Azeztulite, allowing that energy to permeate us, it is as if one cell in the body of the Earth has turned on its Inner Light. As more of us do so, more Light is kindled in her body, and the cascade of Light that is her full awakening is kindled. All of the Azeztulites, as well as many other stones, are serving this purpose, but in Sauralite the gentle, playful, loving Light is most accessible.

Sauralite resonates with Rosophia, Anandalite, Tibetan Tektite, Astaraline, Guardianite and all other Azeztulites. It is a powerful addition to the Synergy Twelve, and it harmonizes with Natrolite, Petalite, Phenacite, Anandalite and other stones of Vibrational Ascension. It is able to receive and benefit from the Azozeo super-activation process.

Sauralite with Amethyst

When I held a piece of Sauralite with Amethyst, I felt a focus of currents at the crown chakra, and I saw an interior light of a deep-violet hue pulsating in my inner vision. I felt intense currents in the crown chakra that gradually flowed down through my whole body. There was a strong sense that I was experiencing an inner purification, operating simultaneously on the cellular and etheric levels. When the currents reached my feet, there was an upwelling of energy from the Earth into my body, and a rush of ecstatic joy. I felt that this was the Earth’s joy rather than my own, and that I was feeling her consciousness after the stone had energetically cleansed my body. It made me aware that we cleanse our inner temple not simply to honor the Divine, but to make it possible for the Divine to enter. And this Divine energy was clearly that of the Spiritual Earth rather than any cosmic entity from beyond. I am convinced that the work of Sauralite with Amethyst is to purify us so that we are able to attune to the frequency that allows the Earth’s rapturous Self to enter and permeate us.

Of all the stones I love (and there are many!) Sauralite is the stone I most delight in introducing to people. It is so much fun to watch their faces as the stones’ energies begin to pour into them! First the eyes display the recognition that energy is flowing, then there’s a smile as they feel the stone’s friendliness. Next there often comes a flush of emotion or a murmur of ‘Wow!’ as the person senses the currents circulating more and more deeply within the body, bringing Light and joy throughout. I have a similar experience every time I hold one of these lovely and loving crystals, and I sense that the feeling one experiences while connected with Sauralite is the feeling of what it will be like all the time, after the New Earth is born.

SPIRITUAL   Sauralite Azeztulite awakens the consciousness of the New Human Being and the New Earth. It infuses the body, heart and soul with the gentlest, most delicate and loving Light imaginable.

EMOTIONAL   Sauralite Azeztulites emanate a contagious happiness that fills the heart and brings illumination to the mind. The future way of being of the spiritual human being can be glimpsed within this happiness.

PHYSICAL   Sauralite Azeztulites bring joy to the body, reminding the cells that their destiny is to be trillions of radiant suns.

AFFIRMATION   I accept with gratitude and passion the offer of the Light of Heaven and the Love of Earth—to be their child.

SATYALOKA CLEAR AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Spiritual awakening, planetary consciousness, receiving Light and knowledge from the higher planes

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Soul Star (8th), Transpersonal/Etheric (9th through 14th, above the head)

Background: Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite is a transparent variety of Azeztulite from the Satya Loka Mountains of southern India. It is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite forms as small, prismatic crystals and also in massive form. The massive material can be transparent, translucent or white, sometimes with inclusions of reddish-brown or gray. The crystals are colorless, with fogginess at the base end of some pieces, and an occasional reddish coating.

This Azeztulite was originally gathered by monks of the Satya Loka monastery, who sent it into the world as a means of spreading the energy of spiritual enlightenment. The monks believed that this energy is a quality of the mountains where they live, and that the stones are capable of carrying and dispersing this energy throughout the world. The region where Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite is found in South India has been called ‘the crown chakra of the world.’ The impression one experiences in meditation with Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite makes it easy to understand how it got this designation.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite opens the crown chakra with a tremendous flow of energy. In meditation, one may feel its currents pouring downward through the crown as soon as one picks it up. This happened to me when I first held the stones in my hands, without even placing them near my head. The crown chakra opened, and a cascade of pulsing energy thrust down again and again through the top of my head, all the way to my heart. It extended further, and seemed to be exploring or slowly penetrating the column of my chakras below the heart, with each pulse reaching a little deeper.

Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite placed upon the heart in a pouch produced a deep sense of reverence, an appreciation of the presence of the Holy in my heart. This stone carries very deep currents of what I would term the Holy Silence. It has a direct resonance with the vastness of consciousness at the site of Origin. It opens a stream through which one may venture towards the Source; it is a magnetic feeling, as the Source draws one towards itself. As one gets closer to it, words are left behind, and one is conscious only of the White Light swirling around the central void in a spiraling cloud. One feels as a moth might feel when approaching a flame—even if merging with the center of the flame means annihilation, the moth must propel itself towards that irresistible Light.

Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite is a stone of India, and as such it is soaked in the energy of spiritual aspiration that has prevailed in India for so many centuries. Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite vibrates to the frequency of enlightenment with more intense currents than any other form of Azeztulite. If one wishes to experience the maximum Light infusion possible through Azeztulite, the maximum expansion of consciousness Azeztulite can stimulate, and the maximum intensity of energy currents one can receive through a stone, the best stone to use is Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite.

Although all Azeztulites carry the currents of the Great Central Sun, spiritual core of the holographic universe, Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite is what one might call the most ‘hard-core’ of all Azeztulites—perhaps of all stones. Certainly it is unswervingly attuned to the Source of pure White Light radiance, and tends to infuse one’s mind, body and chakra system with pure White Light. Throughout the entire mineral kingdom I know no currents more intense than these. Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite organizes and re-centers brain activity. It brings one’s awareness to a deep sense of quiet and a heightened sensitivity to subtle energies and streams of consciousness. It asks a great deal of the heart, for it pulls Light through the heart into the rest of the body. It is not a difficult or painful thing at all; it is a lovely feeling. It is simply powerful.

Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite is resonant with the energies described in India’s mystical traditions as satchitananda. Sat means ‘truth,’ chit is ‘consciousness’ and ananda is ‘bliss,’ so this sat-chit-ananda is the bliss that comes from awareness of truth. Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite can infuse the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix with the intense high frequencies of satchitananda. There is what I can only describe as a tremendous Light in these stones. For those who wish to transfigure themselves into beacons of spiritual Light for the uplifting of humanity and the world, there is no better tool than Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite.

Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite is a stone of powerful spiritual dedication. It can guide one in the purification of one’s energy bodies, of one’s intention, will, even of one’s love activities and energies. It allows one to achieve one-pointed focus of consciousness through the will in the third chakra. This is an important capacity, because one-pointed focus through the will is the most powerful inner alignment for specific cocreating activity and manifestation of what one envisions.

Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite can be used to travel through the realms of Light to many higher planes of reality. It can be ridden all the way to the archetypal first emanations from Source. It is a powerful stone for conducting one on conscious journeys into the spiritual worlds via the geometries of Light. It enables one to more readily place the Light geometries along and within the body/temple. Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite encourages us to envision self and world as temples, as holy places. Its adherence to the purpose of Light in the world is absolute, and it engenders absolute devotion to Spirit in the individual.

Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite resonates with all other forms of Azeztulite, as well as Moldavite, Auralite-23, Phenacite and many of the other high-frequency stones such as the Synergy Twelve and the Ascension Seven. (See this page.) This stone can be brought to even higher energy levels through the Azozeo super-activation process. Among the stones that will help make its intensity gentler are Rosophia and Pink Azeztulite, as well as Morganite. Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite is a stone of our great journey into the Light, and the great infusion of the Light into us.

SPIRITUAL   Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite opens the crown chakra and pours a flood of spiritual Light throughout all levels of the self, both spiritual and physical. It awakens spiritual aspiration and aids in creative manifestation of one’s highest visions. It stimulates satchitananda, or truth-consciousness bliss.

EMOTIONAL   Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite facilitates the attainment of spiritual bliss and ecstatic rapture.

PHYSICAL   Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite aids in transforming the physical body into the Body of Light, infusing the cells with satchitananda.

AFFIRMATION   I am born of the Light, conscious of the Light, committed to the Light, and in love with the Light.

SATYALOKA ROSE AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Ascension of the Heart, Divine Love, adherence to the heart’s truth, Vibrational Ascension

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite is the name given to a salmon-colored variety of Azeztulite found in the Satya Loka region of South India, the same area where the original Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite was found. The stone is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The name Satyaloka means ‘place of truth’ in Sanskrit.

ROBERT SIMMONS   When I began meditating with a piece of Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite, within a few seconds I could feel soft yet powerful currents moving into my heart and almost immediately upward, filling my entire head with sweet, strong currents that arose from the heart. The emotional tone was loving and peaceful, and at the same time the currents were so strong that my head felt ‘full,’ and seemed to be expanding. Yet these were not the typical currents I associated with the third eye and crown. They were heart energies in my head! Then I inwardly saw a salmon-colored rose floating in front of me. This is when the name ‘Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite’ came into my mind.

The heart is often symbolized by the rose, and both are deeply associated with love. That is what I was being shown. The currents of this new stone are profoundly loving, and at the same time there is an energy of opening about them. They filled my head with the heart’s feeling, and its expansiveness as well.

Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite carries the currents of Heart Ascension. Like all the Satyaloka Azeztulites, its vibrations are intense and powerful. These stones not only stimulate the heart chakra, they also encourage the heart to ‘move’ upward into the head. They awaken the Divine ‘I’ of the heart and lift it to its rightful throne in the center of the brain. When this occurs, one thinks, speaks and acts out of the heart’s wisdom. The mind and brain then take their places as servants of the heart. When this transformation is fully realized, one can speak and act only in truth, because the heart knows only truth. This shift affects the body as well, dissolving all falsehood and self-negation in the mind of the cells. The cells vibrate with the heart’s love and truth, aligning themselves with the Light and Love emanated by the Great Central Sun and the Ascended Heart. Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite fully activates the heart’s spiritual Light.

Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite fills the emotional body with Divine Love. The longer one abides with this energy, the more it can be integrated into one’s thoughts, speech and actions. It can even permeate the body, reprogramming the cells to resonate at the frequency of pure Love. This is one of the most satisfying experiences one can have, and it is rather contagious. When one is constantly receiving and expressing Divine Love, one’s way of being can affect others profoundly. As the mystic poet Kabir said, ‘If you make love with the Divine now, in the next life you will have the face of satisfied desire.’

In spiritual self-healing, Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite strongly supports the heart and brain. Within the brain, the pineal gland is a point of its focus, and it can stimulate that gland to release its ‘nectar.’ When this occurs, the pleasure one feels can be almost unbearable. In general, the saturation of one’s energy field and body with these love energies is a powerful healing influence on all levels.

Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite emanates some of the strongest stone energies I have ever experienced, and the way they circulate their currents indicates that they are programmed for vibrational Ascension. This Ascension will not take us away from the world—it will move us to transform ourselves and the world into Beings of Light on a Planet of Light.

To bring forth the fullness of this profound transformation, combining Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite with Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite is advised. Using the Rose Azeztulite at the heart and the Yellow Azeztulite at the third eye, the circuit of Light and Heart Ascension can be created and energized. To extend the activation to the crown, place a piece of Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite there. This stone also resonates with all of the Ascension and Synergy Stones. Astaraline assists it in the process of Light Body activation.

SPIRITUAL   Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite brings forth the Heart as the sovereign center of one’s being. It fills one’s body, mind and spirit with Divine Love, and it teaches one to hear and express the truth of the heart.

EMOTIONAL   Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite saturates the emotional body with love and pleasure, sometimes bringing one into states of ecstasy.

PHYSICAL   Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite supports the heart and brain, as well as filling all of the cells with love energies. It can trigger a release of ‘nectar’ from the pineal gland.

AFFIRMATION   I allow my heart to resonate with Divine Love, and I joyfully surrender to the heart’s truth.

SATYALOKA YELLOW AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Enlightenment, Ascension, unconflicted behavior, acceleration of one’s evolution, Light Body awakening

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th)

Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite is the name given to a salmon-colored variety of Azeztulite found in the Satya Loka region of South India, the same area where the original Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite was found. The stone is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The name Satyaloka means ‘place of truth’ in Sanskrit.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite powerfully stimulates the Third Eye chakra. Its currents move very deep into the brain, bringing intense and pleasurable sensations. It can also feel as though it is ‘pulling’ one’s consciousness—and even one’s etheric body—upwards! The power of Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite is the power of evolutionary change. It is programmed for the awakening of humanity and the Earth to a higher level of spiritual awareness, and its energy of awakening carries extraordinary force. Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulites carry the currents of enlightenment (literally: ‘being filled with Light’). They have a strong enthusiasm—almost impatience—for helping one wake up and assume one’s spiritual power. They seem to have a will of their own, focused on the rapid acceleration of our spiritual awakening. It is rather thrilling to be around them!

Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite also stimulates one’s own will forces, helping one to align one’s intention with Divine Will. It strengthens one’s capacity to focus all of one’s energies to serve that intention. In practice, this means one can utterly give oneself over to one’s spiritual purpose, and one can DO that which one wills to do, without doubt or inner turmoil. These stones provide clarity and enhance purpose, as well as awakening the mind to perceive and embrace one’s Divine destiny.

This extraordinary capacity to channel one’s whole being into a single act of will is sometimes called ‘unconflicted behavior.’ It sounds very simple, but it is actually quite rare. We are programmed almost from birth to question ourselves, primarily because those who brought us up were almost constantly ‘correcting’ us, and overriding our will with their own. This means that virtually everyone has a fragmented third chakra, and it is the reason we seldom live to our potential. When one, through some synergy of circumstances, is triggered into unconflicted behavior, one can do amazing—even ‘superhuman’—things. (The classic example is a mother lifting a car off her child, because every fiber of her being knows that she must.) One of the blessings that comes from Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite is the streaming of beneficial energies into the third chakra, healing old wounds and gifting one with the potential of entering the unconflicted state—our most natural way of being.

Satyaloka Yellow is a powerful stone of Light Body awakening. It helps one attune to the pure Golden Ray of the highest realms of creative manifestation. These are the vibrational levels from which one can receive the power to transform the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix into an engine of regeneration and rejuvenation. It was originally predicted by the Azez that Azeztulite would dissolve the patterns of contraction and decay in the cells. The infusion of Golden Light into the cells from the spiritual realms stimulates the cells to emanate their own Golden Light, expanding their energy fields and potentially initiating what is called the bigu state in Dzogchen Buddhism, the state of ‘living on Light.’

Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite works well with all the Ascension and Synergy stones. It can be super-activated through the Azozeo process, and it works synergistically with other Azozeo stones. It harmonizes with Astaraline for building the Body of Light. Guardian Stone protects the Light Body within this process. Its most natural allies are Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite and Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite. If one holds a Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite at the third eye and a Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite at the heart, the two stones can open and powerfully stimulate the channel between the heart and brain, leading to a state in which these energy centers function as an integrated whole. If one adds a Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite at the crown, one can experience the integrated heart-brain circuit linking with the ‘thousand-petaled lotus’ of the awakened crown chakra, and further connection to the etheric chakras and the realms of Spirit beyond.

SPIRITUAL   Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite inspires awareness of and enthusiasm for spiritual awakening. It facilitates spiritual awakening, evolutionary change and Light Body activation.

EMOTIONAL   Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite encourages one to seek and savor the thrill of transformation. It dissolves inner conflict and helps one act with power, free from doubt.

PHYSICAL   Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite aids the body in assimilating and integrating spiritual Light. It teaches the cells to both receive and emanate pure Golden Light, and reprograms them for rejuvenation.

AFFIRMATION   I align my forces of will into complete alignment with Divine will, and commitment to my chosen actions. I act with power, free from doubt.

BLACK AZEZTULITE

KEY WORDS      Light within Darkness, complete transformation, memory of one’s divinity, dissolution of negative patterns, protection, infusion of Spiritual Light, alchemical Philosopher’s Stone

ELEMENTS Earth, Wind, Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Black Azeztulite is a combination of quartz and black calcite found only in Vermont, USA. The calcite component of this stone is unusually rich in magnesium. The hardness of the quartz component of this stone is 7, and its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). The hardness of the calcite component is 3, and its crystal system is trigonal. Overall, the stone is quite hard, much closer to 7 than 3. Black Azeztulite is found in the same areas where Vermont’s White Azeztulite has been discovered. In some instances, the Black Azeztulite is attached to White Azeztulite stones.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The discovery of Black Azeztulite heralds a new chapter in the saga of the penetration of the substance of the Earth and of humanity by the Nameless Light of the Great Central Sun. These stones physically embody the metaphor of the Light within Darkness, and their energies can impart that experience to whoever attunes to these stones.

When I first sat down to meditate with a Black Azeztulite, I was taken completely by surprise as I felt its currents. I had been expecting a somewhat softer or more muted version of what I already knew from the White Azeztulites. Instead, I felt a truly awesome power. At first, as I held the stone over my heart and invited it into my field, I experienced waves of energy filling my body with a strong tingling sensation. Next came a feeling of low-level discomfort at several locations on and within my head, especially at the crown chakra. When I inquired inwardly about this, I was shown that the stone was dissolving some inappropriate patterns or attachments, clearing my chakras where they needed it.

As this progressed, the waves of energy grew more powerful and began to resonate within my whole body from head to toe. In my head there appeared the loveliest white Light, beginning as a flash and increasing in intensity. As this continued, I experienced a feeling of wonder and pleasure, and the nearness of something holy. Touching the third eye and crown chakras with the stone increased these sensations. Next, I touched the Mouth of God chakra point at the back of the head, just above the neck. This seemed to be the most powerful placement, and while I held the stone there I was washed inwardly with waves of Light and Power, and began receiving more information about the stone.

Black Azeztulite is a stone of the Midnight Sun. It is related to the huge black hole at the center of our galaxy, and it represents the moment of the singularity, in which all the laws of the universe become fluid and changeable. It is a stone of the Zero Point, and as such it can be a very powerful catalyst for spiritual transformation. When one fully attunes to Black Azeztulite, one can change literally anything about oneself, and can ultimately create profound changes in the outer world as well. Making both sorts of changes involves a commitment of one’s will that is free from hesitation or doubt. If one can fully focus in this way, the cocreative potential of working with these stones is unlimited.

As a stone of spiritual self-healing, Black Azeztulite is very powerful indeed. It naturally works to cleanse and clear one’s body and energy field of negative energies, disharmonious attachments, implants, psychic parasites and inappropriate karmic patterns. This stone means business! It suggests that it can be applied in the spiritual healing of conditions in which the body attacks itself. Yet its power to dispel what is negative is coupled with an infusion of blissful and even ecstatic Light. This Light reminds of who and what we truly are, which is the most profound healing of all. To awaken to the real memory that we are emanations of Divinity rather than isolated personalities is perhaps the greatest gift these stones can convey.

The Black Calcite and White Quartz components of Black Azeztulite entwine energetically to offer power and protection to those who work with it. It can help one attune to the Light deep within the heart of the darkest density of matter, and to call to that Light for guidance and assistance. For those working with stones shamanically, Black Azeztulite is a perfect ally. Its Light keeps one safe from the approach of negative entities, allowing one to work on the inner planes without being vulnerable to psychic attack.

Black Azeztulite, even though it is very powerful, is more grounded than some of the other Azeztulites, and it can help sensitive people to take on high vibrations without losing hold of their physical bodies. In fact, Black Azeztulite tends to work on the body so that it can handle much higher and stronger energies than it could before.

On the emotional level, Black Azeztulite is excellent for purging attachments to old emotional wounds, grief, resentment, anger and fear. It reminds the subconscious that the Light and Love of the Divine are always present. These stones are themselves the very embodiments of that presence.

In terms of spiritual Alchemy, Black Azeztulite completes the triad of red, white and black, the three major aspects of the Philosopher’s Stone. The other two are Red Fire Azeztulite and White Azeztulite. (Sometimes I utilize different stones to represent the three aspects, but these have become my favorites.) Working with these three stones together can open one to experiencing the multiple transformations of self that brought successful alchemical aspirants to enlightenment and the fulfillment of the Great Work on an individual level. However, the simultaneous enlightenment of oneself, the whole of humanity and the Earth itself is the ultimate goal of the alchemical opus. This is the purpose behind the activation of all the Azeztulites, and is the journey that the Azez have invited all of us to take.

Black Azeztulite is especially powerful at times of eclipses or the new moon, and those so inclined are invited to create rituals for receiving and channeling its currents during such events. These stones resonate to the Judgment card of the tarot deck, and as such they are awakeners to the call of one’s highest spiritual destiny.

Black Azeztulite combines harmoniously with all other Azeztulites, as well as Master Shamanite, Black Obsidian, Black Jade, Black Tourmaline, Smoky Quartz, Guardianite, Z Stone, Prophecy Stone, Phenacite, Natrolite, Herderite, Brookite, Danburite and Petalite. It responds favorably when subjected to the Azozeo super-activation process.

SPIRITUAL   Black Azeztulite clears away all inner obstacles and disharmony, filling the body with Light and Divine Presence. It protects, empowers and awakens.

EMOTIONAL   Black Azeztulite aids one in releasing negative emotional attachments, and infuses one with spiritual joy.

PHYSICAL   Black Azeztulite can be used for spiritual treatment of conditions in which the body attacks itself.

AFFIRMATION   I am the power of Light, existing even in darkness.

AZUMAR

KEY WORDS      Personal evolution, power, pleasure, joy, refreshment, rejuvenation, insight, communication, telepathy with ocean creatures, empathy, compassion

ELEMENTS Water, Earth, Wind

CHAKRAS      All, especially Heart (4th), Throat (5th) and Third Eye (6th)

Azumar is a combination of quartz and kaolinite, with other trace minerals. It was found originally in Arizona, USA. Its color ranges from bluish-white to deep turquoise, though the bulk of the material is a robin’s-egg blue. Its hardness is about 6, with some variation among individual pieces. Its name is derived from azure (blue) and mare (ocean). Its color reminds one of the stunning shades found in tropical seas, and its energies are definitely evocative of the Water element.

ROBERT SIMMONS   When I first touched a piece of Azumar, inviting the Being of the stone to enter into my bodily energy field, I was surprised by its power, and delighted by the qualities of its vibrations. The stone emanated strong, rhythmic pulsations at a regular, steady rate—similar to waves coming in from the ocean. These pulses coursed through my entire body, activating the upper chakras first and then flowing down, all the way to my feet. The sensation was intensely pleasurable, like being washed internally with joy.

After only a few moments, the waves of the stone established a resonance throughout my entire Liquid Crystal Body Matrix, with each pulse pouring downward from head to toes. The reaction of my bodily energies was what I can only call ‘rejoicing.’ It was as if a beloved, long-absent being had at last returned. My body energies felt as if they were being tuned, like a violin, to make the most beautiful music they could ever make. There is an unmistakable watery feel to the flow of Azumar’s currents, and that energy transforms the body’s inner ocean to a moving sea of rhythmic bliss. It is as if the liquid within us comes alive with joy and enhanced awareness.

In my meditation with Azumar, I was met by a vision of the Being of this stone. Azumar appeared to me as a female being of great beauty and power. Her hair was blue like the sky and ocean, and her eyes were turquoise. Her skin was very smooth and pale, and she wore a gown of shimmering blue-green, with light glinting from it the same way sunlight reflects on the sea. She beckoned for me to follow her into the water, and down to a sea cave. In my vision, we were pulled through the water cave by strong currents until we reached a cavern filled with phosphorescent turquoise light, and stepped back onto the land. The light seemed to come from the walls of the cave, pulsing in a slow rhythm. There were blue stalactites reaching down from the ceiling like the pipes of an organ, and an altar with a natural stone basin filled with pure clear water. She motioned for me to approach the basin and look into the water.

As I did so, she swirled the water with her hand, and when it became still again I saw images within it. Though the Being did not speak, her gaze told me that She was revealing her nature in the images. I saw visions of the Earth—waterfalls, summer skies, sunsets, beaches, mountains covered with trees. I saw the Being’s turquoise eyes looking out through the landscape of visions, meeting my gaze as if to say, ‘Yes, I am here—and here, and here as well.’ I felt I was being shown that the spirit expressing herself through the new blue stones is very ancient, and is a Being not only of the Water element but also of Earth and Air.

Then the figure standing beside me in my vision spoke aloud, in a clear and deeply feminine voice: ‘I am Azumar, and I am one of the faces of she who is Earth herself. I manifest as Sky energy, and Earth, though my truest essence resides in the flow of water. I can aid you in making yourself a clearer vessel for the Water of Life, and I can bring you into the effortless joy with which water moves in the world—wandering through Earth, Sky and Sea. I can teach you how to be like a drop of water—individual yet also one with the ocean of life.’

Azumar is a powerful stone in the realm of feeling. Its currents wash through the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix, bringing refreshment, joy and rejuvenation to every cell. It is a wonderful stone for healing and brightening the emotional body, effortlessly dissolving negative fixations within its peaceful waves of pleasure and power. It can aid in dispelling anger, envy, fear and stress, replacing them with serenity, enthusiasm, confidence and the feeling of being enveloped within an atmosphere of love.

As Azumar does its work of transformation within the waters of our liquid crystal structures, dysfunctional patterns dissolve and we are filled with the joy that underlies all life. We are made clear, like a flowing spring, and this clarification of consciousness gives rise to untapped intuitive potentials. We can suddenly begin to develop clairvoyance, telepathic sensitivity, and the capacity for enhanced visionary awareness. Oracle readers may find their senses heightened, and their ability to see future events increased. Channels or mediums will find that their attunement to Spirit is easier and deeper. And all of those who work with Azumar will experience its powerful influx of pleasure, power and joy. Under Azumar’s influence, one’s awareness can rise to the highest possible perspective, while still penetrating to the intimate depths of whatever is the focus of one’s attention. This is one of the most powerful stones I have encountered for personal evolution and the enhancement of consciousness.

Azumar demonstrates that life itself is a flow of ecstasy, and that when one is in tune with the truth of life, one is in a state of rapturous joy. This stone silently asks, ‘How much joy will you allow yourself to feel?’ When one meditates with Azumar, one discovers that its surging pulsations always move one toward more profound happiness and more intense pleasure. Like the waters of the ocean, there is no limit to the tides of love and joy flowing through these beautiful stones.

I tried sleeping with an Azumar stone for several nights, and was surprised to find that the intensity of happiness generated by these stones did not diminish, even during sleep. During the nights I slept with Azumar, I was aware of joy in both my body and my dreams. When I awoke during the night, I could feel my body resonating with the stone’s waves of pleasurable energy, and I remembered the happy atmosphere of all my dreams. I have the sense that these stones could be helpful to those experiencing depression or insomnia, or who are bothered by nightmares.

Azumar is a stone of insight and communication. It allows one to penetrate to the heart of matters, and it enhances one’s ability to eloquently express one’s deepest truth. It is a stone of compassion, engendering one’s innate capacity to understand and care for others. It is an Earth Spirit stone, allowing one to feel and harmonize with planetary consciousness. As a stone of the Water element, it facilitates empathic communication with sea life, especially the more highly evolved creatures such as whales and dolphins. It can be used by those who are near or on the sea to attract dolphins and whales by centering in one’s heart and calling to them, while asking the Being of Azumar to assist in the communication.

In spiritual self-healing, Azumar is recommended for conditions of the circulatory and nervous systems. The internal bodily resonance it engenders can help to implant the pattern of optimal well-being into all bodily systems involving fluids or electrochemical energies.

In spiritual life, Azumar can aid in attaining the state of ecstatic rapture known as samadhi, as well as karuna, true compassion. The loving qualities of Azumar can aid one in remembering that the true purpose of life is the expression of love, and the creation of beauty stemming from that love. It also enhances one’s recognition and appreciation of beauty, so that one more clearly understands and truly feels the essential beauty of the Soul of the World.

Azumar is a stone attuned to the times we are now experiencing. Since the 2012 turning point, I have sensed a growing feeling of sweetness in the world and in the people I encounter. It is subtle and rather mysterious, yet I am running into it again and again. People are tending to be gentler and more loving in their interactions. My feeling is that this is because of an increased conscious presence of the Soul of the World, a more vivid experience of her, which manifests as this subtle but pervading sweetness. The feminine being called Azumar is one of the faces of the World Soul.

Azumar is an ideal companion for Healerite, and the two work together marvelously for bringing energetic wholeness and wellbeing to one’s body and vibrational fields. It harmonizes with all Azeztulites, especially the Azozeo super-activated Azeztulites. It also works well in combination with Golden Healer Quartz crystals, Lemurian Light crystals, Sugilite, Moldavite, Aquamarine, Azurite, Larimar and Lithium Light. Rathbunite stimulates the exuberant, fun-loving side of Azumar. Phenacite, Herderite, Danburite and Petalite all enhance the experience of expanded spiritual awareness that Azumar can bring.

SPIRITUAL   Azumar stimulates spiritual evolution, through ever more powerful experiences of joy, pleasure, rapture and ecstasy.

EMOTIONAL   Azumar is a stone of profound happiness, and it emanates currents of joy that resonate through all other emotional states.

PHYSICAL   Azumar stimulates healing of the circulatory and nervous systems. It can aid all bodily systems involving fluids or electrochemical energies.

AFFIRMATION   I allow myself to experience unlimited expansion of awareness, joy, love, compassion and ecstasy

AZURITE

KEY WORDS      Insight, vision, intuition, intellect

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Azurite is a copper carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. Its name is derived from its deep azure blue color. Its crystal system is monoclinic and, although it is most often found in massive or botryoidal forms, it sometimes grows in long, deep blue, prismatic crystals. It also occurs in stalactitic, columnar or radiating forms. It frequently appears in combination with Malachite, another copper carbonate, this one with a bright green color. It is found in Australia, China, Chile, Russia and the USA. Particularly beautiful Azurites and Azurite/Malachites have been found in the copper mines of Bisbee, Arizona.

ROBERT SIMMONS   No stone is a purer embodiment of the Blue Ray than Azurite. Its rich dark-blue color carries the exact frequency of the third-eye chakra and is a natural tool for the activation of that energy center. Azurite is a stone of inner vision and can be used for the enhancement of dreams as well as the development of psychic powers. It can stimulate intellect as well as intuition, and it is a helpful aid for those who are studying new or challenging subjects. It is recommended that anyone who is a student, including being a ‘student of life,’ carry or wear an Azurite to aid them in the assimilation and retention of new information and ideas. Azurite can also facilitate the agility of mind required to make conceptual leaps and reach new insights.

Azurite can be used to strengthen the astral and etheric bodies, making one less vulnerable to psychic attack or attachments. It can be used to seal ‘holes’ in the aura, thus alleviating tendencies to succumb to fatigue. It stimulates all the mind centers, nourishing within the self a keen interest in all aspects of one’s life and function in society. It is an excellent antidote to boredom, since it opens one’s inner eye to a wide array of connections and possibilities. Those engaged in academic pursuits may find that Azurite makes it easier to retain clarity and focus while studying. It can certainly assist one in making new connections between seemingly unrelated fields of knowledge. It is a stone of synthesis, whereby the discovery of new commonalities and links between different ideas leads to higher levels of understanding of life and the world.

Azurite blends well energetically with Malachite, Cuprite, Covellite, Chrysocolla and Turquoise. All of these copper-based minerals complement and magnify the effects of Azurite, without modifying them. Rainbow Moonstone can add emotional tranquillity to Azurite’s activation of the mind. Sunstone, Red Aventurine and Carnelian lend strength, courage and determination to persevere to the insights facilitated by Azurite. Azeztulite, Phenacite, Brookite, Natrolite, Scolecite and Moldavite can ‘spiritualize’ Azurite’s energies. However it is used, Azurite is a stone which opens the door to inner discovery.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Azurite is the stone of insight and vision. It is an excellent ally for opening and clearing the third-eye and crown chakras, stimulating psychic and intuitive ability and aligning inner vision to higher guidance. Azurite can assist in exploring past or alternate lifetimes, and in recovering information and knowledge from those lifetimes.

Azurite’s ability to stimulate inner sight is also useful for the spiritual seeker. As seekers, we must constantly monitor our thoughts and motives in an effort to better ourselves mentally, psychically and spiritually. As humans, our egos are often driving forces in our motives and actions. Azurite lends us the inner sight to honestly see where our motives are based. The true spiritual seeker will use one’s intuitive abilities and inner sight for the highest good of all beings, not for personal gain or ego fulfillment. Azurite can easily cause the ego’s ‘house of cards’ to tumble down, revealing the truth behind the illusion our ego would have us see.

Azurite also gives one the ability to ‘read between the lines’ in what others would have us believe. It is a great aid to non-judgmental discernment, because it allows one to understand the true motives in others as well as oneself. Azurite is an excellent ally to employ when undertaking business or personal partnerships, as it helps the truth rise to the surface.

Azurite is a classic ally for the psychic, medium, channel or other intuitive Light worker. It enhances one’s psi powers and helps one maintain objectivity and accuracy. It assists one in clearly interpreting psychic information without placing one’s own opinion, judgments or experiences into the mix. It is stimulating to the mind and can help with learning, memorizing, writing, lecturing or other tasks having to do with the orderly presentation or integration of information. It is an excellent stone to take into testing situations or negotiations.

SPIRITUAL   Azurite opens the third eye and crown, stimulating psychic powers, assisting in past-life recall and bringing an increased sense of connection to the Divine. It helps one sense the truth in a situation and protects one from being misled. It allows one to understand others’ motives and to act in alignment with Spirit. It helps psychics and other intuitive counselors improve the accuracy of their interpretations.

EMOTIONAL   Falsehood stems from fear. Azurite has the ability to help one understand the root of one’s fears when one is habitually un-truthful or deceptive. It can lend one the courage to correct these patterns and to be more clear and truthful to oneself and others.

PHYSICAL   Azurite is helpful in all issues of the brain and head. It can help soothe migraines, lessen tinnitus, and balance vertigo.

AFFIRMATION   I open my mind to new vision, both inner and outer, as I expand my awareness.

BARITE

KEY WORDS      Inner vision, energetic alignment, interdimensional travel

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th) and crown (7th)

Barite (also called Baryte) is a barium sulfate crystal with an orthorhombic crystal system and a hardness of 3 to 3.5. Most often it is colorless, white, light blue or green. Less frequently, it can be yellowish or reddish brown. It forms in a variety of patterns, is frequently tabular, but can also occur in rosettes, crested or granular shapes. One of the most common occurrences of Barite is a rosette formation known as the ‘desert rose.’ Barite is found most abundantly in England, Romania and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Barite provides a smooth, clear connection to the higher worlds, aiding the inward journeyer in discovering the many mansions of the spiritual realms. It is a stone of interdimensional travel, allowing those who meditate or dream with it to discover new worlds, not in order to escape from earthly life, but to enrich it. It assists one in maintaining contact with the higher self, thereby enhancing the peacefulness and wisdom of one’s words and actions. It is a stone for ‘bringing heaven to earth’ through one’s own being, or perhaps it is better to say that it helps open one’s eyes to the fact that heaven is already here on earth, coexisting with the mundane world which one has been hypnotized to believe is the whole story. Working with Barite helps remove the spiritual ‘blinders’ that can keep one from experiencing even the sorrows of life with joy.

For exploratory dream work, one is encouraged to place a Barite crystal or rosette in the pillowcase or to tape a small one to the forehead. Either application will open the third-eye and crown chakras to the high-frequency domains with which Barite resonates. One should keep writing materials beside the bed and record one’s dreams for at least a week. A month is better. In most cases, important symbolic patterns will emerge, showing the dreamer’s current spiritual state, revealing any internal blockages and pointing the way to entry into the higher worlds. It is from these archetypal domains that the patterns of synchronicity which govern our lives (more than we usually know) emanate. Working with Barite in dreams can give one a stunningly beautiful symbolic picture of how these patterns are unfolding for oneself.

Holding a Barite in each hand and placing one on the forehead during meditation creates a triangular energy grid within the body’s auric field, raising one’s frequency spectrum and allowing one to experience a temporary ‘ascension’ into the higher worlds. Throughout history, spiritual geniuses have maintained that the purpose of human adult life, especially in later years, is the exploration of these worlds. Working with Barite in meditation can facilitate such exploration. Upon these inner journeys, one may encounter angels, spirit guides, and even the archetypal entities referred to as ‘gods’ in ancient times. One may see divine landscapes of breathtaking beauty and geometric corridors of fantastic lattices of Light. Meditation allows one to use the will to ‘steer’ one’s journey more than in dreaming, but both paths are highly recommended.

Barite’s interdimensional energies can be enhanced by using it in conjunction with Phenacite, Azeztulite, Scolecite and Natrolite. Its calming and serenity-inducing properties are magnified by Petalite and Amblygonite. Those desiring to visit the angelic domain might benefit from combining Barite with Danburite. For a grounding influence that can also enhance clear thinking and intuitive vision, Fluorite is recommended.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Barite is tremendously powerful for the activation and clearing of the higher chakras—particularly the third eye and crown. It acts as a magnet to high-frequency energy, creating a strong resonant field with the Light. Barite assists in clearing blockages that prevent one from accessing and becoming a channel for one’s Higher Self. It can aid in connecting to the highest guidance and in channeling high-frequency energy for healing.

Barite helps link one to one’s highest purpose. In the process, one must release any aspects of one’s life no longer aligned with one’s highest self. This can create a deep cleansing on all levels of one’s life—particularly where one has been resisting change or release due to fear of assuming one’s full power or spiritual destiny.

Tabular crystals of Barite facilitate this cleansing and release most powerfully, almost forcing an alignment with the highest-frequency energy available. Rosettes of Barite can be utilized to clear karma and habitual energetic patterns on a personal level. Clusters of Barite crystals can assist in the clearing of cultural and racial patterns from the genetic matrix.

The energy of tabular Barite crystals rivals that of Herderite for its ability to facilitate hemispheric synchronization in the brain. It offers an excellent energy for individuals who experience difficulties due to brain chemistry imbalances or brain damage.

SPIRITUAL   Barite assists in activating one’s connection to the Higher Self and in bringing that energy into the physical body. It can assist in clearing genetic patterns that no longer serve one and in realigning one’s life to reflect higher levels of vibration. It assists one in finding one’s highest purpose and the vehicle through which to manifest that purpose on Earth.

EMOTIONAL   Barite can assist one in releasing attachment to the forms or structures of one’s life that are based in fear (such as continuing in a job one hates because one is afraid of losing the paycheck). It generates a sense of excitement about manifesting one’s spiritual purpose, combined with a willingness to do what it takes to accomplish that goal. It assists one in recognizing where one must let go and allow change in order for evolution to occur.

PHYSICAL   Barite is an excellent stone for balancing brain chemistry and enhancing the mechanical function of the brain cells and synapses. It is helpful in situations of degenerative brain disease. It facilitates memory and information retention.

AFFIRMATION   I open my inner eyes to see higher and more deeply into the worlds of Spirit.

BENITOITE

KEY WORDS      Channeling, enhanced psychic abilities, increase in synchronicity

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th)

Benitoite is a barium titanium silicate mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 6 to 6.5. It is named after its only occurrence, in San Benito county, California. Benitoite crystals are light to dark blue and they vary from opaque to fully transparent. They are quite small, from microscopic to perhaps one gram. Most crystals form in trigonal bi-pyramids. Benitoite is found in association with the minerals Natrolite and Neptunite.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Benitoite is a fantastic aid to the inward journeyer. It facilitates travel to the astral, subtle and causal planes and can help one maintain stability of consciousness when out of the body. It helps open the doors for enhancement of all types of paranormal abilities, and it increases one’s awareness of the meaningful synchronicities that are constantly happening around us. Synchronicities are among the clearest clues to the flow of Divine intention in the world, and they can serve to confirm one’s direction or suggest a new path. Becoming more aware of synchronicities increases their frequency, in a self-reinforcing spiral of expanding consciousness. Benitoite can help jump-start that process.

It is said by some clairvoyant seers that one’s angelic guardians are involved in arranging the synchronicities which facilitate one’s spiritual growth. Meditation with Benitoite can facilitate the process by which one can enter into conscious communication with these angelic guides. One can begin to request synchronistic ‘messages’ confirming that the communication was received and understood. The events of one’s life can turn into a kind of living puzzle or game in which one may, to a degree, consciously steer one’s evolutionary path.

The fact that Benitoite is found in conjunction with Natrolite is no coincidence either. Natrolite is among the most powerful activators of the third-eye crown chakras and the transpersonal chakras above the head. Such energy works perfectly in harmony with Benitoite’s native ability to activate the higher senses. Natrolite will add a great deal of energy to Benitoite’s already considerable power. Finding specimens which include both minerals together is highly recommended for those who work seriously with stones for expanding consciousness.

Benitoite also combines harmoniously with other stones. Such crystals as Phenacite, Azeztulite, Beryllonite, Tremolite, Danburite and Herderite are ideal for consciousness expansion and out-of-body travel. Blue Sapphire can bring discipline and structure to the inner development facilitated by Benitoite. Adding Moldavite will increase the potential for using one’s enhanced intuitive abilities for communicating with extraterrestrial beings.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Benitoite is one of the premier channeling stones, due to its ability to stimulate the psychic senses and connect one with higher guidance. It can assist with remote viewing and astral travel, and it facilitates meditative states. Benitoite is an excellent stone for medical intuitives, as its ability to stimulate inner vision can assist one in perceiving the aura, chakras, and etheric blueprint of the body. It can also initiate psychic protection by stimulating one’s connection to the highest sources of information and understanding, and by infusing the energy field with high-frequency energy.

Because of its strong stimulation of inner sight, Benitoite is an excellent stone for anyone experiencing vision issues or imbalances. It can assist one in overcoming the fear of perceiving and understanding the truth. Its energy supports discernment and the right use of one’s judgment. It is a beneficial ally for making decisions based on higher knowledge.

Benitoite is a powerful stone for accessing information from ancient cultures and star civilizations. It is useful in assisting one in understanding mathematics, geometry and other numerical languages. It helps one connect with one’s inherent understanding of the laws of the universe, allowing one to gain mastery over physical reality through spiritual understanding. It is a ‘stone of miracles,’ allowing one to more easily overcome one’s illusion of physicality and to bend the universal tendencies of physics.

SPIRITUAL   Psychic awakening, miracle-making, time travel and recovery of knowledge from ancient civilizations are all within the realm of Benitoite’s energy. It is an advanced tool for those who are serious about overcoming the limitations of physicality. It can assist one in developing the ability to see chakras, auras, energy patterns and other Light frequencies.

EMOTIONAL   Benitoite’s energy can be quite heady, allowing one to feel euphoric and limitless. It helps one see the reality of unlimited possibility behind the illusion of a limited reality.

PHYSICAL   Benitoite is activating for the brain and nervous system. It can assist in releasing stored information from the connective tissue and is, for this reason, a valuable companion in body work or energy healing situations.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to inner sight and higher perception, for the good of all.

BERYLLONITE

KEY WORDS      Light in darkness, Divine purpose, joy

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th) and Crown (7th)

Beryllonite is a sodium beryllium phosphate mineral with a hardness of 5.5 to 6. It is usually colorless or white, sometimes a pale yellow. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Crystals can be prismatic and usually have striations along the body, similar to Tourmaline. Beryllonite is a relatively rare material. It occurs in Maine in the USA, as well as in Brazil, Africa and Afghanistan.

ROBERT SIMMONS   All of us experience times of darkness in our lives, be they momentary or prolonged. And, of course, the only true remedy for darkness is Light. Beryllonite activates one’s ability to perceive and receive spiritual Light, even in the darkest and most difficult circumstances. It is a stone to assist one in generating hope and, more importantly, faith, because it activates the power of spiritual insight, whereby one can see the pattern of Divine purpose in whatever events are playing on the movie screen of life. This Light can manifest on every level—as visual light with eyes open or closed, as emotional upliftment, as physical vitality and as visionary experience. As Jesus said, “The Kingdom of Heaven is spread out on the earth, and men do not see it.” Beryllonite is a stone which sends Light to pierce the veil and reveal the way in which the highest good is constantly manifesting, even in the midst of suffering.

Carrying, wearing or meditating with Beryllonite can bring about a sense of joy and an improvement in one’s attitude towards life. One feels the constant presence of Spirit and notices all the small occasions for delight in daily life. Sleeping with Beryllonite can facilitate very pleasant dreams, often with spiritual themes. For those with a ‘dark cloud’ over their heads, it can be the fresh breeze that reveals the shining sun.

Beryllonite strongly activates the third-eye chakra, initiating visionary experiences and helping one to develop clairvoyant sight. This stone can aid one in seeing the blockages or imbalance which hold back oneself or others from full consciousness and realization of one’s spiritual destiny. It can provide the validation one needs to believe in the help which is available from the higher planes, by making it possible for one to ‘see’ one’s guides and angels.

On deeper levels, Beryllonite also energizes the heart and crown chakras and is a powerful aid to consciousness expansion. It pulsates at a very high frequency, even higher than Phenacite (with which it harmonizes extremely well). In fact, Beryllonite combines synergistically with Brookite, Phenacite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Petalite, Danburite, Natrolite, Scolecite and Tremolite—all stones of the highest vibrational levels. Any combination of these stones, chosen with intuition, will serve well to raise one’s level of spiritual awareness. Combining Beryllonite with Moldavite will accelerate its effects and will assist in attracting the synchronous experiences one needs to evolve according to one’s Divine blueprint. Beryllonite also harmonizes with all members of the Beryl family, including Aquamarine, Emerald, Heliodor, Goethite and Morganite. Morganite in particular is a beneficial ally for Beryllonite. It intensifies the activation of the heart chakra, and helps one stay attuned to love, whatever the ups and downs of one’s life experiences.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Beryllonite is the spiritual warrior of crystals and gemstones. While that term implies conflict, Beryllonite represents the ability to overcome darkness, hatred, fear and other emotion-based ego illusions by unfailingly radiating consciousness and Light—rather than through confrontation or polarity. In fact, this is one of the great lessons of Beryllonite—one cannot overcome illusion or darkness by fighting it. One can only transcend these illusions by realizing that they do not exist, and by holding that consciousness until the illusion itself becomes consciousness. Beryllonite helps overcome illusions by holding forth the shining sword of spiritual consciousness, which reminds the darkness that its true nature is Light. Beryllonite is the energy of awakening, awareness and the dispelling of illusion.

Beryllonite activates the higher chakras, including the third eye and crown. This activation, however, is for the purpose of consciousness expansion and the practice of consciousness- without-an-object—not for mere head trips. This stone reminds us that the time comes when connecting with guides is no longer necessary. At that stage, one embodies one’s highest connection with Spirit and no longer needs help from such spiritual beings. Attainment of these levels is a cause for celebration on the spiritual plane, since it signals one’s realization of the level of Avatar or Master. Beryllonite embodies connection with this level of consciousness.

SPIRITUAL   Beryllonite acts to dispel illusion, darkness, fear and limitation by holding one in the bright light of spiritual truth. It assists one in connecting to the pure frequency of the Divine and in assuming the highest spiritual role one can embody at any given time.

EMOTIONAL   Beryllonite helps one release attachment to one’s imbalances, disease, dramas and misfortunes. It encourages one to focus solely on the Light and to recognize illusion as the source of all unhappiness or discontent.

PHYSICAL   Beryllonite works to heal the basis of disease by assisting one in aligning with the truth of total health and well-being. It helps prevent one from ego-investment in one’s imbalances and diseases. It stimulates all aspects of the physical body and energy systems to reflect the pure Light of Spirit.

AFFIRMATION   I see and affirm the manifestation of Divine purpose in all the events of life.

BIXBITE (Red Beryl)

KEY WORDS      Vitality, courage, love, self-esteem, passion

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Heart (2nd)

Bixbite is a member of the beryl family, a beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 7.5 to 8. It was discovered in Colorado, USA in the 1980s and is probably the rarest of the beryls. Its raspberry red color comes from manganese. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It forms in prismatic, sometimes striated crystals. It is occasionally called ‘Red Emerald’ and the gem-quality pieces are highly prized for jewelry.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Bixbite stimulates courage, passion, physical vitality, strength of purpose and a dynamic personality. Yet it does these things while helping one remain centered in the heart, compassionate towards others and oneself, and loving in one’s actions. This stone skillfully blends the energies of the heart and root chakras, helping one draw life force from the earth and enhancing one’s emotional bonding with the world and other people.

For those who work as healers, Bixbite can be a very useful tool. In stone layouts, it can be placed at the first and fourth chakras. It can help revitalize clients who are fatigued, stressed or convalescing after a long illness. As it opens the heart chakra, repressed memories of past woundings may come to the surface. This is an opportunity for one to release and clear such memories, freeing the energy previously used to keep the memories unconscious for the discretionary use of the individual.

Bixbite can be an excellent stone for enhancement of love relationships. In fact, it is recommended as a gem for engagement or wedding rings, because it can bring the hearts of individuals into vibrational harmony with one another. It enhances emotional communication and understanding. In intimate relationships, it can help stir the fires of passion and can assist one in finding the courage to make deep emotional commitments.

As a stone of courage, Bixbite stimulates and harmonizes the root and heart chakras, which are two of the primary areas from which courage arises. It strengthens loyalty and camaraderie, as well as self-confidence and groundedness. It dispels irrational fears and ‘victim consciousness,’ freeing one to live with zest and vigor.

Bixbite harmonizes with Ruby, which enhances its effects on the root chakra. It is excellent with heart stones such as Morganite, Dioptase, Kunzite, Emerald and Rhodocrosite. All these bring additional energy to Bixbite’s support of emotional healing and love. Bixbite works well with other beryls, such as Aquamarine and Heliodor, spreading out the positive influence to encompass the entire energy body. To spiritualize the life force and love generated through Bixbite, Phenacite and Beryllonite are powerful tools. Both stimulate the third eye, enhancing inner vision and lending insight into the emotional or physical issues awakened by Bixbite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Bixbite is a powerful Earth element stone for those who have manifested illness due to lack of self-love, or even as a means of self-attack. Bixbite can help one feel more loving toward oneself and others. It stimulates self-esteem and encourages one to honor one’s gifts and abilities. It helps ground one’s energy into the physical domain and encourages one to express one’s energy through action or movement. It helps support athletes and others who use their physical bodies extensively, infusing the body with vitality and stamina.

Bixbite powerfully stimulates the physical body to action, repair and healing. It is an excellent ally for all types of healing work, most notably healing of the liver, sexual organs and bone marrow. It can be a useful support in energetically treating leukemia or other cancers. Bixbite stimulates the sexual organs and can help in issues of infertility. It assists those who have experienced sexual abuse to feel more balanced and healthy toward sexual expression. It is an excellent stone for sexual imbalances—particularly those involving emotional issues,

SPIRITUAL   Bixbite helps ground energy into the physical body, strengthening the entire vibrational field, but especially stimulating the Earthstar below the soles of the feet and the first chakra at the base of the spine. It stimulates one to action and assists one in becoming ‘unstuck’ when one can’t see a way out of an undesirable circumstance.

EMOTIONAL   Bixbite helps one to feel a higher degree of self-esteem and to care more for oneself on all levels. It is an excellent stone for healing from sexual abuse. It helps prevent one from attacking oneself through self-sabotage, self-mutilation or self-destructive behavior.

PHYSICAL   Bixbite strengthens the liver, bone marrow and sexual organs. It increases general vitality and stamina, supporting the physical body’s ability to repair itself.

AFFIRMATION   I dive into life with courage, passion, confidence, joy and love.

BLACK PHANTOM QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Bringing Light into dark aspects of the self, releasing self-judgment, reclaiming lost soul fragments, courage and resolve, increased self-awareness

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Black Phantom Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It grows in prismatic crystals, like many varieties of Quartz. Black Phantom Quartz is characterized by ‘phantom’ inclusions of carbon or manganese, often echoing within the body of the crystal the form of a termination point from an earlier stage of the crystal’s growth. Some of the best specimens of Black Phantom Quartz are found in Arkansas, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Black Phantom Quartz is a useful tool for seeing and integrating one’s personal shadow. The shadow self contains all that has been denied or labeled unacceptable by one’s family, community, culture and by internalizations in oneself. We are mostly unconscious of our shadows, and keeping the shadow in the unconscious saps one’s life force. Therefore, inner work that brings shadow material to consciousness can free these bound energies for use by the conscious self. Such work also reunites the missing or ‘lost’ parts of the soul, healing the psyche and bringing a deeper sense of wholeness. Using Black Phantom Quartz in meditation, prayer or dream work can assist in opening the inner doors so this material can be experienced, understood and released.

Black Phantom Quartz, through the light it helps one shed upon the dark areas of the self, quiets the inner ‘judge’ which is always saying that one is ‘not good enough.’ It fosters self-acceptance and self-love, making it possible to more easily offer unconditional love to others.

If there are past-life patterns which feed into one’s psychological limitations in this life, Black Phantom Quartz can be used to help recall and release them. These stones are not particularly helpful for simply ‘browsing through the files’ of one’s past lives, but they are ideal tools for honing in on the particular lives which are relevant to one’s difficulties in the present incarnation. To enhance the visionary quality of such inner experiences, it is recommended to combine Black Phantom Quartz with Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ and/or Phenacite.

Manganese-based Black Phantom Quartz crystals can assist one in overcoming stubbornness and/or reluctance to try new things. It is a stone which helps one take appropriate action based on new insights, and it aids in overcoming the initial inertia one encounters when trying to change an old habit. Carbon-based Black Phantoms are supportive of the physical body and can assist in the physical cleansing and healing which often accompany psychological breakthroughs. It also helps one see the connections between psychological symptoms and physical problems.

Black Phantom Quartz of both types harmonizes well with Moldavite, which can accelerate the inner processes initiated through working with the crystals. Natrolite, Scolecite, Danburite, Petalite and Azeztulite can help one to focus on the spiritual aspects of the changes initiated by working with these powerful crystals.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Black Phantom Quartz assists one in grounding one’s ideas, one’s power and one’s determination into the Earth plane. The energies of carbon-containing Black Phantoms and Manganese-containing Black Phantoms are slightly different, but both act to pull the etheric realms into the physical.

Black Phantoms containing carbon as their predominant inclusion are powerful stones for grounding etheric energy into the body for the healing of physical disease. They assist in integrating Light energy at a cellular level and help strengthen the body’s energy systems. They can be used to help one escape from the inner ego-dialog that creates fear, discouragement and a negative self-image. Their energy lends the determination to continue on one’s path and undertake new ventures, even when the outcome is uncertain and the way unclear.

Black Phantom Quartz that has manganese inclusions can be used to lend courage to one’s heart when one is faced with difficulty. They help strengthen the nervous system and the cardiopulmonary system. Manganese Black Phantom Quartz can help one find and appropriately utilize one’s power in any situation. These stones are particularly useful for those who are attempting to extricate themselves from difficult relationships, job situations, or any situation where the right use of one’s power is required to make a stand and set firm boundaries. They are excellent for overcoming fear of confrontation or the fear of using personal power, which is based in the fear of misusing that power.

SPIRITUAL   All Black Phantom Quartz crystals can be used to help draw high-frequency energy into the physical and energetic systems. Their energies strengthen the aura, help repair auric leaks and remove cords and arrows that may be attached to the auric field.

EMOTIONAL   All Black Phantom Quartz can assist one in overcoming limiting self-talk and fear of owning or using one’s personal power. Its energy can assist in setting clear boundaries about what one will and will not accept in one’s life and experience—particularly when those boundaries are necessary for healing and clearing negative power use in relationships. The frequency of these allies helps one find new determination to carry on through difficult circumstances and can strengthen one’s resolve to move through obstacles.

PHYSICAL   Carbon-based Black Phantom Quartz aids in strengthening the physical body, especially the muscular and skeletal systems. It can be used to counter osteoporosis, fragile bones and weakened muscles. Manganese-based Black Phantoms can assist in strengthening the heart and lungs and supporting the nervous system and myelin neural sheaths.

AFFIRMATION   I reclaim all the lost and exiled parts of myself, and I joyfully welcome them as they bring me into ever-greater wholeness.

BLOODSTONE

KEY WORDS      Strength, courage, purification, vitality

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st)

Bloodstone is a variety of opaque chalcedony with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. It is dark green with red spots and blotches. It is also known as Heliotrope, from the Greek meaning ‘sun turner,’ although the derivation of this name is not known. In the Middle Ages, the red spots in Bloodstone were thought to be spots of Christ’s blood, and special magical powers were attributed to the stones. Bloodstone deposits have been found in India, China, Brazil, Australia and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Bloodstone is a great purifier, a healing tool for dispelling negative influences from the auric field and bringing one’s subtle energies into wholeness and balance. When this is done for the invisible self, the benefits for the physical self will follow.

Bloodstone grounds one fully in the body and with that grounding comes the enhancement of one’s capacity to function with strength, determination and courage through the whole range of challenges inherent in earthly life. Just as Bloodstone increases vitality, it also assists one in facing the realities of physical mortality and death. It is a good talisman for those who are ill, even if curing the illness is not possible, because of its power to let one look unflinchingly at the truth, whatever it is, and to move forward in the most appropriate ways.

Bloodstone is a stone of noble sacrifice, and it is perhaps more than coincidence that the red spots were once said to be drops of Christ’s blood. For those called to give of themselves for the good of the community, Bloodstone can offer courage and solace. It has a way of eliciting the highest, most altruistic character traits in whoever carries or uses it. At its most effective, it stimulates the urge toward Christ consciousness within the self. From this vibration, it can assist one in comprehending and appreciating this consciousness and in aspiring to feed its flame within the heart.

Bloodstone strengthens the root chakra, source of our physical energies, and it helps one dispel sluggishness in that area. Working with Bloodstone—wearing or carrying the stone—one may find an increase in one’s zest for living and in one’s endurance in physical activity. It is helpful for everyone from athletes to invalids because of its steady vibration of purification and well being.

Bloodstone works well in harmony with Cuprite, Smoky Quartz, Zincite, Black Tourmaline, Jet and Obsidian. The black stones enhance the purification aspect of Bloodstone, and the others work primarily to energize the lower chakras. For connection with the vibrations of Christ consciousness, one may wish to combine Bloodstone with Imperial Topaz, the truest stone of the Pink/Gold Ray. When Bloodstone is combined with Moldavite, its effects are accelerated and there is a strong force towards transformation of one’s life into alignment with one’s dharma—one’s highest path.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The energy of Bloodstone offers support and courage during times of adversity. It lends strength to the physical body and can help one maintain stamina during extreme difficulty. It also provides emotional support by helping one find the courage to follow one’s heart and take action based upon what one knows in one’s heart to be true. Bloodstone assists one in perceiving the correct course of action and can help one remain true to one’s path when faced with discouragement or resistance. It is often viewed as the stone of the ‘spiritual warrior.’ Its combination of Quartz and Red Jasper energies makes it ideal for those who feel abandoned by others, due to their pursuit of their spiritual path. It is excellent for those who are afraid of making decisions or who feel they need extra support in persevering with difficult actions.

SPIRITUAL Bloodstone instills courage and assists one in taking the right action. It can help one fulfill one’s commitments in the face of obstacles. It is excellent for those undergoing tremendous change in their lives due to spiritual awakening. It can help one to maintain faith in and trust the Divine and to overcome loneliness and find one’s inner strength.

EMOTIONAL   Bloodstone can keep one from becoming discouraged when one meets obstacles on one’s path. It can assist one in feeling capable and self-sufficient. It strengthens one’s sense of connection to the Divine, revealing feelings of isolation or loneliness as illusion.

PHYSICAL   As one would suspect from its name, Bloodstone is useful for all types of blood ailments. It works at the source of the blood, within the bone marrow. It can assist in strengthening and fortifying the blood and overcoming blood weaknesses such as anemia. It is stimulating to the liver and the endocrine system. It is also useful in balancing female hormonal imbalances and helping to stabilize the hormones throughout menopause.

AFFIRMATION   I am at home and alive in my physical body, which vibrates at its optimal level of strength, vitality and purity, and I act for the highest good of all.

BRAZILIANITE

KEY WORDS      Creativity, manifestation, cleansing, empowerment of the will, Atlantean connection

ELEMENT      Wind, Fire

CHAKRAS      Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Brazilianite is a sodium aluminum phosphate with a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 5.5. Its color is yellow to yellow-green, and it forms prismatic crystals. It is sometimes misidentified as Amblygonite or Chrysoberyl. It is found primarily in Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais, Brazil, as well as in New Hampshire in the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Brazilianite carries the vibrational energy of the ancient civilization of Atlantis and is associated with the creative power and force of directed and focused will, which was instrumental in many of the astounding accomplishments of the beings who dwelt there. Whether Atlantis actually existed on the material plane of the Earth or was in a higher-frequency domain, invisible to most of us now, the stone Brazilianite serves as a conduit for what one might call ‘the Atlantean energies.’ These energies, when focused through one’s own consciousness, can assist one in extraordinary acts of creativity and manifestation.

Atlantis was known in legend as a civilization of advanced psycho-spiritual technologies. Its inhabitants wielded tremendous energies through combining crystals with consciousness. Sacred geometric energy forms allowed Atlanteans to ‘beam up’ to higher realms. Shape shifting was practiced. Protective fields were built, using consciously directed chakra energies, amplified by crystals. Through the use of Brazilianite in meditation exercises, one may tap into the memory field of these practices, finding applications for use in one’s own life.

Clearly, the most obvious use for Brazilianite is to amplify the potency of one’s creative seeds and direct them into manifestation through the balanced use of the will. The will is primarily expressed through the solar plexus, or third chakra, and Brazilianite strongly magnifies third-chakra energies. Brazilianite’s message is that one should ‘go for it,’ or in the words of Goethe, “Whatever you can do, or think you can, begin it. Action has genius, power and magic in it.” As always, one is cautioned to be conscious and benevolent in directing the profound power of the focused will. One need only look to the fall of Atlantis, caused by misuse of its own power, to see the importance of this.

Brazilianite’s energies combine synergistically with Golden Labradorite, Heliodor, Datolite, Citrine, Scapolite and Golden Apatite. All of these stones stimulate the solar plexus and enhance one’s personal power of manifestation. Moldavite is particularly recommended with Brazilianite, because of its power to accelerate one’s evolutionary progress and its attunement to the highest good of each individual. This can safeguard one from unintended negative manifestations. When one’s intention is to manifest on Earth the visions one receives in the higher spiritual realms, Phenacite is an excellent ally for Brazilianite. If one wishes to balance the outward-directed power of Brazilianite with a more inward energy, Aqua Lemuria or Lemurian Jade are helpful tools.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Brazilianite is stimulating and cleansing on both physical and energetic levels. It can assist one in releasing anger or resentment and in speaking up when boundaries are crossed. It can assist one in gaining the courage to put forth one’s own ideas to the world, and so it is an excellent ally for writers and artists. Brazilianite assists one in coming out and sharing one’s gifts and talents with the world. It affects the second and third chakras, stimulating one’s ability to act upon one’s creative ideas and to move toward one’s vision.

Brazilianite is excellent for those who wish to overcome habitual victim patterns or who tend toward the martyr complex. It is a stone of taking responsibility for oneself, one’s talents, and one’s abilities, applying them through right action in the world.

SPIRITUAL   Brazilianite stimulates one’s creative capacity and expression. It can help one feel more passionate about life and more willing to take the risks to manifest one’s dreams.

EMOTIONAL   Brazilianite helps one to feel empowered and to abandon victim roles or manipulation of others. It assists one in releasing resentment, anger or other ego-based emotions. It helps one overcome fears of being judged by others.

PHYSICAL   Brazilianite beneficially influences the kidneys and spleen and, to a lesser extent, the sexual organs. It stimulates the endocrine system and hormone production. It can be useful in helping the body to rid itself of heavy metals and other contaminants.

AFFIRMATION   The power of my creativity and will increases for the manifestation of the highest good.

BROOKITE

KEY WORDS      Higher-chakra awakening and alignment, interdimensional communication

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Etheric (8th and beyond, above the head)

Brookite is a titanium oxide crystal with a hardness of 5.5 to 6. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. It often forms in metamorphic rocks, especially high-grade gneisses or schists. It occurs, rarely, as an inclusion in Quartz and more commonly as squarish charcoal-colored crystals under ½ inch in size. Good specimens are found in England, the French Alps and in Arkansas in the USA. Its color is most frequently dark gray or black, but it can also be yellow-brown or reddish-brown. In the Alps, veins with Brookite also often contain Rutile, Anatase and Albite.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Brookite is one of the primary power stones for expansion of awareness beyond the physical body. It is a powerful activator of the sixth and seventh chakras and the etheric chakras above the head. It can align all the upper chakras with the rest of one’s energy body, allowing one to explore the subtle realms with a highly sensitive and stable awareness.

When used at the third eye in meditation, Brookite can produce a deep, pulsating, rhythmic vibration that moves from the front of the forehead into the interior of the head and up through the crown. One may feel the physical eyes cross and turn toward the third eye (a desired goal of certain types of meditation), creating a triangular flow of energy which seems to move up and out of the crown chakra. Allowing the process to continue, one may expand into consciousness of the various levels of the etheric, astral and causal bodies. Often one will feel the benevolent presence of spirit guides and angels encouraging and assisting this process of expansion. Removing the stones from the third eye, one may feel a slow ‘gathering in’ of one’s energies as they return to the normal state. Yet such normalcy still retains the connection which has been established with the higher domains.

Brookite enables one to reach an expanded state in which one can communicate and commune with beings on the higher vibrational levels. It teaches one the nature of the higher levels of consciousness vibration. It can help one gain the ‘cosmic perspective’ that allows one to see even unpleasant situations as beneficial to growth. It is inspirational and energizing, assisting one in overcoming old patterns and moving ahead to greater inner development.

Brookite will combine well with other high-vibration stones such as Phenacite, Azeztulite, Danburite, Herderite, Seraphinite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Tibetan Tektite, Satyaloka Quartz, Petalite, Tanzanite, Elestial Calcite and Moldavite. If one feels the need to ground Brookite’s energy more deeply in the body, Zincite or Black Tourmaline are recommended. Brookite can be mounted harmoniously in jewelry with any of the stones mentioned above, plus Sugilite or Charoite when an element of psychic protection is desired. For those who feel over-stimulated by Brookite’s high vibrations, combining it with high-lithium stones such as Lilac Lepidolite and Amblygonite can calm the individual without one losing access to the higher realms.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Brookite is a powerful activator of the higher chakras, especially the third-eye, crown, and etheric chakras. It has a special ability to connect one to the consciousness of space and to beings who come from other regions of space or from other dimensions. Brookite acts as a facilitator, allowing one to connect with ET and interdimensional beings and to establish communication with other forms of life and consciousness in the Universe.

Brookite greatly enhances the practice of meditation, and facilitates access to inner states of communion with Creation. It also activates the chakra column, or Kundalini channel, that rises up the spine. It is excellent for those wishing to bridge the gap between the physical and spiritual realms. It enables one to access both the Nature spirits of the physical plane and the etheric guides of the spiritual realm. Brookite is an important stone in the ascension process, due to its ability to ground high-frequency Light energy into the body and the physical plane.

SPIRITUAL   Brookite is an ascension stone, helping one increase the vibratory frequency of the physical body. It enhances psychic communication and connection to extraterrestrial beings. It allows one to conceive of realities not based upon human consciousness, and promotes broadmindedness and tolerance of the viewpoints of others.

EMOTIONAL   Brookite helps one feel present in one’s body as a spiritual being. It can aid one in feeling less desperate for change and growth, encouraging one to focus on the now instead of striving for some ephemeral future reality. It encourages one to live one’s spiritual ideals.

PHYSICAL   Brookite helps one take in minerals, improving the assimilation of vitamins and nutrients from one’s food. It assists in the body’s processing of electromagnetic (Light) energy and encourages healthy adaptations to Light energy on a cellular level.

AFFIRMATION   I open and expand my awareness for communication and communion with my Higher Self, my spirit guides, and the community of beings who love and serve the Light.

BUMBLEBEE ‘JASPER’

KEY WORDS      Creative manifestation, adventure, mental acuity, personal power, confidence

ELEMENTS Earth, Fire

CHAKRAS      Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ is a composite mineral discovered in Indonesia in the late 1990s. Its name was inspired by its alternating yellow, orange and black layers that resemble the coloration of bumblebees. Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ is not a true jasper because it does not consist primarily of microcrystalline quartz. It is actually a sedimentary rock containing sulfur, manganese oxides, the arsenic-sulfide minerals realgar and orpiment, and the calcium-carbonate minerals calcite and aragonite. It forms in volcanic fumarole environments and is a porous, layered, multicolored rock cemented together by carbonate minerals. Its yellow layers are due to sulfur, the black to manganese oxides, and the orange to arsenic sulfides. Its hardness is about 4.0.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ resonates strongly with the second (sexual/creative) and third (solar plexus) chakras. It is highly energizing to both of these areas, bringing inspiration and intensity to the realm of one’s creative manifestation. These stones are powerful aids for melding passion and purpose together for the unfolding of one’s destiny. They can free blocked energies in the second and third chakras, allowing one to fully manifest the things one feels a deep inner calling to do. In this, they are uniquely valuable helpers. All of us have the experience of receiving an inspired idea that makes us want to give ourselves to a new project or artistic creation, and we all know how interferences large and small can slow and even stop us from achieving our dreams. The stone ally known as Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ can increase one’s power to persist and overcome obstacles. This is particularly true when one is attempting things that are deeply meaningful to us.

Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ is a stone of adventure. It stimulates one’s mental acuity, so one is more able to notice the ‘cubic centimeter of chance’—the moment when golden opportunities arise, and can be seized, if done quickly. These stones can increase the level of activation of the complex of neurons in the gut, making it possible to more readily be aware of one’s ‘gut feelings,’ or instincts. Our instincts must become conscious in us if we are to benefit from this aspect of our intelligence. Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ helps this process through its intensification of the energies in these areas.

Should one choose one or more creative adventures in life, Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ can be an ideal stone companion. It stimulates courage, assertiveness, endurance and concentration. If worn, it can increase mental clarity and sharpness. Its effect on consciousness is to motivate achievement in unusual areas specifically suited to one’s inner spiritual makeup.

In spiritual self-healing, Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ can help energetically cleanse and clear the intestinal tract, liver and kidneys. In emotional self-healing, it is an antidote to fear, indecisiveness and hesitation. In spiritual evolution, it sets one upon the path of one’s highest destiny.

Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ works with Moldavite for rapid self-transformation. With Phenacite, it helps one bring one’s new spiritual visions into manifest form. It works in synergy with Pietersite for manifestation of one’s dreams in the material world. It also resonates strongly with third-chakra stones such as Heliodor, Libyan Gold Tektite and Golden Apatite. Its stimulation of one’s higher purpose is accentuated by all Azeztulites, especially Azozeo super-activated Azeztulites. With Tibetan Tektite and Anandalite, Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ can help one to raise the kundalini energies above the first three chakras.

SPIRITUAL Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ invigorates one’s will and creative capacities. It works spiritually to teach one the possibilities of manifesting one’s dreams and inspirations.

EMOTIONAL   Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ helps one go beyond fear and hesitation, enhancing one’s confidence and sense of adventure.

PHYSICAL   Bumblebee ‘Jasper’ offers vibrational support to the intestines, liver and kidneys.

AFFIRMATION   I join my will and power to my inspiration, and I manifest my creative dreams in the world.

BUSTAMITE

KEY WORDS      Playfulness, joy, vitality, sexuality, creativity, dreams, initiation

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd)

Bustamite is a calcium manganese silicate mineral with a hardness of 6. Its crystal system is triclinic. Its color is light red to brownish red. It is found typically in metamorphic ores rich in manganese and its best-known occurrence is in the USA, at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. A more recent Bustamite discovery occurred in South Africa.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Bustamite clears and opens the root chakra, allowing for greater vitality and enjoyment of physical life. It is one of those stones that reminds one to appreciate the wonders of simply living as a human animal on a planet rich and diverse with life. Wearing or meditating with Bustamite activates one’s ability to dissolve the artificial barriers between one’s ‘self’ and the rest of the living Universe. It allows one to see the astonishing intertwinement of all things and to joyfully participate as a conscious aspect of All-That-Is.

Bustamite, as a consequence of its joy-creating vibrations, stimulates one’s creative and sexual energies as well. Carrying or wearing a piece of Bustamite during creative work or play can bring greater inspiration and fertility to one’s endeavors. The same can also happen when sexual intimacy is on the agenda. Keeping a piece of Bustamite on a table on each side of the bed can make for experiences which are quite memorable, and it can also increase the vividness of dreams.

On a most strictly spiritual level, Bustamite can assist one in making progress in meditation and can facilitate initiation experiences on the higher planes. Spirit guides and angelic beings seem to enjoy this energy, and it is easier for one to make contact with them while using these stones.

Bustamite combines well with Rhodocrosite for work concerning the healing of the inner child. As it encourages one’s sense of play, it brings forward repressed memories—of grief, woundings, fear, or even happy times which have slipped out of consciousness. These two stones are ideal for meditative or hypno-therapeutic work, in which the client is encouraged to bring forward lost memories, as an aspect of spiritual and emotional cleansing and renewal.

Another stone which works well with Bustamite is Strombolite, which enhances humor, play and levity. One can combine Lapis Lazuli and Rhodonite with Bustamite to reveal hidden or forgotten talents and creative gifts. For bringing one’s creative ideas into manifestation, Bustamite can be used with Brazilianite, Heliodor, Golden Labradorite and/or Phenacite. If one needs psychic protection to feel safe while recalling traumatic material from childhood or past lives, Bustamite can be used with Black Tourmaline, Jet, Smoky Quartz or Obsidian.

Bustamite sometimes occurs naturally in association with Zincite, as in the specimens from New Jersey. This is a most fortunate natural combination, since both stones strongly enhance creativity, sexuality and play. If one is fortunate enough to find such a specimen, it can be a powerful aid to one’s enjoyment of life.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Bustamite is a stone of joyful playfulness and can assist one in remembering the fun that can be present in all aspects of life. The energy of this stone helps one ‘lighten up’ and let go of overly restrictive, self-imposed rules. It is an excellent stone for reconnecting with the inner child. It helps one align with one’s ability to play and create freely.

Bustamite’s energy is stimulating to one’s creative capacity and artistic expression. It allows one to connect to the creative force of the Universe, making it an excellent stone for manifestation work. It helps encourage action toward one’s dreams and dispels feelings of immobility when one is faced with daunting tasks. It can help one overcome procrastination or avoidance of necessary action.

SPIRITUAL   Bustamite connects one to the energy of creation that fills and permeates the Universe. It helps one to cocreate with the Divine and to bring one’s ideas and projects to fruition. It is a valuable ally for working with the inner child, especially when one needs to remember how to play and express oneself spontaneously.

EMOTIONAL   Bustamite helps one feel less constricted by social rules, the judgments of others, or self-condemnation. It stimulates one’s ability to joyfully express one’s ideas, thoughts and energy. It helps one to feel optimistic and to face challenges with a ‘can-do’ attitude.

PHYSICAL   Bustamite stimulates the endocrine system, digestive system, and sexual organs.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace with joy my physical and spiritual selves, knowing them to be one and the same.

CACOXENITE

KEY WORDS      Alignment with the Divine plan, spiritual cleansing and purification, regeneration of the body

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Cacoxenite is a gold, yellow or brownish-colored inclusion sometimes found in Quartz or Amethyst. It forms within these crystals in fuzzy-looking lines or strands that can be mistaken for Rutile. Some of the finest Cacoxenite/Amethyst specimens have been found in Arizona, USA, but good specimens also come from Brazil.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Cacoxenite, especially the specimens found within Amethysts, are stones with the power to assist in one’s spiritual evolution and in raising the vibration of one’s physical self. The reprogramming of the cells to continually renew themselves and resist the aging process, as well as the activation of the ‘new’ strands of the genetic spiral, are both applications for which Cacoxenite is well suited. These processes may be initiated consciously through meditation and dream work, but they can also happen quite unconsciously through simply wearing or carrying the Cacoxenite stone.

Allied with Phenacite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Scolecite, Natrolite or Herderite, or a combination of these stones, Cacoxenite can powerfully activate the third-eye and crown chakras, for inner visionary experience and for interdimensional communication and connection to Spirit. Pairing Cacoxenite with Brookite, or adding Brookite to a combination of Cacoxenite and one or more of the upper-chakra stones mentioned above, will open the transpersonal chakras above the head and facilitate conscious travel beyond the physical body. Moldavite and Cacoxenite make the strongest pair for raising cellular vibrations and accelerating one’s evolutionary path. Combining facetted Amethyst with a polished slice of Cacoxenite in Amethyst will bring intensity and focus to the opening of the crown chakra and the provision of psychic protection. In body layouts and daily wear, Cacoxenite offers the attraction and grounding of the highest spiritual Light. If one wishes to utilize Cacoxenite as an adjunct to healing and/or regenerating the body, Sugilite and Seraphinite will aid in this process.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Cacoxenite in Quartz promotes the expansion of the crown and third-eye chakras. This expansion of consciousness aids in healing the perceived breach between the physical and spiritual realms. The energy of this stone helps remind one of one’s ability to open to Spirit when there is a need or desire for connection. Its vibration aids in aligning the third chakra with the Divine. This is helpful for those experiencing strong emotional upheaval or those who feel a struggle between the ego and the Divine’s plan.

By opening the connection to Spirit and then aligning one’s will with the Divine plan, Cacoxenite enables one to cleanse the energy systems of any negative attachments preventing one from moving forward on one’s path. Emotional ‘cords’ linking one to outmoded relationships can be dissolved in the Light of Spirit, which is grounded on the Earth plane by Cacoxenite. Alternately, if one is seeking a strong emotional connection with another person, Cacoxenite will strengthen those bonds, if they are aligned with the energy of the Divine.

Placing Cacoxenite on the third eye and solar plexus, one can initiate an energy flow of promoting the perception and understanding of emotional issues in one’s life. These can then be integrated and healed using the soothing violet light emanated by Cacoxenite-in-Quartz.

Cacoxenite can enable one to connect more easily with one’s guides or guardian spirits. When used in meditation, it facilitates connection with higher intelligences and can be used by channelers to enhance conscious connection and alignment with higher beings.

SPIRITUAL   Cacoxenite assists one in aligning one’s personal will with Divine Will. It clears and strengthens the connection to the spiritual realms, making it easier for one to understand the will of the Divine and to receive guidance about manifesting that will on the Earth plane.

EMOTIONAL   Cacoxenite fosters a sense of surrender to the Divine and helps keep egorebellion at bay. It can assist one in understanding the emotional basis for one’s life creations as it helps one feel empowered to align one’s life more closely with one’s spiritual vision.

PHYSICAL   Cacoxenite is useful for all types of stomach upset, digestive issues, and problems in nutrient assimilation. It is supportive for the adrenals and the thyroid.

AFFIRMATION   I cleanse myself of negative attachments and bring the highest spiritual Light into all levels of my being.

CALCITE

Calcite is a calcium carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3. Calcites are among the most varied and abundant crystals, and they occur in a wide variety of forms and colors. The molecular structure of the crystals is rhombohedral, but specimens can appear as scalenohedrons, rhombohedrons, prisms, masses, stalactites, etc. Calcite makes up the major part of most marbles and limestones. Calcite crystals are found on every continent. Large deposits of brightly colored Calcites occur in Mexico, and some of the most desired forms, such as Stellar Beam Calcites, are found in the USA. We discuss below the major types of Calcite that are important for metaphysical use.

ROBERT SIMMONS If one could work with only one type of crystal for all the various healing and spiritual energies, Calcite would be a tempting choice. The variety of colors and vibrations emanated by the different species of Calcite is rich, and virtually all Calcites do their work with gentleness. Calcite is a cleansing, refreshing, revitalizing influence. It opens blockages and activates the energy systems. It can bring the feeling of viewing the world with new eyes, enabling one to see the joy inherent in all aspects of life.

NAISHA AHSIAN   All forms of Calcite are excellent at removing blockages and assisting one in moving beyond past patterns. They stimulate the Fire element and assist in the movement of energy through the chakras and meridians. Each form of Calcite, however, addresses particular areas of the body and energy systems.

CLEAR CALCITE (Iceland Spar)

KEY WORDS      Insight, clarity, manifestation, forgiveness

ELEMENT      Fire, Wind

CHAKRAS      All

Clear Calcite (Iceland Spar) is a colorless, transparent variety, also known as optical Calcite. It is most frequently a rhombohedral crystal. It was originally discovered in Iceland but can also be found in Mexico and other localities. Clear Calcite is double refractive, so objects viewed through it will appear as if in two places at once.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Clear Calcite is the Calcite most akin to clear Quartz. Both stones can be programmed to amplify the effect of one’s intent, helping to bring that intent into the physical world. In addition, this stone is excellent for those in need of an ‘attitude adjustment.’ It helps one see clearly to the roots within the self of problems causing symptoms of anger, resentment, envy and/or arrogance, especially if accompanied by flare-ups of temper. With such insights, one can more easily forgive oneself and others for past actions and move toward the higher good. Also, the double-refractive nature of Clear Calcite allows those who use the stone in meditation to achieve a multilevel awareness, which allows one to hold paradoxical or contradictory ideas within the mind without taking one side or the other. This is especially useful, since it seems that reality is paradoxical in its very essence and those who wish to understand it must embrace paradox.

All types of Calcite work well with one another, but Clear Calcite also harmonizes with Moldavite, Phenacite, Azeztulite, Scolecite and Danburite. One can use Clear Calcite in conjunction with a Quartz laser wand to activate dormant or blocked chakras and meridians. In meditation or dream work, Clear Calcite can make one’s visions more detailed and vivid.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Clear optical Calcite assists one in perceiving where self-imposed limitations are preventing one from moving forward in one’s life. It assists one in getting out of one’s own way and releasing resistance to Divine Will. Its energy is related to both the Fire and the Wind elements. When these two elemental forces are stimulated together, they bring enhanced physical and mental energy, clarity and focus, and an experience of spiritual ‘fire.’ Clear Calcite helps one to invite Spirit into one’s life and to release resistance to the change that surrender brings. It helps one recognize where one is holding on to selfish or ego-based motivations, and to replace those motivations with desires more aligned with Spirit.

Clear Calcite helps remove energetic blockages impeding one’s spiritual connection. It assists in bringing clarity and understanding of the lessons behind current life situations. When placed on the chakras or energy meridians, Clear Calcite can dissolve constrictions, stagnation, densities or other blocked energies, restoring proper flow. It is excellent for the third eye, as it helps to open that energy center and promote psychic vision. It can help those who have trouble seeing auras begin to perceive colors and radiant light around others.

Clear Calcite helps one release attachment to the past and encourages one to begin again with a clean slate. It can help one forgive oneself and others for past mistakes. Clear Calcite instills a new hopefulness and zest for all of life’s experiences.

SPIRITUAL   Clear Calcite helps clear energetic blockages, stimulates the third eye, and aids in releasing the past. It can provide clarity about the correct path to take toward a new reality. It can help one see possibilities for renewal, growth and creation that were previously hidden.

EMOTIONAL   This ally assists in releasing fear-based or scarcity-based motivations for one’s actions and creations. It encourages forgiveness and charity toward oneself and others. It helps one surrender to the Divine and trust the Divine to steer one toward one’s highest good.

PHYSICAL   Clear Calcite can dissolve energy blockages, dispel stagnation or density in the energy systems, and stimulate energy flow throughout the aura. It stimulates metabolism and can be used as an aid for weight loss—particularly if one is using food as self-punishment.

AFFIRMATION   I see all aspects of myself and the world with ever-greater clarity, and I accept all that I see.

BLUE CALCITE

KEY WORDS      Psychic ability, astral travel, soothing the emotional body

ELEMENT      Fire, Air

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th)

Blue Calcite can occur in massive or rhombohedral form. It is found abundantly in Mexico, but specimens with the deepest color have been discovered in South Africa.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Blue Calcite is one of the most soothing stones to the emotional body. It softens the impact of psychic stimuli, allowing those who are energetically sensitive to relax, protected from the bombardment of other people’s thoughts and emotional energies. It provides a ‘cocoon’ of gentle blue spiritual Light which gradually wraps itself around the auric field of those who hold or carry it. This field enables one to float gently out of the body, either into the dream state or the domain of astral travel. If one is interested in making astral journeys, Blue Calcite is also helpful in screening out negative or unpleasant energies.

For those engaged in creative work, Blue Calcite stimulates one’s access to inspiration. It opens the inner avenue for conscious exploration of the unconscious realms, from which many of one’s most creative ideas spring. Blue Calcite also enhances dream life, in regard both to the vividness and symbolic content of dreams and to one’s ability to recall and integrate them. Blue Calcite’s stimulation of the throat chakra enables one to better express the insights one receives from inner explorations, in words, music or art.

Adding Moldavite will further enhance Blue Calcite’s protective quality. If one wishes to emphasize the expansion and movement of consciousness beyond the body, combining Herderite and/or Brookite with Blue Calcite will greatly enhance this effect. Further stimulation of the throat chakra can be provided by combining Blue Calcite with Aquamarine, Owyhee Blue Opal, Blue Chalcedony or Blue Lace Agate.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Blue Calcite helps remove blockages in the third eye and stimulates one’s intuitive and psychic abilities. It can aid in developing inner vision and clairvoyance. It can help one be more sensitive to the thoughts of others and it enhances telepathy and psychic communication over long distances. Blue Calcite is a stone of inspiration. It can facilitate the ‘aha’ experience if one has been struggling for a solution to a quandary.

Blue Calcite is an excellent stone for those who are fatalistic and ‘just can’t see’ how their personal choices and actions contribute to their reality. It helps one understand how one’s words and thoughts impact one’s reality—even if those thoughts and words are unspoken. It can assist one in refocusing the mind on positive thoughts and ideas and is an excellent stone for supporting work with affirmations.

Blue Calcite can be used to clear the throat chakra—particularly when one is hesitant to share one’s spiritual knowledge or information with others. It eases the flow of ideas and can be useful in overcoming writer’s or artist’s block.

SPIRITUAL   Blue Calcite promotes inner vision, clairvoyance and telepathy. It can help one refocus the mind on positive thoughts and it enhances the efficacy of affirmations. It can help one connect with one’s muse, as it eases the expression of creative thoughts and ideas.

EMOTIONAL   This ally allows one to overcome a sense of fatalism and to take more responsibility for creating one’s reality. It is generally calming to the emotions and can help one release stress and be more optimistic and empowered in one’s outlook.

PHYSICAL   Blue Calcite can be helpful in clearing congestion in the lungs and respiratory system. It is a good stone for emphysema, as it stimulates the lungs toward greater expansion and utilization of oxygen. Blue Calcite is also useful for headaches and is an excellent stone to use in the treatment of cataracts and other non-inflammatory diseases of the eyes.

AFFIRMATION   My intuitive awareness is always increasing, my emotions are calm and serene, and I express my inner visions with truth and clarity.

GREEN CALCITE

KEY WORDS      Relaxation, emotional balance, release of stress and resentment, connection with the heart

ELEMENT      Fire, Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Green Calcite is usually found in massive rather than crystalline form, and the richest deposits of high-quality material are in Mexico. The color can range from pale to emerald green.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Green Calcite’s energy is refreshing to the etheric body in the same way that a plunge into a swimming hole can be for the physical. It is cooling to the ‘hot’ emotions such as anger and irritability, it nurtures positive traits like compassion and altruism, and it clears the heart chakra of stress and other types of unhealthy psychic debris. It assists one in being more attuned to Nature and the spirits of plants and animals. Green Calcite helps one direct the attention of the mind to the urgings of the heart, assisting one in moving one’s center of attention to what the heart knows.

Green Calcite can improve the quality of meditations, helping to still the incessant voice of the thinking mind, allowing one to experience wordless awareness. Sleeping with Green Calcite can make dreams more pleasant. Carrying or wearing it can make one feel clear and relaxed amid the stresses of daily life.

Green Calcite harmonizes with all other Calcites, as well as Green Apophyllite, Chrysoprase, Petalite and Lepidolite. Green Apophyllite accentuates Green Calcite’s affinity for Nature spirits, and its gentle focus on the heart. The other stones work with Green Calcite to facilitate deep relaxation and the release of stress. Those using Green Calcite in a healing modality may increase its efficacy by adding Seraphinite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Green Calcite stimulates the heart chakra and the healing ability of the physical body. It brings a sense of freshness and vitality to the body and spirit and assists one in regaining one’s sense of purpose and possibility. It can bring fresh energy into any room or environment and is especially helpful for those with seasonal affective disorders or depression during the winter season.

Green Calcite can assist in removing past patterns around relationships and emotional attachment and can help one open more fully to Divine Love. It brings a softness to the heart and can help foster forgiveness and the release of grudges or resentment toward others. It stimulates compassion and a willingness to share Love with others. It can help one overcome social phobias due to its ability to make one more open to strangers.

Green Calcite is ideal for those who have manifested disease due to self-directed anger or resentment, resulting from difficult emotional experiences in the past. It helps one recognize where self-improvement or change in one’s habits is needed. It encourages growth and movement in one’s life and instills feelings of renewed purpose and willingness to change.

SPIRITUAL   Green Calcite helps one to resonate with Love energy and to express compassion and goodwill toward others. It brings a sense of renewed purpose and vitality and a desire to make positive change in one’s life.

EMOTIONAL   Green Calcite engenders forgiveness of oneself and others. It helps one recognize where self-improvement is needed and gives one the willingness and energy to change. It helps one feel kindness toward oneself and assists in overcoming social phobias.

PHYSICAL   Green Calcite helps with clearing excessive plaque and blockages in the arteries. It brings a general air of health, energy and well-being to the aura. Used directly over the heart chakra it can assist in releasing buried emotions that may have manifested into physical disease. Green Calcite can also stimulate the body to overcome decline and the effects of aging.

AFFIRMATION   I listen for the silent voice of my heart, and I follow its wisdom.

ORANGE CALCITE

KEY WORDS      Creativity, sexuality, playfulness, confidence, innovation

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Orange Calcite usually occurs in massive rather than crystalline form, and the best specimens come from Mexico. Is color can range from pale to vivid orange, and sometimes there are white inclusions. This stone is often fashioned into spheres and other shapes for both decorative and metaphysical purposes.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Orange Calcite helps one mobilize one’s energies and resources for all types of activities, especially those involving creativity and/or sexuality. It is ideal for those who are looking for new and innovative strategies for dealing with long-standing problems or stalled projects. Orange Calcite gets the energy moving and encourages one to see old dilemmas in new ways, so that the solution is right before one’s eyes.

Orange Calcite can be used for healing emotional issues related to wounds to one’s sexuality, creativity and/or will. It can be an ally for those working to recover from childhood experiences of shame and even deep issues like sexual abuse. Orange Calcite invigorates playfulness and encourages confidence. It can be a catalyst for inspiration and even a kind of mineral aphrodisiac. It will affect different people in different ways, according to their needs and receptivity.

Orange Calcite harmonizes with Carnelian, Golden Labradorite, Citrine, Heliodor and all other Calcites. Carnelian emphasizes the stimulation of sexual/creative energies. For issues regarding physical vitality, Cuprite can provide a valuable assist. In situations requiring insight and/or a magnification of Orange Calcite’s energies, clear Selenite is recommended.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Orange Calcite stimulates the physical body and one’s sexual and creative energy. It helps one overcome depression, lethargy or inactivity and can be a wonderful ally in reclaiming one’s health and vitality. Orange Calcite is a cardinal Fire element stone. It encourages warmth, circulation, metabolism and the flow of energy. It can assist one in dispelling the

Orange Calcite brings a ray of sunlight into the dark corners of one’s energy field, encouraging one to shake off the ‘blues’ and set one’s sights once again on one’s dreams. Orange Calcite helps clear and activate the second and third chakras (navel and solar-plexus areas). It is a powerful ally for those in the creative arts, or for those who wish to experience a fuller expression of their creativity. It is excellent for improving business or increasing the flow of money through already established channels.

Orange Calcite carries solar energy. It encourages one in new endeavors and helps one break out of old patterns. It is an excellent ally for overcoming shyness or indecision.

SPIRITUAL   Orange Calcite brings solar energy into one’s vibrational field and physical body. It aligns one’s thoughts with one’s will, assisting in taking action toward one’s goals.

EMOTIONAL   Orange Calcite is an excellent balancing stone for those with shyness or social phobias. Its energy stimulates the aura and the physical body, helping one overcome depression, lethargy or hopelessness.

PHYSICAL   Orange Calcite supports all the Fire element systems in the body—the endocrine system and hormonal balance, the digestive system and metabolism, and the sexual organs and sexuality. It is also helpful in removing blockages from the meridian system and in stimulating the second and third chakras.

AFFIRMATION   I vividly enjoy all dimensions of myself and my life and take pleasure in creating more.

HONEY CALCITE

KEY WORDS      Clarity of insight and action, confidence, persistence, intellectual power

ELEMENT      Fire, Wind

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th)

Honey Calcite can occur in either massive or rhombohedral crystal form. It is usually a transparent or semi-transparent golden-brown color. The most important source is Mexico.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Honey Calcite assists in bringing about that unique combination of mental clarity, focused energy and groundedness necessary to successfully complete complex tasks or long-term projects. It activates the root chakra, solar plexus and third eye, harmonizing and unifying their energies. It stimulates the intellect, making it possible for one to analyze challenges and see the most efficient solutions. It is one of the best stones for all types of work situations requiring full attention and persistence over the ‘long haul.’ It can help one overcome drowsiness, allowing one to stay alert during jobs that require long hours. At the same time, it facilitates a state of relaxation, so that one’s work does not result in stress.

Honey Calcite combines well with Moldavite, which can guide one to the work that suits one’s higher purpose. With Heliodor and Phenacite, Honey Calcite can be applied to the purpose of using the will and intellect to manifest one’s dreams. Honey Calcite will work with Natrolite and Scolecite to help one persist in meditation practices long enough to achieve the desired results. With Cuprite, Honey Calcite’s grounding of spiritual energies and stimulation of the root chakra are emphasized. Celestite, especially the Ohio tabular crystals, can be used with Honey Calcite to travel in the higher realms without losing one’s connection to the body and the Earth. Honey Calcite also harmonizes with all other Calcites.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Honey Calcite combines the energies of Fire and Wind, stimulating the will and the mind. It helps one understand how to put Divine inspiration and guidance into action. It helps clear the mind and prepare it to receive new learning and higher knowledge. It can be an effective aid for studying and developing new skills. Honey Calcite stimulates one to take new directions in life. It has the ability to ‘teach old dogs new tricks.’ It gives one the determination and faith to break out of old patterns and undertake exciting new directions.

Honey Calcite works primarily on the third chakra or solar plexus, though it has secondary effects on the third eye and crown. It helps one overcome fear of taking action and can assist in overcoming procrastination. Honey Calcite also stimulates one’s sense of self-worth.

Honey Calcite can be used to remove blockages preventing one from perceiving one’s full abundance. It assists in developing an attitude of gratitude and in recognizing that the Divine is providing everything one needs. It helps one open to the infinite well of abundance that is the Divine creation at the same time it reveals the ideas and beliefs that blinded one to it.

This ally teaches the right use of power and can assist one in perceiving and integrating lessons about the right use of power from this or other lifetimes. If you are afraid of misusing power, this ally can help you take responsibility for the correct use of power in this life. For those who use power to manipulate others or for personal gain, Honey Calcite offers immediate corrective energy, enabling one to be more spiritually aligned in the use of power.

Honey Calcite is a wonderful stone for those who have experienced sexual or emotional abuse, due to its ability to dislodge the restrictive patterns such abuses can create. It helps gland health and balance and can aid in correcting immune imbalances of all types.

SPIRITUAL   Honey Calcite teaches about the right use of power and the responsibility one has to employ one’s power for the highest good of all. It helps one to perceive infinite abundance and to overcome any limiting beliefs in scarcity. It assists one in learning of all types. It can help one recognize and develop a multiplicity of skills, both mundane and spiritual.

EMOTIONAL   Honey Calcite helps one to overcome feelings of being overwhelmed and to be positive about one’s ability to change one’s life. It enhances self-confidence and courage.

PHYSICAL   Like most Calcites, Honey Calcite works to balance the endocrine system and to balance hormone levels. It helps one to find healing from past abuse and to understand the lessons of power which those experiences have taught. It is strengthening to the pancreas and can assist in supporting healthy blood-sugar levels.

AFFIRMATION   I move confidently and effectively to manifest my higher purpose through my work in the world.

PINK CALCITE, OPAQUE

KEY WORDS      Well-being, wholeness, health, empathy and connection with the ‘mind of the heart’

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Opaque Pink Calcite has a creamy pink color and is found only in massive form. The pink comes from manganese. The only major source for these stones is Peru. They are available most frequently in free-form tumbled or hand-polished shapes such as spheres and eggs.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The electromagnetic field of the heart is one means by which one is connected to the fullness of All-That-Is. This field is in constant flux and can be read as a barometer of the overall well-being of the organism. In addition, when one is in a state of appreciation and equilibrium, one can attune to virtually anything or anyone through attention to the interaction of the entity in question with one’s own heart field. Opaque Pink Calcite can be used to facilitate that state of appreciative equilibrium. Its energies enhance and stabilize the heart’s field and make one potentially more perceptive of everything it touches. Because the heart knows without words, one’s consciousness through the heart field can take the form of empathic identification with whatever one perceives. In other words, through the heart, we ‘become what we behold.’ Such perception is one of the deep joys of life and is not to be missed. Opaque Pink Calcite is a tool for facilitating this and is therefore most valuable.

This is a stone of empathy, and it can aid individuals in increasing their empathic connections with others. It is a helpful tool for those who do ‘absent healing’ work, because it assists one in attuning to the energy fields of others, even if they are not present. It can be used to dispel arguments and stubbornness in oneself and others, because its stimulation of the empathic response leads one into seeing the other’s point of view as if it were one’s own. These are excellent stones for use in conflicts between parents and children. It is suggested to place one of these stones under the mattress of each party. Often, a spontaneous ‘peace treaty’ will come about!

Opaque Pink Calcite harmonizes with other heart stones, such as Rose Quartz, Morganite, Kunzite and Moldavite, as well as all other Calcites. Using it in conjunction with Transparent Pink Calcite, one can enhance the full spectrum of the heart’s physical and non-physical aspects. Pairing this stone with Moldavite will amplify and accelerate its effects.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Opaque Pink Calcite assists the body in integrating minerals, particularly calcium, from food and supplement sources. It carries the pattern of health and wholeness, subtly enhancing the auric field’s support of the body’s ability to regenerate tissue in recovery from surgery or traumatic injury. The energy of Pink Calcite encourages the optimal function of the physical heart at the same time it soothes and clears the emotional body. It is ideal for infants or elders experiencing heart difficulties. Pink Calcite can also stimulate the gentle release of buried anger or grief, in order to fully clear one’s emotional patterns.

Placing these stones in a window in a child’s bedroom or play area infuses the area with supportive, calming and loving energy. This holds true for adults as well—filling the living space with a relaxing, clearing and revitalizing vibration. Pink Calcite is wonderful in areas where people may be feeling strong emotional turmoil or trauma—such as healing rooms, therapists’ offices, clinics or hospitals. It helps alleviate hysteria and encourages the release of emotions while supporting and uplifting the heart.

Pink Calcite is an excellent tool for those who have difficulty connecting with their emotions or who tend to bury their emotions beneath a veneer of intellectualism, cynicism or sarcasm. It can assist these individuals in being more honest in their communications and can help prevent passive-aggressive behavior and/or irrational anger. This stone is also stimulating to the circulation and aids in the distribution of nutrients to the tissues.

SPIRITUAL   Opaque Pink Calcite connects one to Divine Love and activates the heart.

EMOTIONAL   Pink Calcite is an excellent stone for the health of the emotional body. It can assist in clearing blocks to emotional expression and in clearing long-standing emotional patterns which one has outgrown. It is a powerful ally to employ for supporting those in deep grief, trauma or emotional hysteria.

PHYSICAL   This stone assists in tissue regeneration and healing after trauma and surgery. It can aid people with heart disease, especially those who have difficulty expressing their true feelings. It aids circulation and the distribution and assimilation of nutrients in the body.

AFFIRMATION   My heart is in a state of constant well-being and appreciation, and through my heart, I am connected with All-That-Is.

PINK CALCITE, TRANSPARENT

KEY WORDS      Emotional healing, compassion, joy

ELEMENT      Fire, Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Transparent Pink Calcite occurs in rhombohedral crystals which vary from very pale pink to deep salmon-pink, sometimes also including yellow tones. The most abundant source for these crystals is Mexico.

ROBERT SIMMONS Transparent Pink Calcite is a stone of deep compassion, and it generates this energy in those who work with it. This compassion occurs first for oneself and one’s past mistakes and fear-based decisions, and then for others.

Transparent Pink Calcite also facilitates the state of nonjudgmental acceptance and unconditional love. This stone connects to the energy of Kwan Yin, bodhisattva of compassion, and those who are drawn to her energy may find a harmonic resonance with these beautiful crystals. In fact, one may use Transparent Pink Calcite in meditation and ritual, in order to consciously connect with Kwan Yin. Sometimes, in such meditations, one will feel the unexpected joyful opening of the heart, filling the physical and energetic bodies with love. When this happens, one will know She is there.

Looking into the interior of one of these gemlike Pink Calcites can bring one into a state of rapturous appreciation of the beauty of existence. This in turn can kindle the flame of joy in one’s own heart. For those drawn to such an experience, meditation with one of these stones, imagining the crystal moving into the chest and merging with one’s own heart, is highly recommended.

Transparent Pink Calcite resonates especially well with Pink Tourmaline and also harmonizes with other heart stones, such as Rose Quartz, Morganite and Kunzite. Combining it with stones such as Lilac Lepidolite and/or Amethyst can enhance the feeling of connection with the higher realms of Spirit. To further strengthen this connection, Phenacite and Danburite are particularly recommended.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The clear varieties of Pink Calcite are less potent on the physical level than their opaque cousins but are much more stimulating to the emotional and energetic bodies. These stones are among the few that can resonate with both Fire and Water energy, helping to balance the emotional and action-oriented aspects of self. They stimulate the heart and solar plexus, allowing one to take action based upon the truth of one’s heart.

Transparent Pink Calcite helps dissolve energetic ‘scar tissue’ and other vibrational debris around the heart and solar-plexus chakras. It allows for the release of constriction and an acceleration of the expansion of these chakras. This creates a healing of the will and heart, allowing one to reclaim confidence in oneself and in the guidance one receives from Spirit. This in turn helps one overcome fear of taking action and putting one’s heart forward in the world. Clear Pink Calcite lends a sense of compassion to the heart and allows one to overcome personal limitations in order to be of service to the highest good.

SPIRITUAL   Transparent Pink Calcite helps clear past trauma from the emotional body, whether the trauma is from this incarnation or from past lives. It helps clear ancestral emotional patterns from the genetic memory to ensure healthier emotional expression in future generations. It opens, cleanses and stimulates the heart and solar-plexus chakras.

EMOTIONAL   Transparent Pink Calcite is excellent for all aspects of emotional healing. It assists in taking action toward the truth of one’s heart. It engenders a sense of compassion and loving radiance toward others.

PHYSICAL   Transparent Pink Calcite is supportive of general heart health and can assist in balancing digestive problems due to emotional upset or stress. It is an excellent stone to encourage bonding between new mothers and infants.

AFFIRMATION   My emotional body is healed and whole, and I extend the grace of my heart’s compassion to myself and all beings.

RED CALCITE

KEY WORDS      Vitality, sensory awareness, clarity

ELEMENT      Fire, Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Crown (7th)

Red Calcite occurs in rhombohedral crystals and in massive form. Its color ranges through various shades of red to orangish and pinkish red. Most crystals are partially translucent, and some exhibit colorless semitransparent areas. The most abundant source for Red Calcite is Mexico.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Red Calcite is a stone of ‘soft vitality,’ in the sense that it energizes the base chakra and brings in additional prana, or life force energy, yet it does so in a subtle way that is very easy to accept, and it brings no ‘jolts’ or discomforts with it. These stones also link the base chakra with the crown, bridging the frequent ‘gap’ between physical existence and spiritual life. Red Calcite helps one appreciate the wonders of physical life and the ecstasies of sense-perception. It can dispel the half-sleep of ‘normal’ consciousness and help restore the sense of wonder which full awareness brings. It allows one to learn to give complete attention to the senses whenever one desires to do so. This can sometimes bring the profound benefit of shutting down the inner dialog of the brain and giving one the experience of wordless consciousness. Meditation outdoors with Red Calcite, in the most natural setting possible, is recommended for facilitating this experience.

Red Calcite works well with Cuprite, Ruby and Red Garnet for enhancement of life-force energies. For additional grounding, Hematite, Smoky Quartz, Black Andradite Garnet and/or Black Tourmaline are recommended. Celestite can bring a feeling of spiritual upliftment to Red Calcite’s energies. This stone also harmonizes and easily blends its energies with all other varieties of Calcite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   As with all Fire element stones, Red Calcite governs the movement of energy through the physical realm. It is active on the endocrine system and the lymphatic system. Red Calcite is an excellent stone for women of all ages, as it assists in balancing hormones and in absorbing minerals. It is excellent for weight loss or detoxification of the physical body. It is helpful for those who are sexually unbalanced or who have deep fear around sexual intimacy. It can be used to support women in preparing for pregnancy or childbirth.

Red Calcite can benefit those who resist being in their bodies by helping them learn to appreciate their bodies and physical experience. It prevents spaciness by burning through the fog of confusion, allowing one to make decisions and take action. Red Calcite can be used to support tantric practice and to raise the general energy and vitality level of the body.

This ally assists in establishing new habits and following through on commitments. It can help one set appropriate physical and emotional boundaries by engendering a realistic view of one’s time and resources. It can aid those who constantly overextend or over-commit themselves in saying ‘no.’ It can also help the over-regimented themselves be more spontaneous.

SPIRITUAL   Red Calcite can assist one in feeling comfortable being physical and can help one enjoy sensory experience. It assists one in seeing the sacred in the mundane. It is grounding and can help counter excessive spaciness.

EMOTIONAL   Red Calcite helps one feel more vital, energetic, and willing to experience life. It can aid in overcoming fears around sexuality or the expression of passion or affection. It can help one prevent overextension of one’s energies and alleviate feelings of being overwhelmed.

PHYSICAL   Red Calcite is ideal for supporting reproductive health, pregnancy and birth. It helps to balance the endocrine system and regulate hormones. It encourages bone growth and density. It is useful for healing broken bones or in instances of bone degeneration—particularly bone loss due to hormonal changes. Red Calcite also helps strengthen the blood.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace the experience of my physical life, knowing it to be fully intertwined with my spiritual life.

STELLAR BEAM CALCITE

KEY WORDS      Divine will, manifestation, interdimensional travel, access to higher knowledge.

ELEMENT      Fire, Storm

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal and Etheric (8th and beyond, above the head)

Stellar Beam Calcite is a scalenohedral Calcite crystal formation with long, sharp terminations, usually amber or yellow in color. Some of the best specimens come from Tennessee, in the USA. The name ‘Stellar Beam’ is believed to be derived from their visual resemblance to imagined spaceships, and perhaps also because of the intensity of the energies directed through the terminations.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Stellar Beam Calcites are one of the two most interdimensional Calcites, the other being Merkabite Calcite. They are very powerful for stimulating the third eye and crown chakras, and they align these chakras with those in the higher etheric body, making possible an ‘ascension’ into higher realms of consciousness. They stimulate remembrance of the individual’s experiences in the pre-birth state of full immersion in Spirit, and they assist in the recollection of past lives. Stellar Beam Calcites also carry the vibrational frequencies associated with extraterrestrial intelligences, and they can help one establish contact with these beings in meditation or dreams, or in the peculiar state of ‘out-of-body wakefulness’ that many ET contactees have reported.

In addition, Stellar Beam Calcites can facilitate inner travel through corridors of sacred geometric forms, through which one can gain access to the Hall of the Akashic Records, as well as other non-physical archives of past knowledge and information. Atlantis, Lemuria and ancient Egypt (with its connections to Sirius) are among the civilizations whose spiritual secrets can be found with these tools. Skilled travelers can also attune to the morphic fields of an almost unlimited range of information, especially those existing in the history of the Earth.

Stellar Beam Calcite harmonizes especially well with Merkabite Calcite, and together they multiply one another’s effects with regard to interdimensional travel. Other stones that combine synergistically for this type of application include Azeztulite, Phenacite, Natrolite, Herderite, Petalite, Scolecite, Clear Apophyllite and Danburite. However, tabular Celestite crystals are the ideal complementary stone for Stellar Beam Calcite. These Celestites are just as powerful as the Stellar Beams, and they too lift consciousness to the higher realms, adding an energy of serenity which can ‘calm down’ the high vibrations of the Stellar Beams without diminishing them. For increasing Stellar Beam Calcite’s capacity for manifestation, Heliodor and Golden Labradorite are the most highly recommended stones.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Stellar Beam Calcites stimulate the higher chakras and assist one in opening to Divine Mind and Divine Will. These are excellent for meditation, especially when one is seeking guidance on issues of service or the manifestation of one’s spiritual path. This stone is helpful in overcoming resistance to one’s dharmic path or to claiming one’s full power. Stellar Beam Calcite stimulates the third eye and crown while aligning the solar-plexus chakra with Divine Will. It assists one in manifesting Divine Will on Earth.

Stellar Beam Calcite can be of great use for those seeking to connect with spirit guides and/or angels. Its energy helps ensure that only the highest guides available will be accessed during meditation. It can also assist in the transition between guides, when one has outgrown one guide and is moving on to another level of learning. It is an ideal protective stone for mediums and others who work in the astral realms.

Stellar Beam Calcites are excellent tools for psychic surgery. They have a laser-like precision that allows one to perform precise extractions of blockages, entities or other densities in the aura. They are useful in restructuring and healing the etheric blueprint to repair intrusions due to surgery, injury, limb removal or other traumas to the body’s energetic blueprint.

Stellar Beam Calcite is excellent for creating grids of the highest-frequency golden-white Light. Placing these crystals in a geometric formation around a healing or meditation area can create an empowered, sacred space for healing and spiritual exploration. These grids can also be used to create vortices of energy and dimensional doorways to higher frequency realms.

Once one has done the conscious work on changing limiting thoughts, habits and patterns, Stellar Beam Calcites can be ‘dragged’ through the energetic field to clear any lingering thought patterns that could cause relapse. They are useful for cleaning the energetic field upon return from shamanic journeys and for clearing spaces of negative thought-entities, poltergeists, and lingering patterns of imbalance.

SPIRITUAL   Stellar Beam Calcites are among the most powerful allies for invoking the golden-white Light. They fill one’s aura and one’s space with high-frequency Light, eradicating negative energy or thought forms. Used in grids they can align spaces and create energetic vortices and dimensional doorways. Stellar Beam Calcites are powerful psychic surgery tools. They assist in alignment with one’s highest guides and angels.

EMOTIONAL   Stellar Beam Calcite crystals can be used to clear the aura of negative thought forms, patterns or habits that may still remain after one has done conscious clearing work. They assist in aligning with Divine Will and empower one to progress on one’s highest path.

PHYSICAL   Stellar Beam Calcites are relatively inactive on a physical level, though they are useful for psychic surgery and energetic alignment with the Light.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace the full power of my consciousness and I open myself to multidimensional awareness.

MERKABITE CALCITE

KEY WORDS      Consciousness expansion, interdimensional travel, ascension, access to higher knowledge

ELEMENT      Fire, Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal and Etheric (8th and beyond, above the head)

Merkabite Calcite is a white variety that occurs in irregular crystalline forms, sometimes in disc-like shapes with wedge edges. It is found in the plains of western Kansas in the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Merkabite Calcite is simply an astonishing stone! When it is held to the third eye, one can feel a great rush of energy, like an interior wind, blowing through the upper chakras and out the top of the head. Allowing this energy to move through and aligning oneself with it, one can be transported, in definite stages, upwards through each of the seven Light-body chakras above the head. It can feel a bit like being on an elevator, and when the doors of perception open on each ‘floor,’ one experiences different and higher-frequency domains at each stop. Like Stellar Beam Calcite, Merkabite Calcite can facilitate access to multiple ‘halls of records’ and other interdimensional realms. It is fitting that these stones are named after the fabled Merkabah vehicle of Light mentioned in kabbalistic texts, for it opens many doorways within the inner realms.

These stones tap into the inner template for ascension of one’s consciousness, and the degree of activation will depend somewhat on one’s inner clarity and freedom from blockages. However, if there are blockages, the Merkabite will assist one in gently removing whatever congestion exists in the etheric body and the upper chakras. If one’s blockages exist below the fifth chakra, however, it might be useful to wear or hold a powerful stone such as Moldavite to clear things out on the lower levels. Merkabite Calcite appears not to connect with the body below the fifth chakra, at least not for clearing. However, it can help bring about the full integration of the Light body with the physical, once all the chakras are clear. Merkabite is a valuable tool for those seeking to evolve and integrate higher dimensions with the physical world.

Besides Moldavite, Merkabite Calcite works synergistically with Stellar Beam Calcite, Phenacite, Azeztulite, Danburite, Scolecite, Natrolite, Seraphinite, Ajoite, Fulgurite and most of the high-frequency stones. For those who need some grounding with it, Sugilite, Charoite or Amethyst is suggested. These are normally not grounding stones, but the Merkabite has such a high frequency that it simply won’t connect with many of the usual ones. If one’s heart chakra does not resonate with Merkabite Calcite, one may add Transparent and/or Opaque Pink Calcite to complete the necessary energetic circuitry. Merkabite Calcite is a stone that should be spread among people for the purpose of the overall raising of humanity’s vibration.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Merkabite is a powerful variety of Calcite that activates and cleanses the energetic field. It clears blockages and allows for the freer movement of energy. Merkabite is special, however, in its ability to activate the higher levels of consciousness, removing any blockages one may have in regard to connecting with the Higher Self. Merkabite assists one in releasing fears around expansion and assuming spiritual power. It encourages the right use of power and aids one in connecting with one’s path more definitely. Merkabite affirms, “I am, therefore I serve”. It connects the soul and the Higher Self with the physical aspect of the self, through the Light body and the nervous system.

SPIRITUAL   Merkabite Calcite helps one to connect to the Higher Self and assists one in taking on the fullness of one’s power.

EMOTIONAL   This ally aids in dissolving worry, fear and hesitation. It allows one to completely surrender to Divine Will and one’s Divine Path.

PHYSICAL   Merkabite Calcite stimulates the nervous system, energetic bodies and chakras. It can help activate and balance the hemispheres of the brain, assisting one in moving into the deeper brain-wave patterns.

AFFIRMATION   As my consciousness grows and ascends, I explore the many mansions within the house of Spirit.

ELESTIAL ANGEL CALCITE

KEY WORDS      Angelic communication, music of the spheres, link to the psychoid realm, visionary experience

ELEMENTS Wind, Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

Elestial Angel Calcite is the name given to a group of uniquely formed, clear-to-white calcite crystals found in certain desert areas of Arizona, USA. They are characterized by a very ‘wrinkly’ surface texture with many tiny fissures. Like other calcites, they are calcium-carbonate crystals with a hardness of 3 and a rhombohedral crystal system.

The form of these stones is reminiscent of Elestial Quartz crystals, and is part of the derivation of their name. They are called ‘Angel’ Calcites because of their perceived energetic link to the angelic realms. (Sometimes this material is called ‘White Moldavite,’ again because of the wrinkled surfaces, but these stones are unrelated to Moldavite.)

ROBERT SIMMONS Elestial Angel Calcites are among the most high-vibration, high-intensity calcite crystals. They feel in many ways more like Phenacite or Azeztulite than other calcites. When one holds two pieces of Elestial Angel Calcite, one at the third eye and one over the heart chakra, one experiences the formation of a flowing energetic circuit, enhancing the communication between heart and mind. This energy moves in a continuous loop, which builds an ever-increasing bond between the mental and emotional bodies.

Using Elestial Angel Calcite at the third eye, or using two pieces, one at each temple, creates an activation of the prefrontal lobes, the most advanced parts of the brain, which we have not yet learned to fully utilize. This can be experienced at first as a rhythmic pulsation in the head, but over time this can facilitate deeper activation, which can initiate new or more sensitive paranormal abilities.

The stimulation of this area facilitates the activation of many of our latent capacities, one of which is angelic communication. These stones have a natural affinity with the high, fine vibrations of the angelic realms, and they open us to experiencing them. These stones stimulate one’s ability to hear the ‘music of the spheres’—the astonishing harmonies of the ‘singing’ of angelic beings in the higher dimensions. This ‘singing’ is the vibrational expression of the very identity of these beings. Elestial Angel Calcites also awaken our inner vision to see in these domains, and to interact with the Angelic Ones who exist on that level.

Elestial Angel Calcites are natural inner gateway stones, opening conscious access to the ‘psychoid’ realm—the inner space where the spiritual and physical worlds overlap. This is the realm of shamanic journeys and encounters with spirit guides, extraterrestrials, devas and other spiritual beings such as Archetypes. For those who like exploring the inner worlds and wish to understand their effects on this world, Elestial Angel Calcites are a wonderful helper.

In spiritual self-healing, Elestial Angel Calcites can be used to relieve headaches and vibrationally support the central nervous system. They stimulate the areas of the brain linked to vision, and can inspire more vivid inner visions of spiritual realities. Individuals who have difficulty with constructing inner images may find needed help from the currents of these stones.

Elestial Angel Calcites are stones of interdimensional connection, assisting one in receiving inner guidance and tuning in to realms of the highest spiritual Light. To increase the interdimensional opening provided by Elestial Angel Calcite, combine it with Moldavite, Phenacite, Herderite and/or any variety of Azeztulite. These stones resonate well with the super-activated Azozeo Azeztulites.

For communing with entities of the angelic realm, I recommend using Elestial Angel Calcites in conjunction with Clear Apophyllite Pyramids and also Celestite. For the strongest possible connection with the devic realms, combine Elestial Angel Calcites with Green Apophyllite and/or Seriphos Green Quartz. For enhanced activation of one’s evolutionary unfoldment, add Herderite to the mix.

SPIRITUAL   Elestial Angel Calcite stimulates communion and communication with angelic beings. It opens interdimensional doorways and facilitates connection with a multitude of spiritual beings.

EMOTIONAL   Elestial Angel Calcite’s capacity to open one to awareness of beings in higher vibrational realms can bring experiences of joy and rapture.

PHYSICAL   Elestial Angel Calcite vibrationally supports the central nervous system, and can be used to dissolve energetic blockages and relieve headaches.

AFFIRMATION   I aspire to meet the Angelic Ones, and to share myself with them.

CARNELIAN

KEY WORDS      Courage, vitality, sexuality, confidence, action

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Carnelian is an orange-colored variety of Chaledony, a mineral in the Quartz family with a hardness of 7. Its name is derived from its resemblance in color to the Kornel type of cherry. Carnelian’s color can vary from pale orange to deep red-orange. Sometimes the material is banded in varying shades. Carnelian and all kinds of Chalcedony differ from Jasper (another Quartz mineral) in that the Quartz in Chalcedony is arranged in fibrous layers rather than the sugar-like grains found in Jasper. The finest Carnelians are found in India, although most of the stones on the market come from Brazil and Uruguay.

In ancient times, Carnelian was believed to give the wearer courage in battle and to help timid speakers become both eloquent and bold. This ancient lore about Carnelian is not essentially different from contemporary intuitive beliefs about it, which see it as a stone that supports qualities of leadership and courage.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Carnelian activates the first, second and third chakras, bringing an influx of life force, sexual and creative energies, and assertive will. It is a powerful aid to those who wish to build confidence, courage, passion and power within themselves. It is of great help to the gentle souls who wish for good things but have difficulty making them happen. Often, those who lean in the direction of spirituality do their inner work from the heart chakra up, ignoring the untidy realms of physical existence associated with the first three chakras. This is an error which can make one ineffectual and passive in one’s life. Without the vitality of the physical energies, one can neither enjoy life nor have much power over it. Carrying or wearing Carnelian can aid in awakening the vital energies of the three lower chakras, increasing zest for living and the willingness to takes the risks inherent in all strong actions.

Carnelian blends its energies well with all other varieties of Quartz, Jasper and Chalcedony. Combining it with Rose Quartz, Blue Lace Agate, Blue Quartz and Amethyst can bring about the harmonious activation of all seven chakras in the body. If extra grounding is needed, Smoky Quartz can be added at the root chakra. For higher vibrational activation to connect one with the Soul Star and etheric chakras, a clear Quartz laser wand can be employed. These all-Quartz stone combinations have a very easy energy flow among them. If one wishes to go further, into more intense energies, adding Moldavite at the heart chakra, Phenacite at the third eye, and Danburite or Petalite at the crown will bring all the energies up to a higher octave. And when one is using such high-frequency stones, Carnelian’s ability to keep one connected to the physical self is even more important.

One’s sexuality can also get a boost from Carnelian. These stones, along with Zincite and Orange Calcite, are among the most powerful for enhancing the lusty desires of the body, in conjunction with the playfulness of creative consciousness. Under proper circumstances, with the right partner, this path of passion can lead to the house of ecstasy and Divine union.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Carnelian is a powerful ally to call upon when one needs to take major action. It lends courage to ‘take the leap’ and dedicate oneself to a new path. Carnelian can assist those who procrastinate or are unable to decide on a course of action. When used in meditation, it can help one understand how to bring a concept into being. It is helpful in manifestation work due to its ability to stimulate one to take action toward one’s goals. The saying “God helps those who help themselves” describes the energy of Carnelian beautifully. It encourages one to stop waiting for one’s dreams to appear and instead begin to direct one’s own experiences as channels for Divine Will.

Another aspect of the energy of Carnelian is its ability to strengthen and fortify the physical body, enhancing the flow of life-force energy and its expression through physical vitality. When we neglect the physical, we are neglecting the temple in which our spirit resides. Carnelian’s energy resonates with the body, focusing one’s attention upon the state of the spirit’s house. We can strengthen our connection to the Divine by strengthening the physical structure which supports our spirit. Carnelian reminds us of the value of physical strength and health.

SPIRITUAL   Carnelian assists in taking action to manifest one’s highest goals and dreams.

EMOTIONAL   Carnelian helps one overcome fear of taking action or fear of doing the wrong thing. It assists one to embrace change and transformation in one’s life.

PHYSICAL   Carnelian lends vitality and energy to the physical body. It helps one purify and sanctify the body as a temple of the spirit. It is an excellent support for detoxifying from alcohol or other drugs, breaking negative or hurtful physical habits, and generally improving overall health. It is especially useful in balancing and healing the ovaries or testes.

AFFIRMATION   I am filled with the vital energies of life, and I take action with confidence and power.

CASSITERITE

KEY WORDS      Manifestation and destruction, birth and death, initiation, the liminal threshold

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral with a hardness of 6 to 7. Its name is derived from the Greek word for tin. Its crystal system is tetragonal, and it sometimes occurs in short, prismatic crystals, though it more frequently appears in massive, granular, radiated, fibrous or botryoidal forms. It has an adamantine to metallic luster, and its color ranges from reddish brown to brownish black, with some occasional colorless specimens. It can sometimes be cut into gems, though such high-grade pieces are rare. It has been found in Australia, Bolivia, Mexico, Malaysia, England and Namibia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Cassiterite connects one’s consciousness with the deep Source. It links the individual who uses, carries or wears it with the roots of Being and Becoming. It is a stone of initiation, and its vibration is that of the threshold, the liminal space between worlds. How can this be so? How can a stone be linked to both the Source and the Threshold? Because, in the spiritual domains, the Source and the Threshold are one and the same! Those who work with these stones in meditation or lucid dreaming are likely to become familiar with crossing many thresholds and moving through numerous interdimensional gates, because that is where Cassiterite’s vibrations take one. This trait makes it ideal for shamans, mediums, channelers and all those who work in the ‘other world.’ It facilitates the shifts of consciousness which make such inner journeys possible.

Cassiterite stimulates the lower chakras—root, sexual/creative and solar plexus—as well as the Earthstar below the body and the Soul Star and etheric chakras above the head. It is unique in that it works on the lowest bodily chakras as well as the transpersonal chakras. Yet this is necessary for its purpose as a stone of initiatory gateways. When one is making a major passage, one moves rapidly from the physical to the spiritual realms, or vice versa.

In spite of its heavy-duty nature, Cassiterite is a stone of optimism and even humor, allowing those who travel through the dimensions to do so with a light heart. It helps one recognize that even the deepest travails of life are but momentary stations on the path of the soul.

Cassiterite blends its energies especially well with Zincite and Cuprite, perhaps because of their similar chemical structure. All three stones are metal oxides. All three are dense and heavy, and all connect strongly with the lower chakras of the physical body. If one is in need of extra prana, or life-force energies, Cuprite will be of great assistance. If one wishes to rouse the sexual/creative fires in regard to the thresholds offered by Cassiterite, Zincite is the best possible ally.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Cassiterite is a powerful Storm energy stone that oversees the birth of energy into matter and the passing of matter back into energy. It resonates at the level of the doorway of birth and death, creation and destruction. This frequency of energy first pulls spirit into form, incarnating the soul into the body. It is present at the moment of birth, when the soul fully enters this world as an independent entity. It is also present at death, when energy departs the physical, which begins to break down until only energy remains.

Cassiterite’s vibration creates a doorway for manifestation or destruction. It can be used to enhance abundance and prosperity by assisting one in drawing energy into the form one desires. It can aid in breaking down old forms, releasing energy from outmoded structures.

Cassiterite helps one understand both the nature of impermanence and the concept of the omnipresent and eternal Divine source. In Cassiterite’s frequency realm, this paradox of impermanence and permanence is the natural condition of reality.

Used in meditation, Cassiterite can assist one in seeing what aspects of one’s life have become outmoded and must be returned to the source. Once one has cleared these patterns, this ally can assist in creating a new form for one’s energy to take. It acts as a doorway through which one can access the void of creation. It is a grounding stone, in that it brings the Divine Light into the physical realm. However, it can also help energy move in the opposite direction, freeing stuck patterns and assisting one in moving out of density and into the Light.

This is a powerful stone for grounding the souls of newborns into the body. It can also be used in death ceremonies to facilitate the soul in ascending from the body into the Light. During any rite of passage, it helps ensure that the past is freed and the future is made manifest. It can help one overcome the fear of death. For those who have had near-death experiences, Cassiterite allows them to return to Earth and complete their missions with grace.

SPIRITUAL   Cassiterite assists in the manifestation of new forms and the destruction of past forms. It acts as a dimensional doorway between the manifest and unmanifest realms and assists with passages of the soul from the Light into body and back into Light.

EMOTIONAL   Cassiterite assists one in overcoming the fear of death and in moving through change with grace and acceptance.

PHYSICAL   Cassiterite is excellent for those who have been given a terminal prognosis. It assists in making the transition between this world and the next with grace and without fear.

AFFIRMATION   I move forward, with courage, through all the transitions and thresholds of life and death.

CATHEDRAL QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Inner guidance, access to spiritual information, multidimensional consciousness

ELEMENT      Storm, Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Etheric and Transpersonal (8th through 14th)

Cathedral Quartz is the name given to a variety of colorless or white Quartz, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Cathedral Quartz is so named because its growing habit is one in which lesser points appear along the body of the main crystal, running parallel to the axis of the body and partially embedded in the main crystal body. Seeing them, one is reminded of the turrets of an ancient castle or cathedral, jutting slightly out from the main walls. Many fine examples of Cathedral Quartz have been mined in Brazil, but good specimens have also been found in Africa, Russia, Switzerland and Madagascar.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Cathedral Quartz crystals are among the richest of the information-bearing stones in the mineral kingdom. They have been programmed by spirit entities to make it possible for human beings to access the necessary knowledge for raising their vibrational frequencies and evolving into the next level of existence. These stones can be used by individuals, couples or groups working together. In fact, once one has attuned to the frequency of a particular Cathedral Quartz crystal, one can go into meditation and access its internal library, even without being near the crystal itself.

Among other things, these stones act as repositories of knowledge of the energetic structures of the higher dimensions. Through working with them, one can develop the clairvoyant vision necessary to create an internal ‘map’ of the astral, subtle, causal, devic, angelic and other realms. This makes them highly valuable to those wishing to explore these worlds. It is also important for those drawn to work in this way to do more than investigate and return. The ultimate benefit of such efforts is to allow humans to develop multidimensional awareness, in which one can see and be on many levels at the same time, understanding how all of them work in perfect harmony, as complementary frames of reference. With such vision and understanding, one can truly internalize the many paradoxes of existence—an essential aspect of the next stage of human evolution.

Some Cathedral Quartz crystals act as repositories of ‘historical’ information. Working with them in meditation, one can access a sort of visual record of the Atlantean and/or Lemurian domains, as well as the ancient Egyptian and other past civilizations. One can attune to the times of the visitations of the Star beings who taught humans how to use spiritual energies to carve and move the huge stones in such monuments as Stonehenge and Macchu Pichu. Some individuals who have developed their clairvoyant skills to a high degree may even be able to learn some of these techniques themselves. As one works over time with the Cathedral Quartz, one can move ever deeper into their encoding, beyond the ‘movie’ of past events and into the inner experiences of those who lived them.

Some Cathedral Quartz carries information on the uses and powers of other crystals and stones. Individuals wishing to access such information are advised to place the stone they wish to investigate in physical contact with a Cathedral Quartz. This helps create the energetic link necessary for one to access the field of knowledge about that stone. Then one can move into the necessary meditative state and ‘download’ the information.

Cathedral Quartz crystals can be used with any other stone, as well as with herbs, oils, sound and various frequencies of Light. With all of these, the crystals are capable of opening the inner doors to deeper knowledge. When placed on certain light boxes which can be programmed to pulsate with different colors at different speeds, Cathedral Quartz can catalyze almost instant entry into multidimensional consciousness.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Cathedral Quartz crystals carry the frequency of humanity’s most evolved soul potential. Everyone who has chosen to incorporate on the physical plane also has a soul entity overseeing the Earthly journey. These soul entities work together to direct the learning processes of all beings incarnate on Earth at any given time. They collectively offer guidance, support and a vision of what the potential for one’s spiritual growth can be. Utilizing the frequencies of Cathedral Quartz crystals, one can gain access to this guidance, wisdom and support. In meditation, these crystals offer a safe haven one can use as a base of exploration into the spiritual realms. By entering the stone in meditation, one can access the altar of this energy to energize and empower the physical body and one’s spiritual growth.

Like other ‘soul group’ Quartz formations, such as Cactus or Spirit Quartz, Celestial Quartz, and Elestial Quartz, this ally assists in learning to work in harmony with others to manifest new ways of being on the Earth plane. One can access these stones to learn new patterns for the political, educational and social structures which must be manifested to accommodate humanity’s evolution. They are excellent for calling in soul-group energies in healing rooms, meditation gatherings and other group settings.

SPIRITUAL   Cathedral Quartz teaches the necessity of moving beyond individualism and into cooperative group growth. If one feels isolated, having moved beyond one’s old friends or social milieu, Cathedral Quartz can assist in attracting a new group of like-minded persons with whom one can learn and grow. Used in meditation on an altar, Cathedral Quartz crystals create a safe, structured energetic environment from which one can explore the higher realms. They are excellent for group healing work or for spiritual communities of all kinds.

EMOTIONAL   Cathedral Quartz provides an excellent gateway for persons fearful of connecting with the higher realms. It can assist in maintaining forward progress in one’s life and growth and can help prevent spiritual ‘backsliding.’

PHYSICAL   Cathedral Quartz provides basic Quartz energy in a healing environment but is less susceptible to unconscious programming by stray energies. It brings a broad spectrum of Light into the energetic field and supports a balanced and vitalized aura.

AFFIRMATION   I open my consciousness to embrace higher knowledge and multidimensional awareness.

CAVANSITE

KEY WORDS      Clairvoyance and clairaudience, access to akashic records, enhanced communication, consciousness expansion

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Cavansite is a hydrous calcium vanadium oxide silicate with a hardness of 3 to 4. It occurs as prismatic or tabular crystals in rosettes, sometimes in association with other zeolite minerals such as Stilbite or Apophyllite. Cavansite’s color ranges from blue to bluish-green. The finest specimens from its famous location in Poona, India, are a deep ultramarine blue.

ROBERT SIMMONS   This is a stone of the purest Blue Ray vibrations. It unites the energies of the fifth and sixth chakras—the throat and the third eye—facilitating clear insight and articulate communication of what has been seen and understood. Thus Cavansite is a stone of inner truth. It opens one’s mind to direct comprehension and allows one to be a clear channel for higher truth.

There are in the mystical traditions stories of the Akashic records, an inner ‘library’ containing all knowledge and history. Gifted and persistent individuals can learn to attune to the frequencies of such fields of knowledge. Both ‘idiot savants’ and ‘genius savants’ like Rudolf Steiner are able to tap into certain of these fields. For those who wish to develop such abilities, Cavansite can be a useful tool, since it vibrates to the frequencies of inner knowledge and truth. Working with it in meditation, one can learn to resonate with and attune to these fields. Such direct knowing is within the potential of all human beings, and helping one to realize these potentials is the gift of Cavansite.

In a similar manner, Cavansite can assist those who ‘channel’ spiritual information, or who wish to do so. It can aid one in all areas of intuition, including psychic abilities such as mediumship, psychokinesis, psychometry, remote viewing, etc. It can help one to step aside and let one’s truth flow freely, without the interference of thought or doubt.

Cavansite is soothing to the emotions and calming to frayed nerves. It allows one to relax and let go of outmoded ideas. It assists one in getting free of ‘stuckness’ both in the mind and in external situations. It helps one find the courage and the gentleness to speak the words that must be said, without inflicting blame or shame. It is an excellent stone to carry or wear in difficult situations in which one wishes to avoid conflict without sacrificing truth.

Cavansite sometimes grows intermingled with crystals of Stilbite, and this is a wonderful, serendipitous combination. To the qualities already mentioned for Cavansite, one may add the virtues of Stilbite, which include a profound and delicate softness and a quiet and unceasing joy. Stilbites are clearly stones of the love vibration. They are opening and healing to the heart chakra, and they help one maintain openness and emotional vulnerability, even in the most difficult situations. When used in meditation, Stilbite provides a calm and effortless expansion of consciousness into the astral realm, and beyond that to the subtle and causal dimensions. The expansion it offers is so gentle that one can easily fall into bliss and not realize fully what has happened. For those who are restless at night, Cavansite/Stilbite can bring a calming influence which helps one drift into sleep. For those who have difficulty meditating or quieting the mind’s inner dialog, Cavansite/Stilbite can be the bringer of inner peace that frees the Self. For those healing from loss and grief, it can be a balm to the emotions.

Cavansite and Stilbite together can be a profoundly opening and healing combination of truth, love and peace. It can open the doors of perception while increasing one’s attunement with the realm of the heart. In this way, it provides profound centering and upliftment. The beauty of these stones further reflects the properties they awaken in the self.

Cavansite also resonates well with Apophyllite, for interdimensional travel and enhancement of psychic and clairvoyant capacities. It can be combined with stones such as Rose Quartz, Morganite, Pink Tourmaline and/or Emerald to bring about an enlightened communion of the higher mind and heart.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Cavansite is a beautiful and powerful Wind element ally. Its pure Blue Ray embodies the energies of revelation, breakthrough, understanding, prophecy and spiritual enlightenment. Its energy helps one reach a place of great stillness in meditation, where the presence of the I AM joins in direct communion with the individual soul.

Cavansite brings a frequency of joy, willingness, excitement and curiosity that can help one to move beyond apathy and disillusionment. It can aid in accessing levels of guidance and knowledge that will propel one into the next phase of one’s growth. Cavansite is a stone of transition. It helps one perceive the lessons learned in past experiences and joyfully release those lessons so one can move gracefully into the future. It can assist with all manner of psychic work but is especially helpful in the practice of clairvoyance and clairaudience.

Cavansite is an excellent ally for anyone undertaking the communication of ideas or guidance, particularly when it is in written form. For teachers and writers, it can assist one in being clear, concise and succinct in the communication of one’s intended message.

The Wind element energy of this stone stimulates one’s Fire element, helping one feel energized, excited and hopeful about the future. It can assist one in gaining information about necessary next steps when one is undertaking a new project or path.

SPIRITUAL   Cavansite is an aid to clear communication and can assist one in connecting with new teachers or guides when one is ready to move to a new level. It stimulates the third eye and can be used to help develop one’s visual perception of energies. It is an excellent meditation stone, but it may be too stimulating for overly mental individuals and should, in that case, be combined with a Manganese-bearing mineral to soften and ground its energy.

EMOTIONAL   Cavansite can help one overcome feelings of hopelessness, lack of direction, confusion and cynicism. It brings a joyful, optimistic energy to one’s emotional body. Its pure Blue Ray assists one in moving beyond past emotional experiences and embracing the future with curiosity and courage.

PHYSICAL   Cavansite’s energy is stimulating to the endocrine system, especially the pituitary and pineal glands. It can be used to help counter stress-induced illness, particularly migraines or headaches triggered by stressful situations.

AFFIRMATION   I move into the future with enthusiasm and optimistic expectation, and I am supported by the flow of spiritual wisdom constantly streaming into and through me from the higher worlds.

CELESTITE

KEY WORDS      Angelic communication, access to higher dimensions, serenity

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal and Etheric (8th through 14th, above the head)

ADDITIONAL CHAKRAS (with Ohio Celestite) Heart (4th), Throat (5th)

Celestite (also known as Celestine) is a strontium sulfate mineral with a hardness of 3 to 3.5. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. Its forms both tabular and prismatic crystals, and Celestite also occurs in massive, fibrous, granular or nodular configurations. It can be colorless, white, gray, blue, green, yellow, orange, reddish or brown. The Celestite most frequently found on the market is a gray-blue variety from Madagascar, which tends to occur in clusters and geodes. Another rarer variety is Ohio Celestite, which often forms in single gray, whitish or blue-gray tabular crystals, from under an inch to over eight inches long. Some of these crystals are at least partially transparent, and a few are double-terminated. The tabular Celestite crystals from Ohio have become extremely popular with the energy workers who have been able to acquire them. Golden Celestite from Eastern Europe was popular in the 1990s, but these crystals have all but disappeared from the marketplace.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Celestite offers a gentle, uplifting energy which can raise and expand one’s awareness into the higher realms. It is one of the most effective stones for accessing the angelic realm and can facilitate communication between oneself and one’s guardian angels or angelic guides. It stimulates the third-eye and crown chakras and the etheric chakras above the head. It is a soft stone both physically and energetically. As it elevates one’s awareness, Celestite makes one feel as if one is floating on a cloud rather than zooming in a rocket.

Madagascar’s Blue-gray Celestite comes primarily in clusters, and it is ideal for placement in one’s bedroom, healing room or meditation space, as an environmental cleanser and source of soft positive energies. Its vibrations radiate in all directions, making it wonderful to have around, although it is somewhat less useful for healing or meditation work that requires focus on specific areas, chakras or meridian points. For these applications, single crystals of Ohio Celestite are much preferred.

Golden Celestite, when it can be found, is an excellent third-eye stone, stimulating that area and opening one to inner visionary experience. It activates the crown chakra even more strongly, helping one to move the point of consciousness beyond and above the body into the higher worlds.

OHIO CELESTITE

ROBERT SIMMONS   The most potent and beneficial Celestites still somewhat available are the Ohio Celestites. Because of their linear alignment and tabular form, they allow for a much more focused and intense flow of energy than any other type of Celestite crystals. They elevate one’s mood and bring a sense of inspiration to any activity in which one is engaged. When held to the third eye, Ohio Celestites offer an exquisite vibration of pleasure and inner joy. They are both gentle and strong, opening the third eye to multiple realms of higher dimensions. In meditation with them, one can move through many inner corridors of Light leading to various spiritual domains. Most easily recognizable are a number of the angelic levels. The Ohio Celestites seem to be intimately connected with the angels and to facilitate conscious communication with them.

Ohio Celestites activate the crown chakra as well as the third eye, sometimes enabling the ‘downloading’ of spiritual information through the opened crown. They also beneficially affect the throat chakra, making it possible to clearly articulate one’s inner wisdom as well as information received from higher sources. Ohio Celestite also stimulates the heart chakra, opening one to deepened compassion, inner peace and expanded love for oneself and others.

In addition, the powers of mind are enhanced and awakened by Ohio Celestite crystals, facilitating clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience. The ability to see ahead in time, as in prophecy, is also strengthened. In addition, the rational mind is nourished by these stones, assisting one in all types of mental disciplines, mathematics, language and abstract thought. Access to inspiration and leaps of intuition are also benefits of Ohio Celestite crystals.

These Celestites truly live up to their name, for there is a powerful sense of the celestial, the heavenly, about them. A constant vibration of ananda, or divine bliss, emanates from them, helping one to realize the ultimate joy in all of creation, regardless of outer circumstances. Holding or wearing one, one may feel surrounded in a cocoon of Light which allows one to know the Truth of the ecstasy of existence. Their energy is neither masculine nor feminine, vibrating instead from the place of the pure balance of all polarities. Holding one of the crystals in each hand, one may feel a complete rebalancing of the energies of the etheric body, a powerful emotional upliftment, and an increased enthusiasm for the experience of life.

There are many ways one can use Ohio Celestite crystals. In meditation, they are ideal placed on the third eye, and also at the crown chakra, throat and heart. In fact, putting a piece at each of these four chakras can produce an effortless state of deep meditation. The same is true for more active inner pursuits, such as interdimensional travel, channeling, and angelic communication.

Wearing an Ohio Celestite crystal can move one into a state of constant communion with the higher dimensions. It also brings calm and a sense of hopefulness. Wearing Ohio Celestite is highly recommended as a soothing vibrational antidote to stress and tension. These stones will work synergistically with Moldavite, Azeztulite, Petalite, Danburite, Scolecite, Morganite, Alexandrite, Natrolite, Phenacite, Herderite, Brookite, Tibetan Tektite, Lithium Quartz and Satyaloka Quartz.

The harmony with other stones extends beyond wearing them—to layouts and Light tools as well. Stone layouts combining Celestites with any of the aforementioned stones will be quite powerful. In this regard, the creation of energy tools or templates utilizing Celestite with some or all of these is recommended. The Ohio Celestites will both amplify the other stones’ energies and bring vibrational elevation and balance to the blend.

NAISHA AHSIAN Celestite is a wonderful gemstone ally that stimulates the spiritual senses and one’s connection to the celestial realms and Divine Guidance. No matter its color, it can be utilized to smooth the transition into meditation while keeping one clear and focused on the process. It assists one in opening one’s higher senses to perceive psychic and intuitive information, and it stimulates both the crown and third-eye chakras.

Blue-gray Celestite’s frequency aids in connecting with the angelic realms and the source of Divine Healing. It teaches one the value of patience and perfect trust in the Divine process. Blue-gray Celestite strongly activates the third eye and can be used to enhance vision or dream work. It has a gentle cleansing effect on the energy field or environment. It is a good stone to place in rooms that may become congested with emotional energy or negativity. It is often used in healing rooms to attract angelic energy and to help purify the space.

Golden Celestite resonates more with the crown chakra than the third eye. It aids in opening to blissful communion with one’s highest guides and councils. Despite its stimulation of the crown, this variety can rapidly move one into a deep meditative state. It facilitates channeling and healing work that employs higher guides and spirit beings. It is useful for issues of infection or etheric attachments. Golden Celestite is helpful in third-chakra issues, where one needs spiritual assistance in learning about right use of power or in assuming one’s power.

SPIRITUAL   All Celestites are valuable for opening and clearing the third-eye and crown chakras. The blue-gray variety acts on the third eye, enhancing inner vision and intuitive ability. It is aligned with angelic energy and helps attract helping or protective spirits. The golden variety is aligned with the crown chakra, stimulating one’s connection to the Divine Source. It can assist in removing negative attachments and in clearing the auric field of debris.

EMOTIONAL   Blue-gray Celestite brings a calm, centered and uplifted feeling into the emotional body. It helps one feel safe and protected and can be used to overcome fear, suspicion or paranoia. The golden variety of Celestite helps one feel optimistic, energetic, even euphoric. It is excellent for bringing a stimulating golden Light into one’s emotional body and heart.

PHYSICAL   Both varieties of Celestite are sulfates and so are useful in clearing infections and attachments of all kinds. They are cleansing to the auric field, stimulating to the energy systems of the body and can help to activate the metabolism. The blue-gray type is useful for helping to heal eye infections or weaknesses. The golden variety is helpful in stimulating digestion, balancing appetite, and encouraging weight loss. It especially useful in assisting with issues of kidney weakness, bed wetting and urinary tract infections.

AFFIRMATION   I am a loving being in the fullness of serenity and inner truth, always in communion with my higher self, angels and spiritual guides.

CERUSSITE

KEY WORDS      Alchemical transformation of self, infusion of Light, embracing evolutionary change

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Crown (7th)

Cerussite is a lead carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3.5. Its crystal system is orthorhombic, and it typically appears in association with minerals such as Sphalerite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Anglesite and Smithsonite. It often forms crystals, which are colorless, gray or brown, and it has an adamantine luster. Good quality Cerussite crystals have been found in Czech Republic, Sardinia, Austria, Scotland, Namibia and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS Cerussite is a stone of inner alchemy. Those who have read some of the history of alchemy know that this ancient practice was one of sympathetic magic, in which transformation of outer substances was thought to catalyze and be catalyzed by inner changes in the magician. The outer alchemical change most sought was to transmute lead into gold, while the inner magic worked to transform the human persona into a living manifestation of the Divine. The experiments of the alchemists were the foundation of today’s science of chemistry, though few chemists now strive for the sympathetic inner transmutation.

For those spiritual pioneers who desire self-transformation, Cerussite can be a useful tool. It stimulates the energies of the root chakra and links them to the crown chakra. It builds a vibrational spiral up through the spinal column, energizing each of the chakras along the way. In so doing, it creates a pattern of realignment which reverberates through all levels of one’s being, offering one the opportunity to choose to restructure one’s life at a higher level of spiritual functioning. Cerussite is ideal for those wishing to make career changes which will reflect their spiritual aspirations and their desire to be of service in the world. It can also assist those who are going through unexpected transitions—in health, relationships or self-awareness—to find the most appropriate new pattern for their life.

Cerussite harmonizes well with Zincite, which gives extra emphasis to the lower chakras, awakening them to new levels of possibility and enthusiasm for life. For the root chakra in particular—an important point, since it is the beginning of Cerussite’s spiral of energy—Black Andradite Garnet can help to anchor the energy. At the other end of the chakric column, Cerussite links synergistically with Azeztulite, Petalite, Scolecite and Natrolite, all of which stimulate the crown chakra, opening one’s consciousness to awareness of the Divine. Other lead-based minerals, such as Sphalerite and Galena, can provide additional support to Cerussite’s purpose. A final and perhaps most important ally to mention—Celestite (especially the single tabular points from Ohio) can take the newly awakened energies brought to awareness by Cerussite and raise them beyond the level of the physical body, connecting one to the higher worlds. This was the ultimate goal of the spiritual alchemists.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Cerussite is a powerful Storm element stone that teaches us valuable lessons about hope, transformation, magic, and our own inherent power as spiritual Light beings. Cerussite is the spiritual manifestation of two of the densest of chemical elements—lead and carbon. When these elements are exposed to the breath of Spirit (Oxygen), a transformation occurs, resulting in a crystalline formation. This is a powerful metaphor for the transformation and transmutation of matter into its highest and most spiritual state. When our most dense aspects are exposed to the energy and Light of Spirit, all aspects of self realign and re-crystallize, revealing a new, radiant being.

The energy of Cerussite supports the manifestation of Light into the densest aspects of being. The most beautiful Cerussite crystals are very clear, almost colorless, and have a distinct orthorhombic structure. It is difficult to imagine that this beautiful and powerful crystal was formed from one of our least-esteemed common metals. Because of its experience of radical transformation from density to light, Cerussite is a valuable teacher. From the energy and experience of Cerussite we learn of hope, illumination, and the manifestation of the highest possible energy into the densest possible form. Within this stone’s energy we see the reality of what we are to become—human Light-beings manifest in physical form.

SPIRITUAL   Cerussite en-light-ens one on all levels. It brings clarity and presence to the mind, broad spectrum electromagnetic energy to the aura, and floods the DNA with transformative frequencies to trigger evolution. It is a powerful reminder that within all of us lies the power to radically embody Spirit and to transform our base reality into a luminescent experience of manifest Divine energy. It teaches us to begin where we are by breathing the light of Spirit deeply into ourselves and radiating it throughout our external experience.

EMOTIONAL   Cerussite is inspiring, facilitating hope and a willingness to overcome difficulty or density. Its energy does not allow for melancholy or dwelling in negative thoughts. It allows one to see the silver lining on any dark cloud, and it works effectively as a protective stone, illuminating any dense energies one may encounter. It can help one overcome feelings of being overwhelmed and it assists in organizing one’s thoughts, one’s space and oneself. For those preoccupied with perfection, this stone aids in overcoming the fear that is the basis of that illusion, allowing one to embody the perfection one already is.

PHYSICAL   Cerussite increases brain activity and processing, allowing one to think more clearly and with greater concentration. It can be used to help those with ADD/ADHD, or hyperactivity in general. It is an excellent aid for weight reduction, especially where the weight has been created for the purpose of protection or grounding. It can be used to help support those who experience anxiety attacks, social anxiety or agoraphobia. This is an excellent stone for pregnant women who wish to bring Light into the deepest aspects of their unborn child.

AFFIRMATION   I offer myself willingly to the crucible of transformation, so that my human self can be purified and reborn in its true Divine pattern.

CHALCEDONY

Chalcedony is a silicon dioxide mineral composed of submicroscopic Quartz grains, colored and sometimes patterned by other pigmenting minerals. Its hardness is 7. Chalcedony differs from Jasper in that the Quartz is arranged in fibrous layers rather than the sugar-like grains found in Jasper. Though the Quartz fibers in Chalcedony are parallel and perpendicular to the surface, macroscopically it displays radiating stalactite, grape-like or kidney shapes. Chalcedony deposits are distributed all over the Earth, especially in India, Brazil, Madagascar and Turkey. Chalcedonies range widely in color, pattern, location of origin and name. We will mention here two of the most popular varieties, Blue Chalcedony and Purple Chalcedony. (See also: Carnelian, Chrysoprase, Bloodstone.)

The name Chalcedony may have been derived from the Greek port city of Chalcedon. Varieties of Chalcedony were worked into jewelry and carvings by the ancient civilizations in Egypt, Greece and Rome. As gems of antiquity, they were believed to imbue their holders with various benefits.

BLUE CHALCEDONY

KEY WORDS      Calm, balance, centeredness, inner knowledge, communication

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   When there is a need for softness in the auric field, at times when stresses mount and one’s center begins to wobble, Blue Chalcedony can restore calm and balance. This stone utilizes the energy-magnifying capacity of Quartz, its main constituent element, to beam out its serene vibrations in ways that soothe one’s whole being, from the conscious mind to the inner child, and all the way down to the animal self.

Because it is a strong representative of the Blue Ray, associated with the throat and third-eye chakras, Blue Chalcedony affects the mind on many levels. It stimulates telepathy and all types of communications with the invisible realms. It helps one speak things which are below one’s normal conscious awareness and is thus a good stone for those in therapy and an excellent tool for those engaged in counseling others. Because it connects to the subconscious, Blue Chalcedony can also assist in the remembrance of past lives, and its orientation towards inner healing means that the memories recovered with Blue Chalcedony will be those most relevant to what is needed for one’s progress and growth.

Blue Chalcedony harmonizes with Purple Chalcedony, Chrysoprase, Owyhee Blue Opal, Oregon Opal, Alexandrite, Petalite, Lapis and Ajoite. In particular, Ajoite and Owyhee Blue Opal assist in stimulation of the throat chakra. Purple Chalcedony links the throat to the crown chakra, Chrysoprase brings in the heart and Lapis stimulates the powers of the mind. Alexandrite and Oregon Opal open one to recollections of past lives, allowing Blue Chalcedony to assist one in articulating the regained wisdom. With Moldavite and Tibetan Tektite, Blue Chalcedony takes on a more dynamic energy of transformation through inner work.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Blue Chalcedony touches the energy field like the soothing blue of a cool mountain lake. Its frequency is calming and centering and helps to soothe the emotional body. Blue Chalcedony is excellent for those who tend to worry, as it helps one to center in the present instead of habitually projecting into an imaginary future.

Blue Chalcedony activates the throat and third-eye chakras, assisting one in speaking one’s deepest knowledge and guidance with ease. It is a powerful stone for communicating with Spirit and can be used to encourage speaking in tongues or the language of Light. It aids one in being more positive, conscious and clear in one’s communications. Blue Chalcedony is excellent for singers or others who may strain their vocal apparatus through overuse.

The frequency of Blue Chalcedony feels like a deep inner ice cube on inflammations or wounds in the energy field. It can help prevent energetic leaks and repair holes in the aura. It aids one in releasing deep anger patterns from the energy field. It is useful in alleviating feelings of desperation, panic and anxiety.

SPIRITUAL   This ally helps with divine communication, speech and channeling work. It assists in repairing the energy field and sealing leaks or holes.

EMOTIONAL   For those who experience frequent bouts with irrational anger, fear, panic or anxiety, Blue Chalcedony can assist in calming these emotional patterns and dissolving them in the energy field. For those who tend to speak before considering the impact of their words, this ally helps one become more conscious of one’s words and the tone of one’s voice.

PHYSICAL   Blue Chalcedony is a good all-around stone for throat chakra and physical throat health. It can help strengthen one’s vocal apparatus and to help prevent or heal vocal strain. It is an excellent choice for soothing sore throats and throat infections.

AFFIRMATION   I am at peace with myself and my world, and my awareness of all that I am is ever-growing.

PURPLE CHALCEDONY

KEY WORDS      Awakening of psychic abilities, aura cleansing, purification, union with the Higher Self

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   The psychic energies which are softly touched by Blue Chalcedony are fully activated by attunement with Purple Chalcedony. One’s dormant capacities for clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, psychometry, channeling, prescience and prophecy can all be activated through intensive work with this stone. Access to the Akashic records and past knowledge of ancient civilizations are also among the realms one can enter with the inner vibrational keys provided by Purple Chalcedony.

Purple Chalcedony is a pure stone of the Violet Ray. This makes it a powerful influence for purification and cleansing of the auric field, and as a provider of psychic protection. Negative attachments from this life, or even many past lives, can be severed by calling forth the purifying energies of these stones. Purple Chalcedony is strongly associated with the energies of St. Germaine and with what is known as the Magic Presence—the interlocking of one’s everyday identity with the Higher Self through a ray of Violet Light, from one’s crown chakra upwards to where the Higher Self is centered, at the apex of one’s energy field.

The Violet Ray (or Violet Flame) radiated by Purple Chalcedony is also useful for those who wish to attract their spiritual twin, or soul mate. As one is cleansed inwardly by the Violet Flame, one’s true self begins to shine more clearly through the dissipating veils of the false layers of one’s indoctrinated ‘self.’ As this happens, one’s pure vibrational pattern can attract the resonating pattern of one’s soul mate, in ways that can be both rapid and astonishing.

Carrying or wearing Purple Chalcedony will serve to incorporate its energy pattern into one’s own, but faster results are achieved with meditation and dreaming.

Purple Chalcedony harmonizes with Moldavite, Blue Chalcedony, Amethyst, Sugilite, Charoite, Phenacite, Lilac Lepidolite and Gel Lithium Silica. Amethyst, Sugilite, Gel Lithium Silica and Charoite are all stones of the Violet Ray, and they help strengthen this connection. Phenacite assists in stimulating the capacity for clairvoyance, while Moldavite quickens the process of transformation of the lower self. For those not fully active in the lower chakras, adding Carnelian or Zincite will be very helpful. Golden Labradorite assists one in directing the powers awakened by Purple Chalcedony through the evolved will, for the highest good.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Purple Chalcedony acts as a psychic stimulator and protector, as well as a caller of visions and dreams. Both Purple and Blue Chalcedony activate the third eye chakras, but Purple Chalcedony’s frequency accesses the deepest levels of the subconscious, bringing long-hidden blockages, memories, or patterns into consciousness. It is a powerful stone for journeying consciously through the dream state. It is an excellent ally for the clearing and balancing of the third-eye chakra. It can be helpful for psychics or others to place this stone on the third eye in order to break a connection to someone to whom they have attuned.

The frequency of Purple Chalcedony aids those who feel bombarded by ‘negative’ psychic information they pick up from people or from the environment. Due to its soothing and protective qualities, it is excellent for those who feel they are too sensitive to energy, and it can assist these individuals in gaining more control and discernment in their psychic awareness.

Purple Chalcedony can help children feel safe with their psychic and intuitive abilities. It helps them learn to regulate their receptivity and feel more protected on an energetic level.

SPIRITUAL   Purple Chalcedony offers both psychic awakening and psychic protection. It enhances the dream state and can help with lucid-dream work. It allows one to remain positively centered as one receives intuitive or energetic information from external sources, and prevents one from being thrown off-center by negativity one may encounter on a psychic level.

EMOTIONAL   Purple Chalcedony is less active on the emotional body than Blue Chalcedony, but it does offer a sense of emotional protection from negativity, and it helps one feel more connected to one’s higher source. It is especially useful for assisting children in coming to grips with their psychic abilities and in protecting them from negative energies.

PHYSICAL   Purple Chalcedony helps one reach the meditative brain-wave patterns of Theta and Delta while remaining conscious. It is excellent for those who tend to fall asleep during meditation. It can be used to help balance the effects of narcolepsy and other sleep disorders.

AFFIRMATION   I am awakened to my full identity—I accept this expansion and surrender to the will of my Higher Self.

CHAROITE

KEY WORDS      Revealing of one’s path of service, purging of inner negativity, protection, healing

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Soul Star (8th), Solar Plexus (5th), Root (1st), Earthstar (below the feet)

Charoite is a complex mineral containing potassium, sodium, calcium, barium, strontium, oxygen, silicon, and hydrogen. Its formation is monoclinic, it occurs primarily in dense fibrous aggregates, and its hardness is about 6. Its color ranges from pale lilac to deep purple, and it is rich in internal patterning. Sometimes black or gold colored inclusions occur as well. Charoite is found in Siberia and derives its name from the Charo River in that region.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Charoite is known for its powerful emanation of the Purple Ray. It can therefore be used to purify and cleanse one’s etheric body, releasing disharmonies and dispelling negativity. It can protect one from psychic attack and dispel the tendency to have bad dreams. It facilitates the release of unconscious fears, serving as a catalyst for the healing and transmutation of old patterns of imbalance. It can help one access past life memories and integrate the lessons of past life experience. For those suffering from difficult-to-diagnose maladies that have their roots in internalized negativity or fear, Charoite can be a powerful aid for releasing such things. It can help one merge the heart and crown chakra energies, allowing for deeper spiritual insights in an inner climate of unconditional love.

Working with Charoite can increase the likelihood of synchronicities in one’s life. If one learns to notice these and the messages they imply, one can move through life as if guided by a golden thread, and the pathless path of one’s highest potential will be revealed.

Charoite blends its energies synergistically with Moldavite, Phenacite, Seraphinite, Petalite, Amethyst, Kunzite and Blue Apatite. For those using Charoite as protection from negative energies, Sugilite, Jet, Black Tourmaline and Smoky Quartz are all good allies.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Charoite’s energy activates the latent inner knowledge that can lead you to your path of service to the world. Its energy opens and clears the third-eye, crown and Soul Star chakras, allowing one to connect with the guidance and events that will reveal one’s true path of service. Secondarily, it opens and clears the solar plexus, first chakra and Earthstar, allowing one to manifest one’s path of service on the Earth plane.

The black dendritic formations in Charoite assist in grounding high-frequency energy into the physical world. This helps one remain grounded and focused as one engages more fully on the spiritual level. The Calcite inclusions within the swirling purple folds of Charoite can help overcome any resistance to necessary changes. Calcite’s ability to remove hindrances works in Charoite to dissolve one’s blockages about assuming one’s power and spiritual path.

Charoite can also assist one in acclimating to high-frequency vibrations. It is excellent for healers or others who work with these energies, as it assists in both regulating their flow through the body and in grounding excess energy to prevent psychic burn-out. For those who focus exclusively on raising their vibrations and have forgotten to ground, Charoite can be a valuable reminder to bring that high-frequency energy down to Earth and apply it in 3-D reality. It helps one overcome spiritual escapism and encourages one to assume responsibility for grounding spiritual energy where it is most needed—on Earth.

Part of manifesting spiritual energy on Earth is delving more deeply into one’s own personal healing and inner work. Charoite assists one in recognizing where one still needs to work on one’s own issues, and in revealing the most direct path to that healing. In the process of this self-work, one becomes a more effective catalyst for healing others. By resonating with Charoite’s energy, one’s own inner work becomes one’s first path of service in the world.

Charoite is a clear, strict and powerful teacher. When one veers from one’s appointed path, engages in negative behavior or self-sabotage, or attempts to ‘cop out’ on one’s spiritual work, Charoite’s energy is right there to hold an energetic mirror in front of one’s face. For those who are serious about working on themselves and are ready to commit to their paths of service, Charoite can be the best of friends and one’s greatest ally.

In healing, Charoite helps the facilitator to be more objective about the information he or she receives. Sometimes the energies of a client can trigger the healer’s own energetic patterns, references and filters. Unless healers are clear about their own issues, they can misinterpret the energy they are receiving. Charoite helps one more accurately interpret a client’s energies and issues, without putting one’s personal references on the information.

SPIRITUAL   Charoite strongly stimulates the third-eye, crown and Soul Star chakras. Secondarily it activates the third chakra, first chakra and Earthstar. It assists in recognizing one’s Path of Service and in manifesting it on Earth. It stimulates intuitive and psychic ability, clears negativity and assists one in being a more effective healer.

EMOTIONAL   Charoite helps one overcome resistance to one’s sacred path. It helps one separate one’s own issues from the issues of others, assisting with energetic boundaries and the interpretation of psychic information.

PHYSICAL   Charoite helps generally strengthen the body and energy field by grounding high-frequency energy into the physical systems.

AFFIRMATION   I ask for the revelation of my highest path of service, and I embrace it fully, knowing I am protected from all harm.

CHLORITE PHANTOM CRYSTALS

KEY WORDS      Self-healing, regeneration, connection with the Earth and Nature spirits

ELEMENT      Storm, Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

Chlorite is the name for a group of minerals so closely related that they are extremely difficult to distinguish from one another. The best known type is Clinochlore, a magnesium iron aluminum silicate with a hardness of 2 to 2.5. Its crystals are tabular, although Clinochlore also occurs in massive, foliated, scaly, granular or earthy habits. There is notable chemical variety in the Clinochlore minerals, which includes such species as Seraphinite, Cookeite and Kammererite. Clinochlore itself is most often green, though it may be white, yellowish, colorless or (rarely) purple.

Sometimes, during the growth cycle of certain Quartz crystals, a layer of Chlorite/Clinochlore is deposited on the crystal’s termination, followed by further growth of the crystal. If the crystal is transparent, the result will be a greenish internal ‘phantom’ which reveals the location and shape of the Quartz crystal’s termination before the Chlorite deposit and later growth. The incorporation of Chlorite into the structure of the crystal is believed to alter energetic properties of both minerals, blending the two.

Chlorite Phantom Crystals can be found in a number of the areas which product Quartz crystals, but they have been mined most frequently in Brazil and Madagascar. The hardness of these specimens is 7, the same as other Quartz.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Chlorite Phantom Crystals are excellent sources of connection with the realm of the Nature spirits. They are highly attuned to the plant kingdom, and meditation with Chlorite Phantom Crystals can facilitate communication and energy exchange with almost any plant spirit, as well as devas, fairies and other such beings. Chlorite Phantoms resonate to the heartbeat of the Earth, and they can help one learn to ground one’s energies and emotions in the Earth. This is significant because people need to find ways to discharge excessive or unbalanced emotional energy. Chlorite Phantoms make a highly noticeable difference in the ease with which one can do this grounding work.

In regard to Chlorite Phantoms’ resonance with the ‘heartbeat of the Earth,’ more must be said. It is widely spoken, if not fully understood, that the Earth is a living being. This is true not only physically, but also on the levels of Soul and Spirit. The Earth has a soul, and it is deeply entwined with the soul of humanity and that of each person. We live in symbiosis with her, each depending on the other. Just as human beings are physically nourished by the Earth, the Soul of the Earth can only be fully realized through the consciousness of human beings. Other species have already done their part, and the mineral kingdom constantly sings her energy, but humans must further evolve and awaken to become her full, joyful partners. Chlorite Phantoms resonate with a remarkably clear version of pure Earth energy. Meditation with them can help one come into conscious contact with her energy. Use of these stones in planetary healing work will also be most efficacious.

Chlorite Phantoms work well in combination with Seraphinite, Charoite, Moldavite, Seriphos Green Quartz and many other members of the Quartz family. Seraphinite and Seriphos Green Quartz can help one resonate and commune with the Earth’s consciousness. Using Danburite with Chlorite Phantoms assists in making a clearer inner link with Nature spirits. Bringing in Phenacite enhances the visionary component of these experiences.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Chlorite in all forms is one of the most powerful minerals for physical healing. Its energy supports cell function and regeneration and can assist in regulating cell growth and mutation. It helps protect the body and energy systems from inharmonious radiation. Chlorite minerals have varying degrees of energetic activity, with Clinochlore being the most physically active and Seraphinite (gem Clinochlore) being the most spiritually active.

Chlorite Phantoms in Quartz are powerful healing stones. They assist one in rapidly achieving balance and health through one’s vibrational and physical aspects, by successively realigning all levels of one’s being with optimal soul energy. These stones can assist in journeying to the source of physical ailments in meditation and finding the corresponding patterns in one’s energy field. They allow one to move into resonance with the Earth’s electromagnetic field, allowing one’s heart and brain to move into a coherent rhythm with the planet. They assist one in receiving healing instruction or information from Spirit.

SPIRITUAL   Chlorite Phantom Crystals channel high-frequency soul energy into the physical and energetic systems. They can aid in connecting with one’s healing guides. They assist those who are uncomfortable receiving healing or energy from others to be more receptive.

EMOTIONAL   Chlorite Phantoms lend an energy of general hopefulness and optimism to the emotional body.

PHYSICAL   Chlorite Phantom Crystals are excellent for psychic surgery. Because of their crystalline form, they can easily channel Chlorite energy directly into specific locations in the body. This is helpful when one is working on healing a specific area, particularly when healing tumors, polyps and other growths. They help protect the body from harmful radiation and can be useful in stabilizing the energy field and physical body during radiation therapy.

AFFIRMATION   I link myself to the Earth and the world of Nature, finding there the keys to inner balance, health and well-being.

CHRYSANTHEMUM STONE

KEY WORDS      Grounding, prosperity, discovering and achieving the soul’s purpose

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Chrysanthemum Stone is a black and white rock made up of gypsum clay, dolomite and limestone, with internal crystals of Calcite, Feldspar, Celestite or Andalusite, in patterns which can resemble chrysanthemum flowers. These stones, originally discovered in Japan, are also found in Canada, China and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Chrysanthemum Stone can act as a catalyst for activating the dormant capacities that lie within individuals. Those who are aware in themselves of a certain nagging feeling—that they are not living as they were meant to live, that they have not quite heard or followed their inner calling, that some seed within them still needs to germinate—may find in this stone the ally that will help them awaken their sleeping potential. If one has always wanted to do something—write, dance, climb a mountain, start a business—Chrysanthemum Stone offers energetic support for finding the courage and opportunities to live one’s dreams. If one doesn’t yet even know one’s dream, sleeping or meditating with this stone can help one receive the inner message that makes clear the nature of one’s neglected purpose.

These auspicious stones offer even more. They are magnets for positive synchronicities—the sorts of things some people call ‘luck’. Many individuals on the spiritual path are aware of the way in which the universe throws much assistance before one’s feet, in the form of synchronous unexpected opportunities, once one has begun the journey. When we embark on the road of our soul’s longing, the very act of turning in that direction and moving forward can give the Universe the cue it needs to help us. Chrysanthemum Stone, like other talismans of good fortune, seems to draw, or at least be present at the occurrence of, such welcome turns of fate. Perhaps this is because it vibrates in resonance to the flowering of our highest good.

Chrysanthemum Stone harmonizes well with Moldavite, another stone that works to further one upon one’s highest path. It is also synergistic with most healing stones, especially Seraphinite. For enhancement of the life force and vitality necessary to get up and go after one’s deepest desires, combining Chrysanthemum Stone with Cuprite, Zincite or Carnelian is highly recommended.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Chrysanthemum Stone is an ally you can call upon for grounding, wealth and good fortune in all things physical. It promotes a sense of balance between the spiritual and physical realms and its energy encourages the expression of love and joy. Its mineral composition creates an energy that can burn through obstacles to abundance, health and joy in one’s life. Chrysanthemum Stone is powerful for shamanic work and for practitioners of astral travel, as it assists one in maintaining one’s physical body while one is absent from it.

Chrysanthemum Stone reflects the burst of primal creative energy in its beautiful flowerlike patterns. This energy of creation can be used for manifestation or for physical fertility. Chrysanthemum Stone encourages one to experience the joy of physical reality and to recognize that all of creation is a manifestation and a reflection of the Divine. This is a stone representing good fortune on all levels of physical life and is therefore an excellent gift as an amulet for infants and for newly joined partners.

SPIRITUAL   Chrysanthemum Stone is an excellent companion for those working to open to true abundance on all levels of life. It encourages the manifestation of ideas and energy in the physical world and can be supportive for healers and others who call upon and use energy consistently. Chrysanthemum Stone assists in connecting one with a remembrance of the energy of primal creation and one’s soul’s birth. It can help stabilize the energy field and is useful in allowing one to manifest soul-level energy in the physical body.

EMOTIONAL Chrysanthemum Stone allows one to connect with the joy of creation, expression and manifestation. It helps one become more open and daring in one’s approach to life. It can assist in overcoming fear of limitation and encourages an experience of abundance, contentment and joy.

PHYSICAL   Chrysanthemum Stone can be used to aid women adversely affected in their menses or fertility due to fibroid masses or cystitis. It is an excellent fertility stone for women and can help one recognize the emotional basis for both physical and creative infertility.

AFFIRMATION   I give myself freely to the inner call of my soul and will follow it to the full fruition of its purpose.

CHRYSOBERYL

KEY WORDS      Alignment of the will with the heart, abundance, prophetic vision

ELEMENT      Wind and Water

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th)

Chrysoberyl is a beryllium aluminum oxide with a hardness of 8.5. It is one of the hardest gemstones, second only to diamond and corundum. Its yellow, green or brown colors are caused by small amounts of iron or chromium. Its crystal pattern is orthorhombic, and it sometimes forms in hexagonal-looking twinned crystals. The name derives from the Greek word chrysos, which refers to the stones’ golden color. Chrysoberyl was treasured in Rome over two thousand years ago, and even earlier in China. One of the more famous varieties of Chrysoberyl is Cat’s Eye. The most highly valued form, Alexandrite, is treated separately in this book. The most important source of Chrysoberyl is Brazil, but specimens have also been found in Sri Lanka, Burma, Madagascar and Russia. The most famous Chrysoberyl gem is the Hope Chrysoberyl, a flawless, light-green faceted stone of 45 carats.

In Sri Lankan folklore, Cat’s Eye Chrysoberyl was said to shield those who wore it from evil spirits. Hindu beliefs held that it could bestow prosperity and good health. In the Orient, Chrysoberyl was said to induce the gift of prophecy if held upon the forehead at the third eye.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Chrysoberyl assists us in merging and unifying the energies of the solar plexus and the heart, bringing empowerment of the will, under the guidance of the heart’s compassionate wisdom. The merging of the Green and Gold rays which Chrysoberyl embodies can shift the vibration of one’s energy field in ways that enhance one’s ability to act powerfully from a place of gentleness. It assists one in persevering in altruistic projects, such as those that help to heal and preserve Nature or that benefit other humans in need.

Another aspect of Chrysoberyl’s energy concerns the generating of prosperity and abundance. Green and gold are colors we associate with wealth and, synchronistically, their alignment with the third and fourth chakras validates this meaning. When our will is strong, but under the heart’s gentle yoke, we have the power to be a force of generosity in the lives of others, and this in turn creates the vibrational state in which we literally magnetize financial abundance. As the saying goes, “To rule truly is to serve,” and one might add, “To receive truly is to give.” In this Universe of infinite abundance, we are more like valves through which energies flow than we are like containers in which things accumulate. Like priming a pump, we open our valve and start the flow by giving—and the receiving must then follow. Chrysoberyl can help us set up the vibrational conditions which are ideal for this flow.

Not all are fitted for the gift of prophecy, but those who are called to such work will find Cat’s Eye Chrysoberyl to be a beneficial tool. Indeed, the ancient Oriental ‘superstition’ that holding a Cat’s eye stone to the third eye will produce spiritual vision and the ability to see forward in time has some validity, especially for individuals with latent sensitivities. One should consider that such visions are often of probabilities, not inevitabilities, and that one may choose to steer toward or away from the manifestation of them. Viewed in this light, Cat’s eye Chrysoberyl’s gift of prescience can be an aid to navigating the currents of life.

Chrysoberyl’s altruistic energies are enhanced by combining it with Charoite, and its ability to magnetize prosperity is strengthened by Phenacite and Tsavorite. Its link to the heart can be deepened by combining it with Morganite, Kunzite, Emerald and/or Rose Quartz.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Chrysoberyl assists one in using distinction and the higher mind to navigate life’s choices and decisions. It helps open and align the crown, third-eye, heart and solar-plexus chakras so one can utilize one’s higher knowledge and understanding to govern one’s actions on the Earth plane.

GREEN CHRYSOBERYL

Green Chrysoberyl stimulates the heart and helps one move out of judgment and into a state of enlightened discernment. It allows one to have empathy for the life choices and experiences of others, without the weight of judging them. It enables one to be compassionate, yet objective when viewing emotional circumstances. It can help one to honestly assess one’s own role in situations and to perceive the highest path toward resolution.

Green Chrysoberyls can also be strong abundance stones. They help one open more fully to Divine Love and true abundance by stimulating the heart and one’s ability to receive. They can assist one in recognizing the gifts one already has in one’s life and help one stop measuring one’s worth by one’s possessions or accomplishments.

SPIRITUAL   Green Chrysoberyl reminds us that the heart is the center of creation. It stimulates connection with Divine energy (love) and helps one assume the rightful hierarchy of heart over mind. It can assist in dispelling egoic thoughts, beliefs and motivations so one can be conscious and present with the energy of the Divine.

EMOTIONAL   Green Chrysoberyl assists in gaining a higher perspective in the midst of emotional situations. It helps one to be gentle to oneself and others and to manifest peace through one’s energy field. It enables one to open to abundance and the gifts of the Divine.

PHYSICAL   Green Chrysoberyl stimulates healing of the physical heart. It can help those with heart disease—especially where the imbalance is based in stress. It can assist one in recovery from radiation exposure, including sunburn and radiation therapy for cancers.

AFFIRMATION   I look into the mirror of my heart, and I find the true source of my Divinely given good.

GOLDEN CHRYSOBERYL

The golden variety of Chrysoberyl opens the mind to a greater understanding of spiritual law and enlightened self-governance. It helps clear past patterns of power abuse and assists one in the right use of will. It encourages self-responsibility and learning from all one’s experiences without placing a judgment of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ upon them. Golden Chrysoberyl stimulates one’s ability to take appropriate action toward one’s goals. It helps one to focus and clear the mind and the will, aligning each to encourage one to move toward one’s visions and dreams.

Golden Chrysoberyl stimulates one’s ability to take action to realize one’s ideas and wishes. In this way, it assists in manifestation work and in bringing one’s desires to life. It can help one manifest monetary wealth, job promotions, business success, etc. Its greater lesson is in its ability to help one release attachment to these things, even as one puts one’s energy into creating them, to ensure that we govern our creations instead of being governed by them.

SPIRITUAL   Golden Chrysoberyl assists one in aligning one’s personal will with the heart, ensuring that one’s actions are aligned with the energy of love. In this way it assists one in assuming one’s personal power and one’s responsibility for one’s experiences. It is excellent for manifestation and also psychologically aids those driven by the fear of scarcity or the false identification of self-worth with possessions.

EMOTIONAL   This stone is stimulating to the emotional body, helping one feel uplifted and energized. It can assist in recognizing where one gives away one’s power. It aids in overcoming habits of manipulating others through playing victim. It encourages self-responsibility and is an excellent stone for overcoming procrastination and indecision.

PHYSICAL   Golden Chrysoberyl stimulates the cleansing and balancing of the liver, kidneys and gallbladder. It assists one in detoxifying and ridding oneself of unhealthy agents and energies in the body.

AFFIRMATION   Through releasing the desire to control, I gain the power of manifestation.

CAT’S EYE CHRYSOBERYL

Cat’s Eye Chrysoberyl is used to clear the third eye and promote spiritual vision and knowledge. It helps align one with subtle energies so one can more accurately interpret those energies through one’s psychic and intuitive faculties. Cat’s Eye Chrysoberyl facilitates remote viewing and can assist one in perceiving other dimensions and communicating with other-dimensional beings, including angelic entities and ETs.

Cat’s Eye Chrysoberyl is ideal for healers and those who work with energy. Its rutile inclusions assist in manifesting the Golden Ray and in grounding that energy through the body. It is an excellent meditative tool and can assist in rediscovering one’s vision for one’s life.

SPIRITUAL   Cat’s Eye Chrysoberyl is a general stimulant for the third eye and psychic abilities. It facilitates communication with beings from other dimensions and levels of reality. It can assist in receiving stronger communication signals from these beings and in channeling their information to others.

EMOTIONAL   Cat’s Eye Chrysoberyl brings a wonderful sense of peace to one’s energy field. It helps one surrender to Divine Will and stop trying to control every aspect of one’s life

PHYSICAL   Cat’s Eye Chrysoberyl increases the amount and frequency of energy carried by the physical body. It is excellent for replenishing depleted energy reserves and assisting the body in regenerating after illness or injury.

AFFIRMATION   I align my will to do that which makes the heart glad.

CHRYSOCOLLA

KEY WORDS      Communication, expression of the sacred, goddess energies, gentleness and power

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Heart (4th), Root (1st)

Chrysocolla is a hydrous copper silicate with a hardness of 2 to 4. Most frequently the color is green, blue or blue-green, though impurities can darken it to brown or black. Its crystal system is amorphous, and it occurs mostly in closely packed aggregates, and sometimes in botryoidal, stalactitic, fibrous or earthy forms. Chrysocolla is frequently found in oxidized copper deposits, often in association with Malachite and Azurite. Some Chrysocolla stones also contain Cuprite, and these combination stones have their own unique blend of energies. Chrysocolla deposits have been found in Chile, Zaire, Russia and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Chrysocolla is a stone of empowerment of the feminine energies, in both women and men. It emanates gentleness and power, teaching that genuine power best expresses itself through gentleness. It is a stone of the Goddess, and those who resonate with Chrysocolla will likely feel her ancient and enduring energies rising within themselves.

Chrysocolla stimulates the throat chakra for clear communication of one’s inner wisdom. It can even be an aid to learning what that wisdom actually is. Those who have had the experience of being surprised by hearing oneself speak a thought more profound than that which one had in mind will know what is meant by this. The process of formulating and speaking one’s ideas, especially when it is done spontaneously, can reveal one’s true innate wisdom. Wearing Chrysocolla, particularly wearing it near the throat chakra, can facilitate these and other gifts of expression.

Chrysocolla is closely attuned to the vibrations of the Earth and can facilitate one’s empathic connection with the Earth’s consciousness. In addition to activating the throat chakra, it can harmonize and balance the heart chakra and can link both heart and throat chakras with the base chakra, for greater life force and physical vitality.

The highest form of Chrysocolla is Gem Silica, a crystallized form in which the Chrysocolla is infused in Quartz. Gem Silica offers a magnified version of all the Chrysocolla energies and is also the best for producing and/or experiencing sacred sound. Those who chant, sing or speak mantras are strongly advised to wear or carry Chrysocolla, especially Gem Silica.

Chrysocolla harmonizes with Larimar, Aquamarine and Ajoite, which vibrate in the same general spectrum. It also works well with Malachite, Azurite, Lapis and Shattuckite. Phenacite allows one an internal visual experience of the inner knowing communicated via Chrysocolla. Azeztulite raises its vibration for purposes of channeling and other types of communication with the higher spiritual realms.

Cuprite Chrysocolla—the occurrence of both materials in a single piece—combines an opening to powerful energies of life force and vitality with an awareness of the elements of higher consciousness and clear communication of one’s inner wisdom. It may be called a god-and-goddess stone, because it blends the energies of masculine and feminine, physical and etheric, power and gentleness, all in a graceful and beautiful pattern of colors. Wearing this stone can help one attain the ability to move decisively forward on one’s spiritual path while maintaining the grace which allows for precise expression, kindness and compassion.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Chrysocolla is a cardinal Water element stone, governing the flow of energy and communication. It is powerful for opening and cleansing the throat chakra, allowing one to channel the loving knowledge of the heart to others. It assists us in owning the power of our words and in recognizing how the words we use affect our reality. It facilitates the expression of our heart’s deepest truth, as well our mind’s greatest knowledge.

Chrysocolla is the ‘teaching stone,’ in that it encourages one to speak one’s highest knowledge so that others may benefit from our experiences. This teaching may come in the form of speaking lovingly to a friend and offering one’s insight into his or her life situations. It may come in the form of taking on the role of teacher with a student—offering the benefit of your experience as you open to learn from others. Or you may teach by simply modeling the power of words—choosing your words consciously and with full knowledge of their impact in the world. Teaching can take many forms, but true teaching is the act of speaking one’s truth from the heart and sharing the knowledge one has gained through experience.

Chrysocolla is a valuable ally for those who speak for a living. It can help open a channel between higher consciousness and verbal expression, allowing for Divinely inspired speech and communication. It is also helpful to those who are afraid to speak their hearts, or who may not realize that their words of experience are filled with wisdom which could help others. This stone encourages all of us to share our true selves, without artifice or masks, so our wisdom—not just our information—can be conveyed through our words and our energies.

Chrysocolla is a powerful model for consciously considering the way one puts one’s energy into the world. One can speak and say nothing, or remain silent and speak volumes. Chrysocolla teaches the value of both sound and silence. Its calming, soothing energies facilitate flow in one’s life and one’s energy. It can aid in dispelling fiery energies, angry words, or fear-filled sarcasm, so our most valuable truth is shared through our words or our silence.

SPIRITUAL   Chrysocolla governs all aspects of sound healing, whether through words or sound frequencies. Its energy teaches us how sound affects our physical reality and how we can change that reality by adjusting the way we use our words. Chrysocolla’s energy facilitates true communication between all beings by promoting the expression of heart energy.

EMOTIONAL   Chrysocolla assists one in owning the value of one’s experiences, knowledge and contribution. It helps one feel more secure when communicating with others and helps dispel fear in social situations or when one is speaking in a highly charged emotional situation. It assists one in releasing patterns of sarcasm, criticism and facetiousness in one’s communications with others, as well as releasing the fear from which these patterns stem.

PHYSICAL   Chrysocolla assists in the release of stress, anxiety and other fear-based imbalances in the body. It can assist in the regulation of the thyroid and adrenals. It is excellent for sore throats, laryngitis and for support of the larynx in general.

AFFIRMATION   I listen deeply to the voice within and express it with freedom, spontaneity, passion and reverence.

CHRYSOPRASE

KEY WORDS      Growth, compassion, connection with Nature, forgiveness, altruism

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Chrysoprase is a green Chalcedony, a member of the Quartz group with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It is one of the rarest and most valuable of the Chalcedonies. Its green color comes from nickel, and it often occurs as nodules or in crevices in nickel deposits. Chrysoprase was used as a gemstone in ancient Greece as far back as 400 B.C. and was mined in Poland since the 14th century. Current important deposits of Chrysoprase are in Australia, Brazil, Madagascar, South Africa and Russia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Chrysoprase is a lovely stone of the pure Green Ray and as such it is a stone of the heart. Its color speaks of its strong healing energy and of its connection to the domain of Nature spirits. Wearing or meditating with these stones can facilitate a deep heart connection with the spirit of the Earth Mother, as well as devas and other Earth-spirit entities. Chrysoprase also helps one remain centered in the heart at all times, providing the courage to face difficult or threatening situations with steadfast resolve and truth-centered compassion. Through the compassionate lens of Chrysoprase, one is able to look back at relationships which ended unpleasantly and to resolve them inwardly with a profound sense of forgiveness, both for the other person and for oneself. These stones truly give strength to the emotional heart and offer energetic support to the physical heart as well.

Chrysoprase also activates the solar-plexus chakra, seat of the will. It works to blend one’s personal will with the urgings of the heart, thus uniting our individual desires with the heart’s higher longing for the good of all. Meditation with two Chrysoprase stones—one placed at the heart and the other at the solar plexus—will facilitate the linkage of these two energy centers, coordinating their energies and reforming them into a powerful unified vibrational force. The awakened heart, fueled by the undivided will, can do much to awaken the hearts of others and to bring the heart’s desires to fruition.

Chrysoprase harmonizes with Ajoite, Danburite, Lepidolite, Amblygonite, Phenacite, Azeztulite, Kunzite, and Morganite. Kunzite and Morganite bring forth the loving aspects of the heart. Phenacite and Azeztulite open inner vision, so one may clearly see the spiritual visions of the heart’s wisdom and connection to the Heart of All. Lepidolite and Amblygonite emphasize the relaxing and stress-relieving properties of Chrysoprase, while Danburite completes the linkage of the heart with the crown chakra. Combining Chrysoprase with Strombolite adds an element of humor to its compassionate insights. Moldavite works especially well with Chrysoprase for strengthening the heart chakra and for bringing a sense of being at one with the accelerated dharmic flow of one’s inner and outer life.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The frequency of Chrysoprase reminds one of sunlight falling through fresh, new spring leaves. It carries an energy of growth and ripening promise. Chrysoprase brings hope even into the darkest regions of one’s shadow self. It reminds us of our constant connection to the source of All-That-Is. Its energy expands the heart chakra and allows one to receive the infinite Love and Abundance of the Universe. It helps one accept one’s birthrights of prosperity, joy and health. It helps one to understand one’s interconnectedness with all of creation and to heal feelings of separation and isolation.

Chrysoprase is an excellent prosperity stone and a powerful Love attractor. It helps one prepare the heart for a new relationship. It allows one to overcome bitterness and past disappointment and to approach new relationships with the curious heart of youth. It can aid in identifying patterns and habits in relationships, clearing them before they create blockages.

SPIRITUAL   Chrysoprase assists in connecting with the abundant energy and love of the Divine. It stimulates the heart chakra and kindles an expanded ability to feel and express love. Chrysoprase can help one connect with Nature beings and the beauty of the natural world. It assists us in fostering positive, healing thoughts toward each other and the Earth.

EMOTIONAL   As a heart-healing stone, Chrysoprase can help one work through a host of emotional imbalances. It teaches us that anything that isn’t love, isn’t love. It helps us release attachment to fear-based emotions, belief systems and actions. It is an excellent stone for those who choose to heal from abuse, breaking the cycle of abuse for future generations. It is also helpful in understanding the karmic basis for emotional patterns within relationships.

PHYSICAL   Chrysoprase supports general healing and regeneration. It is the ‘stone of youth,’ in that it assists in maintaining a youthful spirit, outlook and energy. It can be helpful in recuperation from degenerative diseases of all types.

AFFIRMATION   I see myself and others through the lens of the heart’s compassion, and I grow in the paths that serve the good of all.

CINNABAR

KEY WORDS      Alchemy, magic, transformation, insight, manifestation, wealth, mental agility

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Third Eye (6th)

Cinnabar is a mercury sulfide mineral with a hardness of 2 to 2.5. Its crystal system is trigonal. Its color is vermilion red, or brownish when impurities are present. Cinnabar forms in thick tabular, rhombohedral and prismatic crystals which are often twinned. It forms around volcanic vents and hot springs and may also occur in sedimentary rocks associated with recent volcanic activity. Cinnabar is the principle form of mercury ore and is processed to produce refined mercury. Since mercury is a toxic material, caution should be used in handling Cinnabar.

Cinnabar sometimes forms in conjunction with Quartz, and Cinnabar Quartz is perhaps the most beneficial form of Cinnabar for metaphysical use. The silication of the Quartz protects and binds the Cinnabar, as well as magnifying its energetic properties.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Cinnabar Quartz stones are talismans of the alchemical transformation from self to Self, the full manifestation of one’s spiritual blueprint, the fulfillment of the Divine pattern we carry within. This requires burning away the dross of one’s imperfections and refining what remains into the pure essence of the Higher Self. Cinnabar Quartz can be a powerful ally in this.

In addition to the first two chakras, Cinnabar Quartz stimulates the third eye, making for greater insight and the ability to see visions of the potential future. It helps one ground one’s visions in physical reality as well. This makes it an ideal stone for creative people as well as business owners, both of whom can use it to actualize their dreams and create prosperity.

The alchemical nature of this stone fits perfectly with the understanding that it can align, balance and remove blockages in one’s energy body. Such attunement is at the core of transformation. Also, such attributes as the ability to attract wealth and manifest ‘invincibility’ are components of the full range of capacities one might ascribe to the fulfilled blueprint of what one is meant to be.

One might also say that Cinnabar Quartz is the stone of the Magician archetype. The Magician acts as a conscious conduit between the spiritual and material worlds. Through the direction of personal will, in alignment with Divine will, the Magician can tweak the currents of universal flow in order to manifest its various gifts in this world. If one feels a kinship to the Magician archetype, Cinnabar Quartz can assist one in acting with true results in the Magician’s way. Wearing the stone as an amulet or carrying it in a medicine pouch will allow the energies to work throughout one’s auric field. One is cautioned to remember that archetypal energies do not ‘belong’ to us, and that the use of them for purely selfish motives can produce undesired results, as in the tale of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

Cinnabar is a mercury sulfide, and this mineral is aligned with the god Mercury, also known as Hermes or Thoth. These stones can aid one in manifesting such traits as mental agility, speed of thought and intellectual brilliance, for which these gods are known. All are attributes of the Divine Human which these stones help one to become.

Cinnabar and Cinnabar Quartz work in synergy with Zincite, Red Garnet, Cuprite, Carnelian and Black Tourmaline, for activation of the lower chakras and grounding of one’s energies. They also help to ground the energies aroused by the Magician in his or her work of manifestation. Adding Phenacite to Cinnabar Quartz will increase one’s visionary capacities, making one’s spiritual path a clearer choice.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Cinnabar resonates at a frequency that burns through limitations and allows one to mold reality to one’s will. It is a stone of alchemy and magic, allowing one to access the underlying energy of creation and utilize that energy to shift reality. Cinnabar strongly activates the root and second chakras, stimulating the kundalini energy and encouraging the flow of chi through the body. It is also a stone of prosperity and can assist one in learning how to bring energy into form.

Because of Cinnabar’s ability to manifest energy into physical form and to stimulate the flow of energy throughout the body, it has the effect of stimulating intuitive and psychic abilities as well. It can be used to enhance the perception of subtle energies.

SPIRITUAL   Cinnabar teaches us that physicality is not as solid as it appears, but is in fact a constantly shifting and flowing expression of energy that can be manipulated and transformed. It is a powerful stone for spiritual alchemists who wish to practice shape-shifting, magical manifestation and other types of transformation. It assists in perceiving the Divine through sexual union and in honoring that aspect of physical experience. It empowers one to fully embody one’s spirit, experiencing the power of the Divine through the physical form.

EMOTIONAL   Cinnabar is stimulating to the emotional body and can assist one in releasing buried resentment, anger and fear. It can help one courageously face one’s reality without denial or rationalization.

PHYSICAL   Cinnabar is excellent in treating deep-seated or systemic infections, whether they be viral or bacterial. It helps to stimulate the immune system and to purify the blood. It can be used to support treatment for HIV, herpes, staph and strep infections, and fungal infections. Its energy can be useful in healing warts, lesions and boils. It can be used to balance sexual and fertility issues.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth the Divine blueprint of my highest self, and through me the patterns of Spirit manifest in the physical world.

CIRCLE STONE

KEY WORDS      Attunement to Earth’s consciousness, awakening of dormant capacities, cocreative union with the World Soul, visionary knowledge of the future, cocreating the future

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Etheric chakras above the head

Circle Stone is the name given to pieces of flint that have been gathered from within crop-circle formations in England. Flint is a sedimentary rock composed entirely of silica. It occurs as concretions, in band or nodule form, and in limestones, especially chalk. Its color is usually black, brown or tan. It is marine in origin. Flint is a hard, tough stone that fractures conchoidally. Flakes of flint were used by primitive peoples for making arrowheads, scrapers and other tools. Flint frequently contains invertebrate fossils.

The areas of England where crop circles occur are rich in the chalk that creates optimal conditions for the formation of flint. In many parts of Wiltshire—the nexus of crop-circle activity—the entire area is underlain with white chalk a few feet below the surface. Raw chunks of flint are common in the fields. Some investigators speculate that the mineral content of the land in these areas somehow facilitates the creation of the crop-circle formations, by whatever process or intelligence brings them about.

ROBERT SIMMONS In the summer of 2007, I traveled to England with my wife, Kathy, to speak at a crystal and sound healing conference in Glastonbury. On our first day of sightseeing, we were surprised to discover one of the mysterious crop circles in a wheat field adjoining Avebury Stone Circle, a megalithic monument akin to such ancient sites as Stonehenge. Upon entering the crop circle, both of us felt powerful spiraling currents of energy rising out of the ground and moving up through our bodies. On the ground within the circle, Kathy found several unusual-looking stones that we later identified as flint. As we held the stones, we suddenly realized that they were carrying the same currents as the crop circles themselves! Even though it was nearly sunset, we hurried back to our car and went searching for more crop circles.

A wild series of synchronicities ensued (too lengthy to report here), and we became convinced that Circle Stones, as we decided to call the flint pieces from the crop circles, were an important part of the whole crop-circle mystery. It seemed clear that the same forces responsible for the astonishing patterns appearing in the fields were also somehow charging these stones with extremely high energy levels. Circle Stones are hugely more powerful than the flint pieces found outside the circles, even in the very same fields. Further, Circle Stones stimulate the brain in ways that are very intense and completely unique. I believe that working with these stones is a way of linking to the intelligence behind the crop circles.

On the night that I first worked with them in meditation, I slept with one of the Circle Stones. I dreamed a great deal, and woke after midnight with my whole body tingling inside and out with a pleasurable current that seemed to be the Life Force itself. The emotional tone was high joy. The next morning I was able to write the following paragraphs about the spiritual qualities of Circle Stones:

Circle Stones have been awakened by the Self that is the Heart of the Earth. They have waited for the ripeness of time, and are brought to their present joy by the gesture of her love. Her wisdom flows through them like living water, and the chords of her rhythms resonate through their inner lattices as music resonates through harp strings. She speaks to us through them, as through the patterns of the circles themselves, and her speech is more than words—it is that which reaches into us and brings forth the awe of recognition. The Earth is alive, awake and aware of us, with an intelligence we can glimpse but have not yet awakened fully enough to comprehend. We may never comprehend her, yet we can feel the astounding joy of beholding her, and the intense love engendered by our first glimpse of her. She offers us the grace of spiritual nourishment beyond measure, and invites us to a higher calling than we have ever known—a kind of spiritual marriage of our hearts with hers.

The vibrations of the Circle Stones deeply stimulate the heart chakra, sometimes bringing tears of appreciation and gratitude. They stimulate the third eye and crown chakras, facilitating visionary states. The currents of the Circle Stones can penetrate deeply into the brain, stimulating dormant areas and stirring inner capacities. They bring the Light of awakening to the dark areas of mind/brain and heart where our forgotten or never-known potentials are sleeping. Carrying, wearing or meditating with these stones can help us become aware of more of what we can be. Sleeping or meditating with Circle Stones can help bring one into conscious relationship with the spiritual intelligence that gives rise to the crop circles themselves. Longer meditations with the stones can take one very deep—much deeper than any other stone I have worked with.

In one of my own long meditations with Circle Stones, I was shown visions of the future, some of which have begun to manifest. The stones themselves tell me that their purpose is to enlarge human consciousness so that we can learn to both see and cocreate the future. This entails a true spiritual metamorphosis, in which we become a new kind of being—fulfilling our potential in the same way a butterfly fulfills the potential of the caterpillar. If we do so, the purpose of Circle Stones will be accomplished, and the World Soul will have her essential partners—fully awakened human beings.

Circle Stones resonate very strongly with Moldavite and Azeztulite, with mutual amplification of their currents and qualities. Because of the highly advanced qualities manifested through Circle Stones, it is best used in combination with Azeztulites and other stones that have been super-activated through the Azozeo process. In addition, Phenacite will bring an enhancement of the third-eye stimulation that Circle Stones provide, and Herderite will strengthen its effects for waking dormant brain areas.

SPIRITUAL   Circle Stones rapidly expand awareness, and unlock hidden potentials of the mind and brain. They aid one in attaining awareness of the future and influence over its unfolding.

EMOTIONAL   Circle Stones are in a sense beyond the normal range of emotion, but they do awaken excitement over the expansion of consciousness, and they reveal the World Soul—an experience that triggers intense love for her.

PHYSICAL   Circle Stones support vibrant health and full activation of the brain and nervous system.

AFFIRMATION   I choose to enter into conscious, loving relationship with the World Soul, and to join her in cocreating a blessed Earth.

CITRINE

KEY WORDS      Manifestation, personal will, mental clarity, creativity

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRA Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Citrine is a silicon dioxide mineral, a member of the Quartz group with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is trigonal and its yellow pigmentation is derived from iron. It varies in shade from very pale yellow to a deep amber, nearly orange, with some specimens exhibiting brownish tinges. The name Citrine comes from the French word citron, meaning lemon. Citrine was used as a gem in Greece as far back as 300 B.C. and was worked into cabochon ring stones and intaglios in Greece and Rome through the first and second centuries A.D. Much of the commercial Citrine on the market is heat-treated Amethyst. In general, the deeper amber and orangish shades are heat treated. Natural Citrines are mostly a pale yellow color. Deposits of natural Citrine have been found in Brazil, Africa, Madagascar, Spain, Russia, France, Scotland and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Citrine opens the inner doors to increased clarity of thought, enhanced creativity and magnified powers of will and manifestation. It is one of the premier stones for the second chakra and is capable of awakening the powers of creative imagination in even the most unconscious individuals!

Imagination, as Einstein said, is more important than knowledge. Knowledge refers to facts, conditions or principles already known and is thus rooted in the past. Through knowledge alone there can be repetition only, no creativity. The creative powers of human beings, and all beings, are rooted in imagination. Before someone could create the laser beam, the sonnet or the souffle, it had to be imagined. Imagination is the means by which one turns toward the time stream from the future, opening the self beyond what has been, into the realm of what can be. Citrine, in both natural and heated forms, stimulates imagination through three portals—the second, third and sixth chakras. The vibratory resonance of Citrine activates and harmonizes these three energy centers, all of which are necessary to the process of creative imagination.

Through the sixth chakra—the third eye—Citrine activates the thinking process and enhances mental clarity, as well as the visionary function through which inner images appear. After all, imagination is in essence the process of image-making. Until one has the image, one cannot build the invention. Through the second chakra, Citrine stimulates the creative function, the wellspring from which new potentials are born. It is fitting that this chakra is also the sexual energy center, the source of both types of ‘conceptions,’ imaginal and biological. Through the third chakra, the solar plexus, Citrine generates the human dynamo of personal will. It is said that great accomplishments are one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. The energy that sustains one through the grunt work of manifesting one’s creative ideas is that of the will. Without this third component ideas can fizzle out before they come to fruition. Citrine strengthens the third chakra, and through that, one can more readily dig down and find the persistence to ‘make it happen.’

Citrine works synergistically with many stones, and one can choose combinations based on where one feels the need to add (or multiply) additional energy. Heliodor, Golden Labradorite and Imperial Topaz add power to third chakra, seat of the personal will. For additional emphasis on the creative function, Zincite, Orange Calcite and Carnelian are excellent choices. For enhancing the visionary function, Phenacite, Azeztulite and Natrolite are ideal allies. To bring in more spiritual energies from the higher realms, Amethyst, Petalite, Danburite, Clear Apophyllite, Scolecite and/or Herderite can be of great assistance.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Much of our experience on the Earth plane is gained from our attempts to transform our dreams and wishes into physical tangibility. This is the process of manifestation, creating form or experience from the energetic blueprints of our thoughts, beliefs and desires. Citrine is our foremost ally in the process of manifestation. The vibration of Citrine stimulates our second and third chakras, initiating our creative energy and our will, and increasing our ability to bring energy into form.

Citrine enables us to open more fully to the energy of Divine Will and the path of love. By resonating with Citrine, we are reminded that we are loved and supported by the Universe in our efforts towards manifestation. When one chooses the path of love and joy, opening to the power of Divine Will, Citrine supports us in bringing forth what is truly beautiful.

There is a tremendous difference between the appearance of the orange-yellow heat-treated Citrine commonly found on the market and smoky golden natural Citrine. That difference extends to these stones’ energies, as well.

NATURAL CITRINE

Natural Citrine carries a powerful frequency that allows for the clearing and strengthening of the manifestation channel and one’s personal will. Its purifying properties come from its natural Smoky Quartz energy, combined with the stimulating Fire element energy it carries. The phantoms that often appear in Natural Citrine allow one to connect to one’s Higher Self, so one can focus on manifesting those creations most aligned with one’s highest good.

Natural Citrine stimulates the first through third (root, navel and solar-plexus) chakras. These are the points at which the high-frequency energies of the emotional and spiritual planes manifest into the lower-frequency realm of physicality. In other words, these chakras are where energy becomes physical. For this reason, they are powerful points in one’s energy systems for manifestation and creation work. They are also the points where we tend to experience the most blockages to manifestation. These areas have to do with our sense of deserving what we want and taking the initiative to create it. Natural Citrine allows blockages in these areas to become apparent so they can be cleared. It not only stimulates these areas, but also clears any energetic blocks, allowing for a freer flow through the manifestation channel.

In addition to its manifestation properties, Natural Citrine is also a powerful purifier of one’s will center. It helps one perceive and heal issues of power abuse and feelings of powerlessness. It enables one to understand the proper action to take to resolve situations for the higher good. It lends one courage and fortitude to make hard choices or take difficult actions.

SPIRITUAL   Natural Citrine is the great manifestor, allowing one to purify the manifestation channel and bring Divine energy into form through intention and action. It assists one in maintaining one’s direction when the going gets difficult, or when obstacles appear in one’s path.

EMOTIONAL   Natural Citrine assists one in overcoming difficulty, maintaining effort through adversity, and taking decisive action to resolve difficult situations. It assists one in overcoming feelings of being undeserving of abundance.

PHYSICAL   Natural Citrine enhances physical stamina and energy, supports the endocrine system and encourages proper metabolism.

HEAT TREATED CITRINE

NAISHA AHSIAN   The more common variety of Citrine found on the market is the characteristic lemon-yellow to orange-yellow stones created by heating Amethyst crystals to a high temperature. Crystals and minerals are used to high temperatures within the Earth, so this heating does not damage them. It does change their energies, however—particularly the frequencies of visible light energy they carry. Once these Amethyst crystals are heated, they become what is marketed as ‘Citrine.’ These stones have a very different energy from natural Citrines and should really be considered a different mineral, in regard to their applications in healing and metaphysical work. For the purpose of this writing, I’ll call this variety ‘Common Citrine.’

Common Citrine has a much lighter energy than Natural Citrine. Its energy is based more upon its physical color than its mineralogical properties. It is highly stimulating to the third chakra, seat of the will. It enables one to be more assertive and outgoing. It can assist one in setting proper emotional boundaries and in clearly maintaining them. This is a great stone for people who can’t say no! It helps one clearly state what is acceptable and what is not.

Before proper manifestation work can occur, it is necessary to define what one wishes to create. Often, however, one may have difficulty defining, or even identifying, what one wishes to bring into being. This type of Citrine is very helpful in assisting one in realizing what one wishes to manifest. Because it stimulates the third chakra, common Citrine can also assist one in identifying the problematic issues one may have around abundance and prosperity.

Common Citrine can help bring a vibrant, Light energy into the auric field. It helps dispel heaviness of emotion or mind and enables one to perceive things in a more positive light. It can assist in releasing negative thought patterns and encouraging optimism.

SPIRITUAL   Common Citrine marries the energy of the mind with that of the will. It helps one perceive issues of power use, boundaries and manifestation. It stimulates the mind and can assist in learning.

EMOTIONAL   This stone helps to lighten dark thoughts and brings optimism, playfulness and happiness into one’s energy systems. It gives one a ‘second wind’ to face difficult situations.

PHYSICAL   Common Citrine is helpful for digestive issues and metabolism. It can be used to support weight loss and to increase energy during exercise.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to the inspiration of my creative imagination, and through the strength of my will, aligned with Divine will, I manifest my dreams.

CLINOCHLORE

KEY WORDS      Healing, vitality, love, the Divine blueprint of well-being, angelic communication

ELEMENT      Storm, Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Clinochlore is a magnesium iron aluminum silicate with a hardness of 2 to 2.5. Its crystals are tabular, although Clinochlore also occurs in massive, foliated, scaly, granular or earthy habits. There is notable chemical variety in the Clinochlore minerals, which include such species as Seraphinite (see separate listing), Cookeite and Kammererite. Clinochlore is most often green, though it may be white, yellowish, colorless or (rarely) purple.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Clinochlore minerals are among the strongest for bringing healing and well-being to the physical body through alignment with the Divine blueprint. These stones are attuned to the archetypal patterns through which living entities, including human beings, are physically expressed. When one works with one’s intention focused on linking to the pattern of perfect health, the stones provide a ‘window’ through which one may resonate with this pattern. This energetic resonance makes an imprint upon one’s etheric body, which then translates the pattern gradually (or sometimes very quickly) into the physical form. Similar ‘windows’ can be accessed through prayer and meditation, or through the intercession of talented healers. However, if one is working in the do-it-yourself mode, or even in conjunction with other aids, Clinochlore’s attunement to the frequency of health can be a powerful tool.

Clinochlore also assists one in communicating with angelic beings and spirit guides. Its vibrational alignment provides a ‘window’ into these domains similar to the one used for healing resonance. In most humans, there are internal ‘veils’ which create a kind of inner blindness or deafness to the higher vibrational realms. Clinochlore can assist in raising one’s vibration so one can transcend these veils and participate in the communion of souls able to express and exchange consciousness on these levels.

One of the benefits of working with Clinochlore in regard to the higher realms is that the negative effects of one’s ego tend to be diminished. This is in part a natural effect of one’s becoming aware of these worlds—egoic desires and addictions simply don’t fit there—and is also due to the fact that Clinochlore’s vibration attunes to the Higher Self. As one continues, it becomes easier to move into the earthly activities of lovingkindness and service to others.

Generally, Clinochlore centers its vibrational pattern at the heart chakra, radiating from there into all dimensions of one’s physical and energetic bodies. In communication with the higher realms, sending one’s prayers, blessings, affirmations and other statements of self through the heart is the clearest and most effective practice.

Different varieties of Clinochlore offer somewhat different specializations of their energy patterns. Seraphinite, which has its own chapter in this book, is the premier healing stone of the age, for the physical, emotional, etheric and astral bodies. Chlorite enhances one’s connection with the Earth and Nature spirits. Cookeite, a rare lithium-bearing Clinochlore, is particularly well-suited to soothing and healing the emotional body. Kammererite, a reddish-purple Clinochlore, stimulates the root chakra for increased life force and the crown chakra for spiritual awakening.

Clinochlore harmonizes for healing purposes with stones such as Sugilite, Emerald, Amethyst, Charoite and most Agates and Chalcedonies. For spiritual upliftment. combining it with Petalite, Danburite, Phenacite, Brookite and Azeztulite can be most helpful. For emotional healing and recovery from stress, Lilac Lepidolite, Lithium Quartz, Amblygonite and Rhodochrosite are beneficial allies.

NAISHA AHSIAN The Clinochlore minerals are exceptional healers on the physical level, bringing vitality and renewed energy to those recovering from illness or trauma. It is helpful in providing energetic healing support for cellular respiration, nutrition imbalance and pulmonary issues. It can also aid oxygenation of the blood and is useful in the treatment of emphysema or other oxygen-deprivation illness. Clinochlore is stimulating to the chi, and it facilitates the movement of energy throughout the body. It assists circulation and proper energy flow in those who have very limited mobility. It is soothing to the emotional body and it assists one in maintaining hope and a positive outlook through difficult trials. Clinochlore minerals are exceptional allies in the healing of cancers and cancer-related illnesses.

Clinochlore minerals stimulate the experience of Divine Love, grace and even rapture. They foster the frequency of Love and help bring this highest of vibrations into one’s energetic systems and physical body. They are excellent for healing one’s relationships and expressing unconditional love toward others and oneself. Clinochlores can be excellent tools for abundance work. They can aid one in receiving abundance and opening to the infinite energy of the Divine.

SPIRITUAL   Clinochlores open one to Divine Love and Light. They promote experiences of spiritual connection and rapture. They help one to feel constantly embraced and supported by the Divine. They are excellent abundance stones.

EMOTIONAL   Clinochlores assist in repairing and healing relationships with others and with oneself. They facilitate a more loving, compassionate and affectionate level of expression.

PHYSICAL   Clinochlore minerals have extensive healing properties. They are one of the strongest mineral groups to use for support in healing cancer. They are beneficial for the physical heart, circulatory system, and respiratory illness. They increase general stamina and vitality in all systems of the body.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth and affirm the Divine blueprint of perfect health, as well as the pattern of my highest good in all aspects of my being.

COROMANDEL STONEWOOD

KEY WORDS      Awareness of Earth’s ancient memories, time travel to the past, Lemurian consciousness, receptivity, link to the Earth’s heartbeat, telomere protection, longevity

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All, especially Root (1st)

Coromandel Stonewood is the name given to a type of petrified wood native to the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. It is known technically as a pseudomorphosis of chalcedony or jasper, after wood. Its color is primarily a rich brown, and it is sometimes marked with flecks of black, gray and occasionally red. It is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. Coromandel Stonewood and other petrified woods in New Zealand formed when New Zealand was still attached to Gondwanaland. This is known as the Middle Jurassic Period, 170 million years ago. The trees were tropical trees not known in New Zealand today.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Coromandel Stonewood carries deep memories of the ancient Earth. It holds in its stony interior the impressions that reverberated through the planet during many of its most profound transformations. Coromandel Stonewood recalls the breaking-apart of the great single continent known as Gondwanaland, and the separation of New Zealand from the larger landmasses of the world. It can link one to the repository of planetary memory sometimes called the Akashic Record, and through this link it can trigger the conscious connection to any part of the Earth’s history, at least as far back as the age of the stones themselves. If one works with Coromandel Stonewood in a shamanic journey, one may find that the capacity to ‘time travel’ to the past has suddenly been activated.

Coromandel Stonewood was present in New Zealand during the times of Lemuria, and it can help one experience visions of the Lemurian world once present in New Zealand and on other nameless islands now sunk beneath the sea. Through its Lemurian connection, Coromandel Stonewood is a stone of deep intuition, empathy and bodily knowing. It encourages one to envision the potential for a Lemurian revival in the world today, and suggests that the New Consciousness for which humanity is destined is one of empathic rapport as the basis of all interaction. In the New Lemuria, there will be no facades or deceit. All humans will know and be known by one another. In such a consciousness, war and other competitive acts will give way to compassion and cooperation. These emotions are aroused through deep contemplation with Coromandel Stonewood, and may be previews of the days to come.

Coromandel Stonewood encourages receptivity. It teaches that awareness is not something one goes out and grabs but something to which one opens, and which one receives as a gift from the world. Coromandel Stonewood enhances one’s sensitivity to the subtle vibrational currents of the Earth. It allows one to sink into a slower vibration than is usual for humans, and to appreciate the strength and power of the Earth’s heartbeat from the depths. Many metaphysically oriented people (including myself) tend to be attracted to fast, high-vibration stones that create a lot of interior action and visionary states. This is not wrong—but one should not miss out on the pleasures and nourishment one can derive from resonating with the slow, strong currents of stones such as Coromandel Stonewood. From attending to the slow pulsations emanated by these brown beauties, one can ultimately learn to ‘ride’ on the Earth’s heartbeat. This can be an ecstatic experience, all the more intense because of its leisurely pace and unfathomable depth.

In spiritual self-healing, Coromandel Stonewood provides a placid, slow-moving, long-lasting and curative vitality. It is ideal for use in recovery from chronic conditions. These stones vibrationally support the telomeres on one’s DNA. These structures, which help the DNA to self-replicate, are defined as regions of repetitive nucleotide sequences at each end of a chromatid, which protects the end of the chromosome from deteriorating or fusing with neighboring chromosomes. Telomeres preserve cellular memory through protecting the chromosomes that carry that memory. Aging and death can be linked to telomere deterioration. The deep, strong and consistent vibrations of Coromandel Stonewood offer a vibrational template of resonance whereby cellular memory can ‘ride’ on currents that support replication without deterioration. In short, Coromandel Stonewood is a stone of well-being and longevity that arises from the cellular level.

Coromandel Stonewood harmonizes well with all stones in the jasper family, especially Revelation Stone. It resonates to the currents of other varieties of petrified wood, and one can work with these to further enhance one’s Earth connection. Meditating within a grid of Coromandel Stonewood and other types of petrified wood can result in a ‘web’ of connection to the underlying memory field of the whole Earth. This can be a boon to psychics and intuitives. High-vibration stones that link successfully with Coromandel Stonewood include Sauralite Azeztulite, Cinnazez, New Zealand Carnelian, Empowerite and Sanda Rosa Azeztulite.

SPIRITUAL   Coromandel Stonewood facilitates the slowing down of one’s vibrations, enabling energetic entrainment with the Earth. It can also trigger one’s entry into Lemurian consciousness.

EMOTIONAL   Coromandel Stonewood facilitates inner peace, contentment and the gradual dawning of ecstatic resonance with the Earth’s heartbeat.

PHYSICAL   Coromandel Stonewood can be used to enhance one’s overall vitality. It also offers vibrational support to the telomeres, for preservation of cellular memory and longevity.

AFFIRMATION   I enter with reverence into the memory of the Earth, and I allow myself to be awakened to the slow, resonating power of the Earth’s heartbeat.

COVELLITE

KEY WORDS      Psychic abilities, inner vision, transformation, bridging the higher and lower worlds

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Covellite is a copper sulfide mineral with a hardness of 1.5 to 2. Its crystal system is hexagonal. It occurs most often in massive form or as a coating on other Copper minerals, though it occasionally forms as tabular crystals with hexagonal striations. Its color is deep blue to black, usually with a play of gold or deep red on its surfaces. Covellite of sufficient quality to cut into gemstones is rather rare, with the best material originating from the copper mines around Butte, Montana, USA. Other good quality Covellite has been found in Italy and Peru.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Covellite connects strongly with physical reality and Earth energies and at the same time carries much of the higher spectrum of vibrations from the etheric plane and beyond. Like humanity at this time of transition, Covellite is bridging two worlds, and it can be an important ally for anyone working toward achieving the evolutionary leap which is taking humanity to the next level of being. Covellite is sensitive to the changing energy spectrum here on Earth, and it will alter in its energy pattern in harmony with the acceleration in vibrations within and around us. Thus it will remain a useful tool throughout the transformation.

Covellite is also a facilitator of the deep journey into the self and can be of great assistance in bringing the unconscious shadow side into one’s conscious awareness. Few people wish to take the journey down into the dark side of the soul, but this path is of absolute necessity if one wishes to make the leap to a ‘higher’ level of being as described above. The paradoxical truth of the psyche is that to ascend we must go down. This is where the energy necessary for fully awakened consciousness has been frozen—in old traumas, losses, shame and fear. These issues can even have their roots in past lives. Those who work with Covellite in meditation or dreaming may find themselves unearthing memories of this kind and reliving them. This is good news! The images of where and when one lost a piece of the soul must be viewed again as part of their healing and release. If one feels overwhelmed by the upwelling of this material, consulting a therapist and/or using the Covellite in small doses might be helpful. In any case, one is urged to make that trip to the psyche’s underworld and bring back the many treasures that were left behind.

Wearing Covellite, carrying it as a pocket piece, meditating with it, sleeping with it and using it in body layouts are all good ways to utilize its beneficial energies. Covellite harmonizes with Nuummite for added emphasis on the deep journey. Adding Azeztulite will help one ‘carry a Light into the dark places,’ and Phenacite or Cinnabar Quartz will add additional powers of insight for understanding the symbols and ideas that emerge from the depths.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Covellite carries a frequency which acts as a powerful stimulator of one’s vision and psychic ability. It activates the third-eye and crown chakras and encourages visionary work such as remote viewing, alternate-life recall, lucid dreaming and astral travel.

Covellite is an excellent stone to use in order to gain information on alternate or past lifetimes. As a support for past-life work, it can help one identify karmic patterns and their basis, without the need to relive the emotional experiences that created them. It can also help one access lifetimes spent in other realms—such as experiences in alternate dimensions or extraterrestrial lives. Covellite lends one access to the Akashic records and can assist one in connecting with information on the lives of others, in order to facilitate their healing. It is excellent for physical healing when a karmic basis for disease or imbalance is suspected.

Covellite’s stimulating effect on the higher chakras also facilitates the sharing of knowledge through writing or other communication. It can assist in organizing one’s thoughts, tuning in to a muse or guiding spirit, and finding the right words to express knowledge or information. Because of its ability to stimulate psychic ability and the expression of spiritual information, Covellite is a wonderful stone for psychics, channels, mediums or spiritual teachers who must communicate information received from the higher realms.

For all of its expansive properties, Covellite is an excellent grounding stone. It has the ability to help one to keep both feet firmly on the ground as one expands to the higher realms.

SPIRITUAL   Covellite opens the channel for Divine communication and connection with angels and spiritual guides. It is stimulating to one’s inner vision and assists one in all types of psychic and intuitive work. It is an excellent stone for healers, as it ensures grounding while it also opens one to high-frequency energy. It can help structure one’s thoughts so that ideas can be expressed more clearly. It is an excellent stone for past-life exploration.

EMOTIONAL   Covellite helps one identify the karmic roots of current emotional patterns. It is an excellent support for therapies that involve clearing alternate- and past-life patterns.

PHYSICAL   Covellite assists in finding the karmic roots of physical imbalance or disease. It is useful for women who are prone to yeast, fungal or microbial infections. It can help women find the causes of infertility, irregular menstrual cycles and other reproductive issues.

AFFIRMATION   I open my inner eyes to all that is within me, I call forth my wounds from the depths of self, and I affirm their healing and transformation in my journey to wholeness.

CREEDITE

KEY WORDS      Expansion of awareness, activation of upper chakras in conjunction with the heart

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal and Etheric (8th through 14th)

Creedite crystallizes in white, colorless, orange and sometimes purple crystals. The orange Creedites often form in porcupine-like balls that bristle with spiny crystals going out in all directions. Creedite is a rare mineral, and the best specimens come primarily from Mexico. The Orange Creedite ‘porcupines’ occur in the same mine in Mexico where rare Pink Fluorite is found.

ROBERT SIMMONS   One’s first impression of Creedite is that it quickly and powerfully activates the upper-chakra energies, particularly the third eye, crown chakra and those above. There is a vivid sense of expansion of one’s field of awareness and a euphoria in which one experiences a kind of floating upliftment. As one continues to resonate with this stone, one senses a deepening of the connection down through the body, particularly at the heart. This sensation signals an anchoring of the expanded awareness into the heart, which can bring a feeling of satisfaction to the heart’s eternal yearning for full connection with Spirit.

Creedite is an access-key stone for all kinds of en-coded spiritual information. It can assist one in attuning to the Akashic records, ‘opening the files’ in record keeper crystals, understanding the messages of spirit guides, interpreting oracles such as the tarot, and channeling the messages of spirit beings. It can help meditators make the quantum leap to higher domains of consciousness, clearing any blockages in the third eye, crown chakra or the etheric chakras above the head. Creedite is a stone of the Light of the angelic realm, and it can help one manifest that Light in one’s everyday life. For some people, Creedite should be used in conjunction with grounding stones such as Black Tourmaline. Those who need this will know who they are, because they will tend to float away and have difficulty feeling fully in the body after working with Creedite.

For opening the portals to the higher spiritual realms, Creedite resonates well with Azeztulite, Scolecite, Phenacite, Natrolite, Clear Apophyllite and/or Herderite. Jet and Black Tourmaline help those working with Creedite to purify their energy fields and stay grounded. Combining Carnelian, Orange Calcite, Zincite and/or Amber with orange Creedite will increase its enhancement of one’s creative energies. Creedite and Moldavite work together to bring one experiences of spiritual awakening and transformation. Nuummite can be used with Creedite to ground one’s memories of dreams and meditation experiences and to bring Light into experiences of spiritual darkness.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Creedite’s powerful frequency immediately be-gins resonating through the third eye, crown and etheric chakras above the head. This resonance creates a gentle expansion and cleansing, which in turn facilitates a clear meditative state. Creedite’s frequency can aid one in connecting with one’s highest guides and recovering memories of other lifetimes, cultures and technologies. As the Light energy of Creedite fills the auric field, it creates a gentle expansion there. This cleansing and expansive process clears the aura of debris and increases the base resonant frequency of the energetic field.

This infusion of Light affects different aspects of the physical and energetic bodies depending upon the color and formation of the Creedite crystals. Purple crystals are the strongest for attaining spiritual information through meditative discourse with one’s guides, angels and Higher Self. White or colorless crystals stimulate the entire energetic field and assist the physical body in shifting its base resonant frequency to a higher vibration. Orange Creedites stimulate creative vision and are excellent for raising the vibration of work spaces.

SPIRITUAL   Creedites of all colors accelerate the base resonant frequency of the body and energy field. They fill the aura with a full spectrum of Light energy and encourage connection to guides through stimulating the third-eye, crown and etheric chakras. They are excellent for meditation, creative visualization and receiving inspiration from the Divine.

EMOTIONAL   Creedite helps one stop identifying with one’s emotions and begin identifying with a higher perspective on one’s experiences. It can aid one in overcoming addiction to dramatic emotional experiences and can help one find an inner place of calm presence.

PHYSICAL   Creedite’s infusion of the energy field with Light illuminates levels of the energy bodies that may not be easily perceptible—such as the etheric blueprint. This illumination allows healers to identify latent disharmonious patterns within the energy field and to remove the etheric counterparts of physical disease from the energy field to accelerate healing.

AFFIRMATION   I am fully open and in alignment with the realms of Spirit.

CROCOITE

KEY WORDS      Physical vitality, wisdom of the heart, communion with the Divine, passion, love, enlightenment

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Heart (4th), Crown (7th)

Crocoite is a lead chromate mineral with a hardness of 2.5 to 3. Its crystal system is monoclinic, and it forms long, prismatic crystals, usually in clusters. It occurs in the oxidized zones of deposits containing lead and chromium, often in association with Anglesite, Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Wulfenite and/or Vanadinite. Crocoite’s color is red or red-orange, and sometimes yellow. The best known deposits are in Tasmania, Australia, but fine specimens have also been found in the Ural Mountains of Russia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Crocoite is a beneficial stone for making breakthroughs, especially for those whose most passionate pursuit is the realization of enlightenment. This stone activates a harmonic, triune vibration of the crown, heart and root chakras, opening the kundalini channel and moving one’s core energies through it. This powerful opening can catalyze all sorts of ‘quantum leaps’ in one’s consciousness, dispelling old blockages and allowing the full expression of one’s spiritual self through the physical body. Crocoite’s stimulation of the heart chakra floods one’s auric field with what one might call ‘soul energy’—a kind of awareness that is far more spiritually attuned than one’s everyday self, but far less detached than one’s pure spirit. This energy is what is needed for the compassionate healing of oneself, one’s fellow humans and this planet.

Crocoite can stimulate passion, love and spiritual awareness all at once. For couples, the vibrations of Crocoite are highly conducive to Tantric love-making practices, which rouse these same energies. Keeping a Crocoite cluster in the bedroom can infuse the area with blissful waves of ecstatic engagement.

Crocoite stimulates fertility, in the body as well as one’s creative expressions. It is an excellent stone for artists, writers and musicians. It also supports the reproductive systems in the body.

For spiritual opening and growth, Crocoite works well when combined with Azeztulite, Herderite, Natrolite and/or Phenacite. For fertility, creativity and sexuality, Zincite, Orange Calcite and/or Carnelian are most helpful. For added heart chakra-energy, Dioptase, Kunzite, Morganite, Pink Calcite and/or Rose Quartz are excellent choices.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Crocoite is an extremely powerful stone that activates the root chakra, the heart chakra and the crown chakra—the ‘sacred three’ chakras of the emerging energy body. It is an exceptionally strong Storm element stone that can activate many different levels of the auric field.

First, its energy stimulates the root chakra. It increases physical vitality, assists one in feeling empowered in physical reality, and helps one manifest one’s needs and desires more easily. By stimulating the root chakra, Crocoite helps activate the grounding cord, which is critical to maintaining a strong, energized aura. Crocoite’s effects on the root chakra also assist one in maintaining general physical health and well-being.

In addition to charging the root chakra, Crocoite also activates the heart. It stimulates the heart’s electromagnetic field, which contributes to a strong, positive aura. It assists one in aligning with the wisdom of the heart and encourages one to radiate a powerful frequency of love throughout one’s aura and environment. One might think opening the heart means being overly emotional and sensitive to the emotional energies of others. This is not the case, especially when speaking of the effects of Crocoite. It encourages a courageous and heroic heart, strongly radiating the frequencies of love and compassion. This means negative energies that created emotional experiences in the past no longer affect one as much. Instead, one becomes an activator of the hearts of others, creating a chain-reaction effect.

After the root and heart have been activated, the crown chakra is then awakened. This allows for connection to the higher realms and the grounding of those higher frequencies through the heart and root centers. This process of grounding spiritual energy creates a channel of Light through the physical body, into the world. Each person who radiates in this way becomes a beacon of Light for others—illuminating the truth that this reality is a manifestation of the Divine and we are all expressions of the Light on Earth. This activation of the crown also stimulates higher awareness and psychic ability. While in this state of open connection to consciousness, however, these effects are less important than the pure experience of communion with the Divine and channeling the Divine energy through one’s being.

The activation offered by Crocoite is a powerful experience of awakening to one’s true potential and purpose. This opening enhances one’s capacities for healing, psychic ability, manifestation, and one’s command of energy in general. In the process, one experiences powerful emotional clearing and the alignment of one’s thoughts with one’s heart.

SPIRITUAL   Crocoite stimulates the crown and third eye, aiding one in connecting with the etheric chakras above the head. It can facilitate strong psychic and spiritual initiations, including experiences of illumination, grace and even rapture. Its spiritual properties are solely for activating one to become a manifestation channel for Divine light on the Earth.

EMOTIONAL   Crocoite’s opening of the heart assists one in releasing emotional baggage, patterns and imbalances. It helps one remain centered within the heart and present in the moment. It activates one to the frequency of Divine Love and compassion.

PHYSICAL   Crocoite clears and activates the root chakra, stimulating general health and vitality in the body. It is helpful in immune-system imbalances, is highly stimulating to the endocrine system and has a balancing effect on the glands.

AFFIRMATION   I am filled with physical vitality, creativity, love and spiritual enlightenment.

CRYOLITE

KEY WORDS      Intelligence of the heart, future stream, Divine purpose, surrender. liberation, integrity, spiritual truth

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All (1st-7th), Soul Star (8th)

Cryolite is a sodium aluminum fluoride mineral with a hardness of 2.5 to 3. Its crystal system is monoclinic. Most natural Cryolite has been found at the Ivigtut site on Greenland’s west coast. This find was almost completely depleted as Cryolite was utilized as a flux in aluminum smelting. It has been found associated with other minerals such as Siderite, Quartz, Topaz, Fluorite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Cassiterite, Molybdenite, Columbite and Wolframite. In addition to the major discovery in Greenland, it has been found in Colorado, USA, Quebec, Canada, and at Miask, Russia. Cryolite has a very low refractive index, similar to water, so that clear Cryolite crystals will seem to “disappear” when immersed in water. Even white Cryolite specimens such as those we acquired will appear transparent at the edges when in water.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The energies of Cryolite focus directly on the most needed component of human evolution at this time—the awakening of our awareness to the intelligence of he heart, and the partnering of the most evolved areas of the brain with that intelligence. Cryolite powerfully stimulates the third eye, as well as the entire pre-frontal cortex of the brain. It also stimulates the heart and crown chakras, linking them with the third eye and facilitating inner vision. Further, it opens the channels through which the holographic knowing of the heart and its language of silent understanding can be received and comprehended by the conscious mind. This opening brings one from confusion to certainty, from egoic self-seeking to love, generosity and benevolence, from fear to trust, from control to surrender. It is the quintessential vibration of the new consciousness which is sweeping quietly through humanity, and which is destined to transform the world.

One’s initial experience of Cryolite’s energies, especially when the stone is held to the third eye, can be one of intensely pulsating energies moving first into the forehead and then to up to the crown and down to the heart. One may notice that this pulsation corresponds to one’s heartbeat. This is fitting, for Cryolite amplifies and focuses the heart energies. It also switches on dormant capacities in the ‘silent areas’ of the brain. The emotional tone generated by Cryolite is one of peace and quiet joy.

The heart produces a torus-shaped electromagnetic field which is linked, through quantum waves, with all other such fields in the Universe—from atoms to galaxies and beyond. Thus, through the heart we are potentially able to directly know whatever we wish to know. And since the knowing of the heart reaches beyond space and time, we can potentially apprehend events from the future through the mind/heart connection. Cryolite works like a set of electrical cables to ‘jump start’ this dormant but very real connection. When this has happened fully, one’s frontal lobes are no longer ‘silent,’ but are activated to fulfill their potential—bringing one from unconscious enslavement to conscious dominion over the realm of one’s life. An interesting aspect of this is that dominion can only occur through ongoing moment-to-moment surrender to the intelligence of the heart, which equals surrender to the ever-flowing intention of Divine purpose. Yet this surrender is actually a release into liberation, as one realizes that oneself and the Divine purpose are one and the same.

Cryolite is a excellent stone to use in combination with Hollandite Quartz, since both materials, in different ways, work to unlock one’s true identity and fulfill one’s potential. Moldavite is a ready and powerful ally for both of these. In addition, visionary stones such as Phenacite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Herderite, Azeztulite and Petalite can aid in further activating the latent capacities of the High Brain.

The love energy emanated by Cryolite is the transcendent vibration of Divine Love. It is somewhat above and beyond the individual human love most of us know. However, if one wishes to work with stones which can aid in the fusion of Divine love and personal love, I recommend combining Cryolite with heart stones such as Rosophia, Morganite and Rose Quartz.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Cryolite is a Storm element ally that assists one in developing strength of mind and the development of spiritual maturity. Its energy is useful in helping one to act with integrity and honor in alignment with one’s spiritual truth. Cryolite is an excellent stone to use when one needs to eradicate outmoded belief systems, particularly when those beliefs were quite ingrained and even cherished. For this reason, Cryolite is a powerful ally in successfully navigating that powerful, yet dreadful time appropriately termed the ‘dark night of the soul.’ When faced with taking difficult, yet necessary actions required to realign your reality with your integrity and spiritual truth, Cryolite will act as a supportive guide and a strict coach.

Cryolite is a wonderful stone to use in meditation and learning because of its ability to clear the mind and enhance focus. It can be useful in eliminating negative thought patterns or internal dialog. It acts as a mental purifier, helping to eliminate confusion and assisting one in making choices and decisions, and taking important actions that may have been delayed due to fear or denial of responsibility.

SPIRITUAL   This stone facilitates strength of mind, hardening of resolve, valor, purification of beliefs and the dispelling of negative thought systems. Cryolite can help in connecting with one’s spiritual conscience and acting from a place of alignment with Divine Will. It is assists one in attracting the highest possible teachers and guides for the next step on one’s path.

EMOTIONAL   Cryolite can help one in overcoming procrastination and indecision rooted in denial of responsibility for one’s life or actions. It helps one perceive what must be done, and assists one in finding the inner resources and resolve to ‘just do it.’

PHYSICAL   Cryolite’s energy supports brain function, learning and cognitive function. Its energy also helps support bone density.

AFFIRMATION   I center myself as the non-judging witness upon the throne of my heart, and I commit myself to truth, trust, compassion and love.

CUPRITE

KEY WORDS      Life force, vitality, physical energy, courage, healing, Divine feminine

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd)

Cuprite is a copper oxide mineral with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. When in crystal form the growing habits are octahedral, cubic or dodecahedral. The color is red, ranging from brownish or blackish to pure crimson, depending on the formation and the presence of impurities. Cuprite forms in oxidized parts of copper deposits and often occurs in association with Chrysocolla, Malachite and Azurite. Fine Cuprite specimens have been collected in Africa in the Congo and Namibia, and in the USA, in Bisbee, Arizona. More common forms of Cuprite are widespread and are found in many copper-producing areas.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Cuprite is just what is needed for those who are working on tough problems in the physical domain. Healing issues, irrational anxieties, fears around one’s mortality, unconscious terror connected to past traumas—for all of these problems, one can benefit from a stone that works on the root chakra, at the bottom of the spine. Cuprite is pure first-chakra energy, and its abundant flow of prana is a boon to anyone whose first chakra may be closed or weak. All healers who work with stones should have Cuprite available for dealing with these issues. Anyone wishing to activate, strengthen or heal the first chakra is recommended to wear or carry Cuprite throughout the day.

Meditation with Cuprite will activate the first chakra and may be instrumental in awakening the kundalini energies. This can be especially helpful to people who feel that they are ‘low energy’ types. Cuprite offers a wellspring of vitality that those who attune themselves to its vibrations can use to replenish themselves. Cuprite, being a stone of prana, offers vibrational support to those concerned with healing lung dysfunctions, circulation difficulties, prostate or lower-bowel issues, or problems with the sexual organs.

Cuprite is a stone of feminine power, and it activates the feminine archetype of the Earth goddess. Women who wish to find their own connection to her are advised to wear Cuprite, sleep or meditate with it, and to imagine their own base chakra with a red root extending deep into the Earth. Cuprite is also a stone of fertility on all levels—helpful to those who wish to conceive, a bit risky for those who don’t. But those who want to ‘birth’ their creative projects into the world will find a helpful ally.

Cuprite can also be a stone of alchemy, and it resonates with the archetypes of the Magician and the High Priestess. Just as copper conducts electricity so well, Cuprite carries Divine energies from the inner world to their manifestation in the outer world. Creating a ritual utilizing Cuprite is highly recommended for those looking for help in this area.

For an added enhancement to lower-chakra energies, Cuprite can be combined with Zincite. To use these stones for awakening the kundalini energies, one is advised to wear or work with Cuprite and Zincite in combination with Tibetan Tektite. This is a powerhouse trio to light the fires of one’s lower-chakra energies and set those energies boiling to the top of one’s crown! Using these three together, one is advised be aware and remove them if the energy feels too powerful. It may take time to adjust to the intensity.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Cuprite is one of the three stones of the Earth element triad, which also includes Pyrite and Hematite. These three stones together represent the balancing of the male and female polarities and the manifestation of one’s spiritual path in balance with the Earth. Cuprite represents the Female aspect in this triad.

Cuprite embodies the power of the receptive and of moving deep within the self to connect with the void of potential from which all is created. It is at this level of being that one can birth new creations into the physical world. Entering the void is an ancient sacred practice which allows one to be reborn to one’s power and potential in the realm of physicality.

The energy of Cuprite is that of the sacred cave into which the shaman retreats in order to commune with the womb of the world. It is a powerful stone for Earth healing and the healing of the feminine/receptive aspect of oneself. Cuprite embodies the energy of birth and death. It is an excellent ally when one is facing a major threshold or rite of passage. It can assist one in stepping out of the past and being reborn into the present as a new and radiant being.

SPIRITUAL   Cuprite encourages connection with, and balancing of, the feminine polarity within oneself. It enables one to seek and find the void of creation through shamanic practice. Cuprite’s energy speaks of potential and the right use of power. It is the power of the receptive and is ideal for those who are unable to receive from others, who block themselves from manifesting or feel powerless in their lives. Cuprite is a stone of women’s mysteries and can be used to access ancient knowledge from the DNA we inherited from our mothers, back to the beginning of humanity.

EMOTIONAL   Cuprite carries the energy of the archetypal feminine. It assists us in facing our relationships with mothers, sisters, daughters, female partners and the feminine aspect of self. Cuprite can aid in identifying any issues we may have with the feminine archetype and in healing those issues through sacred exploration of the deepest, darkest self.

PHYSICAL   Cuprite is an excellent stone to assist with female reproductive issues of all sorts—particularly painful and irregular menstruation, menopausal symptoms, and balancing the hormones during and after birth.

AFFIRMATION   The furnace of my body blazes with energy and vitality, and for this I honor the feminine Divine that is my Source.

CRIMSON CUPRITE

KEY WORDS      Life Force, vitality, physical energy, courage, healing, Divine Feminine, etherization of the blood

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd)

Crimson Cuprite is a copper-oxide mineral with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. Its crystal system is hexoctahedral. The name Cuprite is derived from the Latin cuprum, meaning ‘copper.’ This mineral is a relatively recent discovery, and is a brighter red than most other forms of Cuprite. It may also vary slightly in composition from other varieties of Cuprite. When in crystal form, Cuprite’s growing habits are octahedral, cubic or dodecahedral. Crimson Cuprite is found only in massive form, in oxidized parts of copper deposits, in association with Chrysocolla, Malachite and Azurite. Although Cuprite specimens have been collected in Africa in the Congo and Namibia, as well as in the United States, Crimson Cuprite has been found only in Mexico. More common forms of Cuprite are widespread, found in many copper-producing areas.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Crimson Cuprite is a profoundly helpful stone for those working on healing irrational anxieties, fears about mortality or unconscious anxieties connected to past traumas. Crimson Cuprite offers pure first-chakra energy, and its abundant flow of prana is a boon to anyone whose first chakra may be closed or weak. Meditation with Crimson Cuprite will activate the first chakra, and may be instrumental in awakening the kundalini energies.

Crimson Cuprite is a stone of feminine power and activates the feminine archetype of the Earth Goddess. It stimulates the re-living of one’s birth, or of giving birth, and it awakens awareness of the deeply spiritual mystery of incarnation. Contemplating a Crimson Cuprite while engaged in meditation on this mystery of how life enters matter can stimulate a clear awareness of what the Life Force is and does. With the unfolding of this awareness, the Life Force itself quickens within one’s body and mind. Energetically, this is an experience of kundalini.

Those who wish to find their own connection to the Goddess energies in themselves are advised to wear, sleep or meditate with Crimson Cuprite, and to imagine one’s own base chakra as a red root extending deep into the Earth. Holding a Crimson Cuprite while visualizing the root of one’s being going to the core of the Earth can give one a vivid and physically tangible experience of the immense fountain of life that the Earth is birthing in every moment. To feel this is to feel her.

Crimson Cuprite can also be a stone of alchemy, and it resonates with the archetypes of the Magician and the High Priestess. Just as copper conducts electricity so well, Crimson Cuprite carries Divine energies from the inner world to their manifestation in the outer world. In seeking to develop alchemical skills—the skills of self-transformation—one must learn to be sensitive to the flow of the energies of the Soul of the World. Whether these energies are crystal vibrations, the Life Force of plants, or the awareness of sentient beings, one can, through cocreative intention, influence how they manifest in the world. Crimson Cuprite’s high capacity for transmitting spiritual energies into matter enhances one’s opportunities to feel and direct these creating energies. This rather amazing quality makes these stones an ideal alchemical aide.

Crimson Cuprite, being a stone of prana (Life Force), offers vibrational support for healing lung dysfunctions, circulation difficulties, prostate or lower-bowel issues, or problems with the sexual organs.

Crimson Cuprite harmonizes with Copper, Chrysocolla, Azurite, Turquoise, Cinnazez Azeztulite, Glendonite, Herderite, Brookite, Black Tourmaline, Sedonalite and Moldavite. Azeztulite of all types can help one pull the prana currents awakened by Crimson Cuprite from the root chakra all the way up to the crown.

SPIRITUAL   Crimson Cuprite stimulates one’s awareness of the Life Force flowing into all of us from the Earth below. It can inaugurate a conscious relationship with the Goddess energies. It can awaken kundalini energies, and help one accomplish alchemical self-transformation.

EMOTIONAL   Crimson Cuprite opens a passionate connection between oneself and the Source of life. It can be used to enhance passion in personal relationships as well.

PHYSICAL   Crimson Cuprite is an ideal stone for facilitating recovery from illness. Its infusion of prana gives the body abundant energetic resources to draw on as it reestablishes one’s vitality.

AFFIRMATION   I am a child of the Great Mother, and I am also her spiritual lover. She is my home, and the constant source of the energies that vitalize my life.

DANBURITE

KEY WORDS      Angelic communication, channeling, interdimensional travel, peace, freedom from stress

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal and Etheric (8th and beyond, above the head)

Danburite is a calcium borosilicate crystal with a hardness of 7 to 7.5. Is name is derived from its original discovery in Danbury, Connecticut, USA. Danburite crystals are orthorhombic and prismatic, with linear striations running parallel to the length of the crystal. Crystals are generally four-sided, and their terminations are usually chisel-shaped. Most often, they are colorless or white, but some specimens are wine-yellow or pale pink. The most abundant Danburite deposits are in Mexico, but crystals are also found in Russia, Madagascar, Bolivia, Burma and Japan.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Anyone who wants to evolve spiritually can benefit from exposure to Danburite. It is a gentle and powerful aid to the upliftment of one’s awareness to the higher spiritual vibrations. Danburite clears and opens the crown chakra, linking and harmonizing it with the heart. It also activates and integrates the transpersonal and etheric chakras above the head, all the way up to the fourteenth chakra. This allows one to move in consciousness into the angelic domain, with which Danburite has a special resonance. It also facilitates interdimensional travel and communication with spiritual entities other than angels.

Danburite is an excellent stone for those who need to release stress and worry. It soothes the heart and sends it the message that all is well. This is often a much-needed signal in the anxiety-filled world of these times. Holding a Danburite in each hand can be a very calming experience and a boon to meditation. Those who have difficulty sleeping are advised to hold a Danburite in the hand or place one in the pillowcase, or both, in order to bring peace to the subconscious self. Danburite has a way of calming down the mind chatter that can so easily make an insomniac of anyone who has a busy life.

Almost all the Danburite in circulation comes from Mexico, but there are other varieties of Danburite from different localities, and these have different energetic signatures. Peruvian Danburite crystals are gray, opaque and double-terminated. In addition to the aforementioned properties of Danburite, these stones have a special vibrational affinity with extraterrestrial entities and can assist one in making contact with them on the inner planes. Madagascar Danburites are golden in color, and they are attuned to the sweetness of etheric music. They can help one experience the legendary ‘music of the spheres.’ Russian Danburite appears in crystals which are often slightly smoky, with duller surfaces than Danburites from Mexico. Russian Danburites vibrate with somewhat more intensity than the other varieties, and they are strong activators of the third eye for visionary experience.

Danburite is one of the stones in the Synergy Twelve group, along with Moldavite, Phenacite, Tanzanite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Petalite, Tibetan Tektite, Brookite, Natrolite, Scolecite and Satyaloka Quartz. This combination is the most powerful yet discovered for the harmonic activation of the entire human energy field. For purposes of stress relief and relaxation Danburite harmonizes well with Lilac Lepidolite, Amblygonite and Lithium Quartz. For interdimensional travel, Merkabite Calcite and Elestial Calcite are ideal allies. Smoky Quartz provides a good grounding influence, while Pink Tourmaline and Morganite help strengthen the heart-chakra connection.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Danburite carries the high, sweet frequency of angelic communion and celebration of the Divine Source. Its energy stimulates the third-eye, crown and etheric chakras above the head. It lends a sense of joy and communion with the Divine, facilitates meditation and carries an energy that is the closest I have found to the reiki frequency in a stone.

Danburite is a perfect tool to use when one is opening to channel. It brings one into resonance with high-frequency Light energy and allows one to gracefully open to these frequencies so they can be brought into the Earth plane and used for service to the world. It facilitates communications with one’s highest guides and enables one to recall what occurs during these communications. In healing work, Danburite assists one in overcoming fear of intimacy with the Divine. It allows one to experience immersion in the realm of Spirit and the full opening of the heart to the Divine Source, so one may become a conduit for this frequency on the planet. This attribute is particularly useful in these times, as we are asked to expand our hearts and carry a more aligned vibration.

SPIRITUAL   Danburite encourages communion with higher beings and facilitates the communication of knowledge and information from these beings during meditation. It is an excellent stone for connecting with Angelic entities and energies. It encourages resonance with the Divine heart and the manifestation of high-frequency energy through the physical body.

EMOTIONAL   Danburite soothes the emotional body, bringing in a frequency of comfort and angelic rescue. It can help one release grief, intense fear and anxiety, resentment or anger.

PHYSICAL   Danburite’s energies are most effective on the spiritual and emotional levels. Danburite can help to bring a calm, optimistic outlook to those who are ill.

AFFIRMATION   I expand my awareness to awaken within the higher worlds, and I call forth my angels to counsel and guide me.

DARWINITE

KEY WORDS      Heart awareness, lovingrelationship, linking of heart and brain, kinship with all life, holographic consciousness, gestation of the New Human Being

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Darwinite is a glassy material similar to Moldavite and other Tektites. It is found around the remains of a one kilometer-diameter crater southeast of Mount Darwin in Tasmania, Australia. It is typically grayish-green in color, and often translucent. Darwinite is believed to be the product of the fusion of extraterrestrial material and earthly rock, created by a meteoric collision.

Darwin Crater is the impact site associated with the genesis of Darwinite, and is believed to have been created by the impact of a meteor between twenty and fifty meters in diameter. The explosive power of this impact is estimated as the equivalent of about 20,000,000 tons of TNT. The Darwin Crater is about 816,000 years old, making Darwinite a relatively ‘young’ Tektite. Most Darwinite has been found several kilometers away from Darwin Crater. The darker varieties of Darwinite are said to contain a larger proportion of meteorite material than the lighter shades.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Tektites of all varieties, whether Moldavites, Libyan Gold Tektites, black Tibetan Tektites or others, are known as particularly high-energy stones. Darwinite is no exception. These stones have a surprisingly powerful resonance with the heart. When I first held a piece, I placed it near my heart, greeting the stone with love and an invitation to tell me its story. Within a few seconds, I noticed that my heartbeat had shifted, and that it was beating in rhythmic resonance with pulses that emanated from the stone. It was a wordless heart-to-heart communion with the spirit of the stone. There was also a sympathetic response in the head, as the powerful love exchange shifted my consciousness from neutral observation into one of loving, empathic engagement. I was surprised to feel so much love from the stone, and so much affection from my heart in response.

Darwinite is a stone of loving relationship. It facilitates dissolving the protective armor which fear has created around the hearts of many people, and it encourages open engagement with the world and all beings within it. It is a stone of ‘homecoming,’ meaning that it helps us feel at home in the world. It aids in recognizing, through the awakening of heart intelligence, our kinship with all life, and indeed with the entire ‘nonliving’ world as well. The message of Darwinite is that everything is love, and we experience that reality when we meet each moment of life experience with action based on love.

Darwinite can facilitate the awakening of numerous new capacities. When I experimented by holding a Darwinite and a Sunset Gold Selenite together and touching them to my third eye, I felt a strong current enter that chakra. There was the sensation of a unifying energy moving down the center of the brain, and the feeling that the two brain hemispheres were being balanced and synchronized with one another. I inwardly heard the phrase, ‘engendering holographic consciousness,’ and felt I was being shown how Darwinite can initiate the birth of this type of awareness.

I was made aware that holographic consciousness involves seeing the resonance of the whole in each object or process we perceive, and that one can, from that state, ‘look anywhere to get information about everything.’ In other words, in holographic consciousness, one has access to all possible knowledge simply through focusing attention on something while inwardly asking a question about what one wishes to understand. Through the object of focus, whatever is resonant with the question flows into one’s awareness. I continued to point the Darwinite/Selenite combination along the centerline of the brain, and the pleasant, intense current continued, seeming to ‘sew together’ my separated hemispheres. There was a sense of spherical wholeness of consciousness, which I found very pleasurable.

Darwinite stimulates the prototypal pattern of the New Human Being—the next phase of evolution. It can be used to remove fear from the emotional body as well as the cellular consciousness. It quickens the vibratory rate of the etheric body, helping it keep pace with the accelerating vibrations of the Earth. Darwinite stimulates insight, and the capacity to make all things new through attunement with what is coming into being from the spiritual realms. It helps one shed old habits that limit the possibilities of life to what has been known from the past.

In spiritual self-healing, Darwinite supports the brain and the corpus callosum—the bundle of nerve fibers that connect the two brain hemispheres. It is beneficial to the heart, and it stimulates the channels of communication between the heart and brain. It is excellent for improving one’s capacity to consciously monitor all aspects of one’s health through the heart/brain connection.

Darwinite is a natural ally with Moldavite, Libyan Gold Tektite and Tibetan Tektite. All of these stones quicken spiritual evolution, and stimulate one’s potential to develop new capacities. In addition, Darwinite Tektite resonates synergistically with Himalaya Gold Azeztulite, Sunset Gold Selenite, and all of the Synergy Twelve and Ascension Seven Stones. It also works well with Azozeo super-activated stones.

SPIRITUAL   Darwinite quickens spiritual evolution, stimulating the integration and partnership of the heart and brain. It helps awaken latent spiritual capacities, and quickens the etheric body’s vibrations, helping it keep pace with the acceleration of the Earth.

EMOTIONAL   Darwinite entrains with the heart to bring forth a consciousness of love. It can remove fear from the emotional body.

PHYSICAL   Darwinite supports the brain, corpus callosum and heart. It engenders enhanced energetic links between the brain hemispheres.

AFFIRMATION   I choose the path of evolution through love, in attunement with the Earth.

DATOLITE

KEY WORDS      Connection with the higher worlds, retrieval of lost information, mental power, spiritual awareness.

ELEMENT      Water, Wind

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal and Etheric (8th through 14th, above the head))

Datolite is a calcium borosilicate mineral with a hardness of 5 to 5.5. Its crystal system is monoclinic. The mineral forms in short prismatic crystals of high variability or in granular, porcelain-like masses. It can be colorless, white, pale yellow or pale green. Sometimes impurities can tint it pink, reddish or brown. Many of the best Datolite specimens come from Russia and are yellow-greenish in color.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Datolites are strong crystals for the third-eye, crown and etheric chakras. They open one’s subtle vision, allowing one to see auras, as well as beings in the astral, causal and subtle domains. Nature spirits, angels, guides, non-physical teachers, healers and helpers all become visible and available for communication. The fast-pulsing energies of Datolite increase the vibration of one’s energy field so one can consciously experience one’s own spiritual body, using it to explore the many higher dimensions surrounding us.

These stones can retrieve lost memories of childhood, past lives, and even the Akashic record of humanity’s ancient history. They can enhance the accuracy of one’s memory and sharpen all mental abilities. They especially aid in developing mathematical intelligence but also improve linguistic learning, memorization, analysis of systems, abstract geometries and other applications of the thinking mind. Datolites are excellent stones for one’s work desk or meditation altar. They will work differently in each case, but the benefits are great.

Yellow-green Datolite in particular can be used to enhance the heart and solar-plexus chakras and their links with the etheric chakras. In order to truly evolve, one must develop the high heart and the high will, the exalted aspects of the fourth and third chakras. Yellow-green Datolite assists in this process, because its vibrational pattern exhibits this exact dynamic in finished form. Being near this type of Datolite, one can develop an energy resonance with it that moves one’s own pattern into this ideal spectrum.

Datolite works very well with high-vibration stones like Phenacite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Danburite and Azeztulite. All of these will strengthen Datolite’s awakening of one’s awareness of beings in the higher vibrational realms. For enhancing the mental/intellectual properties, Datolite can be combined with Heliodor, Lapis and Cinnabar Quartz. Datolite also harmonizes with all the Calcites, which will help one in attuning consciously to the emotional body. Fluorite, Pyrite and Axinite assist in grounding Datolite’s energies and in keeping one free of illusion and confusion while one’s consciousness is immersed in other dimensions.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Datolite’s energy is uplifting to the heart, allowing one to release cares and worries so that a clearer view of reality can be seen. Often, our own ‘what ifs,’ assumptions and future-tripping can obscure our ability to accurately perceive the true nature of our experiences. Datolite’s energy assists one in becoming more present and clear in the moment, so that action can be taken based upon what is truly occurring, not one’s own emotional interpretation of events. This stone has a ‘be here now’ energy that is stimulating and centering. Often, stones that work at the heart level tend to be soothing and calming—not so with Datolite! Its energy stimulates the expansion of the heart chakra, elevates one’s moods and helps one release fears and constriction. This stone isn’t about helping you feel better; it is about realizing that there probably isn’t much to feel bad about in the first place!

Datolite can be described as a combination of the energies of Stellar Beam Calcite and Prehnite. Its frequencies are gently cleansing, stimulating and expansive. In healing work, Datolite would be helpful to those who are in crisis and have become mired in their own fears. Used on the heart chakra first, it will assist one in releasing those fears and approaching the future with excitement and joy. Then, used on the crown, its frequency will assist one in perceiving options and choices that may not have been apparent while in a state of doubt or fear.

Datolite is helpful in overcoming grief, indecision or the sense of being overwhelmed. It brings an instant feeling of expansion and well-being coupled with a renewed sense of direction and determination. Datolite’s energy is related to both the Wind and Water elements, assisting one in perceiving emotional circumstances from a higher spiritual vantage point.

SPIRITUAL   Datolite has an uplifting energy that truly energizes one’s spiritual pursuits and encourages one to be objective in emotional circumstances. It engenders presence in the moment and assists one in releasing fears about the future or the past.

EMOTIONAL   This ally helps one release constriction in the heart chakra, including heaviness of heart, hopelessness and grief. It can help one feel emotionally refreshed and cleansed, with a clearer sense of purpose and a higher perspective.

PHYSICAL   Datolite is useful for soothing the nervous system and helping to regulate its function. It can aid in recovery from any imbalance of the nerves.

AFFIRMATION   My mind, my love and my will are aligned with the Divine, and all will be One within me.

DIAMOND

KEY WORDS      Intensity, radiance, sovereignty

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), and Etheric (8th through 14th, above the head)

Diamond is a crystal of pure carbon with a hardness of 10—the hardest of all substances. Its crystal symmetry is cubic, and Diamond crystals are found in a variety of forms, including octahedrons, triangles, cubes and amorphous shapes. Diamonds are commonly thought of as colorless stones, exhibiting brilliant inner fire when faceted into gems. However, Diamonds are found in many colors—yellow, brown, blue, pink, green, orange and even red. Although Diamonds are highly stable under most conditions, heating them to very high temperatures where oxygen is present can cause them to vanish, transforming into carbon dioxide gas. This is how it is possible to ‘drill’ holes in diamonds using laser beams.

Diamonds have long been valued for their magical properties, and Hindus over fifteen centuries ago believed the stones provided their owners with protection from evil spirits, fire, poison, snakes, illness and various dangers. In other cultures, Diamonds were believed to provide victory, courage, faithfulness, purity and enhancement of love.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Long held in the treasuries of kings and queens, Diamonds were believed to offer access to Divine energies. This is one reason why Diamonds are set in crowns. Putting such a stone near the brain, particularly at the forehead, can enhance one’s inner vision and intuitive connection with the higher domains of spirit. Since kings and queens were often viewed as intermediaries between the human and divine worlds, they needed such crowns, which served rather like antennae for attuning to the Divine channels of information and authority. The fact that most royalty has passed away, with access to the Divine realms a fading memory, does not detract from the powers one may still access through the proper use of Diamonds.

Diamond can assist one in activating the prefrontal lobes of the brain, the seat of most paranormal abilities and visionary consciousness. In fact, in our times, in which the outer kings and queens have been lost, Diamond is a tool one can use to evoke the inner king and/or queen, those archetypal beings within the self that convey power, knowledge and sovereignty. When spiritual insight is combined with the wisdom of the inner king/queen, the result is clairvoyance (clear-seeing) and a sense of calm certainty about one’s desires and proper course of action. Diamond crystals are transducers which can make the high-frequency vibrational energies of the spirit realms more available to the conscious self. They can accelerate one’s evolution and open the doors to psychic powers as well. Used in meditation, Diamond crystals will facilitate the entry into meaningful visionary states. Worn in everyday life, they can intensify one’s ability to focus consciousness on manifesting one’s goals and dreams.

Intensity is a key word for Diamond. They seem to emanate more energy for their size than any other stone. This intensity can work on the emotional body to amplify the power of any emotional state, from bliss to despair. For this reason, one should be vigilant about wearing Diamonds and should probably remove them if one is in a bad frame of mind. However, they can be used therapeutically to intensify and ‘burn through’ underlying emotional issues.

For metaphysical use, Diamond crystals are preferable to cut Diamonds because the natural shape acts to strengthen and harmonize the energies moving through them. The crystal lattice of Diamond is very strong (the strongest of any stone, hence its hardness), and the natural form provides a macrocosmic resonance with Diamond’s microcosmic structure.

Diamond crystals can enhance and magnify the energies of other high-vibration stones such as Moldavite, Phenacite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Celestite, Libyan Gold Tektite, Tibetan Tektite and others. It can also enhance the protective aspect of grounding stones like Black Tourmaline and Smoky Quartz. Diamond crystals can be worn anywhere on the body and will affect the entire energy system and auric field. In meditation, the third eye is the ideal spot. Better still is placing one Diamond crystal at the third eye and another over the heart. This can activate the energetic circuit between these two vital centers, influencing them to act in synergistic union, as was intended by Nature.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Diamond carries a high frequency of energy which stimulates and opens all of the chakras, especially the crown and etheric chakras. Diamond is a carbon-based ally that models the transformation from base element to pure light. As the native element of Carbon is exposed to tremendous pressure and heat, it transforms into this clear, high-frequency material. This model is one that humanity can certainly use in these times, as we move from being enmeshed in the physical illusion to embodying Light consciousness. Though colorless diamonds are most prized for jewelry, these powerful allies manifest in many beautiful shades, each of which adds its own unique frequency to the energy of the stone.

Diamond encourages one to perceive how life’s trials and lessons can be put to positive use. It lends strength in high-pressure situations and enables one to respond to stressful experiences with grace. Diamond can also be a stone of spiritual initiation. It aids us in becoming beacons of Light and models of fortitude in times of adversity, teaching that our behavior in these situations can reveal our true inner beauty and our soul’s knowledge. It encourages us to seek the Light within and to radiate that Light outward, illuminating density, difficulty and illusion. In this way, Diamond can be a powerful ally when one is in the ‘dark night of the soul.’ It can also be a reminder of one’s spiritual destiny in this life, as its energy penetrates the veils that can keep one confused, reluctant or unable to step firmly onto one’s path.

Diamonds enhance inner vision and stimulate the imagination. This stone’s frequency strongly activates the third-eye, crown and etheric chakras, encouraging psychic development, meditation and spiritual pursuits. Placing a Diamond crystal upon the third eye can assist with remote viewing, telepathic communication and clairvoyance. Diamond is a powerful stone of truth, encouraging one to act in alignment with one’s inner knowing, and revealing the deceptions of others. It helps one to embody the qualities of purity and honor.

Diamond’s vibration can clear and empower one’s energy, wherever it is placed. Raw crystals can be used in healing to bring clarity of energy to any part of the body or any level of the energy field. An octohedral grid of octohedral Diamond crystals can be used to activate the Light body, clear the energy systems, and accelerate the manifestation of one’s Higher Self.

Faceted Diamond gems can be used to infuse the aura with full-spectrum Light energy. The radiant fire of faceted Diamonds reflects all hues and frequencies of energy into the aura, strengthening and cleansing it. While faceted Diamonds are most highly prized of all Diamonds, natural crystals are better to use for their metaphysical properties.

SPIRITUAL   Diamonds promote truth, vision and alignment with the higher mind, for those who use them consciously. They are excellent for clearing the energy field of density and aligning the aura with higher Light frequencies. They model transformation and transmutation, encouraging us to develop ourselves from our current state into one filled with the Light of the Divine. Diamonds often carry the energies of angelic beings who are aligned with both courage and Light. They encourage us to bravely express our most sacred self.

EMOTIONAL   Diamonds do not work directly on the emotional body, but they do infuse all energetic levels of self with a full spectrum of Light energy. This can help dispel density in the emotional body, allowing one to feel lighter, more joyful and more aligned with Spirit.

PHYSICAL   Diamonds are best used as support stones for other minerals when working on specific physical issues. They are helpful in situations where congestion of energy has caused a physical imbalance, as they help dispel that congestion and promote proper energetic flow.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth clarity of vision, radiance of Light, and sovereignty of Self.

DIASPORE

KEY WORDS      Adaptability, mental enhancement, meditation, inner exploration

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

Diaspore is an aluminum hydroxide mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. Its forms are widely varied, including platy, acicular or tabular crystals, and also massive, granular, scaly or foliated habits. The color range includes pink, purple, brown, greenish, yellow, white, colorless or gray. Diaspore is found often in bauxite clays or crystalline limestone. A discovery of fine Diaspore crystals in Turkey in the 1990s sparked considerable interest in Diaspore’s use as a gem and as a metaphysical stone.

ROBE RT SIMMONS   Diaspore assists in developing the strength of adaptability in life. It is an unusual stone of the will, because it stimulates willingness—that is, surrender of one’s personal desires in order to be in accord with Divine will. Any student of evolution knows that adaptability out-survives raw power in most situations. The small mammals, because they could adapt to rapid climate change, survived while the dinosaurs died out. In human life, adaptability is a true strength. Diaspore emanates a vibrational pattern that predisposes the user to find the path of flow rather than forcing one’s way through situations. It is therefore useful in relieving stress, developing relationships that work, finding one’s best niche in job and career areas, and working in partnership with spiritual beings from the higher planes.

Diaspore crystals can sometimes appear to be different colors when viewed from different angles. This is a physical representation of one of the other aspects of its energy of adaptability. Diaspore stimulates areas of the mind which enhance one’s ability to see different points of view on all issues and ideas. Because of this, it is an excellent tool for engineers, mediators, scientific researchers, therapists, doctors and others who need to bring a fresh, multidimensional frame of mind to each new situation. In meditation, Diaspore helps one find and maintain the state of ‘beginners mind’—the attitude of openness and acceptance, unclouded by beliefs that one already knows what to expect.

Diaspore is an ideal tool for explorers of the inner planes. It opens new areas of consciousness, and it also keeps one from falling into patterns of expectation and judgment. Those who do readings or channelings frequently will find that Diaspore brings back the sense of surprise, wonder and delight in the unexpected which existed at the beginning of their work in this field, but which may have faded over time.

Diaspore harmonizes with Kunzite, Aquamarine and Peridot for magnifying its energies in general use. Natrolite, Scolecite, Phenacite, Azeztulite and Danburite can be helpful aids for exploration of the higher domains. It is an excellent partner for Moldavite, which initiates powerful transformations. Diaspore makes it easier to gracefully handle the changes which Moldavite brings.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Diaspore is particularly active on the brain and the mind. It can stimulate memory and enhance both recall and information retention. It is an excellent stone for students, or for those whose memory is becoming less agile with age. On a more physical level, Diaspore stimulates general brain function. It is a stone of mind activation and can be used to increase concentration and focus on mental tasks.

Diaspore is also useful in esoteric pursuits. When used in meditation, it can help one focus clearly on the inner journey. It is an excellent companion for those who have difficulty maintaining focus during meditation. It can be very helpful in the practice of mindfulness, breath-centered meditation and similar practices. Because of its ability to facilitate inner exploration, Diaspore can be used to journey into higher realms to connect with guides and receive instruction or information. Aluminum-based stones like Diaspore lend themselves well to connection with other realities. Diaspore can assist one in exploring intergalactic and interdimensional worlds or in communicating with beings who inhabit them.

SPIRITUAL   Diaspore assists all levels of mental function, from the mundane to the esoteric. It aids one in developing inner focus and concentration so one may more fully experience the spiritual through meditation. It can assist one in connecting with other realms and in communicating with beings from those levels of reality.

EMOTIONAL   Diaspore can help dispel the confusion, panic, and stress that are often related to mental cloudiness. It helps bring clarity and a remembrance of purpose to the confused mind. Diaspore can assist one in moving beyond emotional experience. It helps one understand that emotion is not truth—it is only a reflection of our perceptions. By moving beyond the emotional level, one is able to gain a higher perspective and a clearer connection to Spirit.

PHYSICAL   Diaspore can be used to provide energetic support for those with disorders of the brain—particularly degenerative brain diseases. It is one of the strongest stones to use in connection with brain damage, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

AFFIRMATION   I am always willing to flow with the river of Divine will, and I live in ready acceptance of change and transformation in my life.

DIOPSIDE

KEY WORDS      Connection with the Earth, opening of the heart, healing, balance, subtle perception

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Root (1st), Earthstar (below the feet)

Diopside is a calcium magnesium silicate with a hardness of 5.5 to 6. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It most commonly forms in short prismatic crystals, which are often twinned. It can also be found in columnar, granular or massive habits. Its color is usually white to light green, but it can also appear in darker shades of green, as well as reddish brown, yellowish brown, gray or greenish black. Sometimes the crystals are cut into faceted gems, cat’s eyes or four-rayed cabochon stones. The most important localities for Diopside are in China, India and New York, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Diopside varies considerably in its energy, according to its color, and the two most important types are black and green. Black Diopside resonates with the root chakra, and it helps one establish a firm grounding in the Earth. This is a stone for improving one’s physical well-being through energetic resonance with the ‘heartbeat’ of the planet. Because of its tendency to focus consciousness downward into the ground, it is excellent for dowsers, assisting one in developing the intuitive feeling for what is hidden below one’s feet. In like manner, Black Diopside is a wonderful stone for geomancy. Those who work with ley lines (the ‘dragon current’ energies) will find their perceptions enhanced by Black Diopside.

Black Diopside harmonizes well with Tibetan Tektite, Black Tourmaline, Obsidian, Jet and other root-chakra stones like Red Garnet, Ruby, Cuprite and Zincite. It is ideal for grounding when one is working with high-vibration stones such as Phenacite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Beryllonite, Datolite or Herderite.

Green Diopside sends its energies along the entire chakric column, from the top of the skull to the tailbone. It charges and activates the third-eye, heart and second chakras. Its purpose is oriented toward balancing and healing. It can bring all the chakras into alignment, and send the Green Ray of healing throughout the body and auric field. It can be particularly balancing for females in the area of the reproductive organs. I recommend it as an energetic balm for women, especially those in the menopausal years.

In the heart chakra, Green Diopside provides an empowering energy, supporting emotional well-being and enhancing one’s ability to give love to oneself and others. It also improves one’s capacity to accept and receive love. This is good for the heart on every level—from the spiritual to the physical.

At the level of the third eye, Green Diopside can open the mind centers so that the learning of new information and the manipulation of concepts is enhanced. It can also help one attune to new ideas being ‘beamed down’ by spirit guides and other beings on the higher planes.

Green Diopside harmonizes well with Rose Quartz, Phenacite, Azeztulite, Satyaloka Quartz and Danburite. For women doing second-chakra work, Gem Silica, Ajoite, Larimar and other feminine-energy stones are recommended.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Diopside is a wonderful ally for the spiritual seeker, as it teaches the important lesson of integrating human spirit with the living planet of which we are a part. In connecting with the total organism of Gaia, Diopside helps us clearly see our impact on Earth and its inhabitants and teaches us how to approach our sacred role here in a balanced and loving way. It directly links the electromagnetic field of a person with the electromagnetic field of the planet through the heart center and the physical heart. Its resonant energy connects with the calcium and magnesium in the body, creating a relaxing energy that assists in the dissolution of stress, anxiety and other states of tension.

The energy of Diopside opens the heart, root and Earthstar chakras, creating a grounding cord of Light from one’s heart to the heart of the Earth. This cord completes an electrical circuit with the Earth—grounding excess energy into the planet and replenishing diminished energy as needed. It also establishes a resonant field between the aura of the Earth and the human aura. This is a vitally important link for our spiritual growth, as it provides us with balanced, full-spectrum Light energy. This link also enables us to more clearly access the consciousness of the planet and the other organisms on Earth.

Diopside allows one to deeply explore the connection between humanity and Nature. It allows one to connect with the consciousness behind the natural world—whether it be through animal or plant communication, or attunement with the devic and faerie realms. Diopside can aid one’s contact with any level of planetary consciousness.

White Diopside promotes higher understanding in connecting with the natural world, and can assist with animal communication. Blue to blue-green Diopside stimulates the third eye and aids one in seeing and interacting with the faerie realm. Diopside that is darker green in color works to activate the heart/Earth connection. It can synchronize planetary and personal energy fields through the physical heart. Diopside which is on the brown-to-black end of the spectrum stimulates the grounding cord and Earthstar chakras, enhancing one’s capacity to ground excess energy and replenish oneself from the Earth. Both are strongly purifying, bringing the deep, sonorous rhythm of the Earth Mother into one’s heart and aura.

SPIRITUAL   Diopside facilitates communion with Gaia and communication with all her levels of consciousness and physical manifestations—plant, animal and mineral. It allows one to understand one’s role in the greater planetary organism, and to take more responsibility. It can aid in linking with the faerie realm, the devic realm and the realms of the Nature spirits.

EMOTIONAL   Diopside is soothing to the emotional body, helping one feel more centered and aligned with the Divine. It is excellent for relaxation, stress relief and finding one’s emotional center. It brings an emotional renewal similar to a visit to a beautiful natural setting, where one can put one’s problems into perspective by interacting with our planetary home.

PHYSICAL   Diopside is excellent for general healing. In the green color range, it tends to work on physical healing, particularly where regeneration is needed—such as after surgery or in healing from physical trauma. It is ideal to use on the heart to aid in healing from heart attack or other physical heart issues. It can be valuable in regenerating the lungs—e.g., after damage from smoking or inhalation of poisons. Emphysema and asthma can also be helped.

The black/brown varieties of Diopside can be used where serious illness or terminal conditions create weakness in the physical body. These can aid one in having more physical energy during healing or psycho-spiritual energy for transition to the next realm.

AFFIRMATIONS   (Black Diopside) I am deeply connected with the Earth, and I am sensitive to all aspects of physical existence. (Green Diopside) My heart is open, and I am filled with the Green Ray of love, healing and vitality.

DIOPTASE

KEY WORDS      Forgiveness, compassion, release of karmic patterns, prosperity

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Dioptase is a hydrous copper silicate mineral with a hardness of 5. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It forms in prismatic crystals terminated by rhombohedral faces. The color is emerald green to deep bluish green. Dioptase occurs where copper veins have been changed by oxidation, and in hollow areas in surrounding rocks. It is often associated with Malachite. Dioptase has been found in Chile, Namibia, Russia and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS Dioptase is a powerful ally for awakening loving compassion and for healing emotional pain. It emanates the energy of the pure Green Ray of the heart and is an ideal stone for energetically supporting the heart in every way. It lends strength to the emotional heart through the power of compassion, for oneself as well as others. It supports the physical heart through its constant message of serenity and well-being. It awakens the spiritual heart through its high-frequency vibrational pattern, which resonates with the ‘high heart’ chakra just above the physical heart. Through all of these channels it stimulates forgiveness and the healing of old inner wounds.

Dioptase is useful for the attainment of past-life insights and for the activation of one’s higher purpose. Many of the lessons we carry forward from past lives show themselves in ‘echoes’ or repetitive episodes wherein similar karmic patterns are repeated again and again. Dioptase opens our inner eyes to remember and see these patterns, releasing our attachment to them, and moving forward with renewed energy.

The vibration of Dioptase is wholesome and fresh, and it can help clear one’s auric field of disharmony. Emotions of anger, frustration, jealousy, anxiety or distrust are muted in the presence of Dioptase, and this makes it an excellent stone for everyday use in meditation, and for keeping in one’s environment or even on one’s person. Dioptase can also be used for creating abundance and prosperity. As one of the purest stones of the Green Ray, it attracts wealth and all other good things that can make our physical lives more pleasant.

Dioptase harmonizes with Malachite, Azurite, Turquoise, Cuprite and Verascite. These are all copper-based, like Dioptase, so their vibratory patterns mesh easily. In meditation, Danburite, Satyaloka Quartz, Scolecite, Herderite, Brookite, Phenacite and Azeztulite can all be used to link the activated heart chakra to the upper chakras within and beyond the body.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Dioptase is one of the strongest stones for releasing emotional patterns and karmic contracts that impact relationships. Its energy allows one to perceive where there may be attachments to others that are no longer appropriate. By identifying these emotional cords, you can release yourself from playing roles based on past programming, freeing your heart energy for new, more mature relationships. The frequency of Dioptase assists in identifying and clearing karmic family patterns from one’s emotional body and genetic code. It is excellent for releasing inherited patterns of behavior, abuse, or even physical disease.

Dioptase can help one to be grateful for the emotional lessons learned through difficult interactions with loved ones. It teaches us the value of allowing ourselves and others to grow within close relationships, and how to admit to ourselves and others when we no longer fit within them. It lends one the maturity to recognize when we are expecting others to conform to our expectations instead of allowing them to be their true selves. It also helps one see where one may be adapting one’s own behavior to the expectations of others, instead of fully being oneself.

Dioptase assists in understanding the roles we have played for others, as well as the roles others have played for us. It encourages us to release these past roles, so both parties in the relationship can be honored for who they truly are. This is the true process of forgiveness—releasing oneself and others so true growth can be recognized and the past let go. When this is done, the karma of the relationship is also released, freeing everyone to move forward.

Due to its ability to help dissolve old, discordant energy cords, Dioptase is an excellent stone for those going through divorce, death, or emotionally intense family interactions. It can assist in maintaining a sense of center when entering into situations where one will encounter old emotional patterns (such as during family holidays). Dioptase can aid one in maintaining an objective view and not being pulled into family group dynamics.

Dioptase is one of the cardinal emotional healing allies. Almost all emotional imbalance is tied to past experience, past behavior, and our expectations of self and others. When these aspects are let go, the heart and mind are free to be present and to grow beyond the past. This produces states of joy, contentment, peace and emotional balance.

SPIRITUAL   Dioptase is one of the most powerful spiritual teachers of this time, demonstrating how to heal the heart and free ourselves from past roles which limit our ability to embody our fullest potentials. It is a teacher of love and love’s greatest act—forgiveness. Dioptase encourages an emotional purity that allows one to experience relationships as a sacred opportunity to see the Divine in others. It also urges one to assume one’s own power by releasing oneself from egoic expectations and past emotional experiences and roles.

EMOTIONAL   The emotional energies of Dioptase are closely linked to its spiritual powers. It is extremely helpful for those who are constantly reviewing the past and therefore are unable to interact with clarity in the present. It aids those who have assumed a victim role to perceive how to empower themselves, releasing the past and allowing themselves to evolve. It assists those who constantly adapt to the expectations and desires of others and are afraid of revealing their true selves. Dioptase can help anyone feel more joy, peace and fulfillment in life.

PHYSICAL   Dioptase is an especially powerful healer for those who have physical diseases related to past emotional traumas from abuse. Examples of this pattern include women who have experienced sexual abuse and have manifested reproductive disease, or those who have experienced emotional abuse and have manifested heart disease. Any physical disease related to past emotional trauma can be positively affected by the healing energy of Dioptase.

AFFIRMATION   I forgive and release all the old patterns which have held me back, and I accept with an open heart the many blessings of my life.

DOLOMITE

KEY WORDS      Centeredness, calm, balance, moderation, grounding

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Dolomite is a calcium magnesium carbonate with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. Its crystals are rhombohedral, with saddle-like curved faces and frequent twinning. It can also form in granular or massive habits. The color ranges through white, gray, greenish, brownish or pinkish. It forms in magnesium limestone and in hydrothermal veins. Fine deposits of Dolomite crystals have been found in Spain, Italy, India, Great Britain, Switzerland and Namibia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Dolomite is an excellent stone for achieving calm, centeredness and balance. It emanates a vibrational pattern which brings the human energy field into its normal homeostasis. Holding a piece of Dolomite, one’s auric field naturally fills in any gaps, purges itself of negative energies, pulls in any overextended plumes and goes into its optimal form.

Dolomite acts like a ‘reset’ button on ones emotions as well. It is the very essence of moderation. It softens negative emotions like anger and fear and also reins in excessive passions. It takes the allure away from unrealistic fantasies, without detracting from one’s enthusiasm for one’s true purpose. It tends to deflate the ego, making it a useful stone for almost everyone, and especially those working in meditation practices, in which the ego is one’s main obstacle.

Dolomite is a good stone to place in the environment and can provide a beneficial influence around children. It can help counteract moodiness and other symptoms of ‘raging hormones.’ With smaller children, it supports an environmental ambience of calm and security which may reduce the likelihood of nightmares, tantrums and other emotional extremes.

For those who become ‘spacey’ when working with high-energy stones, Dolomite can provide a useful ‘home base’ for grounding and centering. For individuals who feel uncomfortable with physical life and yearn to ‘go home,’ Dolomite can provide the feeling of home right here on Earth. Dolomite is a good stone to hold after a crystal body layout, a past life regression, rebirthing, breathwork or other transformational practice.

Dolomite harmonizes with almost every type of stone, though its influence is one of moderation. If one wishes to experience the peak intensity of a stone’s energies, it is best to bring Dolomite into play only afterwards, for the phase of grounding and rebalancing oneself.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Dolomite is an excellent healing stone for physical toxicity and illness. Dolomite energetically supports self healing through energetically detoxifying the liver and eliminating heavy metals from the body. It is an excellent support for weight loss, as it assists in regulating metabolism and appetite and supports one in acting in a loving way toward one’s body. It can help one overcome harmful behaviors and habits and so is a great support in detoxifying from alcohol, drugs and tobacco use.

Dolomite helps one remain cheerful while doing necessary chores. It reminds us to put our hearts into each of our tasks, as an expression of the energy of Spirit that exists even in the most mundane experiences. Dolomite opens the heart and allows one to appreciate the small gifts and miracles that occur every day. It is a stone of humility, patience, constancy, and loyalty to one’s path. It can help those who have trouble seeing projects through to completion, or who tend to be resentful of having to perform ‘petty’ or ‘menial’ work.

Dolomite can be a wonderful teacher for those who feel a need to experience inner ‘fire-works’ in order to feel that they are having a spiritual experience. Those who seek new spiritual experiences or require ‘magical’ experiences in order to believe they are attuned to Spirit can benefit greatly from Dolomite’s steady and powerful vibration. This ally reveals the constancy of Spirit’s presence and the wonder of every part of reality. It teaches us that often the fireworks are shown to those who are just beginning on their paths in order to encourage more growth. Once some maturity is attained, these spiritual ‘magic shows’ are no longer necessary, because life and experience themselves become miraculous. Dolomite assists one in perceiving such ‘mundane’ miracles and the presence of Spirit in every moment.

SPIRITUAL   Dolomite teaches us that there is nowhere to go. You already are all that you will ever be. You simply need to stop and allow yourself to be your full self. There is nothing that you need to do in order to ‘become’ spiritual. You are already It. Therefore, everything you do and everything you experience is a part of that spiritual reality. Dolomite teaches us to stop expecting miracles and to begin experiencing them in each moment.

EMOTIONAL   Dolomite lends a calming, serene energy to the emotional body. It enables us to see how much of our emotional experience is created by our attachment to being entertained by the drama of life. Its energy allows one to detach from that drama and experience the calm perspective that allows us to perceive the miracles that are ever-present. Dolomite stimulates the heart center, allowing one to experience love, compassion and appreciation.

PHYSICAL   Dolomite is excellent for physical detoxification. It supports the healing of bones and can assist in preventing bone loss. It balances metabolism and appetite, thus supporting natural weight management. It is soothing to the nervous system and can reduce stress.

AFFIRMATION   I sit in stillness—calm, balanced, centered and whole.

DREAM QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Dream enhancement, astral travel, contact with guides, release of stress

ELEMENT      Storm, Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Soul Star (8th)

Dream Quartz is the metaphysical name given to Quartz crystals with Epidote inclusions. These are silicon dioxide crystals with a hardness of 7. Their crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Like many Quartz crystals, Dream Quartz forms in prismatic crystals with a hexagonal cross section. The Epidote inclusions are green to bluish green and vary in intensity from a slight tint or phantom formation to deep opaque color which fills the entire crystal. To date, all the Dream Quartz comes from crystal mines in Colombia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Dream Quartz emanates a soft, soothing energy, conducive to states of deep meditation and lucid dreaming. These stones can help bring peace to the heart and relaxation to the body and mind. Holding one during meditation, or placing it on the solar plexus, one can more easily enter the inner gateways to visionary experience and interdimensional travel. Dream Quartz can facilitate conscious contact with spirit guides and can be an aid to the development of psychic abilities and channeling.

Dream Quartz, as the name implies, is attuned to the realm of dreams. If one sleeps with one of these stones near the head—either in the pillowcase or on the night table—one may find it easier to remember dreams, and the spiritual quality of one’s dreams is likely to be enhanced. In the waking world, Dream Quartz allows one to more clearly envision and manifest one’s dreams for the kind of life one wishes to create.

For those looking to recall and understand experiences from past lives, Dream Quartz can facilitate opening one’s consciousness to such memories. One is reminded to ask clearly for the visions that will best serve one’s highest good and to relate them to what is going on in one’s life now. At its best, Dream Quartz can help one access and understand the patterns from the past which may still be governing one’s life, and to break away from those that do not serve one anymore. In addition, past-life exploration with Dream Quartz can help one remember skills and talents one possessed before, but which may now lie dormant in the unconscious. For instance, a yearning to paint pictures may stem from a past life as an artist, and recovering these memories may help one to activate that aspect of oneself in this life.

Dream Quartz harmonizes well with Moldavite and Herkimer ‘Diamonds’, both of which intensify vivid dream activity. Oregon Opal and Alexandrite increase recall of past lives. Dream Quartz works very well with Fairy Wand Quartz for moving into conscious communion with the inner worlds.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Dream Quartz crystals combine the enlightening energies of Epidote with the Storm element energies of Quartz. The result is a stone that can assist one in breaking free of limiting patterns, the physical body and densities of all types. As its name implies, Dream Quartz is an excellent tool for lucid dreaming, out-of-body or astral travel work, and moving beyond dimensional vibratory barriers. Its Epidote inclusions tend to lessen density and free one’s energy to move beyond the physical realm. This stone also has a protective quality that helps ensure successful re-entry from the astral realms. Dream Quartz can help one ‘reach for the stars,’ both figuratively and literally. It is an excellent ally for meditative exploration of other planets and star-system energies. Dream Quartz offers protection against nightmares and other sleep- and dream-related disturbances and can be used effectively in children’s rooms to ward off entities or energies that may bother children during sleep.

This ally can also help protect one from one’s own worst enemy—the sourpuss ego that often offers its negative opinions when it is least welcome. Dream Quartz can help one become more objective about the negative voices in one’s head, as it assists one in cultivating a positive outlook. It can assist overly cynical or sarcastic individuals to lighten their psychic load and begin to perceive things in a more positive light.

SPIRITUAL   Dream Quartz can be used to move beyond the physical realm and utilize the astral body for travel, exploration and learning. It enables one to resonate with less dense energies and helps alleviate the sense of being trapped in physicality. It can offer protection from negative entities that appear in one’s environment or as attachments to one’s aura.

EMOTIONAL   Dream Quartz brings a positive, protective and comforting frequency into the emotional body, helping one to feel safe. It helps lighten negative mental states and the emotional stresses they invariably create. It can assist one in overcoming excessive cynicism, hopelessness, sarcasm and other forms of negative thought patterns.

PHYSICAL   Dream Quartz can be used for issues related to excessive weight, physical densities such as cysts and tumors, and for protecting the body from energetic or psychic attack.

AFFIRMATION   I dive into the inner ocean of the realm of dreams, calling forth the visions that serve my highest good.

DUMORTIERITE

KEY WORDS      Divine inspiration, psychic ability, inner guidance, enhanced learning capacity, mental discipline

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th)

Dumortierite is an aluminum borate silicate mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. Its usual growing habits are massive, radiating, fibrous and columnar. Sometimes it forms prismatic crystals. It occurs in pegmatites and other coarse-grained acid igneous rocks. Its colors include dark blue, violet blue and red-brown. It was named after the French paleontologist Dumortier. It can be found in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Canada, Poland, France, Namibia and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Dumortierite opens the doors of insight, activating the third eye chakra and assisting one in making the mental leaps necessary for transcending intractable difficulties or seemingly hopeless situations. It enhances all mental abilities—linguistic, mathematical, abstract, etc.—as well as what is termed ‘emotional intelligence.’ It activates the latent psychic abilities and stimulates clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience. In gifted individuals, it can instill the gift of prophetic vision. It can even facilitate the building of skills in psychometry and psychokinesis. The simplest way to work with Dumortierite for these purposes is to meditate or sleep with one of the stones. In addition, wearing a piece of Dumortierite in jewelry allows one to be immersed in its energetic pattern all day long, speeding the process of vibrational assimilation.

Dumortierite is a strong stone of mental discipline and is capable of enhancing one’s ‘will power’ in regard to learning. It is excellent for students, especially those required to take in large amounts of information in short periods of time. It aids in memory retention, as well as in the mental manipulation of concepts necessary to bring forward a new synthesis of ideas.

Because of its stimulation of mental and psychic powers, Dumortierite is ideal for those who work in areas such as astrology and tarot. In both cases, one must master a complex symbolic system and then use one’s intuitive abilities to derive the most accurate interpretation from the data at hand. This type of task is tailor-made for the properties of Dumortierite.

Dumortierite harmonizes well with Lapis Lazuli and Lazulite for enhancement of psychic abilities. Blue Sapphire increases its capacity to strengthen one’s mental discipline. Phenacite will bring additional energies to the third eye, assisting one in ‘seeing’ the new insights one gains. Azeztulite can more deeply spiritualize Dumortierite’s energies, lifting one’s experiences and visions to a higher plane.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Dumortierite is an excellent stone to use when one needs to access and apply higher guidance in one’s life. It is a Wind element ally, and its energy stimulates one’s higher mind and visionary abilities. Its structure lends itself to carrying direct messages and energies from the higher levels of reality to the realm of matter. It is a powerful stone for those who do channeling or psychic work, as it helps ‘tune’ one’s psychic abilities to the specific information, guide or channel one seeks. It greatly enhances one’s ability to perceive the thoughts of others. Its most powerful attribute, however, is to attune one’s consciousness to the frequency of the Divine Mind. This does not mean one will necessarily understand what is received, as one’s ability to understand this level of consciousness is determined by one’s own frequency and spiritual awareness. However, once the channel is open, there is the opportunity to use this connection to gain insight, growth and understanding about one’s own life, or to gather information on behalf of others.

Dumortierite manifests in several colors, and each has a somewhat different frequency. While there is a slight variance in these stones, all of them activate the third-eye and crown chakras, facilitating the opening of one’s inner sight. Dumortierite is an excellent stone for receiving Divine inspiration. It can aid one in finding solutions to current problems or limitations and in seeing beyond obstacles. It is a stone of clairvoyance and can stimulate visions of distant places or distant times. Dumortierite can be used effectively during past- or alternate-life regressions to gain a deeper understanding of the development of one’s soul or to reconnect with skills or information one may have had in another lifetime.

Dumortierite is similar to Kyanite in its ability to cut through barriers. It excellent for clearing blockages in the meridian system and the chakras. It can also assist in moving stuck energies on a mental level—such as writer’s or artist’s block. This ally is helpful in giving one the vision needed to see how to go around, under, over or through an obstacle blocking one’s path. It is useful for those who feel they are on the edge of breakthrough but just can’t see how to move forward.

SPIRITUAL   Dumortierite can be used to open or enhance one’s psychic connection and intuitive abilities. It facilitates linkage with the Divine Mind and assists one in receiving Divine guidance. It aids with higher vision and inspiration and can help one see beyond obstacles. It creates an opening for prophetic dreams.

EMOTIONAL   Dumortierite helps one to be connected to the Divine source and to feel one has a role in the Divine plan. It can help those who see themselves as outsiders to feel more connected—both to the Divine and to others around them. It can help inspire one to overcome life’s limitations, lending the courage to move through difficulty and emerge into the Light.

PHYSICAL   Dumortierite’s energies can help support those who feel mentally foggy, unable to focus or concentrate, or energetically blocked. Dumortierite is not strongly active on the physical level but can assist with general mental balance.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to psychic perception, Divine inspiration and mental discipline, pledging to use my gifts for the good of all.

EISEN QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Vitality, creativity, optimism, playfulness, humor, eroticism, insight, self-confidence, spiritual freedom

ELEMENTS Fire, Wind, Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Eisen Quartz is the English version of the word Eisenkiesel (German for ‘iron pebble,’ pronounced ‘I-zen-kee-zle’), referring to ferruginous quartz—quartz that is more or less evenly colored in yellow, red or brown tones by inclusions of iron compounds, usually iron oxides and hydrous iron oxides. The name is most commonly used to refer to quartz that is evenly colored by inclusions of hematite. Eisen Quartz is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. It has been found in Germany, Spain, England, Namibia and Morocco. Eisen Quartz from Russia tends to form relatively long, slender crystals, but in other locations it occurs mainly in clusters of short, druzy crystals.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Eisen Quartz is a stone of great vitality. Its energy transfers into one’s field as soon as one picks it up. It carries with it an infusion of vitality, creativity and optimism, encouraging one to confidently embark on whatever creative projects or visions one wishes to bring into reality. It stimulates one’s playfulness and sense of fun—even humor! Comedians (or would-be comedians) ought to carry one of these in their pockets, as the currents of these stones activate the mental pathways that reveal the humorous side of most situations.

Eisen Quartz strongly activates the second chakra, stimulating both creativity and eroticism. An elixir made from Eisen Quartz could be a true love potion. The same elixir, when taken with an intention geared toward creative artistic expression, could fuel inspirations for writers, artists, poets, dancers and others with creative intentions. Eisen Quartz is a stone that can trigger the ‘aha’ moment of sudden insight that brings together disparate ideas into a new synthesis.

In spiritual self-healing, Eisen Quartz supports the sexual organs, intestinal tract and spleen. It aids digestion and assimilation. It is a good stone to help one overcome fatigue and stress. It also stimulates the immune system.

In emotional self-healing, Eisen Quartz works to inspire and energize those who have become ‘stuck’ and/or discouraged. This stone can be used to increase self-confidence, and to help release attachments to worrying about what others may think. It enhances one’s awareness of spiritual freedom, and encourages one to take risks, when they are necessary for following one’s dreams and creative inspirations.

Eisen Quartz works well with Phenacite for bringing new spiritual insights into awareness. With Cinnazez, its creating capabilities attract wealth, fun and high-energy physical achievements. All types of Azeztulite help spiritualize the powerful energies of Eisen Quartz. With Moldavite, it can trigger almost explosively intense bursts of transformation towards one’s highest destiny.

SPIRITUAL   Eisen Quartz stimulates creative inspirations and sexual energies. It reminds one of one’s spiritual freedom, and encourages taking risks that lead to creative and/or romantic fulfillment.

EMOTIONAL   Eisen Quartz can be a remedy for discouragement or ‘stuck’ emotions.

PHYSICAL   Eisen Quartz supports the immune system, sexual organs and digestive system.

AFFIRMATION   I dare to plunge joyfully into the actions that further me on the path of my creative inspirations.

ELESTIAL QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Energy infusion from the higher realms, Divine love, angelic communication, grounding the Higher Self in earthly life

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Elestial Quartz is the name given to Quartz crystals of a certain formation, with natural terminations all over the faces and body of a layered or etched crystal. Elestial Quartz is a silicon dioxide crystal with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It includes, but is not limited to the formations sometimes called ‘skeletal Quartz.’ Elestial Quartz crystals contain ‘enhydro’ water inclusion more frequently than most other varieties of Quartz. Most Elestial specimens are Smoky Quartz, although some Clear Quartz Elestials also exist. Most Elestial Quartz in the marketplace comes from Brazil, although examples have also been collected in Africa, Madagascar, Romania and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Elestial Quartz crystals are one of the most powerful means by which the energy patterns, information and love from the beings of the higher planes can be translated and transferred to human beings engaged in physical life on the Earth. They are like crystalline switchboards linking multiple dimensions, times and levels of consciousness to one another. When one keeps an Elestial crystal in one’s environment, it is like having a radio in the room, tuned to the ‘Higher Self Channel.’ These crystals constantly emanate vibrations that remind us and reconnect us to the inner worlds of Spirit. Smoky Elestials do the best job of grounding higher vibrations in the physical realm, and they are the most easily accessible to humans, because of the grounded aspect of the Smoky Quartz. Smoky Elestials offer powerful protection from negativity, which is not necessarily present in other types of Elestials.

Elestial crystals attune most easily to the frequencies of the angelic domain. Working with these stones in meditation, one may readily hear the voices of the angelic choirs singing the ‘music of the spheres.’ Through this Elestial connection one may receive a ‘download’ of cosmic love, which can infuse every cell in the body with joy and well-being. This is of course of great assistance in any type of vibrational healing, and it can also raise the energies of healthy individuals to new levels of higher functioning. Beyond that, it is a wonder and a joy to see the angelic realm through the inner eye and commune with its inhabitants through the heart. The Smoky Elestial crystals can facilitate such experiences.

Smoky Quartz Elestials are also known to lighten the heart, relieving the burden of sorrow or depression. They can attune one to the knowledge of the Akashic records and to the eternal wisdom that permeates the Universe. They can assist in the recall of past lives and the understanding of the key lessons of those lives. They allow one’s consciousness to travel freely through time and space, viewing probable futures as well as past events. Their inherent programming is benevolence, so the information and experience they bring are all attuned to one’s highest good.

Smoky Elestial crystals can be used to eliminate disharmony and confusion. They help bring accord to personal relationships and can assist in revealing underlying emotional fixations or blockages. They can assist the conscious self in apprehending and understanding the messages of the subconscious, as well as the collective unconscious of humanity. These stones can help seers see more clearly, assist healers in accessing the universal blueprint of harmony and wellness, and open the doors for mystics to enter the state of oneness with All-That-Is.

Smoky Elestial Quartz can be combined with Moldavite for mutual enhancement of their powers of transformation, attunement and awakening. Smoky Elestials amplify the effects of Phenacite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Brookite, Petalite and Satyaloka Quartz. In fact, using a Smoky Elestial in conjunction with Synergy or Ascension Stones (as in a necklace or energy wand) can help one integrate and articulate much more of the knowledge and information available through intuitive exploration.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Elestial Quartz crystals are powerful Earth element crystals carrying a frequency that structures and regulates energy. You can imagine this energy-regulating function like the dimmer switch on a light. The stone receives full-spectrum Light energy and adjusts it until it can be absorbed and utilized by one’s physical and energetic systems. Depending upon the level of Light with which one is capable of resonating, this ally will either dim or intensify the Light energy to match the frequency most needed by the individual. This is an extremely important function in healing work, as it enables one to resonate with the highest possible frequency without ‘burning out’ one’s energy systems. Its presence in a healing room can insure that a client will be able to integrate maximum Light energy without discomfort.

Elestial Quartz can be used by the same individual over the course of an entire lifetime, without the possibility of outgrowing the stone’s energy. It is an extremely versatile ally to employ for both healing and personal meditative work. As we know, Light carries information. As one’s ability to integrate higher frequencies of Light develops, the level of information received also shifts to the higher frequencies, making Elestial Quartz an inexhaustible source for knowledge appropriate to one’s growth level. It is an information library containing everything from the basic ‘spiritual primer’ level of information to the ‘spiritual master’ level.

Elestial Quartz is an excellent ally to employ when one wishes to explore one’s own genetic and cellular encoding. It assists one in moving into the deepest levels of the physical form and retrieving pertinent information for one’s healing and evolution.

SPIRITUAL   Elestial Quartz can assist the spiritual student, offering energy and information to support growth. Technically, it is a grounding stone, meaning that it functions as an integration tool allowing the physical body to receive and utilize high-frequency Light energy.

EMOTIONAL   Elestial Quartz can aid in purifying the emotional body and dissolving crystallized filters which create repetitive emotional patterns. It also assists in gaining the appropriate understanding of the roots of those patterns and their function on one’s soul path.

PHYSICAL   Elestial Quartz crystals are excellent healing tools, especially for skeletal issues. They are excellent for recovery from bone cancers, bone breaks and healing from bone surgery. They can be used to support any healing work, providing the appropriate frequencies the subject requires to move into a state of dynamic energetic balance.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to the love, knowledge, wisdom and blessings of the higher realms, and I help bring them into the world.

EMERALD

KEY WORDS      Love, compassion, healing, abundance

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Emerald is a green variety of Beryl, a beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 7.5 to 8. Its pigment is chrome and/or vanadium. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). The term emerald is derived from the Greek smaragdos, which means ‘green stone,’ and in ancient times was applied to a number of other green gemstones. The earliest Emerald mining was done in Egypt, perhaps as long ago as 1300 B.c. When the Spanish invaded South America in the 1500s, they saw native leaders wearing Emeralds that far surpassed those from the Egyptian sources, and these eventually came to dominate the Emerald trade. The finest Emerald gems and crystals have been found primarily in Colombia, but gem-quality Emeralds are also mined in Brazil, Russia and Africa.

In ancient Rome, Emerald was viewed as a symbol of fertility and was associated with the goddess Venus. Christian legends speak of Emerald as the stone of resurrection. Other lore has maintained that Emerald cures a variety of diseases, assuages fear, improves memory, enhances persuasiveness, brings joy and even bestows the gift of prophecy. Ancient alchemy speaks of a sacred ‘Emerald Tablet’ upon which was inscribed the recipe for transformation and enlightenment.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Of all gemstones, Emerald is the purest crystalline emanation of the Green Ray, color of the heart chakra. This chakra is at the center of our physical selves, and it is our center on many other levels as well. The heart chakra is the wellspring of the emotions, particularly love and compassion. Love and compassion are the emotions which most truly reflect one’s Divine nature, and they are the rightful focus and aspiration of those on the spiritual path. Emerald is the stone which most purely represents the energy patterns of the activated heart chakra. It is the stone that helps one to live and act from the heart level, offering unconditional love and compassion in one’s daily life and relationships, opening one to receive love from others and clearing the channel for one’s own connection with Divine Love. Emerald can help one stayed centered in the heart’s wisdom, so one is not misled by ideas which sound reasonable but are not truly ‘paths with heart.’ Emerald can help one to heal ‘heartbreak’, and to remember to give love to oneself as well as others.

An open heart allows the cornucopia of universal blessings to flow into one’s life, and perhaps this is why Emerald is also known as a stone of prosperity. Wearing Emerald helps attune one’s vibrational pattern to the spectrum of abundance, allowing one to attract what one needs and desires. Emerald is also a stone of courage—another emotion which emanates from the strong and open heart. It helps one move forward on the ‘path with heart,’ regardless of any threats or dangers which seem to threaten one. Like Moldavite, Emerald is associated in legend with the fabled Stone of the Holy Grail, the gem which activated and directed the spiritual adventures which eventually brought enlightenment and wedded bliss to the knight Parcival. On subtle levels, this tale may be telling us that the opened heart is itself the Grail, the vessel of Divine Grace. The legend’s choice of Emerald (or Moldavite) as the Grail stone may be suggesting a tool for the successful opening of the heart, with the resulting experience of grace.

Emerald works in harmony with Moldavite and with other heart stones such as Dioptase, Aventurine, Morganite, Kunzite, Rhodochrosite and Rose Quartz. Tsavorite can enhance Emerald’s effectiveness as a prosperity stone. Lepidolite and Emerald can be used together to soothe the emotional body. Emerald also links and blends easily with other Beryls, such as Aquamarine, Heliodor, Goshenite or Bixbite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Emerald is a beautiful and powerful Water element stone that has wonderful effects on the emotional and physical bodies. Emerald opens the heart, alleviates heaviness in the emotional field and infuses the aura with a pure nourishing Green Ray of Light. It brings an energy of hope, encouragement, gentleness and abundance into one’s auric field. From this gentleness and hope we find the energies of compassion and Love. Emerald is the stone of heart-centered consciousness and the healing that it brings to all levels of being.

Emerald stimulates the physical heart and clears the emotional body of patterns of victimization and rejection of personal power. It brings a freshness and vitality to the emotional and physical heart. Emerald has traditionally been used as a stone of Love because of its ability to clear and strengthen the physical and emotional heart centers. It helps us view all events, circumstances and people in our lives with compassion and acceptance. Emerald stimulates the ‘high heart,’ or transpersonal Love center just above and to the left of the heart chakra. Its assists one in practicing compassion and respectful understanding of others.

Emerald has also traditionally been used to stimulate both wealth and abundance. Wealth represents one’s physical and material possessions and financial standing. Emerald assists one in creating wealth by removing thoughts and feelings of unworthiness from one’s energy field. When these blocks are removed, wealth can naturally develop if desired.

Emerald also assists in experiencing true abundance, which is not the same as wealth. Abundance describes one’s ability to receive the gifts of Spirit within all of life’s experiences. It is a sense of opening one’s life to the Divine and embracing all its manifestations with gratitude. True abundance is knowing that all is provided and that there can be no lack in reality.

SPIRITUAL   Emerald connects one to the frequency of Divine Love, compassion and true appreciation for all of one’s experiences and creations. It is powerful for shifting scarcity consciousness to prosperity consciousness, developing one’s trust that the Universe will provide for all of one’s needs. It allows one to develop gratitude through perceiving and receiving the gifts of the Divine. Emerald links the personal heart with the energy of Divine Love.

EMOTIONAL   Emerald is a wonderful emotional healer. It allows one to display one’s compassionate, caring nature without fear of vulnerability. It encourages one to trust the Divine in all things and to surrender one’s personal version of what reality ‘should’ be. Emerald can assist in overcoming feelings of unworthiness, fear of scarcity and abandonment. It encourages acceptance of others without judgment or imposition of one’s own views of reality.

PHYSICAL   Emerald is a strong heart healer and can assist the physical heart in recovering from all manner of imbalances or diseases.

AFFIRMATION   Through love and compassion, all things are healed and blessings flow freely.

EPIDOTE

KEY WORDS      Release of negativity, embracing positive patterns, attraction of what one emanates

ELEMENT      Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      All

Epidote is an aluminum iron silicate mineral with a hardness of 6 to 7. Its crystal system is monoclinic and it often grows in prismatic crystals. It can also occur in fibrous, granular or massive habits. Its color can be black, dark green or yellow green. It forms in metamorphic and igneous rocks, in association with many other minerals, including Albite, Quartz, Chlorite, Garnet, Vesuvianite, Diopside and Calcite. Fine Epidote crystals have been found in Austria, Pakistan, Mexico, Norway, Mozambique and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Epidote is a stone which tends to bring one more of what one already has, in accordance with one’s highest good. For example, if one is filled with love and generosity, working with Epidote will bring more of these traits into one’s life, both within the self and coming to one from others. If, on the other hand, one is filled with negative thoughts, jealousy and intolerance, Epidote will greatly increase the supply of those. In either situation, it is helpful. The first case is obvious, but it is also true in the second instance. If one becomes inundated with negativity, within and without, it soon becomes unbearable, or at least unavoidably visible, and one is nudged forcefully into change. This sort of dynamic happens frequently in the outer world, even without the help of Epidote. In politics, if a single ideology ‘wins’ overwhelmingly, it frequently goes too far in exercising its power, and sooner or later the outraged populace ‘throws the bums out.’ In regard to one’s less desirable traits, Epidote might say, “Exaggeration leads to reform,” while its motto regarding one’s benevolent qualities might be, “Virtue brings its own rewards.” The stone, of course, simply functions vibrationally as a kind of magnet, amplifying one’s natural attraction for things and situations.

When used consciously and programmed to enhance specific desired outcomes, Epidote can be a very powerful tool. It can be used to create abundance and prosperity, to attract new loving relationships, to catalyze the creative process, etc. Yet one must always contain at least the seed of what one is trying to attract. If one desires prosperity (generosity from the Universe), one must act generously. If one wants love, one must be loving, and so forth. Epidote does not provide a ‘free ride,’ yet it can be of great assistance to those prepared to give a little of what they wish to receive.

Epidote combines with Moldavite to accelerate its magnetization processes. With Amethyst, there is an additional protection from negativity. With Seraphinite, Epidote can attract powerful healing energies. With Tsavorite, Epidote’s capacity to create prosperity is strengthened (as long as one does one’s part). With Azeztulite, Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ and/or Phenacite, the mystically inclined can experience frequent and vivid visionary experiences.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Epidote is a Water and Earth element ally that assists one in transmuting density into energy. It can raise the vibration of one’s physical self, allowing one to feel lighter, freer and less encumbered by the body. This is especially helpful for those who have difficulty with the density of the Earth plane or who use excess body weight as a protective measure. It can assist those who use emotional density as a protective measure as well. Those who engage in excessive sarcasm, biting remarks, judgmental thoughts and other negative emotional patterns can find relief in Epidote’s positive and enlightening energy.

Epidote is excellent for physical healing. It aids in dissolving blockages, tumors, cysts and other manifestations of energetic density. It can help reveal the emotional core of these densities so one can transform one’s thoughts, words and actions to reflect a more positive reality.

Epidote is helpful in overcoming habitual negativity, hopelessness, fatalism and other destructive emotional patterns. It assists one in perceiving the positive in any given situation and in finding ways to transform one’s reality to create a more positive experience. Epidote generates hope for the future and a willingness to pursue one’s dreams. It encourages one to take action to transform the density in one’s life to reflect a higher, more aligned reality. It can aid those who feel stuck in their current reality find ways to take action or create movement.

SPIRITUAL   Epidote teaches one to raise the vibration of one’s thoughts, words and actions so one’s physical reality can be transformed. It lovingly reveals where one is holding negative patterns or willfully indulging in negativity as a way to protect oneself emotionally. It can assist in raising the frequency of denser matter to more enlightened levels.

EMOTIONAL   Epidote assists in releasing patterns of negativity from the emotional body. It can help those who habitually use judgment, sarcasm, ‘wit’ or other expressions of negativity to raise the energy of their emotional bodies to more positive, enlightened levels. It helps one overcome hopelessness and depressed emotional states and lends one a sense of optimism.

PHYSICAL   Epidote immediately raises the vibration in areas that are congested, filled with debris, or overly dense. It can help one find the core patterns behind physical disease and can assist one in moving into a hopeful and positive emotional state to support general healing. It is excellent for working on cancerous tumors, cystitis, fibrosis and similar manifestations.

AFFIRMATION   I release my negative habits and embrace the positive, knowing that I reap what I sow.

EMPOWERITE

KEY WORDS      Confidence, strength, personal power, courage, self-awareness, will, commitment, full embodiment

ELEMENTS Earth, Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th)

Empowerite is a highly silicated form of chert, a cryptocrystalline quartz with a hardness of 7, similar in chemical composition to flint. It ranges in color from black to brown, with some white banding. These stones were discovered in New Zealand’s dense forest, hidden under heaps of moss and ferns. The stones are sometimes called ‘petrified swamp’ because of their damp, oozing locations. In fact, the stones may have been a part of the swamp many millions of years ago, and sometimes a tiny fossil can be found embedded in one of them.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Empowerite was named for the way it makes one feel—full of confidence, strength and personal power. It is a tremendously potent stone for grounding one’s energies in the Earth, and for receiving and storing the Earth’s Life Force currents, or chi. Empowerite reconnects one to one’s natural energetic link with the Earth, even though most of us are so cut off from it that we have forgotten that the Earth is our primary source of power. Those who feel disconnected from the Earth—especially Star Children who long for home—will find that Empowerite can completely shift this disorientation and bring the felt sense of Earth as one’s true home.

Empowerite helps one to become fully embodied. Many people have not actually decided—on the soul level—that they want to be in a physical body. Usually, they are not conscious of this reluctance, but it can result in many problems—including spaciness, weakness, being ‘all in one’s head,’ being accident-prone, having little physical energy, and even being invaded by negative entities. The grounding influence of Empowerite can work like magic to bring our souls into full embodiment, where we discover that living in a physical body is really great! Once this occurs, many of one’s symptoms can quickly dissolve.

Empowerite is a stone of confidence and courage. It encourages a state of wakeful self-awareness in which one is fully in command of all of one’s faculties and abilities. It dispels hesitation and indecision, enhances willpower, inspires courage, stimulates practicality, and encourages one to act with resolve in every moment. It is a stone of destiny, since most people fail to fulfill their destiny due to hesitation and discouragement.

Empowerite is a stone of commitment, and as such it leads one into the inner state of ‘unconflicted behavior.’ Most of us live in a consciousness of inner conflict—of some degree of self-doubt and second-guessing. It is trained into us, and we are surrounded by it. However, in extraordinary moments we can find ourselves fully committed, and in that state we can do astonishing things, such as lifting an automobile off a child. What allows this is the complete concentration of one’s whole being into a fully committed act. The currents emanated by Empowerite support a state of consciousness in which self-doubt and fear are increasingly erased, and we are more and more able to focus our intention completely. When we do this, we can go completely beyond what we once thought were our absolute limits.

As a healing stone, Empowerite’s influence can strengthen the digestive system and intestines. It vibrationally supports the liver and gall bladder as well as the hands, feet and shoulders. It is useful in bodybuilding, and for strengthening the muscles and skeleton. It is highly recommended for anyone convalescing after an illness or injury, and for those who wish to put the psychological effects of grief or trauma behind them.

Empowerite harmonizes with Hypersthene, as well as Black Strongstone, Illuminite, Smoky Quartz and Crimson Cuprite. It works well with Auralite-23 for purifying and repairing the etheric body. With Moldavite, it can facilitate the process of spiritual evolution and transformation.

SPIRITUAL   Empowerite teaches one to feel the fullness of one’s access to power, and one’s confidence in wielding it appropriately. It stimulates the soul’s full incarnation in the body and within matter.

EMOTIONAL   Empowerite inspires one to let go of self-doubt and inner turmoil, committing emotionally and in all ways to one’s path.

PHYSICAL   Empowerite supports many of the visceral organs, as well as the hands, feet and shoulders. It facilitates and rewards one’s efforts to increase muscle and bone strength.

AFFIRMATION   I know who I am, and I give all of myself to every choice or action taken in each moment.

EUCLASE

KEY WORDS      Transformation of negativity, integrity, truthfulness, clarity, intuition, spiritual commitment

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th)

Euclase is a beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 7.5. Its crystal system is monoclinic. Its name derives from the Greek words meaning ‘easy fracture,’ which is a trait of Euclase brought about by the perfect cleavage of its crystals. This tendency to cleave makes Euclase a difficult gemstone to cut. It is also quite rare. It forms as prismatic crystals in granite pegmatites. The color range of Euclase includes colorless, blue, pale blue and blue-green. The most important deposits of Euclase are in Brazil, and others are in India, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Russia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Euclase is a stone of inner clarity and strength of self. It enhances integrity and shines a light upon all that is out of alignment with one’s highest, truest way of being. It enhances one’s sense of pride, so that one would not consider dishonoring oneself with even small acts of dishonesty. It influences one toward impeccability and opens one’s eyes to the sea of everyday prevarications and deceptions in which we live. It renders one immune to dishonest claims, whether in advertising, education or intimate relationships. It helps one to ‘clear the air’ of hidden agendas and unhealthy tacit agreements. Yet it works not through righteous anger, but through compassionate, persistent adherence to the truth.

The energetic anchors for Euclase’s effects upon the psyche are in the heart and throat chakras. The heart is the place where both truth and compassion reside, and the throat is the place from which these qualities emerge through our communication. The fact that Euclase also stimulates the third eye means that one can clearly ‘see’ the truth it reveals, rather than having to proceed with only the heart’s feeling-based intuitions as a guide. The third-eye enhancement offered by Euclase also assists clairvoyants and other intuitives in their work.

Euclase seems also to have the effect of increasing the frequency of synchronicities in one’s life. Synchronicity, the meaningful coincidence of inner and outer events at astonishingly appropriate moments, has been described as ‘conversation with the Divine,’ or as ‘God’s way of remaining anonymous.’ When one makes a commitment to really follow the spiritual path wherever it leads, it seems that synchronicities immediately increase. Perhaps it is Euclase’s emphasis on straightforwardness and clarity—both necessary aspects of spiritual commitment—that attracts these serendipitous coincidences. Individuals who experience such moments, with or without Euclase, are advised to enjoy them and to pay close attention. If these incidents are truly opportunities for conversation with the Divine, one doesn’t want to say, “Could you repeat that? I wasn’t listening.”

Euclase harmonizes well with natural Blue Topaz, Blue and Green Tourmalines, Apatite, Moldavite and Ajoite. For its use as an energetic cleanser and balancer adding Black Tourmaline and/or Jet can enhance the effects.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Euclase is a strong Wind element stone, stimulating and amplifying the energies of the mind, powers of perception and one’s psychic abilities. It is very active on the throat through crown chakras, stimulating one’s ability to communicate one’s ideas, thoughts, feelings and intuitive information. The structure of Euclase facilitates the movement of energy downward through the crown and out the throat chakra, making it ideal for those who desire to communicate their ideas or the information they receive from Spirit.

Euclase encourages learning, particularly on a karmic level. It assists one in understanding that karma is not a Divine judgment or system of punishment and reward. Karma is simply the soul’s way of balancing experience so that it can have the fullest knowledge of all levels of energy. Euclase assists in understanding one’s own karmic influences and in accessing information from this or other lifetimes, so one may understand the greater role this life is playing in one’s soul development. It helps one understand justice as a function of the Soul’s learning—not a punishment or reward handed down from the Divine. From this level of perspective one is able to move beyond unconscious karmic patterns into the conscious use of one’s karmic lessons as learning opportunities. Euclase can assist one in accessing the Akashic records in order to further this understanding for oneself or others.

Euclase powerfully transforms negative or dense thought forms. While it is not a grounding stone, it does facilitate the alignment of energies with the Light frequencies of the Earth’s electromagnetic field. For this reason it can be very helpful in clearing individuals, as well as environments. This clarifying power of Euclase assists empaths in cleansing their energy fields of negative thought forms, emotional patterns and other foreign energies they may pick up from others. It can be useful in Earth healing work where one is helping to purify areas of the Earth that have been subjected to heavy negativity or lower energy fields.

Euclase is excellent for those who procrastinate, because of its ability to alleviate feelings of confusion or being overwhelmed. Its energy aids the mind in gaining clarity and implementing guidance. While Euclase is a Wind element stone, it can assist in helping exceptionally ‘airy’ people to focus and to take action on the Earth plane. It enhances one’s mind-body connection and assists one in making healthy choices for the care and feeding of one’s body.

SPIRITUAL   Euclase aids in understanding karmic patterns, transforming dense energies, and clearing and aligning energy fields with soul-level energy. It helps one access and understand the Akashic records and one’s visions of other lives. It can stimulate the psychic senses.

EMOTIONAL   Euclase helps one to be more forgiving of oneself when one must come to terms with the karmic nature of one’s experiences. It helps one stop judging oneself and encourages one to find a neutral point or emotional center from which one can view one’s experiences.

PHYSICAL   Euclase helps improve eyesight and vision. It enhances brain function and can assist in faster and more accurate learning and mental processing. It is an excellent stone for overcoming stuttering and other speech disorders.

AFFIRMATION   I live in the truth, walking my path with clarity and compassion.

EUDIALYTE

KEY WORDS      Opening and following the heart, self love, healing the emotional body

ELEMENT      Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Root (1st)

Eudialyte is a complex silicate mineral containing sodium, calcium, cerium, iron, manganese, yttrium, and zirconium. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal) and its hardness is 5 to 5.5. Eudialyte crystals can be tabular, rhombohedral or prismatic, but it most frequently occurs in granular form. Its color ranges from pink to red to reddish brown. It forms in coarse-grained acid and/or igneous rocks. Eudialyte has been found in Greenland and Russia, and on Mont Saint Hilaire in Quebec, Canada.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The Red and Pink Rays are represented in this stone, indicating its connection with the first and fourth chakras. Thus it is a stone of the life force and the love force, combined to unify the heart’s yearnings with one’s physical life. Many of us feel our lives are dominated by the things we must do to survive—providing food, clothing, shelter and the maintenance of physical health for ourselves and our families. Sometimes this seems to come at the expense of fulfilling our most heartfelt wishes, the very things that provide emotional satisfaction that makes life more than just survival. Eudialyte’s energies bring resonance and harmony to the parallel tracks of survival and fulfillment. It activates both the first and fourth chakras and brings them into alignment, and it evokes synchronicities which can bring together what we must do and what we dream of doing.

Eudialyte can be used in self healing for repairing the emotional body and bringing in more vitality and life force. The black inclusions in Eudialyte purify its energies and provide a measure of psychic protection to those who use it.

Eudialyte works well with Blue Scapolite, which helps one actualize the possibilities one begins to glimpse when the fourth and first chakras harmonize. For work on the emotional body, Smithsonite, Pink Lazurine and Lilac Lepidolite can increase Eudialyte’s effectiveness. For first chakra issues, combining Eudialyte with Ruby, Zincite, Black Tourmaline and/or Cuprite is recommended.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Eudialyte is a stone of complex energies and properties. It is predominantly an Earth and Water stone, balancing one’s emotions with one’s external experiences. It is a great help for those who seek to receive and express more love, especially self-love and acceptance. Eudialyte helps one understand that the only will the Divine has for us is that we feel and express love through whatever we say, think and do. This understanding frees one to follow the path of the heart’s truest passion and create the work and life most meaningful for oneself. Often, one can feel stuck and out of control, because one is unsure of what one is ‘supposed’ to do. One may wait years for a sign from the Divine that a certain way is ‘The One Path’ one is meant to follow. Eudialyte reminds us that we are allowed to choose our paths and our creations, and that the Divine only wills that we live from our hearts.

Eudialyte can be a powerful ally for those who do not know what they desire or what path would allow them to fulfill their hearts’ work. It can aid in identifying the gifts one has come to Earth to share. Once one’s gifts have been identified, Eudialyte supports one’s efforts to find an appropriate way to express them and to create a meaningful and fulfilling life path.

Eudialyte’s energy helps one overcome fear, self-doubt and confusion. It counsels us to honor the self, so we may truly honor others. Its energy lends a supportive and energizing frequency, enabling one to take steps in manifesting one’s heart through action in the world.

SPIRITUAL   Eudialyte activates and opens the heart, allowing one to find one’s true heart path. It encourages one to honor and respect oneself so one’s gifts and abilities can be shared with the world through whatever work is most aligned with one’s heart. It helps dispel fear and scarcity-mindedness and assists one in recognizing the infinite abundance of the Creator.

EMOTIONAL   Eudialyte assists in overcoming self-doubt, self-criticism and self-deprecation. It fosters understanding of one’s worth in the eyes of the Divine and encourages one to pursue one’s highest path. It is excellent for depression or for those who feel detached from the Earth plane. It can help one be more present in, and loving toward, one’s physical body.

PHYSICAL   Eudialyte is stabilizing to the nervous system and is of great assistance with nervous system disorders such as ALS, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s. It can help stabilize the critically ill and can ease one’s passage when one is ready to discard the physical body. It is a wonderful stone to use with premature infants or critically ill children.

AFFIRMATION   I open my heart, giving love to myself and the world and feeling Divine love flowing through me.

FADEN QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Healing the etheric body and auric field, catalyzing physical healing

ELEMENT      Earth, Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Faden Quartz is a variety of Quartz crystal, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Faden Quartz is distinguished from other Quartz crystals by the presence of a fuzzy white line running through the crystal. The word ‘faden’ is German for fiber, and the derivation of the name of these crystals comes from the resemblance of the internal white line to a strand of white yarn or string. The faden line is usually relatively straight and can vary from about a millimeter to almost an inch in thickness. One possible explanation for the faden line is that the crystals may have fractured and re-grown one or more times, with the line marking the location of the healed fractures. These fractures may have been caused by earthquakes or other shifts in the surrounding strata. Faden Quartz crystals are often tabular, and in these crystals the faden line is always parallel to the tabular sides. This may provide further evidence for the fracture theory. Most of the Faden Quartz on the market currently comes from Pakistan and is primarily Clear Quartz. However, a number of Smoky Faden Quartz crystals were mined in Brazil in the 1990s, and small clear Fadens have been found in the crystal mines in Arkansas, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Faden Quartz is one of the premier healing stones of the Quartz family. Perhaps because the stones themselves were ‘injured’ (broken and re-healed) during their growth process, they carry the pattern of healing very strongly within their natural programming. Thus, when one moves into resonance with one of these crystals, one’s own capacity for healing is activated and/or reinforced.

Faden Quartz crystals are highly programmable, making it possible to increase their potency as healing stones. Working with focused intention, one may ‘install’ programs for different crystals to work on different maladies. With enough Fadens, a practitioner can build a set of crystal tools suitable for almost any vibrational healing application. One advantage of using Fadens, in addition to their natural orientation towards healing, is that they retain their programming for long periods of time without needing to be recharged. In fact, if one wishes to change the programming of a Faden Quartz crystal, it must first be cleared of old programs. Burial in the ground for one week is recommended, but an overnight saltwater bath will also suffice for most purposes.

Most users will find these stones to be of a singularly high energy, ideal for consciousness expansion and accessing any of the higher vibrational planes. They are also well suited for those who wish to attune to the inner movements of the Earth. The Fadens’ experience of past earth changes makes them ideal tools for those who seek information on current and future physical and vibrational shifts of the Earth. These crystals can also be programmed to provide protection from physical disruption, both for individuals and for places. For areas, it is best to position at least four crystals at the borders, pointing in the four directions. For individuals, carrying or wearing a Faden Quartz can be most beneficial. One can program a single crystal for multiple uses, such as protection, accessing one or more of the higher planes, chakra activation, etc.

Faden Quartz can be charged to an even stronger activation by combining it with power stones such as Moldavite, Phenacite, Tanzanite, Danburite and Azeztulite. All of these will enhance its capacity to help one access the higher dimensions. For healing purposes, Seraphinite and Sugilite are both powerful amplifiers of the natural healing influence of Faden Quartz.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Faden and similarly structured Quartz crystals are powerful allies for bridging energetic breaks, leaks, holes and other fractures in the energy field and in the structure of the body. They can be used to help repair the etheric blueprint level of the energy field, assisting the body and the aura in regaining integrity after intrusion or other breaks have occurred. Because of their tabular structure, Faden Quartz crystals act as vibrational bandages, allowing energy to run in both directions over compromised aspects of the energetic field and physical body.

Faden Quartz stimulates the auric field and assists in re-energizing the aura when leakages, holes, attachments or abrupt energetic cord removal has created a drain—similar to a hole in a tire. By creating this energetic bandage or bridge, the Faden assists one in regaining one’s proper vibratory level and strength. This function can be extremely helpful in healing work, where stability is needed while the underlying problem is addressed.

SPIRITUAL   Faden Quartz helps establish a strong connection of the physical self to the higher frequency aspects of one’s Higher Self and soul-level energies. It can assist in repairing psychic leaks, holes and tears in the chakras and the etheric blueprint of the body. Faden Quartz helps one to establish or activate the links between the physical chakras (base through crown) that are grounded in the nerve ganglia of the body, and the etheric chakras that are created by the intake and output of energy at the top and bottom of the aura’s torus form. The integration of these centers is necessary for the activation of the evolutionary pattern in the DNA and energetic field.

EMOTIONAL   Faden Quartz crystals are emotionally neutral, but they do assist one in safely removing emotionally-based attachments or cords in the aura.

PHYSICAL   Faden Quartz are excellent for use in physical healing that stems from breaks in the bones, tears in the muscles, disconnection in the nervous system (including severed nerves) and surgery. They act as etheric bandages that allow for stability as deeper work on healing these issues is conducted.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace the perfected energetic blueprint of my healing and wholeness.

FAIRY WAND QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Attunement with fairy, devic and angelic realms, relaxation, inner peace

ELEMENT      Water, Wind

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Etheric (8th and beyond, above the head)

Fairy Wand Quartz is the name given to an unusual variety of Quartz crystals found in Mexico. They are silicon dioxide crystals with a hardness of 7. Their crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). The name is derived from the widely varying fanciful forms in which these crystals occur. Some are single-terminated points, while others may have no main termination, but may carry multiple tiny terminated crystals on the body. Some appear as scepters, while others look like mini cathedral points. However, all of the Fairy Wands come from the same locale in Mexico, and all are characterized by elongated bodies and milky interiors, with clarity appearing mainly at the terminations. Almost all of them carry some sort of unusual and complex formation along the body.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Fairy Wand Quartz certainly lives up to its name in terms of appearance. These crystals are formed in so many fanciful shapes, it’s easy to imagine them appearing in fairy gardens or being fashioned by such beings. Beyond that, it must be said that these crystals are keystones of interdimensional travel, assisting the user in moving freely into and out of many of the inner worlds.

The fairy realm is easily accessed with these crystals. This domain looks and feels much like Earth, except that it has no seasons, living on in a kind of eternal summer. Though this realm is bathed in beautiful light, there is no sun, and time as we think of it does not exist there. In legend, many travelers to this world never returned, perhaps because they did not wish to leave such a paradise. However, this is not a concern to those who are journeying in consciousness only, without the body. The body is a magnet for one’s consciousness, which always returns. And the fairy realm is quite loving and welcoming to those who enter with respect and wonder. It is a wondrous place to visit, full of loving ethereal beings.

Traveling interdimensionally with Fairy Wand Quartz is done best through meditation, though it can also happen in dreams. In either situation, Dream Quartz can be an empowering aid. Fairy Wand Quartz stimulates the third eye and thereby activates visionary consciousness. Holding it near this chakra, one can experience the immediate ‘rush’ through the geometric interdimensional corridors, and with practice one can learn to stop and enter a chosen domain simply by visualizing and asking for it. In accessing the highest dimensions, such as the angelic realm, pairing Fairy Wand Quartz with Phenacite can enhance the effect.

Other benefits of Fairy Wand Quartz include the facilitation of emotional healing, the release of traumatic fixations from the past, including past lives, and the activation and enhancement of creativity, especially in areas such as art and music. In fact, meditation with these stones can open one to hearing the ‘music of the spheres’ and other celestial music. Fairy Wand Quartz can also bring visions of strikingly beautiful temples and landscapes of the inner planes.

Wearing or carrying a piece of Fairy Wand Quartz during the day can enhance relaxation and give one a sense of sweetness, clarity and inner peace. It is ideal for reducing the impact of stress and for keeping one from being hooked by the tensions of the frenetic life of the outer world. It is as though one has a lifeline into a realm that doesn’t know stress, a world in which the goal of life is delight. Ideally, one can work with these stones to bring those two worlds—the mundane and the spiritual—into union.

Fairy Wand Quartz makes an ideal combination with Dream Quartz. It also works well with Lemurian Seed Crystals, Lithium Quartz, Gel Lithium Silica, Tibetan Black Quartz, Ajoite, Amblygonite, Oregon Opal, Tourmaline and Alexandrite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Fairy Wands are beautiful and delicate Quartz crystals with an energy that mirrors their ethereal appearance. The frequencies of Fairy Wand Quartz activate the crown and etheric chakras, stimulating communion with angelic and devic presences. These allies can help one to feel aligned with the intelligence and caring of higher-frequency helper beings and one’s own guardian angels. The ability to connect one to higher-frequency beings, makes Fairy Wand Quartz useful in opening to channel information or energy from the higher domains. Its vibration is quite unlike the sometimes overwhelming or intense energy of other channeling stones. This ally’s energy is soft, gentle and cooperative, allowing a more gradual and progressive attunement to the higher realms. Fairy Wand Quartz can help those who become easily over-charged by higher frequencies, or within whom higher energies may cause symptoms like headache, nausea, dizziness or spaciness.

These stones are most useful in jewelry or meditation work. They aid one in relaxing into the experience of shifting between realms and can facilitate a calm, focused meditative state.

SPIRITUAL   Fairy Wand Quartz crystals assist one in connecting to and communicating with one’s guardian angels and other benevolent higher-level beings. They are useful in gently opening the channel between the Soul Star and crown chakras, enabling one to bring through information and understanding from the higher realms.

EMOTIONAL   Fairy Wand Quartz helps one to overcome fear of the unknown and fear of judgment. These gentle stones fill the emotional body with a soothing, expansive energy that assists one in overcoming any resistance to one’s spiritual path.

PHYSICAL   Fairy Wand Quartz can be used to assist with the symptoms of a too-intense shift to the higher planes. It can be helpful in balancing headaches, vertigo and vision issues.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to attunement with the angels, Nature spirits and other beings of the higher realms.

FLINT

KEY WORDS      Grounding the spiritual in the physical, creating structure and self-discipline, increasing honesty and practicality

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Flint is a sedimentary rock composed entirely of silica. It occurs as concretions, in band or nodule form, in limestones, especially chalk. Its color is usually black, brown or tan. It is marine in origin. Flint is a hard, tough stone which fractures conchoidally. Flakes of Flint were used by primitive peoples for making arrowheads, scrapers and other tools. Flint frequently contains invertebrate fossils. What appears as cryptocrystalline silica in Flint may be organic Opal that has formed in the contained sponge spicules.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Flint grounds the etheric body more completely into the physical. This affects both consciousness and life force. It helps those with flighty or disorganized temperaments to get into their bodies and focus themselves in the physical world. It provides more life force by bringing the etheric body into alignment with the physical. This is especially helpful to those working to recover from illnesses that have depleted their energy reserves. In both cases, carrying Flint in a pouch or pocket or sleeping with a stone can be very helpful.

Flint can affect one’s intuitive and psychic abilities, enhancing the specificity and clarity of the information received. This is another effect stemming from its capacity for bringing one’s etheric and astral bodies into better resonance with the physical body and the conscious self. The astral body is the perceptual organ for telepathy and psychic powers. Allowing the conscious self more detailed awareness of what the astral is sensing can make for a clearer inner picture and better understanding of what is perceived. For this reason, Flint is highly recommended for those who do readings, channelings, mediumship or other related work. It can also help those just beginning such activities to learn more quickly.

In healing work, Flint is a replenisher, grounding a great deal of spiritual Light into one’s physical form. It strengthens the links between the root chakra and all the other chakras and the meridian system, allowing prana to move freely throughout all these channels. It enhances one’s connection to the Earthstar chakra below the feet, facilitating a two-way energy flow—from the Earth into one’s body and auric field, and from the cosmos through oneself into the Earth. One of the important functions of human beings in these times is to ground Light in the Earth for the healing of the planet, and Flint can be a great aid in this process.

To make an astrological analogy, the energies of Flint are Saturnian. Flint is helpful in reinforcing structure and self discipline in one’s life. It provides a ‘reality check’ for the ungrounded flights of one’s fantasies and dreams. It facilitates mental focus, organization and the creation of systems. It is an excellent helper for those who wish to more carefully budget their time, money and energies. It can aid one in learning new information, studying for tests or writing papers. It can help one to calmly get through tedious and demanding tasks such as doing taxes.

Flint’s Saturnian energies are magnified by Blue Sapphire, Iolite and Citrine. Its grounding effects are increased by Hematite, Black Tourmaline and Aegirine. Prophecy Stone can be used to enhance Flint’s strengthening of psychic abilities.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Flint is an Earth element stone of amazing power and intensity, considering its humble appearance. Though its primary function is that of grounding, it reaches its energetic tendrils far into the higher-vibrational domains, bringing the highest frequencies of the spiritual into manifestation in the physical world.

Flint allows conscious mental comprehension of unutterable spiritual truths. When one journeys in the realms of the angelic domain, one often returns with a pleasant, even ecstatic feeling, yet one’s recollection of ‘what happened’ or what one learned is often foggy. Flint helps one bring such experiences ‘down to earth’ so they can be remembered and integrated into one’s life. This is of great importance, for the goal of spirituality is not to simply have as many ‘high’ experiences as possible, but to bring the heavenly realms into earthly manifestation.

In regard to manifestation, Flint works well for making one’s dreams come true in practical ways. It facilitates one’s taking physical actions based on one’s spiritual inspirations. In this manner, it assists one in ‘walking the talk’ of spiritual life. We all know people who can wax eloquent about spiritual principles while living a life that is totally at odds with these ideas. We may even be that way ourselves at times. Carrying or wearing Flint makes one aware of such inconsistencies and can help one see ways to simply and humbly enact one’s ideals in the here- and- now.

Flint sharpens one’s analytical abilities and increases one’s honesty. It also helps one discern the honesty of others. It supports the adherence to old-fashioned virtues such as thrift, plain-speaking, dependability, loyalty and trustworthiness.

SPIRITUAL   Flint aids one in making the frequency shift essential for manifestation of one’s spiritual inspirations in the physical world. It allows one to recall and integrate higher-realm insights into one’s life. This facilitates the process of bringing one’s dreams into reality.

EMOTIONAL   Flint calms the emotional body, grounding excess emotional energies. It supports mutual understanding and soothes the excesses of those addicted to emotional drama. It helps those who focus too much on past wounds to accept the facts and move forward.

PHYSICAL Flint can facilitate healing by grounding the etheric body in the physical and imbuing the cells with the Divine blueprint of the correctly functioning human vehicle.

AFFIRMATION   I bring the inspirations of the Divine realms into practical manifestation in the physical world.

FLUORITE

KEY WORDS      Mental enhancement and clarity, improved decision-making, clearing the energy fields

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      All (Some Fluorites are keyed to specific chakras. See below.)

Fluorite is a calcium fluoride crystal with a hardness of 4. Its growth pattern is cubic or octahedral, and it occurs in hydrothermal veins, often in association with minerals such as Quartz, Calcite and Barite. It can be found in a wide range of colors, including colorless, green, purple, white, yellow, red, pink and black. Often multiple colors appear in the same specimen. Fluorite has lent its name to the property of fluorescence, the display of vivid glowing colors under ultraviolet light. Important Fluorite deposits have been found in Germany, England, China, Argentina and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Fluorite can act as a ‘psychic vacuum cleaner,’ clearing the atmosphere of confusion, cluttered thoughts, negativity and any sort of astral ‘hangers on’ who are making mischief in one’s environment. It is balancing to the third-eye chakra and to mental energies in general. It can assist one in thinking clearly and in making subtle but important discriminations regarding the kinds of energies and people one will allow into one’s world. In the tarot, Swords are the suit which embodies the mental powers, and the image of the sword of intelligence cutting through the uncertainties of potential with the power of choice is a potent one. Within the mineral kingdom, Fluorite is the stone which most clearly emanates the Swords energy. Thus, for those who need to make many clear-headed choices in quick succession in order to navigate the waters of their lives, Fluorite can be an important ally.

Certain colors of Fluorite have special properties specific to them. Purple Fluorite is ideal for purification and access of the mind to the domains of Spirit. Black Fluorite is the ultimate astral cleanser. Yellow Fluorite, especially that from Argentina, magnifies the mental powers and enhances intellectual ability. Green Fluorite, the best being the deep green New Hampshire material, can cleanse and heal the heart chakra and can help make certain that the plans of the mind are approved by the heart. Pink Fluorite from Mexico cleanses and heals the emotional body and works to activate the ‘high heart’ chakra, or ‘seat of the soul,’ located in the chest about two inches above the heart. Blue Fluorite is good for the throat chakra, ensuring clear communication of one’s ideas. Multicolored Fluorite is best for overall energy cleansing and repair of the auric field.

For clearing one’s energy field, Fluorite harmonizes well with Black Tourmaline, Smoky Quartz, Jet and Obsidian. For enhancement of mental ability, Lapis, Iolite, Golden Labradorite and Heliodor are important aids. For heart work, Emerald, Dioptase, Pink Tourmaline, Rose Quartz, Kunzite and Morganite can be used in conjunction with Green or Pink Fluorite. Fluorite also works synergistically with all forms of Calcite.

NAISHA AHSIAN Fluorite is a force of order in the stone kingdom, giving form and structure to energies, ideas and concepts and helping them to manifest in three-dimensional reality. It helps scattered and discordant energies become cohesive and harmonic.

Fluorite is a powerful Wind element stone. It speaks of the power of thought, focus and concentration and encourages one’s thinking to become orderly and coherent. It can assist in clearing away mental fog, confusion or conflicting ideas. Fluorite is a powerful stone to use in balancing the brain. It can harmoniously entrain both hemispheres of the brain to work together, creating a ‘whole brain’ state of enhanced mental and psychic abilities. It’s energy acts to quiet worried thoughts and anxiety caused by fear of the future. It is an excellent stone for learning and study and can assist in information retention and memorization.

If one has many creative ideas but is unable to pick one and focus on it, Fluorite can assist. It helps one select a direction, commit to action and plan the steps needed to walk one’s chosen path. Its energy aids one in making order out of chaos, structuring one’s energy to accomplish one’s goals and dreams.

Fluorite’s energy can assist one in apprehending and changing the etheric blueprint that is the energetic model underlying all physical matter. It lends access to the higher levels of one’s energy field and can assist healers and Light workers in shifting energy at these levels. It molds chaotic vibrations into a coherent pattern and can be helpful in resolving confusion around manifesting one’s life purpose.

Different colors of Fluorite will express these abilities in various ways, but all shades affect the mental body, brain and energetic levels of being. Pink and Green Fluorites harmonize the heart with the mind, ensuring that one’s thoughts, words and actions are aligned with heart energy. Purple Fluorite enhances mental faculties. Blue Fluorite is especially good for opening the third eye and ensuring psychic clarity and accuracy. Golden Fluorite aligns the will with the mind, ensuring that one can bring one’s thoughts and actions into reality through action and intention. Black Fluorite is especially cleansing for negative thought patterns, entity attachments, nightmares and mental imbalances. Multicolored Fluorite can assist in organizing energies on many levels of the body, mind and spirit.

SPIRITUAL   Fluorite brings structure and focus to incoherent or incohesive energies. It helps one attune to higher guidance during meditation and will tend to produce meditations with rich visions and insights. It is ideal for strengthening one’s ability to receive psychic information from energy fields and can enhance one’s capacity for interpreting such information.

EMOTIONAL   Fluorite can remedy confusion, vacillation, instability, dishonesty, and disorders arising from incoherent thought patterns. It helps overcome fear of the future. It aids in ‘thinking through’ one’s feelings when one is overwhelmed by emotional experience.

PHYSICAL   Fluorite assists in balancing brain chemistry, enhancing learning and memorization abilities, and stimulating the brain. It can assist in issues of dizziness or vertigo and can help one be more physically balanced. Fluorite is strengthening for the bones and teeth.

AFFIRMATION   My mind and heart are awake, alert, clear and active, working in unison to make the optimal choices for my life purpose.

MAGENTA FLUORITE

ROBERT SIMMONS   Have you ever met a stone that makes your heart melt the first time you see it? That’s what Magenta Fluorite did to me. Before I even touched one, I could see/feel its sweetness, and very pleasant tingles went through me. When I held the stone, the tingles got a lot stronger!

Magenta Fluorite is a stone of the heart, allowing one to become consciously aware of the heart’s thought, desires and knowledge. It is a stone of inner truth, enhancing clarity and bringing emotional concerns into a state of peaceful understanding. It is a highly spiritual stone, linking the energies of the heart and crown chakras and opening one to higher awareness.

Magenta Fluorite is a stone of emotional healing. It encourages forgiveness of oneself and others for whatever wounds have occurred. It teaches that forgiving is the only path that can heal the world, and that we must surrender our wounds if we want them to heal.

In meditation, Magenta Fluorite stimulates the pineal gland in the center of the brain, encouraging the secretion of its Divine nectar. When this occurs, one can easily enter a state of ecstasy. For this purpose, I recommend holding a Magenta Fluorite in one’s hands with the eyes open, gazing at the stone. Imagine the rich color flooding your mind and finally permeating the center of the brain. As you invite this to happen, you may begin to see the magenta color even if you close your eyes. Practice with this mediation can lead to spectacular results.

Magenta Fluorite is also helpful in clearing the emotional body. It aids in dispelling emotional confusion, and in knowing which choices are best for the good of all.

Magenta Fluorite works well in combination with crystallized Lepidolite, as well as Rhodocrosite, Madagascar Rose Quartz, Rosophia and Pink Tourmaline.

FULGURITE

KEY WORDS      Manifestation of one’s higher purpose, enhancement of prayer, kundalini awakening, purification, sudden awakening

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Fulgurite is the name given to glassy tubes formed by lightning strikes on sand or other silica-rich soil. The event that creates a Fulgurite is characterized by a huge release of energy. Lightning carries extremely large amounts of static electricity which is discharged in a very small spot, and the temperature there has been calculated to be hotter (for an instant) than the surface of the sun. The heat is in-tense enough to vaporize the sand at the center of the strike and to melt the material around the edges. The tube is formed from the melted sand and the hole down the middle is where the vaporized material had been. Many Fulgurites which have been gathered from beaches and deserts are one to three inches in length and less than an inch in diameter. However, some specimens can be as long and thick as a human arm or leg. Some form multiple branches, like tree roots, though it is nearly impossible to unearth these intact.

Fulgurites are formed in a single powerful event rather than growing slowly over extended periods, as crystals do. This may have something to do with the intense energies and experiences people report from their encounters with these stones.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Fulgurites are among the most powerful stones for manifesting one’s visions through the power of prayer. The lightning energy, long believed to be the touch of the Divine, still resides in them, and they can act as magnifiers of one’s clear intention, building a powerful resonance between oneself and the latent powers of the higher worlds. One recommended technique for working with Fulgurite for manifestation is to sit for a while in meditation, deeply visualizing one’s prayers or intentions, and then to put the Fulgurite tube to one’s lips, exhaling through the tube and ‘blowing one’s prayers to the Divine.’ While doing so, imagine the energy of lightning moving in reverse, pulling itself back into the clouds along with one’s prayer. Then see the answers to the prayers falling in a deluge of manifestation, overflowing the streams and rivers of one’s world, irrigating and nourishing one’s life.

Fulgurites from Florida beaches and the Sahara desert are the best specimens, with the most attractive formations and the clearest energies. They have a strong, high-frequency vibration, and they seem to hold a clear resonance with the powerful electrical force that created them. Holding a Fulgurite, one may sense a vortex of energy whizzing through the chakras and all levels of the Light body, purifying and cleansing the entire system. There may also be a strong arousal of the kundalini forces of creativity and inner power. Using these stones in pairs and in groups for body layouts is highly recommended. It would be ideal to have ten of them, one to place on each chakra of the body, plus three extras—one between the feet, one for the Soul Star six inches above the head, and one for the ninth chakra, about three feet above the head. This type of layout can create an energy vortex, or tornado effect, in which one’s entire energy body receives a complete purification and activation. For interdimensional travel, Merkabite Calcite, Herderite, Scolecite, Phenacite or Natrolite can be added.

Fulgurites have a tremendous affinity with Moldavite. For meditation, one might hold a Moldavite in one hand and a Fulgurite in the other. The combination of these energies can bring about profound purification, transformation and awakening of evolutionary forces in the individual.

Fulgurites also work well with Tibetan Tektites, Herderite, Azeztulite, Phenacite, Danburite and Brookite. For those find Fulgurites a bit too intense, one can combine them with the gentle energies of Ajoite, which will soften the Storm.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Fulgurite is a cardinal Storm element stone. It carries the energy of pure lightning captured in a moment within a matrix of molten silica. As the molten silica reforms, it aligns its structure with the energy of the lightning and freezes that instant of power in time, making it manifest on the Earth.

The transformation that silica undergoes when it is struck by lightning is a metaphor for humanity’s spiritual acceleration in these times. We are being asked to incarnate an intensity and frequency of energy that humans have not embodied for a very long time. We, too, must surrender our old forms, join together and a create a channel for Divine energy to pass through us and into the world. Fulgurite’s energy can help us take on this higher frequency and bring it into every aspect of our lives.

Fulgurite teaches one how to become a willing and conscious channel for the pure frequency of the Divine Source. This surrender to the Divine is a pure form of prayer. So often we are taught to use prayer as solely a means to get something we want, or to say ‘thank you’ for something we think we’ve received. But true prayer is not said in words—it is expressed as energy. As we surrender to embodying the energy of the Divine, we allow the Divine to find expression through us on the Earth plane. This is the ultimate act of prayer.

Fulgurite helps us to accept this energy and become transformed by it. It is powerful for grounding the Light body and manifesting one’s higher purpose. Fulgurite is a stone of prophecy, opening the higher chakras to Divine energy. It opens and clears the psychic and intuitive senses and can assist one in rapidly connecting with the frequency of the Divine through prayer or meditation.

Fulgurite is especially helpful for those ready to experience major breakthroughs and to release habit patterns that no longer serve. This stone carries a pure expression of Storm element energy, so it can create deep cleansing and purification on all levels.

The lesson of Fulgurite is, “Be careful what you wish for, for you will surely get it!” By becoming a channel for Divine energy, you are able to manifest more efficiently. Every creation is its own lesson, and when you ask for something from the Divine, you are simply asking for the Divine to package your next lesson in a particular form. Fulgurite will assist you in bringing your thoughts into form, so be sure to hold positive thoughts and do this work only after surrendering to the Divine. This will ensure your creations serve the highest good!

SPIRITUAL   Fulgurite is one of the most powerful initiators of spiritual transformation and the frequency of the Divine. It is an excellent stone for teachers, channels and others who must accurately speak information and guidance from the higher realms.

EMOTIONAL   Because of Fulgurite’s strong Storm element energy, it can rapidly clear patterns from the emotional body and aid in clearing all forms of relationships. Fulgurite is also excellent at shedding light on the karmic aspects of relationships with others in your life.

PHYSICAL   Fulgurite can be helpful in instances of low or constricted physical energy. It can assist in healing blockages and strengthening blood flow in the extremities and capillaries. Fulgurite is a good stone to use in instances of impotence and sexual dysfunction. Its energy assists in facilitating a conscious death experience for those preparing to pass over.

AFFIRMATION   I call upon the Divine to join me in manifesting the prayers of my highest intention, and I surrender my attachment to outcomes.

GAIA STONE

KEY WORDS      Connection with the Heart of the Earth, love and compassion, emotional healing, goddess energies

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Gaia Stone is the name given to a glassy material derived from the ash of the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption of 1980. According to some tales, its discovery was an accident. As the story goes, after the eruption of the volcano, workers went up the mountain to demolish and remove heavy equipment which had been destroyed by the avalanches of volcanic ash. Purportedly, workers with cutting torches noticed that the heated ash reformed into a greenish glassy material after being melted by the torches. Later, local craftsmen worked to refine and improve the process, which ultimately yielded beautiful transparent material, suitable for cutting gems, in shades of deep green. Though it must be designated a manmade glass, its derivation from fresh volcanic ash and the energetic properties reported by numerous users qualify Gaia Stone to be included in this book.

ROBERT SIMMONS   These gems are rightly named Gaia Stones, for they carry the heart chakra energy of the anima terra, the soul of the Earth. The volcanic eruption which deposited their raw substance brought forth essence from the planetary interior, and the stones made from it can serve to open the human heart and to bring one into resonance with the heart of the Earth. This type of attunement is vastly important in our current times, when it is so vital that humans begin to connect more deeply with the Earth. We must learn to have compassion for our planet, because it is only in cocreative interdependency with the rhythms and energetic flows of the Earth that we will find the harmony that will assure humanity’s survival here. To consciously wear or carry one of these gifts from the heart of the Earth is to open oneself to making contact with the Goddess of the Earth.

Gaia Stone promotes loving relationships between people. It is an ideal gift for one’s romantic partner, as its energies promote the growth of love and intimacy. It can be used to heal tensions between parents and children, or between any estranged members of a family or friendship circle. It is ideal for bringing harmonious accord to groups and can be quite useful if worn or carried into committee meetings. Gaia Stone induces compassion and diffuses anger. It dissolves the psychic barriers between ‘us’ and ‘them,’ making tolerance more possible. It can assist one in negotiations where one must try to persuade an unsympathetic person to understand one’s point of view.

Gaia Stones are Goddess stones, and one may use them to send and receive love to and from any aspect of the Divine Feminine. They are particularly resonant with the Tibetan deity known as Green Tara, who offers love and protection to human beings.

Because they are among the purest representations of the Green Ray, Gaia Stones can be used to heal and soothe the heart and to energize the emotional body. The Green Ray of Gaia Stone supports healthy growth on all levels of one’s inner and outer life.

These gems are recommended for those doing self-healing of emotional wounds, and for those who wish to center in the heart and act from that place at all times. Gaia Stones carry a strong energy of compassion, and they can help one expand that quality in oneself. Healers can use the stones on clients for heart-chakra activation and to bring harmony to all chakras.

Gaia Stone combines harmoniously with Amethyst, Danburite, Azeztulite, Phenacite and all types of Quartz. For emotional healing and opening the heart, it works especially well with crystallized Rose Quartz and with Morganite.

HAZEL RAVEN   This vivid green gemstone is the color of Nature, and this particular shade of green sits exactly in the middle of the color spectrum. Because the eye muscles do not need to adjust to this shade of green it visually brings harmony, serenity and calm. When worn or carried, Gaia Stone soothes all our senses and fosters equilibrium on all levels. It is a reassuring stone.

Gaia Stone is shielding; it energetically protects women from domestic violence and abuse. It strengthens women and helps them in the workplace to overcome sexism or prejudice. It shields counselors and social workers of both sexes from becoming weighed down with responsibility. It encourages cooperation and teamwork. It helps to calm children who are stressed by exams, by easing the fear of failure. It assists in assimilating new ideas and unfamiliar subjects or course-work. It eases feelings of restriction caused by outside influences. It allows us to ‘go with the flow’ by releasing the fear of the unknown. This helps change to happen.

SPIRITUAL   Gaia Stone is a potent aid for both psychic and magical development. It increases clairvoyant and telepathic abilities. It encourages past-life recall. It can be used in rituals for the gradual increase of prosperity. It attracts good luck and aids those who are starting new ventures. It also aids those who work with natural forces, including Nature spirits.

EMOTIONAL   Gaia Stone encourages balanced judgment and is very helpful for teenagers and anyone with troubled emotions. It is used for healing relationships and promoting fidelity in long-term relationships. Gaia Stone banishes nightmares and aids restful sleep.

PHYSICAL   Crystal therapists use Gaia Stone to ease migraines and tension headaches, stress, gastric upsets, anxiety and all agitated emotional states. It has also been utilized to aid fertility and bring ease to the heart and lungs. It is helpful in healing eye conditions and has been used to release stress stored within the muscles of the eye.

AFFIRMATION   I open my heart to the Heart of the Earth, and we exchange love and compassion with one another.

GALENA

KEY WORDS      Shamanic soul retrieval, alchemical self-transformation, past-life recall

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st)

Galena is a lead sulfide mineral with a hardness of 2.5. Its crystal system is cubic. It is a common ore mineral that crystallizes in octahedral or cubic form, and that can also occur in granular, massive or fibrous habits. It is found in hydrothermal veins along with other sulfides such as Sphalerite, Pyrite, and Chalcopyrite, plus Quartz, Calcite, Fluorite, Barite and other minerals. Fine Galena crystal clusters have been found in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma in the USA. As the most important lead ore, Galena is also found abundantly in many other countries.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Galena is a stone of the alchemical process of self-transformation. As a lead-based mineral, it carries the vibrational pattern of lead, which symbolizes the beginner in alchemy, the human being in the initial state of unpurified physicality. Yet Galena does not have a static energy. Just as a beginner has implicitly already embarked on the journey, so Galena is a powerful stone for initiating the process of awakening. The long process of alchemical transformation—of lead to gold, and from beginner to master—carries within its initiating seed the ultimate pattern of perfection. So Galena can place within one’s vibrational field the restless desire of the seeker, who will not cease until the journey to enlightenment is complete.

Galena is a powerful grounding stone, and it can carry the awareness of the meditator deep into the Earth. In fact, it is an ideal stone for taking one on the journey to the underworld, the necessary exploration for retrieving the lost parts of the soul. Those interested in shamanic work will find a ready ally in Galena, which tends downward into the depths, into the ‘other world’ where shamans do much of their work. Those afflicted with ailments that are difficult to diagnose may find in Galena the tool which will offer the necessary insights for discovering the psycho-spiritual source of the problem and moving toward healing.

Galena can assist one in past-life regression work, functioning like an ‘inner radar’ to guide one’s visionary experience to the appropriate memories needed for seeing and healing the issues most important to the individual at that time. For clear inner sight on such journeys, adding Phenacite is recommended.

For the healing descent to the inner depths, Galena’s power can be enhanced by combining it with Nuummite, Labradorite or Covellite. For protection from negative energies while journeying with Galena, use Ajoite and Black Tourmaline. For accelerating the progress of the processes initiated by Galena, Moldavite and Fulgurite are recommended. For calming and stabilizing, add Dolomite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Sacred Galena acts as a powerful mirror, reflecting Light into the deepest, darkest regions of one’s shadow self. Its energy lends one the courage to face and embrace, with compassion and love, the deepest and most feared regions of one’s own soul. It encourages temperance, tolerance and peace as one learns to embrace the aspects of oneself one has long feared. As these traits of self are embraced and loved, one experiences deep healing of the Spirit.

Galena has traditionally been used as an aid for shamanic journeys and in magical practices as a stone of protection and power. It assists one in gaining deep states of consciousness that are resonant with the natural world and the ancient powers of Nature. It assists in overcoming deep-seated fears and encourages one to utilize the power of Spirit when faced with adversity. Galena allows one to maintain connection with the Divine, even while in the darkest places. It offers protection by reminding one of the Light within darkness and the truth of unity underlying apparent polarities.

Galena is a stone of the power of receptivity. It teaches that we can find strength through yielding, power through softness, and self through our ability to receive the Divine. Galena is strongly grounding, allowing one to move rapidly into resonance with the Great Earth Mother’s energy. It can be programmed for Earth healing and used in grids to create vortices for Earth Healing ceremonies. Its energy helps to counter radiation, electromagnetic pollution and other forms of harmful environmental energy. It is an excellent stone to use when spending long hours on the computer or around other electronics.

SPIRITUAL   Galena allows one to perceive all aspects of self and to integrate them into a cohesive whole. It assists one in reclaiming one’s own power as one reclaims denied or villainized aspects of self. Galena is a powerful psychic protection stone for those who tend to be strongly

EMOTIONAL Galena can lend one a sense of strength, courage and the ability to face difficult tasks. It assists one in reclaiming one’s power by reclaiming one’s responsibility.

PHYSICAL   Galena is an excellent stone for countering infection. It also helps protect one against the adverse affects of certain types of radiation. For these reasons, Galena is an excellent stone to use for support in dealing with cancer, particularly where infection is a possibility as a result of chemotherapy or radiation. It is a wonderful stone for those recovering from addiction and can be a support in the detoxification process.

AFFIRMATION   I commit myself to my journey of transformation, and to retrieving the lost parts of myself, wherever they may be.

GARNET

Garnet is a gemstone most commonly known to be red, but in fact it is found in a variety of colors. The six types of Garnet—Rhodolite, Almandine, Spessartine, Grossular, Andradite and Uvarovite—have different colors, chemical formulas and spiritual properties, and we will examine each of them in turn. Most, but not all Garnets are varieties of aluminum silicates. Their hardness varies from 6.5 to 7.5. Their crystal systems can be isometric, rhombic, dodecahedron and/or icositetrahedron. Some types of Garnets have been known and used for thousands of years, while others, like Tsavorite, a Grossular Garnet, were discovered only decades ago.

The word Garnet is derived from the Latin word granatum, which meant ‘pomegranate,’ a reference to the stone’s similarity in form and color to a pomegranate seed. Garnets were used in the former Czechoslovakia as far back as the Bronze Age, and in Egypt more than five thousand years ago. They were used in Sumeria around 2100 B.C. and in Sweden between 1000 and 2000 B.c. They were also popular in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Aztec and other native American peoples used Garnets in ornamental objects as well. In Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, there was a major stone-cutting and jewelry-making industry centered around the native red Garnets, which began in the early 1500s and still exists today.

According to the Talmud, the only light on Noah’s ark was provided by a large Garnet. In Europe during the Middle ages, Garnet was said to enhance truth, faith and constancy, and to dispel melancholy. It was viewed in some quarters as a remedy for hemorrhage and a protection from wounds.

ROBERT SIMMONS Garnets are tools for making the products of creative imagination manifest in the three-dimensional world. The various kinds of Garnet are keyed to different types and levels of manifestation, but all are good for grounding one’s dreams and desires in the physical domain.

NAISHA AHSIAN   All types of Garnet carry the energy of prosperity and the enjoyment of worldly pleasures. Each variety of Garnet carries this theme to a different level of experience.

GROSSULAR GARNET

KEY WORDS      Prosperity, health

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th)

Grossular Garnet, a Garnet group that includes Tsavorite (from Kenya) and African Green Garnet (from Mali), is a calcium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 7 to 7.5. Its name is derived from the Latin word for gooseberries, because of the similarity of the colors of the berries and certain light-green Grossular Garnets.

ROBERT SIMMONS   African Green Garnets are excellent natural grounders of abundant manifestation. If one can conceive of it clearly in the etheric, these crystals are ready tools for bringing one’s visions into reality. Their vibrational pattern creates an eager confidence, a motivation to get down to business and make things happen. Paired with Moldavite, these would be unbeatable for bringing into reality one’s rightful abundance and highest path of achievement in this world.

The other Green Garnet of particular interest is Tsavorite. These gem-grade Garnets are the most energetically focused and refined manifestation of the Grossular Garnet group. They are stones, not just of prosperity, but of wealth in all its positive aspects—financial, creative, emotional, artistic and even physical health, the foundation of true wealth. They are attuned to the pure Green Ray, and they rival Emerald in their power and beauty. Tsavorites can open and cleanse the heart chakra, enhance vitality, increase zest for living, induce feelings of charity and benevolence and help one to align with and bring about the heart’s desires. In their gem form, Tsavorites can transmit their beneficial qualities through the eyes of those who behold them. Their Green Ray energies then plant their seeds of prosperity and well-being in the energy fields of all who come into contact with the wearer of the Tsavorite. This can create interesting synergies which uplift all concerned. For instance, in work situations, wearing a Tsavorite can ‘infect’ one’s coworkers, or one’s entire company, with its optimistic, prosperous vibrations, and that can be helpful for everyone’s abundance!

All types of Grossular Garnet harmonize well with Aventurine, Green Jade, Emerald and Malachite. For directing their power of manifestation into more spiritual areas it is helpful to combine them with high-vibration stones such as Ohio Celestite, Azeztulite, Natrolite and Clear Apophyllite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Grossular Garnet is as potent a prosperity stone as I have ever worked with. It is healing of all limitations on the physical level—whether they affect health or wealth. Green Garnet carries an especially regenerative energy. It is excellent for those who have had money problems and wish to make a reform. It helps one to perceive true abundance in one’s life and to celebrate that abundance with joy. Physically, Grossular Garnet supports general recovery from illness or trauma. It assists the body in regeneration and so is an excellent stone for use during and after surgery.

African Green Garnet (a Grossular Garnet) is wonderful for encouraging prosperity. This loving stone helps overcome scarcity programming and a lack of self-worth by reinforcing the loving emanations of the Earth. Its grounded heart energy helps heal imbalances caused by disassociation from the Earth plane and the inability to connect with one’s body in a loving manner.

For prosperity, the Green Ray of this Garnet blends with Garnet’s natural abundance energies in a wonderful way. Aiding in healing the root of scarcity-mindedness, African Green Garnet lovingly reveals the true abundance the Earth Mother and the Universe provide.

These Garnets are powerful allies in healing base-chakra blockages and traumas, helping to open, clear and activate the first chakra with a healing, loving energy. This stone can also aid in recovering vital information about oneself and one’s purpose on Earth.

SPIRITUAL   Grossular Garnet teaches the many facets of abundance, from physical wealth to spiritual connection to the Divine. It helps us to receive sustenance from the Divine Source on all levels of our experience.

EMOTIONAL   Grossular Garnet is powerful for overcoming scarcity-mindedness, money panic and other forms of financial anxiety. It can aid one in consciously receiving the constant gifts of the Divine, celebrating what one has and learning gratitude.

PHYSICAL Grossular Garnet helps balance cell growth and speed physical healing after physical trauma. It helps one take responsibility for one’s healing process, finding and utilizing one’s inherent healing power.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth abundance, prosperity, health and wellbeing as my natural birthright, and I manifest them abundantly.

SPESSARTINE GARNET

KEY WORDS      Creativity, sexuality, attraction

ELEMENT      Earth, Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Spessartine Garnet is a manganese aluminum silicate with a hardness of 7 to 7.5 Its name derives from its discovery in Spessart, Germany. It is also found in Sri Lanka, Brazil, Madagascar, Sweden and the USA. Its characteristic color is yellowish orange.

ROBE RT SIMMONS   Spessartine Garnets are powerful stones of attraction. They can help one to ‘magnetize’ a lover, a new job, a creative project or anything in which one’s personal energy of attraction is a key factor. Spessartine Garnet helps clear one’s auric field of disharmonious elements that might unconsciously repel those who might otherwise be drawn in by one’s optimal energy pattern. It enhances charisma. It magnifies the vibrations of the second chakra, emphasizing creativity and sexuality. It also works on the solar-plexus chakra, lending power to one’s will. Because it is a Garnet, it pulls potential realities into manifestation. Therefore it is a stone to be used with care, since it increases the speed at which one’s intention comes into physical form. Also, because of its magnification of second-chakra energies, it can increase fertility. This can be on any level, from getting pregnant to being inspired by a brilliant idea for a novel, poem, painting or other creative project. Whatever the focus, Spessartine Garnet gets things moving, and it is therefore a potent tool to be used carefully and skillfully, yet with a sense of enjoyment and fun.

Spessartine Garnet’s energies are magnified by Russian Phenacite, Zincite, Orange Calcite, Carnelian, Heliodor and Golden Labradorite. Pairing Spessartine Garnet with Tsavorite creates a very powerful energy for financial prosperity. Combining it with Rose Quartz and Rhodolite Garnet, one can attract new love into one’s life.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Spessartine Garnet stimulates all aspects of one’s creative abilities and energies. It encourages one to take action toward one’s dreams, visions and goals. It clears and energizes the first through third chakras. It is especially stimulating to the second chakra and the Hara. It can help increase the flow of chi energy through the body and is an excellent stone for general invigoration and health.

The energy carried by Spessartine Garnet encourages creative endeavors, physical passion, sexual energy, and the ability to bring ideas and concepts into being. It is a stone of manifestation, creation, conception and birth. Spessartine Garnet enhances one’s creative energy and the expression of that energy. It is a good stone for artists, writers, dancers, actors and others who express creative energy through a process of manifestation.

Spessartine Garnet assists in overcoming one’s fear of new experiences. It encourages one to be more impulsive, spontaneous and intuitive. Even as it encourages risk-taking, it can help alleviate fear of failure. It gives one confidence to change one’s life and take new paths.

SPIRITUAL   Spessartine Garnet resonates with the creative energy of the Universe. It encourages expression of the Source of creation through bringing one’s dreams and visions into reality. It is an excellent teacher of the process of manifestation—making energy into form.

EMOTIONAL   Spessartine Garnet encourages optimism, confidence, daring and action. It can be a great help for those who are experiencing creative blocks.

PHYSICAL Spessartine Garnet aids in matters of fertility and sexual reproduction. It stimulates the body and can help with weight loss. It is excellent tonic for the endocrine system.

AFFIRMATION   I attract to myself the people, projects and creative ideas that fire my passion.

RHODOLITE GARNET

KEY WORDS      Emotional healing, self-worth, walking the spiritual path

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Heart (4th), Crown (7th)

Rhodolite Garnet is a variety of Pyrope Garnet, a magnesium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 7 to 7.5. Its color varies from rose red to pale violet. Its name is derived from two Greek words meaning ‘rose stone.’ It is found in Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Zambia, Brazil and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rhodolite Garnet combines the energies of the base chakra, heart chakra and crown chakra, offering physical, emotional and spiritual support. Its gentle energies activate one’s connection to inner guides and guardian angels, while they simultaneously put one in touch with the wordless voice of the heart’s yearnings. In this way it creates an inner alignment that allows one to know clearly what steps to take on the spiritual path. Meanwhile the grounding influence of Rhodolite’s connection with the base chakra assists one in making and keeping the inner commitments to take one forward on that path.

Rhodolite Garnet offers emotional healing, particularly in the areas of guilt and shame. Those who were wounded in these ways may find that Rhodolite lightens and lifts the burden of such memories. If the memories are not conscious, this may manifest as a lightening of one’s overall mood and a sense of quiet happiness. Rhodolite Garnet strengthens the emotional body, making it easier to hear the call of Spirit and to walk the spiritual path.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Rhodolite reflects the Light of the heart and helps one receive abundance on an emotional level. It encourages one to both receive and radiate the frequency of Love. It assists in opening the heart to the energy of Divine Love. It also encourages the expression of Love between people—from simple kindness to compassion to the love between people in a committed relationship.

Rhodolite Garnet alleviates feelings of inadequacy or unworthiness that may block one’s ability to receive love and abundance. It can help one be more loving and considerate to oneself and others. It holds a frequency of comfort, succor and support. It is a wonderful ally to call upon when one is feeling unhappy, worthless or unable to see one’s way forward.

This stone stimulates one’s sense of self-worth and assists one in owning one’s gifts and abilities and sharing them with others. This increase in confidence is a direct result of Rhodolite’s loving reminder of one’s worthiness in the eyes of the Divine. It can assist one in remembering one’s Soul contract for this lifetime and in completing the necessary steps to fulfill it. It helps bring ease and joy to the spiritual growth process—allowing one to ‘lighten up’ and find happiness through the journey to a closer relationship with the Divine Source.

SPIRITUAL   Rhodolite allows one to open to the channel of Divine Love that constantly streams from the Source. It helps the heart open to that Love, as well as the love of others. It can aid one in being more open to sharing Love, kindness and compassion. Rhodolite helps one recall and fulfill one’s life purpose, by taking the appropriate steps on one’s path.

EMOTIONAL   Rhodolite is wonderful for soothing and healing the emotional body. It encourages self-respect and self-love. It reminds one of one’s abilities and gifts and encourages their expression. It helps one recover one’s sense of self-worth and feel the Love of the Divine.

PHYSICAL   Rhodolite Garnet is helpful in recovery from sexually related abuse. It can assist in lightening the emotional patterns related to such abuse. These may be stored in the physical body and can lead to later imbalances in the reproductive organs. Rhodolite is helpful in bringing a gentle heart energy into the lower chakras, encouraging the expression of those chakras’ energies with Love and consciousness. It is wonderful to use during pregnancy.

AFFIRMATION   My body, emotions, and spirit are aligned and working for my highest good.

ALMANDINE GARNET

KEY WORDS      Strength, security

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st)

Almandine Garnet is an iron aluminum silicate with a hardness of 7.5. Its name is derived from the town of Almandine in Asia Minor. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Afghanistan, Brazil, Austria and the Czech Republic. Its color ranges from orange-red to purplish red.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Almandine Garnet is a stone of the ancient times in human history, when people were more intimately connected to the Earth, and when life was more physically demanding. Its energies are very Earth-connected, and it can vibrationally enhance one’s vitality and endurance. Almandine Garnet activates and strengthens the base chakra, our portal of connection to the physical world. It is an excellent stone for those who are a bit ungrounded, or who lack energy. This is also a stone of tangible truth. If one tends to build ‘castles in the air,’ Almandine Garnet can assist one in manifesting a realistic version of them here on Earth. And if they are a bit less grand than one’s dreams, at least they are genuine.

As a stone of the first chakra, Almandine Garnet can help arouse the energies of kundalini, the profound spiritual power said to lie dormant at the base of the spine. In this application, Tibetan Tektite can be a helpful ally. Once stimulated, the kundalini energies are stabilized and kept somewhat more grounded by Almandine Garnet’s steady, slow vibrations.

Almandine Garnet is also a stone of psychic protection. Its relatively dense energies keep one strongly connected to the body, and when one is rooted in this way, it is more difficult for negative energies or entities to attach themselves.

If one wishes additional assistance with grounding and protection, one is advised to combine Almandine Garnet with Black Andradite Garnet.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Almandine Garnet’s energy helps cultivate a sense of physical security, safety and abundance. It stimulates the base chakra and the heart, allowing for the manifestation of one’s heartfelt desires in the world. It helps alleviate worry, panic and fear and assists one in maintaining a sense of calm and grounded connection to the present. It allows one to perceive the absolute support of the Universe and its provision of all of one’s needs.

Almandine Garnet assists one in connecting with the physical body and finding joy in the physical world. It is a stone of physical love and the relationship between loving partners. It is therefore an excellent ally for those who wish to attract or invigorate a love relationship.

Almandine Garnet has deep roots in many ancient civilizations. It can assist one in connecting with past-life learning from these civilizations by stimulating cellular memory. It can be very helpful in working out alternate-life influences on current issues around abundance, love relationships and physical disease.

SPIRITUAL   Almandine Garnet aids one in finding joy in the physical plane, feeling supported in one’s needs and desires, and in giving and receiving love. It can assist one in accessing past-life memories from ancient civilizations and in clearing karmic patterns.

EMOTIONAL   Almandine Garnet helps one release panic, worry, fear and anxiety, especially around financial matters. It can teach one to develop trust in the infinite abundance of the Universe and helps one to feel calm and grounded.

PHYSICAL Almandine Garnet helps the body connect with the revitalizing energy of the Earth. It supports recuperation after injury, as well as the health of the ovaries and testes.

AFFIRMATION   I am grounded and secure in my physical body and I draw from deep wells of strength and vitality.

BLACK ANDRADITE GARNET

KEY WORDS      Grounding, protection, knowledge, creative power

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Earthstar (below the feet), Root (1st)

Black Andradite Garnet is a calcium iron silicate mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7.5. It was named after the Portuguese mineralogist d’Andrada. It is also known as Melanite, a name derived from the Greek word for ‘black.’ Its crystal system is cubic and its color is a glossy black. Fine specimens have been found in Mexico and Greenland. The Mexican crystals often occur together in groups, with crystals ranging from tiny druzy coatings all the way up to individual crystals of up to one centimeter each.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Black Andradite Garnet is a powerful grounding stone, but this is not its only talent. This is a gemstone to kindle the magic and evoke the mysteries of the Earth plane. Through communion with this stone one can attune to elemental forces and engage their aid. One can meditate with this stone to penetrate the depths of the collective unconscious, to read the morphogenic fields of knowledge held not only by humanity but also by other intelligent species of this planet. It is a stone which connects with the nourishing darkness, and one can use it to enlist the aid of one’s own secret wellsprings of power. It is ideal for tapping into one’s life force, for arousing the creative fires of sexuality, and for the empowerment and focus of the will. It aids one in establishing the dynamic grounding which is needed for those of high intention to actualize their visions. In our current age there are numerous individuals of noble purpose who lack the energy to bring their dreams to reality, and this is often because of insufficient grounding. This keeps them from tapping the Earth’s energies, which are needed for manifestation. Activation of the Earthstar chakra below the feet is essential to this dynamic grounding, and Black Andradite Garnet is the ideal stone to assist in this work—employing it in meditation or body layouts. Also, wearing the stone keeps its beneficial energies in one’s auric field throughout the day.

The fiery energies of Zincite make the perfect synergistic combination with Black Andradite Garnet, creating an even stronger activation of the Earthstar and the lower chakras with-in the body. When using Black Andradite Garnet for attracting prosperity, the addition of Tsavorite Garnet and African Green Garnet will empower the work. For creativity and sexuality, Spessartine Garnet, Carnelian and Zincite are all helpful. For dream recall and manifestation, Red Garnet is a useful ally. For purification, Black Tourmaline, Jet and Black Obsidian can be combined with Black Andradite Garnet to enhance the effects of all.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Black Andradite Garnet is a stone of protection and power. It immediately connects one’s life force with the fiery core of the Earth, allowing one access to an almost infinite supply of energy for creative work. Its power to clear and activate the first and second chakras and unleash the kundalini energy within the body makes it a strong ally in the practice of white magic and developing one’s personal power. Its ability to clear and activate the Earthstar chakra enables one to manifest spiritual creations on the Earth plane.

Black Andradite Garnet is a powerful energy purifier. It is an excellent addition to any healing room or environment that requires constant purification and infusions of Light. It is helpful in purifying thought forms as well. It is a good stone to use in children’s rooms to prevent nightmares, or in any instance where persistent unpleasant thoughts are causing depression, disturbance or upset. These are excellent allies in the sick room or hospital, as they prevent stray negative vibrations or entities from attaching to already weakened energetic systems. These are excellent stones for shamans to employ—both as protection during journeying and to facilitate the retrieval of power from the lower world.

When one enters into conscious resonance with Black Andradite Garnet, one’s feet are set firmly on one’s spiritual path, and protection and power are granted for the creation and completion of one’s life service. Black Andradite Garnet seals the aura and reflects other energies, creating a shield around the one who holds the stone. Simultaneously, it fills the aura with life force, enabling one to direct one’s energy to the tasks dictated by Spirit.

SPIRITUAL   Black Andradite Garnet is a powerful stone of both physical and psychic protection. It is an excellent aid for situations where emergency grounding can be of help, such as after intense spiritual experiences, astral travel, shamanic journeys, etc. It can assist in maintaining one’s commitment to the spiritual path and in continuing one’s spiritual practice.

EMOTIONAL   Black Andradite Garnet insists upon self-empowerment. It aids those who feel they do not have the strength, ability or knowledge to fulfill their spiritual path. It can help one overcome feelings of victimization, attack, or other disempowered states. It is an important stone for those recovering from addictions or who need protection from suicidal thoughts.

PHYSICAL   Black Andradite Garnet is an excellent physical protection stone, assisting the body in resisting infection of all types. It is a powerful ally for those with a compromised immune system, or who need extra protection from external sources of disease.

AFFIRMATION   My link with the Earth is strong, my energies are pure, I am protected and I am able to manifest my highest good at all times.

UVAROVITE GARNET

KEY WORDS      Overcoming poverty consciousness, manifesting abundance

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Uvarovite Garnet is a calcium chromium silicate with a hardness of 7.5. It is found in Russia, Finland, Poland, India and the USA. Because of its deep green color, it is sometimes confused with Emerald. Uvarovite was named after a Russian statesman.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Uvarovite Garnet heals the feeling of insufficiency in all its aspects. Whether it is the sense of scarcity in finances or the lack of self-confidence, love, power, knowledge, vitality or any other object, experience or quality, Uvarovite can clear away the idea that it is not enough. It opens the heart, allowing one to see that one contains everything one truly needs. It brings a sense of peace and contentment, plus the knowledge that the Universe provides one with precisely what is required in any given moment—at least as far as the agenda of one’s spiritual evolution is concerned. In seeing this, one learns to surrender to that agenda, healing the struggle to satisfy the lower desires, which are, after all, the source of the feelings of lack to begin with.

This leads us to the well-known paradox that one can have anything as soon as one gives up the desire for it. Uvarovite gently leads one to this lesson, for as soon as the feelings of lack have been discharged, one is in the flow of Universal abundance. This, too, is enhanced by the energies of Uvarovite.

To magnify Uvarovite’s transformative properties, using it with Moldavite is recommended. For manifestation of financial prosperity, combining both stones with Phenacite, and perhaps another prosperity stone such as Tsavorite or African Green Garnet, is ideal.

NAISHA AHSIAN Uvarovite is a variety of Green Garnet that embodies the frequency of prosperity and wealth. Similar to Tsavorite in energy, but more intense, Uvarovite can assist one in learning to joyfully accept what is offered by the Universe. By clearing the channels of receiving, one is more likely to accept the prosperity that is available. Uvarovite teaches that one does not need to struggle for abundance. Indeed, it is struggle that constricts the flow. Uvarovite’s energy teaches one to receive with grace the bounty that is one’s birthright.

On a heart level, Uvarovite can assist one in healing emotional wounds caused by feelings of scarcity—feelings of not enough love, enough support, or enough consideration in past personal and family relationships. These patterns of emotional scarcity often underlie patterns of financial scarcity. Uvarovite can help one attune to the Universal source of energy, releasing these scarcity patterns, overwriting them with frequencies of love, joy and abundance.

SPIRITUAL   Uvarovite helps clear the channel of receiving from the Universe or from other people. It can assist one in switching from a ‘doing’ to a ‘being’ state.

EMOTIONAL   Uvarovite’s energy stimulates the healing of the heart from past emotional wounds related to scarcity.

PHYSICAL   Uvarovite strengthens the physical heart and can be used for healing support after heart problems.

AFFIRMATION   I am always in the flow of Universal abundance, and all my needs are met.

RAINBOW GARNET

KEY WORDS      Happiness, felicity, exuberance, playfulness, kindness, generosity, healing the inner child

ELEMENTS Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Rainbow Garnet is a grossular Garnet from Africa, with an isometric crystal system and a hardness of 6.5 to 7. It is characterized by vivid shades of red, green and blue-green, and many specimens are bicolored.

ROBERT SIMMONS   I cannot recall ever having met a happier stone than Rainbow Garnet. These gleaming pieces of multi-hued red and green Garnet practically glow with felicity. They make one want to hold them, and when one does so, the infectious exuberance of their energy moves right into one’s consciousness. I can’t hold one of these stones without a smile creeping across my face.

Rainbow Garnets are great fun to have around. They stimulate one’s innate sense of playfulness, and can be deeply healing to one’s inner child. They can also bring important emotional healing to one’s adult side, lightening the load of stress and dispelling one’s attachment to worries, fears, angers and sorrows. They are stones of good humor, and can bring out surprising wittiness as well as kindness, generosity and cordiality.

If one is hosting a dinner party, it’s a good idea to have a Rainbow Garnet in one’s pocket. The shift in mood facilitated by Rainbow Garnet can make one into a better host, better able to truly enjoy the company of one’s guests. Any time one is meeting new people, a Rainbow Garnet can stimulate a more enjoyable encounter. And needless to say, these stones make excellent gifts, since there are few greater gifts than the experience of happiness.

Rainbow Garnets help one to see the bright side of difficult situations by recognizing that all things ultimately work toward the good. They are very nourishing to the heart, emotionally and physically, because they promote a state of lightheartedness. These stones resonate to the vibration of joy, and they can help one learn to adopt joy as a habitual mode of being. They add zest to life, and are excellent everyday pocket companions.

Rainbow Garnets work well with Azeztulite, bringing together high spiritual energies in an atmosphere of pleasure and good humor. With Moldavite, they can help one relax and enjoy the process of transformation. When used with visionary stones such as Phenacite, they can facilitate the journey into realms of cosmic bliss.

SPIRITUAL   Rainbow Garnet’s overwhelmingly positive energies bring happiness, good humor and zest for life. They help one fully enjoy one’s spiritual path.

EMOTIONAL   Rainbow Garnets can dissolve old negative emotions. They are excellent for gently and playfully healing one’s inner child.

PHYSICAL   Rainbow Garnets support the heart, and bring positive, life-affirming energies to the whole body.

AFFIRMATION   I freely and wholeheartedly enjoy my life, my path and the people I meet as I travel along my way.

GASPEITE

KEY WORDS      Spiritual perception and expression, manifestation, emotional healing, weight control, digestion

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Earthstar (below the feet), Base (1st), Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th)

Gaspeite is a nickel magnesium iron carbonate with a hardness of about 3. Its name is derived from the location where it was first discovered—the Gaspe peninsula of Quebec, Canada. Its color range is pale green to apple green, and it often contains brownish inclusions. Its crystal system is trigonal. Gaspeite is found as a secondary mineral around nickel sulfide deposits. It is sometimes associated with Millerite, Pentlandite, Skutterudite, Annabergite and other nickel minerals. In addition to Canada’s Gaspe peninsula, good Gaspeite specimens have been found in the Kambalda and Widgie Mooltha areas, North of Perth, Australia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Gaspeite’s energy is about bringing the spiritual realms into expressions in everyday life. It is also about expanding awareness so that one can more readily discern the presence of the spiritual in the ‘mundane’ world. From the inside, Gaspeite facilitate’s one’s being able to ‘walk the talk’ of one’s spiritual aspirations without allowing old habits or patterns to take over. From the outside, Gaspeite helps one notice the many small synchronicities that are offered as guidance and promptings from the Universe. When one’s eyes are opened and one’s awareness is sharpened, one notices little ‘coincidences’ one would likely have overlooked before, and these events become more frequent when one gives attention to them. It is a proof of the saying of Jesus, ‘Seek and ye shall find.’ Gaspeite can help seekers to realize that the answers to their most burning questions are spread out all about their feet. This gift of vision can bring one great joy.

Gaspeite blends the energies of the heart and solar plexus, yet it does so in a more grounded, more physical way. Gaspeite promotes the health of the heart and digestive system, as well as the visceral organs, and it does so in a way that integrates their energies so that they all work better as a whole.

Gaspeite is an excellent stone for awakening and healing the inner child within oneself. Often one feels exhausted and stressed by life without really knowing why, but one’s inner child most certainly knows. Wearing Gaspeite or meditating with it can do much to bring unconscious wounds and attachments to the surface for healing and release. Making a ‘gift’ of a piece of Gaspeite to one’s inner child is one way of showing the self-love which allows this neglected part of oneself to step out of the shadows.

Gaspeite can help those with poor appetites to enjoy food, and to eat the proper foods at the right times. It helps one to inwardly ‘hear’ what sorts of foods the body and soul need and desire. This in itself can bring profound healings.

Gaspeite combines harmoniously with Pyromorphite for the well being of the digestive system and visceral organs. Stones such as Tugtupite, Cryolite and Hiddenite can emphasize its heart connections. Gaspeite also combines well with Amber, Turquoise, Jet and Sugilite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Gaspeite is a wonderful stone to use for physical healing, metabolism issues, weight loss and to counter the effects of stress on the body. Its energy assists one in integrating spirit into the body and can be very helpful for those who resist being in physical form, or who need assistance in being present in the physical realm. While it can be considered a grounding stone, its energy also supports one in releasing the energy stored in matter, so that the energy can be used to create new matter, or can be put to more spiritual uses. It is a wonderful energetic support for both manifestation work (bringing energy into form), and dis-creation work (returning matter to an energetic state).

Gaspeite is one of the best stones to use in support of long-term weight loss due to its ability to help regulate blood sugar, improve insulin function and decrease stress-related hormones that may contribute to weight gain. But, Gaspeite is also excellent for those who are holding onto excess ‘’weight’ in the form of possessions and ‘stuff’ that need to be released before one can move on. It is a powerful stone for helping hoarders release attachment to their ‘collections’ and to help recover usable energy that has been trapped in excessive material possessions.

SPIRITUAL   Gaspeite helps one to anchor the spirit into the body, and to bring energy into form. For this reason, it is an excellent aid in manifestation work. It also assists one in releasing form back into energy, which can be very useful when one has collected too many possessions or experiences that may be draining or tying up one’s energy.

EMOTIONAL   Gaspeite helps one to release attachment to ‘things’ and can help counter hoarding behaviors. It assists one in feeling safe and secure, while encouraging one to let go of the past and of experiences and possessions that no longer serve. It can assist one in receiving more love and in feeling more joyful and abundant on all levels.

PHYSICAL   Gaspeite gently stimulates the metabolism, helps to support proper insulin levels, and can be useful in energetically supporting one in recovery from or management of diabetes symptoms. It is useful in dealing with stress—both emotionally and physiologically.

AFFIRMATION   I take in all that nourishes me—spiritually, emotionally and physically—and I release all that does not.

GEL LITHIUM SILICA

KEY WORDS      Calming, soothing, emotional serenity and stability, antidote to stress and negativity

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      All, especially Heart (4th)

Gel Lithium Silica is a rich magenta-colored form of Lepidolite, a potassium lithium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 2.5 to 3. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It occurs in massive form and ranges in color from very dark to pale magenta. Some of the best pieces can be slightly translucent when sliced. Almost all Gel Lithium Silica comes from a remote mine in New Mexico, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Gel Lithium Silica carries the vibration of pure tranquillity and receptivity. It is the very embodiment of the Yin energy, the power of the feminine. Gel Lithium Silica is recommended not only for meditation, but also as a stone to facilitate the process of prayer. The deep peace inherent in these stones resonates with oneself to bring one to the still place within, from which one may most clearly speak and listen to the Divine. These are excellent stones for eliminating stress. If a piece is placed beneath one’s pillow, it can assist one in finding more peaceful sleep. Soaking with this mineral with in a warm, sea-salted bath can also help one release tensions and find the deepest possible relaxation.

Gel Lithium Silica can provide an ‘escape’ from the disharmonies and stresses of daily life. It is a good stone to carry in urban areas, where access to the healing influence of Nature is limited. It can keep one serene in the workplace and even help one maintain calm and composure in difficult social situations. When one is in adversarial negotiations, such as divorce or other court proceedings, Gel Lithium Silica can aid one in maintaining equanimity in the face of great difficulty.

Gel Lithium Silica is a stone of peace, and it can assist one in spreading peace in the world. It is an excellent stone to be given as a gift, since one is giving the gift of tranquillity, serenity and sometimes even euphoria! It is also capable of doing this work undercover. For example, if one’s child is facing conflict with another child at school, one can work energetically to diffuse the situation. Place a piece of Gel Lithium Silica under one’s child’s mattress and another near a picture or a piece of clothing or similar ‘witness’ of the other child. Go into meditation and ask for the relaxation of tension between the two who are at odds. Often, such sympathetic magic really works! This can also be practiced in any number of other situations to which one wishes to bring peace. One might try this with photos of estranged relatives, politicians, or even maps of warring countries! One is advised not to discount the potential effectiveness of such practices. Our intention is a powerful force on the inner planes. Using Gel Lithium Silica to project peace clarifies and amplifies one’s conscious benevolent intention, and this can be much more effectual than the confused, unconscious fog that passes for intention in many people, especially those mired in negativity.

Other Lithium-based minerals such as Tourmaline and Amblygonite can be combined with Gel Lithium Silica to enhance the overall effect. Access to the highest vibrational planes can be brought about by combining Gel Lithium Silica with stones such as Phenacite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Danburite, Brookite and Selenite. Protection from negative energies can be assisted by adding Moldavite, Ajoite, Sugilite, Black Tourmaline, or a combination of these. Gel Lithium Silica is a stone to be treasured as an antidote to the negativities and imbalances of modern life.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Gel Lithium Silica is deeply soothing and calming to the emotional body, due to its high lithium content. It can assist one in finding balance between extreme emotional states. It grounds the energy field through the heart center, allowing for emotional insight and understanding of one’s life experiences. Because of its calming properties, it can be used to help bring hyperactivity, depression, excessive fear and worry into balance.

Gel Lithium Silica helps to purify and clear the heart center of past trauma and grief. It can assist one in gaining conscious understanding of the underlying experiences that have created emotional imbalance. Once this understanding is achieved, Gel Lithium Silica aids one in opening the heart in compassion so emotional healing can occur.

It is a powerful ally for those who are empathic or have strong emotional sensitivities, due to its ability to strengthen the heart center and ground excess emotional energy. Gel Lithium Silica is also an excellent stone to use as a meditative aid. It helps one to allow and release attachment to stray thoughts and worries that may disturb the meditative state.

SPIRITUAL   Gel Lithium Silica helps one understand the emotional patterns of one’s life and experiences. It assists in quieting the mind so one can enter a meditative state.

EMOTIONAL   Gel Lithium Silica, the purest form of Lepidolite, is a premier ally for moving through grief, releasing attachment to past emotional experiences, and healing emotional trauma. It is excellent for balancing the emotional body and strengthening the heart chakra.

PHYSICAL   Gel Lithium Silica offers energetic assistance if one is taking medication for any type of emotional imbalance, including antidepressant medication or herbal supplements. It energetically supports the body in finding balance and recovering emotional well-being.

AFFIRMATION   I am centered and calm, regardless of the appearance of outer circumstances.

GEM SILICA

KEY WORDS      Enhanced communication, connection with goddess energies, clairvoyance, joy, peace

ELEMENT      Water, Wind

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

Gem Silica is silicated Chrysocolla, a combination of Chrysocolla and Quartz with a hardness of 6 to 7. It is a rare material which is found in small pockets of copper-bearing ores, usually in association with more common forms of Chrysocolla. Its color can vary from blue-green to deep turquoise blue. Often there is at least a partial translucence to the stones. Some are coated with sparkling druzy crystals. Gem Silica is highly prized, especially in Asia, for gemstones and carvings. It is among the most-desired and least-acquired of metaphysical stones, because of both its cost and its rarity.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Gem Silica is perhaps the finest stone in the mineral kingdom for energizing the throat chakra and bringing forth one’s inner truth, with impeccability, clarity and eloquence. Its energies are utterly smooth, even as they are elegantly powerful. Wearing Gem Silica or using it on the throat chakra in a healing layout can open the doors to self-expression in a way that is likely to amaze both oneself and those in one’s environment.

But Gem Silica is more than a throat-chakra stone of communication. It is also a material manifestation of the power of the deep Feminine. Gem Silica evokes the goddess energies within those who use or carry it. It can bring memories of past lives spent as a priestess or other acolyte of goddess worship. It can bring about within the self an awareness of the here-and-now presence of the Feminine Divine. It can stir in the heart deep feelings of love for the Great Mother and inspire one to acts of service to Her. In this context, Gem Silica can open inner doorways to untapped imaginative and creative capacities. This stone can help one realize that one’s own identity is inextricably woven into the fabric of Her endless unfoldment.

Though Gem Silica can take one deeply into the spiritual realms, it is also a stone of lightheartedness. It assists one in letting go of the many insignificant concerns that can weigh down the psyche, freeing the heart to soar into joy. It increases emotional discrimination, so one can focus on what truly matters in one’s inner life and relationships. It tends to strip away petty judgments and feelings of depression that mask underlying grief, and it helps one release old, repressed grief in a flood of tears that ultimately give way to forgiveness and renewal. This pairing of lighthearted joy with grief is no contradiction-one must be in touch with one’s deepest and truest feelings, including grief, for the heart to take wing. And when the time comes to share these feelings, Gem Silica facilitates their full, clear expression.

Just as Gem Silica lends clarity to one’s communication, it can enhance one’s powers of inner vision. It is excellent for stimulating clairvoyance, and two people working together with Gem Silica may find their ability to interact telepathically is much stronger. Gem Silica can also be used to invoke prophetic visions of the future and to visit souls on the ‘other side.’

Gem Silica can bring balance and peace to the emotional body. It can heal energetic ‘holes’ in the astral and etheric bodies, especially around the heart. It can support vibrational healing of the physical body, particularly in regard to problems with the heart and throat.

Gem Silica works harmoniously with Chrysocolla, Chrysoprase, Turquoise, Ajoite, Azurite, Malachite and most other copper-based minerals. It also blends very well with most members of the Quartz family, especially Tibetan Black Quartz and Chlorite Phantoms. Azeztulite particularly enhances Gem Silica’s qualities of clairvoyance, creative imagination and spiritual growth. With all stones, Gem Silica lends an energy of peace, compassion, clear communication and emotional healing.

NAISHA AHSIAN This rich blue variety of Chrysocolla is one of the premier stones for opening and empowering the throat chakra. Gem Silica lends energy to the spoken word and the vibration of sound in general. It amplifies the effects of prayer, sacred song, spells and mantras. It is a strong ally for sound healers, singers, teachers and speakers. It enhances the power of one’s voice, allowing one to get one’s point across more forcefully and clearly. Gem Silica’s energy lends an almost magical quality to the voice, giving strength to one’s words.

Gem Silica aids in turning sound from vibration to matter, thus bringing one’s words into reality. It can be utilized to enhance the power and effect of affirmations.

This beautiful blue material also stimulates and clears the third eye. It facilitates communication with higher guides and angels and enhances one’s ability to learn from higher beings. It allows one to perceive and understand the impact of the words one uses to create one’s reality. Chrysocolla allows for the highest communication to be brought into the world through channeling, psychic communion, prayer and meditation. It helps keep the information received during these states of consciousness clear and coherent.

While Chrysocolla is generally a Water element stone, Gem Silica, the most purified of Chrysocolla energies, vibrates with both the Water and Wind elements.

SPIRITUAL   Gem Silica helps one receive and communicate spiritual information. It facilitates expanded states of consciousness and spiritual insights. It enhances the power of the voice and aids in creating form from energy through affirmations and the spoken word.

EMOTIONAL   Gem Silica is one of the highest of the communication stones. Its energy facilitates the expression of one’s innermost truth. It improves understanding in all relationships, especially when the sharing of personal feelings is involved.

PHYSICAL   Gem Silica is an excellent stone for the respiratory system, particularly where inflammation such as bronchitis or asthma is an issue. It is good for soothing the vocal cords and can be a great help to speakers or singers. Gem Silica also helps counter laryngitis and sore throat.

AFFIRMATION   I open my heart and my voice as one, offering my inner visions and highest truth through my words.

GLENDONITE

KEY WORDS      Precise stimulation of chakras and meridians, transmutation into the New Human Being and the Body of Light

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      All seven main chakras, plus secondary chakras and meridians

Glendonite is the name given to a particular kind of pseudomorph—calcite that occurs after ikaite crystallizes. Calcite is a calcium-carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3. Its crystal system is rhombohedral. Glendonites originated as crystalline masses of ikaite, a hydrous calcium-carbonate mineral. Ikaite only forms in near-freezing water of high alkalinity, in organic-rich sediments at the sediment-water interface. At warmer temperatures ikaite is unstable; the mineral loses its water content, and transforms to calcite. During the ikaite-to-calcite conversion, the original crystal structure of the ikaite may be retained. Calcite masses that retain ikaite crystal shapes are called Glendonites.

Glendonites retain the star-shaped forms of the original ikaites. They have been found off the coasts of South Africa and Australia. However, the most attractive specimens come from the Kola Peninsula in Russia.

ROBERT SIMMONS I was initially bemused when I learned that Glendonite is a pseudomorph, meaning that this mineral has filled a space previously occupied, in the pattern once created by another mineral. The blossoming, radiant form of Glendonite is not the form the calcite would have taken on its own. I mention this because there is a metaphoric resonance between this fact and the spiritual qualities of Glendonite.

The currents of Glendonite enter the brain and work very quickly to free the mind of the tyranny of fixed ideas via their awakening of inner truth. Glendonites evoke the archetypes of the High Priestess and the Magician, the male and female spiritual beings who work through humans to bring the benevolent magic of the spiritual realms into dynamic expression in the world.

Glendonite stimulates the third eye, crown and Soul Star (above the head) chakras. It can help increase psychic capacities, make inner visions more vivid, and open the doors to profound interior silence. Its influence can deepen meditative and dream experiences, and help sensitize the conscious self to the subtle currents of the spiritual realms.

Glendonite can help the mind become more aware of the activity and thought of the heart. As the self aligns with the heart, one’s ability to perceive and express the truth is enhanced. This alignment with truth brings forth a profound sense of freedom, for one is no longer a slave to falsehood.

Glendonite affects the brain and the thinking processes. It slows down rapid-fire cognitive functions, and increases the influence of the right hemisphere of the brain. It quiets the inner dialog and opens the doors to the silent synthesis of ideas, emotions and perceptions. It increases feelings of spiritual awe and wonder, helping us to see how astonishing the world is. Glendonite can be used for calming headaches, relieving mental stress, overcoming insomnia, relaxing tense muscles and clearing blocked energies in the meridians. It can open and harmonize any of the chakras.

Glendonite facilitates the process by which the new Body of Light is brought into being. This body, which is less dense than our present form, is an almost musical flow of currents of Divine Love, with our sense of self-centeredness in the heart. Using seven pieces of Glendonite in combination with seven Tibetan Tektites—one of each at each chakra point—is among the most powerful layouts one can set up for the purpose of awakening the Light Body.

Glendonite works well with all types of Azeztulite, as well as Satya Mani Quartz, Natrolite, Moldau Quartz, Phenacite and Herderite. It is excellent with Merkabite Calcite to bring awakening to the third eye and crown chakras.

SPIRITUAL   Glendonite can activate one’s mental consciousness to become intuitively and spiritually aware. It enhances one’s cognitive and empathic awareness of the thought of the heart. It accelerates the process of spiritual transmutation and Light Body activation.

EMOTIONAL   Glendonite stimulates compassion through enhancing the capacity to be truly aware of others.

PHYSICAL   Glendonite supports the brain, and helps balance the energies of brain and heart so that both remain healthy.

AFFIRMATION   My awareness can be wide like a floodlight or narrow like a laser. I offer to the Light my ardent intention to drink in the whole river of consciousness.

GOETHITE

KEY WORDS      Access to Akashic records, past-life recall, connection with Earth, healing through grief, enhanced soul life, artistic creativity

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Third Eye (6th)

Goethite is an iron hydroxide mineral with a hardness of 5 to 5.5. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. It sometimes occurs as prismatic, vertically striated crystals with an adamantine luster but is more frequently found in massive, stalactitic, botryoidal or earthy forms. Its color is blackish brown, yellowish brown or reddish brown. Goethite is an abundant mineral, and some deposits are considered important sources of iron ore. Fine Goethite crystals have been discovered in Cornwall, England, and Pikes Peak, Colorado.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Goethite is a stone for going deep within, for finding the link between the self and the Earth. It is a stone that takes one down from flying among the clouds of fantasy, directly into the body and matter. It reminds us that ‘matter’ and ‘mother’ are words with the same root. Used in meditation, Goethite can facilitate the sensitization of oneself to the perceptions, emotions and energies of one’s body and of the Earth. This is quite important, because until one is linked with the Earth, in its ecstasy, its suffering, and its gross physicality, one does not have the necessary roots to fully flower as a human being.

Goethite is an excellent stone for counselors who work with clients needing to confront their own grief, or for individuals ready to do grief work. It takes one into awareness of one’s wounds, which have often been pushed into the unconscious. Grief is a primal emotion, one which modern people—at least in Western countries—handle rather poorly. Yet grief is highly important, because it is the process through which one survives loss. Without the tears of grief, one is much more prone to depression, detachment, numbness and the self-destructive underground fires of unconscious anger and rage. Because Goethite brings one into confrontation with the core realities of life, it facilitates the recovery of one’s lost or repressed grief and the catharsis of healing and emotional rebirth that follows. In this way, Goethite is a stone of death and rebirth.

At this point, it is interesting to note the words of the poet, scientist and philosopher Goethe, the namesake of Goethite, in his poem The Holy Longing:

So long as you haven’t experienced this—to die and so to grow—

You are only a troubled guest on the dark earth.

These could be the words of Goethite itself, and it seems fitting that the stone and the man who share the name would be in such philosophic alignment.

Goethite is a stone for the enhancement of soul life. It stimulates the emotional body, making one more conscious of the entire spectrum of one’s feelings. It assists in opening the heart, awakening one’s compassion and love. It strengthens the creative aspect of the second chakra and is a powerful aid to artists, writers and musicians. It assists one in attuning to Nature and in appreciating the everyday miracles of life. It helps one recall and re-experience the wonder of childhood, and it assists one in communicating lovingly with children.

Nuummite can combine with Goethite to assist one in making deep inner journeys and in retrieving the Akashic records of Earth’s history, as well as one’s past lives. Alexandrite and Oregon Opal can also help, especially in regard to one’s individual soul history. Smoky Quartz magnifies Goethite’s grounding aspects. If one has difficulty ‘coming back up’ from Goethite’s tours of the depths, Danburite and Petalite are recommended.

NAISHA AHSIAN Goethite carries ancient memories and information from Earth’s history. It acts as a master record keeper for the planet, storing information of the Earth’s evolution and growth, as well as that of each species on the planet. Goethite can be used to recall one’s personal and ancestral history. It helps one to access genetic memory and to clear or ‘erase’ patterns that have been handed down from ancestors or more immediate family.

Goethite also offers information to those interested in the genetic seeding of this planet by other races from other star systems. It is excellent for assisting walk-ins and interdimensionals in acclimating to Earth’s vibration. Goethite is an excellent grounding stone in general, but is especially good for those who have great difficulty being in a physical body.

Goethite is ideal to program with intentions, messages and prayers. It holds a program as well as Quartz and will tend to hold it for a longer period of time. It is a wonderful wishing stone. One can program one’s Goethite stone using simple intention while one holds the wish in mind. Then one can place the stone on an altar or special place and it will radiate the energy of that wish into the cosmos for the rest of the day. Because of its grounding capacities, it can also help one bring that wish from etheric energy into reality.

Goethite has a strong connection to the physical level of being and is an excellent stone to support health or healing.

SPIRITUAL   Goethite assists in accessing genetic memory or the Akashic records of this planet, its inhabitants and their origins. It aids in bringing one’s wishes and dreams into reality, as it assists one in becoming almost magnetic to one’s desires.

EMOTIONAL   Goethite is balancing for the emotional body. It can help invigorate the emotions or it can dispel overly intense emotional energy, depending upon the necessary balancing effect needed for an individual.

PHYSICAL   This mineral strengthens the blood and assists in oxygenation. It can energetically stimulate the bone marrow and bone-marrow growth, as well as the production of blood cells within the marrow. Its energy assists the body in mending after physical trauma.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to full awareness of all that is within—love and pain, joy and grief—from this and other lives, and I claim it as my own.

GOLDEN HEALER QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Pure Golden Ray of spiritual Light, self-healing, Christ consciousness

ELEMENTS Earth, Fire

CHAKRAS      All

Golden Healer Quartz is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. These crystals are characterized by a rich yellow coating on part or all of their surfaces, caused by the presence of hematite. These crystals were first excavated in the 1980s by miners in Arkansas, USA, and were quickly recognized as a special category of metaphysical stone. Since then, Golden Healers have been found in Brazil as well, although the Arkansas crystals are more numerous and more popular.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Golden Healer Quartz crystals emanate profoundly powerful currents for the healing of the body and the expansion of consciousness. When I sat down to work with one of the Arkansas specimens, strong waves of pleasurable energy came in through my hands and swept through my body. At first, the waves moved up to the head, and my skull felt awash in a delicious energetic nectar. As I sat longer, the loving currents entered my heart area, and my beating heart responded to them, thumping in my chest as if in glad greeting of what had entered.

When I asked the Being of the Golden Healer Quartz about its nature, it answered, ‘I am the Golden One, the Divine Messenger, the one who rides upon the current of Divine Fire, the one who delivers the Divine Fire. What you feel is the Golden Fire from the Heart of the Universe.’

Asking the stone about the nature of its mission in the world, I was shown a beautiful image of a gold-white spire of light touching the Earth and uniting with an unseen point in the sky. I was also shown a memory-image of a golden Sun, to which I had traveled in meditation many years ago. From this I understood that the Arkansas Golden Healer crystals are attuned to the Gold-White Ray of spiritual fire, which is the same as the Light many of us feel connected to, and which we endeavor to ground here on the Earth.

I received another ‘spoken’ message from the stone. It said, ‘I can aid in the healing of your bodies, and this is very good—but I can also work with you to heal the world, and that is much better.’ Then I saw an image of people holding Golden Healer crystals, each person glowing with golden Light, and among them formed a web of Light that grew to enclose the whole Earth. This shows me that the mission of the Divine Messenger expressing through the Golden Healers is to facilitate the fulfillment of the joint destiny of the Earth and humanity—the cocreation of the Earth as a Planet of Light.

On more mundane levels, I highly recommend Golden Healers to anyone who is interested in healing self or others, working from the innermost center of one’s being to the outer layers of the material body. This is how these stones want to work with us. Golden Healer Quartz can be helpful in all parts of the body through its infusion of spiritual Light. It resonates most readily with the heart, and can work as a vibrational catalyst for healing the heart, lungs and circulatory system.

In their highest capacity, Golden Healers give access to Christ consciousness. This is to be viewed not only as the attainment of a single human being 2,000 years ago but as the innate capacity of each human being. When we are perfected through total surrender to the Light—a surrender which is not passive but infused with the conscious, focused intent of every atom of one’s being—our awareness opens to a golden realm, and we become the living vehicles for the Gold Christ Light to enter the world. Golden Healer Quartz crystals vibrate to the frequency of this Golden Realm, and aid one in attuning to it.

Golden Healer Quartz resonates strongly with other stones of the Golden Ray, such as Himalaya Gold Azeztulite, Libyan Gold Tektite, Heliodor, Golden Azeztulite crystals, Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite, Golden Apatite, Brazilianite and Agni Gold Danburite. It has a natural affinity to stones that have been super-activated through the Azozeo process.

SPIRITUAL   As pure stones of the Golden Ray, Golden Healer Quartz crystals aid in drawing the highest spiritual Light into the human being and into the Earth. They can initiate one’s connection to Christ consciousness.

EMOTIONAL   Golden Healer Quartz brings an emotional tone of joy into one’s life, helping one to feel inner joy regardless of outer circumstances.

PHYSICAL   Golden Healer Quartz naturally resonates for self-healing of the heart, lungs and circulatory system. However, its golden Light can infuse any area of the body and act as a catalyst for healing.

AFFIRMATION   I awaken to the pure Golden Light within myself and in all that is. I dedicate my will to the actualization of the Golden Light in all of humanity and all of matter.

GOLDEN LABRADORITE

KEY WORDS      Right use of will, clarity, confidence, power, vitality, creativity, purposefulness

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd)

Golden Labradorite (also known as Bytownite) is a variety of plagioclase feldspar with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. Its crystal system is triclinic. It sometimes forms as blocky tabular crystals, which can be twinned. Golden Labradorite is usually transparent and its color is a golden yellow. It does not exhibit the shimmering labradorescence of other Labradorites. However, when cut into gems, it can exhibit an uncommon brilliance. Golden Labradorite can be found in Oregon, where it is sometimes identified as a type of Sunstone, but the largest deposits of gem-grade material are in Mexico.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Golden Labradorite is one of the best stones for working with the third chakra. It represents the solar qualities of Labradorite—inner strength, vitality, courage, clear thinking, endurance, mental activity, spiritual focus and purposefulness. It can calm the emotions through increased clarity of mind, and it can help one see the Divine pattern in one’s daily struggles. In dream work, it can assist one in consciously awakening in the higher planes and in bringing back important information.

Golden Labradorite takes one not only into communion with the energies of our own sun, but through a thread of Light it also connects with the Great Central Sun, the home and origin of consciousness in the Universe. This is Golden Labradorite’s greatest gift. The Great Central Sun is the spiritual center of the Universe, existing in the etheric realm. It is constantly surrounded by multitudes of orbiting angels, and it is from this domain that the ‘music of the spheres’ emanates. In meditation, one can follow the golden thread of Golden Labradorite’s energy into this realm, and if the journey is completed, one will never forget it. It will permanently infuse one’s consciousness with awe, reverence and gratitude, and a sense of the magnificent perfection of All-That-Is.

Golden Labradorite’s energies are male in tone, and solar, as has been said. It can be used to activate the male aspects of the self, in both men and women. It is supportive of the traits of assertiveness, self-confidence, creativity, self-expression in language, physical activity and extroversion. For those who feel tentative, unfocused, passive or weak, Golden Labradorite can be a helpful ally.

If one desires to bring the male and female energies within the self into full expression and dynamic balance, one is advised to work with a combination of Golden Labradorite and Moonstone. Wearing the two stones together in a single piece of jewelry or meditating with one in each hand are both excellent ways to accomplish this.

In working with third-chakra issues of power and will, Golden Labradorite is recommended, especially when paired with Zincite. The Zincite activates all three lower chakras, and the golden Labradorite brings the energies up to the third chakra, to focus the expanded energy there for healing and development. To emphasize the consciousness-enhancing effects of Golden Labradorite, it can be combined with Moldavite, Phenacite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Scolecite, Natrolite or a combination of these. This can open the highest spiritual areas to the most focused conscious awareness. It can enhance one’s ability to remember and integrate spiritual experiences. In addition to working with this stone in meditation and body layouts, wearing it in jewelry is highly recommended—for the enhancement of confidence, vitality, mental clarity and creativity. These are among the primary energies needed to promote individual effectiveness in one’s daily activities and a continuing enjoyment of all life brings.

NAISHA AHSIAN Golden Labradorite directly stimulates the solar-plexus chakra as it teaches one about the right use of power and will. This stone can assist in clearing issues of use of power, particularly those related to alternate or past lifetimes. It is an excellent stone to use in curbing procrastination and can help one develop consistency in taking action.

Golden Labradorite stimulates one’s ability to learn and adapt to new situations or sur-roundings. It can aid those who feel insecure in social situations or who have difficulty mixing with new people. It helps one to perceive one’s gifts and abilities and to develop strong self-esteem. Golden Labradorite also connects one with a frequency of joy and childlike playfulness. It helps one recognize the Divine in all aspects of one’s life, and in all experiences.

SPIRITUAL   Golden Labradorite helps one see where one might misuse one’s power. It allows one to perceive and honor one’s spiritual abilities and enhances one’s confidence to use them.

EMOTIONAL   Golden Labradorite aids one in feeling more confident and at ease in social situations. It helps one feel more empowered and encourages one to let one’s Light shine.

PHYSICAL   Golden Labradorite assists with issues of the kidneys, gallbladder and spleen. It helps purify the body’s purification systems by aiding in detoxifying the organs responsible for cleansing and purification. It can aid in overcoming bed-wetting. Golden Labradorite’s energy can enhance digestion and metabolism of food.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth my personal power, to be used with clarity and integrity, through the action of enlightened will.

GOSHENITE

KEY WORDS      Mental stimulant, enhanced dreams, loyalty, truth, prayer, spiritual assistance

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Etheric (8th through 14th, above the head)

Goshenite is a colorless variety of Beryl, an aluminum beryllium silicate mineral with a hardness of 7.5 to 8. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It was named after a find in Goshen, Massachusetts. Goshenite is the purest form of Beryl, containing fewer impurities than the colored varieties. Goshen is found in Brazil, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Southern Africa and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Goshenite clears and activates the crown chakra, opening the portals of Spirit for those who meditate with it. It stimulates the mental centers and enhances one’s ability to think logically. It is particularly stimulating to mathematical intelligence and can be helpful to students in this area.

Goshenite is a stone of persistence, helping one retain the focus and determination to see things through to completion. It is also a stone of loyalty—when one wears Goshenite one both feels and inspires loyalty between oneself and friends or coworkers. If one belongs to a group with a spiritual orientation, one might consider deciding that each member of the group will be given a piece of Goshenite as a token of membership. This will tend to help the group remain focused on its purpose and will initiate the spirit of ‘all for one and one for all.’ Goshenite also helps one sustain faithfulness in relationships. It is a stone of fidelity and respect, reminding us of the importance of living up to the trust others have placed in us.

Goshenite can enhance the power of prayer, especially when one asks for help—whether in matters of health, spiritual growth or relationships. It aids in calling in one’s angels, guides and friends in Spirit, making them aware of one’s situation and needs. It can also be used to project one’s gratitude into the spiritual realms, where it nourishes the helping spirits.

Just as Goshenite inspires loyalty, it also vibrates to the frequency of truth. Its lack of coloration suggests an impartial clarity which is not vulnerable to the shadings of deception. If one carries or wears Goshenite, it will be much more difficult to tell the polite lies of daily life and will be much easier to see through the lies told by others. This is not always a comfortable state, but it can nonetheless be quite refreshing. Giving Goshenite to a child or adult who has a problem with prevarication can help the individual in question to break this bad habit. Sometimes it is best not to mention the underlying purpose of this gift. And the Goshenite will let one know whether this omission is an impermissible deception!

Because of its enhancement of mental energies, Goshenite increases one’s ability and tendency to think analytically. This can be a boon in many situations, although perhaps not in interpersonal relationships. To modify Goshenite’s clear and dispassionate detachment, one might wish to employ Emerald or Morganite. Both of these stones, which are closely related to Goshenite by virtue of being part of the Beryl family, bring one to the heart’s loving and forgiving qualities, adding a compassionate element to Goshenite’s unflinching gaze of truth.

Goshenite resonates well with other members of the Beryl family. Aquamarine stimulates the throat, facilitating communication of the insights afforded by Goshenite. Heliodor works on the solar plexus, assisting one in taking action based on Goshenite’s clear perceptions.

Phenacite, another type of beryllium silicate, magnifies Goshenite’s activation of the third-eye, crown and etheric chakras. Herderite allows one to move beyond the confines of the body, into the ‘fields of consciousness,’ such as the mental, astral and etheric bodies. Nuummite combines with Goshenite for clear perceptual journeys into the deep, hidden past. Azeztulite moves Goshenite’s vision into the domain of the future, helping one to clearly see the highest possibilities of what can be.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Goshenite is the most high-frequency of the Beryl family stones, strongly activating the third-eye, crown and etheric chakras. This stone offers upliftment, inspiration and release from concerns. It enhances inner visions during meditation and is a wonderful guide on journeys to other levels of consciousness and other dimensional frequencies.

Goshenite is a powerful dream stone. It creates a vivid dream state and is a valuable assistant in lucid-dream work. It can help one reconnect with one’s dreams for one’s life. It inspires one to create and hold a new and higher vision of what is possible. While Goshenite is calming for the worried mind, it is stimulating to the higher mind. It is inspirational, and can facilitate the reception of a vision or message to be expressed through writing, art or speech.

Goshenite enhances the properties of other varieties of Beryl, such as Aquamarine, Emerald, Morganite and Heliodor, and can be used in combination with these stones to in-crease their healing and transformative properties. In body layouts, Goshenite can be placed on any chakra to clear and invigorate the area. In jewelry, it can be combined with other stones—particularly other beryls—to enhance each stone’s effect.

SPIRITUAL   Goshenite is powerful for enhancing dream work and meditation. It can ease and clear the mind, allowing for a purer channel to the consciousness of the Divine. It helps reveal imbalances, patterns and disease on the level of the Etheric Blueprint, so that they can be eradicated before becoming physical.

EMOTIONAL   Goshenite’s energy provides a strong, clear sense of upliftment to the emotional body.

PHYSICAL   Goshenite’s energy supports the healing of headaches, insomnia, sinusitis, and brain imbalances.

AFFIRMATION   My higher vision is active, and I view all levels of being with the eyes of truth and a heart of loyalty, kindness and compassion.

GREEN STONE (Pounamu)

KEY WORDS      Life Force, personal power, magic, vitality, longevity, self-loyalty and self-love, inner radiance

ELEMENTS Earth, Water, Fire

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

Greenstone is a name used to include fine-grained rocks consisting essentially of either tremolite amphibole or serpentine, which were used originally by the Maori of New Zealand in the manufacture of implements and ornaments. Though such rocks are typically green in color, they vary from greenish-white to almost black. The Greenstones of New Zealand are typically found in the areas of Otago and South Canterbury. These fall into two main divisions—nephrites and related rocks, the essential constituent of which is tremolite or actinolite; and serpentines, composed mainly of a hydrogen-magnesium silicate. Nephrite Greenstones have a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 6 to 7, while serpentine Greenstones have a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 3 to 5.

The Maori name for both types of New Zealand Greenstone (not usually differentiated from one another) is Pounamu. The Maoris have made intricate ornamental carvings, weapons and tools from this material, which is considered sacred in their culture. It is called ‘a stone of the wairua (the world of the spirit realm that surrounds all).

ROBERT SIMMONS   Just about everyone in New Zealand has a piece of Greenstone, or Pounamu. Bankers, bakers, mystics and carpenters—they all wear it, and just about everyone believes it has beneficial powers of healing and protection. The custom in New Zealand is that one should not purchase Greenstone for oneself (at least not the first one), but that it should be received as a gift. Greenstone is said to connect you to the land of Aotearoa (New Zealand), to protect you when you travel, and to bring you back. Certainly the rich green color of Pounamu seems to reflect the living green of much of the New Zealand countryside—and both have a way of working their magic on you.

Greenstone is a stone of life, and it emanates currents of strong Life Force energies. Just as practitioners of various martial arts endeavor to collect chi, the Life Force of the Earth, carrying or wearing Greenstone allows one to receive a powerful infusion of those same currents. Greenstone is a stone of longevity, and it can be used in healing work to implant the vibrations of vitality and the program of long life into the body-field.

Greenstone is also a stone of power. In physics, ‘power’ refers to energy used to do work in a given time. Magical or spiritual power has to do with using spiritual energies to make changes in the material realm. One’s power can be imagined as the amount of effect in the material world that results from utilizing spiritual energies. The power of a stone can be considered as the amount of change its energies bring about. When we hold a particularly high-energy stone, we say it is powerful because of the degree to which it changes our consciousness.

Greenstone, in this regard, is a very powerful stone. Its currents can easily enter one’s energy field through the heart or the third eye. They then continue moving, filling one’s entire auric field with strength and vitality. This power is the power of the Earth, its Life Force. When one’s vibrational field is full of this energy, one is able (like martial arts practitioners) to do much more difficult things than one might otherwise accomplish.

Greenstone can also put one in touch with one’s own innate power. It stimulates the emotions of courage, loyalty, passion and freedom, and a consciousness of how important it is to honor them. Acting out of one’s own power, out of commitment to one’s true emotions, enables one to manifest a great deal of magic. Greenstone has always been seen as a stone of magic, a stone capable of transferring power to the one who carries it. This is one of its greatest gifts.

Humans have treasured Greenstone long before history. It carries the morphic memory of the peoples who were connected with it, and it is possible to call upon those spirits for aid in healing or for overcoming problems. It creates a ‘wall of allies’—an energy field populated by helping spirits, reinforcing one’s intent and amplifying its effects.

In spiritual self-healing, Greenstone acts as a fountain of vitality, helping one to overcome fatigue and stress. Greenstone supports the heart, lungs and the circulatory system. It can be used to clear out congested energies and to purify the auric field of debris. It enhances one’s inner radiance, and allows the emergence of one’s true, strong self.

In emotional healing, Greenstone helps one find the deep self-loyalty that allows one to dispense with unhealthy relationships, bad habits, self-doubt, anxiety and/or depression. It teaches that self-love is the affirmation of life, and that one should always treat oneself as one would treat life—with great respect, care and love. At the same time, it can engender a very lighthearted mood, in which one can do serious work—lightly.

Greenstone is whole unto itself, and does not need the aid of other stones. However, it can work in synergy with Moldavite, Crimson Cuprite, Tibetan Tektite, Empowerite, Revelation Stone and Sauralite Azeztulite.

SPIRITUAL   Greenstone stimulates Life Force and power within the individual. It aids in doing real magic, and can link one to spiritual helpers from ancient New Zealand. It links one energetically to New Zealand.

EMOTIONAL   Greenstone inspires powerful self-loyalty and self-love.

PHYSICAL   Greenstone is a source for great quantities of chi, or Life Force. It particularly supports the heart, lungs and circulatory system.

AFFIRMATION   I call upon the spirit of Pounamu to infuse me with life and power.

GREEN TARALITE

KEY WORDS      Flowing, friendly energies, connection with Green Tara, spiritual attunement of consciousness, out-of-body travel, healing, insight

ELEMENTS Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

Green Taralite is the name given to a green variety of andesite discovered in New Zealand. It is a volcanic stone, an extrusive rock intermediate in composition between rhyolite and basalt. The lava that hardens into Green Taralite is of moderate viscosity, and forms thick lava flows and domes. Its composition is about 50–60% silicon dioxide, and also includes augite, plagioclase and hornblende. The word ‘andesite’ is derived from the Andes Mountains in South America, where andesite is also found. The name Green Taralite refers to the stone’s spiritual properties.

ROBERT SIMMONS   After a few moments holding my first piece of the stone now called Green Taralite, I felt pleasant currents moving around and through my heart. The stone presented itself energetically as flowing, friendly, happy, compassionate and wise. From the heart, where those qualities were apprehended, the currents moved up into the third-eye area, where they stimulated a series of visions of a green female deity surrounded in light. I suddenly recognized the being as the Tibetan bodhisattva Green Tara. With that recognition came a bodily resonance of confirmation. Thus the stone presented itself as a set of qualities resonant with a Being, illuminating its name.

Green Taralite is a stone of well-being, happiness and spiritual Light. It connects one’s awareness to the cosmos, and helps one recognize oneself as a member of the entire Universe. This stone can enable one to enter vibrational resonance with Divine beings in the spiritual realms. This resonance allows one to ‘travel’ to these realms in a very real way. In the inner worlds, to shift one’s resonance is to travel to the new vibration level upon which one’s attention is focused. Green Taralite has a wide range of resonances, which it can communicate to the user. One can use this capacity to attune to the vibrations of self-healing, out-of-body travel, contemplative insight and numerous other spiritual states.

Green Taralite represents and emanates the qualities of the being for whom it is named. Tara means ‘star’ in Sanskrit. Her themes are Universal Unity, peace, cooperation, destiny, energy and spirituality. In Hindu and Buddhist myth, Tara is a Star Goddess who encompasses all of time and the spark of life. She extends these energies to us, fulfilling our spiritual hunger. Green Tara is the ‘Mother Earth’—a fierce Goddess who overcomes obstacles and saves us from dangers, both physical and spiritual. Green Taralite provides the embodiment of these qualities in a stone, allowing us to more readily ‘meet’ the Being known as Green Tara.

In spiritual self-healing, Green Taralite offers its energies for supporting all bodily systems that depend on flow, including the heart and circulatory system, lungs, lymphatic system, liver and digestive system. On the cellular level, Green Taralite offers the opportunity to invite Divine presence into the nucleus of every cell. This is what is meant by Light Body activation. It can also mean being overlighted by the enlightened Divine image of Green Tara herself.

Green Taralite is an intensely feminine stone. In men, it invokes an enhanced awareness and appreciation of the Divine Feminine, both as a Being and as represented in women. In women, it can expand self-awareness to the level at which one recognizes oneself as both an individual and an emanation of the Goddess. Most frequently, this Goddess is, like Green Tara, a representative of both the stars and the Earth, uniting them in herself and in the awareness of those who meet her.

Green Taralite harmonizes with almost all other stones. It has a special resonance with Moldavite, and with all of the Azeztulites. With Moldavite, the star aspect of Green Tara is emphasized. With Azeztulite, the emphasis is on the Divine Earth.

SPIRITUAL   Green Taralite inspires the awareness and embodiment of the qualities of the Divine Green Tara, including peace, cooperation, energy, destiny, spirituality and Universal Unity. It can help protect one from danger, and remove obstacles in one’s path.

EMOTIONAL   Green Taralite engenders the emotions of joy, compassion and friendliness, within an inner atmosphere of positive intention for the good of all.

PHYSICAL   Green Taralite vibrationally supports all types of circulation and flow within the body. It can stimulate the cells into a state of spiritual luminescence.

AFFIRMATION   I offer myself into full awareness of and relationship with the Divine Feminine Earth-Star Being known as Green Tara.

GUARDIANITE

KEY WORDS      Protection, purification, angelic assistance, willpower, manifestation, aura repair, increased Life Force, rejuvenation, regeneration

ELEMENTS Earth, Fire

CHAKRAS      All

Guardianite is the name given to a recently discovered stone from Oregon, USA. It is a complex material, composed of the minerals aegirine, feldspar, nepheline, analcime, riebeckite-arfvedsonite, biotite, olivine and apatite. It exhibits intricate dotted patterns of black on a gray-white background. Its hardness is about 6.5. The Oregon find is the only known source of Guardianite.

ROBERT SIMMONS Guardianite is a new and powerful stone for the metaphysical community. I was initially drawn to it because of its aegirine component, which I liked because of aegirine’s powerful energies of protection and purification. When I got the first pieces, I discovered that the currents of the other minerals had combined with those of the aegirine to produce a highly dynamic vibrational pattern that can permeate and strengthen one’s entire field.

The first sensation upon holding a piece of Guardianite is a deep and immediate grounding through the root chakra. This stone offers an almost instantaneous connection with the Earth and its upwelling Life Force currents, also known as the Earth’s chi, or prana. As these currents move into one’s field through the enhanced connection provided via Guardianite, they flow throughout the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix—an experience felt as a humming vibration of well-being. This sensation is so nourishing and strengthening that one tends not to want to put the stone down!

Guardianite can directly nourish the etheric and astral bodies, also enhancing their full integration with the physical self. The aegirine and riebeckite components give it a strong purifying and protective quality, while the feldspar and nepheline help one receive the nourishing Life Force energies of the Earth. The biotite’s influence is one of grounding and strengthening. The apatite aids in cleansing the auric field, soothing the emotional body, enhancing mental clarity and strengthening the will. The olivine promotes one’s inner sense of well-being and instills a positive emotional attitude. Analcime’s currents provide an uplifting link to the higher vibrational realms. With so many beneficial minerals combined in a single stone, it is as if a team of angels has come together to provide the ideal combination of protective, purifying, balancing, strengthening and uplifting energies to aid human beings through the challenges of the very transitions we are facing in these times.

There are many uncertainties in today’s world, and we are all challenged to face them and handle them with equanimity. When Guardianite’s energies are in one’s field, one feels supported and empowered, safe from all harm. One’s center of Self is strong and stable, and one’s powers of will and manifestation are enhanced. One feels that one can overcome any obstacle and that one will always be protected. This sense of safety comes from a very real boost to the power of one’s energy fields.

Guardianite can repair damage to one’s subtle body and energy fields, allowing for the healing of many types of physical ailments brought about through energy-field damage. It can reseal a damaged aura, keeping one’s spiritual body protected from all types of negative influences from fear to radiation. It is highly recommended as an aid for spiritually addressing unusual illnesses for which no immediate physical cause can be discovered. Its beneficial influence on the auric field can help heal energy leaks that lead to anxiety and depression. It is an excellent stone for breaking through all sorts of ‘downward spirals’ that can adversely affect one’s well-being. It stimulates courage, confidence, optimism, creativity and willpower. It unleashes the dormant power of the fully awakened third chakra, allowing one to manifest one’s highest aspirations and make one’s dreams come true.

Guardianite is a stone of deep connection to the Earth, which accounts for many of its nourishing qualities. It helps those of us who like to hang out in the high vibrational realms to bring those powerful and dynamic energies into expression in the physical world. It links us to a source of unlimited power through alignment with the Earth’s chi, and it facilitates the connection through which we and the Earth nourish one another in an unending love partnership. This full link with the Earth’s chi is a key to the regeneration and rejuvenation of the body, as the ancient Chinese alchemists knew and practiced.

The overall effect of Guardianite, from my perspective, is the activation of a strong, clear, pure and positive vibrational field, as well as a more awakened mental state and a more confident and happy emotional tone. This overall feeling is kindled by the presence in one’s own field of the beneficial angelic forces that are combined in Guardianite. As one works with them, one’s alliance with this crew of Guardians will become stronger and more conscious, facilitating spiritual growth and effectiveness in living the fullness of one’s earthly destiny.

Guardianite is an ideal partner for the high-vibration stones that awaken the Light Body. It is a new member of the Ascension stones, providing strength and stability to the evolving and expanding Body of Light. It is an essential aid for those who work with any and all forms of Azeztulite as well as Anandalite, Phenacite, Danburite, Herderite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Petalite, Brookite and Satya Mani Quartz. It has an astonishingly strong resonance with Sauralite, the beautiful crystalline Azeztulite from New Zealand. Guardianite’s currents can be enhanced by subjecting it to the Azozeo super-activation process, and it resonates very well with other stones that have undergone this process.

SPIRITUAL   Guardianite helps one connect with angelic forces of protection and purification. It lends one spiritual power and confidence, and an increased awareness of one’s fundamental and mutually nourishing connection with the Earth.

EMOTIONAL   Guardianite dispels negative influences that can trigger fear or depression. It enhances positive emotional states and helps one gain greater self-confidence.

PHYSICAL   Guardianite is excellent for repairing a damaged energy field, and supports recovery from physical disharmony or illness brought about by negative attachments or entities.

AFFIRMATION   I am strong and clear, and I feel the presence of the angelic beings that surround and protect me always.

HALITE

KEY WORDS      Cleansing, purification, psychic clearing, opening the heart, activating psychic abilities

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Halite is a sodium chloride crystal with a hardness of 2 to 2.5. Its crystal pattern is cubic, and it can also occur in compact, granular or massive habits. It is an evaporate mineral, formed by the evaporation of sea water, and is often associated with other evaporates such as Calcite, Anhydrite and Gypsum. Halite is soluble in water, so those using these crystals should be careful to keep them dry. Halite is found in widespread areas around the Earth, although some specialized types occur only in certain locations.

Two such special Halites, the ones most often chosen for metaphysical use, are Pink Halite and Blue Halite. Both of these minerals come from the salt mines of Poland. The salmon pink color of Pink Halite is due to impurities within the crystals, but Blue Halite acquires its apparent hue from irregularities in the crystal structure that reflect the light differently from the adjoining colorless or white areas.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Halite is a salt, so it is a strong purifier of energies and environments, transforming almost any density into clear, usable energy. Halite comes in many colors, and each color acts to purify various aspects of the body, mind and spirit.

Colorless-to-White Halite crystals can be used to purify and illuminate the energy body. They assist in removing densities and other obstructions preventing one from accessing full-frequency Light energy from the soul level.

Purple or Violet Halite helps purify one’s consciousness and dreams. It assists one in perceiving and clearing patterns that keep one in a state of perceived separation from the Divine. It is an excellent stone to use to counter nightmares or other disturbing dreams.

Blue Halite cleanses the ‘internal eye’ or third-eye chakra. It assists one in perceiving where one is limiting oneself from fully living one’s purpose or path. It can stimulate psychic and intuitive abilities and it facilitates meditation.

Yellow Halite cleanses the immediate energy field of the body and stimulates one’s physical vitality. It can assist in learning and the retention of knowledge. It helps one with self-discipline and developing consistency.

Pink Halite cleanses the heart and assists one in overcoming past emotional trauma. It can help to reveal one’s own prejudice and judgment, lovingly guiding one to remove these emotional habits from one’s life. Pink Halite assists one in opening the heart and connecting with the loving Source of the Universe.

Red Halite is a powerful cleanser of the physical body. It is an excellent healing tool in drawing out infection and impurities from the body and is a great energetic support for fasting or detoxification programs.

Grey-to-Black Halite is a powerful stone for clearing the densest and most negative energy forms. It is powerful for psychic protection and for the clearing and blessings of homes.

NOTE   Since Blue and Pink Halite are the two most metaphysically significant varieties, we offer the following additional information.

Blue Halite

ROBERT SIMMONS   Blue Halite activates the third-eye and crown chakras, unifying them with the Soul Star chakra above the head. The colors displayed by these crystals—deep blue, violet and clear white—are the colors associated with those energy centers, and Blue Halite is the only mineral which displays all three of them together.

The effect of this triple activation is an enhancement of psychic ability, a purification of one’s energy field, and an elevation of one’s awareness to higher spiritual levels. It helps one achieve a crystalline clarity of thought and a completely balanced flow of Light Body energies in conjunction with one’s physical being. It opens the pathways to communication with spirit guides and inner teachers, and it aids one in the verbal expression of spiritual truth.

Blue Halite is also an instant cleanser for the etheric body and can ‘sweep up’ any amount of psychic debris. It is an ideal stone to hold just prior to meditation, especially if one wishes to rapidly clear the mind of everyday thoughts and concerns.

Blue Halite can be used to cleanse and clear other crystals. Just place the other stone in contact with the Blue Halite for a few hours, and the job is done! Blue Halite itself can be cleansed and charged by placing it in bright sunlight for a day. It harmonizes well with Lilac Lepidolite, Pink Halite, Pink Lazurine, Scolecite, Natrolite, Merkabite Calcite, Elestial Calcite, Tibetan Tektite and all types of Phenacite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Blue Halite is a tremendously valuable tool for clearing all types of energetic debris, blockages, or patterns. Halite rapidly brings surrounding energies into resonance, causing them to change vibrational patterns and shift energetic flow. When placed on any chakra, this variety of Halite creates a pulling sensation, as the surrounding energies move into alignment. Energies that are stuck or stagnant are rapidly cleared and moved, creating an almost instant feeling of refreshment and clarity.

While Blue Halite can be used on any chakra or energy system in the body, it is particularly useful for clearing blockages and energy stagnation from the throat through crown chakras. In these areas it not only acts as a cleansing agent, but also as a stimulant to the psychic senses. It is particularly good for clearing blockages that prevent effective meditation or connection with guidance. While activating to the higher chakras, this stone does not create the ‘spaciness’ associated with some other high-frequency stones. In fact, it has a grounding effect on one’s energy systems at the same time it expands and clears them.

Blue Halite is excellent for cleansing other stones and crystals, or clearing the energies of living or work spaces. Place other stones near or on it to facilitate cleansing, or place the Blue Halite in a dry, sunny location where you would like energetic environment cleansing.

SPIRITUAL   Blue Halite assists in the removal or integration of blockages that impede one’s ability to meditate or connect with the Divine. It can stimulate the psychic senses and increase one’s experience of clairvoyance.

EMOTIONAL   Blue Halite helps clear the emotional body of old attachments and energy patterns that no longer serve one’s current level of vibration. It can stimulate a euphoric sense at the same time that it reveals the areas of the emotional body that need attention. Enlightened compassion is the emotional energy signature of this stone.

PHYSICAL   Blue Halite assists with cleansing and balancing the body’s energy systems. It is particularly resonant with the fluid systems—both the lymphatic and the circulatory systems. It is an excellent support for fasting or other intensive cleansings. It assists the body in using water more effectively and can help to clear toxins and heavy metals from the tissues.

AFFIRMATION   My inner eye is open and my vision is clear.

Pink Halite

ROBERT SIMMONS   Pink Halite is an excellent stone for manifesting self-love. This means that it helps one not only to experience feelings of self-love, but also to take action—to actually do the things that self-love implies. This is because Pink Halite blends the energies of the heart and solar plexus—the chakras of love and will. Thus, someone working with Pink Halite might finally find the sense of purpose required to live a healthier lifestyle, or begin a meditation regime, or take time for personal recreation and enjoyment. One might find oneself cleaning up the loose ends of relationships, making amends for unmet commitments, or saying ‘no’ to someone who wants to take advantage. All of these are actions of self-love and clarification, and Pink Halite can be a catalyst for them.

Pink Halite is a stone of clarity. Its presence tends to dissolve foggy thinking, confusion, deception and doubt. It can really ‘clear the air’ in many ways! It is recommended that those who work in environments of negativity or indirect communication keep a piece of Pink Halite on the desk or on one’s person. Its energy will help one express oneself straightforwardly and will assist in seeing through to the truth in all types of interactions.

Bathing in water in which Pink Halite is dissolved is a lovely and therapeutic experience. It is even superior to the sea-salt cleansing baths which many people use to clear and replenish their energies. Only a small amount of the Pink Halite is required to produce a full etheric cleansing, and a single stone may be used repeatedly, until it is completely dissolved.

Pink Halite combines synergistically with Morganite, Rose Quartz, Elestial Calcite, Stellar Beam Calcite and Dolomite. Libyan Gold Tektite, Golden Labradorite and Heliodor assist one in using Pink Halite to help translate the experience of love into loving actions.

NAISHA AHSIAN   While Blue Halite is concerned with cleansing on an energetic and mental level, Pink Halite’s energy activates cleansing on the physical and emotional levels. The energy of Pink Halite is similar to that of Rose Quartz but has a much stronger cleansing effect on the tissues than does Quartz. Pink Halite also works on an emotional level, drawing out old, habitual emotional patterns so that they can be cleansed, integrated, and released.

Pink Halite has a peaceful, calming effect on the emotional body. Its vibration is uplifting to the heart and helps to eradicate emotional ‘noise’ one may pick up from others. For this reason, it is a protective stone for those who are strong emotional empaths.

SPIRITUAL   Pink Halite facilitates one in understanding the emotional patterns behind experiences. It enables one to draw old patterns to the surface for integration and clearing.

EMOTIONAL   Pink Halite clears the heart chakra and the solar plexus, to heal the experience and expression of emotions. It enables one to clear emotional attachments to others, particularly where relationships have ended without appropriate communication. It can assist one in clearing the attachments that others may have to oneself. By clearing the emotional body, Pink Halite aids one in gaining a new sense of emotional serenity and center.

PHYSICAL   Pink Halite works to cleanse toxins from the cells and tissues of the body. It can assist in clearing dis-ease where it is caused by unresolved emotional experiences. It can assist the body in processing and releasing heavy metals stored in the tissues, and in the more effective metabolism of nutrients and water on a cellular level.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth the cleansing and purification of all levels of my energy field and physical body, making it a perfected vehicle for Love and Light.

HANKSITE

KEY WORDS      Purification, dissolving of blockages, cleansing of toxic energies, a ‘stone of truth’

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Hanksite is a potassium sulfate mineral with a hardness of 3 to 3.5. Its crystal pattern is hexagonal and it often occurs in well-formed prismatic crystals. It can be colorless, gray or pale yellow. Hanksite is found in boron-rich salt lakes of California, along with Halite, borax and trona. Hanksite crystals are water soluble, and should be kept dry.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Hanksite is a very user-friendly stone. It harmonizes quickly and easily with the human energy field, bringing a clearing and purifying influence to all the chakras. It strongly stimulates the third eye and can facilitate visionary states. It can be used to cleanse the energies of any other stone or crystal and works similarly to clear the room where it is kept of any disharmonious energies.

Hanksite’s clarifying energies extend to the mental body as well. It is a ‘stone of truth,’ assisting one in dispelling lies or illusions coming from others, or even from oneself. It helps one get to the essence of all issues and keeps one’s awareness aligned with reality. If one has a tendency towards too much fantasy, or if one is a bit gullible, Hanksite can be a useful ally.

In more advanced use, and especially in conjunction with powerful stones such as Moldavite, Libyan Gold Tektite and Heliodor, Hanksite can assist one in taking strong action on behalf of truth. When one meets untruth and injustice in the outer world, there is sometimes a tendency toward discouragement. But of course, one must take positive action in the face of such challenges, or one becomes a part of the problem. Hanksite, in conjunction with the aforementioned stones, can help one become a powerful and persistent champion of the truth, regardless of whatever blockages are set in one’s path. In these times of transformation, many such champions are needed.

Hanksite combines synergistically with Pink Halite, Blue Halite, Moldavite, Heliodor, Libyan Gold Tektite, Tibetan Tektite, Golden Labradorite, Lapis Lazuli and most types of Quartz. Its energies empower and are empowered by Satyaloka Quartz and Azeztulite. It can be used with Phenacite to activate visionary states of consciousness.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Hanksite is one of the salt minerals that lends its gift of clearing to us in these times. It is excellent for use as a purifier of the body and one’s living or work space. Hanksite is ideal for drawing out impurities and toxins from the physical body, in preparation for an expansion of the Light body. It is an activator of the third eye, allowing one to perceive the energetic patterns that underlie physical problems and life issues.

Hanksite is particularly good for use in meditation if you are experiencing blockages or difficulties in connecting to Spirit. Used progressively up the chakra column, it can clear stagnation and minor blockages, allowing deeper issues to be addressed. Hanksite is helpful in the clearing of toxins due to overindulgence in alcohol or recreational drugs. It is stimulating to the energy systems and can be used effectively to restore one’s energy after illness.

SPIRITUAL   Hanksite cleanses the body and environment to eradicate stray, stagnant or undesirable energies. It helps ground the Light body into the physical body by resonating with the salts in the body.

EMOTIONAL   Hanksite can draw festering resentment or anger out of the emotional body.

PHYSICAL   Hanksite supports the physical body in eradicating toxins. It can also be helpful in releasing water retention in the ankles and legs.

AFFIRMATION   I commit myself to the cleansing and purging of all that is toxic or illusory within myself, and I offer myself in the service of truth in the world.

HEALERITE

KEY WORDS      Broad-spectrum healing, rejuvenation, longevity, joy, expansiveness, generosity, intimacy, heart-centered awareness, infusion of subtle matter-energy, planetary healing

ELEMENTS Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

Healerite is the name given to a newly discovered magnesium-silicate mineral (possibly a form of Chrysolite) from the Northwestern USA. It has a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 2.5 to 4. It is a bright lime-green color, and occurs in amorphous chunks ranging from a few grams to several kilos in weight. It has a soft feeling in the hand, and is pleasant to hold.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Healerite is a stone of profound healing energy, working on multiple levels to restructure misaligned chakras, meridians, and systems in the organic and etheric bodies, bringing a great beneficial infusion of subtle matter-energy. Healerite’s currents move into the body quite readily at any point, carrying emanations of well-being to body and soul.

This stone resonates strongly with the heart, solar plexus and third eye chakras, facilitating an elevation and alignment of the vibratory qualities of these three chakras and one’s entire vibrational field. Through the linking of these chakras, Healerite stimulates the harmonious accord of awareness, love and will, empowering one to manifest these more fully than ever before. Those engaged in self-healing or in facilitating the healing of others will find a valuable ally in this wholesome and powerful stone.

Healerite energizes the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix, creating revitalization on the cellular level. Its currents encourage all of the cells and internal systems to harmonize with one another, and with the Divine Blueprint for the holistic perfection of the body. This is a stone to carry or wear for the maintenance of one’s resonance with this pattern, as well as for reconnecting with it if one is ill.

On the emotional level, Healerite is an excellent ally for encouraging the optimal emotional states of joy, expansiveness, generosity, intimacy and heart-centered awareness. This stone is a great aid for those seeking to heal old wounds to the emotional body—even those carried unconsciously from past lives. It is excellent for facilitating the recollection of past lives, and for learning the lessons that allow one to correct dysfunctional patterns and move forward. Healerite can also help practitioners break the pattern of being the ‘wounded healer’—one who engages in helping others but neglects one’s own self-healing. It is one of the most profoundly wholesome, balancing, energizing stones I have ever encountered, and I feel it can help one bring about amazing shifts into health and wholeness.

For self-healing of the body, I suggest placing Healerite on the afflicted areas as well as in energy grids around the body. One can also carry or wear the stone to keep its influence in the auric field throughout the day.

On the spiritual level, Healerite is a stone of planetary healing. Planting this stone in areas where damage has been done to the etheric body of the Earth through the traumas of war, pollution, deforestation or environmental exploitation can affect the spiritual repair of such areas. If one does such planting with clear intention and ritual, the effects are much enhanced.

One very important quality of Healerite is its capacity to infuse one’s body—both physical and etheric—with subtle matter-energy from the higher realms. We are now in a period in which a great cascade of Divine blessings is being showered on the Earth and all human beings. However, we must choose to be receptive to these currents of blessing (and willing to pass them on to others), in order for the full flow to enter us. Healerite magnifies this flow and helps one feel it, which allows the intensity and quantity of subtle matter-energy to increase even further. This ever-increasing infusion is the very essence of the accelerated spiritual evolution we are now called to embody.

Healerite’s currents flow into our being through the channels of the energy meridians—the same as those known in acupuncture and other modes of subtle-energy medicine. One way to describe its effects is to say it greatly increases one’s chi, or Life Force. This may be the underlying reason for its multitude of beneficial effects. Healerite can help one calm frayed nerves, balance the body and emotions, attune to the spiritual realms and increase inner vitality and energy. One can feel years younger when the subtle matter-energy of Healerite fully permeates one’s being. It says to me that it is a stone of longevity and rejuvenation as well as simple healing.

I recommend wearing Healerite at any and all times, as well as placing pieces in one’s environment. Its wholesome emanations teach one’s body, mind and spirit the patterns of health, inner harmony and spiritual awakening on the subliminal level. It can open the mind to higher worlds, and the heart to Divine Love.

Healerite has a special connection with Shungite, which enhances the flow of energy through the meridian system, and is also said to be a stone of rejuvenation. It works well with Honey and Cream Azeztulite, which mirrors and magnifies the wholesome sweetness of its currents. It also resonates with Moldavite, Phenacite, Golden Labradorite, Seraphinite and all forms of Azeztulite. Healerite works well in combination with stones that have been super-activated through the Azozeo process.

SPIRITUAL   Healerite’s broad-spectrum healing supports spiritual awakening and development. Its infusion of the body with subtle matter-energy increases vitality and expands awareness.

EMOTIONAL   The beneficial influences of Healerite give rise to joy and inner harmony.

PHYSICAL   Healerite supports all levels of the body, from the auric field to the cells, from individual organs to whole bodily systems. It activates the immune response when appropriate, and fills the body with Life Force for healing, rejuvenation and longevity.

AFFIRMATION   I am healed, whole, strong and full of joy.

HEALER’S GOLD

KEY WORDS      Healing, grounding of high-frequency energies in the body, energetic harmony and balance

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Healer’s Gold is the metaphysical name given to a combination of Pyrite and Magnetite mined in Arizona. Pyrite is an iron sulfide mineral with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. Magnetite is an iron oxide mineral with a hardness of 5.5 to 6.5. Both minerals have cubic crystal structures. The colors of Healer’s Gold are a mixture of black and gold, sometimes occurring in dramatic patterns. The name is derived from the material’s metaphysical use as a healing stone and from Pyrite’s nickname, Fool’s Gold.

ROBERT SIMMONS   In the old West, Pyrite used to be called ‘Fool’s Gold,’ but this combination of Pyrite and Magnetite is not for fools. Healer’s Gold is a far better name, because to those who prize stones for their beneficial energetic properties, this material is a true bonanza. Seldom will one come upon a stone which emanates such a powerful positive energy. It harmonizes the astral, subtle and causal bodies and aligns them correctly with the physical. It is balancing to the male and female aspects of the self. It activates weak or lazy chakras and enhances the flow of subtle energies throughout the meridian system. It helps people with low energy and eliminates passivity. Healers who work with this stone will find that they no longer experience ‘energy drain’—in fact, Healer’s Gold brings about a synergy in which both practitioner and client are likely to feel a marked increase in their energy levels both during and after a session.

Healer’s Gold can be used on any chakra. One of the most beneficial layouts would include seven of these stones, one at each chakra, along with whatever other stones are indicated. The strong positive energies of Healer’s Gold will work in synergy with the other stones, as well as with reiki or other healing modalities. This stone is a source of prana, or life force, as well as an integrative balancer of all one’s energy systems.

Healer’s Gold promotes a positive outlook and facilitates the initiation of new creative projects. It is not a stone that brings new inspiration, but it does enable one to cheerfully follow through with appropriate actions until one’s vision is fulfilled.

Wearing Healer’s Gold can create a sense of overall well-being, comfort in the body, confidence in oneself, acceptance of others and balance on all levels. Sleeping with this stone can enhance relaxation and can allow for the restoration of the body’s magnetic and auric fields during the night. It can also help shield one’s aura from negative or disharmonious influences during the day.

Healer’s Gold works especially well with Moldavite, which can speed and strengthen its effects. Its healing effects can be augmented by Seraphinite and Sugilite. Its ability to clear negative energies from one’s field is enhanced when combined with Aegirine, Smoky Quartz, Obsidian or Black Tourmaline. It harmonizes with almost all other healing stones and can be useful for grounding after one works with Phenacite or other high-vibration crystals.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Healer’s Gold is a mixture of Pyrite and Magnetite—both iron-based minerals which are strongly sensitive to the magnetic aspect of electromagnetic (Light) energy. These magnetic properties are essential in grounding Light into the physical body and energetic field. Because of the combination of minerals in this stone, Healer’s Gold is a wonderful ally in healing work. It assists the healer in ensuring that the energy provided in the session is grounded into the physical body on a cellular level.

Healer’s Gold is a valuable meditation tool. It creates a vortex of magnetic energy around the meditator, protecting the physical vehicle while the consciousness remains free to explore other realms of reality. It can be used with virtually any other stone to enhance its effects and direct the energies to the proper levels of the spiritual, emotional and physical bodies.

Magnetic energy also has a regulating effect on one’s frequency, ensuring that one won’t travel too far or too fast—which can cause disassociation and difficulty in re-entering the body after a meditation or healing session. Healer’s Gold is a good stone to use as a shield against electromagnetic fields emitted by computers and other electronics.

SPIRITUAL   Healer’s Gold assists one in incorporating the energies of a healing session as fully as possible. It draws high-frequency vibrations into the body and assists one in grounding these frequencies into the Earth plane, for the manifestation of one’s desires.

EMOTIONAL   Healer’s Gold assists those who are indecisive to make clearer, more confident decisions. It lends one a solid base from which to experience and explore one’s emotional body, so a greater level of self-knowledge can be obtained.

PHYSICAL   Healer’s Gold is an excellent healing stone. It strengthens the blood, assists in oxygenating the body, and increases the vitality of the physical vehicle. It is particularly useful in dealing with issues of assimilation, as well as bowel imbalances and problems with elimination. It is beneficial in instances of male infertility and testicular or prostate problems.

AFFIRMATION   I align with the perfected pattern of optimal wellness as I heal myself and assist in the healing of others.

HELIODOR

KEY WORDS      Activation of Mind and Will

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd)

Heliodor is a golden yellow variety of Beryl, a beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 7.5 to 8. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Its pigment is iron, and it forms in prismatic crystals. Its name is derived from the Greek words meaning ‘gift of the Sun.’ Heliodor’s first recorded discovery was in Namibia in 1919, although it may have been known earlier in Brazil and Madagascar. In current times, it is found in Brazil, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Namibia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Heliodor is a potent ally for the development of personal power through the activation of the mind and the appropriate use of will. In situations in which one wishes to manifest a conscious purpose, Heliodor helps one focus at the solar plexus—the chakra through which one can channel spiritual energies into physical reality. The third chakra is the ‘center of gravity’ of both the astral and etheric bodies, and Heliodor helps one bring awareness to that area, so one may consciously direct its energies.

In the archetypal sense, this stone is masculine, emphasizing the qualities of assertiveness, self-confidence, physical and mental strength, manifestation, discrimination, benevolence and power. Of course, these traits exist in both men and women, but they are ‘masculine’ in tone. Thus Heliodor helps one develop the virtues of the male aspect of the self.

Heliodor is a stone of higher consciousness and physical well-being. Its affinity for the Sun and solar energies is reflected in its name. Just as the Sun is the primary source of light and life force for the Earth, so Heliodor, its crystalline representative, can bring us more abundant awareness and more vibrant life. Heliodor can revitalize one when one’s energies are low. It can help one rediscover one’s sense of purpose and assist one in finding the willpower to move forward with one’s mission in life. It hones the intellect ‘from the inside out,’ creating vibrational alignment of the mental centers in the etheric body.

Heliodor connects the mind and the will and further links the personal will to Divine Will. When this occurs, the attitude of ‘I will’ transforms to ‘I am willing,’ as one grasps the paradoxical truth that one’s highest personal desires are best satisfied by surrender to the Divine. This leads us to Heliodor’s connection with Christ consciousness. As a crystalline manifestation of the Golden Ray, Heliodor represents and can activate in us the traits we associate with the Christed One—spiritual love, fully awakened awareness, clairvoyance, the power of transmutation and ultimately the vibrational quantum leap called Ascension. For those who are truly committed to spiritual development, Heliodor can assist one in aligning and merging with this Divine pattern.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Heliodor invokes the celestial Golden Ray of knowledge and learning. It stimulates the higher mind and enables the brain to work more effectively. Heliodor is a stone of true nobility and selfless leadership. It allows one to make decisions based upon wisdom and one’s learning, instead of from emotion or old habits of reaction.

Heliodor can be an effective support for survivors of abuse of all kinds. It encourages one’s response-ability and can assist one in taking back one’s power. It lends confidence and a sense of self-trust and can be helpful to those who avoid making decisions due to fear of doing the ‘wrong’ thing. It enables one to find fortitude to pursue one’s dreams and goals.

Heliodor’s golden color and energy help to stimulate one’s will and to align the will with Divine purpose. It assists one in overcoming obstacles in the pursuit of one’s path of service. Heliodor helps one overcome confusion about one’s purpose and aids in understanding the greater lessons and benefits behind the obstacles that invariably arise on one’s path.

Many people hold the belief that if something is in alignment with Divine Will, it will just ‘happen,’ with little or no personal effort. This belief can lead one to give up even one’s most cherished dreams when an obstacle is encountered, believing it to be a sign that one is not aligned with Divine Will. But each obstacle on one’s path is a learning opportunity and may be exactly what one needs to learn or overcome in order to fulfill Divine Will. Heliodor’s energy can assist one in understanding the learning required to overcome obstacles while it reinforces one’s energy and strengthens one’s resolve to attain one’s goals and dreams.

SPIRITUAL   Heliodor teaches enlightened leadership and self-determination. It assists one in rapidly learning whatever is necessary in order to accomplish one’s dreams. It helps one to align one’s will with Divine purpose and to overcome any obstacles one may encounter.

EMOTIONAL   Heliodor brings a sense of possibility, hope and vitality to the emotional body. It can help one feel more optimistic, empowered and able to change one’s reality.

PHYSICAL   Heliodor is beneficial for any type of gastric or intestinal disorder, and it aids the digestion and assimilation of both energy and food. It also stimulates the basic energy systems of the body, allowing one to feel revitalized and ‘willing’ to engage in life.

AFFIRMATION   I align my will, my thoughts and deeds, with Divine Will.

HEMATITE

KEY WORDS      Grounding, manifestation, making the spiritual physical

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st)

Hematite is an iron oxide mineral with a hardness of 5 to 6. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Its name is derived from the Greek word for blood, a reference to the color of this mineral in powdered form. Crystals are uncommon, but mostly tabular when they do occur. Occasionally they form as rosettes. Most Hematite in the marketplace is massive in form, with a metallic gray color. Hematite can occur as an inclusion in Quartz crystals, sometimes with Ajoite, displaying a reddish brown color. Hematite is an abundant mineral and is the major mineral in most iron ore deposits. Fine grades of Hematite, suitable for polishing, are found in a number of locations in Brazil. Specular Hematite, which reflects light in remarkable sparkling patterns, is found in Michigan, USA. In recent years, a process for reconstituting and magnetizing Hematite has been developed, and magnetic Hematite stones and beads have appeared in the marketplace.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Hematite is the most effective of all stones for grounding oneself in the body and the physical world. It can counteract spaciness and confusion, helping one to see practical concerns and move forward with useful action. Hematite can be used to balance the auric field and align the chakras. It pulls stray energies down through the meridian system to the root chakra.

Manifestation is one of the most commons problems for spiritually oriented people. Many do not realize that it is not enough to travel to the higher realms and experience expanded awareness. One goal, perhaps the primary one, of human evolution, is to bring the energies of the etheric realms into manifestation here in the physical plane. Hematite, as the pre-eminent grounding stone, is an ideal tool in this work. On the everyday level, carrying or wearing a Hematite can assist one in bringing one’s dreams and aspirations into reality and in learning the difference between a true vision and a fantasy.

Hematite harmonizes with other grounding stones such as Black Tourmaline, Smoky Quartz, Obsidian and Jet, as well as Tibetan Black Quartz, Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamonds,’ Moldavite and Libyan Gold Tektite. For root-chakra activation, combining Hematite with Cuprite, Ruby or Zincite will work well. Phenacite is a good aid in the visioning of what one wishes to manifest from the higher realms into the physical world.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Hematite is a stone of manifest union between Spirit and the world. Its frequency is that of the over-arching resonant field that contains the polarities of Light and Dark, positive and negative, Higher Self and Shadow Self, soul and body. Hematite brings the highest frequency into the range of physicality, so we can manifest our highest purpose through our physical existence. This is not a stone for escape to the outer edges of experience. It is, instead, a stone of integration—bringing all experience into a cohesive whole. Its energy demands that one be grounded and connected to the Soul of the Earth, as well as one’s own Soul force. Only through this dynamic of grounding enlightenment can the highest frequencies be brought to Earth.

Hematite encompasses both male and female polarities—the yin and the yang—creating a balanced energy that contains the opposites within the whole. This is a powerful model for humanity at this time. How can we move away from polarization and toward unity? Hematite assists us in resonating with that reality and finding it within.

SPIRITUAL Hematite teaches of the resolution of polarities, the balancing of opposites and the manifestation of Light. It is a strongly grounding stone, assisting one in carrying very high frequency energies while still remaining connected to the Earth and one’s body.

EMOTIONAL   Hematite can help one see the silver lining on every dark cloud and the light at the end of every tunnel. It lends one strength, courage and fortitude for moving through adversity. It is a powerful stone to use when one is seeking to integrate the shadow self.

PHYSICAL   Hematite is excellent for energetic support of recovery from any ailment of the blood and of blood production within bone marrow. It can work as a strengthener for the liver and can assist in the detoxification process.

AFFIRMATION   Through my body, I ground the energies of the Light realms in this world.

SPECULAR HEMATITE

Specular Hematite is Hematite in tabular crystals with a distinct metallic luster. Some of the best specimens of Specular Hematite come from Michigan, USA. These exhibit sparkling silvery surfaces, which are sometimes preserved with resin.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Specular Hematite brings grounding and high energy at the same time. It allows one to see the operation of the Divine in the events of everyday life, and it aids one in attaining the ability to comprehend multiple levels of reality simultaneously. It assists Light workers in understanding how to bring their high aspirations into unity with physical life.

Specular Hematite harmonizes well with Moldavite, Azeztulite, Phenacite, Danburite, Petalite, Prophecy Stone, Herderite and other high-frequency stones, helping to ground their energies.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Often, when we attempt to manifest our spirit into the Earth plane, we get hung up on the form our spirit takes. We begin to judge our path as being ‘spiritual’ or not, depending upon how our personal work fits in with the accepted norm of spiritual endeavors. Specular Hematite is about transcending the mundane vision of ‘what is spiritual’ and allowing yourself to create your own unique expression of Spirit here on Earth, using your personal gifts and dreams.

Specular Hematite speaks of the ability to transcend what is currently ‘acceptable’ as a spiritual expression and manifest what truly brings you joy. It allows you to reach for the stars and pursue your own visions, without being limited by what you think is possible or allowed. Spirit does not judge you on the form your creations take. It knows your creations only by the energy and heart you have put into them.

Specular Hematite assists in grounding high-frequency energy into the lower-frequency world of everyday reality. It aids in perceiving where your personal gifts can be applied in any situation, allowing day-to-day life to become a true expression of your spirit.

SPIRITUAL   Specular Hematite encourages one to release judgment about whether one is ‘spiritual’ or ‘not spiritual.’ It assists one in finding a unique expression for the gifts one brings to the world and the unique vision each soul carries to this realm. It reminds one to pursue one’s dreams and manifest one’s most joyful visions.

EMOTIONAL   Specular Hematite can help one release judgment or self-recrimination about one’s spiritual growth and self-worth.

PHYSICAL   Specular Hematite energizes the rhombic prismatic crystals of hemoglobin in our blood. It helps the body integrate more Light energy and makes the incorporation of higher frequency energies more comfortable. It can help regulate the effects of electromagnetic fields on one’s energy body, and is excellent to wear in any situation where one may be exposed to toxic energy from computers or other electrical systems.

AFFIRMATION   Though I am a creature of the Earth, my spirit soars in joy through the skies of Heaven.

RAINBOW HEMATITE

KEY WORDS      Increasing bodily crystal line coherence; repairing one’s magnetic field; healing autoimmune disorders; spiritual protection, Vibrational Ascension, Unchained Power

ELEMENTS Earth, Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Rainbow Hematite is a mixture of hematite and goethite. Both minerals are iron compounds. Hematite is an iron oxide with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 5 to 6, while goethite is an iron hydroxide with an orthorhombic crystal system and a hardness of 5 to 5.5. When hematite and goethite occur together in the right conditions, the resulting stone forms in shale-like plates that display a multicolored iridescence on their surfaces, giving Rainbow Hematite its name. This is a relatively rare occurrence, though it has been found in both North and South America. Some of the most spectacular pieces are from Arizona, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   One of the prime spiritual capacities of Rainbow Hematites is to initiate an increased crystal ordering of the blood. In all of us, the blood, connective tissues, cellular cytoplasm and even DNA are liquid crystal. It has been shown that disciplines such as meditation, qigung, chanting or playing a musical instrument can increase the crystalline coherence within these bodily systems, leading to enhancement of consciousness and activation of latent capacities such as psychic ability and awareness beyond the body. Even such a well-known phenomenon as being ‘in the zone’ or ‘in the flow’ can be understood as the feeling we have when our inner crystalline structure has assumed higher levels of coherence.

Rainbow Hematites work on subtle-energy levels to enhance crystalline coherence of the blood, which circulates through the body, bringing harmony to all one’s physical and energetic systems. This may be due to a combination of Rainbow Hematite’s high iron content resonating with the electromagnetic state of the iron in the blood, along with the high-frequency subtle-energy emanations of these stones.

Another of the beneficial potentials of Rainbow Hematite is the repair of one’s magnetic field. This process is related to the increase in crystalline coherence of the blood that I have just described. One’s electromagnetic field is generated primarily from the heart. In the chambers of the heart, iron in the blood is ionized by the spiraling motion created by the heart’s pumping action. As the blood literally spins through the heart’s chambers, it works like an electric motor, emanating an electromagnetic field around its spinning axis. (The spinning motion of the iron in its core similarly creates the Earth’s electromagnetic field.)

Rainbow Hematite’s influence on the iron in the blood, bringing about increased crystalline coherence, makes the electromagnetic field of the body more robust and balanced. Subjectively, this makes the individual feel more powerful, more alert, more aware of his or her surroundings, and more available to subtle energies experienced as expanded consciousness. This electromagnetic strengthening and realignment also means that one feels more grounded, clear-headed and in tune with the Earth.

On the level of spiritual self-healing, Rainbow Hematite can be used to help rectify issues such as anemia as well as autoimmune illnesses such as MS and post-polio syndrome. It can help one strengthen the muscles through exercise, perhaps because of its influence on the crystallinity of the blood.

The Being of these stones declares:

I am the Rainbow Guardian. Whatever Light is needed can come through me. I can aid in manifestation through visualization for those who work in partnership with me. Picture what you wish to bring forth into being, hold the image steady through intention, act in the direction of your desire, and it will be yours.

For those who want to work in the way described above, for those wishing to experience visionary consciousness, or for those who feel blocked in that area, Rainbow Hematites can be powerful helpers. Unlike any other Hematite I have encountered, these stones powerfully stimulate the third eye and crown chakras, working to clear psychic debris, limiting habits and negative attachments. They can quite literally open a third eye that is closed. When this happens fully, one can experience communication with Stone Beings, angels, guides and other spiritual intelligences. This communication most frequently occurs as spontaneous inner pictures that metaphorically depict the meaning of the idea or experience being transmitted.

Hematite has long been seen as a stone of spiritual protection. Rainbow Hematites are the strongest of all Hematites, and they have the capacity to provide the highest level of protection from negative energies and entities. The best stone ally to combine with them is Azozeo super-activated Guardianite. These stones work extremely well together for spiritual protection and purification.

Rainbow Hematites combine powerful influences for grounding and inner alignment with the capability of resonating with the highest-frequency vibrations. They can be used in combination with all types of Azeztulite to ground the Nameless Light of the Great Central Sun into one’s body, one’s consciousness and the Earth. This is part of the great Agenda whereby Heaven and Earth are married to one another and the Earth becomes a Planet of Light. When one acts as a willing conduit for this process, one’s own enlightenment happens in concert with the Vibrational Ascension of the Earth.

Many of us feel disempowered. We sense intuitively that we are not all we were meant to be. During my attunement to Rainbow Hematite, I was shown a vision of what was called Unchained Power. The image that came was of a fully awakened and empowered human being, capable of acting on the material world through consciousness alone! This is a vision of the destiny of humanity, and I was shown that the Rainbow Hematites can be used to move toward realization of this vision. Combining them with Phenacite or Azozeo super-activated Azeztulites can be of great assistance.

SPIRITUAL   Rainbow Hematite provides spiritual protection and enhances personal power. It stimulates the activation of the Rainbow Body of Light, and it facilitates communication with Stone Beings and other spiritual intelligences.

EMOTIONAL   By bringing greater coherence into one’s energy field, Rainbow Hematite increases one’s sense of well-being, empowerment and spiritual confidence.

PHYSICAL   Rainbow Hematite stimulates a greater level of crystalline coherence in the body. It vibrationally supports recovery from problems such as anemia as well as autoimmune illnesses such as MS and post-polio syndrome.

AFFIRMATION   I welcome the ordering of my body systems and subtle energies on all levels, and I open myself to embracing greater spiritual power.

HEMIMORPHITE

KEY WORDS      Light activation, aura balancing, emotional healing and communication, empathy, joy, channeling and mediumship

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal and Etheric (8th and beyond, above the head)

Hemimorphite is a hydrous zinc silicate with a hardness of 4.5 to 5. Its crystal pattern is orthorhombic and tabular, and the tabular crystals have different terminations at each end. Hemimorphite crystals often occur in fan-shaped groups, but this mineral can take botryoidal or stalactitic forms, or appear as coatings. The best-known Hemimorphite in metaphysical use is the turquoise-blue botryoidal form. Hemimorphite deposits are in Algeria, Italy, Greece, Mexico and Namibia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Hemimorphite manifests the energy of well-being on many levels. It brings balance to the auric field, dissolving and dispelling dark spots of negativity or weakness. It affects the emotional body in very positive ways, bringing in a vibration of joy which does not deny life’s unavoidable incidents of grief and sorrow. In fact, Hemimorphite’s energy tends to blend joy and sorrow into a single flow of compassionate emotional involvement and empathy, for oneself and others. When one does not resist any emotion, the unimpeded flow of feeling is in itself so rewarding that even grief retains an element of joy. Hemimorphite enables the emotional body to freely interpenetrate the mind and the physical self, so this unimpeded flow is fully established.

Blue Hemimorphite enhances the communication of the truth of one’s feelings and can help in the process of healing dysfunctional relationships. It facilitates the necessary inner growth through which one can learn to connect and communicate with souls who have ‘passed over’ to the next realm. It will enable some gifted individuals to become mediums or channels, and its vibration seems to attract spirit guides and angelic beings. Blue Hemimorphite is a stone of compassionate empathy, and as such it will enhance the talents of healers and spiritual counselors. It is an ideal stone to place on the throat chakras of clients during stone layouts, as it will increase each individual’s ability to clearly express the core issues in need of healing attention.

All types of Hemimorphite combine synergistically with Smithsonite, Andalusite, Pyrite, Aragonite and the many varieties of Calcite. Blue Hemimorphite has a special affinity for Ajoite, Aquamarine, Paraiba Tourmaline, Aqua Lemuria, Pink Lazurine and Morganite. For those using Hemimorphite for channeling or mediumship, combining it with Phenacite, Azeztulite, Natrolite, Scolecite or Herderite is highly recommended.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Hemimorphite’s Storm element vibration allows it to touch one’s energy on many levels. Hemimorphite is a stone of Light activation. It assists one in integrating more Light into the energetic, emotional and physical bodies. The color variations in Hemimorphite determine the ways in which this mineral affects the energetic levels of the body.

White and light-colored Hemimorphite emits frequencies that activate the etheric, crown, and third-eye chakras. It helps clear these areas of densities or blockages, enabling one to draw a higher quality of energy into the body. Its vibration acts as an overall energizer for the Light body. White Hemimorphite is excellent for those striving to integrate higher and finer frequencies into their energy systems. It is a powerful stone for channeling, angelic communication, connection with guides and for conscious resonance with Divine Consciousness.

The blue varieties of Hemimorphite carry a frequency that clears and energizes the heart, throat and third-eye chakras. It enlightens the emotional body, facilitates communication and builds bridges between hearts. It aids in resolving emotional issues within relationships and can help one express oneself more truthfully in matters of emotion. Blue Hemimorphite stimulates the third-eye chakra and increases one’s visionary abilities. It can assist one in remote-viewing, clairvoyant and telepathic endeavors, and it stimulates the dream state.

Brown Hemimorphite assists with grounding the Light body into the physical self. It supports healing by helping the body to integrate more Light. Brown Hemimorphite aids one in raising the vibration of the body and helps clear genetic and inherited patterns of disease. Brown Hemimorphite is an excellent stone to use in connecting with Nature spirits and devas, working with the natural elemental forces, and in Earth healing work.

SPIRITUAL   Hemimorphite is a powerful metaphysical stone for opening and clearing the higher chakras. It stimulates the pineal and pituitary glands and energizes the third eye and crown. It assists in connecting with and integrating the higher frequencies of Light energy.

EMOTIONAL   Hemimorphite helps calm the emotional body, allowing one to be present with one’s emotions in a compassionate and loving way. It is a powerful stone for forgiveness, release of resentment or anger, and the healing of karmic ties between people.

PHYSICAL   Hemimorphite helps in cases of hormone-related headaches. It is an excellent stone for PMS symptoms, and can help one maintain a balanced and positive outlook when moving through hormonal shifts. Brown Hemimorphite is most active on the physical body and can be used to help support healing on many different levels.

AFFIRMATION   I joyfully accept the full spectrum of my emotions, I call forth the activation of my inner Light, and I live in compassionate empathy with all souls, embodied and discarnate.

HERDERITE

KEY WORDS      Evolution, activation of latent capacities, awakening the higher brain functions, discovering the Light body

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Soul Star (8th), Transpersonal (9th)

Herderite is a calcium beryllium phosphate with a hardness of 5 to 5.5. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It occurs as tabular or prismatic crystals and is found in granitic pegmatites. It can be colorless, pale yellow, green, brownish, gray and sometimes lavender. Herderites are rare crystals, but they have been found most abundantly in Brazil. Brazilian Herderites are frequently brownish, yellow or gray, occasionally pale green. African Herderite is translucent gray, with some lavender areas. Some rare bright-green Herderites were found in Afghanistan in the 1980s.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Herderite is one of the pre-eminent stones for awakening and charging the upper chakras of the body and fully connecting one’s conscious awareness to the higher dimensions linked to the chakras above the head in the etheric body. All varieties of Herderite share this trait, and they are incredibly powerful tools for interdimensional travel, communication with spirit guides and Light beings, and embracing enlightened awareness as a full-time state of being. Herderite initiates growth in consciousness. It opens the third-eye and crown chakras, as well as the first two etheric chakras, expanding one’s sense of self. In fact, with Herderite, one can experience oneself as an energy field that exists far beyond the confines of the physical body.

Though their core energies are similar, different types of Herderite exhibit somewhat different traits. African Gray Herderites are very high-vibration stones, yet their energies are quite smooth and softly elevating. They have the property of parting the veil that lies over our everyday awareness and opening the mind to visions of the true spiritual nature of existence. In working with these Herderites, especially in meditation, one can see the archetypal patterns and energy flows underlying the material world and what appears here. These are excellent stones for clairvoyants and for those who wish to enhance their psychic abilities and capacities for spiritual vision. Astrologers and tarot readers use their symbol systems to understand the patterns, but what the Herderites can kindle is direct vision. The effect will vary with the sensitivity and preparedness of the individual, but the inner opening will be felt by all, to at least some degree.

The African Gray Herderites will work even more powerfully if paired with Golden Herderite, and they are also enhanced by Azeztulite, Phenacite, Petalite, Natrolite and Satyaloka Quartz. Faceted gems of this material offer the highest intensity, and because of their rarity, they should be treated with reverence and great care.

Golden and Golden Brown Herderites from Brazil assist one in accessing different aspects of expanded awareness. As the energies on Earth continue accelerating, Golden Herderites bring the already advanced energies of Herderite to a higher octave. These are Herderites of the Golden Ray vibration, and they are here to assist those ready to ascend in meditation to the domain known as the Golden Void. In this area of consciousness, the atmosphere is like ‘warm gold dust.’ There is a deep sense of Divine presence in this realm, and it is the domain in which our vibrational frequencies are stepped up to the next octave of our evolution.

In the years ahead, there will be a quantum leap of evolution, and humans will become less dense. They may evolve to a trans-physical state in which they identify themselves as a field of consciousness, rather than a personality inside a skin. This is the experience to which Golden Herderite can introduce one.

Those drawn to work with Herderite are advised to experience all the available varieties, since each quickens one’s evolution in somewhat different areas. A bonus of Herderite’s effects is that they are contagious, even without the presence of the stone. When one has assimilated the Herderite energies, one becomes, as it were, a living embodiment of those energies, so that others with whom one connects receive the vibrational pattern from exposure to one’s person, whether the stone is around or not. This is true, to a degree, about all stone energies, but with the latent areas activated by Herderite, the effects are more pronounced.

Herderite is one of the Synergy Twelve stones, along with Moldavite, Phenacite, Tanzanite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Tibetan Tektite, Brookite, Satyaloka Quartz, Natrolite, Scolecite and Petalite. This combination is the most powerful, harmonious grouping of stones yet discovered for inner awakening and well-being. Herderite also resonates powerfully with Merkabite Calcite, Elestial Calcite and Cinnabar Quartz.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Herderite has come at this time as an extremely powerful tool for the evolution of human beings. While many stones until now have worked on the physical level as well as the spiritual, Herderite’s purpose is to aid in making a physical shift to the higher planes. It is here to assist us in raising the physical vibration of the body. It is particularly active on the brain (physical) and mind (energetic) levels of the body.

Herderite has surfaced at this time to aid humanity in the evolution of the brain. As the stone is used in meditation, the brain is subtly altered, allowing new connections to be made and increasing the amount of brain capacity used. Because of its effect on the brain, it naturally stimulates psychic capacities and enhances one’s ability to consciously process energetic information. It has a particularly strong effect on the third-eye and crown chakras because it is so stimulating to these brain areas.

Herderite can be used to aid in the dissolution of headaches and other brain-oriented afflictions. It also assists in the synchronization of brain waves, allowing for a greater balance of perception and an increase in creativity, memory and learning ability. Herderite has come to aid us in evolving by influencing our ability to use our brains in ways that have not been open to the human race before. It is a powerful ally in the evolution of a new breed of humans.

Herderite’s frequency not only stimulates the brain, but it also activates the pre-encoded genetic triggers that will initiate us into a new phase of our existence. Herderite speaks of evolution in our bodies, our relationships and our creations. By opening ourselves to its vibration, we accept our responsibility to allow deep transformation and emergence into our birthright as human Light beings. Herderite is a unifying force, linking our minds, hearts and energies to stimulate human evolution.

SPIRITUAL   Herderite is a powerful stone for stimulating the psychic abilities, mental abilities and the activation of the higher chakras. It facilitates viewing and communicating with other dimensions and vibratory levels of reality. It has come to assist humanity in activating areas of the brain that will assist us in integrating more and higher-frequency Light energies.

EMOTIONAL   Herderite is uplifting and enlightening. It can assist one in gaining a more removed or objective perspective when dealing with emotionally charged situations.

PHYSICAL   Herderite supports brain balance and increased brain function. It is excellent for headaches and migraines, helping to diffuse pain when a headache begins, while also assisting in balancing the brain to heal the underlying cause of the symptom. It is a very powerful stone for those who have suffered some brain injury due to stroke or accident and must re-learn a skill. Herderite facilitates the learning process and the ‘rewiring’ of the brain.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to the higher realms and call forth the activation of my latent capacities, fully embracing the pattern for my evolution as an awakened physical and spiritual being.

HERKIMER QUARTZ ‘DIAMOND’

KEY WORDS      Dreams, visions, purification, spiritualization of physical life

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamonds’ are a variety of Quartz crystal found in and around Herkimer, New York, USA. Their crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). They are silicon dioxide crystals with a hardness of about 7.5. This is harder than most other Quartz varieties, and may be because Herkimers are formed in a hard rock matrix. Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ are so named because of their form—the short, small, stubby double-terminated shapes and the glossy surfaces make them superficially resemble Diamond crystals. Herkimers can be clear or included. Inclusions are often black carbon deposits. Some Herkimers are Smoky rather than colorless, and larger crystals frequently exhibit skeletal Quartz formations. Enhydro inclusions of water are found in a small percentage of these crystals. Similar-looking crystals have been found at other localities, but these generally do not have the hardness or high gloss of genuine Herkimer ‘Diamonds.’

ROBERT SIMMONS These crystals, beyond almost all others, are manifestations of pure, solidified spiritual Light. They emanate a high, harmonious energy that positively sings on the upper levels of the Quartz vibrational spectrum. Herkimers are ideal for body layouts, dream work, meditation pieces, jewelry, templates, energy tools, or just about any other application. They not only broadcast their own energies—they can also pick up and magnify the frequencies of other stones. This can be of great help when one is using a tiny specimen, such as a small Herderite, or a ‘soft-energy’ stone such as Morganite. In the first case, the Herkimer can make a small stone feel as strong as a larger one, and in the second case, it can strengthen the effects of some of the more gentle stones.

Herkimers emanate the brightest crystal Light, and they help purify one’s energy field and attune one to the white Light of the Divine essence. Wearing Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ can give one the grace of a constant, almost subliminal connection to the higher spiritual domains. Angels are drawn to the pure etheric radiance emanated by these stones, and Herkimers can therefore be used as aids for those who wish to communicate or commune with the angels.

There is bliss and rapture in the vibration of Herkimer Diamonds, and one can use them in the process of vibrational ascension. One must take oneself as far as one can towards the highest octaves of Spirit, while still remaining in the physical body and connected with the Earth. This is the process of the spiritualization of matter, and it is the project many have incarnated to accomplish. Herkimers can be handy tools in helping oneself attune to the high spiritual frequencies one must ultimately learn to incorporate into one’s everyday life.

Dream work with Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ can be a wonderful experience. One must simply sleep with one or more of these stones, either wearing them or putting them in the pillowcase. It is recommended to program both oneself and the stone before sleep with the affirmation, “I call forth my highest dreams and I remember and integrate them perfectly.” This or a similar practice can produce excellent results.

Herkimer Diamonds can enhance the properties of any beneficial stone, yet they have a particular affinity with Moldavite. Perhaps because Moldavite is a catalyst for one’s spiritual transformation and evolution, the Herkimers blend with the Moldavite vibration, bringing more conscious awareness to the growth process. Herkimers also seem to enjoy being with Herderite, Satya Loka Quartz, Azeztulite, Phenacite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Celestite and Danburite. These are all stones of the highest vibrational frequencies, and Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ will magnify their effects.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ are popular stones to use for dreams and vision work. They activate and open the crown and third-eye areas, stimulating inner vision and a heightened dream state. They are useful in lucid dream work, as they help one remain conscious in the physically unconscious state.

Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ are powerful allies for astral travel, dimensional shift and other unconventional inner exploration methods. They are particularly well-suited for astral time travel and interdimensional work. Grids of large Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ are used to create dimensional doorways. Their internal structure makes them ideal for both sending and receiving energy. They are logical choices when one is establishing vortices for Earth healing or sacred space and are suitable for either electrical or magnetic vortex grids.

Herkimers can assist in meditation by opening one’s higher chakras and helping one remain focused on the meditative state. They are highly stimulating to the third-eye, crown and etheric chakras and tend to increase psychic sensitivity. They can be used to help support eyesight correction or healing.

Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ are extremely useful in a healing environment, where their clarity, brilliance and high vibration facilitate the removal of energy blocks or debris and introduce a clear, high frequency into the aura. Large crystals can be used to create healing grids in the treatment room, or they can be placed under the healing table to purify the released energies.

Not only the crystal-clear Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ are useful. Large, included Herkimer Quartz crystals are excellent purifiers for healing spaces and for other stones. They assist in bringing high-frequency energy into the physical body. For those who have had radiation therapy or exposure, Herkimers can integrate these energies in an easier and healthier way.

Water-included Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ are special healers of the emotional body. They assist one in looking at one’s deepest self and in bringing the light of Spirit into dark places. In clear Herkimers, water inclusions channel the stone’s effect to the heart center, creating an illuminating and uplifting energy that facilitates experiences of rapture. In foggier Herkimers, the water inclusion helps one to see what one fears most within oneself, while maintaining a clear, self-loving heart space.

SPIRITUAL   Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ assist in all dream work, astral travel, time travel, dimensional shifting and other explorations into expanded reality. They are excellent tools for creating and maintaining dimensional doorways, healing grids and vortex grids. They are useful purifiers in the energetic field or a healing room.

EMOTIONAL   Water-included Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ help illuminate and clear the emotional body. Water-and-carbon-included Herkimers can assist in the removal of energetic cords, arrows or patterns from the emotional body.

PHYSICAL   Clear Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ assist in general healing by increasing the amount of Light energy the body can utilize. They are excellent for supporting the eyes and eyesight. Included Herkimers can assist the physical body in purifying and cleansing, and can support one’s general physical stamina and energy level.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth my deepest dreams and highest visions and commit myself to attaining and grounding in the physical world the highest possible spiritual energies.

HEULANDITE

KEY WORDS      Dreams, visions, interdimensional travel, access to past civilizations, emotional healing

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Heulandite is a member of the Zeolite family, a sodium calcium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. Its crystal system is monoclinic. Its crystals form in tabular, trapezoidal shapes, and the mineral can also form in granular or massive habits. It can be colorless, pink, red, green, yellow, gray or white. The most abundant deposits of Heulandite crystals are in India, but good specimens are also found in Iceland. The most popular types of Heulandite for metaphysical use are the White Heulandite and Green Heulandite from India.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Using White Heulandite in meditation, one may journey inwardly to many of the ancient civilizations of Earth’s past—to Egypt, Babylon, even Lemuria and Atlantis. This stone seems to attune to the Akashic records in a very visual way. White Heulandite can help one recover past life memories, especially those having to do with psychological problems and blockages. This can be invaluable for spiritual self-healing. White Heulandite will work very well in combination with Lemurian Seed Crystals and/or Aqua Lemuria, especially for journeying to the interdimensional memory and consciousness of ancient Lemuria. Herkimer Diamonds will assist those intending to attune to the Atlantean vibration. Stones such as Natrolite will offer a greater multiplicity of access choices for inter-dimensional travel. Other recommended stones include Apophyllite, Merkabite Calcite, Phenacite and Satyaloka Quartz.

The distinctions between Green and White Heulandite are in part a matter of focus. Green Heulandite is a stone of the heart, and it helps one to attune with the heart of the Earth. This is a matter of great importance, for the natural state of the awakened heart is to vibrate in resonance with the hearts of the Earth, the sun, the galaxy and the Universe, all in harmonic unison. Green Heulandite facilitates this resonance, helping one find the right energetic frequency. This is a matter of feeling, not thought, and Green Heulandite enhances what is sometimes called ‘emotional intelligence.’ This is an essential aspect of our evolution.

Green Heulandite can facilitate emotional healing through the awakening of compassion. It calms nervousness and alleviates fear. It calls forth courage and determination and is therefore an aid to those working to overcome setbacks of all types. Using Green Heulandite with White Heulandite—a mind-centered stone of more rarefied vibration—one can bring together mind and heart, spirit and soul, the angelic and the human, the stars and the earth. This worthy and lofty goal is the natural resonance of these two stones working together.

Green Heulandite harmonizes well with Prasiolite (Green Amethyst), Green Apophyllite, Green and Pink Tourmaline, Morganite, Ajoite, Kunzite and other stones of the heart.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Heulandite is another high-frequency stone here to aid in our evolution. All Zeolites have unique healing properties focused on making the evolutionary connection between the energies of the brain and heart. Heulandite’s healing is also centered upon the activation of the head/heart connection. Depending upon the color of Heulandite one uses, its energy will be focused on a specific aspect of this important frequency range.

WHITE HEULANDITE

White Heulandite emits a frequency which is most active on the brain’s subtle systems. Its energy stimulates dreams and visions. It opens the third eye and promotes viewing of alternate lives. It stimulates one’s channel to Divine guidance or one’s highest guides. White Heulandite is a brain-stimulating stone similar in frequency to Herderite. It assists in the synchronization of the hemispheres of the brain and aids the brain in becoming sensitive to higher and more subtle vibratory signals.

SPIRITUAL   White Heulandite helps one become still, so illumination and guidance can penetrate the conscious mind. It facilitates meditative states and can aid in opening to channel.

EMOTIONAL   White Heulandite can help to calm egoic thought and the constant mental chatter of the processing consciousness. It can help one feel more calm, centered and enlightened—lifting one’s spirits and helping to ease feelings of emotional burden.

PHYSICAL   White Heulandite is useful in helping to enhance cognitive abilities and clarity of thought. It energetically supports the evolution of the brain and the development of consciousness without thought.

AFFIRMATION   My mind opens up and expands into wakeful silence.

GREEN HEULANDITE

Green Heulandite’s energy is focused upon the heart center and the expression of heartfelt joy. The physical heart is the generator of the majority of the aura’s electromagnetic energy. Green Heulandite assists the heart in remaining resonant with positive emotional energies and their corresponding electromagnetic frequencies. It enhances one’s ability to radiate these energies throughout one’s aura and surroundings. Green Heulandite is excellent for strengthening weak auras and is an ideal protective stone, in that it promotes a naturally strong and resilient aura.

Green Heulandite can help strengthen hearts weakened or damaged by stress. It is excellent to use in supporting emotional healing from traumatic experience, grief or shock. It is useful in physical recovery from heart attacks, angina or other heart-related ailments.

Green Heulandite’s greatest talent lies in its ability to refocus one’s awareness and consciousness from the head to the heart, transforming our thought-centered consciousness to frequency-based consciousness. The heart is not only the major generator of the aura, it is also the largest receptor of energetic information in the body. When one consciously aligns with the heart instead of the head, one has much more access to energetic information which is received through the aura, including psychic information.

Green Heulandite is soothing to the emotional body and promotes joyful and blissful states of consciousness. It fosters the frequencies of compassion and love. It assists one in releasing resentment, judgment, cynicism and sarcasm, and encourages one to remain consciously focused in one’s heart center.

SPIRITUAL   Green Heulandite promotes conscious alignment with the heart and the Love frequency of creation. It encourages one to maintain a heart-centered consciousness.

EMOTIONAL   Green Heulandite helps one release attachment to judging and categorizing one’s experiences. It is excellent for those experiencing grief, shock or emotional trauma.

PHYSICAL   Green Heulandite facilitates healing of the physical heart and the strengthening of the electromagnetic field of the body.

AFFIRMATION   I am able to travel through the many dimensions of consciousness, and I return with the information that uplifts me and serves the purpose of the heart.

HIDDENITE

KEY WORDS      Interpersonal love, heart healing, rediscovering the joy of relationships

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Hiddenite is a yellow-green or emerald green variety of Spodumene, a lithium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 6 to 7. Its crystal system is monoclinic. Hiddenite derives its name from W. E. Hidden, who discovered the stone in 1879 in North Carolina, USA. It forms in prismatic crystals and is found in pegmatite veins. It is a difficult stone to cut into gems, because its perfect cleavage is sensitive to pressure, which can cause the stone to break while being worked. The most important deposits of Hiddenite are in Brazil, Madagascar, Burma and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Hiddenite teaches one how to return spontaneity and genuineness to love relationships. One of the difficulties in loving is the tendency to consciously or unconsciously manipulate the loved one for purposes of getting what one wants. Even if one succeeds in this, it can act as a poison. If one thinks back to the beginning of the relationship, the initial delight one felt in the other was tied to a joyous acceptance of that person exactly as he or she was. Part of the thrill of love is being aware of one’s own vulnerability and going forward anyway. The discovery that one could be loved without exerting any power over the other was a great joy. However, in many relationships, this state does not last, because each disappointment, great or small, gives the ego an excuse to go back to the politics of power, manipulation and control. This can go on for many years, with the real love slowly dying.

Hiddenite vibrates to the true chord of the spontaneously loving heart, attuned to the future yet unconcerned about future consequences. It teaches, through the feelings it generates in the self, that loving is its own reward, and that getting what one wants through manipulation sours the grapes. This is a very liberating state, and one which would change the entire human world into a paradise if it were universally practiced. Hiddenite’s message is simple—even if love and loss go hand in hand, loving is still the best, the only thing to do.

Those who are ready to reclaim their ability to love with their whole hearts are recommended to wear or carry Hiddenite, which will provide a constant pulse of loving heart energy. If one is in a relationship in which struggle has supplanted some of the joy, a gift of Hiddenite—to one’s partner and oneself—may help dissolve blockages around both hearts. Spreading Hiddenite in all directions is good for one’s relationships and good for the world.

Hiddenite works synergistically with all heart stones, such as Ajoite, Kunzite, Morganite, Rose Quartz, Pink and Green Tourmaline, Aventurine, Pink Calcite, Emerald, Rhodonite, Rhodochrosite and many others. When combined with interdimensional stones like Phenacite, Herderite or Natrolite, it allows one to ascend meditation to the realms of Universal love.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Hiddenite is a Master stone of the heart. It teaches us to receive the Love of the Divine and return that Love in kind, through the frequency of gratitude. From the gratitude vibration, we learn the true gifts of life, and we learn what is real. Within this frequency, we heal and become renewed, because here we touch the heart of the Divine.

But gratitude cannot genuinely be felt until one takes the time to actually receive the energy and gifts of the Divine. Before one can feel grateful for something, one must first recognize that one has been given something. Hiddenite teaches one to stop and receive. Its energy encourages one to open one’s heart to the love, gifts and energy the Divine offers. This moment of reception is the moment that precedes genuine gratitude, and without it, true gratitude cannot be felt. From this practice of conscious reception, true gratitude can spring.

Hiddenite is a beneficial stone for those who have difficulty receiving due to a sense of unworthiness. It can help those who judge their worth by their financial wealth or worldly possessions to recognize their immeasurable worth in the eyes of the Divine. Hiddenite can aid one in recognizing how truly precious one is to the Creator. This realization invariably leads to a sense of overwhelming gratitude and a feeling of true abundance. Hiddenite’s energy reminds us that when one can truly stop and receive the love of the Divine, one has no other needs. One is infinitely abundant in that moment, and true gratitude is the only possible exchange of energy that can occur between one’s awakened heart and the heart of the Divine.

Hiddenite helps to heal deep psychic wounds of the heart and is an excellent stone for use in recovery from addiction and abuse. Beyond its healing energies, it is a stone of renewal. It assists one in finding hope in difficult circumstances. It is a wonderful stone for children.

SPIRITUAL   Hiddenite’s energy teaches one of the true energy of gratitude and abundance. It assists one in receiving the energy, love and gifts of the Divine and encourages one to respond with the heartfelt frequency of gratitude.

EMOTIONAL   Hiddenite stimulates the heart and emotional body and encourages the experience of joy and bliss. It helps one release attachments to future desires or past regrets and focus on the gifts one is receiving in each moment. It can be used to counter anxiety, stress and fear around finances, wealth or one’s sense of self-worth.

PHYSICAL   Hiddenite can act as a gentle support for the physical heart. It can help one feel balanced as one moves through hormonal cycles and can assist in overcoming ‘the blues.’

AFFIRMATION   I am always pouring love into the world through the inexhaustible wellspring of my heart.

HOLLANDITE QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Path of destiny, Higher Self, regeneration, spiritual insight, increased Light

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All (1st - 7th), Soul Star (8th)

These unusual stones are Quartz crystals with inclusions of Hollandite. The Hollandite appears within Quartz crystal points as tiny grayish dots, which, upon inspection with a magnifying glass, turn out to be tiny six-pointed stars. Quartz is a silicon dioxide crystal with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The Hollandite inclusions are barium manganese oxide crystals with a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 4 to 6. Hollandite was originally discovered in India and has been known since at least 1906. It was named after T. H. Holland (1868-1947), director of the Geological Survey of India. The origin of most of Hollandite Quartz crystals is Madagascar.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The tiny stars of Hollandite within these Quartz crystals can act as keys for the awakening and activation of one’s true self. Such activations can occur on cognitive, emotional, physical and even cellular levels. For example, meditation with a Hollandite Quartz can bring ‘memories from the future’ concerning whom one is destined to become. Such ‘memories’ carry a powerful sense of conviction, even though one may never have experienced such an identity in the past. It is as though these crystals energetically open the locks which have closed one’s conscious awareness off from recalling the destiny one has chosen for this life. When these inner doors open, the sense of certainty the upwelling visions bring forth can be staggering to one’s prior assumptions about one’s life path. Yet the awakening is undeniable. Moments of recognition such as these carry both mental and emotional charges, and the exhilaration created by these energies can carry one forward on the potentially difficult path to assuming one’s full mantle of selfhood, and wielding the sovereign power that resides within us as whole beings.

On the physical level, carrying or wearing a Hollandite Quartz can activate the template of one’s ideal form. If one’s body is out of alignment with one’s true identity, it may change, patterning itself in resonance with the newly claimed selfhood. For many, such shifts can appear as improvements in health and appearance, including weight loss, enhanced strength and stamina, relaxation of facial lines, clearing of the eyes, and numerous other regenerative phenomena.

On the cellular level, Hollandite Quartz’s energy can manifest as an increase of the vibrational frequency patterns emanated by one’s DNA. It is known to science that the DNA molecule emits light photons at regular intervals. Some authors have likened the light-emitting qualities of DNA to an ‘ultra-weak laser.’ Others have speculated that these qualities, which may be enhanced in those who are spiritually open, are responsible for the halos of light observed around the heads and hearts of spiritual masters, and for more commonly observed phenomena such as the human aura. As Hollandite Quartz quickens the manifestation of one’s higher true identity, the DNA vibrational patterns may shift and increase their frequencies, bringing forth greater photon emission—more Light. Such vibrational shifts may increase longevity and prolong youthful health.

Having read all of this, one is cautioned that the changes are not automatic. Hollandite Quartz, or an incident of synchronicity, or some other stimulus may trigger a moment of awakening and self-remembrance, yet such a moment only shows one the door. It is walking through that door, as a fully conscious choice, that allows all the rest to happen. Yet these crystals serve as ready allies in facilitating such awakenings.

Sleeping, meditating or doing stone layouts with Hollandite Quartz can open one to many varieties of ‘aha!’ moments. Wearing or carrying the stones throughout the day invites the synchronous flow of events to bring forward astonishing interplays of events that only make sense from the new paradigm of the Higher Self.

Hollandite Quartz harmonizes with Moldavite and Herderite for quickening one’s evolution. Natrolite and Phenacite enhance the visionary aspects of awakening. Cryolite with Hollandite Quartz also opens inner vision, linking it with the source of wisdom in the heart.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Hollandite’s energy is one of illumination, manifestation of Spirit into form, revelation and alignment with one’s highest guides. Though Hollandite is a Storm element ally, it’s energy is fairly gentle while still bringing on powerful states of awareness, consciousness and presence. While Hollandite in more massive form is not a particularly beautiful stone, its manifestation as tiny radiating stars inside Quartz crystals is stunning. The Quartz crystal amplifies the energy of the Hollandite and allows it to be focused and directed more easily than Hollandite in its more massive form. It also offers an excellent introduction to Hollandite’s energy, without being as energetically overwhelming as the more massive forms of this mineral can be. As an ally, Hollandite helps to eradicate any resistance to one’s spiritual path and the assumption of one’s spiritual power. It helps clear and open all chakras, empowering one to embody more light energy in the physical systems. It is an excellent stimulant for the psychic senses and for those who wish to cultivate those senses for use in channeling, healing or visionary practices.

SPIRITUAL   Hollandite Quartz stimulates visioning abilities, healing abilities, and the ability to bring the highest frequencies energy into the physical body. It is a light integration stone, assisting one in realigning one’s life with one’s highest vision and spiritual purpose. It can assist star-seed and walk-in beings to acclimate to Earth’s energy systems.

EMOTIONAL   Hollandite Quartz helps one cultivate an objective and dispassionate perspective, which can assist one in clearly identifying what needs to be done to cultivate one’s spiritual life on Earth. It can assist one in developing discipline and dedication in the face of difficulty.

PHYSICAL   Hollandite Quartz assists with general energy alignment in the body, grounding, and processing radiation and higher frequency light energies. It can provide excellent energetic support for those who have undergone radiation therapy or radiation poisoning.

AFFIRMATION   I awaken to my spiritual purpose and I choose to fulfill my highest destiny.

HYPERSTHENE

KEY WORDS      Self-knowledge through visionary awareness, receiving understanding through connecting with morphic fields, self-healing through visualization, accepting one’s shadow

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRA Third Eye (6th)

Hypersthene is a magnesium-iron silicate with an orthorhombic crystal system and a hardness of 5.5 to 6. It is related to labradorite and other feldspar minerals. It commonly occurs in varying shades of iridescent gray, although some of the finest specimens are a deep black-brown color swept through with slashes of golden-brown iridescence. It has been found in multiple locations in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Hypersthene is a stone of psychic vision. Holding a piece to the third eye, I could immediately see vivid images, as if in a waking dream. Once one is attuned to this stone and can direct one’s intention with good control, the visions one encounters tend to be of situations one wishes to see and understand better. If there are problems or difficulties one wishes to solve, the symbolic content of the visions provided by Hypersthene will frequently direct one to a helpful answer.

Hypersthene is also a stone of magic. Its visionary qualities can aid those who wish to manifest their intentions, by increasing the capacity to envision a desired situation clearly and send it out into the morphic fields of the inner worlds, where it will be received and from which the response will come. Manifestation is like becoming a radio broadcast tower, setting and sending out the intention. Afterwards, one is advised to become receptive, like a lightning rod attracting an electrical discharge. Working meditatively with Hypersthene in such situations can help one in both directions.

In spiritual self-healing, Hypersthene can be used to promote the healing process through creative visualizations. We all know that such visualizations can help everyone from athletes improving their performance to invalids regaining strength. Using Hypersthene’s capacities to enhance vision and magnify intention, the results of visualization therapy can be improved.

In the emotional realm, Hypersthene helps one to understand, accept and heal one’s shadow side. We create the shadow by judging ourselves negatively, or by accepting the negative judgments of others, and pushing those aspects of ourselves into the unconscious. They later manifest as compulsive behaviors, bad dreams or psychological problems of various sorts. Using Hypersthene in meditation helps one to inwardly see and accept the judged and disregarded parts of our nature, expanding one’s conscious self-awareness and bringing one into a state of wholeness.

Hypersthene combines synergistically with Labradorite, Golden Labradorite, Spectrolite, Phenacite, Danburite and Moldavite. With Azozeo super-activated Azeztulites, Hypersthene lends a vivid visionary quality to the experience of spiritual awakening and transformation.

SPIRITUAL   Hypersthene enhances psychic vision. It increases one’s spiritual awareness and intuitive understanding through resonance with morphic fields of knowledge. It is a stone of inner vision, both for receiving information in symbolic form and for planting one’s creative intentions into the fabric of unmanifest potential.

EMOTIONAL   Hypersthene brings awareness of one’s shadow side into consciousness, and aids emotional healing through understanding and self-acceptance.

PHYSICAL   Hypersthene aids in the process of self-healing through creative visualization.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth the visions of truth that will unveil my gifts and show me the path of my highest destiny.

INFINITE

KEY WORDS      Healing and protecting the auric field, activating kundalini, sensitivity to subtle energies

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th)

Infinite is the trade name for a variety of green or gray-green Serpentine from South Africa, a magnesium silicate mineral with a hardness of 3 to 4. Its crystal system is monoclinic. Infinite is usually marketed in tumbled form, with pieces ranging from ½ inch to over three inches. The smaller pieces are used primarily as pocket stones, while the largest can be utilized in massage or in body layouts. It has attracted attention among metaphysical stone collectors, because its energies are believed to be superior to those of other Serpentines.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Infinite is an excellent stone for healing the etheric body. This energy system surrounds and interpenetrates the physical body—it is often what is seen by clairvoyant vision as the aura—and its well-being is closely related to one’s physical health. A ‘hole’ or energy leak in the etheric body can bring about feelings of fatigue, depression and depletion. It can cause one to have an insatiable appetite, in which one unconsciously seeks in food a kind of nourishment that can only come energetically. Etheric wounds or holes can allow psychic ‘vampires’ to attach themselves to one’s field, further depleting one’s sources of emotional, mental and physical vitality. Infinite’s vibration replenishes the etheric body and helps to seal the holes. Carrying one of the stones throughout the day and/or sleeping with one in one’s pillowcase will allow the Infinite’s beneficial influence to repattern the auric field to its proper configuration.

In healthy individuals, Infinite can assist in raising one’s vibration to higher frequencies. This is an excellent stone for the gradual activation of the kundalini channel—the chakric column from the base of the spine to the top of the head. Meditation with Infinite, coupled with visualization of a benevolent, nourishing white fire rising through the spine, can greatly facilitate this process.

Infinite can assist one in connecting with the energies of Nature. It is a good stone to bring along for outdoor meditations, as it can help one to see devic spirits, fairies and the spirits associated with waterfalls, mountains, canyons or other power spots.

Infinite is a stone of geomancy. It can heighten one’s sensitivity to ley lines, the ‘dragon currents’ of the Earth’s meridian system. It can assist in all types of dowsing—for water, minerals, oil, and other things such as lost objects. It helps one to do body-oriented dowsing, such as kinesiology. It can increase the potency of reiki and other types of energetic healing.

The healing power of Infinite can be enhanced by Seraphinite, which has a similar molecular structure and is considered to be the premier healing stone of this age. Its ability to activate kundalini energies can be increased by Tibetan Tektite. One’s sensitization to Nature spirits can be increased by Green Apophyllite and Seriphos Green Quartz. Its ability to purify, replenish and seal one’s etheric body can be aided by Black Tourmaline and/or Aegirine. Moldavite can increase Infinite’s capacity to break up crystallized energy patterns.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Infinite is an Earth element stone that acts as an energetic insulator for the aura. It is helpful for those who feel frazzled or energetically drained, as it seals and reinvigorates the energy field. Infinite can be used for protection when one is entering into difficult situations and is excellent for those who are surrounded by intense negativity.

Infinite provides a soothing, healing frequency that works on a cellular level to disperse crystallized energetic patterns. Such patterns are caused by intense or habitual vibration at a specific emotional frequency. Over time, or during times of great intensity, these vibrations can become ‘crystallized’ in the energy field. These frozen patterns will recreate emotional experiences over and over until the pattern is cleared. Infinite is an excellent cleansing stone for the aura, because its frequency is able to dissolve these energetic structures and restore a free flow throughout one’s systems. Infinite’s nurturing energy flows from the base chakra to the heart, providing emotional support through the healing process. Infinite is an excellent ally for healing patterns of loss, separation and betrayal, which are often held in the base chakra. Though not a base-chakra stone specifically, it is a powerful tool for clearing survival-based blockages from this area. Infinite is an excellent grief stone as well, assisting one in releasing and clearing grief, and supporting one in undertaking a new phase of life.

Infinites bring a clear, soothing and renewing energy to one’s aura or one’s environment. They are wonderful stones for healing spaces. They are also excellent stones to use in Earth healing ceremonies or as tools to purify and align one’s energy with the Earth.

SPIRITUAL   Infinite helps clear the auric field of crystallized patterns that can create recurring emotional experiences. It can aid in maintaining focus during study or meditation.

EMOTIONAL   Infinite can help one to be less sensitive to the thoughts, comments or opinions of others. It can help one feel more self-confident and less invested in receiving external praise or appreciation. Infinite is a stone of independence. It engenders a sense of being protected, stimulating one to move into new realms and social circles without hesitancy or fear.

PHYSICAL   Infinite is ideal for those subjected to electromagnetic or energetic pollution. It insulates the aura, protecting the delicate energetic structures of the DNA and cells. It supports healing by aligning one’s energy field with the Earth, which can invigorate the body.

AFFIRMATION My etheric body is vibrant and whole, sealed and protected, and I am open and sensitive to the many vibrational currents and frequencies that run through existence.

IOLITE

KEY WORDS      Inner vision, shamanic journeying, healing of old wounds, soul retrieval

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th)

I olite is a magnesium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 7 to 7.5. It forms in short prismatic crystals that have an orthorhombic structure. The name Iolite comes from the stone’s violet color. Iolite is also known as Cordierite, Dichroite and/or Water Sapphire. The most important Iolite deposits are in Brazil, Madagascar, Burma, India and Sri Lanka.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Iolite offers to take one on the inner path to the deep self. It is an excellent stone to use in shamanic journeying. It assists by increasing the vividness and detail of inner visions and by calling up symbols from deep in the psyche that will clearly illuminate the issues one must face for continued growth. It helps one let go of the belief that one needs to control inner experiences, and it dissolves the fear of the unknown or suppressed parts of the psyche. It increases one’s capacity to move forward into areas of old fear, teaching one that the exploration of one’s wounds is the most direct path to healing. Iolite is also a stone of inner treasures. It helps one to move to the depths of one’s unconscious and to uncover the lost parts of oneself. When this is done, one finds what one most needs to be at peace and in joy—the most important of all treasures.

Iolite assists in blending normal conscious thinking with intuitive knowing. It aids in strengthening the energetic links between the brain and the heart, and it helps the mind to understand and have reverence for the heart’s urgings. Wearing Iolite can help awaken and sustain one’s psychic gifts. It is an excellent stone for astrologers, tarot readers, mediums and other intuitive channnels of inner information.

Iolite can be an aid for those attempting to access information from past lives. It seems to have a special attunement to the periods of history associated with the Cathars, the Knights Templar and the Arthurian legends. There are many individuals incarnated now and working to live more spiritually oriented lives who have also lived, with a similar focus, in those periods. Iolite can be an aid to opening the portals of memory so one can learn and integrate the appropriate past-life lessons to assist in one’s current incarnation.

Iolite harmonizes with Lapis, Amethyst, Tanzanite, Lazulite, Azurite and other stones of the Indigo/Violet Ray. Scolecite spiritualizes its energies to a higher level. Hematite and other grounding stones will aid in grounding and integrating the lessons Iolite brings forward.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Iolite carries a beautiful violet-blue energy that activates and clears the third eye and opens one to visions, awareness and communication from higher vibratory realms. It is a stone of visionary art and the creative expression of spiritual ideas and ideals through writing, song, movement and other artistic endeavors. Iolite is a stone of the muses, in that it activates the visionary, creative side of the mind and allows one to access ideas and thoughts originating beyond the density of this dimension. It engenders individuality and self-expression of all kinds.

Iolite resonates with the energy of twilight. It can stimulate our astral bodies and our psychic awareness, revealing realms beyond our usual waking consciousness. It is ideal for astral projection, dimensional work or other practices involving inner vision. It is excellent for past- and alternate-life work, as it assists one in viewing other lives while still retaining one’s objectivity.

Iolite helps calm the too-active mind, and it aids in reaching a state of focused meditation. It allows one to perceive circumstances from a higher vantage point and to separate one’s mind from one’s emotions. This allows one to respond from one’s higher guidance and not the heat of the moment. It is a stone of enlightened discernment and action based on wisdom.

SPIRITUAL   Iolite facilitates meditation, opens the visionary centers and assists one in consciously communing with other realms and their inhabitants. It stimulates one’s visionary abilities and enhances creative expression of higher information.

EMOTIONAL   Iolite empowers one to envision solutions to seemingly insurmountable emotional problems. It can give one hope in difficult circumstances and can assist one in perceiving how best to proceed. Iolite encourages a positive, calm and clear mind in the midst of adversity. It can help one gain emotional distance and a clearer perspective on life situations.

PHYSICAL   Iolite is excellent for supporting the healing of the eyes. It stimulates the memory and assists with sleep imbalances.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to the path of inner vision and I trust that I will be guided to what I need to see for my highest good.

IOLITE-SUNSTONE

KEY WORDS      Artistic inspiration, productive action, physical vitality, enhanced intuitive abilities

ELEMENT      Wind, Fire

CHAKRAS      Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th)

Iolite-Sunstone is a naturally occurring combination of Iolite and Sunstone. Iolite is a magnesium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 7 to 7.5. It forms in short prismatic crystals which have an orthorhombic structure. The name Iolite comes from the stone’s violet color. Iolite is also known as Cordierite, Dichroite and/or Water Sapphire. Sunstone is an oligioclase feldspar mineral with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. It is also known in some reference books as Aventurine Feldspar, a name derived from the stone’s resemblance to an accidentally discovered type of glass known as a ventura. Sunstone has a triclinic crystal system and usually occurs as compact aggregates. The color is orange to red-brown, with sparkling inclusions. The name Sunstone comes from the warm color and reflected light, reminiscent of the sun. Iolite-Sunstone comes from a single find in India. It is primarily deep blue in color but is filled with Sunstone’s brilliantly sparkling inclusions. Some specimens display a mixture of deep-blue and red-brown shadings.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Iolite/Sunstone, as one might expect, combines the properties of Iolite and Sunstone. In addition, the synergy of these two materials growing together produces some completely new energetic effects.

Iolite is a stone of inner vision, stimulating the third eye, enhancing psychic abilities, kindling the gift of prophecy, increasing sensitivity to all types of subtle energies. It is also a stone of self discipline, enabling one to make and follow concrete plans for the attainment of one’s aims. Thus it assists one in seeing more deeply, deciding what must be done, and following through with the proper actions over time.

Sunstone emanates the vibrations of courage and leadership. It enhances one’s innate capacity to take responsibility for stepping forward in difficult situations and risking one’s psychological or even physical safety for the good of the collective. It stimulates the second and third chakras, seats of creativity and will. It increases one’s enthusiasm for new projects to better oneself and one’s community. It makes work into fun through zest for action.

In addition to their individual properties, Iolite and Sunstone together unite the vision of the third eye with the will-to-action of the solar plexus, making it possible for one to move quite powerfully for the actualization of one’s dreams. It also enables one to retain the power of choice within the world of dreams and to travel interdimensionally without losing one’s sense of self and purpose.

For interdimensional travel, use Phenacite and Herderite with Iolite-Sunstone. For truly bringing dreams into manifestation, use Tsavorite Garnet and Hematite. The Hematite magnets are ideal!

NAISHA AHSIAN   Iolite-Sunstone is a very special ally for artists, writers, musicians and conscious creators of all descriptions. Iolite is a Wind element stone that stimulates the mind and extrasensory perception and inspires communion with the higher planes. Iolite opens the inner eye and allows sensitives to perceive beautiful and moving visions of other realms. It clears the channel for communication with wiser beings and guides and allows for their wisdom and information to be brought to this plane through channeling, inspired writing and visionary art.

Sunstone is a powerful Fire element ally that encourages and teaches one to take action to make these dreams a reality. It enhances one’s ability to act on ideas and to manifest them for the higher good of one’s community. Sunstone’s energy grounds Iolite’s heady frequencies and allows for their application and clear expression on this level of reality. It allows one to find a way to make ideas take physical form through the process of manifestation.

Iolite-Sunstone carries both of these energies in a single material. It is one of the most powerful stones for visionary artists, songwriters, poets, writers and communicators, dancers and actors. It embodies the spectrum of creative energy, from inspiration and conception to manifestation. It can aid in connecting with one’s creative self and in expressing inspired visions and ideas more effectively. It can assist in overcoming writer’s or artist’s block, or in simply becoming inspired when one has run out of ideas or the energy to execute them.

The element of Wind feeds the element of Fire, and the effects of these two elements combining their energy in this stone are powerful indeed. In the body, Wind is the breath, while Fire is the metabolism and energy systems. This combination of energies is excellent for enhanced physical energy, metabolism and weight loss. For those with a plethora of creative ideas who have difficulty following through, Iolite-Sunstone may be your best friend! It can help one choose the most appropriate idea and then take the action to bring it into form.

SPIRITUAL   Iolite-Sunstone’s spiritual properties include: enhanced psychic and intuitive abilities, communication with higher guides, increased inspiration and creativity, an enhanced sense of social consciousness and a greater determination to manifest and create.

EMOTIONAL   Iolite-Sunstone helps one to feel more self-assured and confident and is excellent for painfully shy individuals. It enhances one’s social interaction abilities and can assist in alleviating stage fright and fear of public speaking.

PHYSICAL   Iolite-Sunstone aids weight loss and helps to stimulate the endocrine system.

AFFIRMATION   I am continually inspired by my inner visions, and I delight in taking action to make them real.

JADE

Jade is a name shared by two distinctly different minerals—Nephrite, a calcium magnesium silicate, and Jadeite, a sodium aluminum silicate. Nephrite has a hardness of 6 and Jadeite has a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Both have monoclinic crystal systems and are exceptionally tough stones, a trait caused by their finely interlocked and strongly bonded crystal structures. The name Jade is derived, rather accidentally, from the Spanish term piedra de yjada (or lapis nephrictus in Latin), meaning ‘stone of the loin.’ When the term was misprinted in a French translation, it became pierre le jade.

The first Jade arrived in Europe from Mesoamerica, brought back by the conquistadors. During the seventeenth century, when Jade supplies from the Americas had diminished, Chinese carvings of similar-looking stone were labeled Nephrite, from the Latin, and it was later discovered that these were different materials from the original American Jade. However, Burmese stones entering the marketplace in the mid-1800s were found to be the same as the original American Jade, and both of these were called Jadeite. Today both types of stone are traded as Jade.

Nephrite generally occurs in three colors—white, deep green and creamy brown. Jadeite can be leafy green, blue-green, emerald green, lavender, greenish black, deep emerald green or black. Nephrite is found today in British Columbia, California, Wyoming, Alaska, New Zealand, China, Russia, Taiwan, Poland and India. The main source of Jadeite is Burma, but it can also be found in Guatemala, Russia, California and Japan.

The toughness of Jade made it a favored stone for the tools of primitive people, and it was used for making axes, clubs, knives and various other weapons. In later cultures, it was valued for its beauty, and a tremendous variety of gems, libation vessels, incense burners, buttons, beads and even such unlikely items as musical instruments and pendants inscribed with poetry have been carved from Jade.

In China, Jade has been the most highly esteemed stone throughout recorded history. For many centuries it was believed to strengthen the body during life and protect one after death. Similar beliefs also existed in pre-Columbian Mexico and Central America. The Maoris of New Zealand also cherished Jade as a powerful talismanic stone.

The various types of Jade and Jadeite are still prized for their healing and protective properties, but new aspects of their spiritual energies are also being discovered. In discussing metaphysical properties, we will refer to both Nephrite and Jadeite as Jade.

GREEN JADE

KEY WORDS      Health, abundance

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Green Jade is a stone with a heart of healing, and a stone for healing the heart. The color of these stones is pure heart-chakra green, and the energies are so strong and steady, one feels a flow of well-being and balance almost immediately upon touching them. These are good stones to wear during sleep, both for their harmonious and nourishing vibrations and for their beneficial effect upon one’s dream life. Green Jade is the color of grass and leaves, and it fosters wholesome and steady growth of one’s chi, or life-force energies. It is recommended that one try wearing or carrying Green Jade when hiking, gardening or relaxing out of doors, because it draws upon the Earth’s life force and imbues one’s auric field with that energy. When one cannot be outside, Green Jade can help one carry the signature of Nature into even the most artificial environments.

Green Jade can harmonize and balance the heart chakra, aiding in both emotional and physical well-being. It can be used to attract abundance and prosperity and to broadcast peace and loving-kindness to all those in one’s surroundings.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Green Jade is a classic abundance stone. It represents the flow of Divine energy into the realm of matter and the never-ending well of abundance that is the Universe. Green Jade is an Earth element stone in all respects, promoting the flow of money, fertility, and abundance into one’s life. It represents harmony and happiness in business and family relationships and is an excellent stone to use in one’s office or home environment to promote harmonious energy. Historically, Green Jade has been used for both tools and ornamentation, representing mastery of, and joy in, all aspects of the physical world. It teaches one to be master of one’s money, instead of money being one’s master.

Green Jade assists one in learning to enjoy physical life. It reminds one to smell the flowers, touch someone you love, and share your abundant heart with others. It can help those who reject the physical world in a belief that suffering is holy. It helps one to receive Divine abundance on all levels and to share that abundance with others, in affirmation of plenty.

Green Jade stimulates the flow of energy through the physical body. It is an excellent stone to use as an overall tonic to the energy field; it helps to dissolve blockages and increase the body’s ability to absorb and utilize both energy and physical nourishment.

SPIRITUAL   Green Jade encourages one to revel in life and to fully enjoy this brief foray into matter. It aids in connecting with the energy of true abundance and in manifesting that frequency into material form. At the same time, it helps prevent one from becoming enmeshed in greed, avarice, and scarcity-mindedness by teaching one to be master of one’s creations.

EMOTIONAL   Green Jade teaches one to allow joy in one’s life. It helps one to understand that sacrifice is an illusion and that there is neither gain nor loss in Spirit. From this place of objectivity, Green Jade helps heal scarcity-mindedness, fear of money, fear of poverty, avarice, greed, covetousness and other symptoms of belief in money as a measure of worth.

PHYSICAL   Green Jade is generally strengthening to the energy systems, but there are distinct differences in the physical effects of Nephrite and Jadeite. Green Nephrite Jade is a powerful physical heart healer. It also helps strengthen and soothe the nervous system. Green Jadeite offers support in detoxification and in the regeneration of the tissues after trauma or surgery.

AFFIRMATION   I love life, and it flows through me in ever-greater abundance.

PURPLE JADE

KEY WORDS      Humor, spiritual knowledge and attunement

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Third Eye (6th), Earthstar (nonphysical, below the feet)

ROBERT SIMMONS   This stone fills one with mirth and happiness. Purple Jade is an excellent stone for purifying one’s aura and dispelling any negative feelings or attitudes that hold one back from experiencing the spontaneous joy of life. There is a lot of humor evoked by this gemstone, and it also enhances one’s appreciation of the perfection of Divine order in all things. Purple Jade is an asset when worn or carried by almost anyone, especially those who need to ‘lighten up’ and relax into the flow of life. Purple Jade can also aid one in letting go of self-imposed limitations and in maintaining one’s awareness that the abundance of the Universe is available to oneself.

Combining Purple Jade with Moldavite will amplify its potential for advancing one’s prosperity as well as one’s appreciation of cosmic humor. Danburite, Azeztulite or Phenacite with Purple Jade combine to bring joy into one’s experience of the higher dimensions, and easier access to these domains. Purple Jade is very friendly, both with other stones and with our human energies. It offers an experience of the truth of one’s essential joy.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Purple Jade opens one’s crown and third-eye centers and powerfully links those centers with the Earthstar chakra below the soles of the feet. Its frequency speaks of spiritual knowledge and the soul’s riches. It aids in maintaining one’s fortitude in the pursuit of one’s spiritual path, so one doesn’t become disheartened or bored with spiritual practice. It attunes intuitive and psychic abilities to the frequencies of Nature. It is excellent for connecting with the devic beings who oversee the growth and health of the natural world.

Purple Jade is a stone of discernment. It can assist in perceiving what information, teachings, people and situations are aligned with one’s truth—and which are not. As it enhances discernment, Purple Jade helps one recognize when one is being judgmental of others. This can be a great help when one is exposed to information that may not immediately mesh with what one has learned, but may in fact be of use. Discernment allows one to approach new or different people, information and learning from an objective and heart-centered place. Judgment causes one to reject people, information or learning that may be vital to one’s path. Purple Jade helps one recognize the difference between the two and to act accordingly.

At one time or another we are all in need of a teacher or guide to assist us in our spiritual journey. Purple Jade can help one to connect with the teacher or guide most aligned with one’s spiritual path. It helps one more easily perceive and interpret the energies of others, so discernment can be employed. For this reason, Purple Jade is excellent for healers and psychics who must interact with energy fields in an intimate manner. It also affords some energetic protection because of its ability to open and clear both the upper chakras and the lowest chakra in the energy field. This allows for expansion and grounding simultaneously.

Purple Jade aids in shamanic journeys and in meditations when receiving information is the goal. It is also a useful stone for enhancing dreams, dream recall and interpretation.

SPIRITUAL   Purple Jade opens the third eye, enhancing visions, dreams and extrasensory perception. It also opens and clears the crown and the Earthstar chakra below the soles of the feet, allowing for the regulation of energy throughout the body and aura. It is a stone of discernment, promoting the objective and heart-centered assessment of people, information and learning to determine what is most aligned with one’s personal path.

EMOTIONAL   Purple Jade helps regulate and protect the aura and is useful for those who are empathic and sensitive to the emotional bodies of others.

PHYSICAL   Purple Jade is helpful in soothing the nervous system. It can assist those who suffer from hives, rashes or outbreaks that are exacerbated by stress.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace the humor and spiritual perfection of existence.

BLACK JADE

KEY WORDS      Protection, clearing negativity

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

ROBERT SIMMONS   Black Jade is a stone that acts like an etheric ‘bodyguard’ when it is worn or carried, emanating strong energies which clear one’s aura of any vulnerability to attachments by negative forces or entities. It is as though the stone makes one ‘invisible’ to such beings, including energy vampires and people who are projecting anger and aggression. Black Jade can also shield one from morphogenic fields of negative energy, such as the fear and violence projected through the media. It is an especially helpful ally in times of war or world crisis, when one wishes not to be swept up in the negative mass consciousness.

Looking inward, Black Jade can assist one in ‘cleaning house’ and ridding oneself of fear, envy, doubt, anger, hatred and other destructive emotions. It allows the unconscious to open and release the original traumatic memories which often are the roots of such feelings. Meditating with Black Jade can initiate deep inner voyages, and it is particularly useful for those doing soul retrieval and shamanic journeys, helping one go into the depths and return to a higher state of consciousness. As the poet T. S. Eliot wrote, “So the darkness shall be the Light, and the stillness the dancing.”

NAISHA AHSIAN   Black Jade is an important stone of purification and protection on the spiritual and the physical levels. Black Jade lends one the courage to perceive where negativity lies, even when it is created by one’s own habits and patterns. It helps stimulate one’s awareness of negative ‘hooks’ extended by others, and it protects one’s energy field from intrusion.

Black Jade helps one honestly assess where one’s own limitations lie. These limitations may be in one’s emotional maturity, behavior patterns, ego expression, etc. Once such limitations are identified and faced, they can be cleared or remedied. This process is called ‘facing the shadow self.’ It is a critically important part of everyone’s spiritual growth. Black Jade helps lend one them fortitude to undergo this process and to face and love one’s shadow self.

SPIRITUAL   Black Jade assists one in facing and integrating the shadow self. It is a protection stone and can help keep one fro physical or psychic harm.

EMOTIONAL   Black Jade promotes honest self-evaluation and the loving integration of all aspects of self.

PHYSICAL   Black Jade can be effectively used to help protect against viral and bacterial infection, parasitic infestation, and associated illnesses. It is excellent to use when traveling.

AFFIRMATION   I am surrounded by Divine protection and free from negative attachments.

RED JADE

KEY WORDS      Courage, action

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Solar Plexus (3rd), Earthstar (below the feet)

ROBERT SIMMONS   For gentle souls who have difficulty asserting themselves, Red Jade brings forward the energy of the warrior. It is a stone of individual power and will, helping one put aside fear, worry, doubt and the ‘anxiety of the threshold.’ This last malady is like the hesitation one might feel at the top of the diving board or the doorway of the office of one’s boss. Red Jade dispels the fear that holds one back, urging one to ‘take the plunge’ and let the chips fall where they may. It is a stone of action which says, “Don’t just stand there—do something!” And with the help of Red Jade in the pocket or around the neck, we follow that impulse.

Fortunately, Red Jade also emanates a balancing vibration of wisdom which helps keep one from acting rashly. Nonetheless, its mode is that of the active solution, not one of quiet waiting. Red Jade is an excellent talisman for those studying martial arts or training for athletic performances.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Red Jade is a stone of physical vitality, strength and passion. It stimulates one’s life-force energy, creative energy and sexual energy. Red Jade is the chi stone, facilitating and enhancing the flow of life energy through the body and energy field.

Red Jade stimulates the Earthstar and base chakras, combining the energy of the Earth element with aspects of the Fire element. It assists one in taking decisive action and in facing one’s inner demons. It gives one the courage to overcome adversity and to change aspects of oneself not aligned with one’s true spiritual nature. It is an excellent support for overcoming self-abuses such as addiction to drugs, alcohol, tobacco or gambling. It is the stone of the peaceful warrior, who displays bravery and strength in the face of difficult circumstances.

Red Jade is also a stone of luck and carries a frequency of material prosperity and physical health. It can help one to quickly jump-start one’s finances when they are low, but is less suited to long-term prosperity than Green Jade. It will, however, bring luck in pursuing promotions, a new job or a raise.

SPIRITUAL   Red Jade is a strong life-force stone. It is excellent for healers, enabling them to keep their energy high when working intensively. It is a wonderful support for tai chi, qigong and other martial arts concerned with the flow of energy through the body.

EMOTIONAL   Red Jade lends fortitude in overcoming difficulties or addictions. It is a stone of assertiveness, assisting those who are hesitant to take decisive action.

PHYSICAL   Red Jade is a tonic stone—an excellent invigorator of all the systems of the body.

AFFIRMATION   I take appropriate, courageous action in the face of all challenges.

LAVENDER JADE

KEY WORDS      High spiritual attunement, compassion, serenity

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Heart (4th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Angelic beings hover around Lavender Jade like hummingbirds around a flowering bush. The energy it emanates is of the highest etheric spectrum, and it provides spiritual nourishment to all who touch or even gaze upon it. It can help one to harmonically attune to Kwan Yin, the bodhisattva of compassion, and to orient oneself toward loving and charitable actions in the world. Lavender Jade is a stone of the Violet Ray of spiritual purification, and it is a wonderful companion to take on retreats. In meditation, it can enhance the visionary state and gently help one enter the space of ‘no thought.’ It allows one to release cynicism and suppressed anger and to embrace an attitude of serene acceptance.

NAISHA AHSIAN Lavender Jade carries a more ethereal energy than does Purple Jade, but it embodies many of the same properties. Vision, intuition, and psychic awareness are all strengthened by its energy. Instead of being Nature-oriented, however, Lavender Jade’s energy is directed toward connection with the cosmic and etheric levels. It stimulates one’s emotional awareness and empathic ability as it promotes connection with sources of higher guidance.

AFFIRMATION   My heart is a fountain of compassion, and my mind is open and ready to respond to Divine guidance.

BLUE JADE

KEY WORDS      Spiritual knowledge, clear thinking, discrimination

ELEMENT      Earth, Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Blue Jade can calm the mind, allowing one to ‘keep a cool head’ in stressful situations. It is a ‘philosopher’s stone,’ enhancing one’s capacity to see the world from a higher vantage point and to avoid losing oneself in the petty dramas of life. It enhances mental abilities of both sides of the brain, benefiting one’s capacity for rational thought as well as creative intuition. Blue Jade helps one to hear the inner voices of one’s spirit guides and of one’s own heart and to make clear choices in light of the wisdom revealed. It stimulates psychic abilities and spiritual sensitivity. It is highly recommended for those who wish to be mediums, because it enhances both openness and discrimination, so one not only hears the voice within, but also considers its words carefully.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Blue Jade is a wonderful combination of Earth and Wind element energies. There are very few stones that embody the energies of elemental polarities, but Blue Jade does the job admirably. It stimulates the higher chakras of the third eye and crown which are related to the Wind element, and it activates the Earthstar and base chakras related to the Earth element. This blend of energies makes for both expansive and grounding properties.

Blue Jade promotes visions and dreams. It enhances meditation and allows for a smoother, more focused experience of altered states of awareness. It is a stone of spiritual knowledge and understanding. It assists one in making decisions based on one’s prior spiritual learning and is an excellent stone to use for support during times of initiation or major cusps in one’s life.

Blue Jade helps ground and clear excessive Fire energy. Too much Fire can appear as habitual anger, preoccupation with sex, hyperactivity or inflammation of the joints or lungs. Blue Jade can cool and calm this energy while helping one to see its underlying cause.

SPIRITUAL   Blue Jade provides both activation of higher energies and the grounding of excess energies, allowing for a smoother transition during initiatory experiences. It can help one access and utilize one’s spiritual understanding when one is in crisis.

EMOTIONAL   Blue Jade is generally soothing to the emotional body and can assist one in maintaining an objective, calm demeanor during stressful situations.

PHYSICAL   Blue Jade assists in calming inflammation, swelling, arthritic conditions, asthma and bronchial conditions.

AFFIRMATION   My mind is attuned to the realm of spirit, and I discern the truth it reveals.

JASPER

Jasper is a microcrystalline variety of Quartz, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). In Jasper, the Quartz microcrystals are laid out in sugar-like grains, rather than the fibrous layers found in its close relative, Chalcedony. The name Jasper is derived from a Greek word meaning ‘spotted stone.’ Jaspers can include up to 20% foreign materials, which account for its wide variety of colors and patterns. It occurs in nodules or as fillings in fissures. Jaspers are found all over the world, including important deposits in India, Russia, Brazil, France, Germany and the USA. The focus below will be confined to a number of the better-known Jaspers which are prized for metaphysical uses.

RED JASPER

KEY WORDS      Physical strength and vitality, stabilization of one’s energies

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Red Jasper can help enhance one’s endurance and stamina and can work over time to increase the amount of chi, or life force, in one’s energetic field. It strengthens the root chakra and strengthens one’s connection to the Earth. It enhances memory, especially of dreams or other inner experiences. Its energy pattern is so stable that it tends to stabilize one’s own energies if one wears or carries it or keeps it in the environment. Such stabilization can lead to good health, balanced emotions, truthful expression and just actions. This stone has a kind of down-to-earth nobility that simply ‘rubs off’ on the owner. Red Jasper does its work gradually, but it offers the advantage that the gains one makes are more permanent than those achieved with different stones or other methods.

NAISHA AHSIAN The frequency of Red Jasper opens and stimulates the base chakra and the energetic kundalini ‘serpent’ that dwells at the base of the spine. The rising of this serpentine energy up the spine is a powerful spiritual experience, as it activates, clears and strengthens each of the chakras and levels of the energetic body. Red Jasper’s frequency stimulates the awakening of this energy and lends it strength as life-force energy rises through the body.

The frequency of Red Jasper can help to activate sexual and/or creative energy. It is commonly used to counter issues of impotence or lack of sexual interest. It can also assist one in balancing one’s sexual energy and one’s ideas and beliefs about sexual expression. It helps one to release shame or guilt around sexual expression or orientation.

Red Jasper aids in manifesting creative ideas. It can help one continue working on a project or idea after it has lost its original excitement. Its energy helps one to be disciplined in one’s creative work, bringing self-mastery to those who are a bit scattered in their focus.

SPIRITUAL   Red Jasper activates and stimulates the base chakra and supports the rising of the kundalini energy.

EMOTIONAL   Red Jasper helps one to release shame or guilt around sexual issues. It is an ally for those who are determined to heal and recover from violent sexual experiences.

PHYSICAL   Red Jasper is a stone of physical strength and energy. It is wonderful for those who need extra support to recover from physical weakness due to illness. It is also useful in weight lifting and bodybuilding because of its ability to help generate muscle tissue. It can be used to enhance the effects of exercise and to support the circulatory and respiratory systems. Red Jasper is useful in helping to stabilize pregnancies and promote robust fetal growth.

AFFIRMATION   My physical vitality, emotional balance and personal integrity and enjoyment of life grow ever stronger.

RAINFOREST JASPER

KEY WORDS      Earth-healing, connection with Nature, joy in life

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rainforest Jasper offers a key to one’s heart connection to Nature and one’s impulse to work toward planetary healing. It awakens the awareness that we as creatures are not separated from the world of animals and plants—or minerals, for that matter. With this awareness comes a delicious sense of joy—the joy of the winged bird in flight, the joy of the sunflower following its Beloved across the sky. The organic enjoyment of existence has been lost by many people in this technological age, but carrying a piece of Rainforest Jasper can help one reawaken to it. Once this joy has been kindled, an awareness of the precarious position of life on Earth comes at the same time. And these two experiences together—the understanding of the incredibly precious gift of life and the realization that it is all in danger—work together to help one commit to action on behalf of the preservation and support of life.

Rainforest Jasper also works to align one in harmony with the balance of one’s natural, perfected pattern as a living organism. This can bring needed balance to the body and can assist one in treating the body better. Living in the vibration of one’s proper organic pattern, one will tend to lose habits such as overeating, drinking, smoking or other practices that destroy the body. At the same time, the desire for good nutrition, exercise and time spent in Nature can increase.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Rainforest Jasper is a doorway to the realms of natural power and wisdom. Natural power is the ability to recognize one’s interconnectedness with all things and to utilize that connection for balance and healing of the Earth and one another. Natural wisdom consists of the highest spiritual teachings contained in all of Nature. The lessons learned by observing Nature with a humble and open heart can be much more valuable than the information gained from any book or human spiritual teacher. Rainforest Jasper assists one in consciously participating in the dance of physical creation that exists in nature.

This variety of Jasper is a stone for Earth-healing and sacred connection to the Great Mother. In this time of cataclysmic natural destruction, this ally provides a link to the healing of humanity through the repair of our sacred relationship with the Earth.

Rainforest Jasper carries a healing, invigorating energy—the energy of growing things. It is excellent for both the physical body and the emotional self. It carries an energy of the Earth’s love for all of its creatures, including humans. This energy of Earth love brings hope, renewal and a desire for healing to those who have given up hope for the future.

SPIRITUAL   Rainforest Jasper connects one to the sacred web of life that exists in Nature. It is a powerful stone for working with Nature spirits and devic beings, for Earth-healing, and for bringing the pure energy of the natural realm into any treatment room or environment.

EMOTIONAL   Rainforest Jasper brings hope, renewal, invigoration and energy. It is useful in grief or depression, or any situation where one has lost interest in engaging with life.

PHYSICAL   Rainforest Jasper can be used for invigorating the liver and detoxifying the body.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace with joy my organic, living organism, and I act lovingly towards the Earth and its creatures.

MOOK JASPER

KEY WORDS      Slowing the aging process, intergenerational genetic healing, perception of Earth energies

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Solar Plexus (3rd), Root (1st)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Mook Jasper assists one in reclaiming one’s latent capacity to feel the electromagnetic energy currents of the Earth and to use them in conjunction with one’s own energies to maximize the effects of one’s will and personal power. Mook Jasper reawakens the ability to simply ‘know’ the right direction to take, in physical or non-physical travel. It emanates the energy of animal knowing, or instinct, and it allows one to find the threads of one’s own instinctual capacities. It is a beneficial stone for those interested in practicing animal communication, and it helps one to find rapport with the spirits of the ancestors.

Mook Jasper can clear and activate the third-eye and the solar plexus chakra, and align them with the root chakra, allowing for the intuitive perception of the patterns of Earth energies and life force, as they pulse through our world and ourselves.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Mook Jasper is a powerful reminder of the ageless spirit. The processes of physical aging can be greatly slowed by raising the vibration of one’s body and thoughts. Mook Jasper helps one identify one’s own beliefs about the aging and degeneration process, so those thoughts can be changed, thus slowing the aging process. It helps one maintain both a ‘young at heart’ attitude and a vibrant physical vehicle.

Mook Jasper activates the deeper aspects of mind and genetic memory. It assists us in perceiving ancestral lessons and in clearing those lessons to free future generations from having to repeat them. It is an excellent stone for use by pregnant parents, as it can facilitate intuitive communication with the unborn child. Used in meditation, this stone supports alternate-life work but is most suitable for clearing unhealthy patterns from the genetic code.

SPIRITUAL   Mook Jasper assists one in maintaining an ageless mind and body by raising the vibration of the physical vehicle.

EMOTIONAL   Mook Jasper aids in perceiving and understanding emotional and behavioral patterns handed down from one’s ancestry and it supports one in releasing those patterns.

PHYSICAL Mook Jasper assists the processes of pregnancy, reproduction and the regeneration of the physical body. It can also be used to help counter the effects of aging.

AFFIRMATION   I awaken my genetic inheritance and my capacities to feel and flow with the knowing that comes directly from Nature.

FANCY JASPER

KEY WORDS      Grounding mental energies, discipline and perseverance, slow steady healing

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

ROBERT SIMMONS   Fancy Jasper performs the task of helping one attend to the mundane details of life with efficiency and good humor. It grounds one firmly in the body and focuses the mental energies on dealing with whatever issues and duties are most significant at the time. It helps prevent procrastination and assists one in making coherent plans for the future. It encourages one’s outlook on life by cutting difficulties and fears down to size. Fancy Jasper is a stone that helps one to ‘just deal with it,’ whatever ‘it’ may be.

Fancy Jasper is a good slow healing stone. It works gradually but thoroughly to assist one in eliminating chronic problems in the body and the psyche. Its influence may be imperceptible until one looks back and sees how much things have changed. It resonates with all the chakras, not dramatically, but in a wholesome way that ultimately brings balance.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Fancy Jasper assists in grounding excessive Wind energy, calming and focusing the mind and allowing for prolonged mental effort. The energy of this stone helps one refine one’s mental processes and work through intricate thoughts, ideas or puzzles. It brings organization to the mind and encourages the development of the intellect. It can help one think more rationally and in a more linear manner. It is stone for scientists, engineers and other who do intense mental work. Fancy Jasper’s grounding effect on the mind helps calm excessive worry and fear, especially when they are caused by clouded thinking.

Fancy Jasper is also a powerful gazing stone and can be used for seeing the recent or ancient past. It is also helpful in shamanic practice as an energetic doorway to the other world.

SPIRITUAL   Fancy Jasper helps to ground and organize the mind and assists one in finding resolution for mundane problems. It can help one to be more linear in one’s approach to life.

EMOTIONAL   This variety of Jasper helps calm fear or worry, especially when it is caused by an overactive but unfocused mind. It can prevent one from being caught up in the future or the past and assists in focusing on working through the issues of the present.

PHYSICAL   Fancy Jasper can assist in cases of insomnia where an overactive imagination or thought process is preventing sufficient sleep.

AFFIRMATION   Day by day, I improve my health and well-being, my organization and efficiency, and I handle problems immediately as they arise.

PICTURE JASPER

KEY WORDS      Inner journeying to sacred sites and ancient civilizations, connecting with Earth’s consciousness

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Root (1st)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Picture Jasper can be used in meditation to merge with the consciousness of the Earth. This can be a fantastic experience of union with the energies of the Mother and all levels of the Goddess energies. Picture Jasper can also be used to find the ley lines of the Earth’s meridian system. This can be helpful when deciding how to situate a house or other new construction, or where one can set up a crystal energy grid for maximum effect.

Picture Jasper can also facilitate other types of inner journeying. Using these stones, one can ‘travel’ as a point of conscious awareness to the many power spots on the planet, and even through time to ancient civilizations. When journeying to power places, one can learn the nature and applications of the resident energies and draw upon them in one’s everyday life. In the case of ancient civilizations, one can bring back knowledge of spiritual technologies for application in our present-day world.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Picture Jasper can be used as a portal through which one can connect with the energy of sacred places during meditation. In the undulating lines and shades of Picture Jasper, one can view remote areas of the world, connecting with ancient power places and resonating with their energy.

Picture Jasper is a stone of dream work and visioning. The pictures found in the beautiful markings, clouds and shadows of this stone can be utilized for divination or foretelling the future. It can also be used to view the history of the Earth and humanity’s ancient past. It acts as the ‘third eye of the Earth,’ allowing one to gain access to the vast records stored within the planet’s mineral data banks. It is particularly resonant with Earth-centered magical practices, and can be a powerful part of ceremonies employing the elemental forces.

SPIRITUAL   Picture Jasper allows one to tune in to power spots through the Earth’s electromagnetic field and energy systems. It can help one resonate with the energies of distant places and times through the Earth’s record-keeping system.

EMOTIONAL   Disconnection from the consciousness of the Earth is one of the most pernicious effects of modern human culture. It has created myriad negative effects on the environment and the human psyche. Picture Jasper helps one emotionally reconnect to the energy of the planet and to the ancient knowledge of living in balance that is so necessary at this time.

PHYSICAL   Picture Jasper supports bone growth and healing.

AFFIRMATION   I am one with the energy, history, substance and future of the Earth. I travel through inner space and time to discover sacred knowledge, and I use the fruits of my journeys for the highest good of all.

UNAKITE JASPER

KEY WORDS      Healing, balance, release of bad habits, higher attunement, patient persistence

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All, especially Heart (4th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Unakite embodies Jasper’s quality of slow-moving beneficial influence. It facilitates the gradual elimination of bad habits, especially those of overeating and over-consumption of alcohol. It helps one unearth and release the bonds of old emotional wounds in a way that avoids shock and trauma. It supports the purging, over a period of one to two years, of many toxic energies and substances from the cellular level of the body. It brings all the non-physical bodies into eventual alignment with the physical body and with one another, creating the opportunity for attunement with the higher worlds. Unakite teaches patience and persistence and reminds one that anything worth having is worth waiting for.

NAISHA AHSIAN Unakite’s energy stimulates the healing of disease brought on by the repression of emotions, particularly anger and resentment. These emotions are fairly low-frequency and often are ego-based. Habitual internalization of anger or resentment creates standing patterns of energy in the tissues. Unakite Jasper helps prevent these patterns from turning into disease, or helps release them from the tissues if they have already manifested.

Unakite Jasper supports healthy tissues in general. It is particularly useful for promoting the physical health of the heart and lungs. Its green and pink colors reveal its ability to balance the physical and the emotional aspects of the heart.

Unakite helps one to recognize repressed emotions and to see where those emotional patterns are being held in the body. It can facilitate the process of real emotional release. Emotional release is not just the expression of repressed emotions, but a process of truly letting go of the thoughts and habits that perpetuate these emotional frequencies.

Unakite Jasper is ideal for children’s sensitive emotional bodies. It supports the emotional resilience of children and helps them to bounce back from sorrow, grief or disappointment.

SPIRITUAL   Unakite Jasper can raise the vibration of the physical and emotional bodies by helping one release disharmonious emotional patterns and the lower emotional frequencies.

EMOTIONAL   Unakite assists one in truly releasing negative emotions and the habitual thoughts and inner dialogue that create them.

PHYSICAL   Unakite Jasper offers support in the treatment of cancers or heart disease. It helps promote the growth of healthy tissue and can be useful in recovery from injury.

AFFIRMATION   I navigate the process of healing and awakening to higher consciousness with patience and faith, moving always, step by step, towards my highest good.

JET

KEY WORDS      Protection, purification, grounding

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Base (1st), for grounding; All, for purification

Jet is a black or dark brown variety of coal called lignite. It is a combination of carbon plus hydrocarbon compounds with a hardness of 3 to 4. Its name is believed to be derived from the name of the town and river Gagas in ancient Turkey, where it or a similar material was found. Jet was formed by the lithification of submerged driftwood in sea-floor mud. The northeast coast of England has long been the source of the world’s finest Jet, but it has also been found in the United States, Poland, France, Germany, Spain, India and Russia. Jet has the property, like Amber, of becoming electrically charged when rubbed with wool or silk.

Jet jewelry was produced in Britain as long ago as 1500 B.C., and the ancient Romans imported Jet jewelry made in York. Jet carvings were used as talismans and for mourning in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Spain. Native Americans from Alaska to South America used Jet as decoration in pre-Columbian times. In Victorian England, Jet was widely used in mourning jewelry, rosaries, crosses and carvings.

ROBERT SIMMONS   For those interested in the activation of the powers of magic and interaction with the forces of the elements, Jet can be an aid and a protector. It assists in raising one’s shakti and allows a portion of that fiery energy to be consciously directed by the will. It helps one to draw on the Earth energies and to channel that powerful flow into one’s desired directions. This consciously directed energy can benefit any aspect of life, from the cosmic to the mundane, from spiritual insight to financial abundance. At the same time, Jet is a neutralizer of negative energies, clearing one’s energy field of all disharmonious vibrations. Anyone engaging in astral travel or spiritual mediumship is advised to have several pieces of Jet to hold and/or place upon the body. A necklace or pendant of Jet makes a powerful amulet for the purification of one’s aura and protection from negative influences. A small bowl of Jet pieces is ideal for clearing crystals, gems and jewelry. Jet and Amber together in a body layout or jewelry combination create a circuit of healing energy. Those engaged in exploration of past lives, the personal subconscious, and/or the archetypes of the collective unconscious may find that Jet facilitates one’s going deeper into these unknown worlds.

For psychic protection and purification, Jet can be combined with Black Tourmaline, Aegirine, Smoky Quartz, Tibetan Black Quartz, Black Obsidian and/or Black Andradite Garnet. For raising the shakti and stimulating kundalini energies, Infinite, Serpentine and/or Tibetan Tektite make powerful allies. For healing purposes, it is recommended that Jet be combined with Amber, Seraphinite and Sugilite. For connecting deeply with Earth energies, Jet can be used with Ajoite and/or Gaia Stone. For release of stress, Jet works well with Lepidolite, Gel Lithium Silica and Amblygonite. Moldavite and Jet work together for inner transformation and the highest path for the individual in the outer world. When Jet is brought into play, Moldavite’s tendency to cause rapid discharge of whatever one needs to release is smoothed out by Jet’s ability to absorb and transmute any accompanying negative energies.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Jet is a stone of purification and protection. It is able to absorb negativity and process it into clear, usable energy. In the same way charcoal can filter out and clear impurities from water, Jet can purify and clear the aura. Jet is particularly good protection against the misuse of magical energy or power. It absorbs negativity or malicious energy and neutralizes it. It can help clear the body of impurities and is a great grounding stone.

Jet allows us to resonate at a level of vibration where we are able to access ancient memories on a cellular level. It acts as a mirror to show us what we most need to clear in ourselves in order to bring more of our Light into our realities. It holds ancient Earth wisdom as well—speaking of roots and beginnings, natural power and elemental energy. Jet can offer protection and the ability to transmute negative energy into clear, neutral energy.

SPIRITUAL   Jet aids one in entering and exploring the inner void of creation. This is the place in which one’s potential and power lie. It enables one to see the lesson behind ‘negative’ experiences and helps one integrate those lessons so their manifestations can be released.

EMOTIONAL   Jet clears the energetic field of attachments and patterns that appear as negative experiences in one’s life. It asks in return that one honestly own both one’s shortcomings and one’s abilities. Resonance with Jet assists one in perceiving one’s personal power and recognizing what aspects of self must still be developed in order to reach one’s full potential.

PHYSICAL   Jet is protective on a physical level, in that it assists one in healing any energy leaks in the aura. It aids in the energetic cleansing of the liver and the kidneys.

AFFIRMATION   My body, mind and spirit are grounded, centered and purified.

KUNZITE

KEY WORDS      Divine Love, emotional healing, activation of the heart’s knowing

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Kunzite is the pink-to-violet form of Spodumene, a lithium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 6 to 7. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It forms as prismatic crystals with vertical striations. It is found in granitic pegmatites, often in association with Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Lepidolite mica and other pegmatite minerals. It can be faceted into beautiful gems, but cutting is difficult because of the stone’s perfect cleavage. Kunzite is named after mineral collector G. F. Kunz, who first described this material in 1902. The main deposits of Kunzite are in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Madagascar and California and Maine in the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Kunzite opens the heart to the energies of love—self love, interpersonal love, love for humanity, animals, plants, minerals—all that is. Most importantly, Kunzite is a conduit from one’s heart to the vibration of Divine Love. Through embracing all the other types of love, one is preparing to consciously receive Divine Love, and when that opening occurs, the immediate, inevitable response is love for the Divine. This is because love is the essence of the Divine in us, and when we truly feel it, we are at one with the Divine. Kunzite is the stone which most closely matches this frequency, and when one works with it, there is a tendency to move into resonance with that energy. Meditating with Kunzite can facilitate profound experiences of Universal Love. Carrying or wearing the stone helps one move through one’s day with kindness, gentleness and serenity.

Kunzite is one of the best stones to be given as a gift. (What better energy to receive than the vibration of Divine Love?) People who receive Kunzite, even when they are unaware of its energies, often find themselves feeling an impulse toward kindness and altruistic behavior. Kunzite can also facilitate stress relief, which is good for both physical and emotional health.

Kunzite can activate the silent voice of the heart, opening a wordless communion between one’s mental and emotional aspects. The heart is the part of one which truly ‘knows’ what the best path of action is. Its knowing is direct, because of its link with all parts of this reality through the Universal electromagnetic field. Even though the intuitions of the heart are unexplainable via logic, its knowledge is unquestionable. Kunzite can awaken the heart and encourage it to communicate more intimately with the mind. If one is willing to listen and follow the quiet urgings of the heart, one’s life and world will benefit greatly.

Kunzite’s energy is an almost perfect match with the lab-created stone Pink Lazurine. Using these stones together will amplify the effects of both. Kunzite also has a special connection with Hiddenite, both of which are forms of the mineral Spodumene. Other stones which harmonize with Kunzite include Moldavite, Morganite, Rose Quartz, Ajoite, Emerald and Pink Tourmaline. Stones such as Iolite and Lapis Lazuli can make the mind centers more open and receptive to its energies. Phenacite, Azeztulite, Scolecite and Natrolite help open the doors to the spiritual realms with which Kunzite resonates.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The beautiful energy of Kunzite teaches us the value of joy and celebration. Joy is the ability to open your heart and truly receive the Love of the Divine Source, whatever form this Love may take at any given time. Sometimes the Love of the Divine will appear as a gift in physical form. At other times is will come as a deep and certain knowing in your heart that you are never alone and always loved. The Love of the Divine manifests in every moment and in every thing, for this is the energy underlying all of creation. Resistance to it is the basis for every disease, imbalance or problem known to humanity. If one can simply open to receive Divine Love consciously and fully, complete healing on all levels can be realized.

Receiving the Love of the Creator is the first and last experience of life. When we are born, we come into the world in a state of complete receptivity. As we grow and experience the knocks and bruises of life, we begin to set blocks of resistance one by one, in an energetic wall around the heart and mind. This resistance to life is also a resistance to the Divine’s energy and Love and can only lead to belief in separation, isolation and scarcity.

Kunzite’s energy gently helps one release the blocks one has set around the heart and allows one to once again move into a state of complete and joyful receptivity. It encourages one to approach life like a child approaches a beloved parent—with joy, excitement and de-light. Each experience can be received with the innocent joy of a child receiving a gift. Each experience can be approached with the optimism and excitement of a childhood adventure.

Once this level of receptivity is reached, the Love and gifts of the Divine flow through one’s heart and one’s life in infinite abundance. The energy of joy becomes the fabric of one’s daily experience, and what seemed to be problems or issues become gifts and opportunities.

Kunzite is a powerful healer of the emotional body, particularly for those who have closed themselves off from the full experience of life to protect themselves emotionally. Kunzite’s frequency encourages one to release fear and move into life with joy and exuberance.

SPIRITUAL   Kunzite connects one to the energy of Divine Love underlying all of creation.

EMOTIONAL   Kunzite assists one in releasing resistance to life, and aids one in becoming receptive to experience love and energy.

PHYSICAL   Kunzite is an excellent support for healing any physical blockage or obstruction. It eases stress and supports the parasympathetic nervous system.

AFFIRMATION   I open to receive Divine Love, and I listen to its silent voice in my heart.

KAURILITE

KEY WORDS      Link with Nature, longevity, purification, self-healing, love, wisdom, majesty, patience, humor, access to Akashic records, especially Lemuria

ELEMENTS Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Kaurilite is not actually a stone. Like Amber, it is a petrified tree resin. In the case of Kaurilite, the resin is formed only from ancient Kauri trees native to New Zealand. This substance is considered to be copal (non-fossilized) rather than Amber (fossilized), and it exhibits different physical traits. For example, when one rubs a piece of Kaurilite briskly, it will exude a fragrant aroma that is slightly piney, but also somewhat floral. Crumbled bits of Kaurilite can be burned as incense and are believed to purify one’s environment.

The Kauri trees that excrete Kaurilite resin have been in existence for over 150 million years, going far back into the dinosaur age. Their extraordinary vitality and longevity make them among the most ancient still-living tree species. They once covered vast tracts of New Zealand, but nineteenth-century logging of Kauri trees for ship masts and timber decimated them almost to extinction. They are now protected in New Zealand.

The petrified resin was called kapia by the native Maoris, and ‘Kauri gum’ by the European colonizers. The Maoris used it for torches, fire-starting and chewing gum. Europeans discovered that it made an excellent varnish when combined with linseed oil. Consequently, a Kauri-gum industry that lasted for several decades caused most of this resource to be extracted. Today, Kaurilite is found in much smaller amounts, sometimes washing up on riverbanks or beaches. The resin produced by living Kauri trees must cure for thousands of years before it is transformed into true Kaurilite.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Kaurilite carries a tremendous amount of Life Force, bringing an infusion of prana into one’s auric field and Liquid Crystal Body Matrix. This may be because Kaurilite comes from hardy and long-lived trees whose lifestream spans many millions of years. The Kauri Being is strongly present in Kaurilite, and is naturally friendly to humans. Love is simply in the nature of the Kauri Being, as are wisdom, majesty, patience and humor. When one aligns with Kaurilite, one resonates with all of these qualities.

Kaurilite can work metaphysically to enhance one’s physical, mental and emotional vitality. It is a good material for all types of self-healing practices, lending energetic support to the immune system as well as one’s blood and lymph systems. Kauri trees produce natural ant-microbial substances, which may have something to do with Kaurilite’s spiritual capacity to help on overcomg microbial invasions and other types of illness. Kaurilite is itself a liquid-crystal substance, which perhaps accounts for its strong healing resonance with our own liquid-crystal cells and tissues.

Kaurilite is a purifying substance. Crumbled pieces can be burned like incense to clear an area, purify one’s aura, or energetically cleanse crystals and stones. Carrying or wearing Kaurilite can renew one’s energy field and bring a wholesome sense of well-being. Kauris are among the best of all trees for absorbing and transmuting carbon dioxide and replenishing the air we breathe. Kaurilite embodies this quality of purification for spiritual applications of all types.

Kaurilite works spiritually as an enhancer of longevity, and exposure to this substance links one with the qualities of the trees themselves, including their long-lived nature. (There are currently living Kauris at least 1,200 years old, and some of the eldest Kauris have lived over 2,000 years.)

Kaurilite offers a direct connection with the consciousness of Nature. It aids one in communicating with Nature spirits and devic beings. In meditation, it can stimulate access to wide areas of the akashic records,–especially those linked to ancient Lemuria. Kaurilite helps one to inwardly hear the voice of Wisdom and converse with the Soul of Nature.

Kaurilite resonates energetically with Amber, Copal and Je, as well as Sauralite Azeztulite, Red Fire Azeztulite, Vortexite, Vitalite, Empowerite and Revelation Stone. It works synergistically with Healerite, Sugilite and Seraphinite for spiritual self-healing. For emotional well-being, it can be combined with Azumar, Lithium Light, Lilac Lepidolite and Larimar. For purification, Kaurilite works well with Jet, Black Tourmaline, Amazez and Auralite 23.

SPIRITUAL   Kaurilite emanates love, wisdom, majesty, patience and humor. It renews one’s energy field and stimulates one’s connection with Nature spirits. It can facilitate access to the akashic records, especially to ancient Lemuria.

EMOTIONAL   Kaurilite supports good humor and a sense of well-being.

PHYSICAL   Kaurilite vibrates to a wide spectrum of self-healing applications. It supports the blood, lymph and immune systems, and can spiritually aid in overcoming illness and infection. It supports enhanced vitality and longevity.

AFFIRMATION   I call upon the spirit of the Kauri Being to aid me in purification, self-healing and longevity, as well as expansive awareness, well-being, and conscious communication with Nature.

KYANITE

KEY WORDS      Inner bridges, psychic ability, connecting with Nature, past-life recall, telepathy, empathy

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Third Eye (6th), Heart (7th)

Kyanite is an aluminum silicate mineral with an unusual hardness quality. Measured along the crystal axes, the hardness is 4.5. Measured across the axes, the hardness is 6 to 7. Its crystal system is triclinic. It forms elongated, flat, bladelike crystals. The most popular colors for metaphysical use are blue, indigo, green and black, but Kyanite can also be white, pink, yellow or gray. It occurs in Brazil, South Africa, Switzerland, Burma, Kenya Mexico and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Blue Kyanites have a high vibration and create very rapid transfers of energy. They open the psychic channels and activate the mind centers, accentuating one’s mental capacities and enhancing one’s ability to ‘download’ information from higher sources. They can make telepathic communication between individuals easier, especially if both parties are using them. If one chooses to sleep with Blue Kyanite, the process of lucid dreaming will be greatly stimulated.

Blue Kyanite can link the physical, astral and causal bodies, catalyzing full consciousness in waking, dreaming and dreamless sleep. One must work at this, but it is well worth it when the goal is achieved.

Blue Kyanites can be combined with Green Kyanite to bring their energies into resonance with the heart center. Using both stones together, one can channel the high-frequency vibrations into self-healing and other beneficial pursuits. Green Kyanite can also keep Blue Kyanite’s psychic openings centered in the heart, protecting the self from using enhanced psychic abilities as an excuse for an ‘ego trip.’

Green Kyanites can create a bridge between one-self and the dynamic balance of Nature. In natural systems, such as ecosystems or living bodies, there is a tendency towards finding a stable equilibrium. Nature compensates and readjusts to changing conditions as its stream of life flows through time. Green Kyanite helps one to feel the ever-moving perfect flowing balance of the Tao, the life force of the Universe.

Green Kyanite helps one connect with the truth of the heart. It can aid one in discerning truth in one’s environment, whether one is listening to the TV news or to a friend or family member. If someone is or is not speaking from their heart, one will know it. It is not necessarily a ‘lie detector’, but it is a sincerity detector. Having this stone around also helps one live from the heart’s truth. This is very rewarding, because being in the heart’s truth means one is not looking outward for answers.

Green Kyanite can also open the portals to inner domains. First and most easily one can enter the realm of the Nature spirits and devas. With a bit more experience and willingness to let go, one can reach the causal plane, where the archetypes exist and where the great patterns of events are shaped before they manifest in our world. Working from being centered in the heart, one can go many places with Green Kyanite. Even astral travel to other planets is possible. Green Kyanite can powerfully enhance dream life, and can facilitate getting into the lucid dream state. For this, it should be placed in the pillowcase or taped to the third eye. Moldavite can be added to enhance these effects.

Black Kyanite can clear blocked energies in any chakra and can replenish the meridian system. It is both grounding and energizing, increasing one’s vibrational frequencies without taking one out of the body. It is useful in energetic healing, because it clears imbalances and brings forth an unhindered flow throughout one’s various systems.

Black Kyanite can take one back to past lives and forward to probable futures. It teaches one to experience interdimensional consciousness without losing one’s connection to Earth.

Black Kyanite combines synergistically with Nuummite. Both are powerful, dynamic stones that help one plumb the depths of the subconscious world and to return to this world with fresh insights. Black Kyanite works well in combination with Black Tourmaline, Ajoite, Azeztulite and Tibetan Tektite.

Indigo Kyanite emanates energies that move deeply into the mind centers, stimulating the pineal gland and activating latent psychic abilities. One can use these stones to enter the state of lucid dreaming, wearing one to bed or placing it in the pillowcase. Astral travel while in the lucid state is also greatly aided by the energy of Indigo Kyanite.

When one needs penetrating vision to see the truth in a situation, or when confusion and uncertainty must be dispelled, Indigo Kyanite can help. This stone also inspires loyalty and fair treatment of one’s fellow humans. It can help one work through disagreements and disputes and can aid in repairing damaged relationships. It can help one reconnect with one’s dreams and treasured aspirations, giving one the clear vision necessary to make them real.

The recently discovered Orange Kyanite crystals are capable of facilitating the transformation of high etheric energies into the liquid crystal of our DNA, aiding us in producing physical evolutionary changes within a single lifetime. This can be something as simple as healing or as earthshaking as Light Body awakening. The catalytic potential of these stones is awesome. They are among the most powerful aids for manifestation, allowing one to bring one’s inner visions into outer form. This can be true within one’s body as well as in one’s day-to-day life.

There are only a few stones that work well for activating the awesome power of the second chakra, seat of our sexual and creative energies. Orange Kyanite is one of those stones. It stimulates the second chakra, and can clear it of negative energies and/or attachments. This can be of great help if one is working to clear old wounds and blockages on that area, from this life or from past lives. Meditating with one of these stones can help one attune to the incidents in which one’s creative power was interfered with through sexual manipulation or wounding. Seeing the dysfunctional pattern, one can more readily dissolve and release it. When one’s physical, emotional, astral and etheric bodies are cleared at the second chakra, one’s capacity to create can truly blossom. This clearing can also open one sexually in a healthy way, and allows one to explore and enjoy one’s sexuality in joyful and creative ways.

Orange Kyanite also stimulates the first and third chakras, bringing an enhancement of Life Force and a strengthening of one’s ability to use the will creatively. Meditation is fundamentally the training of attention. When one can hold one’s attention on something without being derailed by outer distractions or inner wandering, the secrets of whatever one is contemplating will eventually reveal themselves. The empowerment and unification of the first three chakras is essential to this process, and the ability to use one’s will to hold and expand the attention comes out of that empowerment. This is potentially one of Orange Kyanite’s greatest gifts, because it allows us to enter into cocreation with the Soul of the World. She is always ready to meet us in the creative dance, but we are not equipped to join her until our attention is under our own command.

All Kyanite varieties harmonize well with one another, and it is highly recommended to use them in combination. They can magnify each other’s effects, calling forth more of the best of what each stone has to offer.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Kyanite is a stone of connection, of building bridges of Light between disparate aspects of experience. It can bridge energetic blocks in the aura and emotional blocks between people and can help restructure mental energies and habits that keep one from moving to higher levels of learning. Kyanite’s powerful energy creates pathways of energy where before there were none.

Kyanite can assist in negotiations, diplomatic missions, arbitration and other forms of communication between disharmonious people. It acts as an energetic bridge, allowing disparate energies to gently move into resonance and find a common frequency. It can help one find a way to bridge different beliefs and ideas. It can assist one in finding a way to incorporate all aspects of self into a harmonious whole. Kyanite allows one to forge one’s own unique path by bringing together one’s various interests, skills and knowledge. This aids in seeing one’s unique mosaic of gifts and how they can be used for one’s Soul path on Earth.

Kyanite initiates psychic ability, promotes communication with higher beings, and can be used to open the third eye during meditation or healing sessions. Its structure and vibration make it an ideal transmitter of energy from one being to another. It can be used to enhance telepathy between two persons and to transmit energy from healing facilitator to client.

Kyanite is one of the most prominent allies to be used for Crystal Resonance Therapy™ and other forms of crystal-based healing. It can clear a person’s energetic field and create a protective shield that will provide a safe space in which to do psychic or healing work. Kyanite’s frequency mandates one to act upon intuitive guidance, building strong bridges between our inner and outer selves. It can help one cut through cloudy thoughts, indecision or hesitancy so that forward movement can be made in one’s life.

SPIRITUAL   Kyanite stimulates the third eye and psychic abilities. It bridges blockages in the energetic and physical bodies and helps protect the auric field from intrusion. It can facilitate telepathy and the transfer of energy from person to person.

EMOTIONAL   Habitual emotional patterns can create blockages in the energetic field which act as skips in a record—the same inner dialog and emotional content play themselves endlessly. Kyanite can aid in bridging those patterns, helping to quickly create new pathways of energy flow and bringing immediate shifts in one’s perception of the world.

PHYSICAL   Kyanite can help bridge the energy gaps caused by bone breakage, surgery and other intrusive trauma, assisting nerves and tissues to reestablish pathways through and around the trauma site. It is ideal for working to heal the brain from the effects of head trauma, seizure or stroke. It can aid in creating new neural pathways around damaged areas.

AFFIRMATION   I cross the inner bridges which lead to my growth, opening to the etheric realms, the world of Nature, and the land of the heart.

LABRADORITE

KEY WORDS      Magic, protection

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      All

Labradorite is a plagioclase feldspar, a sodium calcium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. Its crystal structure is triclinic, usually in complex aggregates. Its name is derived from the Labrador peninsula in Canada, where the stone was first found in 1770. It is treasured for its remarkable play of color (labradorescence), which shows vivid flashes of green, blue, gold, orange, red and sometimes violet. Labradorite is found in Canada, Madagascar, Mexico, Russia and the United States. In the 1940s Labradorites were discovered in Finland that exhibited the entire color spectrum, and these were named Spectrolite. Larvikite is a silvery gray Labradorite from Scandinavia. Another close cousin of Labradorite is Nuummite, a gemstone native to Greenland. It exhibits similar colors to Labradorite and Spectrolite, but in a different crystal pattern. (These stones each have separate entries in this book.)

The Red Paint people of Maine were familiar with Labradorite and used it over one thousand years ago. When Moravian missionaries in Canada discovered the material in 1770, they named it for the area. After its discoveries in Russia and Norway, the gem became popular in Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

ROBE RT SIMMONS   Labradorite is the gemstone of magic, and it awakens in those who carry or wear it the awareness of one’s innate magical powers. The term ‘magic’ refers to the mental and intuitive abilities which include but are not limited to clairvoyance, telepathy, astral travel, prophecy, psychic reading, access to Akashic records, past-life recall, communication with higher guides and spirits, and coincidence control. ‘Coincidence control’ is the practice of increasing the observed degree of synchronicity and serendipity in one’s life. Labradorite is a stone ideally suited to facilitating the enhancement of these abilities. It is an interdimensional stone, emanating an energy which helps one to consciously pierce the veil between our waking world and the many domains and planes of inner awareness. It is a gemstone of adventure, for it offers one the chance to embark upon a multitude of voyages of self discovery. It is said that a tyrant wants power over others and a true magician desires power only over himself or herself. In wearing or working with Labradorite, one disconnects from any tendencies to attempt to control others, while one bonds deeply with the knowledge that self-mastery is the path of true fulfillment.

Wearing Labradorite as a pendant can center one in constant awareness of the multiple layers of reality. In rings, Labradorite can enhance the sending and receiving of the impulses of all varieties of magic. In earrings it can especially enhance one’s ‘hearing’ the messages of one’s spirit guides. Placed on the third eye in meditation, Labradorite can facilitate visionary experiences of the future, the past, and the many inner domains of time and timelessness.

Labradorite harmonizes with most other Feldspars, including Moonstone, Sunstone, Spectrolite and Golden Labradorite. Moonstone brings in emotional balance and the vibration of the Divine Feminine. Sunstone and Golden Labradorite assist in opening the lower chakras during magical practices and in manifestation through magic. Spectrolite works with one’s ‘Rainbow Body’ to enhance awareness of the higher realms.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Labradorite is a powerful Wind element stone used for magic and divination. It activates the inner eye, allowing one to more clearly envision the past, future and distant places. Despite its dark outer appearance, it holds a rainbow of brilliant hues visible only when the stone is held in the light. This effect mirrors the energy of this ally, which enables one to move through the unseen realms while purifying one’s energies in the Light.

Labradorite is a stone of strength and the unity behind apparent duality. It can help one see and understand that apparent polarities are, in fact, a single continuum of energy that expresses itself in extremes. It assists one in recognizing the interconnectedness of all apparent duality and the unity of creation that underlies paradox.

Labradorite acts as an ally for those who desire to enter the void to gain information and knowledge of the unseen aspects of life. For shamans, magicians and other ‘sorcerers’ it is a protective and powerful stone that aids in recalling experiences one has had in other realms, other times and other lives. It can assist one in moving into alternate levels of consciousness and vibration, helping one to consciously ‘move between the worlds.’

Labradorite creates a force field throughout the aura, protecting and strengthening the energies within and preventing others from ‘tapping in’ to your personal energy and draining you. It can be used to make certain that all the elemental forces are empowered and in proper proportions within one’s energy system. Labradorite is an important aid when one works with elemental allies, as it assists one in invoking these powerful natural energies.

The subtle workings of our inner selves and higher guides are often termed ‘magic’ in our culture. The wonderful synchronicities and opportunities that arise when we are in harmony with all our aspects create a sense of mystery and wonder and build a resonance between our mundane and spiritual aspects, enabling our total energy to work in harmony with our Divine purpose. When we are in line with our Divine purpose, our destiny unfolds before us.

Labradorite energy aids one in penetrating the veils of the Void, where all knowledge and possibility are held. The Void is the place of all potential and is the source of all creation. Labradorite aids the Light worker in accessing this place of potential, and bringing into this realm the creations which are for the highest good of all beings.

SPIRITUAL   Labradorite assists one in moving between realities and connecting with unseen realms. It enhances psychic abilities and increases one’s capacity to visualize and perceive with the inner eye. Labradorite is particularly useful for magical and ritual work and acts as psychic protection for those who travel and serve on other levels of reality.

EMOTIONAL   Labradorite can aid in uncovering unconscious and subconscious belief patterns that generate unpleasant emotional states. It can help one to become clearly aware of the source beliefs, self-talk and egoic influence on one’s habitual emotional states.

PHYSICAL   Labradorite can help reveal the nature of ‘mystery illnesses.’ It can show the patterns that have created disease and can amplify one’s healing thoughts and prayers

AFFIRMATION   I call forth the magic of higher awareness.

LAPIS LAZULI

KEY WORDS      Inner vision, truthful communication, royal virtues

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Throat (5th)

Lapis Lazuli is a sodium aluminum silicate with sulfur, chlorine and hydroxyl, and variable inclusions of Pyrite and White Calcite. Its hardness is 5 to 6 and its crystal system is isometric, mostly aggregate. The ancient Greeks and Romans called the stone sapphirus, until the term Lapis Lazuli began to be used in the Middle Ages. In Latin, the name means ‘blue stone,’ and this came from the ancient Persian word lazhuward, which meant ‘blue.’ The finest Lapis Lazuli comes from the West Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan. Other deposits of generally lower quality are in Chile and Russia.

The ancient Egyptians used Lapis in scarabs, beads, pendants and other jewelry as far back as 3100 B.C. In that civilization, it was also ground into powder for use as a medicine and as a cosmetic for eye shadow. The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamen is richly inlaid with Lapis, as were the burial ornaments of other Egyptian kings and queens. Lapis was also a stone of royalty in ancient Sumer and was treasured in China at least 2,500 years ago. During the European Renaissance, Lapis was widely used for carving art objects, and Catherine the Great decorated a room in her palace with Lapis walls, fireplaces, doors and mirror frames.

Buddhist beliefs recommended Lapis Lazuli as a stone to bring inner peace and freedom from negative thoughts. In Europe Lapis was also thought to cure various illnesses and to be an antidote for snakebite.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Lapis was used to entomb and decorate the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt. As a stone of royalty and spirituality, it was unsurpassed. It still carries the vibration of the inner ‘king’ or ‘queen’ that lies buried in each of us. For those who wish to awaken that aspect of the self, Lapis is a steadfast aid in the deep inner journey. To know oneself deeply is to resurrect one’s inner Divine nature. Therefore Lapis actually is the stone of royalty in its truest nature, and its path of self-knowledge is the means of uncovering that truth.

Lapis activates the psychic centers at the third eye, allowing one to develop enhanced intuition and access to spiritual guidance. It is a stone of visionary awareness, bringing new information to the mind in images rather than words. It enhances intellectual ability, making one a better learner and teacher. It is a stone of truth and a stimulating influence to the throat chakra—therefore it assists one in both discerning and speaking the truth in all situations. Lapis is a stone of initiation as well—gifting a friend with Lapis jewelry can be a catalyst for a mystical journey to higher awareness. Lapis is often particularly attractive to individuals with past-life connections to ancient Egypt, and meditating with the stone can assist them in recovering memories of those past lives, aiding evolution in the current incarnation.

Lapis Lazuli works exceedingly well with Moldavite, facilitating transformation to one’s highest purpose. Alexandrite and Oregon Opal can assist Lapis in opening one to past-life memories. Lapis Lazuli also harmonizes with Turquoise, Rhodochrosite, Sugilite, Chrysoprase, Pietersite, Rhodonite and Larimar.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Lapis Lazuli is one of the best known minerals for activating the higher mind and psychic abilities. It is a powerful Wind element stone that works predominantly on the third eye, with secondary effects depending upon other mineral inclusions. Pyrite inclusions assist in acting upon one’s highest ideals and one’s visions. Calcite inclusions assist in clearing the energy systems of the body to accommodate higher spiritual energies.

Lapis Lazuli has traditionally been used to assist one in connecting with the Gods and invoking Divine inspiration. It is the stone of the spiritual seeker and student, stimulating one’s desire for knowledge and understanding. It can help one learn more effectively and is excellent for enhancing memory.

Lapis Lazuli is also one of the best known stones for use in alternate- and past-life exploration. It helps one gain access to the Akashic records so one can receive information on one’s own lifetimes or those of another person (with permission, of course!). It acts as a special link to one’s lifetimes in civilizations that prized and used Lapis Lazuli—including Atlantis, ancient Egypt, Peru, Sumeria and India, among others. It can help one regain lost esoteric knowledge from these civilizations, including information on the star-origins of humanity.

Above all, Lapis Lazuli is a stone of self-knowledge and reflection. It helps one move out of the mundane mind and into an expanded awareness of one’s motivations and beliefs. This knowledge of self gives one clearer perspective on one’s life and creations. It enables one to identify one’s gifts and abilities, as well as one’s limitations and opportunities for growth. Lapis Lazuli offers one the opportunity for a life review before death, allowing one to integrate one’s experiences so one can move to a higher level of awareness.

SPIRITUAL Lapis Lazuli awakens the third eye and enhances one’s ability to visualize and receive visual guidance or information. It enhances meditative journeys and facilitates past- and alternate-life viewing. It is a stone for clairvoyance and precognition.

EMOTIONAL   Lapis Lazuli helps one move one’s consciousness beyond the mundane and allows one to identify habits, patterns and lessons one may have difficulty perceiving consciously, and which may be blocking one from making spiritual progress.

PHYSICAL   Lapis Lazuli helps one identify the karmic roots of disease. It can be particularly helpful in identifying habitual thought patterns and emotions sabotaging one’s healing.

AFFIRMATION   I claim the sovereignty and power of my highest self, and I align myself with my highest truth.

LARIMAR

KEY WORDS      Calming, cooling, soothing to the emotional body, enhanced communication, feminine power, connection with goddess energies

ELEMENT      Water, Fire

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th)

Larimar is a form of blue Pectolite, a sodium calcium silicate mineral with a hardness of 4.5 to 5. It occurs as aggregates of needle-like crystals, grown together in a solid mass, characterized by dramatic patterns of blue, blue-green and white. It forms in cavities within basaltic lava. Some Larimar also contains vivid red-brown Hematite inclusions. Larimar comes only from the island of Hispaniola, in the Caribbean Sea.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Larimar is a stone of tremendous benefit to the throat chakra, providing the power of clear communication and the emotional strength and stability that enable one to speak from the heart. Larimar is a stone of feminine power, bringing in the goddess energies and allowing one to access the Divine Feminine within. It supports a state of confident well being and relaxed knowledge of one’s capacities.

Relaxation is one of the benefits of Larimar. It soothes the emotional body, releasing undesirable attachments and relieving stress. Wearing the stone, one feels surrounded in an oasis of calm, always aware of the fundamental ‘all-rightness’ of the world, regardless of transient circumstances. Larimar can cool hot tempers and guide excess passion into peace. It can be used to diminish the frequency and intensity of hot flashes and is a useful antidote when one’s kundalini energies have become uncomfortably active.

As a stone which connects one to the Goddess energies of Sea and Sky, Larimar helps women who wear or use it to awaken to the Divine Feminine within. It emanates vivaciousness and good humor, accompanied by confidence and a sense of one’s innate power. It helps women call upon the goddess within, in order to fully manifest their highest purpose in life.

In meditation, Larimar can help one see and release oneself from unhealthy inner bonds to other people, or to principles which do not serve one’s highest good. It opens the pathway to the ‘divine stair of ascension,’ upon which one leaves behind any obsolete past commitments.

Placing Larimar stones in one’s home or work environment will assure a pleasant and serene atmosphere. Using the stone on the throat chakra, in a pendant or in a laying-on-of-stones treatment, will help to unleash the voice of one’s deepest wisdom. Singers are also encouraged to try Larimar, as a talisman for enhancing and protecting the voice.

Larimar combines well with Aquamarine, Ajoite, Turquoise, Andean Blue Opal, Aqua Lemuria, and Chrysocolla. It has a special affinity for Lemurian Seed Crystals, which can be used with Larimar and Aqua Lemuria for journeying back to the history of that civilization. Larimar can soften the high energies of Moldavite and Tibetan Tektite. It can uplift the energies of Cuprite, Ruby, Zincite and other lower-chakra stones. With Phenacite, Brookite or Natrolite, one can use Larimar to ‘float up’ to the higher dimensions.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Larimar is one of the cardinal Water element stones, yet it is born from volcanic activity. It acts as a balancer of Water and Fire energy in both the physical and emotional bodies, being one of the few stones that can embody these polarities of energy. It is a powerful stone of balance, healing, nurturance and moving beyond egoic experience.

Larimar’s energy is cooling and soothing. It helps calm excessive fear and diffuse explosive anger. Larimar’s frequencies relieve stress and its physical and energetic effects. It helps to release the energetic ‘knots’ that stress can cause in the aura and can be used effectively to reduce muscle tension, spasm and adhesions. Its energy acts upon inflammation, infection, fever and other symptoms of excessive Fire element energy. It soothes and cools both the physical and energetic bodies, facilitating healing and a return to balance. It can be useful in treating hives, rashes, eczema, psoriasis and other skin disorders that are aggravated by stress.

Larimar is a powerful throat-chakra stone. It assists one in effectively communicating one’s emotions and one’s boundaries in a way others can hear and accept. Larimar teaches one to respect, love and nurture oneself, so one can have the inner resources to give these gifts to others. Because of this, it is a powerfully beneficial stone for healers and caretakers.

Larimar is an important stone at this time, as humanity moves from ego-centered culture to a new consciousness and awareness. Larimar can help those who continually complain that things are not as they should be to become present and learn to love what is. It assists those in a constant state of resentment to release egoic judgment and learn to accept the Divine in the moment.

Larimar can help to break down emotional dams one has built around one’s heart, allowing for the cleansing of pain, fear, anger, stress and other emotional energies that no longer serve. It facilitates emotional release during healing work and encourages the clearing of deep emotional patterns. It is excellent to use during rebirthing or other modalities where emotional fixations created during infancy, birth and pre-birth are being addressed.

Larimar is a wonderful stone for mothers during and after pregnancy. It can alleviate post-partum depression and relax the stress associated with new parenthood. Larimar aids both men and women in connecting with their feminine, intuitive and receptive natures.

SPIRITUAL   Larimar teaches the value of self-nurturance and self-respect. It facilitates balance between the active and receptive aspects of oneself. Larimar encourages communication and the expression of emotional energy.

EMOTIONAL   Larimar is a powerful emotional cleanser and healer. It is especially useful for those with phobias, panic attacks, stress-related imbalances, and excessive anger or fear. It can help one release judgment and egoic interpretation of what is.

PHYSICAL   Larimar is a valuable tool during pregnancy, birth and post-partum. It helps relieve high blood pressure and stress-related illnesses. Larimar can alleviate symptoms of excessive Fire element energy such as infection, fever and inflammation. It is an excellent stone to use during colds and flu to help regulate mucus production, sore throat and fever.

AFFIRMATION   I am cool, calm and serene, yet fully in touch with my feminine power, and I clearly communicate my wisdom and my desires.

LAZULITE

KEY WORDS      Psychic abilities, mental focus and discipline, enhancing transcendent brain function

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th)

Lazulite is a magnesium iron aluminum phosphate with a hardness of 5 to 6. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It is found in massive, compact or granular habits, though the most prized specimens are clusters of pseudo-pyramidal crystals. The color ranges from rich azure to pale blue, and sometimes greenish blue. Lazulite occurs in Brazil, India, Madagascar, Austria, Sweden and the USA. Some very fine crystal clusters have been found in the Yukon, Canada. Lazulite was a highly valued healing stone, according to the readings of Edgar Cayce.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Lazulite is perhaps the purest representative of the Indigo Ray and is therefore highly stimulating to the third-eye chakra. It can be used to activate all the psychic abilities, including clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, psychometry, mediumship, prophetic vision, channeling, remote viewing, telepathy, psychokinesis and other forms of Esp. It is ideal for those who have already had some psychic experiences and wish to enhance their abilities. It can also be an aid to beginners who wish to initiate their latent capacities. Meditation with Lazulite placed upon the third eye is the most important practice for assimilating the energies offered by this stone. Also, dreaming with Lazulite in the pillowcase can bring about spontaneous experiences of astral travel. In these episodes, one is reminded that the ‘silver cord’ of energetic linkage to the body assures that one can always find one’s way back, so there is never a need for anxiety.

Lazulite also works to bring about greater focus and self-discipline in one’s mental pursuits. It is an excellent stone for students, especially during ‘crunch times’ such as preparation for examinations or completion of term papers. It can assist professionals with heavy work loads who need to be able to work long hours without becoming overly fatigued or distracted. In a slightly different vein, it can be a stone of inspirational insight to researchers, philosophers, psychologists and even poets who are exploring uncharted or new frontiers of thought. Lazulite’s emphasis on focus can provide an energy which allows one to pull together disparate concepts or data to form a new synthesis.

Lazulite emanates a vibration which is consonant with peak brain functioning, and as such it offers energies which tend to influence the brain’s energy field towards hemispheric balance and exceptional coherence. It is a good stone to carry or wear to keep the ‘cob-webs of age’ at bay. It can support one in preserving and increasing memory and is an aid to those who must memorize large numbers of facts, names or other information. Through its balancing influence, it can trigger associative links in the right hemisphere which will assist the more linear thinking of the left hemisphere. Perhaps most importantly, Lazulite seems to stimulate the prefrontal lobes of the brain in ways that are mysterious yet discernible. It is said that the paranormal abilities have their seat in the prefrontal cortex. It may be that the activation of psychic abilities catalyzed by Lazulite is the prelude to even more profound awakenings.

Lazulite harmonizes with Iolite, Lapis Lazuli, the lab-grown Siberian Blue Quartz, Sodalite and Azurite. Phenacite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Danburite, Herderite, Brookite and Azeztulite assist in its stimulation of the higher brain capacities.

NAISHA AHSIAN Lazulite is a stone of the unconscious and the subconscious levels of the mind. It is an excellent stone to use for dream work and to achieve deep meditative states. Its powerful Wind element energy allows one to enter the deepest levels of the mind and to bring light to the darkest recesses of that level of self.

Lazulite is adept at revealing thought patterns. Thoughts are not so much created as they are tuned in to, like radio frequencies, depending upon the habitual level of consciousness one maintains. One attract thoughts from the collective unconscious which vibrate with this habitual energy. These thoughts are experienced as they pass through the conscious mind, then creating one’s experience of reality. If one changes one’s habitual level of vibration, one changes the thoughts one attracts and the reality one creates. Lazulite aids one in becoming aware of the vibration of one’s thoughts and can be a vital ally in shifting this vibration to more positive frequencies. It is excellent for changing one’s thoughts and beliefs through the use of affirmations, subliminal audio, or hemispheric brain synchronization programs.

Lazulite is a powerful dream stone. It can help one remain conscious in the dream state (lucid dreaming), and to retain memory of the information gained in that state. It helps one access the unconscious level of the mind—the well of experience and information which is inaccessible to us in the waking state. Within this level of vibration, one can access the reservoir of knowledge, guidance, inspiration and creativity of the holographic mind.

Lazulite aids one in accessing and exploring past-life memories held in the unconscious and subconscious levels of the mind. It is excellent to use in regression, allowing one to access the experience of other lives, plus the skills, knowledge and information gained in them.

Lazulite stimulates the third eye’s intuitive and psychic senses and can be used to facilitate astral travel and remote viewing.

SPIRITUAL   Lazulite is a ideal for attuning one’s mind to resonate at higher frequencies. It can assist one in tuning-in to other levels of reality, including other dimensions. It enhances dream recall and is excellent for lucid-dream work. Lazulite amplifies the energy of affirmations and can enhance the effects of subliminal or hemispheric synchronization audio programs.

EMOTIONAL   Lazulite’s ability to facilitate alternate-life exploration can assist one in identifying and releasing emotional patterns from other lifetimes.

PHYSICAL   Lazulite is an excellent stone for headaches and migraines. It can also assist with recovering reduced vision due to long hours looking at television or computer screens.

AFFIRMATION   I claim my innate capacities for psychic abilities, and commit myself to the work of discovering the transcendent functions of my fully awakened self.

LEMURIAN AQUATINE CALCITE

KEY WORDS      Dream awareness, emotional healing, access to world memory, communication with whales and dolphins

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRA Heart (4th)

Lemurian Aquatine Calcite is a calcium-carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3. Calcites are among the most varied and abundant crystals, and they occur in a wide spectrum of forms and colors. The crystal system of calcite is trigonal (hexagonal, scalenohedral). The predominant structure of the crystals is rhombohedral, but specimens can appear as scalenohedrons, rhombohedrons, prisms, masses, stalactites, etc.

Lemurian Aquatine Calcite is a deep blue-green calcite from a remote region of Argentina. It forms in masses, sometimes with stripes indicating layering. This kind of calcite is more workable than many other varieties, and can be made into beads, spheres and cabochons for jewelry.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Lemurian Aquatine Calcite gets its name from its affinity to the element of water, and to the water-oriented civilization of Lemuria. Whether a physical or etheric place, Lemuria was a realm of the watery qualities—intuition, dreaming, feeling and visionary consciousness. The Lemurian way of being was empathic, with a consciousness very much overlapping that of the spiritual realms.

Lemurian Aquatine Calcite deeply nourishes the emotional body. It is a strong antidote to stress, fear, worry and anxiety about the future. It soothes and replenishes the etheric body. It enhances dream life and facilitates lucid dreaming. It is ideal for opening up one’s capacity for recalling past lives and ancient knowledge, and tuning in to the morphic fields of the Earth’s past.

It is appropriate to speak of the currents of Lemurian Aquatine Calcite in terms such as ‘waves’ and ‘washing through,’ since it is utterly a stone of the Water element. It led me in meditation to the threshold of dream consciousness, where images played before my inner eyes. The depth of its calming qualities brought me to the edge of sleep but allowed me to stay there without falling asleep. This is of great value to those who wish to explore the domains of the level of consciousness between the inner and outer worlds. The dream threshold is a rich area, full of images and laden with patterns that display multi-layered meanings and significance.

Our unconscious—our vast reservoir of self—is this water, which touches our inner shore at the edge of sleep. If we can remain consciously aware at the border of this ocean, its many creatures and images come forth to meet us. Thus Lemurian Aquatine Calcite opens us to the world of the waking dream, a state of great receptivity. Here we are able to allow whatever is within us to unfold without attempting to direct it or even understand it intellectually. The waveform of the dreaming self is a flowing form, and we learn to let ourselves flow like water through the domain of dreams.

Dolphins and whales are sometimes said to be Lemurians who evolved into oceanic creatures. I prefer to say that the souls of Lemurians may have reincarnated into these highly intelligent ‘people of the sea.’ I do sense that those who wish to attune to communication frequencies of whales and dolphins can be aided by working with Lemurian Aquatine Calcite. Many people who spend time with dolphins say that these beings use telepathy as one mode of communication. Those who work meditatively with Lemurian Aquatine Calcite may find that their own capabilities in these areas are strengthened, and that encounters with dolphins, whales and people too will be characterized by an instant empathic—and even telepathic—rapport.

Lemurian Aquatine Calcite resonates with the heart, throat, third eye and crown chakras, as well as the etheric chakras above the head. It increases conscious sensitivity through one’s energy field, enabling one to ‘feel’ stimuli beyond the confines of the physical body. It helps increase awareness of spirit guides and angelic guardians, and allows for easier communication.

In spiritual self-healing, Lemurian Aquatine Calcite supports the heart and the parasympathetic nervous system. It is ideal for helping release stress and recover from illnesses brought on by stress. It supports neurological balance and can be used energetically for decreasing the frequency of epileptic seizures by better integrating the etheric body with the nervous system.

Lemurian Aquatine Calcite is a stone for enhancing the depth of empathy through its calming of the emotional and mental bodies. If we simply begin with that intention, the state we enter through resonance with this lovely and comforting stone engenders a natural entrance into empathy. From there we can explore the depths of both Self and Other.

Lemurian Aquatine Calcite resonates well with Azumar, Aqua Lemuria, Lemurian Seed Crystals, Lemurian Jade, Merkabite Calcite, White Azeztulite, Rosophia, Satyaloka Rose Azeztulite and Pink Azeztulite (Rhodazez). Its visionary traits are enhanced by Phenacite, and Herderite can amplify the increased sensitivity of consciousness beyond the body.

SPIRITUAL   Lemurian Aquatine Calcite soothes and opens one’s consciousness, facilitating access to many inner domains, including the Akashic Records, the many realms of dream awareness, and empathic communication with cetaceans. It can link one with the consciousness of Lemuria.

EMOTIONAL   Lemurian Aquatine Calcite is deeply calming and soothing, and is a natural healing influence for the emotional body. It initiates experiences of serenity and euphoria.

PHYSICAL   Lemurian Aquatine Calcite supports the heart and the nervous system. Its calming vibrations can help one in recovering from stress-related illnesses and imbalances.

AFFIRMATION   I allow myself to enter the deep sweetness of the inner ocean of consciousness, flowing gently among currents of ancient memory, present empathy and eternal love.

LEMURIAN LIGHT CRYSTAL

KEY WORDS      Inner Light, visionary experiences, activation of brain capacities, enhanced crystalline coherence, links to Lemuria

ELEMENTS Wind, Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Mouth of God, the whole brain

Lemurian Light Crystal is the name given to a group of high-quality quartz crystal points from Colombia. They are a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. Like Lemurian Seed Crystals, these crystals display pronounced ladder-like horizontal markings on the sides of the crystal body. The surfaces of Lemurian Light Crystals are unusually bright and shiny, and many of the individual points are water-clear.

ROBERT SIMMONS   When I first held a pair of Lemurian Light Crystals, I experienced a definite flow of pleasurable currents, primarily in the head. They were not confined to the third eye and/or the crown chakra; instead, they emitted cool, clear energies that flowed wherever in the skull the crystals were pointed.

My intuition was to allow myself to touch the skull everywhere, especially on the forehead and the temples, moving the crystals around with the tips lightly touching the skin. This created a deep, contemplative mood, in which I began to feel the qualities of the stones ‘pulling me forward,’ drawing what I sensed as dormant capacities of the brain into conscious awareness. The felt sense of this experience was one of profound peace, and pleasure in the brain. The inner message from the stones is that their purpose with us involves expanding our brain function and consciousness, and showing us that increased consciousness equals increased pleasure—i.e., the brain and the self feel good when more of the cells are illuminated or ‘turned on.’ Being turned on can mean being filled with Light, and these crystals do precipitate the experience of pleasurable Inner Light, woven into the waves of peace and inner silence engendered by the stones.

As one experiences more and more of one’s skull slowly filling with the silence/light/peace of these crystals, one may feel drawn to place one of them at the ‘Mouth of God’ point in the back of the skull, at the top of the spine. This allows the currents to manifest most powerfully, and they seem to radiate in a kind of Light-web, like circuits or subtle wires connecting all the parts of the brain. There will frequently be a wave of pleasure as this occurs. At this point, adding another crystal at the third eye can create a clear and powerful circuit between the two stones. This circuit initiates the weaving of new consciousness into one’s brain.

As one works with Lemurian Light Crystals, one may experience visions. Among the visions I received were impressions of scenes from a past civilization that I assumed was Lemurian. The people in the scenes I saw were very powerful and dynamic, different from the soft, dreamy Lemurians I had envisioned before. I seemed to be shown that the beings revealed through these crystals were from the ‘capital island’ of ancient Lemuria, and they were the elite of their kind. They appeared to be utilizing crystals like the ones I was holding, as aids to focusing consciousness for practices such as healing and clairvoyance, and in other activities I could not understand. I believe these stones may carry memories of some of these lost capacities, and can teach those who are willing to work with them to recall and embody them.

Lemurian Light Crystals are deeply soothing and quieting to one’s consciousness, even as they awaken the Inner Light. They can help one enter quickly and deeply into meditative states, releasing stress and opening the mind to receive inner guidance and inspiration. Further, they can help one to become more coherent, in the sense of stimulating the organization of one’s Liquid Crystal Body Matrix. Increased crystalline coherence in the body seems to enhance one’s capacities for all sorts of expanded awareness.

In spiritual self-healing, Lemurian Light Crystals can be used to support the brain and central nervous system. They may be useful in working with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia.

Lemurian Light Crystals work well with Moldavite, Azeztulite of all varieties, Rosophia, Natrolite, Danburite and Agni Gold Danburite. Combining it with Mystic Merlinite or Black Merlinite, one can experience deeper integration of one’s consciousness, joining one’s Light and shadow sides; with Phenacite, one’s capacity for visionary experiences is much enhanced; with Lemurian Seed crystals, one can experience the fullest possible resonance of one’s true whole self on all levels. When these last are combined, I recommend using a Lemurian Light Crystal at the third eye or at the ‘Mouth of God’ energy point, and a Lemurian Seed Crystal at the heart.

Lemurian Light Crystals can be super-activated through the Azozeo process. They also resonate very well with other stones that have been activated through this process.

SPIRITUAL   Lemurian Light Crystals stimulate visionary experience and expansion of consciousness. They initiate pleasurable experiences of inner Light.

EMOTIONAL   Lemurian Light Crystals elevate one’s awareness above the usual interplay of positive and negative emotions, allowing one to experience expanded consciousness as pure pleasure.

PHYSICAL   Lemurian Light Crystals offer energetic support to the brain and central nervous system, and may aid in overcoming brain dysfunctions.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to the gift of Inner Light, and I embrace with enthusiasm the pleasure of expanded consciousness.

LEMURIAN SEED CRYSTALS

KEY WORDS      Connection with the Divine Feminine, unification with the soul, access to knowledge and wisdom of ancient Lemuria

ELEMENT      Earth, Wind

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Soul Star (8th)

Lemurian Seed Crystals are a special variety of clear Quartz, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. They come from the Diamantina region of Brazil, a locality famous for its long, tapered ‘laser wand’ crystals. The Lemurian Seeds are different in structure, displaying ladder-like grooves crossing the bodies of the crystals and very clear interiors. On many of these crystals, there is a reddish pink tinge caused by a light, transparent coating of iron oxide.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The name given to these lovely specimens tells one much about their energies. Lemuria is the named of a fabled ancient civilization believed to have sunk beneath the Pacific Ocean many thousands of years ago. The volcanos of Hawaii and other Polynesian islands are thought by some to be the tops of the ancient Lemurian mountains.

Lemuria is remembered as a civilization with a different kind of consciousness—much more centered upon the emotional and spiritual dimensions than is our mentally based modern world. This deeper connection with the emotional/spiritual domains correlates with the idea of the Garden of Eden, a paradisiacal place or state of being in which one felt in touch with the Divine and at one with our fellow beings, from the blades of grass to the animals to our human family. There is a sense of innocence and an almost instinctual level of awareness that characterize our impressions of both Eden and Lemuria. Some would say that Lemuria was the basis for the stories of the Garden of Eden.

A catastrophe, occurring on both inner and outer levels, befell the Lemurian people and their level of consciousness, and humanity ‘fell from grace.’ The Atlantean world is seen as one in which the attempt was made to ascend once more to the level of the Divine, this time using the powers of mind and invention. What Atlantean awareness lacked was the heart connection with Spirit and the deep emotional centering it evoked. Though psychic and paranormal abilities in Atlantis were strong, without the inner knowing of the heart’s truth, the Atlanteans are said to have brought about their own doom.

Our time and culture offer us a unique choice. Although we, like the Atlanteans, tend to rely too heavily upon the mind and technology, there are many who have learned to connect with and trust the intuitive, emotional knowings of our souls and Spirit. To reach the next rung on evolution’s ladder and to save ourselves from yet another catastrophic ‘fall,’ we must learn to fully experience and integrate both the emotional/intuitive and the rational/mental aspects of ourselves and reach with all our intensity for the connection with Spirit.

Lemurian Seed Crystals are just what their name implies—they are coded, programmed with the Lemurian consciousness vibrations. When one works with them in meditation, self-healing practices, or other modalities, the crystals can infuse one with the pure emotional/intuitive/spiritual awareness of the Lemurians. With these stones, there can be wonderful experiences of heart opening and the healing of the emotional body. One may feel the elation of the ‘return to paradise,’ the reconnection with soul, the sense of becoming more whole. There may be a feeling of increased sensuality, a delicious appreciation of physical and emotional life. One may discover that one’s ‘true self’ has emerged at last, and that the Divine Presence is an almost tangible substance, especially when one is out in the world of Nature. This is the gift of the Lemurian Seeds—the ‘return to the Garden.’

Of course, one is meant to do more than take a permanent vacation from life as one has known it. The Lemurian Seeds can help one attain once again that balancing, nurturing, loving, spiritual and sensuous consciousness that has been long lost by much of humanity, but one ought not to abandon the rational, mental world when one does so. One must integrate both types of consciousness together and transcend both Lemuria and Atlantis.

Still, the response to these crystals is often so emotional and so laden with love that one feels them as a balm to the soul. Lemurian Seeds can benefit just about everyone. Most people need the heart opening and emotional/spiritual healing they offer. And even if one doesn’t ‘need’ healing, the feeling they offer is simply delicious, which is reason enough. Healers can use these crystals to bring such experiences to their clients.

Lemurian Seed Crystals emanate a decidedly yin, or feminine, energy. They harmonize wonderfully with stones such as Gem Silica, Larimar, Celestite, Azeztulite, Satyaloka Quartz, Petalite, Morganite, Rose Quartz and Kunzite. Moldavite can catalyze their activation to the highest spiritual level. To bring in the counterbalance of the more Atlantean energies, I suggest Herkimer Diamonds, Siberian Blue Quartz or any stone cut into the forms of the Platonic Solids and/or the Merkabah.

As a last word, the Lemurian Seeds that are also Dow Crystals offer the added traits of enhancing one’s abilities in channeling and telepathy. They can aid in the activation of the transpersonal chakras above the head, and they are tools which can ultimately assist in bringing about the Christ consciousness in oneself, and in our world.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Lemurian Seed Crystals are a variety of Quartz that embodies the soft, loving energies of the angelic and cosmic realms. In fact, the ladder-like striations present on all Lemurian Seed Crystals act as a ‘stairway to heaven,’ carrying one up increasingly higher frequencies to bridge the Earth plane and the higher astral and spiritual realms.

These stones are powerful meditation tools which assist one in connecting with the feminine archetypal energies of the Goddess, the Great Mother and other representations of the sacred feminine. Despite this embodiment of the female polarity, these stones are powerful balancers of duality and assist one in finding the point of harmony within, which goes beyond polarity and joins one with the Divine energy of the Creator.

Lemurian Seed Crystals help one rise above the perceived isolation, loneliness and separation of the Earth plane, to join in union with the celestial realms from which we have come. They bring a soothing balm to the soul, a sense of coming home that can make the Earth-walk a bit easier. This ally reminds us that we are never alone, for we continue to exist in perfect union with the Divine and one another on the higher planes of existence.

Lemurian Seed Crystals allow one to access expanded states of consciousness easily and comfortably and enable one to receive guidance from one’s Higher Self, one’s Soul-level energy, and one’s highest guides. It is definitely a stone to employ when one wishes to access the protection and council of the Seraphim and the highest angelic entities. It opens the crown and Soul Star chakras, assisting one in opening to the energy of the soul.

SPIRITUAL   Lemurian Seed Crystals rapidly expand one’s consciousness by allowing travel through the crown and Soul Star chakras into the highest frequencies of Light one can hope to incorporate while still in body. They are ‘teaching stones,’ in that they allow one to attune to one’s highest guides and to receive information from these beings.

EMOTIONAL   Lemurian Seed Crystals help counter feelings of separation from the Divine. They aid one in feeling more connected to one’s own soul-level emanations and more at one with others and oneself. They are excellent stones for children who have difficulty being in the body and need to be reminded of their celestial origins.

PHYSICAL   Lemurian Seed Crystals are wonderful supports for healing work and can be used as gateways for communion with healing guides. Like other Quartz crystals, they will tend to amplify the energies of other stones with which they are combined.

AFFIRMATION   I reconnect with my own soul and the Divine Feminine, and I call forth knowledge, wisdom and power from the ancient realm of Lemuria.

LEPIDOCROCITE

KEY WORDS      Emotional healing, release of self-destructive patterns, love and empathy, soul retrieval, creative inspiration and communication

ELEMENT      Fire, Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Lepidocrocite is an iron hydroxide mineral with a hardness of 5. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. It most commonly occurs in fibrous or massive habits, but it can sometimes form as flattened, platy crystals. Its color is reddish brown to deep red. Lepidocrocite has the unusual property of becoming strongly magnetic when heated. It forms as a secondary mineral with Goethite, and some texts classify it as a rare form of Goethite. In Madagascar, Quartz crystals have been discovered that have ‘phantom’ inclusions of Lepidocrocite near the terminations. It also sometimes occurs as inclusions in Amethyst crystals.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Lepidocrocite is a stone of energetic alignment, bringing into proper relationship and harmony all aspects of one’s astral, subtle and etheric bodies and the chakra system of the body. It can help to heal ‘holes’ in the auric field which have been caused by drug or alcohol abuse or by negative attachments and entities. It strengthens one’s natural shield of psychic protection, surrounding one with an ‘egg’ of gold-white Light which is permeable only by those energies and beings in accord with one’s highest good.

Lepidocrocite is beneficial to the emotional body, helping one tap into sources of Divine Love which can assist in healing one’s old wounds. It aids in processing grief and relieving depression. It can assist in recovering and releasing subconscious memories of abuse, which can free tremendous amounts of energy for one’s conscious use. Lepidocrocite can help one bring one’s ‘inner child’ into conscious relationship with one’s current ‘self,’ allowing one to retrieve soul fragments which have been left behind at traumatic moments in one’s life.

In regard to soul retrieval work, Lepidocrocite is potentially of great help to those who assist others in this vital healing activity. It increases one’s empathic connection with people, allowing one to ‘see’ more clearly the wounded places in others and to move appropriately to help them reclaim their lost parts. It can assist both the client and the facilitator in recognizing the power animal or spirit guide who has come to help. It can also make it easier for those new to working with spirit guides to feel the connection and interact with the guide.

Lepidocrocite facilitates various types of communication—verbal, empathic, telepathic, emotional, mathematical, musical and artistic. It is helpful to speakers and teachers for getting one’s message through to each member of the class or group. It enhances the sending and receiving of the kinds of telepathy that come from eye contact and body language. It helps actors and musicians feel, comprehend and resonate with the energies of the audience. It can aid therapists in reaching the level of trust wherein a client truly opens up. It can help workers in science and mathematics receive inspiration and translate their insights into forms others can comprehend. It can even help poets find the right words to illuminate their ideas.

Lepidocrocite carries the love vibration, and it can open one’s heart chakra. It is excellent for helping romantic partners communicate deeply with one another.

For enhancement of love energies, Lepidocrocite can be combined with Rose Quartz, Kunzite, Morganite and/or Rhodochrosite. For communication, adding Ajoite, Larimar or Aquamarine can be helpful. For psychic attunement, Siberian Blue Quartz, Lapis and Iolite can deepen the connection.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Lepidocrocite is a wonderful ally for balancing the Fire and Water elements. It can assist one in moving out of states of deep emotions preventing one from moving forward. It can aid one in stopping to ‘smell the roses’ when one is too action-oriented and busy. It teaches of balance between movement and stillness, inward reflection and outward action. Lepidocrocite’s energy stimulates the heart and the will, assisting one in finding one’s deepest wounds, then releasing them with joy and gratitude for the lessons they have taught.

Lepidocrocite can assist those who have manifested disease as self-punishment for perceived mistakes in the past. It helps one reconcile one’s heart with one’s deeds, ensuring that one always acts in a balanced and loving way. It can help one surrender to belief in the Divine’s power to balance all experience and can prevent one from becoming obsessed with the concept of ‘justice’ in this world. It aids one in releasing identification with the victim polarity and gently encourages one to playfully explore the process of creating one’s life.

This ally can help balance those who feel the need to be overbearing or controlling of others. By gently releasing fear, it enables one to open to the future without the need to control outcomes. It can help one move into a state of allowing, instead of struggling in a state of trying. Its frequency helps one move into awareness of the heart’s intelligence, instead of continuing with constant intellectual analysis of one’s life and experiences.

SPIRITUAL   Lepidocrocite opens the heart and allows one’s will to become subservient to one’s Love. It encourages right action and a balanced approach to all aspects of life. Its activation of the high heart center enables one to align one’s personal will with Divine will.

EMOTIONAL   Lepidocrocite is a powerful emotional balancer and healer. It aids one in self-acceptance and self-love and encourages one to approach others with an attitude of honesty and heart-centered power. It is a wonderful stone to use when hormonal shifts create wildly fluctuating emotional states, or where depression is worsened by hormonal cycles. It can help bullies, martyrs and manipulators face their fears and accept themselves lovingly, thus healing the destructive patterns that are negative manifestations of self-loathing.

PHYSICAL   Lepidocrocite strengthens the blood and assists the heart and lungs in properly oxygenating the cells. It is excellent for balancing the endocrine system and lessening radical hormonal shifts. It helps stabilize reproductive health and encourages fertility in both sexes.

AFFIRMATION   Through compassion, I heal myself and others; through love, I see the hand of the Divine moving throughout the world.

LEPIDOLITE

KEY WORDS      Emotional healing and balance, purification, serenity, relaxation, stress relief

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      All, especially Heart (4th) and Third Eye (6th)

Lepidolite is a potassium lithium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 2.5 to 3. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It crystallizes in cleavable masses, scaly aggregates and in tabular hexagonal crystals. Lepidolite often occurs in association with other lithium-bearing minerals, such as Tourmaline or Spodumene. Color is most often pink, purplish or lavender, although Lepidolite can also be grayish, white or even colorless. Good deposits of Lepidolite have been found in Africa, Brazil, Greenland and the USA. In the United States, the best Lepidolite localities are Auburn, Maine, and San Diego County, California. One of the newest and most preferred types of Lepidolite for metaphysical use is Lilac Lepidolite from Africa.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Lepidolite is most effective in calming frayed nerves, helping one to release stress and worry, and setting one on the path of willing acceptance. It is at its best when life is at its most challenging—when one is faced with angry people, financial woes, loss of job or relationship, or the need to make major changes in a short time span. Lepidolite not only brings calm to stormy emotional seas, it also provides an energy of enlightened awareness that keeps one ‘on the beam’ so one can handle the situation in the highest way, preserving one’s integrity and well-being.

Lepidolite is a stone of serenity, and this trait extends in many directions. It encourages one to respond to hostility without putting up defenses, to find the path of harmonious action and to see problems as opportunities to learn. It enhances physical grace and can be of great help to self-conscious dancers. It lends effortless eloquence to one’s speech and teaches one to listen to others with compassionate, patient attention. It encourages the eyes to see beauty, even in tarnished surroundings. If one is depressed, it allows for the willing descent into the grief beneath the depression, and the understanding that most of the suffering was not in the grief, but in one’s resistance to feeling it.

One can take a ‘Lepidolite bath,’ placing one or more stones in a warm tub, lighting a candle and allowing the soft energies of the stone to permeate one’s energy field. This is one of the most effective ways to receive Lepidolite’s calming influence.

Lepidolite is also a stone of spiritual purification, and meditation with it can clear blocked energies in any of the chakras and throughout the meridian system. It can dispel negative thoughts and remove negative emotional attachments such as resentment and envy.

Lepidolite harmonizes with other lithium-bearing minerals, such as Tourmaline, Kunzite, Petalite and Amblygonite. Its property of purification can be enhanced by Amethyst. Its higher spiritual energies can be augmented by Phenacite, Azeztulite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Elestial Calcite and Merkabite Calcite. Its property of serenity can be further activated by Lemurian Seed Crystals and Aqua Lemuria. Combined with Alexandrite, it can take one on healing journeys into past lives.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Lepidolite is a high-lithium stone and is very useful in balancing one’s emotional body and calming the mind. It activates the heart chakra, releasing an expansive, loving energy through the auric field. Lepidolite is deeply relaxing and is one of the most powerful stones for countering stress, worry, fear, grief and other traumatic emotional frequency.

Lepidolite is the cardinal ‘stop and smell the roses’ stone. It ends the ‘what ifs’ of the egoic mind and replaces them with a Zen-like quality of consciousness that simply experiences and appreciates present-moment reality. It brings an energetic sigh of relief to the aura, allowing one to let go of concerns—relax, release and enjoy the gifts of life and consciousness.

Lepidolite assists one in perceiving and releasing past emotional trauma which one may still be unconsciously holding. It prevents one from using such a trauma as a badge of courage or a secret source of pride. It helps one disengage one’s sense of identity from the experiences one has had in the past, and instead encourages one to identify solely with the presence of the Creator and the present moment. It can help those who continually attract crises in their lives to recognize their role in those creations and stop identifying themselves as victims.

Lepidolite is helpful in balancing emotional extremes. It allows one to find a strong, stable emotional center, so the minor upsets and turbulence of life will not push one into emotional tail-spins. It is very useful for hyperactivity and attention deficit. It is excellent for children, particularly those with sensitive emotional natures. Lepidolite can be helpful in preventing nightmares and in releasing fear of the unknown or one’s concerns about the future. Lepidolite offers support to those with depressive tendencies or who experience extreme worry. It can help slow down one’s thoughts, assisting one to live in the moment.

SPIRITUAL   Lepidolite encourages release of identification with the ego and acceptance of the present moment as a dwelling place for the soul.

EMOTIONAL   Lepidolite assists one in finding a strong emotional center, unaffected by the dramas and events of one’s external experience. It helps balance the emotions and prevents extreme emotional shifts. It is an excellent stone for those with excessive worry or fear.

PHYSICAL Lepidolite is an excellent support stone for many types of mental and emotional imbalances. It can energetically curb hyperactivity and/or attention deficit disorder. It is an excellent stone for sleep disorders, including insomnia due to stress or worry, or nightmares.

AFFIRMATION   I move through all of life’s joys and sorrows, triumphs and traumas, with serenity and grace.

LIBYAN GOLD TEKTITE

KEY WORDS      Confidence, mental acuity, psychic protection, access to Akashic records, manifestation, realization of personal potential

ELEMENT      Fire, Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Solar Plexus (3rd) and Sexual/Creative (2nd)

Libyan Gold Tektite is a glassy yellow material with a hardness of 5 to 6. Its crystal system is amorphous. It is found in the Sahara desert in Libya and Egypt. It is also known by the name Libyan Desert Glass. It is similar in composition to Moldavite and other Tektites, although the color is different. Scientists are unsure of the origins of this material, and some doubt that it can be classified as a Tektite, although it is found in the same areas in which meteorites have been discovered. These stones have been prized for making carvings and jewelry for many centuries. In ancient Egypt, the funerary necklace of King Tutankhamen had as its centerpiece a large carved scarab made from a piece of Libyan Gold Tektite. As with all such ceremonial pieces, this necklace was believed to be imbued with supernatural powers, which it conveyed to the wearer, even after death.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Libyan Gold Tektites carry remarkable energies for enhancing the strength of one’s will, one’s ability to create, and one’s power of manifestation. Like other stones such as Moldavite and Tibetan Tektite, they carry extraordinary energies, perhaps due to the tremendous forces involved in their formation in meteor crash explosions. Whatever the reason for their intensity, it is not surprising that a Libyan Gold Tektite was used as the centerpiece in the necklace of an ancient Egyptian king—these stones emanate the kind of mystic power associated with the god-kings of old, and they can facilitate the awakening of the inner King or Queen in oneself as well.

Those who work with the retrieval of ancient knowledge may find Libyan Gold Tektites to be powerful access keys to the Akashic records. These stones can aid those wishing to recover the ties of the early Egyptian civilizations to the influence of extraterrestrial entities. They can link one with the energies of Isis and Osiris, the mythic figures said to have given humankind the remarkable evolutionary boost which gave rise to civilization. The energies of the Sirius star system also seem to be connected with these stones. Those wishing to make interdimensional journeys there, and to other high vibrational realms, can use these stones to get on the proper ‘beam.’

Meditation and personal ritual performed with the Libyan Gold Tektite will be strongly enhanced, particularly if one’s goal is to actualize some outcome in the material world. If one feels within the self the call to be more than one has been up to now, the feeling that one has yet to realize one’s full potential, working with these stones is highly recommended. Combining them with Moldavite is ideal for the achievement of self-transformation to one’s highest calling. Adding Tibetan Tektite to the Libyan Gold Tektite will greatly speed the process of manifestation of one’s goals. Using all three together can facilitate the most rapid transformation possible, under the guidance of one’s higher Will.

Another specialized application of Libyan Gold Tektite is to combine it with Yellow Sapphire, for the manifestation of prosperity. Both stones combine the pure Gold Ray of manifestation, and Yellow Sapphire has long been regarded in the Hindu tradition as a stone of financial abundance. If one is working toward such outcomes, adding a Phenacite to the mix is another way of strengthening the bringing-into-form of the visualized goal.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Libyan Gold Tektite is a powerful Fire element stone with Storm element overtones. It strongly stimulates all of the systems of the body but is particularly helpful in aiding digestion, metabolism and the endocrine system. Libyan Gold Tektite activates all chakras, bringing the Golden Ray of illumination into the energy field. It is especially helpful for those with sluggish second and third chakras. It can aid one in standing one’s ground or stating one’s mind when clear boundaries are called for. It stimulates the mind and assists with gaining deep insight into the origins and resolution of situations in one’s life.

Libyan Gold Tektite can help shy persons come out of their shells. It can assist one in overcoming fear of social situations, feelings of inadequacy, or antisocial behavior. It stimulates the active aspect of the energy field, bringing a vitalizing frequency into the emotional body. It stimulates feelings of happiness, curiosity, willingness and playfulness. It is an excellent stone for those who take themselves, or life, too seriously. This ally can be of assistance in learning situations, as it helps to stimulate and sharpen one’s mental abilities.

Libyan Gold Tektite is excellent for strengthening the solar-plexus chakra and preventing psychic ‘backwash’ from being drawn into this area. It is protective for kinesthetic individuals who tend to operate on ‘gut instinct.’ It can be used by healers to prevent the crossover of imbalance from the client’s energy field to their own. For those who feel sick to their stomachs in confrontational situations, Libyan Gold Tektite can help by strengthening one’s energy field, preventing others from invading the solar plexus and stealing one’s will energy.

SPIRITUAL   Libyan Gold Tektite, because it carries the strong energizing frequencies of its meteoric birth, activates one’s creative energies. It is a powerful teacher of boundaries, the right use of power and surrender to Divine Will.

EMOTIONAL   Libyan Gold Tektite can help overly shy or reclusive individuals to be more outgoing and social. It helps one cultivate a more playful and creative approach to life.

PHYSICAL   Libyan Gold Tektite is a spiritual healer of stomach and digestive issues, including ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, nausea, excessive stomach acid and improper absorption of nutrients in the bowels, especially if these symptoms are created or aggravated by stress.

AFFIRMATION   I claim my rightful personal power, drawing on my recalled knowledge and wisdom gained through many lives, and I use it to manifest the highest good.

LILAC LEPIDOLITE

KEY WORDS      Soothing the emotional body, relieving stress, enhancing meditation, peace, serenity, love, Divine connection

ELEMENT      Storm, Water

CHAKRAS      All, especially Heart (4th) and Crown (7th)

Lilac Lepidolite, like other Lepidolite varieties, is a potassium lithium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 2.5 to 3. It crystallizes as a cleavable mass and its color is a rich lavender, with translucence in some pieces. This variety of Lepidolite has been found only in Zimbabwe, Africa. It is one of the newest Lepidolite discoveries, and one of the most popular for metaphysical use.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Lilac Lepidolite blends the Pink Ray of the Heart with the Violet Flame of Purification and spiritual awakening. It activates one’s conscious connection to the Higher Self and assists one in maintaining that link. Wearing or carrying Lilac Lepidolite can facilitate development of one’s awareness of the Divine Presence and can help one to become a conscious cocreator with that Presence.

The reader is invited to imagine for a moment one’s own body, standing in a column of violet Light, at the top of which is an expanded, perfected replica of one’s body image. This is a diagram of the Vertical Column of consciousness, also called the Divine Presence. Lilac Lepidolite can be used to activate the channel of Violet Light and open one’s mind to awareness of the Divine Presence. When one is in this state of consciousness, one feels quite literally that the everyday self and the Higher Self are working in tandem, acting together in a dynamic harmony to orchestrate the flow of life. When this occurs, the number of positive synchronicities in one’s life goes up dramatically. It is like having ‘good luck’ or being blessed, except that the good fortune flows from one’s own intention. This is a state to which many of us are evolving. Lilac Lepidolite is a tool for activating and accelerating this process.

Lilac Lepidolite enhances feelings of peace, serenity and love, making it ideal for releasing stress, calming frayed nerves, and simply letting go. It is recommended for those wishing to recover from grief or depression and for individuals wishing to enhance their sense of well-being. Anyone undergoing a difficult time, such as an illness, marital breakup, career shift or other personal challenge, may find Lilac Lepidolite to be a talisman of inner peace and a conduit to joy.

Lilac Lepidolite harmonizes very well with Pink Lazurine, Azeztulite, Morganite, Tourmaline, Gel Lithium Silica, Amblygonite, Lithium Quartz, Smithsonite and Seraphinite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The deeply relaxing energies of Lepidolite take a wonderful turn in this Lilac-colored variety. Its vibration is immediately soothing, facilitating the release of stress, tension and worries. Its energy is like a deep, warm bath for the aura—cleansing away the psychic and energetic debris of the day and balancing the emotional body.

In addition to its stress-reducing qualities, Lilac Lepidolite is a heart-healing stone. Its soothing, supportive energies are excellent for those who are grieving after a loss, or for those who have experienced some other type of intense emotional trauma. Lilac Lepidolite is particularly good at soothing and supporting the emotional bodies of children and pets.

Lilac Lepidolite helps quiet the mind for meditation and centers those who are energetically scattered. It aids in reaching a meditative state akin to the level between waking and dreaming. It opens the heart while it encourages understanding one’s emotional experiences.

This stone assists the body in releasing stress and tension. It is excellent to use for inflammation or inflammatory disease. It is soothing for arthritis and joint pain. It is recommended for children who have difficulty sleeping or for those with excessive nightmares.

SPIRITUAL   Lilac Lepidolite activates one’s link to the Divine Presence, the perfected pattern of the spiritual self. Think of it as oneself in angelic form. As the link is strengthened and made conscious, one can begin to ‘write the script’ for the inner and outer events of one’s life.

EMOTIONAL   Lilac Lepidolite aids in releasing stress and embracing serenity and love. It supports the spiritualization of one’s emotions, where drama is replaced by acceptance and joy.

PHYSICAL   As it dispels stress and nervous tension, Lilac Lepidolite assists the organs and systems of the body to move into their most harmonious and effective modes of functioning. It is an excellent stone for those recovering from heart attack or nervous breakdowns.

AFFIRMATION   I am attuned to my Divine Presence and am filled with peace, love and joy.

LITHIUM LIGHT

KEY WORDS      Serenity, peace, comfort and relaxation within the process of spiritual unfoldment, Light Body activation, conscious link with the Divine

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      All

Lithium Light is the name given to a stone composed of lepidolite, quartz and iron silicate. It was discovered in the Colorado Rocky Mountains in 2008. It ranges in color from whitish-gray to yellow and/or pink. It is composed of countless microcrystals that sparkle brightly in the light. The lepidolite component of this material contains significant amounts of lithium, which is the derivation of the stone’s name.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Many of us feel a special affection for the family of lithium-containing minerals, including lepidolite, tourmaline, sugilite, petalite, amblygonite and others. All of them have enjoyable currents that soothe the psyche as well as the body while gently elevating one’s consciousness. From my experience, Lithium Light is the most powerful of these. Its currents begin softly, building in intensity until one feels wrapped in a field of spiritual Light, in a deeply comforting and relaxing glow. Lithium Light is ideal for those who are undergoing a period of spiritual transformation, because its presence builds a vibrational field of safety, pleasure, comfort, joy and healing relaxation. This is what is needed in times of inner gestation, in which the soul is metamorphosing into a new form.

Speaking of metamorphosis, a number of people who work with crystals and stones are engaged in creating or activating the Body of Light. The Light Body can only fully manifest as a stable form when it can integrate with a purified and fully receptive physical body. This is the goal—the merging of body, soul and spirit—that most mystical traditions hold for humanity. Our task, in large part, is to clear the physical body of negative attachments and impurities while calling in the spiritual Light that will, when the preparations have come to fruition, pour into the body, creating the Body of Light. This process can be greatly facilitated by the influence of Lithium Light, which aids in bodily and energetic purification, while holding one’s energy field within its field of Light.

Lithium Light is an excellent stone to carry or wear throughout the day. Its emanations engender a sense of calm serenity, in which one is far less vulnerable to negative influences in one’s environment. This stone allows one to awaken one’s higher awareness—the inner perspective that can accept conditions, whatever they are, without being brought down by them. This awareness brings the mind and heart into close accord, allowing one to see, understand and act from a place of wisdom.

Lithium Light is a stone of higher consciousness. This gentleness can make the expansion of awareness it provides feel so natural that it almost goes unnoticed. Yet, if one looks back, one realizes that one has traveled far along the path of Light while working with this stone. In meditation, Lithium Light can lead to states of ecstatic rapture and visions of the Divine realms. It can even initiate states of recognition of one’s true Divine self.

In spiritual self-healing, Lithium Light is recommended for mood stabilization, calming nervousness and releasing stress. It is beneficial to the heart and nervous system. It can aid in calming digestive issues brought on by stress or anxiety. Practitioners of massage or other healing modalities are advised to wear or carry Lithium Light to enhance a state of calm helpfulness and empathy with the client. It can also be helpful to have the recipient of the treatment hold a pair of these stones during the session, to aid in relaxation and receptivity.

One of the most enjoyable ways to immerse oneself in the currents of Lithium Light is to literally bathe with it. These stones’ currents are easily conducted by water (especially salt water), and through the water, via our opened pores, the energies of the stones make their way into our Liquid Crystal Body Matrix. This is a delectable experience that can waft one upward into the heights of bliss. It is an excellent antidote to stress, and a great way to reconnect with the loving emanations of the Divine realms.

Lithium Light stones harmonize easily with all of the lithium-based stones mentioned above. In addition, they work synergistically with Sauralite Azeztulite and Honey and Cream Azeztulite, both of which emphasize the sweetness and serenity of connection with the higher realms of Light. Other high-vibration stones such as Phenacite, Herderite and Clear Apophyllite make excellent combinations with Lithium Light.

SPIRITUAL   Lithium Light provides comfort and relaxation in the process of spiritual transformation. It stimulates Light Body activation, ecstatic rapture and visions of the Divine realms.

EMOTIONAL   Lithium Light emanates currents of calm serenity, aiding in mood stabilization and stress release. It can sometimes bring a state of euphoria.

PHYSICAL   Lithium Light facilitates self-healing through relief of stress and comfortable expansion of awareness. It supports the digestive system.

AFFIRMATION   I am safe, calm, serene and happy as I move smoothly along the path of my spiritual evolution.

LITHIUM QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Inner peace, awakening to the Higher Self, release from negative attachments, aura healing, harmonizing relationships, freedom from stress

ELEMENT      Storm, Water

CHAKRAS      All

Lithium Quartz is a member of the Quartz family, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. It occurs as prismatic Quartz crystals with inclusions of lavender or pinkish gray material. The included material is lithium-bearing, which explains the derivation of the name. The only known location for this rare material is a very remote area of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Upon first touching or holding a Lithium Quartz crystal, one may feel gentle yet powerful energies moving through one’s body. The heart chakra will open, followed by a wave of pleasant euphoria. In the next moment, the third eye is stimulated and one may feel rhythmic pulsations of positive energy flowing into all the mind centers. These crystals are surprisingly strong, given the usually gentle energies of other Lithium minerals. Perhaps their inclusion in Brazilian Quartz crystals has amplified the vibrations. In any case, they can be used to safely activate any of the chakras. They will enhance the depth of meditation as well as the quality of the inner visions received. The vibration of these stones is one of profound healing, emotional peace, release from tension, and awakening of the Higher Self.

Surrender is one of the keys to self-liberation, and Lithium Quartz crystals seem to facilitate the state of energetic activation and emotional openness necessary for a profound release from the attachments that bind the self. This makes it an ideal meditation stone. Also, wearing Lithium Quartz will bring the user into a more continuous state of connection to his or her own higher mind and heart.

Healers will love working with these stones, especially the larger crystals. They will bring the client into an easy state of relaxation, without any sluggishness in the energy body. Lithium Quartz crystals facilitate the release of negative attachments of all types and will reinforce the flow of positive energy in all areas. These crystals are also useful in body layouts. Their most natural connections are at the heart chakra, third eye, and the hands, but they will benefit all the energy centers. Some healers may want to attach quantities of these crystals to the underside of treatment tables. This will keep both the client’s and facilitator’s energy fields pure and free from negative energies and can also engender a wonderfully harmonious connection between them.

Lithium Quartz crystals can benefit all those seeking harmony in their various relationships—from friends and family to spouses and lovers. In fact, one might experiment with a small crystal under each partner’s pillow, for enhancement of both intimacy and passion.

Lithium Quartz in the bath can allow for a wonderfully peaceful and relaxing experience. ‘Planting’ these crystals in gardens or potted plants will provide positive stimulation of growth and an invitation for the participation of the devas and Nature spirits. These beings will be naturally attracted to the sweet and strong energies of the Lithium Quartz.

Lithium Quartz works in harmony with almost all stones and is particularly good with Ajoite, Petalite, Kunzite, Celestite, Moldavite, Sugilite, Amblygonite, Hiddenite, and other Lithium minerals. In addition, Ruby will add intensity and a connection to the lower chakras. Danburite, Phenacite, Azeztulite, Natrolite, Scolecite or Satyaloka Quartz will bring a stronger connection to the transpersonal chakras and dimensions above and beyond the body.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Lithium-included Quartz is a heart-healing stone, which works by alleviating stress, calming frayed nerves, and allowing one to relax. This naturally opens one to approach the world from a more balanced heart space. This stone is excellent for children to use at the end of their day in order to become calm and centered before dreamtime. It assists adults with peaceful sleep, too. When the stress or worries of the day will not allow one to relax and sleep, Lithium Quartz can assist one in moving into a sweet, heart-centered and stress-free space. In meditative practice, Lithium Quartz allows one to open and balance the heart while accessing higher states of consciousness. After utilizing the stone’s initial soothing energy to calm and center, one can then move one’s consciousness into the stone itself, to retrieve or receive the information within it. These stones can assist one in accessing alternate-life issues where those issues are directly related to current emotional lessons in this lifetime.

Lithium Quartz is also useful in helping one release attachment to a desired outcome. There is a saying that “God’s greatest gift is an unanswered prayer.” Sometimes, that which we truly desire and believe to be our highest good does not manifest. At these times, opening oneself to the will of the Divine by surrendering control and effort is the only path to ensure personal balance. Surrender does not mean giving up—it means giving over. Often, once one is able to release control to the Divine, an outcome will manifest that is even better than the one previously envisioned. This process of surrender and allowing lends one emotional peace and well-being and is often the wisest path.

SPIRITUAL   Lithium-included Quartz facilitates meditation by calming the mind and opening the heart. It encourages one to be present and to release distracting thoughts. It assists one in releasing attachment to a specific outcome and in surrendering to the Divine.

EMOTIONAL Lithium Quartz allows calming, peaceful, loving energies to fill the emotional body. Its energies are like Lepidolite’s, and it can facilitate release of worry, stress and anxiety.

PHYSICAL   Lithium Quartz is particularly effective in working vibrationally to reduce the intensity and frequency of panic and anxiety attacks. It can help reduce stress and relieve stress-related imbalances in the body. It is an important stone to support those who use antidepressants and other pharmaceuticals for mental wellness.

AFFIRMATION   I move into alignment with my Higher Self, in a calm flow of peace and joy, into greater peace and joy.

MAGNESITE

KEY WORDS      Awakening the higher sensibilities, opening to inner vision, truth and bliss, listening to the heart

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Magnesite is a magnesium carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3 to 4. It occurs in rhombohedral crystals, and occasionally in other crystal forms. It is also found in granular, massive and fibrous habits. It forms in sediments, hydrothermal veins and metamorphic rocks. Magnesite is frequently white, but can also occur in shades of gray, yellow or brown. Some of the finest crystalline specimens of Magnesite come from Minas Gerais, Brazil.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Magnesite is one of the most powerful stones for activating the third-eye and crown chakras. The crystalline form is more powerful than the massive (which is often available in tumbled form), but both are very potent. Placing one of these stones upon the forehead and closing the eyes, one can expect to feel a rhythmic pulsing energy, becoming stronger as the minutes pass. In some individuals, this will be followed by a feeling that one’s closed eyes are crossing and ‘looking’ upward toward the center of the forehead. This is the beginning of the activation of the eye of inner vision in the prefrontal lobes of the brain. If one continues to meditate with the Magnesite in this way, waking dreams and little interior ‘movies’ will come next. As one goes on, one will feel the energies more deeply in the skull, and there will ultimately be the sensation of a vibrating energy link between the third eye and the crown chakra at the top of the head. If one receives the full experience of this opening, there will come a moment when the crown ‘blooms’ into the ‘thousand-petaled lotus,’ and this experience indeed feels like a flower suddenly opening at the top of the head. These openings are accompanied by feelings of bliss and the rather startling experience of direct knowing. It is as though information is simply pulled out of the air. Of course, working with Magnesite by no means guarantees such experiences—one must be both ready and fortunate. However, most who are even a little bit sensitive to stone energies should feel the pulsing at the third eye. From there, the sky is the limit!

Magnesite can help one in the process of self-reflection and can clarify inner seeing. It is something of a ‘truth detector’ when one is doing inner work, and it can help one to see through the unconscious blinders that may keep one in a state of confusion. ‘Kidding oneself’ is almost impossible under the influence of Magnesite.

Among Magnesite’s mystical properties is the awakening of the mind to communication with the heart. The heart speaks, not in words but in yearnings, desires and fleeting sensations of joy or pain. When the heart is in communion with the higher mind, there can be sustained experiences of ineffable joy. Magnesite doesn’t activate the heart chakra, but it does stimulate the part of the brain/mind which can hear and respond to the heart’s ‘voice.’ If one uses Magnesite in meditation, one is advised to give attention to this potential. ‘Ask’ the heart about what to do, in regard to almost anything, and try to discern the tiny feelings which arise. To follow the heart’s prompting is the beginning of wisdom.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Magnesite is one of those rare stones that can be considered a powerful overall activator of high-frequency resonance. Its strong Storm element energy has a direct effect on the brain. It promotes hemispheric synchronization and enhances brain function. Magnesite’s frequency range is uniquely suited to activating the pineal and pituitary glands and their associated chakras, the third eye and crown. Because of its ability to stimulate these evolutionary energy centers in the brain, Magnesite activates the psychic senses and enables one to reach higher states of consciousness. In fact, this stone’s consciousness-raising ability is so strong, it is best to use it in combination with grounding stones to ensure that its energy is channeled into the Earth plane and utilized in practical ways for the highest good.

The clearer the Magnesite crystal, the more powerful these transcendent states become. However, opaque crystals can be used effectively as meditative and healing tools, and their energies create a more effective bridge between the higher realms and the Earth plane. Brown Magnesite has a high iron content and can be used to ground this stone’s high-frequency energy at the cellular level. The lighter colors of Magnesite work on more etheric levels, allowing one to access one’s guides more easily, receive guidance more clearly, and put that guidance into action more effectively.

In addition to Magnesite’s spiritual properties, it is a wonderful emotional healer. Because of its magnesium content, it aids the emotional and physical bodies in relaxing and releasing. This is ideal for those who hold tightly to past grievances or who are emotionally rigid. Magnesite is a powerful teacher of the principle of ‘letting go and letting God.’ It can help one release basic stress and let go of the need to control, manipulate or emotionally overpower others. Magnesite helps dissolve blockages and crystallizations in the emotional body. This is particularly useful those stuck in grief, or who spend time and energy reminiscing about the past. Magnesite offers vibrational support for those seeking balance between action and stillness and can help relieve resistance to the future.

SPIRITUAL   For purely transcendent experiences, it is difficult to beat the power of Magnesite. Its ability to activate the psychic senses and stimulate one’s capacity to receive and process information from the higher realms is an important gift. Magnesite helps one focus these abilities so the information received is clearer, more concise and more relevant to one’s life. While it stimulates one’s ability to connect with guides and evolved entities, Magnesite’s energy assists one in tuning in to the Akashic records and the information contained in the soul group consciousness of humanity. Being a carbon-based stone, it allows one to access the genetic memory of humankind, including our star-seed origins.

EMOTIONAL   Magnesite is a powerful emotional balancer. It is especially helpful for those who are under excessive stress or who are unable to release control. It can help emotionally rigid individuals find fluidity and expression of their feelings. Its frequency promotes joy and emotional harmony. It can help one to feel safer and more supported by the Divine.

PHYSICAL   Magnesite aids the body in releasing tension or stagnation. It is helpful for the bowels and can be used in instances of constipation. It is ideal for muscle spasms, muscle adhesion, and chronic muscular tension due to stress. It can help relieve overly sensitive skin, fascia or muscle tissue. It is a good support for the healing of fibroids and similar disorders.

AFFIRMATION   I open my inner eye to higher truth, and I awaken to my full potential.

MAGNETITE

KEY WORDS      Alignment of subtle energies with the body, grounding, balancing polarities, awakening hidden potentials

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Magnetite is an iron oxide mineral with a hardness of 5.5 to 6.5. It occurs as octahedral crystals, and in granular or massive form. Magnetite is highly magnetic, as implied by its name. It attracts iron filings and can deflect a compass needle. Magnetite can be found in Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, and in New York and Utah in the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Magnetite is one of the essential stones for crystal healers, because of its many uses in aligning the currents of the auric field and the multiple levels of the energy body. It is excellent for balancing polarities—male and female, physical and spiritual, left and right hemispheres of the brain, and a multitude of others. Its natural magnetism occurs as a symmetrical field, which, through resonance, brings one’s own energy fields into like configuration. And since the fractally patterned Universe repeats the same forms on every level from the atomic to the galactic, finding a strong, balanced energy field with which one can establish resonance goes a long way toward achieving health and well-being.

One can receive Magnetite’s beneficial energies by simply sitting and holding one of the stones in each hand. This will affect one’s entire auric field, moving it toward symmetrical balance, and the energy running through the meridian system initiates hemispheric balance in the brain. When this happens, hidden potentials begin to surface. Persons who are predominantly rational and linear in their thought will find their intuitive side awakening. Others who are intuitive but not practical may find themselves getting organized. These are merely examples, but this sort of rebalancing is available to those who work with Magnetite.

In body layouts, Magnetite can beneficially affect all the chakras and can open the flow of energy in blocked meridians. Placing a Magnetite on each chakra, as well as on the major secondary energy nodes in the meridian system, can have the effect of giving one a real ‘buzz’ as the subtle energies begin to flow as they were meant to. However, Magnetite’s strong grounding influence keeps one from ‘flying away’ into the higher worlds. It is much more of a dynamic anchor, keeping one firmly connected with the body while bringing in all the subtle energies, aligning them with the physical self.

Magnetite harmonizes with all of the grounding stones, such as Black Tourmaline, Smokey Quartz, Jet, Aegirine and Obsidian. It has a special affinity with Hematite, since the two are nearly the same in their chemical makeup. Cuprite and Zincite give a boost to it’s stimulation of the root chakra. Magnetite works extremely dynamically with Amber and Jet, two organic materials that have the capacity to build up an electrical charge. Combining the electricity of these stones with the magnetism of Magnetite can produce a major increase in the potency of one’s energy field and can work to activate the kundalini.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Magnetite is a naturally magnetic iron oxide crystal. It is strongly active on the physical level due to its natural magnetic properties and can be used in place of manmade magnets in magnetic therapy. Its energy is very grounding, and it is an excellent stone for manifestation, making one magnetic to that which one desires to create.

Because of its grounding properties, Magnetite is extremely helpful for healers and psychics. It can help counter the spaciness and disorientation that can occur when one is not sufficiently resonant with the Earth’s electromagnetic field. When one is not sufficiently grounded in this way there is nowhere for excess energies to flow, causing an overload of the energetic systems and a resulting imbalance. Magnetite assists one in maintaining this vital connection to the planet, so energy can flow appropriately. Many sensitive psychics attempt, perhaps unconsciously, to ground and protect themselves by gaining weight. Magnetite can help prevent this, as its energetic frequency provides the necessary grounding and protection.

Magnetites are best used in pairs for healing work, with one stone held at each end of a polarity. For instance, a Magnetite in each hand assists one in balancing the receptive and directive sides of the body. A Magnetite at the crown and one at the base helps balance each end of the body’s frequency spectrum and assists in the integration of all other frequencies. The exception to this rule of pairs is when Magnetites are used to stimulate specific points on the meridians, or when they are placed over an area for pain relief or enhanced circulation.

Because the magnetic energy of Magnetite helps to regulate frequency, these stones can be used after an energy-balancing session to protect the energy field and to ‘set the field’ for sustaining the new frequencies attained during the session.

SPIRITUAL   Magnetite helps regulate energy frequencies and grounds excess energies, thus preventing energetic overload and burnout. It is very helpful for psychics, healers and others who may need protection from the energetic patterns of others.

EMOTIONAL   Magnetite can help to smooth the energy of the emotional body and prevent mood swings. It is very helpful in lessening the emotional effects of hormonal changes due to endocrine system imbalances during puberty, PMS or menopause.

PHYSICAL   Magnetite is stimulating to the liver and the bone marrow. It can assist with oxygenating the blood and supporting the circulatory system in general. When placed over an area of injury, it can stimulate blood flow to the area and speed healing. Magnetite helps energy move through blocked areas in the meridians and can be used in place of acupuncture needles to stimulate meridian points. It is helpful in countering anemia and supporting the increase of both the number and efficiency of red blood cells.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to energetic balance and stability, and the ideal alignment of my vibrational fields with my physical body.

MAGNIFIER QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Vibrational amplification of stones, vitamins, water, energy tools, etc.

ELEMENTS Wind, Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Magnifier Quartz is the name given to a group of small, slender quartz crystals from Madagascar. They range from .5 to 1.5 inches in length, with varying shapes, though all are thin compared to their length. Magnifier Quartz is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Magnifier Quartz got its name because it is a powerful enhancer of the energies of almost all other stones. It is a kind of vibrational turbocharger that can be applied to amplify the effects of just about anything. This makes it invaluable for constructing crystal tools, and for stone grids and body layouts. The crystals can be added to wands, carried in medicine bags, placed with stones in one’s environment, put on healing altars, included in elixirs, or any of hundreds of other applications where one wishes to increase the power of stones and/or one’s intention. Magnifier Quartz increases the power of one’s intent, as well as the vibratory intensity of other stones.

Magnifier Quartz is a catalyst for all sorts of synergies, and can be dispensed to members of groups to enhance their cooperation and effectiveness and inspire creative visions. I even suggest placing the stones in one’s cabinets and refrigerator, to enhance the Life Force and the energetic nutritional value of foods. Taping them to vitamin bottles is another way to reap their benefits by stimulating the vibrational patterns of the vitamins. This can also be done with herbal tonics and homeopathic medicines, but one is cautioned to test them carefully, taking small doses to gauge the effects. I feel hesitant to recommend trying this with prescription medications, because the effects are not known, though I hope for some actual scientific research in this area.

Affixing Magnifier Quartz to one’s water bottles is a way of empowering and programming the water one drinks to be of maximum benefit. One can put these crystals inside a hat or headband to increase the quality of one’s mental processes. There is literally no end to the possibilities of life enhancement for which one can utilize Magnifier Quartz. And the stones themselves are small and inexpensive, so one can use them rather lavishly.

On the subject of money, Magnifier Quartz can be one of the best abundance-enhancement stones, and one is encouraged to experiment with ways to apply it. One might, for example, attach one of these crystals to one’s checkbook or bank statement, or keep one in one’s wallet.

My first project with Magnifier Quartz was to make a batch of Selenite power wands, attaching pieces of Magnifier Quartz alongside the other stones. Selenite itself is a natural intensifier of the energies of other stones, which is why I use it as the base for power wands. However, adding Magnifier Quartz brings this kind of tool to a whole new level. I encourage readers of this book to design your own power wands using a Selenite base, with Magnifier Quartz to carry and enhance your chosen combination of stones. Any sort of crystal energy tool can be made more powerful through the addition of Magnifier Quartz.

Needless to say, Magnifier Quartz harmonizes with virtually all other minerals. Combining it with high-vibration stones like Phenacite, Moldavite or any of the Azeztulites can strengthen their effects considerably, and may help accelerate one’s spiritual evolution.

SPIRITUAL   Magnifier Quartz can enhance the energetic effects of all stones, as well as other tools or substances used to further one’s spiritual evolution.

EMOTIONAL   Magnifier Quartz can amplify all emotional states, so one is cautioned not to use it while in a negative mood, and encouraged to use it in states of happiness, gratitude, love and peace.

PHYSICAL   Magnifier Quartz can be used amplify the effects of healing stones and substances.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to the increase of all that is good in my life and in the world.

MALACHITE

KEY WORDS      Enlightened leadership, creativity, confidence, protection, a healed heart

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th)

Malachite is a copper carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. Most Malachite seen on the market is cut from botryoidal masses with fibrous banding of lighter and darker shades of vivid green. Malachite may occur, rarely, in crystal form, and the crystals are usually long prismatic to needle-shaped. It can also take stalactitic form or occur as a crust. Its name may be derived from the Greek word for its color, malache (mallow), or because of its low hardness, from the Greek malakos (soft). Malachite sometimes occurs intergrown with Azurite, forming Malachite-Azurite, or with Chrysocolla, forming Malachite-Chrysocolla. The now-rare Eliat stone from Israel is a combination of Malachite, Chrysocolla and Turquoise.

Malachite was known in Egypt as early as 3000 B.C. It was also popular with the ancient Greeks and Romans, for jewelry, ornaments and, in powdered form, for eye shadow. In the Middle Ages, Malachite was believed to protect against the evil eye and to cure various types of stomach ailments.

The Russian czars used Malachite from the large deposit in the Urals to produce ornaments and paneling for their castles, as well as intricate inlay work. Today, the most important Malachite source is Zaire. Other Malachite deposits are in Australia, Chile, South Africa and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Malachite is one of the most important stones for protection from negative energies. It permeates the auric field with positive vibrations and strengthens the natural energetic ‘shell’ which can screen out hostile forces. It activates the psychic ‘radar’ via which one ‘feels’ the presence of danger. It offers a ‘cloak of invisibility’ which can keep one from being noticed by those who might pose a threat to one’s emotional or physical well-being. It even accentuates the vibrational equivalent of ‘luck,’ in which synchronicities seem to conspire to keep one safe and protected.

Malachite emanates the healthiest energy pattern for the heart. It benefits both the emotional heart and the pump itself through its harmonization of the heart chakra. It assists one in maintaining emotional balance, in which one remains in a positive, benevolent state but is not tempted to take on the emotional baggage of others. It also offers an enhanced ability to see where one’s own emotional traps and pitfalls lie, and to avoid them.

The solar-plexus chakra is also stimulated by Malachite, and in this case there is an enhancement of willpower. In the presence of Malachite, it is easier to refuse all sorts of temptations, from ice cream to infidelity, and in so doing, to realize one is also serving one’s own highest good. Malachite instills confidence and self-responsibility and is useful in making spiritual progress through right action in the world.

Malachite harmonizes with Tiger Eye for physical energy and protection, and with Morganite for balancing the heart chakra. It also works easily with other copper-based minerals such as Azurite, Turquoise, Shattuckite, Chrysocolla and Ajoite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Malachite is one of the few green Fire element minerals. It holds the ‘male’ or yang polarity of copper’s powerful electrical conductivity. The energy of Malachite strengthens our ability to take action in the world and to create form from our thoughts and ideas. It stimulates the solar-plexus chakra and promotes one’s alignment with, and expression of, both personal and Divine Will. Its energy drives one to create and manifest one’s desires and dreams.

Malachite carries the frequency of the enlightened leader. It assists those in positions of great responsibility to carry out the Will of the Divine without ego-based motivations. It can help one to ‘step up to the plate’ and take confident action. It can help one find the resolve to overcome difficulty and the integrity to stay true to one’s direction. Malachite reminds us that we are cocreators in this world and that the possibilities for our creations are endless.

Malachite can be a powerful ally for those who are trapped in waiting for their reality to change. It can assist one in perceiving the cracks in the walls that block one’s progress, so one can utilize one’s will to break through limitations, barriers and apathy. It stimulates one’s higher passions for life and creating. It lends one the strength to consciously own one’s responsibility in forging one’s life in whatever form one chooses.

Malachite’s beautiful, rich, green color reveals its ability to heal on the physical and emotional levels. Malachite can be used to draw out impurities, densities and attachments in the energy field. Its frequency ‘melts’ constrictive energy patterns in the aura and stimulates an energized flow of life force throughout the aura and body.

SPIRITUAL   Malachite reminds us that we have come here to cocreate with the Universe and that fate is an illusion. It helps one recognize and utilize one’s power in a constructive, creative manner. It can be used as a grounding tool and will assist one in identifying the steps necessary to bring dreams, visions and wishes into physical reality. It reveals energetic and emotional boundaries and helps one honor those boundaries for oneself and others. It can be a powerful stone for protection from power abuse on psychic, energetic and emotional levels.

EMOTIONAL   Malachite is ideal for burning through the fog of emotional confusion that can prevent one from making conscious choices. It helps one overcome the abuser/victim polarity and find strength within oneself. Malachite can assist those who have many creative ideas but are unable to organize or act upon them. It is an excellent ally for those afraid to use their power because of past experiences with abusive individuals. It can assist one in overcoming fear of confrontation or fear of self-expression. It can help those who fear being seen or noticed, or who resist assuming their rightful place as a cocreative force in the Universe.

PHYSICAL   Malachite can assist in restoring strength and vitality after illness and in rebuilding or repairing tissue after surgery. It supports the formation of red blood cells and hemoglobin—assisting with oxygenation of the body and overall vitality. Malachite is excellent for reducing inflammation due to sprains, strains or other injuries. It can help draw toxins from the body and can be used to support fasting, detoxification and other cleansing rituals. It can help alleviate the pain of arthritis or other inflammatory disease. It is a wonderful aid to digestion and it stimulates stomach and colon function.

AFFIRMATION   I align my personal will with my understanding of Divine will, and I move forward with clarity and confidence.

MANI STONE

KEY WORDS      Forgiveness, inclusion, regeneration of hope, unity with the Higher Self, soul retrieval, rejuvenation, metanoia

ELEMENTS Earth, Water, Storm

CHAKRA Heart (4th)

Mani Stone is the name given to a bicolored jasper from the American Southwest. It is a microcrystalline variety of quartz with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. It is composed of alternating bands of black and white, sometimes in dramatic patterns. It polishes very well, and makes a good jewelry stone. It was named Mani Stone after the third-century mystic teacher Mani.

The name Mani means ‘gemstone,’ and the original Mani believed himself to be an incarnation of the Divine—the Paraclete, or Divine Comforter. He dedicated his life to attempting to unite all the world’s religions through mutual understanding and compassion. He believed that darkness was not to be overcome through struggle but to be infiltrated with Light until it was no longer darkness. The religion known as Manichaeism was named after him.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The energies of Mani Stone encourage forgiveness, inclusion and the regeneration of hope. All of us need to make a practice of forgiveness, for our own benefit as well as that of others. When we hold a judgment against someone else, it is primarily oneself who suffers. Further, holding a grudge or judgment causes a fragmentation of union between beings on the soul level, engendering spiritual disharmony. On the individual level, self-judgment brings about inner fragmentation, a sort of low-level mental illness experienced to some degree by most people. Working with Mani Stone with the intention of forgiveness of self and others can dissolve all of these complexes of negative attachment.

Mani Stone’s quality of inclusion is related to forgiveness. The psychological dynamic of ‘us versus them’ is the dynamic of exclusion, another disease of the ego. Sometimes we exclude others, and at other times we exclude aspects of ourselves. In all cases, these exclusions lead to disunity and fragmentation, and they impede the natural flow of love. Mani Stone reinforces the flow of love and the practice of inclusion, within which we recognize all others as being the same as ourselves, and we realize that we are fundamentally one.

A third key to Mani Stone’s energies is in the phrase I was given by the Stone Being: ‘return of the exiled.’ We are taught to reject the ‘bad’ parts of ourselves and include only the ‘good.’ Mani the spiritual teacher knew that this sort of intention leads not to the victory of Light over darkness but to fragmentation of the Self. The rejected parts fall into the unconscious, where they wreak havoc in our lives, sabotaging our plans and undermining our attempts to present ourselves as complete people, when in fact we are only fragments.

Our rejected parts need to be accepted, loved and re-integrated into ourselves if we are ever going to be whole. By looking into the ‘worst’ parts of ourselves—the parts we have placed in exile—from a place of gratitude and forgiveness, we bring them out of exile and into our hearts, making us more whole. All of the spiritual work described above leads to the ‘regeneration of hope,’ as the soul is rewoven into its original unity. This type of work is closely related to soul retrieval—another practice intended for the recovery of our wholeness—which is also facilitated through working with Mani Stone.

Mani Stone also declares that its energies are attuned to ‘clearing for the Higher Self.’ I interpret this as meaning that all of this inner healing—facilitated by forgiveness, inclusion and return of the exiled or lost parts of ourselves—clears the path for the merging of the Higher Self with our everyday individuality. This is ultimately the goal of all spiritual aspiration.

When one works with Mani Stone to reestablish unity and wholeness, one can then turn outward to offer aid and healing to the world. Mani Stone gave me the phrase ‘caring for the emotionally dispossessed’ to describe this work. The energies of Mani Stone inspire one to meet all others from a place of compassion, providing a safe and comfortable opportunity for others to heal through relationship with us.

Mani Stone is an ideal mineral ally for treatment of unconsciously held pain. Again, we are looking at the effects of self-judgment, or the incorporation of the judgments of others into our psyches. Mani Stone’s energy of unconditional love allows unconscious pain to be dissolved and released.

A surprising phrase that I received during my attunement to Mani Stone’s nature and purpose is ‘rejuvenation through remembering.’ I see this as indicating that when we figuratively re-member our dis-membered selves, we are rejuvenated in the process. This seems intuitively correct to me, since much aging is psychologically rooted. When we are in a state of inner fragmentation and turmoil, we age more quickly because of our suffering. Mani Stone inspires us to remember that we are whole, and to recapture the youthful spirit of the truth of our wholeness.

In regard to spiritual self-healing, Mani Stone is recommended for autoimmune disorders, where the body has turned against itself. This is a physical expression of the psychological dynamics we have been exploring.

The last word Mani Stone gave me to describe its effects on human beings is ‘metanoia.’ This state is in contrast to the paranoia in which people conventionally live. While our condition may not be clinical, we can still find ourselves expecting the worst from each other and from life. However, metanoia is not merely the cheerful opposite of paranoia; it is much more profound, describing the mystical union of oneself with the Divine, an ecstatic experience that goes far beyond all the usual states of human consciousness. After the emotional healing work facilitated by Mani Stone is done, one is free to fly to the spiritual heights or descend to the deepest corridors of the heart. In both places, one will discover the loving face of the Divine Self smiling to oneself, mirror to mirror.

Mani Stone works in synergy with Rosophia, Brookite Quartz Crystals and Shaman Stones. Both the original black-and-white Merlinite and Black Merlinite support Mani Stone in the reintegration of one’s exiled ‘shadow’ side.

SPIRITUAL   Mani Stone helps one reintegrate the fragmented self, allowing for spiritual wholeness and union with the Higher Self. It is a stone of forgiveness, compassion, love and kindness. It can lead to metanoia, the joining of oneself with the Divine.

EMOTIONAL   Mani Stone helps one to heal all sorts of emotional pathology brought on by self-judgment and its consequent fragmentation. It also encourages forgiveness and reconciliation with others.

PHYSICAL   Mani Stone can facilitate rejuvenation of the body through emotional and spiritual healing.

AFFIRMATION   I choose forgiveness and healing, of myself and others, as I walk the path toward reunion with the Divine.

MANIFEST LIGHT CRYSTALS

KEY WORDS      Kundalini awakening, stimulation of Inner Light, awakening the Light Body, manifestation of one’s intentions

ELEMENTS Fire, Storm, Earth

CHAKRAS      All, especially Crown (7th) and Root (1st)

Manifest Light Crystals is the name given to a group of Brazilian quartz crystals with tiny ‘floating’ inclusions of silver-gray hematite. They are a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The crystals range from one to several inches long, and may be either clear or smoky quartz.

ROBERT SIMMONS When I first held one of these interesting-looking crystals to my forehead, I felt an immediate current move into my third eye. A few seconds later, I noticed a buzzing sensation in my first (root) chakra. That was unusual, because most stones tend to resonate in one general area rather than at opposite ends of the spectrum. Then I realized that it made perfect sense, because high-vibration Quartz often resonates at the third eye, while Hematite is frequently associated with the first chakra, and is typically used for grounding. With these crystals, one can more or less keep one’s ‘head in the clouds and feet on the ground.’ In addition, one can learn to direct one’s energies up or down the chakra column. Associated with that movement is a feeling of stimulation, cleansing and balancing, and an interior vision of Light traveling up and down the chakras.

When I attuned to the crystals and asked more deeply about their nature, I heard the phrase, ‘We are Manifest Light.’ That made me smile, because I remembered that, in the Crystal Ally Cards, my coauthor Naisha Ahsian’s key phrase for Hematite was ‘Manifest Light.’ I had not really understood that meaning in regard to Hematite alone, but with these crystals it was suddenly obvious: The experience I was having within my body was one of Light manifesting! The currents in my spine were some form of kundalini energies, and the crystals were helping me to see, feel and direct them.

Manifest Light Crystals are ideal for initiating Light Body activation, and keeping the Light Body anchored and integrated with the physical body. Their capacity for triggering a safe and subtle activation of kundalini energies means that they are ideal for initiating new levels of spiritual growth, and for enhancing one’s health and well-being by bathing the interior of the physical body with pure spiritual Light. The versatility of energetic expression of which these stones are capable means that they can help to ground those whose upper chakras are overactive, or stimulate those whose energy systems are sluggish. They can open the crown chakra and allow one to ascend in awareness to the angelic realms, or they can help one learn to burrow one’s root chakra down to the core of the Earth.

Manifest Light Crystals have the potential for uniting and reconciling all types of polarities, and thus are ideal stones for use in Polarity therapy. Holding one of these in each hand while receiving almost any sort of bodywork (or simply when meditating) can bring about a profound balancing and integrating of the entire meridian system. These stones carry and emanate a great deal of chi, or Life Force. Thus, they are good stones for those who do martial arts such as chi gung, in which one endeavors to accumulate high levels of chi.

Manifest Light Crystals, as their name implies, are excellent catalysts for manifestation of anything one wishes to bring forth. One has only to ‘program’ the crystal with a visual image of one’s intention, and then hold the stone again while repeating the visualization. Doing this multiple times a day is ideal for a quicker result, and bringing in the emotions of pleasure and gratitude while doing the visualization enhances the effect.

Combining other stones with Manifest Light Crystals can influence the sort of manifestations one can cocreate. Working with Cinnazez can facilitate prosperity and/or alchemical self-transformation. Moldavite combined with Manifest Light Crystals can produce a rather breathtaking acceleration of one’s spiritual evolution. All of the Azeztulites combine well with Manifest Light Crystals to contribute to the Earth’s (and one’s own) Vibrational Ascension process.

SPIRITUAL   Manifest Light Crystals help one awaken and direct kundalini energies. They are useful for balancing all types of polarized energies, and aid in the manifestation process.

EMOTIONAL   Manifest Light Crystals stimulate the emotional body, bringing a feeling of pleasant expansion.

PHYSICAL   Manifest Light Crystals fill the body with chi, increasing vitality and longevity.

AFFIRMATION   I welcome the currents of kundalini into my body, and I direct them in their most beneficial paths.

MARCASITE

KEY WORDS      Physical vitality, spirituality in physical life, balancing energetic polarities

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd), Earthstar (below the feet)

Marcasite is an iron sulfide mineral with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. It is chemically identical to Pyrite, but it is lighter in color. Its crystal growth habits are different, and it decomposes more easily. Its color is brassy yellow to silverish yellow and it crystallizes in a variety of forms, including pyramidal and tabular. Marcasite is found widely, in many different countries. The ‘Marcasite’ gems set in antique-style jewelry are actually Pyrite, because true Marcasite powders too easily to be cut for gems.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Marcasite enables one to see the interpenetration of the spiritual and physical worlds. It allows one to see how physical events mirror spiritual archetypal patterns and it give clues in regard to the physical actions one can take to resonate with the spiritual patterns one wishes to embrace. On another level, it assists one in ‘walking the talk’ of spirituality in one’s everyday life.

Marcasite helps balance polarities in the energy system, maintaining the dynamic balance that supports optimal physical and mental health. It provides clarity in regard to gender issues. It clears the auric field of disharmonious influences and helps cut the strings of attachment between oneself and others with whom one may have unhealthy relationships.

Marcasite stimulates and integrates the three lowest chakras in the body—the root, sexual/creative and solar plexus—and it links them firmly with the Earthstar chakra below the feet. Through these three chakras, Marcasite works to optimize one’s life force and courage, sexual energy, creativity, willpower and mental clarity. When these chakras are charged and balanced, the heart and the upper chakras have much more energy to work with, and one discovers new enthusiasm for all one one’s pursuits, inward and outward.

Marcasite blends synergistically with Pyrite, Hematite, Lodestone, Cuprite and Zincite. Malachite and Morganite help its beneficial energies to permeate the heart. It is complemented in the upper chakras by Blue Halite, Phenacite, Natrolite and Scolecite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   While Pyrite and Marcasite are brothers, their energies are distinct. Pyrite grounds thought into action, helping one manifest one’s dreams. Marcasite stimulates those who are ‘stuck’ in the density of the Earth plane and encourages them to take control of their destinies by taking action to cocreate their lives. It can assist those who feel disempowered or trapped in their current experiences by stimulating them to find a path forward.

Marcasite assists one in perceiving the limitations keeping one from moving ahead on one’s spiritual path. It can reveal destructive or counterproductive patterns of behavior and is helpful in recovery from addictions, as it aids in taking responsibility for one’s actions.

Because of its iron content, Marcasite is grounding, magnetizing one’s energy into the physical. It enhances strength and stamina and helps one build discipline around physical activity. Its sulphur content activates the Fire element and helps burn off blockages and stimulate stagnated areas of the energetic and physical bodies. Marcasite can purify the aura and remove constricting patterns in the chakras and is extremely useful in cleansing auric debris and psychic or entity attachments. It can be used as a protective stone, as it prevents psychic leaks and holes in the aura from becoming infected with stray energy or entities.

SPIRITUAL   Marcasite promotes self-direction and the willingness to take charge of one’s life. It assists in determining a direction or goal and in perceiving and taking the steps necessary to achieve it. It helps one to create and to organize one’s thoughts and actions.

EMOTIONAL   Marcasite can aid one in moving out of martyr mentality and into the healthy expression of one’s limits, boundaries and choices. It gently reminds one to be responsible for one’s reality—not to disown one’s power or co-creative capability. Marcasite strengthens the emotional body and helps prevent exhaustion and burnout through trying circumstances.

PHYSICAL   Marcasite can support one in establishing an exercise routine and being consistent in physical activity of all kinds. It can be used to help purify the body of bacterial infection, skin eruptions, boils, acne and other bacterial-based skin imbalances. It is useful against fungal overgrowth and infections of the liver or kidneys. It can assist in weight loss by helping one overcome feelings of a lack of control over one’s desires.

AFFIRMATION   My physical life and my spiritual life are a pair of mirrors, infinitely reflecting one another.

MASTER SHAMANITE

KEY WORDS      Linking the physical and spiritual realms, inner purification, spiritual protection, shamanic journeying, transformation to the Diamond Self

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Master Shamanite is a carbon-rich form of calcite. It forms in black masses, and is found in a remote mountainous area of Colorado. It is a calcium-carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3. Calcites are among the most varied and abundant crystals, and they occur in a wide spectrum of forms and colors. The crystal system is rhombohedral, but specimens can appear as scalenohedrons, rhombohedrons, prisms, masses, stalactites, etc. Most Master Shamanite specimens appear as non-crystallized masses. The name Master Shamanite refers to the spiritual qualities of the stone, which are said to facilitate entrance to shamanic states of consciousness.

Master Shamanite is far more complex than simple calcite. It contains a high concentration of almost pure carbon, as well as lesser amounts of included pyrites, marcasites, quartz, chlorite, zircon and strontianite. In addition, there are visible and microscopic fossils, including the shell fossils known as ‘Kings of Creation.’ Some appear within Master Shamanite as white spots and, more rarely, as minute white spirals. The colors of Master Shamanite vary through multiple shades of gray and black, with some tan or brownish varieties, and some specimens of mixed colors.

Master Shamanite has been treasured as a protective talisman by Native American tribes, with certain varieties being called toho (Mountain Lion). It was used for ceremonial carvings, amulets and bead jewelry. It is said that present-day native peoples of the Southwest know it as a protective stone with the power to heal spiritual wounds, ancestral troubles and grief.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Master Shamanite is aptly named. It can be very helpful for initiating inner journeying, and connecting inwardly with power animals and spirit guides. It is a stone of the Ancestors, aiding one in communicating with spiritual elders and guides on the other side as well as loved ones who have passed. It is a stone of those who wish to walk between the worlds, and to heal others through soul retrieval. It can help dispel the fear of death through bringing one to a clear experience that death is not the end of one’s being.

Master Shamanite resonates with the heart and third eye chakras, and it can activate a synergy of their energies to open the portal of the crown chakra. This is important for shamanic journeying, in which one wishes to leave and re-enter the body through the crown. The calcite component of Shamanite facilitates a clear, calm awareness, making it easier to remain centered through difficult moments of inner or outer life.

Master Shamanite resonates in some mysterious way with the beings thought of as interdimensional. The impression is that these beings are invisibly present in higher-frequency realms, wishing to help humanity make its transition into expanded consciousness and wholeness, and that Master Shamanite used in meditation can help one become aware of them and their benevolent intentions. It also seems to expose the activities of so-called demonic forces working to keep humans in a lower state of awareness. This exposure can dissolve the power of negative beings to hold one in a state of limitation.

Master Shamanite offers spiritual protection to those who simply wear or carry it, and it offers more to those interested in serious inner work. If one wishes to be a ‘Warrior of Light,’ Master Shamanite can be a powerful ally.

The carbon component of Master Shamanite is of particular significance. Carbon is used as an elemental purifier for water and air, and is the substance of pure Diamonds. Master Shamanite, containing a very high carbon concentration, is unsurpassed in regard to its capacities for spiritual cleansing and purification. If one is in any way afflicted by negative thoughts, dreams, memories, addictions, entities or psychic implants, Master Shamanite is the ideal stone for clearing one’s etheric body and auric field of these limiting and debilitating influences. Master Shamanite has a powerful way of reaching down into the depths of the psyche—into the past, into the unconscious, into the hidden aspects of the inner realms, into the deep woundings of the soul, even from past incarnations—and clearing away harmful forces, allowing for spiritual rebirth and growth into the pattern of one’s highest destiny.

The attunement of Master Shamanite to the unfolding of one’s highest destiny is symbolically and even physically represented in its high carbon concentration. A Diamond is the pure crystalline form of carbon. It is the highest potential of carbon to become Diamond. In its common form, carbon appears ‘dirty,’ unworthy of praise. Within ourselves, what lies in our hidden pasts—imperfections, wounds, flaws and limitations—appears to be negative. Yet just as the Diamond emerges from carbon’s blackness, so the perfected human being arises from within the dark, difficult, impure and even painful blackness of our old unconscious limitations. Fittingly, carbon purifies water and other substances by cleansing it of impurities. It can do this spiritually, as in the case of Master Shamanite, by removing impurities from the Soul Body. Just as carbon can filter physical water, so Master Shamanite purifies the spiritual waters of the soul, enabling the emergence of one’s Diamond Self.

Master Shamanite is preferable to other carbon materials for spiritual purification because of its calcite component. Calcite carries an energy of loving gentleness that softens the impact of releasing old negativity and dissipates stress. The fossil inclusions within Master Shamanite resonate with the template of life. One can be sure that Master Shamanite contains fossil forms of DNA within its matrix, and this molecule of life helps create a bridge between the living body and the mineral realm. This is the root of Master Shamanite’s capacities as a healing stone. Its purifying influence extends beyond clearing old limitations from the soul’s history, to clarifying the pattern of one’s physical and emotional well-being in this lifetime. Shamanite can act to clear the way for the healing influences of angels, inner masters, teachers and angelic beings, as well as the universal archetype of life itself.

Master Shamanite resonates synergistically with Moldavite, Larimar, Shaman Stones, Nuummite, Cryolite, Lemurian Aquatine Calcite and Merkabite Calcite. Strontianite combines very beneficially with Master Shamanite for inner journeyers who find themselves assaulted by negative forces. All forms of Azeztulite ally themselves readily with Master Shamanite’s empowering and purifying energies. Azozeo super-activated Azeztulites and other stones work especially well with Master Shamanite.

SPIRITUAL   Master Shamanite works on multiple levels to cleanse and purify all the layers of the self. It facilitates shamanic journeying and other types of communication with benevolent spiritual beings. It helps dispel negative beings and attachments, and facilitates the actualization of one’s Diamond Self.

EMOTIONAL   Master Shamanite uplifts the emotions by clearing away all negative influences.

PHYSICAL   Master Shamanite can aid in healing illnesses and imbalances stemming from the influence of negative entities and/or attachments.

AFFIRMATION   I choose the path of spiritual purification and aspire to fulfill my highest potential as a Warrior of Light, the Diamond Self.

MERLINITE

KEY WORDS      Magic, intuition, connection with elemental energies, past-life recall, psychic openings, mediumship

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th)

Merlinite is a naturally occurring combination of Quartz (silicon dioxide) and Psilomelane (manganese oxide), with a hardness of 6 to 7. Some Merlinite occurs in massive form, with mixed areas of white Quartz and black Psilomelane. Other specimens appear as dark gray or black botryoidal forms coated with sparkling druzy Quartz crystals. The name Merlinite is not a mineral term but was coined by metaphysical users as a word alluding to its energies. The only known source of Merlinite is in New Mexico, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Merlinite can part the veils between the visible and invisible worlds, opening the doors to deeper intuitive abilities. One of the foremost of these is spirit communication. Meditation with Merlinite can assist one in contacting souls of the deceased who wish to give messages to the living. At first, one’s own loved ones are most likely to come, but as the ability is developed, one may be visited by the departed relatives and friends of others who hope to use one as a means to reach them. If one is comfortable making such connections, great service is possible.

Merlinite is an aid to learning all types of magic. It opens the psychic channels for intuitive understanding and also attracts teachers from other planes to assist in one’s ‘studies’ during the dream state and in meditation. It helps one grasp the interrelations between astrology, tarot, numerology and other ‘occult sciences. It facilitates the practice of scrying, in which one gazes into a mirror, polished stone or other reflective surface in order to view probable futures. It attracts frequent synchronicities, which demonstrate the absolute coordination through which reality functions simultaneously on all levels. It opens one’s energy field to its innate capacity to serve as a channel for manifestation—the birthing into the physical world of the creative forces of the higher planes.

Merlinite, itself a stone of the Storm element, connects one to all the other elemental forces—Earth, Water, Wind, Fire and Storm—allowing one to call upon them for aid in one’s pursuits and ambitions. Through this connection, one can learn to influence outer elemental processes, perhaps beginning with vaporizing clouds, but potentially moving towards dancing with the weather in other ways, even becoming a ‘rainmaker.’ One is cautioned not to go on a ‘power trip’ in these areas. Such abilities are only a step on the path and must be transcended as one moves higher.

Merlinite can be a potent catalyst for past-life recall. It evokes the realm of dreams and imagination and makes the recollections of past incarnations much more vivid than they might otherwise be. It activates the ‘inner radar’ that makes certain that one’s past-life experiences are the ones most relevant to one’s current needs for healing and inner growth. True to its name, however, Merlinite has an affinity for past lives in the Arthurian times and will quickly guide one to any one might have had in that realm.

Merlinite harmonizes with Moldavite, which raises its vibration. It also connects with Obsidian for work in magic and scrying. Amethyst and Sugilite can provide an extra element of purification and psychic protection when one works with Merlinite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Merlinite is a stone of magic, shadows and descent into the darkest, deepest places within one’s being. It takes the heart-centered energy of Manganese to its deepest level, descending into the depths of the heart and the darkest places of shadow within oneself. It reveals one’s deepest motivations and assists in connecting with and integrating the shadow self. It aids in recognizing one’s most basic nature as a creation of the mind of the Divine, leading one into the void of potential from which all was created. It is a powerful ally for shamanic work, magical practices and healing.

Resonance with Merlinite’s frequency connects one with the Universal flow behind all of creation. It can help one become more aware of the subtle movement of energy, as well as opening one’s psychic centers and higher perception. It is extremely useful for those who tend to receive negative imagery, feelings or information when opening on a psychic level. If the information is necessary in order to assist another, it will protect one from embodying these difficult energies and can aid one in remaining objective. If the information is not necessary, but is coming in because of one’s own state of resonance with these levels, Merlinite can help one move beyond these frequencies into more Light-centered energies.

Merlinite can help Light workers understand how to utilize lower-frequency energy effectively. You can’t have a rainbow with just the color purple. Similarly, you cannot deny your lower aspects and expect to integrate them into the Light. By learning to access, utilize and master the lower frequencies of the electromagnetic (Light) spectrum, one becomes whole and enlightened, embodying the balance of all polarities with wisdom and acceptance. In this way, Merlinite is truly a stone of self-mastery.

Merlinite is a stone of wisdom, allowing one to understand that the greatest beauty of life lies in its mystery. Merlinite can aid one in developing patience and comprehending that one’s desires do not necessarily equate to one’s needs. Merlinite can assist one in achieving balance between the light and the dark—between the known and the unknown.

SPIRITUAL   Merlinite’s energy is uniquely suited for work with natural energies and so is an excellent tool for shamans, Wiccans and others on the path of accessing the power of creation through the natural world. It can help communicate with the archetypal energies of nature, such as plant devas, animal spirits and the elemental allies. It can aid in honing one’s ability to perceive beyond the physical realm and into the spiritual and energetic realms. Its energy gives one the courage to face one’s shadow self and consciously integrate that aspect.

EMOTIONAL Shame, blame and self-loathing are all caused by the inability to accept all aspects of oneself. Merlinite’s energy allows one to see that there are no mistakes—only learning experiences. It can help one reconcile with the past, one’s mistakes, one’s less-than-enlightened desires and other aspects of oneself that one may wish to deny. It encourages self-forgiveness, self-acceptance and self-love. It can also assist one in working through grief and loss, as it reminds one that spirit is eternal and lasts beyond the physical.

PHYSICAL   Merlinite assists in creating movement in the energy field, invoking the Storm element to bring the energetic systems into a state of dynamic balance. Instead of simply removing blockages, it helps one move into the blockage to determine its origins and the lessons it contains, so it will not re-establish itself after the healing session. It can be useful in supporting the healing of the physical heart when heart imbalance has been created through chronic self-deprecation, shame or fear. It can be useful in countering headaches due to the opening of the third-eye and crown chakras, and in stabilizing the nervous system.

AFFIRMATION   I enter the realm of mysticism and magic for the sole purpose of furthering my spiritual growth and highest good.

BLACK MERLINITE

KEY WORDS      Link to the deep unconscious; lucid dreaming, meditation, shamanic journeying, spirit communication, divination, prophetic vision

ELEMENTS Earth, Wind, Fire

CHAKRAS      All, especially Third Eye (6th) and Root (1st)

Black Merlinite is the name given to a variety of pure psilomelane. It is a barium manganese hydroxide with a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 5 to 6. It is composed of swirling, alternating bands of dark-gray and black material. Black Merlinite has been found in several localities in North America, with the most attractive specimens coming from Mexico.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Black Merlinite is a stone of the deep unconscious, the great well of potential from which true creativity springs. It is the realm of dreams, and Black Merlinite is a fantastic stone to aid in achieving the state of lucid dreaming. In addition, it facilitates meditation, allowing one to ‘go deep’ very readily. It offers a direct conduit to the Silence, the still point at the center of all things.

In most instances, Black Merlinite is more powerful than other forms, and is useful in facilitating shamanic journeying, spirit communication, divination and prophetic vision. Those wishing to work specifically with prophecy are advised to add Prophecy Stone or Nirvana Quartz to the Black Merlinite.

Many people shy away from doing inner work because they fear the ‘demons’ in the unconscious. Black Merlinite teaches one to befriend one’s darkness, recognizing that everything one can experience inwardly is a part of oneself. Psychologically, a ‘demon’ is a part of oneself that has been rejected or ignored, and ‘raises hell’ to get attention. Black Merlinite can help one meet and re-integrate one’s rejected or lost parts, facilitating wholeness.

In spiritual self-healing, Black Merlinite offers vibrational support to the liver, kidneys, bowels and other organs and systems concerned with purification and elimination of waste products.

Black (and all) Merlinite harmonizes with Moldavite, which raises its vibration. It also connects with Obsidian for work in magic and scrying. Amethyst and Sugilite can provide an extra element of purification and psychic protection when one works with Merlinite. With the Azozeo super-activated White Azeztulite, Black Merlinite provides a fantastic dynamic polarity, in which the Light of the pure White Ray merges with the Dark Ray, bringing forth an astonishing and very powerful alchemical union of energies. When one integrates these within one’s own field, the elemental power conveyed by the Merlinite alone can be transmuted into true spiritual power. This allows one a free hand in creating whatever one holds as a clear intention. As always, one is affected by what one creates, so it is advised to remain true to loving and benevolent paths.

SPIRITUAL   Black Merlinite facilitates access to the deep unconscious. It aids in lucid dreaming, meditation, shamanic journeying, spirit communication, divination, prophetic vision, magic and scrying.

EMOTIONAL   Black Merlinite helps to quiet spiritual fears by teaching one that the unconscious is part of oneself and is therefore non-threatening.

PHYSICAL   Black Merlinite supports all organs and systems involved in bodily purification and the elimination of wastes.

AFFIRMATION   I enter the darkness of my own unknown with love, reverence and appreciation.

METALS

Metals are on the periphery of what we are covering in this book on the metaphysical uses of stones, gems and minerals. However, there are several metals which exhibit energetic properties worth noting and which are already of interest to stone lovers. We will therefore give attention to the six most significant ones—Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Titanium and Niobium.

GOLD

KEY WORDS      Solar energy, the archetypal male energy, creativity, confidence, vitality

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All, especially Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd) and Solar Plexus (3rd)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Gold is the metal of royalty and of the Divine Father energy. It is associated with the Sun, with fire, with the life force in its creative mode, and with male energy. It is the metal of the outer self, the sunlit personality. Gold is the metal which most easily conducts electricity, and it is also the one best suited to be an all-purpose conductor of the subtle energies of stones. Although Gold is the ‘best’ metal for energetically active jewelry, one must take into consideration the stones and individuals involved. Both vary widely in their energy patterns, so there are many cases in which other metals are to be preferred.

Gold revitalizes one’s physical energies and magnifies the power of most gemstones. It supports openness and integrity and builds confidence in the wearer. In fairy tales, it symbolizes the successful completion of an inner process of growth and the reward for doing so. In its radiance, it also symbolizes the heavenly realms.

NAISHA AHSIAN Gold is a Solar ray metal, carrying a stimulating Fire element frequency to assist one in expressing one’s energy in the world. Its energy is best represented by the god Ra. Gold intensifies the energy of Fire, Wind and Storm element stones and it helps stimulate the energies of Earth and Water stones. Gold is related to worldly knowledge and an understanding of manifestation. It stimulates passion, creativity and sexuality.

SPIRITUAL   Gold activates the base through third chakras, allowing one to joyfully interact with the physical realm. It carries the energy of the Sun, stimulating one’s will to grow and stretch beyond one’s current experiences.

EMOTIONAL   Gold can be stimulating to the emotional body, assisting one in overcoming emotional paralysis and fear. It can help one move through difficult circumstances. It brings joy, excitement and optimism into the energy field. It evokes strength, determination and will.

PHYSICAL Gold can assist in instances of sluggish elimination, low physical vitality and depressive tendencies. It is mildly active on its own and is best combined with other minerals to focus and amplify its physical healing properties.

AFFIRMATION   I am blessed with the gift of Divine energy, and I use it to multiply and pass on the blessings I receive.

SILVER

KEY WORDS      Lunar energy, the archetypal feminine energy, mystery, introversion, the unconscious

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

ROBERT SIMMONS   Silver is the metal of the Goddess, the Moon, the night, the secret, the mysterious, the High Priestess, the female energy, the life force in its hidden aspect. Silver is second to Gold in its electrical conductivity, and it, too, harmonizes well with most gemstones. Where Gold emanates an extroverted energy, Silver is introverted. Where Gold engenders self-confidence, Silver encourages self-containment and inward reflection. Where Gold blazes with fiery Light, Silver is a mirror to the soul, the metal of moonlight.

Silver works best with stones that enhance psychic abilities and/or work to heal the emotional body. In fairy tales, Silver symbolizes the journey through the dark forest and the confrontation with mystery. It is the symbol of the unconscious realm, the world of the soul from which the archetypal patterns of life arise.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Silver is a Lunar Ray, Water element metal that supports one’s efforts to go within to explore the deepest aspects of self and Nature. It is a cooling metal and helps to calm down the energies of Fire and Wind element stones, while adding depth and energy to Earth and Water element stones. Silver acts as a doorway to the subconscious, unconscious and nether realms. It assists one in connecting with the mysteries and perceiving the truth behind surface appearances.

SPIRITUAL   Silver connects one to the female, the Goddess polarity. It aids in exploring the deep inner realms of emotion and intuition. It can help open the psychic senses and hone one’s empathic abilities. It is a favorite for those who worship the feminine aspect of nature.

EMOTIONAL   Silver brings attunement to the emotional self. For those who are already emotionally sensitive or highly empathic, Silver’s energy may be too intense, as it strengthens these sensitivities. It can assist one in embracing mystery and surrendering to the unknown. For those who have lost the sense of mystery in their lives, Silver can aid in rediscovering the excitement of all that is unknown and unknowable.

PHYSICAL   Silver aids in cooling excess heat in the body. It is a good balancer for women experiencing hormonal imbalance. It is also an excellent antibacterial and anti-viral agent. It can help bolster the immune system’s ability to fight infection.

AFFIRMATION   I go within to find the Light of the hidden truth, and I bring it back to share.

PLATINUM

KEY WORDS      Cosmic connection, interdimensional communication

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th) and Transpersonal/Etheric (8th through 14th, above the head)

ROBERT SIMMONS   As Gold is personality and Silver is Soul, Platinum is Spirit. It is the stars, the androgynous angelic energy, the life force in its aspect of transformation. Platinum has the highest vibrational spectrum of any metal, and its resonance is best with stones attuned to the upper chakras of the body and the non-physical chakras above the head. Where Gold and Silver are extroverted or introverted, Platinum is transcendent. It evokes the energy of enlightenment and archetype of the Star.

Platinum can enhance one’s connection with angels and spirit guides. It carries the energy pattern of revelation. It works on the auric field to heal wounds to the soul which were fated or chosen for one’s learning (and blessing) in this lifetime.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Platinum is a metal of cosmic connection and stellar knowledge. It is a powerful Storm element metal that activates and stabilizes the higher chakras. Platinum is an excellent choice for those with Star lineage, or for walk-ins and visitors of all types. Platinum can be used with any mineral or gem, but it resonates most strongly with Storm and Wind element stones. Platinum carries yin and yang energies in perfect balance. Its Storm element vibrations will be focused by the elemental energies of the stone with which it is paired.

SPIRITUAL   Platinum activates the higher chakras and stimulates communion and communication with the higher realms. Natural Platinum crystals, while extremely rare, are the most potent interdimensional communication devices available. Platinum assists non-Earth visitors such as walk-ins and interdimensionals to acclimate to human bodies and experiences. It can assist Earthlings in reaching out to the cosmos and exploring the universe. Platinum assists in out-of-body travel, and it creates a powerful protective field around the body.

EMOTIONAL   Platinum is emotionally neutral.

PHYSICAL   Platinum is stimulating to the energetic systems but has no specific healing properties on its own. It amplifies the energies of the stones and minerals used in healing.

AFFIRMATION   I call upon my guides and angels for the revelation which brings awakening and recognition of my spiritual purpose.

COPPER

KEY WORDS      Channeling and grounding higher vibrations, conducting and enhancing stone energies

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

ROBERT SIMMONS   Copper is the metal of channeling energies. It has the ability to ground and transfer a wide array of vibrational frequencies from the spiritual to the physical. It is the metal of the Magician. It crackles with electricity and fire, but the fire is not its own—it belongs to the higher realms. Copper is a conduit between Heaven and Earth, and it performs the essential task of providing the medium for manifestation of the invisible to the visible.

Copper can carry stone energies the way a copper wire carries electricity. Crystal grids can be enhanced by connecting the stones with Copper wire. A Quartz Laser Wand or other crystal can be intensified by wrapping a coil of copper wire around it. One of the most powerful and basic energy devices one can make is a copper pipe filled with stones and a crystal point at one or both ends. This is the simplest type of energy wand tool. Pyramids or geometric forms constructed from copper tubing filled with crystals make extremely high-energy meditation chambers. Copper encourages experimentation and invention. It resonates with the planet Uranus and its energy of revolutionary ideas and unexpected serendipitous change.

Copper bracelets, which have long been used for treating arthritis, work by opening the blocked energy flow of which the arthritic symptoms are a manifestation.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Copper is a versatile and useful metal for both metaphysical and physical healing purposes. It resonates with the Earth element and teaches the ancient ways of walking in balance with the planet and all the beings upon it. Copper is a strong conductor of energy, and it enhances the energy of any earthly stone with which it is used. The exceptions are Meteorites and Tektites, which can create discordant or overly intense energetic fields when combined with Copper. The patina that Copper naturally develops as it oxidizes does not detract from its energy. In fact, Copper with a patina can be especially helpful for strengthening blood oxygenation capability and respiratory system function.

Copper can strengthen the blood and help activate cellular knowledge of one’s ancient heritage. It is receptive in its energy, rather than directive. It is strengthening to the female reproductive system. Copper is the most powerful metal to use in healing the physical body, as it aids one in balancing and strengthening all its levels and systems.

SPIRITUAL   Copper teaches the way of balance and respect for the Earth and its beings. It helps one find inspiration in the natural world and encourages learning through receptive observation. Copper carries the energy of the wise Grandmother who has learned much from life but will only share her knowledge when you are patient, respectful and attentive.

EMOTIONAL   Copper carries the energies of thoughts and emotions quite easily. It can help one become more aware of the unconscious inner dialog that often creates our emotional experience. Copper can aid in gaining wisdom and a higher perspective on emotional experience.

PHYSICAL   Copper supports iron in the formation of red blood cells and hemoglobin—the rhombic prismatic liquid crystals that are the life-carrying part of every red blood cell. Copper is an important element in the formation of tissues, and it can assist the body in repairing tissues after accident, injury or surgery. It is an excellent all-around metal to employ in physical healing and recovery work. It can be helpful in strengthening the female reproductive system and can be used in combination with zinc-bearing minerals in the treatment of female infertility, cystitis and other reproductive imbalances. In males, Copper can increase general vitality and physical healing. It is supports bodybuilding and physical training in general.

AFFIRMATION   I call upon the forces of the higher worlds to manifest on Earth through me.

TITANIUM

KEY WORDS      Power, action, higher awareness, bringing contradiction into synthesis

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

ROBERT SIMMONS   Titanium is the metal of power and invincibility. It evokes the imagery of the giant, the warrior, the hero, the willing defender of all that is precious. It resonates to the energies of the planet Mars. It enhances one’s physical vitality and brings more energy into the auric field. It can be a vibrational antidote to sluggishness and fatigue. It is a stone of action rather than reflection, of movement rather than meditation.

Titanium works especially well with high-energy stones such as Moldavite, Natrolite, Herderite, Zincite, Tibetan Tektite and Prophecy Stone. It is ideal for use in building Light tools. Titanium is also a metal of higher awareness, bringing one to the resolution of inner conflict and the synthesis of apparently contradictory thoughts. It is a friend of fabulous, impossible ideas and can bear the tension inherent in paradox. It is a metal of the new consciousness that will be the norm after the great transformation of humanity takes place. Wearing or carrying Titanium plants a seed of that energy firmly in one’s auric field.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Titanium is a useful metal for general energetic well-being. You can think of this metal as a vibrational mirror that deflects negative energies and encourages a balanced, strong field. Titanium is stimulating to the auric field and meridians, acting as a prism for soul-level energy and infusing the aura with a rainbow spectrum of Light. Titanium has a broad range of frequencies and can be used with any type of crystal or stone to enhance and strengthen that stone’s energy in a healing session.

This metal assists one in maintaining mental clarity and focus. It stimulates the mental body and allows one to access higher levels of knowledge and information.

SPIRITUAL   Titanium embodies energetic strength and purity. It is protective, increasing the amplitude of one’s vibrational field, making it impossible for weaker energies to shift the aura. It lends one determination and drive, giving one the will to take action on higher ideals.

EMOTIONAL   Titanium offers a sense of protection and security. It is helpful when excessive fear, panic and/or anxiety are present. It is generally uplifting and reinforcing for the emotional body, due to its ability to bring a full spectrum of visible Light into the aura.

PHYSICAL   Titanium offers energetic protection from the electromagnetic fields generated by computers and other electronics. It is more active on the spiritual and emotional levels than in physical healing, but it does support physical healing by reinforcing the energy field.

AFFIRMATION   I claim the power of my whole being and use it in service of the great transformation of humanity.

NIOBIUM

KEY WORDS      Activation of the Rainbow Body, communication with ETs and etheric entities

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

ROBERT SIMMONS   Niobium is such a wild metal, one wonders if it really belongs on Earth. It vibrates to the frequencies used by many of the extraterrestrial visitors and can help one move into their planes of consciousness. It encourages one to see everything from a fresh perspective, and it helps one discern the magic one has overlooked right under one’s nose.

Niobium is a metal of the Rainbow Body, and adorning oneself with it can help align all the non-physical forms of the self in such a way that the true Rainbow Body can take shape. This metal can harmonize with any stone, but Azeztulite and Phenacite are its favorites for dimension-hopping. Niobium is useful in making Light tools and crystal energy devices. It resonates to the mystical energies of the planet Neptune.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Niobium is a fascinating metal that is very similar in energy to Titanium but is capable of carrying a higher frequency range. It is excellent for trance channels, mediums, psychics, or anyone who must maintain their grounding while expanding into higher states of consciousness. Niobium can express itself in a rainbow of colors and so can be used as a support to color therapy. It combines well with any stone.

SPIRITUAL   Niobium is a wonderful conductor for high-frequency stones. As such, it is stimulating to the crown and etheric chakras above the head, which can open psychic channels and allow for communication with higher guides and Light entities. When combined with high-frequency stones it can stimulate visionary experiences and communication across dimensional barriers.

EMOTIONAL   Niobium is emotionally neutral.

PHYSICAL   Niobium is physically neutral.

AFFIRMATION   I am a free being, and I take joy in exploring the inner and outer Universe.

METEORITE

Meteorites are stones of extraterrestrial origin that have survived the fall through Earth’s atmosphere. They have long been imagined to have supernatural powers. The ancient Chinese considered meteorites to be sacred stones, and the Tibetans knew them as vajra stones, associated with the fiery power of creation. Perhaps the most fabled meteoric stone on Earth is the kabba, a black stone at the center of the most holy Muslim site in Mecca, said to be a gift from God. Thousands of meteors collide with the Earth every day, but only a tiny fraction reach the ground without completely burning up. The three types of meteorites of greatest metaphysical interest will be considered here—Nickel-Iron Meteorites, Chondrites and Pallasites.

Nickel-Iron Meteorites are almost completely metallic, being composed of blended nickel and iron. These can be sliced and etched, revealing patterns of cross-hatched lines, called Widmanstatten figures. In ancient times, these meteorites were prized as a pure source of metal for making weapons. Excalibur, the fabled sword of King Arthur, was said to have been made from a Nickel-Iron Meteorite. These meteorites are composed of the same material that forms the Earth’s core, and they may come from the cores of destroyed planets or the planet-forming bodies called planetesimals.

Chondrites are stony Meteorites. They contain silicate minerals, mostly Pyroxene and Olivine, and small amounts of Plagioclase Feldspar. They also contain a small proportion of nickel-iron. Their structure consists of small spherical grains called chondrules. The chemical make of Chondrites suggests they may come from the mantle of planetesimals. Chondrites can be radioactively dated as being up to 4.6 billion years old, the estimated age of the solar system itself.

Pallasites have the most striking appearance of all Meteorites. They consist of a lattice nickel-iron with pockets of yellow-green Olivine crystal throughout the structure. Pallasite is a rare variety of Chondrite Meteorite, containing a high proportion of silicate material. These Meteorites do not exhibit chondrules, and they are coarser-grained than Chondrites. They contain very little metallic iron. These stones may have originated in planetesimals, although their composition suggests they could be of volcanic origin.

NICKEL-IRON METEORITE

KEY WORDS      Kundalini activation, inner vision, spiritual awakening, patience and persistence in regard to spiritual growth

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Nickel-Iron Meteorites vibrate with an almost electrical intensity. They have the capacity to activate the kundalini channel along the spine, bringing the usually dormant spiritual fire which exists in all human beings into full force. These stones conduct the energies of the stars, the Saura Agni of the Hindu vedas, the hidden energy that animates the Universe. When one stirs this energy within the self, great awakenings and great changes can happen very quickly, whether one believes one is ready or not. Yet the effect varies widely among people. Some will feel nothing at all, because their vibratory rate is too low to resonate with what emanates from these Meteorites. Others will feel over-stimulated and will want to get away from them. This may be because the emotional body is not strong enough to tolerate the potential transformation these stones engender. However, there will be those who are perfectly prepared to make the leap into the cosmic energies the Nickel-Iron Meteorites embody. For these individuals, a great journey will have begun.

Nickel-Iron Meteorites stimulate the third-eye and crown chakras. Thus they are stones that act as catalysts for inner vision and spiritual awakening. Yet they also activate the root chakra and solar plexus. The root chakra is the seat of the kundalini energies, and these stones can awaken them, as has been said. Yet because of their nickel-iron composition they also provide an anchor of grounding which is much needed in order to handle everything else they do. In addition, Nickel-Iron Meteorites stimulate the solar plexus, the chakra of action and will. This facilitates the process by which one determines the appropriate action to honor the gifts of awakening and transformation these stones provide. The value of a beautiful vision or inspired insight, or even the fiery serpent of kundalini, can be lost or wasted if one takes no action afterwards.

Nickel Iron Meteorites harmonize especially well with Moldavite, which echoes and magnifies their transformational energies as well as their cosmic connection. Libyan Gold Tektite, another stone with its roots in the heavens, can increase the focus on the third chakra and its energies of action and manifestation through the will. Tibetan Tektites will add even more fire to the kundalini activation these Meteorites initiate.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Nickel-Iron Meteorite is a purely metallic meteorite that combines the energies of Iron and Nickel metals. These often reveal beautiful geometric patterns within their metallic structure.

SPIRITUAL Nickel-Iron Meteorite helps those who are impatient for spiritual growth and so focus more on the outcome than the process. It can assist one in developing patience and constancy and in enjoying the structure of routine in one’s life. These allies carry ‘Monk’ energy, in that they assist one in finding the spiritual in the most mundane tasks and repetitive routines. They are helpful in seeing projects through to completion and facilitating one’s understanding of the structure that is necessary to bring an idea into being.

EMOTIONAL   Nickel-Iron Meteorites are grounding and protective for the emotional body. They aid in approaching issues with a clear sense of direction and can prevent one from wallowing in difficulties. They bring emotional balance and help one develop wisdom from emotional experiences. They keep one from ‘flying off the handle’ or reacting impetuously.

PHYSICAL   Nickel-Iron Meteorites are a strengthener for the blood and tissues. They can assist one in building up physical stamina and strength and so are wonderful aids to the healing process. They can help one stay present on the Earth and can be of use for premature infants or to help stabilize one who is experiencing a prolonged and difficult illness. They offer strength and hope in the face of a long struggle or physical ailment.

AFFIRMATION   My unwavering commitment to spiritual growth fuels the fires of my inner growth and awakening.

CHONDRITE METEORITE

KEY WORDS      Interdimensional and extraterrestrial communication, access to the Akashic records of the solar system

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Soul Star (8th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   If there were a single stone that every self-respecting extraterrestrial would have in his, her or its rock collection, it would be Chondrite Meteorite. These silica-rich stones from space vibrate at the frequencies most attuned to interdimensional communication with and among the ETs. As silica-based stones, Chondrites are programmable, similar to Quartz. They can be aligned with specific functions, such as opening one’s telepathic channel or ‘traveling’ interdimensionally to other stars and planets. They can also be used to store information, especially esoteric knowledge relating to the ‘ladder of consciousness’ upon which varying levels of high-frequency energies are exchanged. Meditation with these stones will help one discover whether they already contain latent programming of this type. If so, one may have a ready-made space vehicle for the mind. If not, only one’s imagination limits the number of inner doors these stones can open, through the power of focused intention.

Chondrites carry the spiritual records of this solar system. They chronicle the histories of etheric entities that existed on all the other planets, from Mercury to Saturn. Although these planets are unfit for physical life as we know it, those who travel there astrally, or who tap into their spiritual histories, discover that consciousness has always existed in the solar system. In fact, one finds that the ‘style’ of consciousness associated with each planet is similar to the traits assigned to it by astrology. For first hand experience of this and other aspects of these higher realms, meditation with Chondrite Meteorite is highly recommended.

Chondrite Meteorites combine harmoniously with Herderite and Brookite for expansion of awareness beyond the confines of the body. Danburite and Petalite can help lift one’s awareness of interdimensional communication channels to the angelic levels. If one feels the need for protection from negative ETs or other entities, Amethyst, Sugilite and Moldavite are a good trio to have at one’s fingertips. For grounding, the iron-rich stone Hematite works best with Chondrite meteorites.

NAISHA AHSIAN Chondrites, or stony meteorites, are the most common form of meteorite. They are thought to have their origins in the formation of the solar system. Chondrites contain the records of the birth of our solar system and can carry information for star-seeds and other persons of stellar origin. They generally do not carry information regarding the origins of Earth (as they are of extraterrestrial origin) but often carry records of the races and civilizations that have lived on other planets and bodies in our solar system.

SPIRITUAL   Chondrite Meteorites assist those who have come here from other solar systems to acclimate to our planet. They assist in grounding these individuals into human bodies and acclimatizing them to our planet’s energetic field. Carbonaceous Chondrites assist one in accessing information regarding stellar origins and star-seeding from the DNA. Enstatite Meteorites assist in grounding extraterrestrial visitors and in the stabilizing the physical body for walk-ins and other visitors.

EMOTIONAL   Chondrite Meteorites are non-emotional allies, though they can have a stabilizing effect on the emotional body.

PHYSICAL   Chondrite Meteorites can be used to help stabilize bone degeneration (Carbonaceous varieties) and to strengthen the blood and circulatory system (Enstatite varieties).

AFFIRMATION   I attune myself to the energies and memories of the planets, and thereby I increase my inner wisdom.

PALLASITE METEORITE

KEY WORDS      Union with the cosmic Overmind and fields of knowledge, interdimensional travel, prosperity, emotional stability

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Pallasite Meteorite, with its ‘windows’ of Olivine interlaced throughout its nickel-iron lattice, is perhaps the most amazing-looking Meteorite. It appears both otherworldly and familiar—this strange combination of everyday materials—and its energies reflect this paradox. Pallasite, surprisingly, stimulates the loving energies of the heart chakra, along with the visionary capacities of the third eye. There is nothing in the chemical composition of these stones which suggests this, yet Pallasite opens the emotional gateway of the heart along with the inner eye of wonder and expanded awareness, for the purpose of allowing one to experience the link between oneself and the cosmos.

In meditation with Pallasite, one can find the resonance between one’s individual life and the life of the Universe. One’s mind can move into an illuminated union with the cosmic Overmind, making it possible for one to tap into morphogenic fields of knowledge, whereby one can simply ‘ask and know’ in a single instant. Through the heart connection, it is possible for one to move into ecstatic union with the heart of the cosmos, also known as the Great Central Sun. One can recognize this experience when one feels as though one’s heart is overflowing with a radiance of golden Light, and that Light is also love. When both of these links are activated in unison, one may feel that one’s body extends throughout the entire Universe—that one, in a sense, is the Universe.

On a somewhat more mundane level, Pallasite helps one lose the fear of expanding consciousness beyond the body. It helps those who feel ‘stuck’ in the body to let go and travel in the astral and other higher planes. In physical life, it can calm the fear of flying and can also assist those who suffer from agoraphobia. After all, if the entire Universe is you, where are you not at home? Pallasite can also assist one in manifesting prosperity and abundance in one’s material life.

Pallasite Meteorite harmonizes with Phenacite and Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ for purposes of enhancing the visionary aspects of meditative experiences. For opening the heart more fully, one can combine Pallasite with Dioptase, Morganite, Emerald and/or Kunzite. Hematite, Black Tourmaline and Smoky Quartz are all excellent choices if one feels that a grounding influence is needed.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Pallasites are a combination of stony and metallic meteorite material that contains Olivine (or Peridot) inclusions in metal. These meteorite allies have a rich and potent energy for abundance and increase on all levels. They combine the grounding and strengthening energy of their metallic composition with the properties of abundance inherent in Peridot and Olivine. These stones can be used to assist in connecting with alternate earthly dimensions—especially the fairy and devic realms.

SPIRITUAL   Pallasite Meteorite assists those who are overly ‘spacey’ to ground themselves into the Earth realm. It can be of great help in stabilizing the energies of interdimensional travelers or walk-ins. Its Peridot inclusions assist in connecting with the energy of abundance. These stones are wonderful assistants for bringing an idea or project into being, stimulating one’s sense of abundance and one’s ability to ground thought into action to create one’s reality.

EMOTIONAL   Pallasite Meteorites can stabilize the emotional field, helping empathic individuals avoid being thrown off-center by the emotional energies of those around them. They can aid in overcoming grief and consciously facing the transition of death. They are excellent allies for assisting those who are stuck in scarcity consciousness, as they assist one in recognizing the prosperity that exists currently in one’s life and opening to future abundance.

PHYSICAL   Pallasite Meteorites are useful for those with irregular heartbeat, heart disease, or who are recovering from a heart attack. They are strong blood purifiers and can be used to assist the body in purging bacterial or viral invaders. They are useful in countering anemia.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to union with the cosmic Overmind and the Great Central Sun, and I know myself to be at one with All-That-Is.

MOLDAVITE

KEY WORDS      Transformation, rapid spiritual evolution, chakra activation, cleansing, protection, increased incidence of synchronicities

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Heart (4th) and Third Eye (6th)

Moldavite is a member of the Tektite group, a glassy mixture of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide and other metal oxides, with a hardness of 5.5 to 6. Its crystal system is amorphous. The color of most specimens is a deep forest green, though some pieces are pale green and others, especially those from Moravia, are greenish brown. A few rare gem-grade stones are only a little darker than emerald green. Moldavite’s formation coincides with the crash of a large meteorite in what is now the Bohemian plateau of the Czech Republic, approximately 14.8 million years ago. Most specimens are found strewn throughout that area. Farmers often turned up pieces of Moldavite when plowing fields, and Moldavite ‘miners’ sift and dig through loose sands and gravels. Some of the richest finds have occurred at the towns of Chlum and Slavce. A very delicate, lacy form of Moldavite has been found near the village of Besednice.

ROBERT SIMMONS   [Author’s Note: Moldavite is the stone that initiated me into awareness of the spiritual properties of crystals and minerals, as well as my personal spiritual destiny. It has, over the twenty-two years I have worked in this field, had similar effects on thousands of other people with whom I have spoken and corresponded. From my perspective, it has a special role to play in the awakening of humanity that is now under way, and for this reason we go into Moldavite’s story in somewhat more depth than we do with the other stones.]

Scientific theorists differ on hypotheses regarding Moldavite’s origin. Some contend that Moldavite is earthly rock melted by the heat of the meteorite crash, while others suggest that the material is of extraterrestrial origin, possibly a type of obsidian ejected by a lunar volcano. A third theory holds that Moldavite is a fusion product of meteoric material and earthly rock that were vaporized in the tremendous heat of the impact explosion, the resultant gas being propelled high into the atmosphere. This gaseous material would have then cooled and condensed into a liquid glass which ‘rained’ down on the crater and surrounding areas. Regardless of which, if any, of these ideas is correct, it is known that Moldavite indeed fell from the sky because of the aerodynamic shapes of certain pieces, and virtually all scientists associate it with the meteoric collision that formed the Bohemian plateau and surrounding mountains.

The event which gave birth to Moldavite was one of tremendous power. The force of the impact explosion has been estimated at six trillion megatons, far more than all the atom bombs on Earth. The heat, as mentioned above, was high enough to vaporize rock, and the main body of the meteorite is believed to have passed completely through the Earth’s crust, penetrating into the liquid iron at the planet’s core. This deep impact is said to have disturbed the currents of rotating liquid iron enough to cause the reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles.

Throughout history, and even into pre-history, Moldavite has been regarded as a spiritual talisman. The Neolithic peoples of Eastern Europe wore Moldavite at least 25,000 years ago, and the famed Venus of Willendorf—the earliest known goddess statue—was discovered in a digging site which contained a number of Moldavite amulets. People of that period also used Moldavite for arrowheads and cutting tools.

More recently, Moldavite has been viewed as a relic of the legend of the Holy Grail. In some recountings, the Grail was said to be not a cup, but a stone, an Emerald that fell from the sky. In other stories, the Grail cup was carved from the Emerald. The correspondences of the Stone of the Grail with Moldavite are clear. The ancients called all clear green gemstones ‘Emeralds,’ and Moldavite is the only such stone ever to have fallen from the sky. In history, there was even a physical ‘Grail’ discovered and brought to Napoleon, who was disappointed to find it was green glass. But, of course, Moldavite is green glass. Another chalice, this one made of gold and adorned with Moldavites, was passed down through the centuries and disappeared during the second World War. In the 1930s, the famed artist, mystic Nicholas Roerich, compared a Moldavite (which he called agni mani, meaning ‘fire pearl’) to the fabled Stone of Shambhala, further asserting it was the same stone contained in the Holy Grail. Interestingly, the energetic effects of Moldavite parallel those attributed to the fabled Grail stone. In Czech folklore, Moldavite was believed to bring harmony to marital relationships, and was used as a traditional betrothal gift for centuries. Once again, the Stone of the Grail was believed to have similar properties.

In modern times, Moldavite has emerged as one of the stones most prized for metaphysical purposes. Its effects vary widely, from mild to almost overwhelming, from physical cleansings to spiritual breakthroughs—yet the common denominator seems to be the revitalization and acceleration of one’s path of personal evolution.

People who hold Moldavite for the first time most often experience its energy as warmth or heat, usually felt first in one’s hand and then progressively throughout the body. In some cases, there is an opening of the heart chakra which is characterized by strange (though not painful) sensations in the chest, an upwelling of emotion and a flushing of the face. This has happened often enough to have been given a name—the ‘Moldavite flush.’ Other ways of feeling Moldavite’s energies include pulsations in the hand while holding the stone, tingling in the third-eye and heart chakras, a feeling of light-headedness or dizziness, and occasionally the sense of being lifted out of one’s body. Most people feel that Moldavite excites their energies and speeds their vibrations, especially for the first days or weeks, until one becomes acclimated to it. However, some individuals, especially Starborns, find that Moldavite relaxes them, as if it were a little piece of ‘home.’

Moldavite’s energies can activate any and all of the chakras. Its vibrations tend to focus in areas where one has blockages or ‘wounds,’ first clearing these areas and then moving into resonance with one’s entire energetic system. Resonance with Moldavite can take many forms—chakras can open; synchronicities can increase in frequency and significance; one’s dream life can become dramatically more vivid and meaningful; one can connect with spirit guides; physical, emotional or spiritual healings can happen; jobs and relationships can change; meditations can become deeper and more powerful—yet all these can be viewed as symptoms of a shift in one’s own energies. This shift is what Moldavite can catalyze. With its high and intense vibrations, it can resonate with one’s energy pattern in a way that creates an intensification of one’s spiritual vitality and an acceleration of one’s progress on the path of one’s highest destiny. This is much the same effect that legend says one might have received through exposure to the fabled Stone of the Grail.

The spiritual Grail may be thought of as the awakened and fully realized intelligence of the human heart. Moldavite once again parallels the Stone of the Grail in its affinity to the heart and the heart chakra. Through the heart’s electromagnetic field and its accompanying field of unmeasurable subtle energies, we can directly perceive the conditions of other people and the world. The heart’s field resonates to All-That-Is, from atoms to galaxies, from individual soul to cosmic consciousness. And the heart not only perceives—it also changes conditions. Through the heart’s will, it is possible to alter reality, and, knowing this, one has the responsibility of willing the highest good in each moment without knowing what form it will take. Moldavite offers the promise and carries the potential for assisting one in fully awakening the intelligence of the heart.

Moldavite is a powerful aid for meditation and dream-work. In both cases, taping a piece of Moldavite to the forehead can have the effect of creating a much more vivid and visionary inner experience. Moldavite increases one’s sensitivity to guidance and one’s ability to discern the messages sent from the higher realms. Moldavite can be a powerful catalyst for self-healing, clearing blockages and opening the meridians, as well as energizing the interconnections between all aspects of one’s etheric, astral, causal and physical bodies. Like the ancient, fabled agni mani, revered in ancient lore, Moldavite is a talisman of spiritual awakening, transformation and evolutionary growth.

In addition to use in meditation and dream work, Moldavite can be worn as jewelry. This conveys the advantage of being able to keep its energies in one’s vibrational field throughout the day, for further strengthening of its effects. Doing this also draws an increased incidence of beneficial sychronicities into one’s daily life. Some people will have to accustom themselves gradually to wearing Moldavite, because of its energetic intensity, but most will make the adjustment in a few days.

Moldavite also offers an energy of spiritual protection. When one is in resonance with its high-frequency vibrations, negative energies and entities cannot connect with or hang onto one’s field. In alignment with its transformational properties, Moldavite tends to disconnect one from unhealthy attachments and magnetize the persons and situations one most needs for evolutionary progress.

Moldavite can be cut and facetted into gems and other forms, some of which can enhance its energies. The forms which magnify and focus Moldavite’s vibrations include pyramids, Platonic solids, spheres and star tetrahedrons. The most powerful gem cuts are round brilliant, radiant octagon, trilliant and oval. Round Moldavite beads are both gentle and powerful. Like spheres, they allow an even omnidirectional flow of Moldavite’s vibrations, accompanied by a kind of softness, which may come from the stone’s rounded shape

Moldavite is an ideal stone for use in making energy tools. It can be glued or otherwise attached to other stones to magnify both energies. It can be added to wands, headbands, templates, grids and all sorts of devices to intensify their effects.

Moldavite has the ability to enhance and accelerate the beneficial effects on many other stones. It works well with all types of Quartz, as well as Amethyst, Citrine, Rose Quartz, Sugilite, Charoite, Lapis, Larimar, Rhodochrosite, Aquamarine, Heliodor, Pietersite, Smokey Quartz, Selenite and most other gemstones. For healing purposes, it works very well with Seraphinite. For enhanced visionary experience, Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ are an excellent ally. Genuine Diamond, in crystal or gem form, further intensifies Moldavite’s transformational energies. Libyan Gold Tektite increases Moldavite’s empowerment of the third chakra, focus of personal power and will.

Moldavite is one of the Synergy Twelve stones, along with Danburite, Tanzanite, Azeztulite, Phenacite, Herderite, Tibetan Tektite, Satyaloka Quartz, Petalite, Brookite, Natrolite and Scolecite. This combination is the most powerful yet discovered for enhancement of the etheric pattern of the perfected self. Moldavite also works harmoniously with each of these stones on its own.

If one were forced to be marooned on a desert island with only one stone as an ally, Moldavite would be an excellent choice.

ROBERT SIMMONS: MORE ON THE MOLDAVITE—HOLY GRAIL CONNECTION

One of the first connections I made to the mystical nature of Moldavite brought me into contact with the Grail legend. The magazine article to which I was led by a chain of synchronous events, in discussing the legends and lore surrounding Moldavite, mentioned that the famous spiritual artist Nicholas Roerich compared Moldavite to the fabled Stone of Shambhala, further asserting it was the same stone contained in the Holy Grail. Not knowing much about the Grail legend, I looked it up in a book written by the Grail scholar John Matthews. He mentioned that in some accountings of the tale, the Grail was not a chalice, but a stone—an Emerald that fell from the sky, out of the crown of the angel Lucifer, before he was cast from heaven. I was excited by the parallel to the physical history of Moldavite, since it was a green gemstone (not too far from Emerald in color) that indeed fell from the sky.

There were other interesting associations. The Grail is often depicted as a vessel, such as a chalice. This implies the female body, as the chalice that holds the essence of life and can bring forth new life. Worship of the Divine Feminine has centered around this holy mystery, and one of the curious facts about Moldavite—that amulets of Moldavite were found in the same archeological dig as the Venus of Willendorf, the oldest known Goddess statue—indicates that Moldavite was associated with Her before the Grail as a cup was ever imagined.

In recorded history, the Grail vessel in most instances was held to be the cup which caught the blood of Christ as He died on the cross. In the Arthurian romances which featured the Grail, the Grail cup magically circulated among the knights and ladies seated at the Round Table during the feast of Pentacost, providing each one with the food and drink he or she most desired—giving holy nourishment. To drink from the Grail brought healing and rejuvenation, as well as spiritual awakening. It quickened the destiny path of the knights, guiding them to the adventures they needed to promote their inner growth. The Grail was also a talisman of right relationship. Once a knight, such as Parzival, had beheld the Grail, he could not be unfaithful to his true love, and the Grail would always guide him back to her.

Again, the parallels to Moldavite are striking. In Czech folklore, Moldavite has for hundreds of years been used as a bethrothal gift to bring harmony to the marriage. In current times, the most frequent comment I hear from people about the effects of carrying or wearing Moldavite is the speeding up of the person’s spiritual evolution, or destiny path. Having Moldavite seems to accelerate the attraction of the situations one most needs for growth, and the dissolving of connections with whatever holds one back.

All this being said, the most compelling Grail connection I see with Moldavite has to do with the awakening of the Grail of the heart. As I wrote in first chapter of this book, biologists now say that the bodies of living organisms like ourselves are liquid crystal, displaying a coherence of structure and dynamic organization that approaches that of solid crystals. Liquid crystals are tunable to different frequencies, as are we. Solid crystals emanate specific vibrational patterns, with which we can resonate. The shift we feel in this resonating may be our inner realignment, our attunement, to the frequency of the stone. As a glassy substance, Moldavite is technically more of a ‘liquid’ crystal than a solid one. With its connections to the fabled Stone of the Grail, it may be the talisman by which we can all ‘drink’ from that sacred vessel.

Think now back to the scene of Christ on the cross. His blood was caught in the Grail cup, which means that this ‘cup’ carried the vibrational pattern—the liquid crystal alignment—of his blood. If we are to believe the legends, he lived in perfect attunement to—in complete trust of—the Divine. In other words, he was filled with love and free from fear. He was nourished completely by this Divine connection. To drink from the Grail—the vessel holding the vibrational pattern contained in his blood—was to take that pattern into one’s body. To do that was to take the Christ into one’s heart. (Remember all the artistic renderings of Christ, showing his heart exposed outside his chest.) Indeed, the heart is the cup, the chalice that holds our blood. If we take the Christic pattern into our hearts, we ‘drink’ the pattern of attunement to the Divine which he embodied, and we receive the total nourishment that comes from attunement to that pattern.

Further correspondences: Pictures of the Grail often depict it as a cup overflowing with the outpouring of Divine blessing. If we as liquid crystal beings reattune the pattern of our hearts to the frequencies of the Divine, the heart will then pump the blood—our own blood—carrying that pattern to all parts of our body—a perfect analog to the overflowing Grail chalice.

Now, if Moldavite is the physical-world embodiment of the mythical Grail stone, it may be possible through attunement to Moldavite’s frequency patterns, to realign our own heart’s with the Divine, thus activating our own inner Grail, receiving its nourishment and becoming sources of Divine nourishment in the world. As the heart pumps the blood through its perfected re-crystalized pattern, the blood takes on the pattern, and our entire body becomes a Grail, overflowing with blessings for the world. If enough people achieve this reattunement (with or without Moldavite) such a shift might manifest as a widespread, or even universal, attainment of Christ consciousness—an enactment of what has been imagined as the Second Coming.

There are many more connections in this story that I have space to write here, and some of the more radical speculations above may never happen—or they may. I encourage anyone moved or called by these ideas to experiment with them, and with Moldavite, without any attachments to what is ‘impossible’ or to what one wants to happen. Set your intention, free your imagination and allow the future to unfold as it will.

MOLDAVITE GRAIL MEDITATION

Sit quietly with a Moldavite in your hand, or lie with one over your heart, or tape a piece of Moldavite to your chest. Go into inner silence, and imagine the space in the center of your chest, the area of your heart. Picure an oval or egg shape, about the size of the physical heart, and imagine the Moldavite within that space. Allow yourself to envision that space filled with gold-green light, emanating from the stone and fillng the inner oval. Let the space become more and more full, until you feel warmth or vibration or light bleeding through that space. Place your attention in the area surrounding that space and feel the warmth/vibration/light beginning to spread into the rest of the chest. Then dissolve the eggshell and let the warmth/vibration/light flood your entire body. Pay attention to the sense of this spreading. Imagine that the crystallization of the pattern of each cell in your body is dissolved or burned away, and is reformed as it is penetrated by the new pattern generated through the sacred stone/seed you have placed at the center of your heart. Feel how the heart pumps this new pattern to every cell through the transmuted pattern of the blood, which is reformed as it passes through the heart. Feel how each inhalation brings in more Light, increasing the intensity of the re-forming, and how each exhalation releases the old pattern. Feel how you are being assisted by loving beings, within the stone, within yourself, and all around you. Feel the core of pure truth in your heart, and let yourself surrender to it. Now dwell for a moment in your heart, feeling and being the new radiance that shines through your whole body. Realize that your body is the holy Grail, the vessel carrying the sacred pattern of the New Life, and that your heart is the secret cup carrying the seed crystal of that pattern. Feel how the Moldavite has held that pattern in potensia, and how it has been released to fulfill your highest destiny.

Now, if you are ready, imagine the radiance within you expanding, with rays going out to heal your relationships with every person in your life. Imagine your heart sending out green/gold healing rays of compassion, love and clarity to everyone you love, to everyone you know, to everyone you have ever met, and to everyone you have never met. And finally, send your love/healing/light from your heart to the heart of the Earth, until this radiance shines through every grain of soil, every stone, every drop of water, every metal, every creature. And as the Grail of the Earth glows with its transmuted radiance, allow yourself to see its light meeting the light from the Great Central Sun, suffusing the Universe with love unbounded.

When you have finished and allowed these images to fade, go out and live them. Namaste.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Moldavite is a cardinal Storm element stone. Storm represents massive transformation, cleansing and change on all levels, and Moldavite certainly lives up to that reputation. Moldavite is perhaps the most easily felt of all minerals. It carries an intense frequency that deeply activates the entire chakra system, stimulates the kundalini, cracks open one’s psychic channels and propels one into one’s future with the force of a hurricane. But, don’t let this scare you! Sometimes this cosmic ‘boot in the butt’ is exactly what is required to dislodge psychic debris from one’s life and kick-start one’s spiritual development.

Moldavite lays bare the limitations one has put on one’s life and development. Then it explodes those limitations and propels you headlong down your spiritual path. If you are addicted to safety and surety, then watch out for Moldavite! This ally tolerates no qualifying addendums to one’s statement that one is ready to move forward. Once you have invoked this ally’s power, it is best to be truly willing to face and release whatever has held you back so far. You can either go gracefully and willingly, or you can go kicking and screaming—but you WILL go! As a great and wise guide once said to me, “You asked for it!”

Beyond its life-changing capability, however, Moldavite can also be a truly fun stone to engage. Its energies progressively unzip the chakras, allowing for powerful activations, amazing cosmic journeys, and humbling revelations about the size and scope of this thing we call ‘Spirit.’ It is an excellent communication device for talking with one’s relatives and friends on other planets and in other dimensions. In fact, I would qualify it as THE cosmic attunement stone.

It powerfully enhances the dream state and should be used in moderation until one is acclimated to its frequency. In fact, I always council my students and clients to meditate with Moldavite once a day for five days before carrying it on one’s person or wearing it for any length of time. Otherwise, headaches, hot flashes, dizziness, nausea and other interesting frequency adjustment symptoms can follow. This ally teaches one to respect the power it carries and to respect the power one carries within oneself. If you are truly ready to move forward on your path, then Moldavite is the ally to approach.

SPIRITUAL   Yes. Moldavite allows one to have the experiences most people are seeking when they refer to ‘spiritual experiences.’ Connection to guides, expanded awareness that would put any hallucinogen to shame, and a visceral experience of the highest frequencies are all possible when one invokes this ally’s energy.

EMOTIONAL   Be ready to peer into the great, gaping maw of your deepest, darkest fears, secrets and shadows. Moldavite brings to the surface that which you most need to recognize, honor, integrate or clear, so be prepared to really look in that mirror. Once you have stirred up the mud, however, Moldavite will shine the brightest Light into the depths, illuminating the monsters and revealing that they are really mice!

PHYSICAL   Moldavite is an activation stone—not really a healing stone. I generally do not use it with clients unless they are already fairly healthy and balanced and ready to move to the next phase. If you are frustrated with not being able to identify the roots of your imbalance or disease, however, then by all means invoke this energy! It often creates a healing crisis that clearly points to understanding how you have done this to yourself, and how to get out of it!

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to transformation and I invoke the manifestation of my highest destiny.

MOLDAU QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Grounding spiritual Light in the body, appreciating and expressing beauty, awakening heart awareness, grounding the vibrations of Moldavite

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Heart (4th) and Third Eye (6th)

Moldau Quartz is the name given to pieces of massive (and occasionally prismatic) quartz that are found in the Moldavite fields of the Czech Republic. Like other forms of quartz, it has a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. If it weren’t for their exceptional energies, it would be easy to overlook these humble-looking stones. In the uncut state, they range from about one to eight inches in diameter, partially rounded and smoothed by erosion. The colors of Moldau Quartz include white, gray, brown and rusty orange.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Moldau Quartz has spent millions of years in the same soil where Moldavite is found. These stones have, in a sense, been ‘taught’ by the presence of Moldavite. They are stones of the Earth that have been attuned to the frequencies of the higher worlds. In this, they hold the pattern we ourselves are reaching toward in regard to grounding spiritual Light in our physical bodies. Moldau Quartz is particularly helpful in this area.

In meditation, there is a distinct downward pull of Light energy into the body from above as one holds the stone over the heart. The heart itself resonates with Moldau Quartz more than most other varieties of quartz. Moldau Quartz’s vibration is a kind of synthesis of Moldavite and Azeztulite. Azeztulite is resonant with the highest spiritual realms, and Moldavite is deeply attuned to the Divine spark in our hearts. These realms are not truly separate, yet their vibrations are of different qualities. The bridge offered through Moldau Quartz allows one to incorporate much of Azeztulite’s high frequencies with the heart-resonance characteristic of Moldavite.

In meditation, Moldau Quartz often generates images of various locations around the Earth. In each, there is the sort of beauty one might notice in the most aesthetically pleasing natural scenes. This indicates that Moldau Quartz is resonant with the beauty aspect of Sophia, the Soul of the World. It is, in fact, a very pure emanation of Sophia. Sophia is, of course, expressing herself through all of the stones, yet she has a myriad of qualities, so each stone is different. Moldau Quartz opens the pathway for one’s consciousness to appreciate the expressions of beauty constantly offered to us from our own heart. The heart speaks in images more than in words. The heart gestures in impulses and urges more than in language. In many of us, the heart seems to have no language other than that of image and feeling. But if we pay attention, what language could be more expressive than those?

Stimulation via the currents of Moldau Quartz gives rise to an urge within the heart to speak ‘upward,’ expressing the beauty of its nature to our mental consciousness. We are falsely divided between heart and brain, and our mental side is often so dominant that we rarely notice the thought of the heart. The heart in most of us waits quietly until it is stirred to action by some crucial or difficult situation. With Moldau Quartz, the heart’s consciousness is stimulated so that what may seem to be asleep in us awakens and begins offering its thought and nature to our mental side. This is invaluable, because in order for us to become whole the mind and the heart must join, and the heart must be seen as the true sovereign of our being. This is very much the purpose of Moldavite.

If the mental self will turn toward this newly awakened heart expression, the actions of the wakeful heart are reinforced and supported. Then a dialogue ensues, becoming more and more constant as we give attention to it. When the dialogue becomes so continuous and love-filled that there is no sense of separation between heart and mind, the stage is set for a great awakening—our recognition of the heart and its ascension in glory to its seat of sovereignty. In simpler language, this means that the mental consciousness releases its dominance, because it has recognized the greater wisdom of the heart, and discovered its love for the heart.

Moldau Quartz can be used for grounding the vibrations of Moldavite more firmly into the physical body. Orange or brownish Moldau Quartz stones are most helpful in this grounding capacity. White Moldau Quartz tends to vibrate a bit higher, and it is helpful in attuning the mental consciousness to receive the heart’s messages. The purpose of Moldau Quartz—closely aligned with that of Moldavite—is the unity of self. It facilitates the joining together, in a gradual and appropriately timed process, of mental awareness and heart awareness. When accomplished, this infuses the entire self and becomes a full-body awakening.

SPIRITUAL   Moldau Quartz facilitates the Ascension of the heart, and the full integration of the mental and emotional bodies. It resonates with the Divine spark in the heart, and aids in connecting inwardly with the Soul of the World.

EMOTIONAL   Moldau Quartz’s capacity for bringing the heart and mind into unity can bring a great and permanent joy into one’s life.

PHYSICAL   Moldau Quartz’s influence is nourishing to the heart and healing to the brain.

AFFIRMATION   I joyfully embrace the wisdom of my heart, and I let it guide me in each moment of life.

MOLYBDENITE QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Balance, grounding, strength, centeredness, stability, vitality, endurance, loyalty, persistence, courage, resolve, health

ELEMENTS Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      All

Molybdenite Quartz is the name given to quartz crystals from Peru with inclusions of molybdenum. The crystals are typically single points of the laser-wand growth pattern, ranging from two to four inches long, and they contain small grayish dots of metallic molybdenum. The quartz crystals themselves are silicon dioxide crystals with as hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. Molybdenum is an elemental metal, with an atomic number of 42 and the symbol Mo.

ROBERT SIMMONS Molybdenum is an essential trace mineral in the human diet. Deficiency of molybdenum is associated with liver problems, irritability, sleeplessness, irregularity, poor general health, and the appearance of certain cancers, especially those of the stomach and esophagus. One of the impressions I receive from Molybdenite Quartz is of a beneficial grounding and centering energy in the body, as the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix is being harmonized. When I read about molybdenum in the diet, it made even more sense to me that the Molybdenite Quartz felt so balancing.

Molybdenite Quartz is a stone of harmonization on many levels. It affects one’s mood, bringing a sense of stability and ‘grounding out’ of excessive hilarity or excitement. It also moderates feelings of depression, fear and anxiety, reminding one that trust is the way to freedom and that love is its own reward.

When meditating with Molybdenite Quartz, I sensed its currents moving in through the third eye and down through the body. It has the capacity to unify and balance the entire chakra column, producing a feeling of calm well-being. These crystals are ideal for stimulating and balancing weak chakras, and for clearing etheric remnants of psychological or physical wounds. As laser wands, these crystals can transmit the beneficial properties of molybdenum in repairing the auric field and/or performing ‘psychic surgery.’

Wearing or carrying Molybdenite Quartz is beneficial to one’s strength, vitality and endurance. It is one of the stones that carry the blueprint of optimal function for the body, and it seems to resonate directly with the ‘body consciousness.’ It is recommended for maintenance of overall health and helping the body maintain its natural balance. People undergoing various sorts of detoxification may benefit from the presence of these stones.

Spiritually, Molybdenite Quartz speaks of holding one’s clear intention until desired goals are met and changes are manifested. It engenders loyalty, persistence, courage, resolve and strength of will. It helps one hang onto one’s hope in the midst of difficulty, and it aids in staying grounded and centered during the heights of success. It is in some ways an emblem of the Tao, the flowing water of life that modestly persists until all barriers are overcome.

SPIRITUAL   Molybdenite Quartz balances one’s energies, engendering endurance and persistence in following one’s goals. Its wholesome influence can help one focus and hold a clear intention until all obstacles are overcome.

EMOTIONAL   Molybdenite Quartz stabilizes the emotions and moderates fear, depression and anxiety.

PHYSICAL   Molybdenite Quartz holds the vibrational pattern of optimal function for the body. It can aid in detoxification.

AFFIRMATION   I am balanced, strong and whole, and I have the strength to endure until my goals are met.

MOONSTONE

KEY WORDS      Mystery, self-discovery, intuition, insight, dreams, the goddess

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th) and Crown (7th)

Moonstone is a feldspar mineral, a potassium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. Its crystal system is monoclinic and prismatic. Moonstone was named after its blue-white sheen, which is caused by its lamellar structure. It is found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Burma, Australia, India, and the United States.

Moonstone was used in Roman jewelry almost two thousand years ago, and even longer ago in the Orient. It was a popular choice of jewelers during the Art Nouveau period. In India, Moonstone has always been a sacred stone, with a special significance for lovers. It was believed that placing Moonstone in their mouths when the moon was full would allow them to see their future. Moonstone is also a traditional wedding gift there, for bringing harmony to the marriage. In Europe, Moonstone was said to reconcile estranged lovers, and to cure sleeplessness.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Moonstone is the gem of the High Priestess, keeper of the feminine mysteries. In its reflected light we can project and thereby observe the hidden truths that reside in the depths of ourselves, out of the light of consciousness. Moonstone is a talisman for the inward journey, and meditation with it can take one deep into the self. What is revealed there is often recognized as the missing piece or pieces of the puzzle of one’s life—parts of the soul that have been left behind or forgotten. Moonstone can also take one on a journey into past lives. It is an ideal stone to wear during past-life regression sessions. It can reveal to women their feminine power and their connection to the goddess. For men, it allows the expression of the feminine side, an important step on the path to wholeness.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Moonstone is a stone of mystery. It has often been associated with the feminine because of its ability to enhance the intuitive side of the mind. Moonstone has long been valued in helping one move closer to the Great Mother. When Moonstone is employed by females, it initiates the kundalini energy and promotes the psychic ability of clairvoyance. When utilized by males, it stimulates the right side of the brain, encouraging nonlinear thinking and emotional balance. In both sexes it frequency aids in clearing the aura, activating the sixth and seventh chakras and the central chakric column of energy.

Moonstone has been used for centuries to connect with the energy and power of the moon. The moon plays a vital role in the health of the Earth Mother. Her tides and rhythms are governed by the pull and release of the Moon Woman. The cycles of the moon have a strong effect on the beings who inhabit the Earth as well. Consider the strange behaviors of animals and people during the full moon, or the fact that the term ‘lunatic’ referred originally to someone believed to be ‘moonstruck.’

The frequency of Moonstone encourages us to pay attention to the cycles of our lives. Each cycle we complete takes us one level higher on the great spiral. With each cycle our wisdom, understanding and self knowledge are increased. Moonstone asks us to celebrate the milestones and rites of passage each new cycle brings. Just as the moon herself grows full and wanes, so, too, do the aspects of our lives.

SPIRITUAL   Moonstone evokes patience and appropriate action. It teaches one the value of working with Divine timing instead of railing against its sometimes ponderous pace. Every creation one undertakes has stages of growth, just as a plant does. Moonstone teaches one to identify the current stage of one’s creation and to act appropriately for the proper nurturance of that stage. For instance, if your creation is in the very beginning stages of growth it may be counterproductive to attempt to harvest it. You would not pull at a seedling in an attempt to get it to grow faster! Yet that is precisely what impatience would have us do while we wait for a creation to manifest. Moonstone allows understanding of the proper action at the proper time, in order to nurture and eventually reap the harvest of our creations.

Moonstone is a powerful stone for psychic awareness and intuition. Psychic ability allows one to open to outside guidance from higher beings. Moonstone enhances these communications and assists one in applying them at the proper time. Moonstone can help one become attuned to one’s guides and follow their guidance in order to take appropriate action.

EMOTIONAL   Moonstone can help one sort through one’s emotions and gain a higher perspective on their meaning and purpose. It can aid in releasing frustration and surrendering to the natural progress of the cycles of life. It enhances patience and helps one remain objective when receiving empathic information from others.

PHYSICAL   Moonstone is a traditional stone for attuning to the ebb and flow of the moon’s energy. For this reason it can be helpful in stabilizing female cycles and can help males be-come attuned to the subtle hormonal shifts they experience during the moon phases. It can also be used to help balance water retention.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth the energies of the deep Feminine, and I open myself to the inner gifts of the Goddess.

Cat’s Eye Moonstone

Cat’s Eye Moonstone promotes clarity of the mind and inner vision. It helps one remain focused while in a meditative or altered state of awareness. Cat’s Eye Moonstone assists one in perceiving the emotional lessons and implications underlying current life experiences. It is excellent for those who desire deeper insight into the emotional patterns of themselves or others. Cat’s Eye Moonstone carries a wonderful balance of yin and yang energies, helping to balance these forces within one’s energy field.

Gray Moonstone

Gray Moonstone is a stone of perceiving beyond the veil. It is a powerful stone for the clairvoyant and the shaman, assisting one in moving into the unseen realms. Gray Moonstone is also called ‘New Moon Stone,’ and it does carry the mysterious and powerful energies of the new moon, wherein all things exist as potential. It is a powerful magnifier of intention and can assist one in bringing forth creations from the void.

Peach Moonstone

Peach Moonstone’s gentle, loving energy supports the heart as it stimulates the mind. It allows one to perceive the positive, loving existence of the Divine in all situations. It can help soothe worry or anxiety while assisting one in celebrating the positive experiences in one’s life. Peach Moonstone carries a soothing energy for the emotional body and is excellent for use by intuitive or sensitive children.

White Moonstone

White Moonstone represents the energy of the full moon at the height of its power. It stimulates all aspects of psychic perception and can enhance vision and dream work. Just like the full moon, White Moonstone can magnify one’s emotions. Used by women, it activates the kundalini energy and opens the inner eye. Its energy aids men in reaching emotional balance and in developing their receptive power.

Rainbow Moonstone

NAISHA AHSIAN   Rainbow Moonstone acts as a prism that diffuses energy throughout the aura. It assists in clearing the psychic senses and the mind and brings the frequency of joy to one’s energy field. It is a positive protection stone, helping to deflect negativity and densities before they enter the energy field. It is particularly good for psychic protection and for maintaining clarity of energy while working on an intuitive level. Rainbow Moonstone can be helpful in clearing the emotional body as well and can be used to ease emotional trauma.

ROBERT SIMMONS   These remarkably beautiful gemstones emanate great vitality, life force and exuberant joy. Rainbow Moonstones offer the gifts of inner peace and harmony, emotional balance and strength, purification and transformation of negativity, as well as psychic protection. These traits are common to Moonstones generally. However, Rainbow Moonstones seem to vibrate much more powerfully than most other varieties, so one gets a more noticeable ‘dose’ of these beneficial energies. In addition, Rainbow Moonstone can facilitate the alignment and activation of all the chakras, while helping one maintain a clear sense of groundedness and centeredness. These gems are powerful healers of the emotional body. They are recommended for anyone who suffers from daily stress or who carries old emotional wounds or grief. Rainbow Moonstones promote a healthy optimism, which allows one to overcome obstacles and difficult people and that can sustain one through dark times. They are stones of great Light, and they aid one in kindling the inner light of the heart.

Just as each piece of Rainbow Moonstone looks different from any other, so these stones remind us that our individuality is precious and valuable. They can help us find the courage to be cheerfully true to ourselves, even when we are under pressure to surrender to others. They can also facilitate activation of the Rainbow Body of Light, the spiritual ‘vehicle’ by which our individual consciousness can travel throughout the many inner worlds.

Rainbow Moonstones are aligned with the energies of the Goddess, and they can help one successfully empower the feminine aspects of oneself. Through the Goddess connection of Rainbow Moonstone, one can also commune with the energies and spirits of Nature, from plant devas to galactic consciousness.

Rainbow Moonstone harmonizes well with Sunstone, Labradorite, Black Jade, Amber, Golden Labradorite, Moldavite, Amethyst, Jet and Tibetan Tektite.

MORGANITE

KEY WORDS      Divine love and compassion

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Morganite is a pink, peach or purple/pink variety of Beryl, a beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 7.5 to 8. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Its color is caused by manganese. Morganite was mined first in Madagascar in 1902. It was named after the financier and mineral collector J. P. Morgan. Important deposits of Morganite come from Brazil, Madagascar, Africa and the United States.

ROBERT SIMMONS   As Rose Quartz is the great energizer of personal love and self love, Morganite is attuned most clearly to the frequency of Divine love. Morganite opens the heart on another level, making us aware of the huge ocean of cosmic love within which we all exist. Morganite gives us the opportunity to surrender to the immense power of Divine love and to let it show us our life path more clearly.

Morganite can bring an immediate release of old pains and sorrow and a sense of lightness, as though a burden has been lifted. It can make the healing of old wounds easier, bringing long-forgotten traumas into consciousness where one can relive them one last time as they are being released. Morganite brings in the frequency of Divine compassion, which gives us what we most need for our growth, if not always what we think we want. Morganite is recommended to all those who wish to do serious inner work and emotional self-healing. Not only can it cleanse and activate the heart, bringing it into harmony with the Divine plan, it can also awaken us to the awareness that all of our life’s suffering and pain served the higher purpose of our spiritual growth. With this awareness comes the inner surrender which releases us from the pain to which we had been unconsciously clinging.

Wearing Morganite, especially in gem form, brings a sense of peace, joy and inner strength, expressed in the most gentle and loving fashion. When one keeps Morganite on one’s person for extended periods of time, there is a growth of confidence and power that comes from being constantly aware of one’s connection to Divine love. One feels as though one is a conduit for that love to flow into the world through all one’s interactions and relationships.

Morganite harmonizes with all the other heart-chakra stones (Rose Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Emerald, Pink and Green Tourmalines, etc.), as well as Phenacite, Danburite, Petalite and Azeztulite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Morganite is a Water element ally that acts to cleanse and energize the heart and emotional body. The energy of Morganite opens and clears the heart chakra and promotes the healing of fear, resentment and anger. It is excellent for ridding oneself of attachment to past relationships that have ended badly or about which one feels unresolved. It can help one recognize emotional patterns that need to be cleared before a new relationship can be successful. If one is seeking a soul-mate relationship, Morganite helps one identify the attitudes, past wounds and habitual relationship patterns that may be standing in the way of engaging one’s Soul partner.

Beyond personal relationships, Morganite assists in connecting with Divine Love and the Universal Heart Frequency. It can help one move out of judgment and separation and into a more holistic emotional paradigm. Morganite is aligned with angelic energies and can be used to connect with and receive guidance from angelic beings. Because of its heart-activating properties, this ally will help one align more closely with the loving energies of higher entities, allowing one to feel more supported by Spirit on the emotional level. It can aid one in developing trust in Spirit—particularly where one has had a loss or tragedy which has tested one’s faith in the Divine.

Morganite is also called ‘Pink Emerald,’ and it is aptly named. It speaks of the abundance of the heart and the prosperity of Love. It helps attune one to the energy of abundance and to open to receive the love of the Divine. While Emerald’s frequency stimulates worldly prosperity, Morganite brings a sense of emotional abundance, love, and peaceful acceptance and trust for the Divine’s plan for one’s life.

SPIRITUAL   Morganite assists one in connecting to Divine love and the angelic heart. It helps one to be receptive of the loving words, actions and energy of others and to be less protective of one’s emotional vulnerability. It teaches protection through love, rather than fear.

EMOTIONAL   Morganite can aid in recognizing the emotional patterns of judgment, fear-based self-protection and manipulation that may make meaningful relationship difficult. It can help one attract one’s soul mate or deepen one’s current relationships. It can be used to bring feelings of peace and acceptance when one is facing grief or deep loss.

PHYSICAL Morganite’s energy supports the physical heart, strengthening its energy field and helping to establish the heart’s natural dominance in the aura.

AFFIRMATION   Divine love enters this world through the gate of my heart.

MUSCOVITE

KEY WORDS      Mental stimulation, inspiration, problem solving, attunement to the future, ESP, moderation of overly rapid spiritual awakening

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Muscovite is a potassium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 2.5 to 4. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It forms most frequently in tabular, pseudo-hexagonal crystals but can also occur in lamellar and cryptocrystalline habits. Its primary colors are white, gray and colorless, but it can sometimes exhibit tinges of red, violet, yellow, green or brown. It forms in metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schist, as well as igneous rocks like granite. Mica schist sometimes contains high concentrations of Muscovite. Fuchsite is a green, chromium-bearing type of Muscovite.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Muscovite is a stone of highly positive energies. It affects the mind centers and mental processes more than the emotions or physical body. Muscovite stimulates the rational mind, promoting clear and quick thinking, effective problem-solving and the synthesis of new ideas from old information. It is a stone of novelty, teaching one to try on unfamiliar frames of reference. It assists one in letting go of the habit of thinking things must be seen as ‘either/or.’ It allows one to move beyond strict logic and into the metalogic of ‘both/and.’ Muscovite stimulates the higher capacities of the brain, leading one to embrace paradox, holding the tension of opposites within the mind without getting a brain cramp.

With its vibration of high mental stimulation, Muscovite is excellent for students, teachers, writers, inventors, scientists, mathematicians, business owners, consultants, political office holders and others who wish to engage the full capacities of the mind. It is a stone of inspiration, fostering the creation of new neural pathways and increasing the frequency of ‘Aha!’ moments. As one works with this stone, one often feels increased in confidence in one’s ability to tackle challenging projects or problems. Such confidence reduces mental and psychological stress, further enhancing one’s powers of mind through the relaxation of tension.

Muscovite assists one in attuning to the time stream of the future. It does this by allowing one’s mental apparatus to rest comfortably in the state of indeterminacy. Most of us are trained to always try to pin down the facts and ‘get a handle’ on reality. Along with that, we are educated to believe that the future will tend to resemble the past. This self-fulfilling prophecy keeps us chained to dreary predictability and kills the imagination. Muscovite’s energies encourage one to turn to the future with hopeful expectancy and without any preconceived notions. This frees the Universe to present us with new experiences and novel answers to life’s questions—or perhaps novel questions with no answers at all!

Muscovite stimulates the sixth and seventh chakras, activating the major mind centers. In addition to conventional mental processing, Muscovite supports the functions of intuition, telepathy, clairvoyance and other forms of ESP. It makes one receptive to information and suggestions from one’s spirit guides. It assists one in embracing ‘bigger thoughts,’ allowing one to see the links between such diverse disciplines as art, music, philosophy and mathematics.

Fuchsite, the green variety of Muscovite, brings in the connection to the heart chakra, linking the intellect of the mind with the intelligence of the heart. Because of this, Fuchsite is the highest form of Muscovite, and work with this stone allows one to use the gifts of the mind, guided by the heart’s wisdom.

Muscovite harmonizes with Lepidolite for spiritual upliftment and release of stress. Moldavite can take Muscovite’s mental energies to a higher level. For artists and others wishing for visions and inspirations, Phenacite and Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ are ideal allies.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Muscovite is a wonderful spiritual insulator; it is one of the predominant protective stones for the energy field. It is excellent for those who are susceptible to negativity or picking up difficult emotional energies from others. Muscovite seals the aura, preventing psychic attack and emotional or entity attachment. It is wonderful to use after the detachment of psychic cords or entities, as it prevents reattachment in the aura. It can aid sensitive children to find their self-sense and prevents over-identification with the emotions of others.

SPIRITUAL   Muscovite assists those who are rapidly opening to Spirit and who experience difficult psychic symptoms from a too rapid awakening. It can help to regulate and ‘tone down’ psychic information so that overload does not occur. It helps highly sensitive individuals to maintain their energetic and emotional integrity and to more easily determine what energies ‘belong’ to them, as well as what energies may be intruding from external sources.

EMOTIONAL   Muscovite helps one regain one’s emotional integrity after the dissolution of relationships. Long-standing relationships can create very strong and deeply attached psychic cords between people. Muscovite insulates the emotional field, causing these cords to atrophy and drop away and preventing reattachment. It can assist one in not reacting to old emotional triggers when another person is attempting to ‘push one’s buttons.’ It is excellent for those going through divorce or who need to break off intense emotional relationships.

PHYSICAL   Muscovite can assist in preventing the symptoms of rapid psychic awakening, including headaches, dizziness, vertigo, bad dreams, sleep imbalances and an inability to turn off the psychic flow of information. It is balancing for the brain and can be used to help alleviate other types of headaches, migraines and brain imbalances.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to my higher potentials, to the time stream of the future, and to spiritual inspiration, as I maintain stability and balance.

MYSTIC MERLINITE

KEY WORDS      Alignment of the chakra column, balancing and integration of polarities, healing inner fragmentation, claiming one’s wholeness, creating through magic

ELEMENTS Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Mystic Merlinite is the name given to a unique mineral discovered in Madagascar. It has not been fully analyzed, but it appears to be constituted of quartz, feldspar and several trace minerals. Its color is a swirling blend of black, gray and white. The quartz component of Mystic Merlinite has a trigonal (hexagonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The feldspar component has a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 5 to 6. These stones are plutonic, formed when molten magma is trapped beneath the Earth’s surface and cools into a crystalline mass. The name Mystic Merlinite refers to the spiritual qualities of the stone.

ROBERT SIMMONS When one first picks up a chunk of Mystic Merlinite and holds it to one’s forehead, powerful pulsations will frequently surge in through the third eye chakra, filling one’s head and moving downward to the base chakra and up to the crown. This stone can move one very quickly into altered states of consciousness. It links directly to the elemental energies of Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Storm. For those wishing to commune directly with the elements, and to work with elemental energies for magical manifestation or awakening to mystical experiences, this stone can be a powerful ally. It embodies the energies of the legendary magician Merlin, and helps one to call upon them.

Mystic Merlinite can part the veils between the visible and invisible worlds, opening the doors to deeper intuitive abilities. It aids in developing psychic capacities such as clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience and prophetic vision. It can facilitate one’s opening of dormant areas of the mind, and in recalling knowledge and talents from past lives. It increases one’s sensitivity to the communications of the subtle realms, allowing one to ‘talk’ with plant and animal spirits as well as other entities in the spirit worlds.

Sleeping with Mystic Merlinite can bring forth a parade of potent and powerful dreams. It aids in dream recall, and can summon one’s spirit guides to teach and guide one during these deep dream experiences. It facilitates one’s capacity for lucid dreaming, in which one becomes aware that one is dreaming and can choose one’s course of action, even enabling one to dream as one wishes.

Just as it opens the doors of the dream world, Mystic Merlinite can aid one in exploring the entire realm of the subconscious. It helps in recovering suppressed or lost memories, especially of experiences that have caused the loss of ‘soul parts.’ It can be a great helper and protector in the process of soul retrieval—an invaluable part of the path to wholeness.

Mystic Merlinite can bring all of one’s inner shadows into the light, without judgment and without fear. This is essential to healing many wounds that may be unconsciously causing self-destructive patterns of behavior. For example, one might overeat because one has been literally starved in a past life, or because of being ‘starved for attention’ in childhood. ‘Seeing is freeing,’ as the saying goes, and Mystic Merlinite guides one unerringly to exactly the issues that need to be brought to light for one’s growth and healing.

Past lives are sometimes where parts of souls get stuck, or may be storehouses of previously developed but currently unused capacities. Meditation with Mystic Merlinite with the intention to see into past lives, especially when one is guided by an intuitive friend or companion who is also holding or wearing a Mystic Merlinite piece, can open the mysterious doors of one’s soul history or spiritual ancestry. Such journeys can aid one in recognizing the sources of one’s talents or disabilities and freeing oneself from old hindrances, or can focus on refreshing a past ability for use in this life. Often these recollections serve as spiritual mirrors, showing who we are within who we have been, and increasing self-awareness.

A mystical experience is often the sudden realization of who one truly is. Mystic Merlinite’s most important quality is the expansion of self-awareness to the critical point at which such realizations occur. The awakening of recollections, mental powers, intuitive capacities and recognition of where one needs soul-healing—all lead toward the threshold of true self-discovery, the mystic awakening. The black, gray and white mixture of Mystic Merlinite symbolizes the light and shadow sides of the self, all of which one must embrace in the moment of inner awakening. Working inwardly with Mystic Merlinite is a way of putting oneself on this path of self-realization.

One of Mystic Merlinite’s key qualities is bringing the exiled parts of oneself back into the light of consciousness. One can see this in its structural patterns, in its swirling interpenetration of light and dark. The only healing of darkness—in oneself or in the world—involves taking in just such a pattern. One must call one’s judged and rejected parts into the light of the heart, into gratitude and forgiveness, loving the very qualities we have been taught are awful or unacceptable. We must imitate in our souls what Mystic Merlinite displays in its embodiment—the mutual embrace of darkness and light. This often-difficult passage leads one to the true mystic union that brings the self into wholeness and allows the unity of self and World. Mysteriously, this stone embodies and encourages that critical inner gesture that can lead one into a whole new life. In that new life, one constantly extends the gesture of loving, non-judgmental appreciation to each moment and each being one encounters.

Mystic Merlinite resonates powerfully with Master Shamanite, as well as all forms of Azeztulite (especially Azozeo super-activated pieces), Black Tourmaline, Jet and Smoky Quartz. Its capacity for past-life recall can be enhanced by Alexandrite or Oregon Opal. Its dream-enhancing qualities are encouraged by Blue Chalcedony. It can be used with Lemuria Aquatine Calcite for healing the emotional body. For recalling the ancient knowledge of past civilizations in the British Isles, Mystic Merlinite can be combined with Stonehenge Bluestone.

SPIRITUAL   Mystic Merlinite aids one in developing ‘magical powers’ as well as all sorts of psychic and spiritual capacities. It encourages the reunion with lost ‘soul parts’ and the embrace of one’s shadow side. It can stimulate sudden mystical self-realization.

EMOTIONAL   Mystic Merlinite helps one release self-judgment, and encourages self-acceptance and self-love.

PHYSICAL   Mystic Merlinite helps the body heal from issues rooted in past lives, or in self-rejection in this life.

AFFIRMATION   I open my eyes and my heart to all of who I am and all that I have been, healing myself with love and expanding my power to act for the good of the world.

NATROLITE

KEY WORDS      Visionary experience, quantum leap to higher consciousness, brain evolution, ET connections

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Etheric (8th and beyond, above the head)

Natrolite is a sodium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 5 to 5.5. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. It typically forms as slender, vertically striated prismatic crystals, although it may also occur in massive, granular, fibrous, radiating or compact habits. The stones can be colorless, white, yellowish or gray. They often occur in cavities in basalts, in association with other zeolites. They can also be found in igneous rocks such as nepheline-syenites. Beautiful Natrolite crystals have been collected in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic, and in New Jersey, USA. Other localities exist in India and Russia.

ROBERT SIMMONS Natrolite is one of the two or three most powerful stones for stimulation of the third-eye and crown chakras. When one works in meditation holding a Natrolite to one or both of these points, a strong pulsing energy moves into the chakra, pulling the chakric vibrations into resonance with the Natrolite’s emanations. This begins a process by which the third-eye and crown chakra, link and expand, creating the experience in which one feels as if they have merged into a single huge chakra, pulsating with Light and intense vibration. If one continues this meditation, one may find one’s eyes involuntarily crossing and looking upward toward the third eye. This is a classic yogic experience of the opening of the Wisdom Eye. Natrolite is one of the strongest stones for initiating such experiences.

Natrolite’s energy moves beyond the confines of the physical body, activating one’s conscious link with the eighth through fourteenth chakras above the head. These chakras are aligned with one’s higher bodies, the astral and causal, as well as the Higher Self, of which one is usually unconscious. A part of the leap of evolution which human beings are on the threshold of making concerns becoming conscious of these higher bodies and using the loving intention, the will of the heart, to become active in these realms while still remaining in the physical world. These are the levels of reality in which the ‘random’ yet meaningful events of synchronicity are set in motion, and learning to navigate within them is a huge leap into higher consciousness. Yet it is what we are called to do. Natrolite helps open the inner gateways to these realms, for one’s exploration and enlightenment.

In the somewhat more everyday world, Natrolite provides psychic protection, making it impossible for negative entities or influences to penetrate one’s auric field. Its pulsating vibrations can bring Light to any area of the body where energies are blocked or slow-moving. It can be used to clear the chakras and meridians and remove negative attachments from the auric field. It is useful in stimulating the nervous system to higher levels of sensitivity to the subtle spiritual energies that surround us. It allows one easier access to inner guidance and can even help one set up two-way communication with one’s angelic helpers.

Natrolite is a stone of optimism and hope. It assists one in seeing what is possible—the best case scenario for oneself and the world. It inspires one to act in accordance with such visions and to express gratitude for their blessings, even those yet to manifest. It helps one have faith in one-self and in the future.

Natrolite is an Ascension stone, along with Herderite, Phenacite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Scolecite, Brookite, Phenacite and Satyaloka Quartz. This is the optimal group of stones for raising one’s vibrational energies into resonance with the higher worlds. Natrolite is also one of the Synergy Twelve stones, which includes the Ascension stones, plus Tanzanite, Moldavite, and Tibetan Tektite. This combination is the most desirable for building the optimal energy pattern for the next stage of human evolution. In addition, Natrolite can spiritualize the energies of most other stones.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Natrolite’s Storm element energy can activate any of the chakras in the body, though its energy is focused primarily on psychic and spiritual activation. Its energy strongly opens the third-eye, crown and etheric chakras to create a powerful flow of intuitive information, psychic vision and communication with spiritual beings.

Natrolite’s activating energy can be a bit overwhelming, and it should initially be used intentionally and sparingly, until its flow is comfortably established. It is an excellent tool for opening one’s visioning abilities and stimulating clairvoyance and distance-viewing. Natrolite is excellent for those who wish to develop visual psychic perception.

In addition to its capacity for psychic enhancement, Natrolite also stimulates the evolution of the brain and the higher brain functions. It can facilitate ‘whole brain’ thinking and creative problem-solving. It is particularly attuned with ET energy and can assist one in connecting with otherworldly intelligences.

SPIRITUAL   Natrolite helps one understand one’s spiritual nature and can be valuable in overcoming confusion about one’s path of service. It facilitates psychic abilities and promotes the development of latent talents such as clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, telepathy and telekinesis. It can aid astral travel and interdimensional communication. Natrolite is excellent for channelers and others who wish to open to entities of higher frequency.

EMOTIONAL   Natrolite assists one in overcoming self-judgment and inclinations toward self-abusive behavior. It can assist one in feeling more confident about one’s abilities and one’s knowledge. It helps one become fearless in one’s spiritual growth and exploration.

PHYSICAL   Natrolite is an excellent tool to use for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, stroke, and any brain damage caused by accident or injury. It can energetically assist the brain in compensating for damaged areas and rebuilding neural networks. It is also helpful for other nervous system disorders—particularly degenerative nerve diseases such as MS and ALS.

AFFIRMATION   I cooperate fully in the activation of my brain/mind to its highest capacities, and I move rapidly into higher and expanded awareness.

NEBULA STONE

KEY WORDS      Bringing spiritual Light into matter, attuning to probable futures, fulfilling one’s highest aspirations, feeling at home in the body and on Earth

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Root (1st), Crown (7th)

Nebula Stone is the name given to a material discovered in the desert of the American Southwest. The name derives from the green spots which appear interspersed throughout the black background, reminiscent of nebulas in space. Nebula Stone is an unusual alkalis volcanic rock composed almost exclusively of the four minerals Quartz, Anorthoclase, Riebeckite and Aegirine. It lends itself easily to polishing and jewelry-making.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Nebula Stone offers unique and powerful energies. It combines and blends the properties of its four main elements. The Quartz component of Nebula Stone can be seen as the energizing force which activates and amplifies the other minerals present in it. Quartz makes Nebula Stone programmable, so that one who wears or carries it can utilize it to assist in the attainment of personal and spiritual goals. The Quartz component also makes Nebula Stone a material which harmonizes with all types of Quartz and most other stones. It is therefore ideal for body layouts, energy grids, and multiple-stone jewelry pieces.

The Riebeckite component of Nebula Stone activates the psychic senses and facilitates growth in the areas of spiritual pursuits and right livelihood. Aegirine clears negativity from the auric field and stimulates the kundalini and the psyche, giving one the energy and courage to do whatever is necessary for the fulfillment of one’s highest path. Anorthoclase provides a unorthodox, revolutionary energy that draws its inspiration from its resonance with the ‘lure of becoming’—in other words, the patterns of future possibility seen by the eye of intuition. The traits of all its components combine to make Nebula Stone a powerful talisman of transformation.

There is something very appealing about Nebula Stones—to the eye, to the touch and to the emotions. It ‘likes to be held,’ and it gives satisfaction to oneself when it is touched, rubbed or worn. It is very comforting, and it generates a feeling of familiarity which comes from Nebula Stone’s effect of harmonizing one’s energies—it makes one feel more contented in one’s body, more complete in one’s life, more at home on the Earth. Nebula stone makes one feel mentally alert and able, physically strong and comfortable, and spiritually attuned to the higher vibrations of consciousness. It is a valuable stone to have at all times, as jewelry or as a pocket or pouch stone.

Combined with Pietersite, Nebula Stone’s energies can create balance and centeredness within an awakened kundalini’s dynamic flowing energy. Combining Moldavite with Nebula Stone enhances one’s ability to contact and utilize intergalactic intelligence. Adding Phenacite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Herderite or Brookite to Nebula Stone can facilitate one’s connection with the highest spiritual energies and entities. Combining Zincite with Nebula Stone emphasizes physical vitality and strength. Pairing Chrysoprase or Emerald with Nebula Stone creates a higher activation of the heart chakra and an enhanced healing capacity. Putting the lab-grown Siberian Blue Quartz with Nebula Stone would help one increase one’s psychic abilities. Many other stones, such as Amethyst, Ruby, Yellow Sapphire, Lavender Jade, and all types of Quartz will combine harmoniously with the singularly beautiful and powerful material known as Nebula Stone.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Within moments of my picking up this stone, it grew warm and began to pulse in my hand. I felt a rush of healing energy in the first and second chakras, which quickly moved upward through the chakric column and led me out of body and deep into the heart of space. This stone activates the most ancient and basic aspects of the physical body, energizing the carbon molecules and attuning one’s consciousness to the dance of sub-atomic particles that are the basis of the physical world.

While Nebula Stone is strongly grounding, it activates the remembrance of Light within the cells, drawing Light into the physical body and activating the consciousness of each particle of matter. This creates an expansion of one’s consciousness that is powerfully awakening. This activation of the cells and particles of the physical body can initiate healing experiences, but more importantly, it facilitates a remembrance of who and what we truly are—Spirit as body.

Nebula stone carries the energy of the archetype of the Great Mother. It represents the ancient and primal creative aspect of the Universe. It assists in recovering one’s power and utilizing it through the process of creation.

SPIRITUAL   Nebula Stone attunes one to the primordial energy of creation and enhances one’s ability to find one’s inner knowledge of the Creator. It helps one carry a more expanded range of Light frequencies and can aid in grounding one through the spiritual opening process.

EMOTIONAL   Nebula Stone helps purify and strengthen the emotional body. Its energy is supportive and encouraging, prompting one to clear any old emotional patterns or habits that stand in the way of one’s growth.

PHYSICAL   Nebula Stone is purifying for the physical body. It can help in detoxifying from chemical abuse and in breaking self-abusive patterns and behaviors. It is ideal for recovery from alcohol or drug addiction. Nebula Stone encourages the release of toxins and heavy metals from the organs and tissues. It can help regulate cystitis and promotes fertility in women.

AFFIRMATION   From the myriad possible futures for my life, I select and fulfill my highest spiritual path.

NEW ZEALAND CARNELIAN (Azozeo Carnelian)

KEY WORDS      Fire-element activation, cocreation with the Soul of the World, transformation, insights into one’s destiny, portals of vision to higher realms, bringing passion to one’s will, sexual path of tantra

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      All, especially Sexual/Creative (2nd) and Third Eye (6th)

New Zealand Carnelian refers to natural Carnelian specimens found in New Zealand. Unlike specimens from some other localities, these stones have not been heat-treated to amplify their color. In fact, New Zealand Carnelians display a wide range of shades ranging from deep red-orange through multiple orange and yellow shades, with some pieces exhibiting areas of almost colorless transparency. This material frequently occurs in thin layers, often with stripes. Some pieces contain druzy crystals of Sauralite Azeztulite Quartz sandwiched between bands of orange. New Zealand Carnelian is an orange-colored variety of chalcedony, a mineral in the quartz family with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. It is primarily found on New Zealand’s North Island.

ROBERT SIMMONS   New Zealand Carnelian is a rare stone. It is found in some of the same digging areas where Sauralite Azeztulite is found, and it has a much higher vibration than ordinary Carnelian, perhaps because of that association.

When I first attuned to New Zealand Carnelian, I was surprised to receive a powerful inner suggestion, apparently from the Being of this stone, to subject it to the Azozeo super-activation process. (See ‘Azozeo Super-Activated Azeztulites,’.) It was a thought I had never considered, because my prior experiences with Carnelian placed it firmly in a lower vibrational category that would not be able to take on the energies of Azozeo. However, these Carnelians were already vibrating at a much higher frequency than Carnelians from other locations, so I decided to try it. I aligned a piece of the New Zealand Carnelian with one of the smaller Azozeo Phenacites, within the spiral Azeztulite installation we constructed at our New Zealand home. When I removed the stone from the spiral and began to meditate with it, I was amazed at what I felt. I then realized that New Zealand Carnelian’s potential is awakened through the Azozeo process and that, on the spiritual level, this makes it a new kind of stone.

When I held the Azozeo Carnelian near my forehead, I felt immediate and powerful pulsations in the third eye and crown chakras. This was the first time Carnelian had ever affected me in these areas, and I was astonished at the change in the stones precipitated by the Azozeo super-activation process. As I moved the stone down the chakras one by one, I found that it stimulated every chakra. This was an amazing shift! I felt my vibrational field being permeated by powerful creative energies of the Fire element. The Azozeo Carnelian exhibits the capacity to kindle agni, the universal fire of creation, and to bring that powerful current into one’s body in a way that is both intense and balanced. I experienced not only activation, but also a harmonization of the chakras and my vibrational field at a higher level.

Azozeo Carnelian is a stone of initiation. It can trigger an expansion of awareness that reveals one’s capacity for creation, and for cocreation with the Soul of the World. Under the influence of these stones, one can experience insights into the path of one’s destiny. In this case, my sense is that our destiny is less about what one ‘is’ and more about what one creates. In creating, we are engaged with the world—beyond the boundaries of our individual selves—and are offering ourselves to it. In so doing, we become cocreators of the world that we and others experience.

Once our creative fire is lit, what shall we create? Azozeo Carnelian’s stimulation of the heart chakra, which is equal in intensity to its activation of the third eye, ensures that we will be guided by the heart’s wisdom in our creative endeavors. The heart always moves for the well-being of the whole, and the heart is in touch with the unfolding of the future into the now. Thus the awakening one can experience with Azozeo Carnelian is a shift into working creatively with love for the transformation of oneself and the world, all in the flow of the heart’s sense of appropriate action and timing. When one works with these energies, one can fall into a state of grace, a sort of fluid motion that is both active and receptive at the same time. In this mode, one begins to create effortlessly, and we may be as amazed as anyone else at what comes through us!

Azozeo New Zealand Carnelian speeds the process of inner and outer evolution, both of which are acts of creating. It can clear blockages in all the chakras and meridians, and can be used to cleanse one’s energy field of negative attachments and unwanted entities. These stones can bring ‘tongues of fire’ to the top of one’s head, opening portals of vision to the higher realms and making it impossible for lower vibrational critters to stay in one’s auric field.

Azozeo Carnelian brings passion to one’s will, allowing one to ‘burn through’ roadblocks and overcome past discouragement. These are powerful stones of encouragement, literally bringing in courage, which is simply an aspect of our true selves. Any soul that incarnates in this world is a bold and courageous adventurer, though many of us have forgotten that and are in bondage to shame and fear. Azozeo Carnelian reminds us of our boldness and our power, and of the fact that the appropriate surrender or abandonment of self into action is power. That is how we incarnated here in the first place! The inner harmonization of all one’s energies that these stones can trigger is what allows us to see this, and to begin imagining the future we want to cocreate.

Sexual energy is another dimension of creative power, and Azozeo Carnelian can stimulate new awakenings in this area as well. Those who are engaged in the spiritual path of tantra (or those who wish to be) will find a ready ally in these stones. The natural resonance of New Zealand Carnelian with the sexual/creative second chakra, in conjunction with the high vibrations turned on by the Azozeo process, can open the way to ecstatic experiences on both the spiritual and physical levels. Bringing both of these domains together at such a level of intensity opens a portal through which an outpouring of Divine energy can flow through a pair of loving partners and into the world at large.

On more everyday levels, Azozeo New Zealand Carnelian can be applied in numerous self-healing modalities. On the physical level, these stones give energetic support to the nervous system, sexual organs, blood flow and digestive system. They aid the immune system through purification of the auric field. In the emotional body, Azozeo Carnelian works to overcome hesitancy and lack of conviction based on past experiences of disempowerment. It encourages one to dare to attempt what was thought to be unachievable, and to push past the boundaries of past limitation. Azozeo Carnelian works to dispel spiritual amnesia, reminding one of who and what one truly is. This leads to the reawakening of one’s natural state of joy.

Azozeo Carnelian works harmoniously with all other Azozeo super-activated stones. It also combines synergistically with Healerite for bodily self-healing, and with Azumar for emotional self-healing. For an amplification of its power, I recommend combining it with the Deva Quartz Green Phantoms. Anandalite and Azozeo Carnelian work together for awakening, balancing and directing the energies of kundalini.

SPIRITUAL   Azozeo New Zealand Carnelian stimulates the inner fire of spiritual awakening, creativity, courage, passion and power. It triggers accelerated evolution, and engenders cocreating with the Soul of the World.

EMOTIONAL   Azozeo New Zealand Carnelian brings an infusion of passion that can express itself in creative activities, love relationships, or both at once. It helps one overcome hesitancy and fearfulness.

PHYSICAL Azozeo New Zealand Carnelian gives energetic support to the nervous system, sexual organs, blood flow, digestive system and immune system.

AFFIRMATION   I kindle the inner fire of my passion, love and creativity.

NIRVANA QUARTZ™

KEY WORDS      Opening to the future, heart/brain synergy, inner silence, destiny, evolution, trust, self-acceptance

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Nirvana Quartz is the name coined to describe a specific group of growth-interference Quartz crystals which were discovered in the high Himalaya mountains of India. Like other Quartz, they are silicon dioxide crystals with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The stones were first found in 2006, at altitudes of over 18,000 feet, where glaciers receding due to global warming melted to expose them. They have apparently lain under the ice for thousands of years. The crystals themselves visually resemble the jagged ice sheets and crevices which have so long hidden them. (One of the other names by which they are known is ‘Ice Quartz.’) They are irregularly-formed and convoluted, with deep recesses and strange contours. No two pieces are alike, though it is clear that they are all of one “species.’ Though most do not exhibit the regular six-sided body and pointed terminations of most types of Quartz, they sometimes show natural facets and partially smooth bodies. The majority are roughly wand-shaped, though many are rather thick and stubby. An unusually high percentage of them are Trigonic, exhibiting inscribed, downward-pointing triangles etched into their surfaces. Oddly, they come in two colors—clear white or pink. The pink coloring of approximately half of the specimens seems to derive from inclusions on or near their surfaces.

Growth-interference Quartz is said to derive its fantastic shapes due to the growth of Calcite or other minerals within and during the forming of the Quartz crystal body. Later, the intergrowing mineral dissolves, leaving the strangely-formed Quartz.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Nirvana Quartz crystals resonate at the intersection of past and future time. They have apparently existed in quiet isolation beneath glacial ice for many thousands of years, almost as if waiting for this moment to appear in the human world. Though they carry the current of the deep, silent past, their mission is to attune us to the not-yet-formed potential of what can be. The spiritual beings which express as these complex, almost unearthly crystals, are available to aid us in the evolutionary transmutation which is our highest destiny. The word Nirvana connotes enlightenment, which both reveals and obscures what these crystals offer. They can be conduits for currents of profound inner illumination, yet this awakening, unlike Nirvana as it has been, is not an ascension out of the world. It is the incarnation of enlightenment here and now, in our bodies and on the Earth.

Meditation with these stones is first an immersion in deep peace and interior silence. The inner dialog of thoughts is stilled with much greater ease than is usual. It is as if a gentle hand moves inside the skull, and the small, talkative self of ego goes quiet in awe of the touch of such a being. For the gentleness of Nirvana Quartz is paired with a current of strength that even those who are normally not crystal-sensitive can feel. If one allows the unfolding to continue, visions often come—waking dreams that picture what one most needs to see in order to consciously choose the path of one’s highest destiny. Since it is also possible to refuse the call of destiny, such visions can be a difficult blessing, yet they have the potential to inspire one to move beyond the merely magical, into the flow of the miraculous.

Another way of describing the effects of Nirvana Quartz, or another aspect of them, concerns the integral linking of the brain/mind with the heart. The clear/white Nirvana Quartz crystals tend to stimulate and awaken the third eye and crown chakras, while the pink crystals are felt deeply in the heart. Yet the currents of both types of Nirvana Quartz can flow through the entire passage between the head and heart.

In fact, one of the most significant applications of these stones is to use two together to stimulate both areas in synchronous unison, initiating a beneficial feedback loop in which the mind sends love and appreciation to the heart, which responds with upwellings of joy, which inspires more powerful waves of appreciation, intensified resonances of joy, and so on. The awakening of one’s deep, natural brain-heart circuitry of positive feedback and well being is why the stones have earned the name Nirvana Quartz. This circuitry has always existed within us, as has the potential for illumination and joy, yet the habit of the human past has been to sacrifice joy for the sake of fear, and the illusion of protection from fear. The currents of Nirvana Quartz can gently, firmly cut through these patterns. The transcendent peace they embody, from their past centuries under the ice and their future potential as allies for our evolution, reverberates throughout one’s physical, soul and spirit bodies, dislodging old, self-limiting and self-destructive patterns. At first, such repatterning can feel a bit uncomfortable, even irritating. Yet if one stays with the process, one can sense the benevolence of the shift, and the movement into a calmness that is beyond the reach of outer (and even much inner) circumstance.

Ideally, working with Nirvana Quartz in the way described above entails the use of one pink and one white crystal. One can begin by holding the pink stone at the heart and the white one at the third eye or crown—the natural ‘home’ of each. Then, as one feels the currents flowing, one can follow inner sensing to reverse the positions of the crystals, and/or to use both at the head, heart, or other areas. One is advised to follow the tiny urgings one feels, especially those arising from the heart, in these processes.

Perhaps the most revolutionary application of Nirvana Quartz involves setting up the blueprint of post-human destiny. To be post-human means to be beyond the historic human limitations of fear, doubt and violence—living and creating each moment through utter, ongoing, trusting engagement with the not-yet, the fertile unknown which is the future. The beings expressing through these stones can be viewed as the angels of our potential, or as our future selves calling us into what we can be. To enact such a patternless pattern is to be fully willing to live in paradox, to create and release in each moment, and to sing the joy of existence back to the Supreme Divine. This singing salutation of joy must reverberate from our minds, our hearts, souls and spirits, all the way through to our cells, down to the core of every atom of our being, with not one grain held back. And it must pour forth from us as a gesture into the unknown future, giving ourselves forward in constant sacrifice (making sacred), in premanifest gratitude for we know not what. If human cultures have ever done this, it has been long forgotten. Yet it is the lure of our becoming.

One suggestion for attuning to this future time current and its potential with Nirvana Quartz is to sit with a pair of these crystals, centering attention in the heart, while inwardly intoning the Sanscrit mantra “Om Namo Baghavate,” perhaps alternating with an English version of its meaning, such as “I salute the Supreme Divine,” or “I sing my joy to the Infinite One.” Hold one crystal at the head and one over the heart, imagining and feeling-into the self-reinforcing circuit of appreciation/joy described above. One may feel the flow from the crystals and the aid of their attendant beings in this process. Once it begins, keep it going!

The pink Nirvana Quartz crystals are associated primarily with the feminine stream, and the white with the masculine. Yet these terms are limited and should not be allowed to limit the possibilities of what can emerge through working with these stones. Similarly, though the white crystals resonate easily with the sixth and seventh chakras, while the pink ones flow with the heart, one can encourage and allow these to flow through all levels of oneself, as they do in their most full-blown expression.

Nirvana Quartz Crystals work well with Moldavite, another stone of spiritual destiny, and with Agni Gold Danburite, which brings attunement to the Golden Ray on enlightened awareness. Other stones of high vibratory frequencies, such as Phenacite, Herderite, Azeztulite, Satyaloka Quartz, Petalite and white Danburite, bring chords of harmonious affirmation to the song of Nirvana Quartz. Stones of loving heart qualities, such as Morganite, Kunzite, Rose Quartz and Pink Tourmaline, can aid in emphasizing the heart aspect of Nirvana Quartz’s dual mind-heart centering.

TRIGONIC NIRVANA QUARTZ

Because so many of these crystals are Trigonic, I refer readers to the Quartz chapter of this book, and the final section on Trigonics. A crystal is a Trigonic if it displays an inscribed triangle on one or more of the termination faces, with the point of the triangle pointing ‘downward,’ away from the termination. Trigonic Quartz crystal of all types are stones of the liminal threshold between worlds, facilitators of inner transition and transmutation, and are attuned to the future stream. They are among the most powerful of all crystals for spiritual awakening and self-transformation.

Trigonics can occur in Clear Quartz, Amethyst, Citrine or Smoky Quartz. Clear Quartz offers the highest vibration; Amethyst enhances protection; Citrine increases mental clarity and Smoky Quartz aids in grounding. Trigonic Quartz can be used with any other stone, and its capacities will not diminish. Rather, it will magnify what the other stones offer.

The Trigonic Nirvana Quartz crystals add a deeper, stronger current than any other variety, and they greatly assist in moving one’s primary center of awareness from head to heart. In so doing, they help one move from mere thinking into knowing, into committed alignment with truth, enabling one to be of real service in the world.

Naisha Ahsian writes below of Growth Interference Quartz in general, of which Nirvana Quartz is perhaps the most powerful known variety.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Growth Interference Quartz is a unique expression of the Quartz ally’s energy. It represents the ability to overcome difficulty and painful experiences while cultivating inner beauty and strength. Outwardly, Growth Interference Quartz can appear to be incomplete, scarred and even twisted. Its beauty shines through, however, and its energy is quite unique in the Quartz family. While other forms of quartz may teach us of perfection in form, GIQ reveals the importance of inner radiance and the necessity of overcoming difficulty and hardship as part of the path of spiritual ascension.

Growth Interference Quartz helps one dispel the illusion of imperfection, brokenness and victimization as it encourages us to own and celebrate our own uniqueness and individuality. GIQ tells us that each of the experiences we perceive has having stopped our growth were actually key experiences in the tempering of our spirit. These experiences may leave their scars, but those scars in themselves evoke our true beauty by revealing the strength and wisdom gained through life’s journey.

SPIRITUAL   GIQ assists one in celebrating life’s winding and experiential journey, instead of bemoaning the lack of straight paths and direct ascension to spiritual wisdom. It assists one in discovering and honoring the wisdom gained through the perceived diversions of life experience. It is an excellent ally for meditative work, assisting one in accessing inner sources of wisdom and information. It can be valuable in recovering alternate life experience as well.

EMOTIONAL   Growth Interference Quartz helps those who judge themselves either positively or negatively on their outward appearance to recognize the true beauty of spirit that underlies all of creation. Its energy can help one in overcoming patterns of victimization, unworthiness, or self-degradation.

PHYSICAL While GIQ’s gifts lie mainly on the spiritual and emotional levels, it can be helpful in assisting one in finding the strength and wisdom to face debilitating disease and imbalance.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to the unknown future in full trust, and I release the past with gratitude for how it has blessed my path with joy and difficulty.

NOVACULITE

KEY WORDS      Infusion of subtle matter-energy, stimulation of enlightenment, discernment, cutting unhealthy ties to the past

ELEMENTS Wind, Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Novaculite is a microcrystalline variety of quartz with a hardness of 7. It is a ‘tough’ stone, due to its fine-grained interlocking texture. In industry, it has been used for sharpening knives and other tools. Its name derives from a Latin word meaning ‘razor’ or ‘sharp knife.’ Its appearance is rather plain and dull, and its colors range through shades of white, gray and black.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Despite its unspectacular appearance, Novaculite is a powerful stone for stimulating the upper chakras. Its pulsations come at a slower rate than those of Phenacite or Azeztulite, but they are very powerful, and they grow in intensity the longer you hold the stone. More remarkably, the effects linger for quite some time after you stop! After just a few moments of holding a pair of Novaculites at my third eye and crown chakras, I found my entire head was tingling, inside and out, and the feeling continued for over half an hour after I put the stones down.

Novaculite is one of the newly emerging stones that act as a conduit for the infusion of subtle matter-energy, or Celestial Fire. My vision is that these stones bring in currents that are actual influxes of a subtle matter that changes and rapidly evolves the very cells and molecules of our bodies. This alteration makes one far better attuned to the frequencies of the higher spiritual realms, bringing to life one’s latent capacities for spiritual powers, or siddhis. Thus one might think of Novaculite as a sort of ‘guru stone,’ teaching our material bodies how to reach enlightenment.

Novaculite is a stone of discrimination. Under its influence, one can greatly enhance one’s powers of discernment. This stone also tends to sharpen intelligence and enhance intuition.

In energy work, one can use Novaculite to sever unhealthy emotional or karmic ties (sometimes called ‘cords’) to individuals and habits that keep one from making spiritual progress. If one wishes to break a connection with a source of negative energy, it may be useful to make an ‘etheric knife’ by attaching a piece of Novaculite to a quartz crystal. Once one has attached the Novaculite to the crystal, one can envision the etheric cord linking one to the negative source, and slash through it with the ‘knife’ one has made. A quartz laser wand works especially well for this.

In spiritual self-healing, Novaculite is an ideal stone for ‘psychic surgery.’ In a similar way to that described above for cutting unwanted links to other people and habits, one can etherically cut away knots of imbalance or blocked energy that are the underlying roots of physical symptoms. In particular, Novaculite is attuned to the heart and brain, and its currents can help to clear the energies of the bloodstream, lymphatic system and nervous system.

Novaculite’s power is enhanced by combining it with Azozeo super-activated stones, and its effects are quickened by combining it with Moldavite and/or Shungite. It can be used very successfully for spiritual healing when combined with Healerite and/or Seraphinite. Combined with Cinnazez, it can be a useful ally when working with the nervous system.

SPIRITUAL   Novaculite carries a stream of subtle matter-energy into the body, aiding the process of enlightenment. It enhances one’s powers of discernment, and can be used to cut away unhealthy ties to people or patterns from the past.

EMOTIONAL   Novaculite can aid in achieving a feeling of freedom from the past, bringing with it a zest for life and an eagerness for learning and spiritual development.

PHYSICAL   Novaculite can be used to free blocked energies and cut away negative attachments that underlie various physical ailments.

AFFIRMATION   My mind and body are clear and alert, and my whole being is filled with the substance and energy of the New Human Being.

NUUMMITE

KEY WORDS      Personal magic, the deep journey to the core of self, enhancing clairvoyance, attuning to the elemental forces, achieving self-mastery

ELEMENT      Earth, Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Solar Plexus (3rd), Root (1st)

Nuummite is a unique combination of Anthophyllite, a magnesium iron silicate, and Gedrite, a lithium-bearing amphibole. The hardness of Nuummite is about 6. It is found only in Greenland and is very ancient—about three billion years old. It is characterized by closely intergrown crystals which display flashes of iridescent color. The base color of Nuummite is charcoal gray to black, and its labradorescent colors include red, orange, gold, yellow, green, blue and violet. The most common reflected color is gold. Nuummite is mined in a remote area of Greenland and can be extracted only during the warm months. Although it is difficult to find and must be cut with care to display the color, Nuummite has become quite popular as a metaphysical talisman and as a gemstone.

ROBERT SIMMONS   These are stones of the deepest aspect of the Earth element. They draw upon the fiery energies of the Earth’s core, and they offer us the gift of inner power. In regard to power, it is said that the difference between a tyrant and a magician is that a tyrant wants power over others, while the magician wishes for power only over herself (or himself). In the great work of mystic realization, the magician makes much more progress than the tyrant. Nuummite, as a stone of inner power, can be used on the magician’s quest for self-mastery.

Nuummite has the power to take one on a journey into the depths of the psyche. It can help one to release energies trapped in the subconscious—parts of the self that may have been lost to fear, trauma, guilt or shame. It can help one recall and release fixated energies from childhood, birth, or even past lives. It is a solid ally that reinforces one’s courage and determination to do whatever inner work is necessary to be healed and whole.

In addition, Nuummite may be used as a gazing stone, helping one move into altered states of consciousness. It can enhance clairvoyance and intuition; it can help one learn the language of the body and channel healing energies for oneself and others. It can assist one in attuning to the elemental forces of the Earth, so one may call upon them in times of need. It is a stone of personal magic that can increase the frequency of synchronicities and ‘good luck’ in one’s life. Nuummite facilitates one’s efforts to transform ungrounded fantasy into magical reality.

Nuummite can be a powerful meditation stone, opening the inner doors of self-discovery. It can be worn in jewelry, to bring the dynamics of inner power, self-mastery, magic and manifestation into one’s life. As a gifting stone, it signifies deep love, for it symbolizes the gift of sovereignty. This stone harmonizes well with Moldavite (for accelerated transformation), with Azeztulite (for bringing more Light into the sometimes dark inner journey), Libyan Gold Tektite (for manifestation), Tsavorite Garnet (for prosperity), Seraphinite (for healing) and with Amethyst (when additional spiritual protection is needed). Other stones that work synergistically with Nuummite include Labradorite, Amazonite, Sunstone, Moonstone, Scolecite and Natrolite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Nuummite is a strong Storm element stone that brings Light into the densest aspects of the physical world and the human psyche. It allows one to bravely and honestly face the shadow self and find Love in one’s heart for those aspects of self that one has denied, vilified or ignored. It is a powerful stone for shamans who perform soul retrievals, as it assists in locating and integrating the aspects of self which have been separated from the whole.

Nuummite is a powerful meditative tool, often facilitating journeys into the ancient, prehuman past, directly to the time of creation. It is a powerful reminder of the moment of perceived separation, when we rejected the Creator out of fear of being rejected by the Creator. It is a strong stone for psychic and mental healing, helping one recover one’s power from the dark corners where it has been pushed aside and forgotten. Nuummite speaks not only of recovering one’s power, but also of recovering one’s sense of self—overcoming self-doubt, self-hatred, and all the other tools the ego uses to keep one’s true nature hidden.

Nuummite can facilitate psychic experiences, particularly the accessing of past or alternate lives. These visions are given so that one may learn about one’s true self, not as entertainment or for ego trips. Often, this knowledge may come with some difficult lessons about how one has used one’s power in the past and how one may be rejecting one’s power in the present. This is an ally to engage when one is truly ready to recognize, integrate and LOVE all aspects of oneself, so one may place oneself fully in service to the Highest Good.

SPIRITUAL   Nuummite offers clear vision of one’s true nature. It assists in perceiving one’s gifts, one’s lessons and one’s power. It teaches self-responsibility and helps one eschew false humility. Denying one’s gifts does no one any good. Nuummite gently reminds one of this and helps one identify and utilize the gifts one has acquired through one’s soul journey.

EMOTIONAL   Nuummite helps one overcome the propensity to falsely claim powerlessness, confusion and brokenness. It insists that one perceive one’s abilities, lending confidence and honoring the Creator through honoring oneself. It encourages one to accept oneself and to integrate the shadow, so one may become whole and effective in bringing Light to the world.

PHYSICAL   Nuummite is not a strong healing stone, but it is excellent for assisting other healing stones. It can help one understand what parts of the self must be honored and integrated for healing to begin. It has a mildly calming effect on the nervous system and the heart.

AFFIRMATION   I willingly go into the depths of myself to heal and recover what has been lost, and I achieve self-mastery in so doing.

OBSIDIAN

Obsidian is a glassy, silica-rich volcanic rock with a hardness of 5 to 5.5. It is an amorphous stone, meaning that its structure contains no regular geometric pattern. Because it breaks with a very sharp conchoidal fracture, it has been used for making arrowheads and other tools since Paleolithic times. The name Obsidian is derived from the name of the prominent ancient Roman, Obsius. Obsidian is most frequently black or very dark brown, but it can also be gray or green. In addition, various sheens, color variations, markings and undertones of color make for an array of different types of Obsidian used for jewelry stones, ornaments and metaphysical items. The most prominent of these are described below.

BLACK OBSIDIAN

KEY WORDS      Psychic protection, grounding, cleansing of negativity, spirit communication

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st)

Black Obsidian is a pure, glossy black color, which can appear as very dark brown when strong light is shined on thin edges.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Black Obsidian powerfully eliminates negative energies in oneself and one’s environment. It is like a ‘psychic vacuum cleaner,’ cleansing the auric field of disharmony, negative attachments, astral plane ‘junk,’ and one’s own emanations of anger, greed, fear, resentment, etc. It is a strong grounding stone, stimulating the root chakra to make its connection with the Earthstar chakra below the feet, and deep into the core of the Earth.

Black Obsidian is useful for all types of scrying, including spirit communication. If one sets up a low-light environment and sits gazing into a polished Black Obsidian slab or sphere, it is quite possible that the images of loved ones who have passed over will appear in the reflected surface. At the same time, one may feel their messages as thoughts appearing in one’s own mind. Black Obsidian’s affinity for the world of the souls, plus its protective qualities, make it ideal for such activities.

Black Obsidian harmonizes with Jet, Black Tourmaline and Smoky Quartz for grounding. Moldavite can raise Black Obsidian’s vibration and build a more active energy for self-transformation. Amber brings a healing influence. Alexandrite and Oregon Opal assist in using Black Obsidian to view past lives. High-vibration stones such as Phenacite, Scolecite, Natrolite and Azeztulite activate the third-eye and crown chakras, providing enhanced psychic abilities and bringing a high spiritual focus to one’s work with Black Obsidian.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Black Obsidian’s energy is that of protection. Its frequency seals the aura and removes energetic attachments, hooks and cords. Black Obsidian’s energy creates a protective shield that helps one remain centered when faced with negativity.

Black Obsidian’s protective energy also extends to the level of the mind, illuminating negative thoughts and mental habits so action can be taken to clear their root causes. It allows one to perceive where one is creating negativity in one’s own life and guides one to change the underlying patterns that create a negative reality.

Black Obsidian helps uncover unconscious thoughts and patterns that inhibit one’s spiritual and personal growth. These patterns can contribute to addiction, abusive behavior (toward oneself or others), negativity, scarcity and other undesirable traits. Black Obsidian gently yet firmly points out where one holds these patterns and assists in clearing them from the auric field and cellular memory.

SPIRITUAL   Black Obsidian assists in recognizing where one is holding negativity and helps to illuminate and cleanse negative emotional patterns from the aura. It can assist those who are very psychically or emotionally sensitive to maintain the integrity of their energy fields.

EMOTIONAL Black Obsidian is a powerful emotional teacher. It leads one to an understanding and acceptance of the darker side of one’s nature, so that aspect can be evolved and illuminated. It assists in breaking negative emotionally based patterns such as self-abuse, eating disorders, and addictions, when one is willing to take responsibility for one’s own healing.

PHYSICAL   Black Obsidian assists with removing blockages in the meridian system. Its energy is useful in clearing reproductive problems based in past abuse or current self-abuse issues. Black Obsidian opens and clears the base and second chakras.

AFFIRMATION I cleanse my energy field of negativity and ground myself to the Earth’s heart.

SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN

KEY WORDS      Perseverance, insight, attunement to spiritual guidance, past-life recall, spirit communication

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Third Eye (6th)

Snowflake Obsidian is black with light patches, formed where the glass has become devitrified around detectable points. When polished, the light patches resemble snowflakes.

ROBERT SIMMONS Snowflake Obsidian enables one to ‘make the best of a bad situation’ by clearing negative and self-defeating thoughts and inspiring one with new ideas that can improve one’s condition, whatever it may be. Snowflake Obsidian grounds one’s thinking, eliminating energy-draining fantasy. At the same time, it increases one’s psychic sensitivity, making one more able to notice the meaningful synchronicities that can point the way to one’s higher path. Although it is not the best stone for gazing, meditating with Snowflake Obsidian can put one in touch with the world of souls, facilitating communication with lost loved ones. It also attunes one to memories of past lives or to forgotten events of the present life, focusing in both cases on the recall of events that relate to present difficulties. In such recall lies the key to the insights that will allow one to overcome and release the problems. Snowflake Obsidian is an able assistant in one’s inner journey to healing and wholeness.

Snowflake Obsidian works synergistically with Magnesite, which enhances attunement with higher vibrational worlds. Zincite assists in strengthening the lower chakras, the imbalances of which may be exposed by working with Snowflake Obsidian. Lapis Lazuli, Iolite, Siberian Blue Quartz, Scolecite and Herderite assist in the increase of psychic attunement.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Snowflake Obsidian carries courage and persistence to those on the edge of hope. It assists one in perceiving sources of support that may have been overlooked or taken for granted. Snowflake Obsidian helps one pay attention to details, receiving guidance from the clues that come through interactions with others and the experiences of the Earth-walk. It is a stone of the tracker, allowing one to attune to one’s environment and perceive the flow of Universal energy that forms and supports it. In this state of inclusive awareness, one is able to receive the clues, prompts and signs that appear in one’s everyday experiences.

SPIRITUAL   Snowflake Obsidian helps one recognize the guidance and assistance that are always available through the natural world. It is an excellent stone to use in attuning to animal totems and animal allies. It can be used to help one become more sensitive to the subtle flow and movement of energy in one’s environment.

EMOTIONAL   Snowflake Obsidian helps one to overcome ‘poor me’ attitudes or feelings of victimization. It enables one to find strength and willingness to shift one’s reality for the better.

PHYSICAL   This ally can be used in the same ways as Black Obsidian. It can also help energetically to limit the spread of cancer cells through the body. It assists one in becoming more receptive to healing energy and a healing attitude.

AFFIRMATION   In my evolutionary process, I call for assistance from the Universe and all friends in Spirit, and I ask to be shown everything I need to see for my healing and awakening.

MAHOGANY OBSIDIAN

KEY WORDS      Release from inner limitations, healing feelings of unworthiness

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd)

Mahogany Obsidian is a mixture of colors—jet black and reddish brown—in undulating or spotty patterns. The reddish brown color is similar to the wood mahogany.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Mahogany Obsidian can help cleanse the second chakra of negative energies and residue from old wounds. Such fixations can block the flow of one’s creative energies or create problems in the full expression of one’s sexuality, so it is important work to make sure this chakra operates freely. Using Mahogany Obsidian in meditation, or especially in a body layout, between the first and second chakras, one can ‘draw out the poison’ of old unconscious memories of shame, humiliation or abuse, releasing them into the Light for dissolution and healing.

Mahogany Obsidian can remove negative psychic ‘implants’ that hold one back in other areas. It is ideal for dispelling feelings of unworthiness that hold one back from fulfilling one’s potential in work, love and spiritual awakening. Carrying or wearing Mahogany Obsidian shields one from psychic attack, whether it be from negative entities on the astral plane or an unconscious coworker’s attempt at a put-down. It’s a bit like having an etheric bodyguard!

Mahogany Obsidian works harmoniously with Tibetan Black Quartz, Sugilite and Black Tourmaline, in regard to providing psychic protection. Zincite helps in healing wounds to the second chakra. Bringing in Moldavite is useful in helping one move beyond past limitations.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Mahogany Obsidian is useful for those choosing to move out of scarcity-mindedness and into abundance. It helps reveal limitations one has created due to fear and perceived separation. It is supportive, clearing and energizing to the first and second chakras.

SPIRITUAL   Mahogany Obsidian assists in opening and cleansing the grounding channel, which is critical if one is to embody a full spectrum of energetic frequencies.

EMOTIONAL   Mahogany Obsidian helps one dissolve ancestral patterns of abuse, negativity, hatred or fear that are ingrained in the DNA and emotional body. It is helpful in clearing birth trauma for mother and child, and can be a wonderful aid in the rebirthing experience.

PHYSICAL   Mahogany Obsidian strengthens the organs and tissues. It supports detoxification by increasing liver and kidney function, enhancing the body’s ability to discharge poisons.

AFFIRMATION   I am worthy of the blessings of a good and fruitful life.

RAINBOW OBSIDIAN

KEY WORDS      Recovery from emotional wounds, the deep journey through darkness into Light

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st)

Rainbow Obsidian is black Obsidian that, when and polished and exposed to a strong light source, reveals bands of red, blue, gold and/or green shades which seem to correspond to layers of molten lava that cooled at different rates or times.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rainbow Obsidian helps one take the downward journey to unexpected Light. One often expects the spiritual Light to be found above, in one’s flights toward Heaven, but for most human beings it is impossible to escape the prison of one’s own wounded psyche without going down. This journey into the depths is as amazing as it is necessary. As one descends, one finds the forgotten pieces of oneself that have been left behind at each wounding. Reclaiming the parts and continuing downward, one may experience more emptiness and deeper darkness before suddenly bursting into Light at the very nadir of the descent.

Often such journeys downward are precipitated by a crisis in one’s outer life. However, meditation with Rainbow Obsidian can facilitate a more voluntary experience of the depths. Using the stone in meditation and stone layout sessions, one may find the moment of opportunity wherein one can choose to go down in this way. Such chosen descents are usually of shorter duration than the ones brought about by crises, and they help one bring the soul closer to conscious awareness.

Of course, everyone’s favorite part of the story is emergence into the Light, and Rainbow Obsidian embodies this aspect in its own appearance. In dim light, a Rainbow Obsidian sphere seems to be plain black, but when a strong light is shined upon it, radiant and vivid rings of color appear. So it is with one’s own psyche when one reaches the light at the end of the cave of the descent.

Rainbow Obsidian shares an affinity with Rainbow Moonstone. Using them together, one can maintain a dual awareness, wherein a part of oneself remains in the lit world while another part takes the dark journey.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Rainbow Obsidian can be utilized to clear the emotional body of lingering patterns of emotional trauma. It is helpful in dissolving outmoded genetic patterns and karma. Rainbow Obsidian is a powerful emotional protector, but one must prepare to process the root causes of emotional distress. Rainbow Obsidian creates a bridge of Light into the dark and painful places of the mind, body and emotions, allowing one to go in and heal them.

SPIRITUAL   Rainbow Obsidian is a wonderful stone for grounding Light into the aura and the physical body. It helps cleanse and align all chakras, as it removes blockages and densities.

EMOTIONAL   Rainbow Obsidian brings hope, illumination and energy into the most blocked and stagnant areas of the emotional body. This helps one feel more optimistic and willing to engage with life. It is a wonderful stone to use for alleviating depression or mood swings.

PHYSICAL   Rainbow Obsidian is useful for bruising, bone breaks or other tissue trauma. It can be placed over the heart area to assist in stabilizing the physical heart during stressful times. It is a good stone for drawing memory to consciousness from the cellular level, so repressed memories do not turn into physical disease.

AFFIRMATION   I willingly choose to take the journey through the darkness of my unconscious, recovering the lost parts of myself, moving to rebirth in the Light.

PEACOCK OBSIDIAN

KEY WORDS      Shamanic journeying, astral travel, psychic protection

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Third Eye (6th)

Peacock Obsidian appears black until polished pieces are exposed to a strong light source, revealing undulating patterns of red, gold, green, violet, orange and/or blue. The colors are not distributed in distinct layers, as in Rainbow Obsidian, but are instead laid out in complex swirls, as though the molten lava had been vigorously stirred before it hardened.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Peacock Obsidian’s dance of iridescent colors opens the third eye to the inner world of visionary awareness. It is excellent for lucid dreaming, breath work, guided meditation and other practices of consciousness expansion. Like Rainbow Obsidian, it can show one the unexpected Light in darkness, but Peacock Obsidian is not exactly a stone of the depths. It is much more for entering the nearby planes of the astral, subtle and causal world. It is a tool for shamans and others who ‘walk between the worlds’—an ally for protection and clear-seeing, helping one to confidently negotiate the doorways between dimensions.

Peacock Obsidian is also a stone that calls the worlds together for celebration. It is excellent for use in rituals and gatherings to which one wishes to call the ancestors, guides and helping spirits. In the other worlds, Peacock Obsidian’s energies appear as undulating serpent-like patterns of vivid iridescent color, radiating in all directions from the ‘physical’ stone. Such a stone draws the attention of spirit beings and acts as a beacon of attraction. As such, it can be used when one calls upon deceased loved ones for spirit communication.

Peacock Obsidian works exceptionally well with Moldavite, which provides a high-frequency energy that banishes negative entities and makes resonance with lower astral energies impossible. For visionary experience, adding Phenacite greatly enhances the vividness of the imagery and takes it to higher spiritual levels.

Peacock Obsidian works synergistically with Shaman Stones and Prophecy Stones, especially in regard to making journeys between the worlds. Moldavite helps by increasing the overall power of Peacock Obsidian. Phenacite and Scolecite lift the vibration so that one’s journeys are to the higher realms of Spirit.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Peacock Obsidian assists one in opening to inner visions and clearing dreams. It is a stone of shamanic journeys and journeys to other realms of the Earth. It can provide protection for astral travel and during magical work. Peacock Obsidian assists in removing fear around opening one’s intuitive senses. It is good for sensitives who have shut down their abilities because of feeling overwhelmed or because of difficulty in controlling the psychic information they receive. It can aid in protecting these individuals while they learn to more effectively attune their senses. Peacock Obsidian can help provide subtle energy support to those with brain disorders and is an excellent stone for those with mental imbalances.

SPIRITUAL   Peacock Obsidian is the strongest Obsidian for spiritual journeys. It can act as a protective force around the body during astral travel and can make returning to the body a more comfortable experience.

EMOTIONAL   See Rainbow Obsidian.

PHYSICAL   See Rainbow Obsidian.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to see and experience the ‘other worlds,’ knowing I am protected, bringing back helpful information for myself and others.

GOLD SHEEN OBSIDIAN

KEY WORDS      Healing abuse of power, activating the higher Will, enhanced manifestation

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Gold Sheen Obsidian appears black in dim light, but in the presence of strong light, when viewed from the proper angle, a brightly sparkling golden chatoyance plays across the stone. Sometimes the sheen appears to be coming from beneath the stone’s surface.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Gold Sheen Obsidian attunes one to the energy of the Great Central Sun through its cleansing and activation of the third chakra. The Great Central Sun could be called the Source for manifestation in the physical realm, and as such it emanates and maintains a thread of connection to the third chakra (or equivalent energy center) of each being in the Universe. The golden Light of the Great Central Sun vibrates in resonance with the Golden Ray of the third chakra, which is also reflected in the sparkling iridescent light of Gold Sheen Obsidian.

These stones, like other varieties of Obsidian, are good for clearing negative energies and purifying one’s auric field. With Gold Sheen Obsidian, this is especially true in regard to the solar-plexus chakra. When the channel is clear, all the way to the Source, one’s will is aligned with the Divine and one’s power of manifestation is greatly enhanced. Those who use these stones diligently will find an increased capacity for ‘creating one’s own reality,’ accompanied by a magnified sense of wishing only to manifest that which is most appropriate for the highest good of all beings. Thus, when one has the power to move mountains, one usually sees that the mountains are already in the right spots!

Gold Sheen Obsidian is useful in helping one bring forward one’s hidden talents. It can be an aid to achieving worldly success in the expression of those talents, especially when they are directly expressed, without compromising them or adapting them to the demands of outer situations.

Gold Sheen Obsidian harmonizes well with Golden Labradorite, Heliodor, Amblygonite and Citrine, all stones of the third chakra and the Golden Ray. Moldavite enhances its capacity to manifest one’s true calling.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Gold Sheen Obsidian assists in clearing issues of the Will. It is an excellent stone for perpetrators and victims of abuse who wish to clear all aspects of power abuse from their energetic systems. It is a powerful stone for exposing ego motivations and assisting one in realigning one’s power and action with Divine Will.

The frequency of Gold Sheen Obsidian also acts as a communication channel through which one can connect with entities and beings of the Earth. It is particularly strong for Earth-healing work. It can assist in locating areas of disturbance in the Earth’s energy systems and bringing those areas into balance.

SPIRITUAL   Many people have issues around reclaiming their personal power and using it for the Higher Good. Gold Sheen Obsidian assists one in this journey and allows one to become more conscious of the way in which one uses (and misuses) power. It can aid in aligning one’s will with Divine intent and connecting to the power of the Earth for healing purposes.

EMOTIONAL   Gold Sheen Obsidian can help one feel more capable of creating and directing one’s life. It is ideal for enhancing one’s direction and clarity of purpose.

PHYSICAL   Gold Sheen Obsidian can be helpful in digestive disorders, ulcers, reflux and similar issues of the stomach. It helps clear, energize and balance the solar-plexus and second chakras. It can be helpful for men with issues of impotence due to stress.

AFFIRMATION   I heal all past abuses of power and attune myself to the manifestation of Divine Will.

OCEAN JASPER

KEY WORDS      Enjoyment of life, release of negativity and stress, relaxation, positive self-expression, physical and emotional healing

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th), Throat (5th)

Ocean Jasper is an unusual Jasper variety found only in Madagascar. Like other Jaspers, it is a member of the Quartz family, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Ocean Jasper’s colors vary widely, including vivid shades of white, green, pink, red and black. Its patterns are wild and indescribable, with banding, polka dots, wavy lines with scalloped edges and multicolored florets. The cavities in Ocean Jasper are often filled with sparkling druzy Quartz.

ROBERT SIMMONS Ocean Jasper is a stone of joy and high spirits. It opens one’s awareness to the benevolent aspects of life and lifts one’s mood through its positive vibrations. When one is under its influence, it is difficult to takes one’s problems and dissatisfactions as seriously as one normally does. Ocean Jasper helps lift the veil of negativity which many people unconsciously wear over their eyes, and when this veil is lifted, it is much easier to see and appreciate the many blessings of life.

Ocean Jasper stimulates the solar-plexus, heart and throat chakras with its beneficial vibrations, conveying the urge to feel, speak and act more positively. It supports the expression of love in one’s words and deeds, and it helps one to realize what and whom one truly loves. It banishes complacency and the habit of taking one’s loved ones, health, prosperity or security for granted. It brings one’s consciousness to the present moment, relieving worry about the future or bitterness about the past. It allows for the release of stress and escapism, helping one understand the value of the here and now.

Ocean Jasper is helpful to those who suffer from depression. Its capacity to gently focus one’s awareness on the positive, wholesome aspects of life can be a great boon to those who are lost in a cloud of darkness. It can help individuals give up self-destructive addictive behaviors by making them conscious of what they are doing and opening their eyes to a better reality.

It is beneficial to wear or carry Ocean Jasper in social situations, the workplace, or anywhere that one will be among groups of people. Its positive vibrations are amplified and spread through one’s energy field to everyone nearby. Carrying Ocean Jasper into a committee meeting can help create a cooperative atmosphere. Bringing it to a party can relax oneself and others, making for a good time all around.

Healing practitioners are advised to put a piece of Ocean Jasper in the healing space, in order to keep the atmosphere of the room pleasant and relaxing. Placing one of these stones in the client’s hand or on the body can make the person more receptive to the work. Using Ocean Jasper in meditation will help one let go of thoughts and become centered.

Ocean Jasper harmonizes with all other types of Jasper and with the Quartz family. Amethyst, Sugilite and/or Charoite add spiritual protection and purification to Ocean Jasper’s wholesome energies. Lepidolite and Amblygonite can increase Ocean Jasper’s relaxing influence. Strombolite can add levity and humor to Ocean Jasper’s high spirits.

NAISHA AHSIAN   In spite of its name, Ocean Jasper is a powerful Earth element stone with wonderful physical healing properties. Perhaps the ripple-like patterns this stone inspired its name, but on closer examination you will see that these ‘ripples’ also appear to be cells. The name ‘Cellular Jasper’ might provide a more accurate description of this stone’s properties.

Ocean Jasper allows one to access cellular memory and other energetic patterns that enter physicality and manifest in the body on a cellular level. In Crystal Resonance Therapy work, this stone is used to move down through the cells and into the pre-physical consciousness, where the energetic filters that create one’s reality are held. In shifting the frequencies of these filters, one can change the patterns that manifest disease and our physical world.

Ocean Jasper is a soothing, centering stone that is useful in facilitating meditative states and an experience of presence in the moment. It helps calm one’s thoughts and centers one within a total experience of all levels of body, mind and spirit.

SPIRITUAL   Ocean Jasper reminds us to embrace the physical vehicle and physical world as temples for one’s soul and the consciousness of Creation. It assists one in locating and clearing limiting or ‘stuck’ patterns of energy that may create physical imbalance or disease.

EMOTIONAL   Ocean Jasper is a calming, soothing stone for the emotional body. It can help one maintain a centered emotional state and prevents overreaction or ego identification.

PHYSICAL Ocean Jasper supports the regeneration of tissues in the body, the healing of organs, and balancing of the glandular system. It is useful in stabilizing thyroid and adrenal secretions and assisting the endocrine system in balancing the body’s biochemistry.

AFFIRMATION   I release negative patterns of thoughts, words and deeds which may adversely affect my emotional/physical self, and I embrace the many blessings of life.

ONYX

KEY WORDS      Inner strength, focused attention, willpower, self-mastery, discipline, reason

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th)

Onyx is a variety of Chalcedony, a member of the Quartz family with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Onyx is defined as a banded Chalcedony in which the lines of banding are parallel. This banded Onyx is frequently used in carving cameos, since the layered colors allow the necessary contrast of background with foreground. Black Onyx is most often made by dyeing gray Chalcedony in various ways.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Onyx is a stone of inner strength. It enhances one’s endurance and persistence, enabling one to carry even difficult and dreary tasks through to completion. On a mental level, it increases one’s ability to maintain focus, allowing one to learn challenging new material and use well all that one has mastered. It energetically boosts the retention of memory and encourages attention to detail. These traits make Onyx a helpful tool for students, teachers, business owners, accountants, lawyers, software and computer technicians, and all those whose work calls for high levels of focus, perseverance and discipline.

Onyx is also a stone of physical strength. It assists one in containing one’s energies rather than allowing them to dissipate. It helps one to gradually build up one’s vitality. This can be especially helpful after a long illness, or even a prolonged work project, both of which can deplete one’s resources. It can keep one focused on an exercise regime, weight loss program or other effort to improve one’s health. Onyx is an excellent stone for body builders, even if the goals are quite modest. It encourages one to stay with the program and facilitates the sense of satisfaction that comes with achieving one’s goals.

Onyx emanates the energy of self-mastery. It can help one to control, focus and direct the will, and this brings about a considerable increase in one’s personal power. For those who have an abundance of ideas, but lack the discipline to carry them out, Onyx can bring one down to Earth and keep one on task. It assists one in learning that the most important control is self-control. Those who pursue their desires by manipulating other people and things outside themselves are advised to take advantage of Onyx’s capacity to realign one’s attention to one’s own actions. Then they may find the success which has heretofore eluded them.

Onyx cools and condenses excessive energies. It calms nervousness, quells anxiety, soothes hot tempers and brings reason to passion. It is a good grounding influence when one has been working with very high-energy stones, which can bring thrilling visions and insights but may over-activate one’s energy field. It works through the first, third and sixth chakras, the seats of physical vitality, will and mental activity. It is an excellent stone to carry into conflict situations, in which one must maintain a ‘cool head.’

Onyx works well with other stones, not increasing their energies, but consolidating them. It helps one integrate spiritual insights, allowing one to make them one’s own. With Phenacite and other visionary stones, it aids in grounding their benefits in the physical world.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Onyx comes in many colors, each caused by an impurity within a base of Quartz. Like the various forms of Jasper, the main properties of Onyx can be inferred from its color. There are two varieties of Onyx I will cover here—white and black.

White Onyx (including light grey varieties) acts much like other massive forms of white Quartz. It stimulates the higher chakras, especially the third eye and crown. It can enhance dream work and facilitate connection with lunar energies.

SPIRITUAL   White Onyx can enhance spiritual vision and dream experiences. It is useful in stimulating the psychic senses and is often used for spiritual inspiration.

EMOTIONAL   White Onyx is emotionally neutral.

PHYSICAL   White Onyx can help lessen symptoms of headache and is used to help strengthen the eyes and optic nerves.

Black Onyx stimulates the Earthstar and first chakras, assisting one in grounding and connecting with the electromagnetic energy of the Earth. It is an excellent stone for use in scrying and magical work. It has been utilized as a magical stone for thousands of years, and is considered one of the best materials to use for the carving of magical amulets.

SPIRITUAL   Black Onyx teaches the appropriate use of power and the focusing of energy into positive force. It is excellent for those who are working to develop their telekinetic abilities.

EMOTIONAL   Black Onyx is emotionally neutral.

PHYSICAL   Black Onyx can be used to help stimulate the connection between the feet and the first chakra. This can be helpful for those suffering from weak legs, or who have difficulty grounding or eliminating bodily wastes or excess energy.

AFFIRMATION   I work on all my chosen tasks with clear focus, strong discipline, unrelenting perseverence and high efficiency.

OPAL

Opal is a hydrated silica material with a hardness of 5.5 to 6.5. It is composed of submicroscopic silica spheres that are bonded together with water and additional silica. Sometimes the water in Opal can evaporate, creating cracks in the stone. Some, but not all Opals exhibit the play of colors known as ‘fire.’ This is caused by the Opal’s minute silica spheres being packed in a formation regular enough to cause light diffraction.

The name Opal is derived from the Latin opalus and the Sanskrit upala, meaning ‘precious stone.’ Precious Opals were mined in the former Czechoslovakia at least as long ago as the fourteenth century. Mexican Fire Opal was used by the Aztecs and was brought to Europe by the conquistadors. In nineteenth-century Europe, Opal’s popularity declined because of an association with bad luck, but it rebounded in the twentieth century and it remains one of the most popular gems.

In Roman civilization, Opal was linked with good luck and hope. The belief in France that Opal could render its wearer invisible, allowing him or her to steal without being caught, may have been the beginning of Opal’s negative associations. An Australian legend reports that a gigantic Opal governs the stars, human love and the gold within the mines.

Current metaphysical thinking views the various types of Opal as having different energetic properties, so we will discuss each one separately.

COMMON OPAL

KEY WORDS      White/Purification; Pink/Emotional healing; Blue/Calming the mind; Brown and Black/Emotional protection

ELEMENT      Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      White/Crown (7th); Pink/Heart (4th); Blue/Throat and Third Eye (5th and 6th); Brown and Black/Root and Sexual/Creative (1st and 2nd)

Common Opal may be any of several different colors, but it is generally opaque and does not show any of the ‘fire’ exhibited by precious Opal. Common Opal is found in many locations, but good white and brown/black stones come from Oregon and the best Pink and Blue specimens are found in Peru.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Common Opal vibrates at a lower frequency and gentler intensity than the transparent Opals and/or fiery Opals, and this enhances its calming and soothing effects on the emotional body. Common Opal in all of its colors is a stone of gentle energies. It is well suited for sensitive people who are easily overwhelmed by more powerful stones, or for those who are overburdened with stress and need stones that will help them relax. Each color, of course, offers a somewhat different emphasis.

White Opal provides purification of one’s energy field, cleansing and rebalancing the chakras of the etheric body and support for their connection to one’s physical self. It can attract angelic beings, and it is an ideal ‘gift’ to leave for them in some unseen spot. Sometimes the stone will apparently disappear or move. Other times, only the energy is received. Often one’s gift will be ‘returned’ by means of fortunate synchronicities.

Pink Opal is a lovely stone for healing the emotions, especially those connected with subconsciously held pain. Opals are generally associated with past lives and the world of dreams, and these are the places from which old wounds can come to the surface. Sleeping with Pink Opal or holding it during a past-life regression session helps one resolve painful remembrances with gentleness and compassion for oneself.

Blue Opal is an antidote to restless thoughts. If one tends to wake up at night with the mind racing, rehashing the past or anticipating the future, a Blue Opal in the pillowcase will help one sleep more peacefully. As a bonus, it can enhance the recollection of one’s dreams, and can even bring about more pleasant dream experiences. It assists one in sharing one’s feelings and communicating about emotional issues.

Brown and Black Common Opals are gentle catalysts to the physical healing process, through their support of one’s emotional body. They can aid in lifting depression, not through ‘cheering you up,’ but through moderating the sense of isolation. They can help one receive more life force and creative energies through gently stimulating the first two chakras.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Common Opal speaks to us of the relationship between the elements of Earth and Water. It is emotionally supportive and nurturing, without the rather intense emotional energies of some other types of Opal. It is grounding for the emotional body and is an excellent stone to alleviate worry, chronic stress, and depression. Common Opal comes in many different colors, with each color slightly varying the focus of this calming and soothing energy.

White Opal clears the energetic field and aids in grounding Light in the aura. Its energy feels nurturing and enlightening, as it gently points out emotional issues that need clearing.

SPIRITUAL White Opal helps to clarify, calm and focus the mind so that more subtle spiritual signals can be received and processed. It is a general enhancer of psychic information.

EMOTIONAL   White Opal soothes the emotional body and promotes a positive outlook.

PHYSICAL   White Opal is a wonderful stone for those recovering from all types of abuse. It helps to illuminating densities in the body and can assist in the dispersal of fibroids and various kinds of cysts.

Pink Opal clears and calms the heart and brings a sense of peace and tranquility to one’s aura. It is excellent for children who have difficulty sleeping or tend to have nightmares.

SPIRITUAL   Pink Opal brings peace and release to one’s heart, allowing one to discharge past trauma, tension and stress. It can be used to keep one’s connection to the angelic realms open and clear.

EMOTIONAL   Pink Opal can help those who have excessive fear, worry or anxiousness. It is useful in dissipating stress and allowing one to become more emotionally centered and calm.

PHYSICAL   Pink Opal directly soothes the heart and can be useful in instances of erratic or irregular heartbeat. It supports the lungs and the utilization of oxygen by the body.

Blue Opal promotes a calm and centered mind. It can facilitate contemplative prayer and meditation by allowing one to be a witness of, rather than a participant in the mind’s activities. Blue Opal can assist in the retention of knowledge and is an excellent stone for students.

SPIRITUAL   Blue Opal facilitates spiritual understanding. It can help one to accept and follow spiritual guidance without ego resistance.

EMOTIONAL   Blue Opal aids in surrendering to Divine Will and releasing resistance to one’s spiritual path. It assists one in finding calm understanding of difficult life experiences from the past and can help one to joyfully embrace the future.

PHYSICAL   Blue Opal helps calm respiratory inflammation and can be of assistance in instances of chronic cough due to asthma, lung damage or allergies. It can help relieve inflammation, as well as eczema or psoriasis.

Brown and Black Common Opal clear and strengthen and protect the emotional body. They lend strength to the physical body and act as a general tonic on the first and second chakras.

SPIRITUAL   Brown and Black Common Opal act much like Black Onyx and other grounding, magical stones. They assist in communication with nature beings, in shamanic journeys and in maintaining protection during astral travel.

EMOTIONAL   Brown and Black Common Opal is useful in reinforcing the emotional body and the aura, preventing psychic attack and helping rid one of entity attachment. It is highly protective against negative energetic influences and can be used to help one feel stronger and more in control when faced with negativity, confrontation or bullying by others.

PHYSICAL   Brown and Black Common Opal fortifies the body. It is a general tonic and is quite helpful in strengthening weak bones, aiding poor digestion and elimination and regenerating atrophied muscles.

AFFIRMATION   White: I open myself to purification and spiritual upliftment. Pink: I heal my emotional body through gentle compassion. Blue: I quiet the restless mind by sitting as a silent witness. Brown/Black: I am safe and protected, and I grow stronger each day.

WHITE PRECIOUS OPAL

KEY WORDS      Intensification of emotions, purification

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      All

White Precious Opal is the best-known Opal and the most widely used in jewelry. Its milky background color sets off the multicolored fire in a very attractive way. In some cases, fossilized wood or sea shells have their original substance replaced with White Precious Opal, creating some truly astonishing specimens. The bulk of White Precious Opals come from Australia, especially Coober Pedy and Andamooka. Other deposits have been found in Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan and the United States (Nevada).

ROBERT SIMMONS   White Precious Opal carries a seed of the ‘holy fire,’ the intense spiritual energy that consumes the impure aspects of the self without necessarily ‘burning’ us (causing distress or discomfort). The more willing we are to release our attachments to our angers, fears, wounds or other negative patterns, the better it can work. If we stubbornly hold on, of course, the release of even unhealthy energies can feel quite painful.

White Precious Opal is an emotional amplifier—it can intensify both the positive and negative states. In each case, there is a benefit. With positive emotions, the reward is obvious. But with negative feelings, the magnification can make one fully aware of the destruction such indulgences can bring about—and this helps one agree to release them. White Precious Opal can be a warm, friendly teacher, or a severe one. It all depends on what we bring with us to the experience.

White Precious Opal works well with all other kinds of Opal, amplifying their effects. It enhances the energies of Quartzes, Amethyst, Citrine, Jaspers and Chalcedonies. With Lapis Lazuli, it can awaken the inner King or Queen. With Seriphos Green Quartz, it can attune one to goddess energies. With Zincite, it lends amazing intensity to sexuality and creativity.

NAISHA AHSIAN   White Precious Opal is much more stimulating to the emotional body than White Common Opal. It tends to amplify energy patterns in the emotional body, allowing one to identify the predominant pattern and shift it. Once one has cleared the emotional body, White Precious Opal instills the aura with a frequency of joy.

White Precious Opal acts as a prism within the aura, splitting Light into its rainbow frequencies. This fills the aura with full spectrum Light, nourishing it deeply. This illumination of the aura will tend to make the dark spots in one’s energy more glaring, however, and it is important to be willing to do the necessary work to clear the energetic bodies. Once this work is complete, White Precious Opal can be a wonderful ally in manifesting the Light of the Divine through one’s energetic field.

SPIRITUAL   White Precious Opal can be called upon to bring angelic energy and the ‘fire of spirit’ into the energy field. It is extremely useful in infusing the aura with full spectrum energy and can help one sense one’s spiritual guides more strongly.

EMOTIONAL   White Precious Opal will bring to the surface of one’s consciousness whatever emotional patterns need to be cleared. This can sometimes create a period of intense emotional sensitivity when one first begins working with White Precious Opal. After this initial period of cleansing, however, this ally can assist one in becoming more positive and loving.

PHYSICAL   White Precious Opal helps strengthen the skin, hair and fingernails. It is useful for skin disorders including eczema, psoriasis and rosacea. It can be used to help counter hair loss thin or weak hair and fingernails.

AFFIRMATION   I become aware of my emotions and their sources, and I release them into the Light.

BLACK PRECIOUS OPAL

KEY WORDS      Manifestation of one’s intention, amplification of emotions, revealing and releasing psychic wounds

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Crown (7th)

Black Precious Opals are a variety of Opal similar in some ways to White Precious Opal, but with a major difference in the base color. Black Precious Opal has base color of black, dark gray or dark blue-gray. It is filled with iridescent ‘fire,’ just like White Precious Opal, but its deep base color makes it appear strikingly different. The world’s major source of natural Black Precious Opal is Lightning Ridge, Australia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Black Precious Opal is a stone of magic and mystery. It stimulates and links the root and crown chakras, assisting one in connecting one’s highest spiritual aspirations with one’s physical life. In terms of magic, Black Precious Opal is a powerful magnifier of one’s intention, especially if that intention carries an emotional charge. It has been said that emotion is the current upon which all extrasensory powers ride. Black Precious Opal can amplify the intensity and effects of one’s emotions, and when they are blended with one’s focused intention, manifestation can readily occur. In fact, one is cautioned before working with Black Precious Opal to make one’s intentions as conscious as possible, especially those stemming from the emotions. This is because Black Precious Opal works so powerfully that one might well manifest an outcome one does not consciously want! The energies of Black Precious Opal underscore the importance of the old saying, “Be careful what you wish for—you may get it.”

The intent here is not to frighten people away from working with this stone—it is one of the most powerful and potentially beneficial manifestation stones. As in all dealings with great power, one is advised to be cautious and conscious of what one is doing. Black Precious Opal tends to amplify the intensity of one’s emotional state—just as it does one’s intention—so one must remain aware and in control of one’s thoughts and feelings. A good mood can turn into a great one, but a sour attitude can also transform into black malevolence. From there, one can make wonderful or terrible things happen.

Black Precious Opal is an excellent aid for those doing deep inner work. Used in meditation, it can take one into the roots of the psyche, exposing and allowing for the release of traumatic memories of past experiences that may now be governing a part of one’s life. These stones are useful in soul retrieval and past-life recall, and once again, they assist one in finding and releasing negative experiences that are holding one back. One is advised not to do this work alone, but to have a spiritual practitioner, therapist or shamanic guide nearby, just to keep one from dropping into the abyss.

Moldavite and/or Amethyst can be combined with Black Precious Opal to provide spiritual protection while one is engaged in deep inner work. Strombolite, Muscovite and Ocean Jasper will all help keep one’s emotional and mental states in positive territory while one works with Black Precious Opal. Phenacite, Danburite and Azeztulite can further stimulate the crown chakra, helping to assure the manifestation of one’s highest spiritual potential.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Black Precious Opal is a powerful stone for accessing the void of creation and the ‘lower world’ of shamanic work. It is a Storm element stone of death and re-birth and encourages the release of karmic patterns and feedback from alternate or past-lifetimes. Black Precious Opal helps one access the subconscious and unconscious and can be useful in combination with psychotherapy or other counseling work. Black Precious Opal helps one resonate with the power of Light inherent within the void of potential. It can assist one in moving into dark places while maintaining one’s sense of connection to the Light. It is an excellent stone for hypnotherapists, past-life regression counselors, shamans and others who need to access the deepest realms of the self and the mind in order to facilitate healing.

SPIRITUAL   Black Precious Opal incorporates Light into the dark void. It is a powerful stone for the spiritual warrior, who must enter the darkness carrying the Light of consciousness. It can help those who have come to facilitate the crossing-over of spirits and ghosts to the higher realms. It is a powerful shamanic stone and can facilitate the journey to the lower world.

EMOTIONAL   Black Precious Opal helps one face one’s darkest fears. It aids those who wish to overcome phobias, anxiety attacks, chronic worry and other manifestations of fear energy.

PHYSICAL   Black Precious Opal can be helpful in breaking up densities in the body, such as tumors and cysts, but its best applications are in spiritual and emotional healing work.

AFFIRMATION   I consciously choose my emotional state and the focus of my intention, manifesting my highest good in the physical world.

FIRE OPAL

KEY WORDS      Passion, creativity

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Sexual/Creative (2nd)

Fire Opal is named after its vivid orange color. It does not usually opalesce, but it is sometimes clear enough to make into faceted gems, and these can be strikingly beautiful. The most significant sources of Fire Opal are in Mexico, but deposits have also been found in Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Turkey, Australia and the United States.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Fire Opal is an awakener of passion. One’s passion can be channeled in many directions, from the bodily desires to the spiritually sublime. Whatever one’s choice, Fire Opal will enhance the intensity and the pleasure of the experience. In matters of sexuality, the Opal connection to the emotional body will help blend more love into the experience. In situations where shyness, fear or shame hold one back, Fire Opal will ease one’s inhibitions and allow for greater enjoyment and less self-consciousness.

In the spiritual domain, Fire Opal can enhance the passionate pursuit of enlightenment. It can help engender the state in which many famous spiritual seekers in history have made the deity the goal of their love and longing. It has been said that in matters of spiritual growth, “It is the intensity of the longing that does the work.” If one uses or wears Fire Opal during meditation and prayer, one may find the emotional intensity of the experience has been turned up several notches.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Fire Opal carries a frequency of ecstasy. It is stimulating to the first and second chakras, so initially this ecstasy may be sexual in nature. However, as the kundalini energy is activated and begins rising up the spine, this experience of ecstasy will change to reflect the energies of each chakra. Fire Opal stimulates the creative self and the expression of one’s emotions through art. This ally stimulates the chi and the endocrine system. It is an excellent balancer of yin and yang energies.

SPIRITUAL   Fire Opal can assist one in experiencing complete spiritual abandon to the frequency of creative energy that flows throughout the Universe. Its energy promotes artistic creativity, manifestation from the etheric, sexual enjoyment, fertility and physical energy.

EMOTIONAL   Fire Opal assists one in overcoming shyness, fear of taking action and defeatist thinking. It can help one become more optimistic, socially outgoing and confident in oneself and one’s abilities. It brings an energy of playfulness and curiosity into one’s life.

PHYSICAL Fire Opal is excellent to use for fertility issues for both men and women. It is useful in instances of chronic fatigue and in situations where hormonal imbalance creates menstrual problems.

AFFIRMATION   I magnify my passions and creative powers, directing them to fulfill my heart’s desire.

OREGON OPAL

KEY WORDS      Joy, self-expression, imagination

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th), Crown (7th)

Oregon Opal should perhaps have been called Oregon Transparent Opal, to distinguish it from the Common Opal and other varieties which come from Opal Butte, Oregon. It was accidentally discovered there by a shepherd over 100 years ago. These gems were originally marketed by Tiffany’s and were avidly sought at the turn of the century. This is a surprisingly clear type of Opal which often has a bluish tinge and which sometimes displays flashes of pink or yellow within, after it has been faceted. These flashes are not the same as opalescent ‘fire,’ but they can be quite beautiful in a well-cut stone.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Oregon Opal allows for the joyful experience and expression of the emotions and imagination. This stone encourages one to act upon one’s desires in a loving way. Unlike some Opal, which can magnify the experience of the more difficult emotions, Oregon Opal connects one to the joyful side of the emotional experience, while enabling one to integrate and release old wounds in the emotional body.

Oregon Opal can be a key for unlocking the secrets of past lives, especially if one’s current life is being affected by a problematic past-life pattern. Oregon Opal facilitates one’s entry into the state of consciousness in which past-life memories come to the surface. It also activates the ‘inner radar’ which unfailingly chooses to reveal the life or lives one most needs to review in order to understand and overcome difficulties in the current life. This is especially true in instances in which one’s present problems are ‘echoes’ or repetitions of past-life patterns. Oregon Opal’s energy of joyful acceptance allows one to comprehend and release such recurring issues and move forward in freedom and clarity.

While other Opals are related to the Water element, Oregon Opal is related to the Fire element, and so encourages one to transmute any negativity one may encounter into useful energy. It is said that emotion is the doorway to spiritual experience and inner growth. For those who wish to enter it, Oregon Opal can be a key. It is also said that when we feel the most joy we are closest to truth. Oregon Opal can be a conduit to the truth of our essential joy.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Oregon Opal assists one in taking action to pursue one’s joy. It is wonderful for those with low self-esteem, as it assists in trusting one’s own guidance and instincts. It gently stimulates the solar plexus, facilitating self-expression and decisive action. It encourages one to follow one’s joy and break free from limiting visions of what is possible.

SPIRITUAL   Oregon Opal teaches one the joy of pursuing one’s dreams and desires, even if they do not manifest. It is a stone of process and exploration, as opposed to acquisition and completion. It can help one enjoy the processes of life, growth and experience.

EMOTIONAL   Oregon Opal brings a sense of joy, upliftment and excitement to one’s emotional body. It helps one overcome negative self-talk and the hopelessness it creates.

PHYSICAL Oregon Opal can be used for all imbalances of the kidneys, including kidney infection, bed-wetting, and difficult or painful urination due to kidney stones.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to the full experience of joy, releasing anything that might hold me back.

OWYHEE BLUE OPAL

KEY WORDS      Quiet strength, calm confidence, decisiveness, inner exploration, amplification of positive emotions, psychic protection

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Owyhee (pronounced Oh-WAH-hee) Blue Opal is a new variety of Opal, discovered in eastern Oregon in 2003. It is characterized by a rich blue color, similar in shade to fine Blue Chalcedony. Its name is derived from the location where it was found—near the sacred Indian springs of Owyhee, Oregon. Owyhee Blue Opal is often translucent when it is first removed from the ground, but it can gradually turn opaque when it is exposed to air and the water within it begins to evaporate.

ROBERT SIMMONS   These stones combine a very pure Blue Ray of the throat chakra and third eye with subtle golden highlights, which activate the solar plexus. Thus they wed the powers of perception, expression and will, an admirable vibrational combination which can enable the user to see, speak and act with clarity, authority and confidence. These stones are an antidote to indecisiveness, shyness, fear, powerlessness, confusion, inarticulateness and many other expressions of blocked energies. Yet the power they awaken within us is not arrogant or confrontational. It is imbued with the softness that comes from certainty, wherein there is no need for bluster or insistence. Owyhee Blue Opals are stones of calm, quiet strength, allowing one to choose words, action or non-action as the best means of achieving one’s purpose.

These are also stones of deep memory, parting the veil separating one from awareness of past incarnations. They can be used to part other veils as well and are powerful talismans for all types of positive magic. Like transparent Oregon Opal, Owyhee Blue Opal enhances one’s experience of positive emotions but does not magnify negativity. In fact, this stone acts as a protection from psychic attack or the intrusion of astral energies and entities.

For those who wish to explore the inner domains, Owyhee Blue Opals are powerful aids. They can help one to awaken to the lucid state in dreaming and they can facilitate shamanic journeying. They can assist one in communicating with nonhuman intelligence, making telepathic exchange easier. They are ideal for learning to see and interact with spirit guides and can assist one in intuitively understanding the visual symbolism such guides often employ.

Owyhee Blue Opals combine well with white Oregon Opal, Moldavite, Herderite, Black Precious Opal and Andean Pink and Blue Opals.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Owyhee Blue Opal is similar in energy to Blue Common Opal, with a subtle refinement of its frequency. It can be used for angelic communion and to help one open to higher guidance. It is generally stimulating to the third-eye and throat chakras, which can help channels, mediums, psychics and teachers communicate higher guidance through speech and sound. Owyhee Blue Opal helps clear and balance the throat chakra and is a wonderful companion for speakers and singers. Its energy helps one find the right words or sounds to communicate one’s true meaning.

SPIRITUAL   Owyhee Blue Opal is wonderful for angelic connection. It promotes communication with angelic beings and can assist in embodying higher frequencies into one’s aura.

EMOTIONAL   Owyhee Blue Opal assists one in being fearless—not fearless in the sense of reckless but, rather, fearless with grace and a sense of center. It helps one do what must be done without failing prey to fears, suppositions or fantasies about what might go wrong. It can help one become focused and remain focused throughout a task.

PHYSICAL Owyhee Blue Opal is useful for throat imbalances, including inflammations caused by viral or bacterial infection, overuse of the vocal cords or exposure to smoke. It is mildly cooling to other inflammations in the body as well.

AFFIRMATION   I see deeply, speak truly, hear clearly, and act with calm certainty.

LEMURIAN GOLDEN OPAL

KEY WORDS      Integration of mental and emotional bodies, recalling Lemurian consciousness, dissolving inner wallsand psychological boundaries

ELEMENTS Water, Air

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Third Eye (6th), Heart (4th)

Lemurian Golden Opal is a hydrated-silica material with a hardness of 5.5 to 6.5. It is composed of submicroscopic silica spheres bonded with water and additional silica. Lemurian Opal is a yellow variety of Opal that does not exhibit fire. Its color, however, is quite vivid and relatively unique among Opals. The name Opal is derived from the Latin opalus and the Sanskrit upala, meaning ‘precious stone.’ Lemurian Golden Opal’s name is derived from its color and its metaphysical association with the legendary ancient civilization of Lemuria. These stones are found only in Madagascar.

ROBERT SIMMONS   As soon as I touched this stone, I inwardly heard the word ‘Lemuria.’ I saw images of temples with round, green domes, and the people frequenting the temples looked semi-transparent. The air was so fluid that it felt like water, and was permeated by swirling currents of psychic impressions. Thought and feeling circulated through the streets like blood in the veins. I felt I had been transported to the Lemurian realm—or rather, to the Akashic Records of its existence.

Lemurian Golden Opal was named because of a felt resonance with the qualities of consciousness associated with ancient Lemuria. The Lemurian consciousness, as I intuitively sense it, was a feeling-centered awareness. They were not intellectualized, as we tend to be. They had not separated themselves as individuals in the way we have. They delighted in living as communally conscious, feeling beings, in a unified awareness with and of the world and one another. This was done by thinking via currents of feeling. In this kind of perception/awareness, feeling is the resonance of one’s emotional body with everything.

These Golden Opals from Madagascar—a place that by some accounts defines one of the boundaries of the Lemurian archipelago—draw one’s consciousness into a deeply empathic kind of feeling activity. The borders between oneself and the world of nature, other people, spiritual beings, the intelligences of plants and animals, and even the intelligences of other stones, are dissolved or made more porous through the influence of Lemurian Golden Opal. Thus one becomes much more readily attuned with and absorbed within the world’s communal mind—the assemblage of the beings and intelligences that pervade the world.

In addition to helping us remember Lemuria, these stones can assist us in developing inner capacities that prevailed in Lemurian times. I am speaking here of telepathy, clairvoyance, empathy, prophecy and other ‘psychic’ abilities.

In our world today, carrying or working meditatively with Lemurian Golden Opal can help one open up the emotional body, increasing receptivity to others and to the spiritual realms. It allows one to relax and feel the flow of life, and to willingly enter that flow. It helps one let go of stress and recognize that willingness is an important quality of will. It can aid one in manifesting one’s dreams, in part by making one more fully aware of what one’s deepest dreams actually are.

Lemurian Golden Opal helps one move easily into deep states of meditation. It facilitates lucid dreaming and enhances one’s memory of dreams. It can help one work spiritually to overcome sleep disorders, and it brings the recognition that one need not try to control others or the world. It instills calm and an all-pervasive sense of trust.

Lemurian Golden Opal works very well with Oregon Opal, Owyhee Blue Opal, Alexandrite, Aqua Lemuria, Rosophia and Morganite. Moonstone can enhance its deepening of psychic abilities.

SPIRITUAL   Lemurian Golden Opal can facilitate access to awareness of ancient Lemurian consciousness and memory. It enhances all types of empathic and clairvoyant abilities.

EMOTIONAL   Lemurian Golden Opal helps one to heal the emotional body, and to develop an integrated mental/emotional awareness.

PHYSICAL   Lemurian Golden Opal supports the immune system through calming the body and diminishing the effects of stress. It can help one recall and dispel past-life issues associated with current physical problems.

AFFIRMATION   I allow my emotional body to fully enter my conscious self, bringing empathy, understanding and helpful memories into my awareness.

VIOLET FLAME OPAL

KEY WORDS      Spiritual and energetic purification, emotional balance, angelic communication, link to the Violet Flame

ELEMENTS Water, Wind, Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Crown (7th)

Violet Flame Opal is the name given to a purple-and-white Opal discovered in Mexico in 2011. Although it does not contain iridescent ‘fire,’ it displays amazing and beautiful patterns of white with purple ranging from pale lilac to indigo blue. It polishes relatively easily, lending itself to tumbling as well as hand-grinding and -polishing.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Violet Flame Opal has a softening energy. It soothes the emotional body, and brings a state of inner tranquility to the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix. Its currents exert a gentle healing influence on stresses lingering in the cells and organs, allowing the body’s inner wisdom to prevail. This stone, like other Opals, operates first and foremost at the level of the emotional body, and its effect is to spiritualize the emotions, transmuting them to higher forms of feeling. It can aid, for example, in transforming jealousy to generosity, fear to courage, or anger to love.

Violet Flame Opal stimulates spiritual awareness. It links one to the planes of angelic communication, aiding one in connecting with guardian angels and helping spirits. It helps one activate and focus awareness at the crown chakra and the third eye, aiding in the initiation of visionary experience.

Perhaps the most significant quality of Violet Flame Opal is its capacity to cleanse and purify the etheric body and the cellular energy matrix. Its vibrations bring deep harmony to these areas, and they dissolve any negative attachments or inner constrictions. They ‘smooth out’ the waveforms of the emotional, etheric and mental bodies, instilling a harmonious accord among them.

In meditation, Violet Flame Opal has the capacity to call down the violet flame of spiritual fire, which has been used for many decades by spiritual groups whose purpose was to bring about the birth of the new Spiritual Human. When one meditates with Violet Flame Opal for this purpose, one is advised to first allow inner attunement with the stones’ vibrational pattern, and then to call inwardly for the descent of the violet flame. This will often be felt as an intense tingling at the crown chakra, which gradually permeates the body. (Sauralite Azeztulite with Amethyst is the ideal stone for increasing the power of this process.) As one continues, it is good to inwardly ‘toss in’ whatever negative or dysfunctional patterns one wishes to burn away. These can be any sort of bad habits, fearful or angry thoughts, or unhelpful indulgences. When the violet flame is present, negativities can be brought to its purifying fire for successful transformation.

Violet Flame Opal is enhanced in its effectiveness by the presence of Moldavite, Azeztulite, Amethyst, and especially Sauralite Azeztulite with Amethyst. It also resonates powerfully with Auralite-23. Because of its own high-frequency vibrations, Violet Flame Opal harmonizes readily with all Azozeo super-activated stones.

SPIRITUAL   Violet Flame Opal is a stone of profound spiritual purification. It can cleanse and purify the etheric body and the cellular energy matrix, and enhance one’s connection with angelic beings. It also stimulates visionary experience.

EMOTIONAL   Violet Flame Opal brings emotional harmony to the cells, as well as all levels of the etheric body.

PHYSICAL   Violet Flame Opal facilitates the release of stress, allowing the body to be guided by its innate inner wisdom.

AFFIRMATION   I call upon the great violet flame of purification to cleanse and balance me on all levels, gestating my rebirth as a Spiritual Human.

PAKULITE

KEY WORDS      Grounding at high energy levels, Life Force, creativity, personal power, sexual energies, youthfulness, intimate relationship with the Divine Feminine Earth

ELEMENTS Earth, Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Pakulite is the name given to a spherulitic rhyolite stone that occurs on a volcanic semiisland outside the village of Tairua, New Zealand. The stones are found at the foot of Mount Paku, the dormant volcano that sits at the entrance to the Tairua harbor, connected to the mainland by only a narrow, sandy isthmus. Pakulite is also called New Zealand Chrysanthemum Stone, because it contains complex patterns that look similar to the blossoms of the Chrysanthemum flower. Mount Paku is believed to be the only place in the world where this type of spherulitic rhyolite can be found. Pakulite was created by cooling lava crystallized with spheres of radiating clusters of feldspars and quartz. Its hardness ranges from 6 to 7.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The appearance of Pakulite is subtly psychedelic. These stones display unbelievably complex and intricate patterns, but usually in earth-tone colors that can make their trippy show easy to miss. You have to look carefully at Pakulite, but then it will blow your mind! Some pieces are like explosions of thousand-petaled lotus flowers infinitely connected to one another. Others show off high-contrast patterns that look like slabs of fractal hieroglyphics. But all of the Pakulites, if you scrutinize them carefully, divulge their volcanic origins. They are solidified, visual vibrations that speak of the intensity of the Earth’s energy in the lava-flow events that formed Paku Mountain. The currents of these stones enter you first through your eyes, which will be enlivened by the sight!

Pakulite is something of a sexy rock. It stimulates all three of the lower chakras, arousing one’s Life Force energies, creativity and power. It can help artists find inspiration, and it can benefit one’s love relationship through the vibration of intimacy that it provides. It can kindle the fires of will and persistence that combine in the controlled explosion that is called ‘personal power.’ The power that arises under the influence of Pakulite is balanced and friendly rather than dominating or aloof. When one resonates fully to the subtle currents emanated by these stones, one learns the feeling of full commitment to one’s chosen path, neither needing the approval of others nor shunning it.

Pakulite has a way of providing grounding when one is at a high energy level. It draws one in to an attentive and purposeful connection with the Earth in which one’s awareness of feeling grounded is experienced as interesting and pleasurable. One’s entire energy field is infused with an awareness of being touched by the Being who is the Earth. This touch engenders a powerful attraction, within which the simple act of knowing one is deeply connected to the Earth creates a conscious relationship between oneself and Gaia. That is what I mean by grounding at high energy.

Pakulite stimulates an inner state of youthfulness characterized by strong vitality, optimism, humor, playfulness and an eagerness for new adventures. It arouses a relaxed sense of self-confidence, and the desire to offer comradeship to others. It stimulates curiosity, and it encourages one to look for new ways of seeing and understanding other people and the world in which we live.

In spiritual self-healing, Pakulite supports one’s overall energy level, and it boosts the immune system through an infusion of vitality. It supports the liver, kidneys, bladder and sexual organs. For men, carrying or wearing a Pakulite can help dispel issues causing impotence. For women, it energetically protects the ovaries.

Pakulite provides a spiritual connection to the Divine Feminine as she manifests within the Earth and acts as the Earth’s vitality. This being is related to the Hawaiian goddess Pele, perhaps best described as a sister energy. One can connect to this being in many places in New Zealand, because the land there is still very alive, both physically and spiritually. To many who have encountered her, this Feminine One seems to be rising in presence and power, as one of the vivid faces of the awakening Earth.

Pakulite vibrates harmoniously with Peridot, Amulet Stone, Moldavite, Phenacite, Revelation Stone, Empowerite, Sauralite Azeztulite, Honey and Cream Azeztulite, Moonlight Agate and New Zealand Carnelian.

SPIRITUAL   Pakulite arouses Life Force, creativity, will and persistence, enhancing one’s personal power. It facilitates awareness of and intimate relationship with the Spiritual Earth.

EMOTIONAL   Pakulite enhances the qualities of optimism, humor, playfulness, self-confidence and eagerness for new adventures.

PHYSICAL   Pakulite offers vibrational support to the liver, kidneys, bladder and sexual organs.

AFFIRMATION   I enter with exuberant enthusiasm into each day of my life, knowing that in every moment I am a being of the Earth, in playful, cocreative partnership with her.

PAPAGOITE

KEY WORDS      Return to a state of grace, connection with higher dimensions, transmutation of sorrow, crystallization of consciousness beyond the body.

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal and Etheric (8th through 14th, above the head)

Papagoite is a copper-based mineral with a rich blue color, similar in shade to Lapis Lazuli. It can occur in crusts or thin veins, or as an inclusion in Quartz crystals. The most popular form of Papagoite is that which occurs as phantoms or ‘snowballs’ within Quartz crystals from Messina, South Africa. These specimens feature vivid patches of blue Papagoite and are the most popular for metaphysical use. A turquoise-blue inclusion called Ajoite also is present in the Messina Quartz, and though rare, it is considerably more plentiful than Papagoite. Sometimes both Ajoite and Papagoite can be found in the same crystal. The Papagoite in Quartz from Messina is now considered ‘extinct’ since no crystals have come out of that mine in many years. However, specimens from collections sometimes become available.

ROBERT SIMMONS   In a number of human mythologies, there is a legend of the Fall from Grace. It may be that the Garden of Eden was less a place than a state of consciousness. Much of human spiritual activity revolves around the quest to regain the paradisal state. When one holds a Papagoite crystal to the head, it is possible to enter that state. There is often a great sense of expansion of awareness and a powerful joy and serenity pervading one’s entire auric field. One feels complete, and somehow far greater than in normal awareness. It is as though one is a transparent ‘cloud’ of consciousness, centered in the physical body, but not confined to it. The expansion can be so immediate and profound that it takes one by surprise, and going back into ‘normal’ consciousness after putting the crystal down can take several minutes.

Just as its cousin Ajoite is known for transforming negative energy into positive, so Papagoite seems to transform sorrow into happiness. I am filled with a sense of well-being when I hold the stone. There is also a sense of being in harmony, of being at one with the flow of the Universe, so that there is no need to try to ‘push the river.’ The sorrow thus transformed is not denied—rather, the acceptance of it within one’s expanded awareness can heal the pain and release the joy.

Papagoite activates one’s psychic abilities and facilitates such activities as out-of-body travel. It stimulates the third-eye chakra and enhances all the intuitive capacities. If one continues to work with Papagoite, one will experience the opening of the crown chakra and ultimately its linkage to the nonphysical chakras in the etheric body. This is an experience that moves beyond the initial experience of the ‘cloud’ of consciousness. As the etheric links are established, one moves into a condition wherein the cloud ‘solidifies’ into a ‘crystal’—a many-pointed energy form with very specific focal points and extension into higher dimensions. Thus Papagoite assists one in building the Merkabah Vehicle of Light. Through this, oneness with All-That-Is can be experienced.

The sense of oneness engendered by Papagoite is so tangible that it creates a spontaneous compassion, for others and for oneself. The sense of ‘us versus them’ disappears, and it truly becomes possible to love, or at least feel empathy for, one’s ‘enemies.’ Meditating with this stone, one feels enhanced awareness of the beauty of the All, in every manifestation.

Papagoite works wonderfully when paired with its cousin, Ajoite. It also harmonizes with Merkabite Calcite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Celestite, Satyaloka Quartz, Azeztulite, Danburite, Herderite, Brookite, Tibetan Black Quartz and Lithium Quartz.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Papagoite is a strong Wind element mineral that activates and clears the third-eye, crown, and etheric chakras above the head. It opens inner vision and enhances communication with guides. Papagoite is excellent for use in exploring past lives. It draws one into resonance with the Akashic records, allowing access to information about one’s soul journey and acting as a key to unlock ancient knowledge.

Papagoite is an excellent stone for group work on etheric levels. It facilitates long-distance psychic communication and healing efforts. It can focus mental energy to facilitate the transmission of all frequencies of psychic energy, across distance and dimensions. Papagoite can aid one in accessing past lives and is especially helpful in recovering knowledge about one’s true origins, as well as the eternal, spiritual nature of the soul.

SPIRITUAL   Papagoite, as a stone of ‘far sight,’ helps one perceive and resonate with the domains of the Soul level consciousness, interdimensional energies, and the distant past or future. It aids in accessing past or alternate lives and communicating with angelic helpers.

EMOTIONAL   Papagoite is a supportive, calming and enlightening stone. It raises the frequency of the emotional body so one can enjoy a joyful, peace-filled emotional consciousness. PHYSICAL Papagoite is useful in alleviating menstrual discomfort, improving oxygenation of the blood, and supporting one emotionally through disease or imbalance. It can be used directly on the third eye to assist with migraines.

AFFIRMATION   I offer all that I have been, to move into union with the Higher Self, in order to become all that I Am.

PERIDOT

KEY WORDS      Increase, prosperity, warmth, well-being

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th)

Peridot is a magnesium iron silicate mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is orthorhombic and it generally forms in short, compact prisms which are vertically striated. Its olive to lime green color is caused by iron. The name Peridot is of Greek origin, but the original meaning is not known. Chrysolite is a name sometimes used to describe yellow-green Peridot, and this name is derived from the Greek words meaning ‘gold’ and ‘stone.’

For three thousand years, Peridot has been gathered and mined on the inhospitable Egyptian Island of Zagbargad. The name Zagbargad is Arabic for Olivine, or Peridot. The Egyptians made Peridot beads some 2,500 years ago. It was also used for rings and other jewelry in Greece and Rome in the third and fourth centuries. In the 1800s, Peridot was a popular gemstone in the United States and Europe. Important sources of Peridot are in Pakistan, Burma, Australia, Brazil, South Africa and the United States.

Since ancient times, Peridot was viewed as a symbol of the sun, and in Greece it was believed to confer the energy of royalty to the wearer. It was sometimes worn as a protection against evil spirits, and in thirteenth century England wearing a Peridot engraved with the symbol of a torchbearer was believed to bring wealth. Interestingly, the idea of Peridot as a stone of prosperity has resurfaced in present-day intuitive information.

ROBERT SIMMONS These stones are little green nuggets of positive power. Their vibration brings an inner sense of warmth and well-being, like sunshine on a spring day. Peridots help one activate and harmonize the third and fourth chakras, creating an integration of Love and Will. They can assist us in having the courage to act out our heart’s desires, and to be generous to others, even as we pursue our individual destinies. Peridot is a stone of financial and spiritual abundance, and it can aid in attracting and creating our most important inner visions here on Earth.

Peridot can be used to bless and energize one’s work, whether it be tending one’s garden, raising children, working as a healer, building a business, or assisting others in such activities. It is not a stone to take one ‘out of this world.’ Rather, it is a tool for helping to bring the physical dimension of reality into alignment with one’s inner truth. This most definitely includes success and abundance in one’s career endeavors, if one is doing one’s right work, and if one believes oneself to be deserving of success.

Peridot can assist one in reestablishing a sense of self-worth if one is plagued by guilt or regret for past deeds. It quiets spiritual fears—for example, those related to a feeling of karmic debt—and allows one to move forward on one’s evolutionary path. It supports one in taking responsibility and making amends for any suffering one may have caused others.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Peridot is a powerful generator of the frequency of Increase. It can be used to manifest the increase of wealth, increase of health, and increase of joy and emotional wellbeing. This stone allows you to gently expand your ability to receive from the Universe, accepting your birthright of complete abundance on all levels of life. More than a financial prosperity stone, this ally aids in increasing one’s ability to receive on all levels. In the process, it may reveal the areas where self-worth issues have not allowed one to receive in the past.

Peridot is an Elven stone, carrying the frequency of interdimensional Earth beings who share this planet with the human race. It can be used for contact with the fairy and devic realms and to communicate with Nature spirits of all types. Peridot is an excellent stone for Earth healers, as its energy attunes one to the subtle realms of Nature.

SPIRITUAL   Peridot aids one in perceiving and honoring the source of all abundance. This source is the Creator’s frequency of Love. By opening one to receive more of this Universal Love, Peridot can help one receive abundance on all levels of one’s life. It also teaches the knowledge of other-Earthly realms, including the fairy realm. It is useful in connecting and communicating with other Earth beings, such as the plant and animal kingdoms. It is a wonderful stone to use in animal communication and healing.

EMOTIONAL   Peridot helps remove blockages to receiving. Many spiritual people are adept at giving of their love, time and energy, but may not be so good at receiving. Blockages are often located at the back of the chakras and exist as clouds within the emotional body. Peridot can assist in dissipating these blockages and teaching one to receive with grace and gratitude.

PHYSICAL   Peridot can be used to alleviate heaviness of heart and all manner of heart-related imbalances. It helps strengthen the blood and can be used to counter anemia and poor oxygenation. It is an excellent stone to use in recovery from tobacco or inhalant addiction.

AFFIRMATION   I gratefully receive my birthright of success, abundance and prosperity on all levels.

PETALITE

KEY WORDS      Tranquillity, upliftment, expansion of awareness, manifesting the spiritual in the physical, opening to the higher worlds

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal (8th through 14th)

Petalite is lithium sodium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It crystallizes relatively rarely and most often occurs as large, cleavable masses. Its color can be white, colorless, gray, pinkish or yellow. Colorless pieces can be faceted into exceptionally sparkling gems. Some can be cabbed into cats-eyes. Petalite forms in granite pegmatites and is often associated with other lithium-bearing minerals, such as Amblygonite, Kunzite, Spodumene and Lepidolite. Petalite is found in Australia, Brazil, Sweden, Namibia and Afghanistan.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Petalites have a deep connection to the realm of Spirit. Holding them, one may find one’s awareness gently elevated and expanded, arriving in a realm of pure, soft white light—a place infused with a sense of profound peace and joy. Petalite can take one to a dimension of rest and healing, a space in which the worries and concerns of this world are released, allowing one to bathe in the quiet bliss of the unencumbered spirit.

Petalites are also stones of vision. Like Phenacite, they can open the inner eye to the many mansions of the higher dimensions, allowing the questing mind to discover multiple new horizons. Petalite can be used to enhance all the psychic powers, such as clairvoyance and telepathy, and to help one attune to the knowledge of one’s dharma, or path of highest destiny. There is for each person a blueprint that lays out Spirit’s plan for one’s highest path in this life, and meditation with Petalite can assist one in reaching the perspective from which this plan is visible and readily understood.

Surprisingly for a stone of such high vibration, Petalite has a grounding aspect that helps one stay connected to earthly life while one explores the inner dimensions it opens. Thus it is also a stone of manifestation, helping one bring to physical reality the exalted visions one finds as one journeys to the higher worlds. Petalite helps one remain connected to the spiritual perspective while translating and manifesting its message here on earth.

In regard to wearing these gentle, powerful stones, both raw pieces and gems can be effective. Healers are advised to wear Petalite during sessions with clients, as this will help open the spiritual channel through which the healing energies are accessed. Placing the stones on the clients at the appropriate chakra points will help to open that channel for them as well.

The simplest use of Petalite is to place one upon the third eye during meditation. Most of those who try this will find themselves quickly moving into a state of profound relaxation and peace. Although Petalite can be used for inner exploration, its most effortless application is in the quieting of thought and the elevation of awareness to the quiet spaces of the mansions of Light. When one visits these domains, one returns with an inner serenity that acts as a reservoir of calm during the tribulations of daily life.

Petalite is one of the Synergy Twelve stones, also including Moldavite, Phenacite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Brookite, Tanzanite, Satyaloka Quartz, Natrolite, Scolecite and Tibetan Tektite. This is perhaps the most powerful grouping of stones yet discovered for positive transformation and upliftment. Petalite can also be combined with Merkabite Calcite, Papagoite and/or Elestial Calcite for interdimensional exploration. Ajoite, Lepidolite, Gel Lithium Silica, Tourmaline, Amblygonite and/or Morganite can be used with Petalite to further enhance its energies of peace, joy and tranquillity. Its loving qualities are most strongly amplified when Petalite is combined with Rose Quartz, particularly in its crystallized form.

NAISHA AHSIAN Petalite is an activator of the higher mind. It has a soft, balanced energy that can lift one easily and quickly into higher realms of awareness during meditation or can aid one in maintaining a higher state of awareness throughout daily activities. Petalite’s higher-mind activation energy is closely linked with the energy of Danburite. Its calming qualities can be attributed to its Lithium content. Lithium allows for the calming and balancing of traumatized emotions and energies. Petalite is excellent to use in balancing the energies of those who have been through physical or emotional trauma and can assist these individuals in seeing the spiritual lessons behind their traumatic experiences.

Petalite is an excellent stone for those who are mentally scattered or flighty. When worn as jewelry or carried with one throughout the day, it will assist in perceiving one’s world from the calm, centered, and high-energy ‘witness’ self. It aids those who may get too caught up in what is going on around them, allowing them to focus on the task at hand.

SPIRITUAL   Petalite is a wonderful meditation tool, assisting in the easy transition from ego mind to centered consciousness. It can be used to enhance one’s sense of connection to All-That-Is and help one embody that consciousness even after meditative practice has ended. It assists in opening the third-eye and crown chakras and can stimulate higher perceptions.

EMOTIONAL   Petalite is soothing and healing for the emotional body. It is excellent for healing all types of emotional trauma but is particularly valuable for overcoming abuse/victim patterns. It is an ideal protective stone for children overcoming abuse, or who are having difficulty in maintaining their centers in the face of bullying. Petalite brings a frequency of calm self-acceptance and self-love.

PHYSICAL   Petalite can be used for ADD, ADHD, excessive worry or stress, and other instances of overactive ego-mind. It is helpful in regulating blood pressure and countering anxiety attacks.

AFFIRMATION   I allow my consciousness to easily and gently ascend into the higher realms of awareness.

PETRIFIED WOOD

KEY WORDS      Steady growth, a strong body, past-life recall, patience, inner peace

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Third Eye (6th)

Petrified Wood (also called fossilized wood or agatized wood) is a member of the Quartz family, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Contrary to popular belief, the wood has not actually become stone. Only the form of the wood remains—the organic wood substance has been replaced by silicon dioxide. Experts refer to this as “pseudomorphosis of Chalcedony (or Jasper or Opal) after wood.” If wood, after death, is quickly covered with fine-grained sedimentary rock, this allows for petrification, which preserves a large proportion of the original form of the wood. Growth rings, outer bark and even worm holes in the wood can be preserved in this process.

Most Petrified Wood is brown or gray, although some pieces contain yellow, red, black and even blue or violet colors. The most spectacular Petrified Wood locality is near Holbrook, Arizona, where fossilized tree trunks of up to 213 feet long have been found. About 200 million years ago, water deposited the tree trunks in this area, then covered it with sediment hundreds of yard thick. Eventually, some of the fossilized wood was exposed by weathering. The Petrified Wood of this locality is the most spectacularly colored of any in the world, and in 1962, the “Petrified Forest” was made into a national park. Other important finds exist in Egypt, Brazil and Argentina.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Petrified Wood is a stone of patience, of slow, steady growth towards the goal of spiritual transformation. It reminds one not to ‘push the river’ and also not to swim against the current! It reminds us that we can trust the flow of life and evolution, and that Divine timing is probably better than the schedule one’s desires might prefer.

Petrified Wood is a good stone for gradually strengthening the body. It is recommended to be carried or worn by those who need greater stability in the spine or skeletal structure. It also instills strength of character and helps one live by one’s ideals. It gives one a sense of peace during times of change. Even simply looking at one of these stones and imagining its existence as a tree, hundreds of millions of years ago, one is reminded of the vastness of the great Wheel of Life and of the importance of surrendering to its inevitable turnings.

Petrified Wood assists one in past-life recall. It is especially useful for grounding insights one gains from experiencing these memories—making the connections between the issues and themes of previous incarnations and the concerns of one’s current life. It helps one turn past weaknesses into new strengths, just as the perishable wood has evolved its form into that of immortal stone.

Petrified Wood carries an imprint of the ‘recent’ (100 to 200 million years) history of the Earth, and it can be utilized to view the Akashic records of this planet. Using Petrified Wood in conjunction with other stones attuned to the deep past (e.g., Nuummite and Aqua Lemuria), one can gain clear and stable visions of previous civilizations and of times before humans were in physical form here. One can even go back and view the ‘seeding’ of Earth’s evolution by nonhuman entities of great intelligence and spiritual power.

Petrified Wood can be combined harmoniously with all members of the Quartz family, especially Agate, Jasper and Chalcedony. For physical vitality and strength, Bloodstone, Red Jasper, Onyx and Carnelian are ideal allies. For past-life recall, Oregon Opal, Owyhee Blue Opal and Alexandrite are highly recommended.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Petrified Wood is a stone of roots, beginnings and ancient knowledge. It embodies the knowledge of the ‘Old Ones’ of the Earth—the ancient trees that witnessed the earliest, most pristine days on this planet. Petrified Wood assists one in connecting with, and gaining knowledge from, one’s ancient roots. It helps one remember times when humans of all races walked in balance on the Earth, gaining knowledge and wisdom from all of Nature’s kingdoms. It is a powerful stone for Earth healers and those who wish to make the shift from consumerist consciousness into resonance with the power, beauty and wisdom of the natural world. This shift is very much part of the process of ascension and is one of the first steps in manifesting the New Age.

Petrified Wood allows one to access the genetic records contained within the vast library of our cells. It can help one journey into the cells and energetically ‘read’ the records encoded in the DNA. This process can be used to heal genetic imbalances, prevent the passing on of outmoded ancestral patterns, and reawaken one’s inherent knowledge of Nature and Earth-power. For Earth magicians, Petrified Wood offers a gateway to the electromagnetic aura of the planet. It can assist one in ‘grounding,’ or completing the electromagnetic circuit with the Earth, so more energy can be run through the physical body.

SPIRITUAL   Petrified Wood embodies Spirit in form. It is a teacher of the beauty and power of the physical realm and helps one receive and learn the lessons of being an embodied, conscious spirit on the Earth plane. It assists one in recognizing that the Earth provides everything we need. It helps one overcome scarcity consciousness and the greed it breeds within one.

EMOTIONAL Petrified Wood can help one recognize and over-come limiting emotional patterns handed down through one’s ancestors. Often, these emotional patterns were created as survival tools in order to deal with situations one’s ancestors (or parents) encountered, but which are no longer appropriate. Petrified Wood can help one identify which of these patterns are no longer needed, so such limitations can be cleared, freeing humanity from the destructive echoes of the past, while still keeping the ancient wisdom that can help us return to balance.

PHYSICAL   Petrified Wood is a wonderful support for all types of physical healing. It is particularly good for balancing the liver and gallbladder. It can assist in cleansing the liver and the blood, and in facilitating proper blood-cell manufacture in the bone marrow.

AFFIRMATION   I grow and evolve slowly, steadily, with strength and patience, drawing from the lessons of my soul’s history.

PIEMONTITE

KEY WORDS      Intelligence of the heart, emotional healing, commitment to life, joy, purification of the blood and bodily tissues, Light Body activation

ELEMENTS Water, Earth, Wind

CHAKRA Heart (4th)

Piemontite is a sorosilicate mineral with a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 6 to 6.5. It is a member of the epidote group. It was named in 1853 by Gustav Adolph Kenngott for the type locality, the Piemonte region of Italy. It is characterized by a dark-red color, and tends to be found mixed with other minerals such as quartz.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The currents of Piemontite move directly to the heart, filling it with strength, courage and a sense of purpose. These stones are among the most potent allies for the heart, and have the capacity to bring forth the heart’s innate intelligence, helping the conscious mind to understand the heart’s way of thinking. They aid in developing an ongoing inner relationship within which the mind can listen and the heart will speak. Piemontite seems to enhance the channel of mind/heart communication while lending new vitality to the heart itself.

Though most of us have not learned to hear the heart speak to us in words, we all know its longings, and we can feel the heart’s despair when it is overwhelmed by our mistaken actions or by difficult events of outer life. When we are depressed or in grief, we are literally ‘sick at heart.’ Piemontite’s currents go to the heart and offer both solace and power, helping the wounded heart to heal and encouraging the sorrowful heart to rediscover its commitment to life. This commitment is the original state of the heart’s will, and it carries us through our lifetimes. It is our alignment with the time-stream of the future. Piemontite reminds the heart of its true will, and lends new strength to it.

Piemontite’s heart-strengthening capacities can give rise to a great upwelling of joy. Joy is not the same as happiness—it is a product of inner surrender by which one agrees to flow freely in the river of life, regardless of what comes to pass.

As the currents of Piemontite are welcomed into the body, and as the heart is empowered, there is an effect on the currents carried through the body by the blood. It is as if the blood is charged by passing through the heart’s vortex, carrying new strength of purpose to all the cells of the body. The vibrations of Piemontite are so wholesome and life-affirming that they can shift the prevailing patterns within the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix, through the heart’s influence on the blood as it passes through. This can benefit all types of spiritual self-healing work, especially in relation to the circulatory system. Piemontite supports oxygenation of the body, and stimulates the clearing-away of toxins. It works energetically to suppress the levels of damaging free radicals in the tissues.

Piemontite is an ideal partner for those working to heal and align all the energetic levels of the self, ultimately creating the Body of Light. Its vibrations feel like a strong, good will within us, calling all levels of the self into harmonious union. This union, when given sufficient attention and care, creates the conditions for Light Body activation. I suggest that those working with Piemontite in this way try combining it with Astaraline and one or more of the Azeztulites. Azeztulite can infuse the body with a great deal of spiritual Light, while the Astaraline works to create a ‘cocoon’ of vibrational insulation and protection, facilitating the gestation of the Light Body. Adding Molda-vite can increase the speed and intensity of inner transformation.

On more mundane levels, Piemontite’s currents offer a dose of enthusiasm for our lives and relationships, increasing our sense of fun and helping us to remember the adventure of being human. Piemontite kindles one’s passions and zest for romance. It reminds us that suffering has an end, that the world is a magical place, and that we ourselves are miraculous and mysterious beings. It encourages us to love without limit and to enjoy each moment. Just carrying or wearing one of these stones can lift one’s mood and lend one a refreshed perspective.

SPIRITUAL   Piemontite enhances the consciousness of the heart, and facilitates conscious communion between mind and heart. It helps to heal and align one’s energies, and supports the formation of the Body of Light.

EMOTIONAL   Piemontite can help dispel negative emotions such as depression or grief, and increase one’s good-hearted enthusiasm for life.

PHYSICAL   Piemontite supports the heart and circulatory system, and can aid in clearing the cells of toxic energies.

AFFIRMATION   I trust my heart, and I choose to let it lead me through life.

PHENACITE

KEY WORDS      Third-eye activation, inner visions, awakening the Light Body, interdimensional travel

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Phenacite is a beryllium silicate with a hardness of 7.5 to 8. It is a rare mineral, especially in well-formed crystals with transparency. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal) and it often crystallizes in short prisms. However, Phenacite varies greatly in form from one location to another. In fact, its name is derived from the Greek word meaning ‘deceiver.’ This is because Phenacite varies so greatly in form that it is easily mistaken for other types of crystal, such as Quartz, Topaz or even Tourmaline. Phenacite has been found in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Norway, Russia, Tanzania, Switzerland and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS Phenacites emanate powerful and high vibrations, strong enough to activate the third eye, crown chakra and inner-visioning capacity of just about anybody, or even groups of people at a time. They are very beneficial for Light body activation and for bringing one’s Light body into harmony and conscious connection with the physical. With the aid of stones such as these, experienced crystal workers should be able to travel in the Light body throughout the higher realms, bringing back information for the benefit of those on the physical plane. These stones can give instant cleansing to the auric field, for each is a powerful generator of pure White Light energy. They can be used as conduits for communication with spirit guides, angelic beings and other entities of the higher domains. In working with Phenacites, one may undergo a series of initiatory experiences over a period of time, each one serving as a platform from which to launch one’s consciousness to a higher level.

Phenacite is truly the supreme stone of the third-eye chakra. Its pulsing energies are so strong that they can be felt at the third eye, even by many people not normally sensitive to crystal energies. It opens the interdimensional portals for inner journeying, allowing one’s consciousness to plunge through unending corridors of sacred geometric forms. The stimulation of the third eye offered by Phenacite is stronger than one receives from virtually any other stone. It can also be used to awaken the latent special capacities housed in the prefrontal lobes, the newest and most advanced parts of the brain. This can sometimes bring spontaneous experiences of telepathy, psychokinesis, prophetic vision or remote viewing. Sitting in meditation with one Phenacite on the forehead and another on the crown can link these two chakras, providing the user with a profoundly pleasurable sensation of their joined energies.

There are some subtle differences among Phenacites from the various locations. Phenacite from Brazil is the most consistently pure and high in its energy pattern. Its effect on the third eye is to effect a clear opening, and the sensation it engenders is quite pleasurable. Russian Phenacite has a lot of raw power, perhaps more than any other type. It stimulates the entire energy body, in addition to the third eye. Its vibration is perhaps not as ‘smooth’ as the Brazilian, but its power is profound. There is also a type of Russian Phenacite which is intergrown with Fluorite and Aquamarine. This material is more grounded than other Phenacites, though its effect on the third eye is still strong. It also activates the throat chakra for clear communication of the information one receives through visionary experience. A third Russian Phenacite locality produces Phenacites bonded with Seraphinite. These are excellent for combining the high vibrations of Phenacite with the healing energies of Seraphinite. African Phenacites from Zimbabwe and Zambia combine the power of Russian and the smoothness of Brazilian Phenacite. Their main drawback is their rarity and cost. Colorado Phenacites are excellent little cubes of high-frequency vibrations. Most are ¼ inch or less in size, but they are still quite powerful, and they work very well in energy tools. For those on a budget, they are usually the least expensive Phenacites.

Facetted Phenacite gems offer an increased focus and intensity of energy, surpassing most raw pieces. The best cuts are trilliant, oval, round and emerald cut. Wearing Phenacites in jewelry keeps one in a constant state of underlying connection with the higher worlds.

Phenacite’s linkage with the higher realms makes it a powerful tool for manifestation of inner images or patterns of intention in the outer world. For bringing prosperity and financial abundance, combining Phenacite with Yellow Sapphire and or Tsavorite Garnet is highly recommended. For assistance with creative projects, pairing Phenacite with Zincite is excellent. For enhancing one’s ability to manifest through the will, Phenacite should be combined with Heliodor, Libyan Gold Tektite and/or Golden Labradorite.

Phenacite is one of the Synergy Twelve Stones, along with Moldavite, Pedalite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Brookite, Tanzanite, Satyaloka Quartz, Natrolite, Scolecite, and Tibetan Tektite. This is perhaps the most powerful grouping of stones yet discovered for positive transformation and upliftment. Phenacite also harmonizes with Merkabite Calcite, Elestial Calcite, Papagoite and other high-vibration stones for activation of the upper chakras of the body and the etheric chakras beyond the body.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Phenacite is a strong Storm element stone for activating the Light body. It stimulates and expands every chakra and energy pathway in the body, enabling the physical self to manifest a much broader spectrum of energetic frequencies. Through this grounding of the Light body, one’s spiritual path is made increasingly clear. In return, Phenacite asks that you apply your new spiritual understanding to clear your life of limiting patterns, beliefs and ideas. This cleansing spiritual initiation opens one to new levels of learning and growth.

Phenacite allows one to rapidly access higher levels of awareness and guidance. It activates the third-eye, the crown and the etheric chakras above the head, promoting psychic perception, visions and power dreams. It is an excellent meditation stone, as it provides a doorway to expanded spiritual understanding.

SPIRITUAL   Phenacite acts as a guide through the process of spiritual initiation. Often during these initiations, one must make choices that will affect one’s physical life on Earth. Phena-cite can help one make the choices and take the actions most aligned with one’s spiritual purpose and path. As a Storm element stone, Phenacite strongly activates the intuitive and psychic abilities and acts as a spiritual lightning rod, drawing powerful Light energy to the body.

EMOTIONAL   Phenacite helps one gain resolve so proper action can be taken to change one’s life to reflect more of one’s spiritual purpose. It provides the ‘spiritual courage’ to make necessary changes.

PHYSICAL   Phenacite is excellent to use for nerve damage, brain imbalances, brain damage and genetic disorders that limit brain function. It can help stimulate and enhance various aspects of brain function.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself for initiation into the higher realms of consciousness.

PIETERSITE

KEY WORDS      Insight, intuition, increased power of the will, precognition, interdimensional travel, self-transformation

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th)

Pietersite is a member of the Quartz family, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It forms in masses that are pseudomorphic Jasper inclusions after asbestos. It is characterized by dramatic chatoyance and contrasting colors that include shades of gold, brown, gray, blue-gray and black, as well as occasional clear colorless areas. Pietersite is found in South Africa and China.

ROBERT SIMMONS Pietersite creates a unified activation of the solar-plexus and third-eye chakras, engendering a powerful increase in the energy of the will and in one’s intuitive capabilities. Under the influence of Pietersite, one’s keen insights into the nature of situations lead to decisive actions aimed toward influencing the outcome in ways favorable to one’s hopes and desires. In other words, one sees what’s going on, knows what one wants, and goes after it. With Pietersite’s gift of increased power, the likelihood is high that one will achieve one’s aims.

As Pietersite stimulates the third eye in its own precise way, one’s ability to understand the nature of the moment expands into an awareness of the future or the array of probabilities from which the future emerges. Readers of tarot or other oracles will find their vision sharper and their predictions more exact. All users of Pietersite will likely feel an increase in the frequency of their moments of telepathic knowing.

Pietersite is an excellent aid in interdimensional travel, not only because of the third-eye activation, but also because its stimulation of the will through the third chakra allows one much more opportunity to successfully choose the direction of one’s inner journeys. One can say, “I want to go to the Hall of Records,” and actually find oneself there. This enhanced capacity to direct such experiences allows one to develop a set of internal ‘maps’ by which one can begin to understand the labyrinths of the ‘many mansions’ in the house of Spirit.

In addition to its other traits, Pietersite enhances clarity of thought and encourages intuitive leaps. With Pietersite, one can more easily see the threads of connection between disparate thoughts and schools of thought, bridging the chasms between them with illuminated insight. This is an excellent stone for students, researchers and spiritual seekers studying the philosophies of mysticism. In certain cases, the epiphanies seeded by Pietersite can lead to the state of samadhi, or spontaneous blissful enlightenment.

At other times, Pietersite can ‘seed’ the clouds of built-up internalized feelings and problems, bringing an outpouring not unlike a thunderstorm in its intensity. However, such incidents are a necessity for the ‘clearing of the air’ which begins the healing process. Such emotional storms can happen in relationships or within oneself, but the results always move towards one’s highest good.

Pietersite harmonizes with Moldavite, especially in regard to rapid personal transformation and revolutionary spiritual insights. Phenacite, Natrolite, Merkabite Calcite or Scolecite can be used with Pietersite to enhance inner journeying. Nuummite will take such journeys deeper. Iolite can assist in Pietersite’s enhancement of psychic ability. Libyan Gold Tektite, Heliodor and Golden Labradorite all emphasize Pietersite’s empowerment of the will. Other stones that work synergistically with Pietersite include Tiger Eye, Hawk’s Eye, Jet, Ajoite, Cacoxenite, Citrine, Moonstone, Sunstone and Labradorite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Pietersite manifests the Storm element by deeply cleansing all levels of one’s auric field. Also called ‘Tempest Stone,’ Pietersite’s energy feels like the highly charged atmosphere of a thunderstorm. It activates mind and imagination, stimulates psychic vision and enhances telepathy. It acts as an etheric lightning rod, grounding high-frequency energy into the physical realm.

Like a storm dredging up treasures from the ocean, Pietersite churns the hidden corners of one’s energy field and reveals new directions for one’s life. It helps to clear stagnant energies, habits and patterns from one’s life and encourages one to take action toward one’s dreams.

Pietersite is a powerful stone for magical work, particularly when deep, dramatic change is needed. It is an excellent ally when one is feeling stuck or unable to make progress.

SPIRITUAL   Pietersite is a spiritual activation stone. It helps one find new directions and move forward when the way feels blocked, or when one is unable to see one’s path. It strongly activates the chakra system to allow for the grounding of a full spectrum of electromagnetic energy, increasing the amount of Light energy in one’s body and energy field.

EMOTIONAL   Pietersite can ‘light a fire’ under one’s base chakra, giving one the resolve to take action and changes one’s life. It can help one to become fearless and overcome uncertainty and indecision.

PHYSICAL   Pietersite stimulates the physical body, lending energy and strength. It’s a nervous-system stone and is useful in stimulating and strengthening the nerves and the brain.

AFFIRMATION   The clarity of inner sight reveals the best choices for action, and I make them without hesitation.

PRASIOLITE (Green Amethyst)

KEY WORDS      Awakening the heart, linking the lower and higher self, deep connection with Nature

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Crown (7th), Third Eye (6th), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Prasiolite (Green Amethyst) is a member of the Quartz family, a silicon dioxide crystal with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Its name derives from the Greek word meaning ‘leek,’ and Prasiolite’s color is leek-green. Prasiolite starts out as a type of purple Amethyst, found in the Montezuma deposits in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and its color is changed to green by heat. This can be done artificially in ovens or kilns, by heating the purple material to 932 degrees Fahrenheit, or possibly by volcanic thermal activity. In addition to Brazil, a variety of Prasiolite also is found in Arizona, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Prasiolite carries the energetic link between the heart and crown chakras, and it can be a catalyst for the identification of the individual human self with the spiritual Higher Self. Through purple Amethyst’s association with the crown chakra and psychic protection, combined with Prasiolite’s activation of the healing vibrations of the heart, there is the potential for a unifying experience in which one opens with full mind and heart to the experience of the Divine. Beginning as purple Amethyst and having, through the energy of Fire (heat), transformed from within, Prasiolite stands as a physical metaphor for what must be accomplished in human spiritual evolution. We are called to pull the Purple Ray of Spirit into manifestation in the physical world, through the Green Ray of the heart. The necessary ‘heat’ comes from the fire of one’s will—the third chakra at the solar plexus—the burning desire for one’s existence, and that of all others, to be all that it was meant to be. Through resonance with Prasiolite, this pattern of possibility can be activated.

Prasiolite assists in bringing spiritual ideals into expression in everyday life. It reminds one to love and bless others, seeing through their human foibles to the Divine essence within them. It is a stone of namaste, the recognition of the Divine spark within all beings. It helps one remain aware of this truth—a shift of focus which allows one to transcend the temptations of judgment and negativity. In essence, it facilitates one’s ‘walking the talk’ of spirituality.

Wearing, holding or carrying Prasiolite together with Purple Amethyst amplifies one’s connection to the higher spiritual realms. Prasiolite also harmonizes well with Danburite, creating a link with the angelic domain and facilitating Light Body activation. If one has a desire to increase the power or speed of the effects of Prasiolite, combining it with Moldavite may facilitate this. Facetted Prasiolite is more focused and intensified than raw pieces, but both varieties can be very powerful.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Prasiolite allows for the grounding of high-frequency energy through the heart. Its energy triggers the heart center to open to the energy of the Earth and one’s Higher Self. This allows one to become a ‘lightning rod’ of healing energy for the Earth. Prasiolite’s grounding effect causes energy to pass through the heart center, clearing disharmonious emotional patterns. It opens the heart to the energy of compassion and connection to all things.

Prasiolite brings a synthesis between the higher and lower aspects of the body. Linked to both Amethyst, the stone of the Mind, and Citrine, the stone of the Will, Green Amethyst acts as a bridge between the lower chakras (those concerned more with physical life) and the upper chakras (those concerned with the nonphysical planes of existence). Prasiolite is a heart-chakra stone, not only because of its color, but because it is the stone of balance between the lower and higher realms. The heart chakra is the energy center through which we are able to experience the etheric energy of love and the energies of procreation and physical desire. Green Amethyst serves as the translator between these levels, so the heart rules both thoughts and actions in our earthly life. Linking with the vibration of purple Amethyst, Green Amethyst helps one act on higher guidance, following one’s heart upon the path of Spirit. With its connection to Citrine, Green Amethyst enables one to link the personal will to Divine Will, so one may be a conduit for the expression of Divine Will on Earth.

Prasiolite also opens the crown and third-eye chakras, initiating inner vision. It supports healing work done on shamanic levels or through Earth-directed spirituality. It can help one connect and communicate with terrestrial interdimensional beings, such as fairies.

SPIRITUAL   Prasiolite assists those who are ungrounded in connecting with the Earth, while it stimulates those who are overly concerned with Earthly matters to open to Spirit. It allows one to attune to the frequency of Love, which is the basis of all spiritual knowledge and the means through which that knowledge is shared.

EMOTIONAL   Prasiolite fosters compassion, self-acceptance and self-honor. It reminds us that we can all share Love and that sharing Love is the first and most important spiritual act. It enables one to receive the energy of Love, reminding us that in receiving this frequency from others or from the Divine, we are honoring the heart of the Creator.

PHYSICAL   Prasiolite is an excellent stone for supporting the physical heart. It is also useful in issues of digestion, stomach-acid imbalance, assimilation of nutrients and cellular nourishment. It can aid in remedying eating disorders.

AFFIRMATION   I link and integrate the higher and lower aspects of my being within my awakened heart.

PREHNITE

KEY WORDS      Inner peace, union of the heart and the will, communication with nonphysical beings

ELEMENT      Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th)

Prehnite is a calcium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. It usually occurs in massive, botryoidal, granular or stalactitic habits, but can also (rarely) form prismatic, pyramidal or tabular crystals. The color is usually yellow-green, but it can be yellow, white, gray or colorless. Prehnite is found in Australia, China, South Africa, Scotland and in New Jersey, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS Prehnite links the heart with the will, so one’s power is used to carry out the promptings of the heart. When the will is linked to the heart rather than the egoic mind, one’s actions take on the colorations of peace and one’s desires are in alignment with the highest good possible in each situation. Prehnite quiets restlessness, nervousness and worry. It helps one stay in the present moment and avoid the unhealthy use of the imagination (e.g., visualizing all the disastrous possible futures!). Prehnite reminds one of the existence of one’s personal power at the same time it invokes the use of that power in the service of love.

Prehnite’s linkage of the third and fourth chakras is profound in its ability to facilitate contact with beings from other dimensions. The heart produces a far more powerful electromagnetic field than the brain, and this field is in contact, through quantum waves, with the rest of the entire Universe. When the will is harnessed to the heart’s field, one can direct attention anywhere, on any level of being, and one’s energy field becomes a broadcast beacon. Consequently, beings on higher planes, from devas and fairies to ETs and Ascended Masters, are able to notice this human breakthrough and are drawn to communicate.

Just as one’s ability to ‘broadcast’ is enhanced by Prehnite, so is one’s ability to receive. Using this stone in meditation, one can learn to ‘hear’ the currents of angelic communication, the guidance of spirit beings, or the song of one’s own Higher Self. Prehnite can also help psychics and intuitive readers be more accurate in their predictions.

Prehnite is a good stone to take on retreats or to other situations in which one must undergo some sort of spiritual discipline. These stones will assist one in quieting dissonance within the mind and ‘setting one’s heart’ on the goal of spiritual surrender.

Prehnite is a purifier for the energies of the digestive system, as well as the kidneys, adrenals, liver and gallbladder. It emanates a vibration harmonious with smooth and integrated functioning of these areas of the physical body.

Prehnite harmonizes with Adamite, Jade, Smithsonite, Hemimorphite, Blue Aragonite, Libyan Gold Tektite, Heliodor, Emerald and Moldavite. Azeztulite, Natrolite, Scolecite and Herderite are useful for increasing Prehnite’s capacity for opening the doors of communication with beings from higher dimensions. Lilac Lepidolite, Gel Lithium Silica, Amblygonite and Petalite are all helpful in accentuating Prehnite’s ability to quiet the restless mind and move one into a state of inner peace. Prehnite also harmonizes with Pink Lazurine, Pink, Green and Black Tourmalines, Phenacite and Satyaloka Quartz.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Prehnite is an Earth and Water element ally that brings joy to the heart and peace to the mind. It emanates renewal and hope and nurtures one’s energy field by grounding it into the energy of the Great Earth Mother. Prehnite aids in cooling and grounding excessive anger or nervous energy, encouraging a sense of peace and calm. It helps renew one’s chi and strengthens the flow of vital energy in the body. Prehnite connects one to the heart of Nature, encouraging a link between our hearts and the heart of the planet. It is excellent for intuition and magic, as it connects one with the current of natural power all around us.

The Earth element aspect of Prehnite stabilizes energy flow in the body, helping one to feel less nervous or less drained. It supports healing, particularly where there is imbalance in the circulatory system or blood. The Water element aspect of Prehnite facilitates the expression of emotions or thoughts and helps one communicate in a nonjudgmental way. It helps one consider the impact of one’s words before speaking and quiets those who talk excessively.

SPIRITUAL   Prehnite offers a reflective, calm vantage point from which one can explore the nature of one’s experience. It facilitates a heart-centered connection to all of creation.

EMOTIONAL   Prehnite is a gentle, nurturing stone that can help one release ego-identification with past wounds. It is like ‘emotional soap’ that helps wash emotional debris from the aura. It can act as an emotional ‘rescue aid,’ helping one to immediately release identification with emotional wounds and preventing little hurts from growing into festering emotional sores.

PHYSICAL   Prehnite helps balance and heal the circulatory system and the lymph. It can assist in clearing toxins and wastes from the body through the lymphatic and urinary systems. It is useful in calming infections of the urinary tract or the glands.

AFFIRMATION   I place my personal power in the service of the heart, and my will is willing to do as the heart desires.

PROPHECY STONE

KEY WORDS      Grounding spiritual Light in the physical self and the world, seeing prophetic visions

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Soul Star (8th), Crown (7th), Third Eye (6th), Earthstar (below the feet)

Prophecy Stone is a rare and odd stone found in the desert of Libya. It appears to be a concretion or a pseudomorph, though it displays a color and outer texture that is reminiscent of Meteorite. (Incidentally, it comes from the same area where Libyan Gold Tektites and some types of Meteorite are found.) Its chemical makeup is not known, though oxidation on some specimens indicates the presence of iron. Prophecy Stones were named by the man who discovered them, and he gave them this name because he experienced what he termed ‘a prophetic vision’ while meditating with one of them.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Prophecy Stones are perhaps the most powerful of all minerals for grounding Light energy in the physical body. When one holds or meditates with one of these stones, a great deal of energy comes in through the crown chakra, filling the body, all the way down to the soles of the feet. After a few minutes, the energy moves even deeper, stimulating the Earthstar chakra below the feet and anchoring in the Earth itself. This experience is common to many individuals who work with Prophecy Stone, and many people are amazed at the strength of the vibrations that move through them when they hold these stones.

The unique manner in which Prophecy Stones work, pulling high-frequency energies down into the body from above, echoes the teachings of the spiritual master Sri Aurobindo. Aurobindo taught that one should not seek to transcend the Earth and move up into nirvana, and instead directed his followers to draw the higher energies down into the body, for the transfiguration of human beings into their destined form—Aurobindo called this the ‘superman.’ This revolutionary teacher did not guide his students to arouse the kundalini from the base chakra, but rather to bring ‘the supramental force’ down through the crown chakra into the physical self. Prophecy Stone seems to do just that.

True to its name, Prophecy Stone can catalyze visions of probable futures. To experience these, one must usually work with one of these stones in meditation regularly for some weeks, although sensitive individuals may receive the visions much sooner. Often, the initial experiences are fragmentary, and one may not be certain of the time frame to which they refer. Here are three sentences I wrote after one of my initial experiences with Prophecy Stone in the mid 1990s: “My meditation placed me in the ‘time of transition,’ not far from now. I was in a very large building in a big city, where people came rushing in and out with much urgency. I had the sense that they were trying to rescue others from some danger or disaster.” At the time, I had no means of placing or verifying this image, though later I came to wonder if I had been seeing the World Trade Center disaster. This was such a powerful psychic event that many people experienced prophetic dreams, visions and intuitions before it happened. I do not doubt that Prophecy Stone can trigger such visions, but one must work to understand the meanings within the prescient messages.

Prophecy Stone harmonizes especially well with Moldavite, which can bring through an even greater amount of Light energy. Its visionary capacities are further enhanced by combining them with Shaman Stones and/or Phenacite. Its ability to ‘ground the Light’ is strengthened by pairing it with Hematite. Herkimer ‘Diamonds’ and Phenacite can increase the vividness of the inner visions.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Prophecy Stones are Earth element allies that harmoniously balance the energies of Earth and Sky. They facilitate grounding and the completion of the energy circuit between body and Earth, while they stimulate the third eye and crown to facilitate communications from other realms. They are powerful allies in shamanic work, helping to stabilize the body during shamanic journeys and recording the experiences of the shaman in the lower world for later retrieval.

As implied by their name, Prophecy Stones aid those who seek guidance from higher realms regarding the future. They can be used to investigate diverging paths at choice-points, so the probable future of any choice can be explored before committing oneself to a path. Because they are Earth element stones, these allies are particularly good at assisting one in receiving guidance about ‘mundane’ matters and practical choices that must be made.

SPIRITUAL   Prophecy Stones are allies for shamanic journeys and for exploring probable futures. They aid in grounding energies into the body and can support spiritual healing work.

EMOTIONAL   Prophecy Stones are emotionally neutral.

PHYSICAL   These allies can be used as general support stones for all kinds of energetic healing. They are magnetically susceptible and so are useful in stabilizing frequencies to be integrated into the body. They are excellent tools for releasing cellular toxins and can help support the body through chemotherapy and radiation to help slow the spread of cancers.

AFFIRMATION   I commit myself to grounding the true Light of Spirit here in the physical world, and I open myself to guidance from the time stream of the future.

PURPURITE

KEY WORDS      Purification, initiation, freedom, insight, truth, power, sovereignty

ELEMENT      Wind, Earth

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Third Eye (6th)

Purpurite is a manganese iron phosphate mineral with a hardness of 4.5 to 5. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. It occurs most often as an oxidation mineral on the surfaces of a related mineral called Triphylite. Purpurite’s name is derived from its vivid purple color. The best specimens have been found primarily in Namibia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Purpurite is one of the purest stones of the Violet Ray. The Violet Ray offers purification of one’s energy fields and all the meridians. It can activate the crown chakra, opening one to experiences of consciousness within the higher spiritual realms. Purpurite emanates an energy of psychic protection, cleansing one’s auric field and keeping it free of negative entities and attachments.

Purpurite is a stone of initiation. Working with it in meditation, one can make a conscious connection with one’s spirit guides and hear their advice more clearly. In the sleep state, Purpurite’s presence near the body supports the separation of the astral body from the physical, and it allows one to remain conscious during and after this process. In the dreams that follow, one may move into a space in which one is aware of one’s angelic guides. These are the entities who set up synchronous meetings and significant ‘chance’ events in one’s daily life. When one is able to work consciously with these guides, one can better understand the learning path of one’s life, and one can become a conscious participant in the orchestration of these important events.

Purpurite is a stone of freedom. It allows one to see the psychological barriers that keep one chained to the secure yet deadening routines of daily life, and it gives one the inspiration to break free. It teaches one to love the unknown and to be at home in an indeterminate future. It helps one find the courage to leave behind one’s familiar sense of self and to seek the spiritual promise of a greater identity, which one can feel, even when one has no clear concept of what that entails or whether one will be able to find means of comfortable survival along that path.

Purpurite is a stone of insight and truth. It helps one ‘keep digging’ for the reality that underlies appearances. It allows those who utilize oracles such as the tarot or I Ching to more clearly understand the guidance one receives. It reveals the deceptions of others, and it makes one incapable of consciously deceiving them. If one has been doing so unconsciously, it makes one uncomfortably aware of what one is up to, which usually ends the behavior.

Purpurite is a stone of the ‘royal self,’ initiating within oneself the desire to claim one’s power and use it wisely for the benefit of all. It helps those who are afraid of power overcome their hesitation. Its energy of purification protects one from the temptation to abuse power, and its quality of inspiration reveals the highest paths of action for putting one’s power to the best use. Purpurite helps one realize the sovereignty of self and remember that the Kingdom of Heaven lies both without and within.

Purpurite harmonizes with Amethyst, Sugilite and Charoite, all of which are beneficial stones of the Violet Ray. Its energies can be brought more deeply into the heart by combining it with Lilac Lepidolite and/or Pink Lazurine. In regard to personal power, Golden Labradorite and Heliodor are good stones for magnifying and focusing that energy.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Purpurite is one of the rare allies that builds a bridge between the Earth element and the Wind. These two elements are polarities, and it is often difficult to find a point of balance between them. Purpurite offers this balance, teaching us how to walk on the Earth while maintaining spiritual consciousness.

Purpurite is a manganese iron phosphate, and its properties are closely aligned with the function of these elements in the body. The manganese component of Purpurite activates the heart and mind, stabilizing the nervous system and opening one to the experience of love and bliss. When used in meditation, Purpurite stimulates experiences of rapture and oneness with the mind and heart of the Creator. The Iron component of Purpurite grounds these experiences into the physical body, helping one to walk in alignment with the Divine and manifest the energy of the Divine through one’s words, thoughts and actions. This grounding effect also lends itself well to healing work, as it stabilizes the flow of energy in the body and allows one to integrate more Light on a physical level. The phosphorus component of Purpurite allows for illumination of the mind and the revelation of spiritual truth. Phosphorus is the Light-bearing element. It is necessary for brain activity and feeds the cells of the brain so they can function adequately. The phosphorus in Purpurite helps the mind integrate the information it receives from spiritual communion, enabling one to bring more Light to the Earth.

Purpurite is a master stone of spiritual embodiment and aligning the mind to the greater mind of the Divine. Purpurite teaches one to walk on the Earth with grace and beauty and to use one’s earthly experience as an opportunity to enlighten the material realm.

SPIRITUAL   Purpurite brings the highest Light into the densest realms of physicality. It aligns the entire chakra system, allowing for a more free and potent flow of energy through the body and aura. Used in meditation, Purpurite will align the mind to the energy of the Universal Heart and will lead one to the highest path of expression for one’s spiritual energy on Earth.

EMOTIONAL   Purpurite’s manganese content aids in releasing stress and calming the nerves. It helps one let go of worry and anxiety and walk with grace through the storms of life.

PHYSICAL   Purpurite facilitates the incorporation of more Light (electromagnetic energy) into the body. It stimulates brain function and can help repair brain damage by building electromagnetic bridges between neurons. Its energy feeds the brain and improves brain function. Purpurite is useful in helping the body integrate electromagnetic fields in a healthy way, and can be used to treat radiation poisoning from sunburn, radiation therapy, or other nuclear sources.

AFFIRMATION   I call upon Spirit for purification, guidance, inspiration and truth, and I take responsibility for the highest expression of my personal power.

PYRITE

KEY WORDS      Masculine energy, manifestation, action, vitality, willpower, creativity, confidence

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd)

Pyrite is an iron sulfide mineral with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. Its crystal patterns are cubic, pyritohedral or octahedral. Pyrite can also be massive, granular, botryoidal, stalactitic or nodular. The name Pyrite is derived from the Greek word for fire, because striking two pieces against one another can produce sparks. Pyrite’s shiny yellow metallic appearance has earned it the nickname ‘fool’s gold.’ The ancient Incas used Pyrite as mirrors. It is found all over the world, but important deposits are in Italy, Spain and Peru.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Pyrite is excellent for increasing the power of the third chakra in both men and women. It imparts an immediate increase in vitality and gives one a boost for accomplishing challenging tasks in the physical world. It enhances will power, assisting one in overcoming bad habits and establishing new patterns of health and positive energy. It aids one in overcoming fear and anxiety and helps one establish a ‘can-do’ attitude about whatever one has decided to attempt. It can screen out negative influences in one’s environment and give one the courage to banish such influences from one’s life.

Pyrite can be a helpful tool for balancing polarities and creating harmony within the auric field. In body layouts, it should be used on the third chakra, in the hands and at the base chakra. This will anchor one’s auric field firmly in the body, in proper alignment for optimal functioning of the spiritual self in the physical world. In meditation, holding a Pyrite in each hand can bring an instant rebalancing and a refreshing burst of energy. When you can’t take a nap, hold a Pyrite!

Pyrite stimulates creativity in art, mathematics, sculpture, architecture, science and many other disciplines. It feeds the qualities of ambition, commitment and persistence. It helps one to ‘hang tough’ and carry things through to completion. It increases mental clarity and focus, making it an ideal stone for students.

Pyrite’s enhancement of male energies can benefit both men and women. It supports one in taking assertive action, protecting other humans and the Earth, and developing the inner warrior for the benefit of the community. For men, it enhances the feeling of confidence in one’s masculinity and supports the sublime and enthusiastic expression of male eroticism.

Pyrite harmonizes with Zincite and Carnelian for stimulation of male sexual energies. Prehnite engages Pyrite’s energies more fully with the heart chakra, making love an even greater component of sexuality. Pyrite also works synergistically with Heliodor, Libyan Gold Tektite, Golden Labradorite and Citrine for strengthening the third-chakra energies of will and mental clarity. For grounding purposes, Pyrite’s ideal companion is Hematite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Pyrite is one of the three stones of the Earth element triad, representing the directive, or ‘male,’ aspect of the Great Earth Mother (the other two are Hematite and Cuprite). It resonates with both Earth and Fire. Pyrite allows one to connect with the energy of the Earth and channel that energy through the body. It can increase stamina and enhance physical performance. It energetically supports the blood and its capacity to carry oxygen. Pyrite is excellent for use in manifestation, as it helps one take action on one’s ideas or concepts. It also aids in grounding higher knowledge into action and is ideal to use at the end of a meditation to bring the energy fully into the physical realm. Though it is an Earth element stone, Pyrite carries aspects of Fire energy as well. It is warming and stimulating to the energy systems and is particularly good in treating the subtle-energy aspects of male sexual dysfunction.

SPIRITUAL   Pyrite helps one integrate high-frequency energy into the physical body. It is an ally in assisting one in taking action to create abundance in one’s life. Its frequency is useful in stimulating creative energy and promoting healthy sexual expression.

EMOTIONAL   Pyrite encourages one to overcome fears and take action. It can be used to help bring one out of one’s shell and to encourage one to be more dynamic and confident.

PHYSICAL   The Sulfur component of Pyrite aids in purifying the body of infection and stimulating proper endocrine function. It is excellent for combatting male impotence and infertility. Its Iron component focuses the power of Pyrite into the blood and tissues, allowing it to be used to combat skin disease, fungal infection and cellular invasion by viruses.

AFFIRMATION   My will is strong, and I use it to accomplish the manifestation of my most benevolent hopes and desires.

PYROMORPHITE

KEY WORDS      Enhanced digestion and assimilation, discharge of toxic substances and energies, blending love and will

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th)

Pyromorphite is a lead phosphate mineral with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Its color is most frequently a pea-green, but it can also be brown, yellow, orange or gray. It forms in short hexagonal prismatic crystals, but it can also occur in granular, globular, earthy, botryoidal, fibrous or reniform habits. It is a transparent to translucent mineral with a resinous to adamantine luster. It forms as a secondary mineral in the oxidation zones of lead veins. Good crystals have been found in Germany, Great Britain, Australia and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS Pyromorphite is a stone of the viscera. It can energetically support the proper digestion and assimilation of food and the maintenance of the proper flora in the intestinal tract. It also vibrationally cleanses the large intestine, assisting in the elimination of waste products.

Pyromorphite works in metaphorically similar ways in regards to one’s psychological and spiritual life. It enhances the intuitive powers of the physical and etheric bodies, so one receives ‘gut feelings’ about other people and situations, and these can be counted upon to be accurate. It helps one digest and assimilate new information and energies on both the mental and spiritual levels. It aids one in eliminating bad habits and negative associations. It allows one to be more aware of the body and the many processes it undergoes in order to maintain itself, and it initiates a deeper appreciation for one’s physical self. It eliminates self-judgment based on stereotypical concepts of what one’s body should look like or how one should try to be viewed by others.

Pyromorphite supports the liver, gallbladder, spleen and pancreas—with vibrational cleansing and stimulation of proper functioning. On related psychological levels, it helps one calm anger and discharge negative thought patterns. It transmutes raw emotional energies into subtle and appropriate expressions. It allows one to be tolerant of a certain level of toxicity among the people in one’s environment without being detrimentally affected by it.

Pyromorphite is a stone of the solar-plexus and heart chakras. It aligns and blends love and will, so one cannot easily choose to act in ways which are unloving. It draws upon the astonishingly powerful energies of the heart for purposes of manifestation, and it focuses them through the will. It is powerful for the practice of benevolent magic, but it is of no help at all for the manipulation of others. This stone conveys much power, but only over oneself.

Although Pyromorphite encourages tolerance of others, it has its limits, and when these are reached, tolerance comes to an end. Those under the influence of Pyromorphite are likely to give others the benefit of the doubt, but once there is no doubt, misbehavior will lead to the quick severing of ties. It teaches one to value oneself and one’s time highly, to be generous, but not to ‘cast pearls before swine.’

To increase Pyromorphite’s stimulation of the solar plexus, Pyrite, Heliodor and Golden Labradorite are ideal allies. For additional stimulation of the heart, especially if one wishes to temper judgment with deeper compassion, Dioptase, Emerald and Morganite are recommended. Zincite can enhance Pyromorphite’s beneficial effects on the digestive systems.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Pyromorphite is a powerful healing ally and is one of the foremost stones to utilize in treating cancers of all types. Spiritually, it prevents the growth of negative thought patterns into malignant thought forms that can poison all aspects of one’s reality. It promotes the cleansing of one’s life and one’s body and protects those with weak energy fields from becoming resonant with discordant frequencies.

Pyromorphite also assists in the process of physical evolution. It helps the body integrate the increased range of energies to which it is being exposed, due to electromagnetic pollution and the weakening of Earth’s magnetic field. It facilitates healthy cellular adaptation to electromagnetic energy and helps prevent mutations that can cause imbalance and disease.

Pyromorphite is a wonderful stone to protect one’s energy field from inharmonious emotional and physical energies in one’s environment, or from people resonating with negativity.

SPIRITUAL   Pyromorphite assists in adapting to a broader and more intense range of energy. It is a grounding stone, maintaining the health of the lower chakras. It can protect one from negative energetic entities including poltergeists, astral entities and demonic influences.

EMOTIONAL   Pyromorphite reveals negativity in one’s thoughts, attitudes and actions. It helps keep one from striking out in egoic response to perceived slights or offenses. It can aid in shedding thought forms and emotional energies picked up from the environment or from others who are resonating with negativity at a high amplitude.

PHYSICAL   Pyromorphite is a premier ally for vibrationally regulating the growth of cancer cells and for preventing the spread of cancer to other cells. It can help the body recover more quickly from exposure to radiation and toxic chemicals and is useful in treating all types of electromagnetic poisoning.

AFFIRMATION   The world nourishes me on all levels—I assimilate what I need and discharge all that is inappropriate for my well-being.

QUARTZ (CLEAR)

KEY WORDS      Programmability, amplification of one’s intention, magnification of ambient energies, clearing, cleansing, healing, memory enhancement

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Quartz is a silicon dioxide crystal with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal), and it is among the most abundant of minerals. The Quartz family includes many stones discussed elsewhere in this book, and in fact the silicon oxide molecule of Quartz is a part of the wide array of minerals designated as ‘silicates.’ Quartz crystals are found on every continent, and perhaps in every country on Earth. The writing in this section is mainly about varieties of Clear Quartz crystals, except as otherwise noted.

Classically, Clear Quartz stones are thought of as colorless, candle-shaped hexagonal prismatic crystals with relatively smooth sides and naturally facetted terminations at one or both ends. This description fits most of the varieties in this chapter, although Quartz can occur in numerous other growing habits, including compact or concretionary masses and fibrous forms, as well as macrocrystalline Quartz, which is not prismatic.

Quartz occurs in a wide range of environments and is an essential element in mica shists, gneisses, quartzite, granite and consolidated sediments such as sandstone, conglomerates, etc. Quartz is the principle constituent of man made glass, as well as natural glasses such as Obsidian and Tektite.

Quartz crystal exhibits the property of piezoelectricity, by which it can transform mechanical energy (e.g., pressure) into electromagnetic energy, and vice versa. This makes it useful in such as devices crystal radios, microphones, watches, radio transmitters, etc.

Clear Quartz is sometimes called ‘Rock Crystal,’ and is the stone most often thought of when the term ‘Quartz’ is used. The name comes from the Greek for ‘ice,’ and some of the ancients believed that Quartz crystal was water frozen so hard it could never thaw.

Clear Quartz has long been the subject of spiritual beliefs and folklore. The Japanese called clear Quartz ‘the perfect jewel’ and viewed it as a symbol of infinite space, purity, perseverance and patience. Indigenous cultures in both North America and Burma have believed clear Quartzes to be living entities and presented them with food as ritual offerings. Crystal balls brought back by the Crusaders were said to possess magical powers. In Scotland and Ireland, spheres of rock crystal were long used to cure diseases in cattle. In past cultures of Central and South America, Quartz crystals carved into the shapes of human skulls were venerated as powerful religious objects—the dwellings of deceased ancestors or gods. In a remarkable coincidence or synchronicity, aboriginal tribes in both Australia and South America describe in their creation myths the image of the ‘cosmic serpent,’ progenitor of all life, being led and guided by a Quartz crystal.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Clear Quartz is by far the most versatile and multidimensional stone in the mineral realm. Three of its key properties are energy amplification, programmability and memory. Unlike most other stones, which carry certain relatively fixed properties, Clear Quartz can be ‘programmed’ by one’s focused intention to assist one in achieving virtually any goal in inner or outer life. Sitting in meditation with a piece of Clear Quartz, one can visualize an image of one’s intention or desired outcome within the crystal, and this will have the effect of powerful psychic amplification. After such a session, or especially if one practices the same programming repeatedly with the same crystal, numerous inner and outer events will seem to conspire synchronistically to bring about the manifestation of one’s wish. Of course, the more one makes a personal effort to achieve the goal, the more opportunities there will be for such beneficial synchronicities to occur. However, experiments with this type of intention amplification are likely to yield surprisingly powerful results and can also assist one in coming to fully believe in the invisible power of focused intent. The fact that the programmed crystal ‘remembers’ and amplifies the power of one’s desire can greatly assist one in ‘holding the pattern’ of energy long enough and strongly enough for manifestation to occur.

Clear Quartz is also a stone of Light, bringing heightened spiritual awareness to whoever wears, carries or meditates with it. It provides a clear corridor for the higher vibrational frequencies of the realm of Spirit to be transmitted and translated into the world of physical form. Sleeping with a Clear Quartz can enhance the vividness of dreams, and holding a Clear Quartz will often deepen one’s experience of meditation.

Clear Quartz can be used to amplify the energies of other stones or to blend and enhance the energies of groups of stones. This makes Clear Quartz the ideal ‘base’ material for energy tools such as wands, staffs, templates, etc. Clear Quartz crystals are also ideal for making ‘energy grids’—patterned layouts of crystals on the ground or floor, within which one can sit or lie in order to receive the energies generated by the combination of the Quartz and the geometric form of the grid. The energies of any other stones placed in the grid pattern will also be amplified by the Quartz.

Clear Quartz can be used for almost any metaphysical purpose, including healing, consciousness expansion, chakra opening, communication with guides, past-life recall, inter-dimensional travel, polarity balancing, enhancement of meditation and dreaming, attracting and sending love, generating prosperity and just about anything else one might imagine. It can even be programmed to increase the power of one’s imagination! Individuals eager to use Clear Quartz to ‘make things happen’ are cautioned that all such manifestations have their first and strongest effects on the person using the crystal, so any negative intentions will inevitably ‘boomerang’ on oneself.

Because Clear Quartz is such an indiscriminate amplifier of whatever energies surround or enter it, it can collect an unusually large amount of psychic debris. This makes it necessary for one to periodically ‘clear’ or ‘cleanse’ the crystal. This can be done in several ways. One can soak the crystal overnight in a saltwater solution, cover the crystal with dry salt for a few days, bury the crystal in the ground, place it in the sun, wave sage smoke around it or hold it in running water. In all cases, one is advised to focus the intention for clearing and cleansing in the center of the crystal. A happy side effect of this is that it will also serve to clear and cleanse one’s own personal energies at the same time!

Because Quartz can be used to facilitate the achievement of virtually any aim, we leave the suggested affirmations in this section to the imagination of the user. And because my co-author, Naisha Ahsian, is expert in this area, I leave the description of the energies of the various forms of Quartz crystals to her. Unless otherwise stated, one can assume that all the crystals below resonate with the Storm element and are applicable to all the chakras.

NAISHA AHSIAN Clear Quartz crystals are the most common and versatile tools in the mineral kingdom. They come in varying degrees of clarity, from water-clear to densely clouded. Their structure can appear in diverse configurations based on the hexagonal system. Minute amounts of other minerals can give Clear Quartz crystals a slight yellow, orange or pink hue.

Clear Quartz is a cardinal Storm element ally, working on all levels of the energetic and physical bodies and resonating with all chakras. Its structure and range of resonance allow it to amplify any energy with which it moves into resonance. It will amplify the energies of any other stone and can be used to make the energies of smaller stones more easily felt. Because of its ability to amplify any frequency of energy, it makes an excellent ally in healing and prayer work. Because of its Storm element energy, it is most active on the nervous system and connective tissues of the body.

Clear Quartz embodies the concept of clarity and the value of becoming a vessel for the Light of the Divine. It brings clarity of thought and purpose to one’s mind and heart and can assist one in overcoming confusion. It helps establish a strong, clear connection to higher guidance, acting as an etheric ‘radio’ to amplify the psychic communications of higher beings. It can be used to enhance telepathic communication and stimulate psychic vision.

Clear Quartz crystals are natural holographic storage devices that can be ‘programmed,’ or brought into resonance, with any thought or feeling one wishes to broadcast more strongly into the world. Once a Clear Quartz crystal has been programmed in this way, it will continue to resonate with that thought, prayer or feeling—constantly broadcasting that energy throughout the Earth’s electromagnetic field and into the etheric realms. This can accelerate the fulfillment of one’s prayers, intensify one’s healing work, or bathe the Earth and humanity in specific frequencies of energy for the purpose of Earth-healing.

While all Clear Quartz carries the energies described above, variations occur, depending upon where Quartz grew and the arrangements of its interior and exterior planar surfaces.

SPIRITUAL   Clear Quartz encourages clarity on all levels. It can be used to enhance the communications of guides and amplify psychic abilities. It acts to stimulate and open all chakras and energy pathways in the body, allowing for a more enlightened and expansive auric field.

EMOTIONAL   Clear Quartz is emotionally neutral, but it will amplify any emotion with which it moves into resonance.

PHYSICAL   Clear Quartz stimulates the nervous system and the growth of fingernails and hair. It can assist in removing adhesions in the connective tissue.

LOCATIONS

Clear Quartz crystals form in many areas around the world, and each location lends its particular energies to the crystals. Below are some general energies carried by the most commercially available Clear Quartz crystals.

ARKANSAS Quartz from Arkansas is the most neutral and readily affected of the Clear Quartz family. It has great clarity and a pristine energy that is easily programmable. Arkansas Quartz is excellent in vision work and in programming for prayer or healing.

BRAZIL Quartz from Brazil has an incredible variety of energies and forms. Brazil is the world heart of Quartz production, and that energy is noticeable in the stones themselves. Brazilian Quartz has a soft heart frequency that is excellent for healing work. It still seems to carry the ancient energies of Lemuria, which combine the frequencies of heart and mind to attune us to our own Divine Source.

MADAGASCAR Quartz from Madagascar is the most ancient-feeling of the Clear Quartz tribe. Its energies are associated with ancient knowledge, and many of these crystals carry recorded information from past civilizations. Madagascar Quartz activates the spiritual mind and assists in vision work and meditation. It is an excellent tool to use in healing, in order to stimulate one’s spiritual connection and the body’s ability to carry an expanded range of Light frequency.

FORMATIONS

All Clear Quartz grows on the hexagonal crystalline system, but there is tremendous variety of formations. Below, I outline some of the most important forms of Clear Quartz.

Laser Wand

Laser Wands are usually long, tapered crystals with fine terminations and are characterized by their ability to focus energy into an intense beam. This beam of energy can then be used like a laser to remove densities, entities, attachments, programs, implants and cords from the energetic body. Laser wands are for use in healing work exclusively. They do not tend to hold programs as strongly as other formations of Clear Quartz.

Generator

A Generator configuration of Quartz consists of six equal sides meeting perfectly at the apex. This is a fairly rare formation and should be treasured if you have the opportunity to connect with one. These stones act as Earth energy ‘batteries,’ allowing one to easily access and utilize the electromagnetic energy of the Earth’s aura. One can use this energy receptively to recharge one’s own energy banks if one is drained or has been ill or injured. They can also be used in a directive manner to broadcast prayer and thought energy through the electromagnetic field of the planet, much like a radio broadcast.

Generator Crystals are special entities and are now surfacing on the planet in order to assist in the mass transformation and energetic shift which are occurring. Individuals and groups can utilize these stones to broadcast healing and Love through the Earth’s energetic field, to be received by all beings upon the planet.

Tabular

Tabular Quartz is so named because its growth pattern is flat and broad. Frequently, Tabular Quartz crystals are double-terminated. They act as bridges of Light that allow energy to move over areas where blockages or breaks in the vibrational field would otherwise prevent energy flow. ‘Tabbies’ are excellent allies to use on the healing table, because they can amplify the energy of other stones as they facilitate the movement of stone energies through the meridians and the chakra system. In meditation, Tabular Quartz crystals can assist in astral travel and the exploration of other lifetimes.

Double-Terminated

Double-Terminated Quartz crystals, as their name implies, come to one or more natural points, or terminations, at each end of the crystal body. The double-spiral growth pattern of Double-Terminated Quartz crystals allows energy to flow in both directions along the body of the stone. While single-terminated stones take in energy through their base and direct it out through the termination, Double-Terminated Quartz crystals can receive and transmit energy through either termination. This is only true of natural Double-Terminated Quartz. Single-terminated stones that have been cut into double-terminated shapes will still run energy in one direction.

Double-Terminated Quartz can be used like Tabular Quartz in order to bridge blockages or gaps in the energy field or meridian system. When worn as pendants, they can direct energy up and down the chakric column, strengthening the energy flow and assisting one in maintaining energetic clarity.

Double Terminated Quartz crystals are wonderful examples of the need to both give and receive energy. They assist one in expanding one’s consciousness at the same time that they help dispel excess energy and ground the body.

Self-Healed

Self-Healed Quartz crystals have a complete termination at one end and an unbroken but non-terminated form at the other. One can identify them by the fact that there is no discernible fracture—though often some very interesting patterns—at the non-terminated end. They are called self-healed because the original ‘broken’ end has been overgrown with Quartz crystal at some point in its history. Self-Healed Quartz crystals are master teachers. They can assist one in accepting one’s difficult experiences and past traumas and in perceiving how those experiences have contributed to one’s growth. It is through the integration of these experiences that one comes to know the many facets of one’s true self, just as the many facets at the base of a Self-Healed crystal reflect its internal structure.

Self-Healed Quartz crystals can be used to facilitate healing on all levels, through the practice of reflective integration. By meditating with a Self-Healed crystal, one can perceive the parts of one’s inner core that need to be accepted into the whole. What aspects of your past still need to be healed? How can you progress on your path to self-knowledge? Self-Healed Quartz can help you answer these questions.

Self-Healed Quartz crystals are also excellent tools to use in healing work. They facilitate the healing of wounds from surgery or trauma and are excellent for use with broken bones. On a mental level, they can assist one in gaining an understanding of one’s emotional lessons and life experiences.

Manifest Spirit Crystal (Isis)

The Manifest Spirit crystal displays a five-sided face on the front of the crystal termination, representing the five elements of Earth, Fire, Water, Wind and Storm. The number five also represents the expression of Spirit and energy through form and has been traditionally linked to the Goddess archetype. The sacred pentagon formed by these five sides stimulates one’s connection to the Divine Source, particularly the nurturing and creative energy of the Goddess or Great Mother. These crystals have the ability to guide one in connecting with the archetypal Goddess energy and in giving birth to one’s dreams through action.

In meditation, the Manifest Spirit crystal can help guide one to connect with the Divine Source and to channel that energy through the physical body into expression on the Earth plane. This Quartz configuration is particularly useful for those who are willing to dedicate their lives and essences to expressing Divine energy in this realm of matter.

Master Crystal Triad: Initiation Crystal, Integration Crystal and Temple Heart Crystal

The Initiation crystal is the first configuration in the Master crystal triad. These three crystals are all Master crystal teachers, exhibiting the seven-and-three geometries. The Initiation crystal has one seven-sided face and one three-sided face. The Integration Crystal exhibits two seven-sided faces on either side of a triangular facet. The final and most evolved of formations is the Temple Heart crystal, which exhibits three seven-sided faces alternating with three triangular faces.

Initiation Crystal (Channeling)

The Initiation crystal allows one to connect with the source of Divine knowledge and understanding. This connection can be used to discover and understand one’s life path, lessons, and purpose. It is a stone of learning, representing the spiritual student. Meditating with the Initiation crystal allows one to perceive one’s source of guidance, utilizing that information to further one’s learning.

The seven-sided face represents the spiritual seeker—one who is willing to put aside ego in order to pursue true spiritual knowledge. The three-sided facet directs this spiritual knowledge and information onto the Earth plane, allowing it to be utilized and directed into one’s life. This is the path of the spiritual student—first working to acquire spiritual understanding, then applying that understanding to one’s own life.

The Initiation crystal activates inner sight and the third eye. Its energy opens visions and facilitates meditation by focusing the mind on the energy of the Source. It can aid one in meeting guides and teachers or in connecting with the knowledge or teaching which will be most beneficial to one’s path.

Integration Crystal (Transmitter)

After one has utilized the Initiation crystal to connect with one’s guides and teachers, one can move on to working with the Integration configuration. The Integration crystal exhibits two seven-sided faces on either side of a perfect triangle, representing the balance between spiritual knowledge and action. This configuration represents the end of apprenticeship and the beginning of autonomous action. One has received the knowledge that was necessary to understand one’s path, and now one must begin to apply that knowledge in the real world.

In the past, it was more accepted for one to spend one’s life in monastic isolation, supported in the pursuit of spiritual knowledge. By becoming a monk, nun, spiritual ascetic, or other dedicated seeker, one could remove oneself from the concerns of the world and focus solely on the concerns of the soul. This is the level of learning taught by the Initiation crystal.

In current times, however, we are being asked to bring our spiritual learning and knowledge to the world, rather than hiding it behind temple walls. This is a much more difficult task, since it requires the integration of Spirit into every level of one’s life—even when one’s practice consists of going to work, cooking meals, cleaning house, taking children to practice or other events, and generally living a ‘normal’ life, with consciousness. At this level of vibration, it is no longer enough to simply ‘get high’ on energy and knowledge. It is necessary to bring this frequency into one’s body and ground it into every action one takes. This is the frequency and teaching of the Integration crystal.

The Integration crystal allows one to perceive how to live, act and react from a centered place of spiritual understanding. It is about applying one’s learning to real-life situations and balancing the life of the soul with physical life. The Integration crystal assists one in perceiving what aspects of one’s life are in alignment with one’s spiritual purpose, and which aspects must change in order to reflect one’s acquired knowledge.

While the Initiation crystal configuration is about receiving knowledge and information, the Integration crystal is about directing that energy into the world and the cosmos. It is through the process of directing higher energy into the world that one comes to understand and utilize one’s own power. Once one has practiced directing spiritual energy into the world, it is time to progress to the Temple Heart crystal configuration.

Temple Heart Crystal (Dow)

The Temple Heart crystal has three seven-sided faces that alternate with three triangular faces, all reaching a perfect termination. This crystal is significant not only for its beautiful geometries and symmetry, but also for its powerful heart-activation properties.

The Temple Heart is a fairly rare formation of Quartz. When one of these jewels does appear, it is often a sign of impending transformation and a quantum leap in consciousness and compassion. It has one of the highest frequencies of any Clear Quartz crystal configuration—an energy frequency that is particularly important in these times. It stimulates the heart chakra and assists one in perceiving and expressing Divine compassion and Love. Its greatest healing energy comes from its ability to open the heart and assist one in resonating with this Divine Love energy.

The frequency of the Temple Heart crystal is that of the enlightened Priestess. She has great spiritual knowledge and has practiced putting that knowledge to work in the world. She accepts her personal power as an extension and expression of Divine power and is willing to make choices and decisions based upon her spiritual understanding, tempered by a wise and powerful heart of compassion. The Temple Heart crystal carries the frequency of Kwan Yin, the goddess of compassion and healing.

At this last level of learning, the Temple Heart crystal reveals that one’s true power is seated within the heart chakra. It is through the marriage of spiritual knowledge and compassion that true enlightenment and enlightened action can be made manifest for the world.

The Temple Heart crystal can be worn to activate the mind and heart, assisting one in opening to compassion, enlightened understanding and true healing from the heart. Larger Temple Heart Crystals are excellent tools for altars and sacred places or healing rooms. They assist one in connecting with the Heart of the Divine and in developing compassion for the world and for each other. Groups can attune to the energy of the Temple Heart in order to send healing prayers into the cosmos, where they can be accessed by anyone who may need direction, guidance or healing.

Record Keepers:
Raised Record Keeper and Sunken Record Keeper

The Raised Record Keeper crystal is by far the most common form found today. It is recognized by raised triangles that appear on the main facets of the stone’s termination, pointing ‘upward’ toward the apex of the termination. While these triangles may appear or ‘pop’ suddenly, they are just as likely to be already visible when one first receives the stone.

Raised Record Keepers activate cellular memory and assist in retrieving information from one’s lineage or past lives. These stones tend not to be preprogrammed with information; rather, they work as a key to unlock what is recorded within one’s own cellular structure. Each triangle appears as a trigger to activate a specific chain link on the DNA. When working with these stones, it is not unusual for triangles to rise or to disappear as aspects of one’s cellular memory are cleared and integrated and new aspects are activated.

The Sunken Record Keeper is indicated by an upward-pointing triangle that appears to be cut into the stone and recedes into the surface of the crystal. These are similar to ‘keyholes’ in the surface of the facet but are distinctly triangular in shape. The Sunken Record Keeper is a ‘true’ record keeper, and they are much rarer than the Raised Record Keeper crystals. While the Raised Record Keeper activates the cellular memory so information can be retrieved from one’s own internal data banks, the Sunken Record Keeper contains a data bank of information within the stone itself. Usually, this information was recorded during the times of the ancient civilizations. Much of this information tends to be Atlantean, but information from other civilizations and the Star Seed nations has also been recovered. Generally, only the soul who originally programmed the crystal will be able to fully access its information, though the triangle may be visible and the crystal usable by others.

Original Record Keeper information written in Crystal Enlightenment by Katrina Raphaell, Aurora Press 1985. Original Channeling, Transmitter, Elestial, and Laser Wand information written in Crystal Healing by Katrina Raphaell, Aurora Press 1987. Original Isis, Dow and Time Link information written in The Crystalline Transmission

by Katrina Raphaell, Aurora Press 1990.

Portal Quartz (Time Link)

Portal Quartz can be used to access other dimensions, times, and realms of existence.

Portal Quartz configurations consist of a parallelogram that creates a seventh face on the termination of the crystal. When looking at the main face of the stone, this parallelogram can be on either the left or the right side. Occasionally a Portal will appear which exhibits both of these at once. The direction of the parallelogram indicates the type of journey one will be able to take in meditation with the stone.

A left-facing parallelogram activates the right side of the brain, enabling one to access visions, emotional experiences, and healing information. A parallelogram on the right side of the main face activates the left side of the brain, allowing one to access information on technologies, sciences, processes and structures of a more linear nature. Generally, a right-facing portal will connect one with the lifetimes, dimensions and beings that can assist in emotional healing and intuitive work; while a left-facing portal will connect one with lifetimes, dimensions and beings that will reveal technologies and sciences that could be helpful in our evolution and cognitive development.

Portal Quartz can be used effectively in alternate-life healing work. All lifetimes occur simultaneously, and healing or growth in one lifetime affects all others. Generally, a right-facing portal can be used to heal emotional wounds from the past or from past lives. Left-facing portals can be used to explore future lives and to envision one’s future desires for this lifetime. Right-directed portals can assist one in perceiving the karmic roots for current life situations, while left-directed portals can assist one in perceiving the karmic effects of one’s current life choices.

Scepter Quartz

Scepter Quartz combines the powerful Storm element energy of Quartz with the directional power of Fire. Its form is very much like an arrow and its energy can be related to that of the Wands suit in the tarot—fostering creativity, direction and action. Scepter Quartz stimulates the aura, helping one feel more energized and excited about taking action and moving in new directions. Its frequency helps one open to the creative mind and find new ways of bringing thought into physical form. Scepter Quartz helps one to ‘walk the talk’ and align one’s actions with one’s ideals. This ally’s energy is wonderful for helping one regain one’s power and take charge of making changes in one’s life. It can help prevent one from feeling disempowered, controlled by others or otherwise unable to act.

Scepter Quartz stimulates the emotional body to release trapped or buried anger, resentment or fear. Its frequency helps one express one’s point of view in a balanced way, so these emotions don’t build up and become toxic. This ally also helps one feel more capable, powerful and able to take responsibility for one’s life situation.

Scepter Quartz is a great healing ally for all manner of Fire element imbalances. It can be used on blocked meridians at the energy points to help stimulate and release stagnation. Its energy ideal for overcoming sexual dysfunction and hormonal imbalance.

Trigonic Quartz

ROBERT SIMMONS   Even though this is Naisha’s chapter, I had to sneak this one in at the end! Trigonic Quartz crystals are among the rarest formations in the entire Quartz menagerie. They are characterized by an inscribed triangle in one or more of the termination faces, similar to a Sunken Record Keeper. But unlike the Record Keeper, which displays a triangle pointing ‘upward’ toward the apex of the termination, the Trigonic’s triangle points ‘down,’ away from the termination. This is the means by which to identify crystals of Trigonic Quartz, which are far rarer than Record Keepers. However, what’s important about them are the energy and information available through them.

Trigonic Quartzes are crystals of transition—dwellers on the liminal threshold between worlds. They allow one who attunes to their vibration to see and travel into the visionary realms beyond death. They are ideal for practitioners of shamanism, who must frequently visit the Other World on behalf of their clients—retrieving lost soul parts, dispelling negative entities and sometimes fighting for the lives of those under their protection. Trigonic Quartz provides both access and a measure of protection to those working with it in this way, but this is not the only door it opens.

As Record Keepers provide access to events from the deep past of humanity and the Earth, Trigonics can give the seeker the keys to the future. This is an even more astonishing experience than viewing the past, because the future is indeterminate. It flows toward us like a river of unlimited potential, and as soon as one defines an image from it, the future disappears. Trigonics teach us to open ourselves, in a state of grateful anticipation, to the unknown, undefined, unfettered possibilities of what can be, without trying to conceptualize anything. This sort of absolute trust—giving oneself forward into the next moment with no way of knowing or controlling what will come—goes hand in hand with what is called enlightenment and the Kingdom of Heaven. Meditating with a Trigonic Quartz can give one first a taste, and ultimately a full portion of this feast of the world coming to be. One must learn to dwell in the heart and to override one’s ingrained control programs to receive this gift, but the world of crystals offers none better. And those who practice this radical forgiving of oneself do great service to the world.

Trigonics can occur in Clear Quartz, Amethyst, Citrine or Smoky Quartz. Clear Quartz offers the highest vibration; Amethyst enhances protection; Citrine increases mental clarity and Smoky Quartz aids in grounding. Trigonic Quartz can be used with any other stone, and its capacities will not diminish. Rather, it will magnify what the other stones offer.

RATHBUNITE

KEY WORDS      Creative manifestation, fun and humor, developing psychic capacities, love, joy, pleasure and play

ELEMENTS Earth, Water, Fire

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th)

Rathbunite is a type of jasper, a microcrystalline variety of quartz with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. It is characterized by multi-hued looping stripes that curve and curl through the stone. Its colors include reddish-brown, yellow, orange, white and gray. It was discovered in Arizona, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rathbunite is the kind of stone that makes you smile when you pick it up. Its currents are emotionally uplifting, stimulating the voice of the heart to speak from its wisdom. This is a stone that can aid one in ‘doing serious work lightly.’ It enhances one’s capacity to take on life’s challenges with a buoyant spirit combined with a good-natured determination.

Rathbunite is a stone of creative manifestation. When placed on the solar plexus, it energizes that chakra and increases one’s capacity to focus one’s will to bring about a desired outcome. When worn, Rathbunite allows one to draw scattered thoughts together and organize them into coherent patterns. It is a great stone for those who are talented but have difficulties bringing projects to completion. Rathbunite helps one achieve goals without losing the enjoyment of the present moment.

Rathbunite is a stone of fun and good humor. Its capacity to lift one’s mood helps one to remember to see the humor in life, and it inspires wit and verbal play. It is linked energetically to the archetypes of the Divine Messenger and the Magician, and also the Fool. As Divine Messenger, Rathbunite enhances intuition and the capacity to see meaningful patterns in seemingly random events. It stimulates the ‘sixth sense’ and helps one to develop latent psychic capacities. As Magician, Rathbunite aids one in learning to attune one’s will to Divine Will, channeling the flow of the Tao (or Divine energies), and directing the potential of the higher Powers into beneficial creative manifestation. As the Fool, Rathbunite stimulates one’s sense of play, dispelling egotism and encouraging oneself and others to laugh at one’s own (and life’s) absurdities. This can be of great benefit in healing old wounds to the emotional body, and in dissolving old habits of emotional reactiveness.

Rathbunite is a wonderful stone for just about everyone. Its message to us is ‘Lighten up,’ and as we do so we are unexpectedly lifted into the spiritual Light that our hearts had been seeking all along. In essence, Rathbunite attunes one to love, joy, pleasure and play. If we truly embrace these qualities, we will move far along the path of enlightenment.

Rathbunite works well with Moldavite, Arkansas Golden Healers, Mani Stone, Revelation Stone, Empowerite and all forms of Azeztulite, including the Azozeo super-activated varieties. It harmonizes beautifully with Azumar, and these two stones together can dramatically enhance one’s happiness and appreciation of life. With Healerite, Rathbunite works to advance the healing of the emotional body and its relationship with the physical.

SPIRITUAL   Rathbunite aids in creative manifestation and in the development of psychic capacities. It teaches lighthearted enjoyment of the spiritual path.

EMOTIONAL   Rathbunite facilitates emotional healing, and encourages playfulness and good humor.

PHYSICAL Rathbunite encourages the production of endorphins and benefits the body through the positive mood it engenders.

AFFIRMATION   I playfully, happily walk my path, knowing that the Divine loves to have fun—and wants my help doing it!

REDWOOD OPAL

KEY WORDS      Emotional strength, confidence, vitality, perseverance, decisiveness, creativity, eroticism

ELEMENTS Water, Fire

CHAKRAS      Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Redwood Opal is the name given to a reddish-brown Opal discovered in Mexico in 2011. Although it does not contain iridescent ‘fire,’ it displays interesting swirling layers of red-brown, tan and deep brown. Its name is derived from the similarity of its colors and patterns to the growth bands of redwood trees. It polishes relatively easily, lending itself to tumbling as well as hand-grinding and -polishing.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Redwood Opal strengthens the emotional body. It increases patience, and helps one to see things from a long-term perspective. It allows one to see one’s situation against the backdrop of the vastness of the Universe and eternity, helping one release stresses and tensions into the bosom of the Infinite. This new perspective also allows one to understand the ebbs and flows of life’s events and energies, accepting that one is a part of the great turning of all things. As the poet Hafez wrote, in humorous irony, ‘If the way the Milky Way revolves ignores your desires for one or two days, do not sink into sadness.’

Redwood Opal’s strengthening of the emotional body enhances one’s resilience to life’s ups and downs, and allows one to bear grief and loss without being dragged into depression. It helps heal emotional wounds from the past, and enhances one’s capacity to feel things deeply. It calms inner turbulence and brings confidence, reminding one that one has already survived and thrived through many past trials and tribulations.

In spiritual self-healing, Redwood Opal can be used to increase one’s overall vitality and energy level. It supports the immune system, and aids one in dispelling physical problems brought on by discouragement or depression.

Redwood Opal increases yang energies, enhancing decisiveness, inner strength and the capacity to persevere in the face of setbacks. It helps one to develop emotional endurance and forbearance, and thus resist habitual emotional triggers.

Redwood Opal increases erotic and creative energies. It is an excellent stone for the first and second chakras, bringing forth powerful Life Force energies that can be expressed through artistic endeavors, new projects or the expression of carnal love.

SPIRITUAL   Redwood Opal aids one in accepting the ups and downs of life without disheartenment. It stimulates creativity, eroticism, confidence and spiritual fortitude.

EMOTIONAL   Redwood Opal strengthens the emotional body, enhancing one’s capacity to feel things deeply without becoming discouraged by difficulties and sorrows. It inspires confidence, and encourages acceptance of all that life offers.

PHYSICAL Redwood Opal supports the immune system, and can increase one’s overall energy and vitality.

AFFIRMATION   I am strong in my heart, and I fully accept the joys and sorrows of my life.

REVELATION STONE

KEY WORDS      Prophetic vision, psychic abilities, past-life recall, spirit communication, recovery of memory

ELEMENTS Wind, Water, Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

Revelation Stone is a type of jasper, a microcrystalline variety of quartz with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. It is found in New Zealand, scattered both inland and near the sea. It varies through the color range of red, yellow, brown, green and black.

Jasper has long been considered a sacred stone. It was one of the twelve stones mentioned in the Old Testament as composing the breastplate of the high priest, through which he could communicate with the Divine. In the Book of Revelation, jasper is mentioned as the gemstone out of which the walls of the New Jerusalem (the city of Heaven on Earth) are to be constructed. The name ‘Revelation Stone’ is derived from this mention of jasper in the Book of Revelation.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Revelation Stone was literally that for me—a revelation. In appearance, these stones are like other humble members of the jasper family, but on the vibrational level they are extraordinary. They have a powerful resonance with the heart, and stimulate the heart’s consciousness of the unfolding pattern of the future. If we work with these stones, we can learn to receive and understand the heart’s perceptions (revelations) of the time-stream of the future.

When I held a Revelation Stone in meditation, the first thing I noticed was a sense of being enveloped in a soft cloud of peaceful awareness. As I held the stone to my chest, I felt my heart ‘jump’ and thump, as if in recognition of its affinity with this stone. This gesture of the heart repeated itself a number of times, making me certain it was a response to the stone.

I sensed that Revelation Stone facilitates the gift of prescient vision—seeing the future—so I paid attention to this possibility as I attuned to Revelation Stone for this writing. Immediately I was shown that Revelation Stone indeed stimulates the heart’s awareness of the future time-stream, and displays that awareness to the mind’s eye as images or visions rather than words. With that insight I was also shown that the future one sees is not a precise, predetermined set of events, but a pattern of possibility—the potential future, or the blueprint for what may happen, depending on human choices. It is something like watching a weather report—one sees the sort of situation that is coming, but not the details of how it will play out. Our free will determines these details. And thank goodness we do not see an exact picture of what will happen—it would leave us no room to make a difference!

It is still of great value to experience the future visions seen with Revelation Stone. The pictures are readable, in much the same way one can read and decipher the I Ching or Tarot cards. And as with these oracles, the patterns require interpretation to make practical use of them. However, the divination precipitated by Revelation Stone is completely within oneself, given as a vision or series of visions.

Perhaps it is best to say that Revelation Stone can stimulate one’s innate capacity for prophetic vision by opening a channel of communication between heart awareness and mental consciousness. It is an excellent tool for anyone wishing to improve psychic capacities, and can augment the abilities of professional or amateur psychic readers, channels or mediums.

Another trait of Revelation Stone is its ability to enhance one’s awareness of communication from the realm of souls who have died. If one wishes to learn to engage in such communication, meditation with Revelation Stone is highly recommended.

While meditating with Revelation Stone, directing one’s attention to the past can bring vivid experiences of past-life recall. For those working shamanically, Revelation Stone enhances one’s visionary experiences of the shamanic realms as well. Even in areas of simple intuition, wearing or carrying Revelation Stone can stimulate clearer and more frequent insights. These stones seem to help one bypass linear thinking and experience direct knowledge.

In healing work, I recommend Revelation Stone for amnesia or suppressed memories. It is also potentially beneficial for those wishing to overcome excessive worry or irrational fears of the future. Revelation Stone, in addition to its capacity to awaken vision, is a steady healing influence for the physical and emotional heart as well as the brain and mind.

Revelation Stone resonates with Nirvana Quartz (especially the trigonal crystals) and Phenacite, both of which enhance prophetic vision. Moldavite can also accelerate the effects of Revelation Stone. The entire Azeztulite group works well with Revelation Stone, especially in regard to manifesting the vision of Earth as a planet of Light. Any stone that has been super-activated with the Azozeo process will work synergistically with Revelation Stone.

SPIRITUAL   Revelation Stone stimulates visions of potential futures and enhances past-life recall and various intuitive capacities, including communication with departed souls. It strengthens understanding between the heart and the brain.

EMOTIONAL   Revelation Stone helps one to overcome fears about the future, diminishing worry and anxiety. The heart responds to this stone with great enthusiasm.

PHYSICAL   Revelation Stone provides a steady healing influence to the heart and brain. It supports recovery from amnesia, and helps one regain suppressed memories.

AFFIRMATION   I open the Eye of my Heart to visions of the future, past and present, and I teach my mind to heed the heart’s messages.

RHODIZITE

KEY WORDS      Magnification of the energies of other stones, increasing personal power and confidence

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd)

Rhodizite is a complex mineral, a borate containing potassium, cesium, beryllium, aluminum, boron and oxygen. Its crystal system is cubic and its hardness is 8.5. It crystallizes most frequently as rhombic dodecahedrons. It can be colorless, white or yellow. It has a strong vitreous luster. Rhodizite most often occurs in granitic pegmatites. Good quality crystals have been found in Russia and Madagascar.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rhodizite crystals are usually quite small, but they vibrate with surprising power and intensity. They stimulate the solar-plexus chakra and are capable of increasing one’s powers of will and manifestation through the will. Individuals who have difficulty asserting themselves can benefit greatly by simply taping one or more Rhodizite crystals to the solar plexus and watching what happens through the day. Not only is it likely that one will experience a greater ability to make things happen, but often other people will unconsciously feel the change in one’s energies and will not try to take one’s power. This will tend to increase one’s self-confidence, allowing one to achieve similar effects even without the Rhodizite.

Rhodizite increases the power of other stones, as well as people. A good experiment is to try holding almost any stone until one feels its energies, getting a good sense of what the stone is doing. Next, put one or more Rhodizite crystals in the hand along with the other stone, then hold them together for a few moments. In most cases, one will experience a big increase in the power of the original stone. With Rhodizite, one can get the energy of a ‘generator’ crystal from a handheld piece. When used in this way, Rhodizite simply increases the amplitude of the other stones’ energies without altering them in any other way. It is a clear vibrational magnifier which does not leave its own ‘imprint’ on the enhanced energy pattern.

Because of its magnifying properties, Rhodizite is a good stone to use in energy tools and jewelry. The small size of these crystals makes it possible for one to place them in wands, headbands, templates, pendants and even rings. Meditation chambers or healing rooms can be enhanced by taping or gluing Rhodizite to the other stones in the room. If one has a copper pyramid to sit under during meditation, placing a few Rhodizite crystals on or inside the copper tubing will increase the pyramid’s energy significantly.

Rhodizite’s amplification of energies can be especially helpful in healing applications. It can increase the effects of healing stones if it is touching them. Also, hands-on healers can increase the flow coming through them by wearing a Rhodizite ring or keeping Rhodizite in a pouch around the neck. Weak chakras or meridian points can be strengthened by putting Rhodizite crystals on them. Placing a Rhodizite crystal on the third-eye chakra can enhance one’s psychic abilities.

It may be that Rhodizite works as a natural ‘orgone generator.’ Researcher Willhelm Reich, who coined the term ‘orgone,’ said that this energy permeates the Universe, and that depletion of orgone leads to illness, while optimal levels of orgone could bring healing and many other benefits. His ‘orgone generator’ boxes are said to have been capable of magnifying the power of everything from sexual potency to atomic radiation. Rhodizite seems to work in very similar ways.

Rhodizite harmonizes with all other stones and nearly everything else! The only word of caution is to take care when using Rhodizite with other natural energy intensifiers such as Diamond. It is possible to get too much of even a good thing. Also, be certain not to allow Rhodizite to magnify negative energies or to be used in negative environments without taking protective measures.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Rhodizite is a small but powerful psychic awakener that resonates with the Storm element. Its energy is predominantly active on the third-eye and crown chakras, but it can also be used to activate and stimulate the lower chakras. Its energy enhances visionary ability, distance viewing, telepathy and other psychic abilities by ‘blowing open’ the visionary center at the third eye. It is an excellent stone to use in meditation, particularly if you desire out-of-body experience, astral travel, or interdimensional viewing.

Rhodizite’s energy can be intense, even though the crystals are often quite tiny. When used in combination with grounding stones, this ally will help to ground one’s Light body into the physical, at the cellular level. It enhances dream work and can assist with lucid dreaming. Rhodizite is also helpful in viewing past, future or alternate lives while remaining emotionally separate from them. It can help one see and integrate all facets of a situation.

SPIRITUAL   Rhodizite stimulates psychic abilities and makes it easier to separate consciousness from the physical body for the purpose of out-of-body experience or astral travel. It can be used with past-life regression to help consciously process lessons learned in other times.

EMOTIONAL   Rhodizite brings an uplifting, almost maniacally ‘high’ energy to the emotional body. It can aid in being more optimistic, enthusiastic and willing to radically shift one’s life.

PHYSICAL   Rhodizite can be helpful in countering depression, treating migraines and headaches, and helping to strengthen the eyes and optic nerves.

AFFIRMATION   I increase my personal power and confidence, and I commit myself to working toward the good of All.

RHODOCHROSITE

KEY WORDS      Emotional healing, recovery of lost memories and forgotten gifts, self-love, compassion

ELEMENT      Fire, Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Most often, Rhodochrosite occurs in massive, granular, botryoidal, nodular or stalactitic habits, but it occasionally forms prismatic, tabular or rhombohedral crystals. The name Rhodochrosite refers to the Greek word for its rose-red color. Most Rhodochrosite is in the pink-to-red color range, but it can also be yellowish, orange or brown. The most important deposit is in Argentina, where Rhodochrosite formed in the Incan silver mines after they were abandoned in the thirteenth century. Fine Rhodochrosite crystal specimens have been found in Colorado in the Sweet Home mine and other nearby localities.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Pink is the color-expression of love, and virtually all of the pink stones have energies that relate to this central theme. In the case of Rhodochrosite, the love is directed first toward the self, specifically for purposes of emotional healing. Rhodochrosite assists in doing the necessary work of recovering, reliving and releasing the memories of one’s emotional woundings. If there were moments in infancy, childhood, or even past lives in which one experienced physical or emotional violence, severe shaming, or was otherwise thrown into a traumatizing emotional situation, the result can be a fixation of a portion of one’s life-force energies at that point. In unreasoning panic, motivated by the rational or irrational fear that one’s survival is threatened, a person may make severe compromises for survival’s sake. Inner gifts and talents may be abandoned, repressed and forgotten in an attempt to comply with the immediate demands of the outer situation. In addition to these direct losses, the energy it takes to keep the memories repressed can cause a serious drain in one’s vitality.

Rhodochrosite works vibrationally to support self-healing in these important areas. In meditation, it can assist one in moving back in time for the recovering and reliving of the lost memories. During the meditation or afterwards, Rhodochrosite can be used with affirmations or other rituals to release the memory and recover the energies that had been bound in the fixation. In some cases, certain traits or gifts can be remembered and brought back into the realm of the conscious self. Thus we find that one’s gifts—that which made one special and unique—may have been the very targets of the woundings through which one lost touch with them. The healing of these types of wounds may be the most important inner process in one’s life, because it allows one to reclaim the self one was born to be. Through its vibration of self-love and compassion for one’s inner child, Rhodochrosite can be a valuable ally in such work.

Wearing Rhodochrosite or placing it over the heart during a body layout, meditation or sleep can cleanse, soothe and heal the energy field around the heart. It can repair ‘holes’ or areas of disharmony in the auric field, especially the emotional body. It can deepen meditations and past-life regressions. It is also a stone of joy. Taking a Rhodochrosite outdoors on a beautiful day and allowing the beauty of Nature to enter one’s senses, one can re-enter the sense of grace and magical happiness that are natural in the child who feels safe and loved.

Rhodochrosite emanates one of the most tender and loving energies of any stone. It soothes the heart and comforts the soul, helping one claim one’s rightful powers and be everything one was meant to be. It vibrates to the frequencies of inner peace and self-forgiveness, allowing one to fully blossom.

Rhodochrosite harmonizes with most other heart stones, including Rose Quartz, Pink Calcite, Rhodonite, Morganite, Emerald, Tsavorite Garnet and others. Moldavite can increase the profundity of one’s journey to recover forgotten pieces of the self that hold the keys to one’s destiny. Phenacite can enhance the vividness of one’s inner visions and recovery of memories. Alexandrite and Oregon Opal can help with past-life recall. Black Tourmaline and Jet provide psychic protection and grounding during times of deep inner work and self-healing.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Rhodochrosite is a powerful heart healer, forming a bridge between the lower chakras of Fire and the upper chakras of Water. Because of its relationship to both elements, it has the capacity to cool emotional heat and provide insight into issues of the heart and will. The vibration of Rhodochrosite aids in healing emotional wounds. Its frequencies resonate with the child within, allowing one to recover one’s sense of playfulness and joy in life. Through its healing energies we are enabled to reclaim innate talents and abilities that have been left behind because of past traumas or emotional wounds.

Rhodochrosite carries the frequency of the courageous heart. It encourages one to take action on one’s heart-knowledge without fear. It aids in expressing love and affection and in releasing perceived slights or hurts. It lends fortitude to those who fear taking action or expressing their emotions. It helps one find the courage to pursue one’s dreams.

SPIRITUAL   Rhodochrosite helps one rediscover the sacred practice of play. It stimulates creativity and expression and helps one align to the frequency of Love.

EMOTIONAL   Rhodochrosite is the foremost ally in healing the inner child, especially where deep emotional traumas have left one unable to feel joy or express one’s creativity. It can help one feel more confident in using one’s will to create one’s reality.

PHYSICAL   Rhodochrosite is ideal for nervous-system imbalances. It offers energetic healing for the myelin sheath that covers and protects the nerves and can be a great aid in withdrawal from caffeine and other stimulants. It is an excellent anti-anxiety and anti-stress stone.

AFFIRMATION   With compassion for myself and others, I engage the process healing from past wounds and I embrace with joy the recovery of my wholeness.

RHODONITE

KEY WORDS      Discovering and developing hidden talents, compassion, love, generosity, altruism

ELEMENT      Fire, Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Root (1st)

Rhodonite is a manganese metasilicate mineral with a hardness of 5.5 to 6.5. Its crystal system is triclinic. It occurs most often in massive or granular habits but can also crystallize in tabular form, often with rounded edges. Rhodonite’s name derives from the Greek word meaning ‘rose-red,’ and it is usually that color, though it can also be brownish red. Rhodonite frequently contains black inclusions of manganese oxide. It was once mined in the Russian Ural mountains and is now found in Sweden, Australia, India, Madagascar, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil, Canada and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Like other stones of the Pink Ray, Rhodonite promotes the energy of love. In this case, the love is more outer-directed than with stones such as Rhodochrosite. However, Rhodonite and Rhodochrosite are related in more than color and similarity of name—both are key tools in the recovery of one’s inner gifts. While Rhodochrosite focuses on remembering the lost pieces, Rhodonite takes up the process of using the recovered gifts in one’s life, for the benefit of the community. The outer-directed love engendered by Rhodonite is one of altruism and generosity, using one’s talents to bring gifts to others.

As one sometimes discovers, this path of generosity often offers greater satisfaction to oneself then any amount of receiving ‘what one wants’ can give. Rhodonite attracts the people and situations best suited for the application of one’s unique talents, and in so using them, one can experience the fulfillment of the deep desire to love and be loved. This is Rhodonite’s gift—to bring more love into the world by acting as a catalyst for the fulfillment of one’s life purpose, through the expression of one’s hidden gifts.

In meditation and dream work, Rhodonite can enhance the depth, clarity and meaning of one’s inner experiences, making it easier to understand the messages behind the dreams and visions. It can provide a psychic link to the archetypal pattern of personal destiny, helping one to remain ‘on the beam,’ acting with purpose and persistence toward the fulfillment of one’s highest aspirations.

Rhodonite harmonizes with most other heart stones, including Rose Quartz, Pink Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Morganite, Emerald, Tsavorite Garnet and others. It has a special affinity with Phenacite, Scolecite, Natrolite and Herderite for purposes of awakening to the Higher Self and acting from that awareness. Rhodonite also combines synergistically with Sugilite and Tibetan Black Quartz for clearing and dispelling negative energies. It works well with Red Garnet for manifesting one’s dreams in the physical world and with Tsavorite Garnet when those dreams involve prosperity.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Rhodonite aids in perceiving where one’s talents lie, and in using those talents for the highest good of all. It is a stone of learning and development—encouraging one to expand or perfect one’s skills so those skills can be employed to help others. Rhodonite carries the energy of cooperative community. It speaks to us of our responsibility to use our skills to assist in the spiritual birth of the Earth and each other in these times of transformation.

Rhodonite is truly a stone of power. Power is simply the ability to recognize where one can utilize one’s energy or talents to effect change on the Earth plane. Rhodonite supports one in perceiving one’s gifts and in utilizing those gifts to effect that change.

On a physical level, Rhodonite strengthens the tissues, organs and glands. It supports the flow of chi through the meridians of the body and helps direct that vital force to the endocrine system, which in turn supports one’s energy and vitality. It is particularly effective in supporting the liver through the detoxification process. It can be helpful in stimulating the metabolism and in supporting one’s expression of energy through exercise or physical activity.

SPIRITUAL   Rhodonite helps one to understand one’s purpose, as revealed by one’s gifts or abilities. Everyone has a skill, gift or ability that they can utilize in service to Spirit. Rhodonite helps one to value one’s gifts and skills, and to perfect them for the highest good.

EMOTIONAL   Rhodonite is a stone of self-worth. It aids one in feeling sure about one’s purpose. It can help one find a stronger sense of self and a clearer call toward one’s spiritual path.

PHYSICAL   Rhodonite is an excellent support for weight loss, detoxification and purification of the physical body. Though not a purifier in itself, it stimulates and strengthens the organs and glands, allowing them to purify the body more effectively. It is good for ridding the body of gallstones or kidney stones and can support the healing of the liver from disease or damage.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth my hidden talents and abilities, and I use them lovingly for the benefit of all.

ROSE QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Love, gentleness, emotional healing, release of stress, uniting with the Divine

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Rose Quartz is a member of the Quartz family, a silicon dioxide crystal with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It usually occurs in massive form but sometimes grows in clusters of small prismatic crystals. Its name is derived from its color, which ranges from very pale pink to deep reddish pink. Its clarity can range from opaque to translucent to transparent, although most transparent pieces are rather foggy. In some specimens, traces of Rutile within the stone cause six-rayed stars in cabochons or spheres. Rose Quartz is found in Brazil and Madagascar, as well as South Dakota in the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rose Quartz is the quintessential stone of love—love for oneself, one’s life partner, children, family, friends, community, the Earth, the Universe and the Divine. Meditating with one of these stones provides an envelope of love energy around oneself and activates the heart chakra for the emanation of one’s innate love. When one is truly experiencing love, one is not thinking about giving and receiving, because the lover and the beloved have become one. Rose Quartz helps dissolve one’s boundaries of isolation and mistrust and moves one into the sense of union with the All that is the essence at the core of the heart.

Healing the heart of its wounds and reawakening its trust is one of Rose Quartz’s gifts. Its soothing vibrations are a balm to the emotions, and they calm and cleanse the entire auric field. It engenders the release of tension and stress, the dissolution of anger and resentment, the dispelling of fear and suspicion, and the rebirth of hope and faith in the benevolence of the Universe. Rose Quartz is clearly feminine in tone, and it is one of the stones of the Great Mother. It not only activates the human heart chakra—it also links one’s personal heart to the heart of the Earth and the Heart of the Universe. Its love vibrations can penetrate down to the cellular level, reprogramming the cells for joy and longevity rather than despair and death. This reprogramming capacity is the source of the healing potential of Rose Quartz.

Rose Quartz is one of the most important stones to wear; to use in meditation, sleep and body layouts, and to keep in one’s environment. Placing a good-sized chunk of Rose Quartz in each room of one’s house can fill the entire structure with its gentle energies, keeping the energy of love in focus for all who live there. For one’s meditation or sleeping room, a Rose Quartz in every corner is not overdoing it. At work, a Rose Quartz around one’s neck or on one’s desk can keep one’s interactions with others in the highest possible state of harmony.

Rose Quartz can stimulate the crown chakra, third eye and throat chakra, bringing them into harmony and unity with the heart. Even the lower chakras respond favorably to the abundance of love energy which flows from the heart under the influence of Rose Quartz.

This stone is ideal to give to anyone, even strangers. As talismans of love, Rose Quartz stones can spread compassion and gentle understanding throughout the world. When one gifts a lover, a friend, a stranger or a child with a Rose Quartz, there is an unspoken appreciation that reverberates through the Universe, as one more boundary is softened or dissolved.

All forms of Rose Quartz emanate the same essential energies, but the clusters of prismatic Rose Quartz crystals are more powerful for their size than any other variety. Clearer and/or deeper-colored Rose Quartz is usually considered more powerful than the material that is opaque and pale. Star Rose Quartz combines the love energies for which this stone is known with the electric intensity of Rutile. Thus, Star Rose Quartz accelerates and magnifies the affects of Rose Quartz. It is an excellent gift for jump-starting a romance!

Rose Quartz harmonizes with most heart stones, including Rhodonite, Pink Calcite, Pink Tourmaline, Rhodochrosite, Morganite, Emerald and Tsavorite Garnet. Moldavite activates Rose Quartz’s capacity to effect spiritual transformation through the power of love. Phenacite, Natrolite and Scolecite enhance one’s ability to use Rose Quartz as a window to Divine love.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Don’t let the soft pink color and soothing energy of this stone fool you into discounting its power. Rose Quartz is one of the most important stones of our time. It stimulates and opens the heart chakra, clears the emotional body, and assists in the integration and resolution of old emotional programs.

Rose Quartz is one of the most powerful stones for the activation of the Human Crystal, precisely because of its heart-healing properties. As we evolve into a new paradigm, our energetic center is moving from the hara point below the navel to the heart chakra. As this shift takes place, it is highly important to clear and strengthen this chakra. The heart center is the strongest generator of Light energy in the body—even stronger than the brain. The energy of Rose Quartz helps the bud of the heart unfold into a thousand-petaled lotus of Light.

Meditation with Rose Quartz can assist one in reaching resonance with the frequency of compassion, releasing emotional patterns that are keeping one stuck and embracing higher and finer frequencies of Light.

Rose Quartz can vibrationally support the energetic stabilization of the physical heart as it shifts to match the increasing frequency of the planet. It can aid those experiencing palpitations or skipped beats, irregular heart rhythm or emotional distress due to these energetic changes. It is a wonderful stone of protection for children, as its strong heart energy transforms negativity into compassionate understanding.

SPIRITUAL   Rose Quartz is one of the most humble, yet most powerful of the spiritual allies. It turns the heart toward love and bathes body, mind and spirit in that healing and enlightening frequency. It carries the loving consciousness of the Christ and other heart-centered spiritual masters.

EMOTIONAL   Rose Quartz is calming for the mind, assisting one in releasing worry, fear, anxiety and past emotional trauma. It clears the emotional body of ego-driven patterns and can help one feel more open to receiving and sharing Love, compassion and kindness.

PHYSICAL   Rose Quartz is a gentle stabilizing stone to use for physical heart trauma and imbalance. It can help the heart make the shift from stress-based physiology to the higher frequencies of Love-based physiology. It is ideal for premature babies and young children with heart weakness or disease but can be used by anyone who needs a stronger, more stable heart.

AFFIRMATION   I open my heart to receive and express the energy of love.

ROSOPHIA

KEY WORDS      The Love of Sophia, awakening of Heart Awareness, cocreating with the Soul of the World, mystic union with one’s true self, bringing Heaven and Earth together

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRA Heart (4th)

Rosophia is a gemstone from the Rocky Mountains of the USA, first recognized in 2008. The stone is a mixture of reddish feldspar, clear or white quartz and black biotite. The quartz component of Rosophia has a trigonal (hexagonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The feldspar component has a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 5 to 6. The name Rosophia is derived from the phrase ‘Rose of Sophia,’ meaning the ‘Heart of Wisdom.’ This name was chosen because of the stones’ readily perceived heart currents, and the intuition that the stone carries the qualities and presence of the Divine being Sophia, Soul of the World.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rosophia is first and foremost a stone of the heart. Its currents quickly and deeply move into and throughout the chest, in and around one’s heart, bringing sensations of soothing, calming, loving caresses. Through this stone, it feels as though one is being touched with the loving invisible hands of the Divine Feminine, the Intimate One who is vast enough to fill the world and even the cosmos, and at the same time fully aware of and caring for each human being. There is a feeling quality engendered by these stones that I can only describe as a delicate yet powerful sweetness. They bring an inner feeling of beauty, a serene sense of centeredness within the heart, a gentle appreciation of each perception and all the beings who make up the world.

Holding Rosophia, one softens inwardly with no loss of strength. One sees more truly, because the veils of stress and anxiety are lifted. Compassion is enhanced, because fears have been quieted. The heart centering engendered by Rosophia encourages one’s capacity to meet each moment fresh and free, ready to respond with clarity and creativity.

For self-healing, I recommend Rosophia for almost everything, since this is in essence a stone that draws one into wholeness. It helps one to calm the emotional body, release stress and dissolve repetitive negative patterns on all levels. It is of special benefit to the heart, and my feeling is that its currents are restorative to the natural, healthy functioning of the heart—both as an organ of the body and as a center of consciousness.

For diseases rooted in negative self-image or a fearful attitude toward the world, Rosophia can be a powerful spiritual medicine. The self-affirming qualities of this stone make it an excellent ally in dealing with maladies in which the body turns against itself, as in autoimmune conditions. It can work spiritually to aid in circulation of the blood and the lymphatic system.

Psychospiritually, Rosophia can facilitate the remediation of problems stemming from feelings of low self-worth, fear of the future, mistrust of other people and all kinds of stress-related difficulties. This lovely stone aids in liberating one from negative patterns created by old wounds in this life or past lives, and it helps with the recall of repressed material, if necessary, in order to release it. It can facilitate insight into the unconscious patterns that lead to similar problems again and again. It encourages a stronger sense of self, based in the heart’s truth rather than in egoic pride.

Sleeping with a Rosophia stone near one’s heart is one of the best ways to release stress and worry, and to sleep well and soundly. This practice can relieve feelings of depression, and can fill one with the awareness that one is always loved. One may even awaken during the night, as I have, to discover a silent, loving, vibrational ‘conversation’ going on between one’s heart and the Rosophia stone. This, when it occurs, is a great blessing, and is deeply nourishing to one’s heart.

In a more mystical aspect, Rosophia can help one awaken to the consciousness present within one’s heart. This is its greatest potential gift, because when we meet the self, the ‘I’ residing in our heart, we enter the realm of our wholeness and find our true home at last. We realize that our truest self is this heart-dweller rather than the one we thought we were, and that this heart-dweller knows us in every detail and loves us without any judgment. I feel a resonance between the Rosophia stone and this deeper ‘I,’ and intuit that the stone’s heart currents support the growth of a web of ever-stronger and more conscious relationship with this One.

Behind the true Self I have described is Sophia, the Soul of the World. Through deepening into the true Self, we simultaneously reach further into conscious, loving, cocreative partnership with her. This is, from all I have been learning, our truest destiny, and each step on that path is an entry into joy. Rosophia allows us to touch and be touched by her.

All stones on Earth are in some way expressing the qualities of the Soul of the World, even though stones such as Azeztulite seem to carry frequencies that are more attuned to what one might call the Solar Logos, the Divine male energies. Yet even these stones are not without traces of Sophia’s harmony and spontaneity of expression. Rosophia seems saturated with the love energies of the Divine Feminine as the Soul of the World. I feel in Rosophia a playfulness as well as this all-nourishing love. The mood with which Rosophia infuses one’s vibrational field—in addition to the swirling currents of love—is a high-spirited playfulness that invites one to wake up and join her.

The intimate nourishment that comes though Rosophia is meant to heal and strengthen the parts of our psyche, energy field and body that have been fragmented or damaged through the many stresses and strains of human life. When we are fully whole and strong once more (or perhaps at last), the Being gesturing through Rosophia seems to say, ‘Dance with me!’ It is certainly my feeling that the Soul of the World wants us as partners, not only children. We are invited into the cocreative dance of the becoming of the world; and for all of her capacity to nourish us, my heart tells me that Sophia must have advocates, defenders and lovers who wish to serve her—and partner with her—after having seen who she is. All of these things are available through meditative work with the stone Rosophia.

One very important stone to combine with Rosophia is White Azeztulite. Carrying the blessing currents of the great Central Sun, Azeztulite acts to represent the Divine energies of Heaven coming down to heal and transform the Earth. We feel White Azeztulite stimulating our upper chakras, filling us with White Light, taking on the role of the Divine Masculine. Rosophia’s currents come up from the Earth below, swirling around our hearts in a dance of gentleness and love that one can envision as the gestures of the Divine Feminine. When one wears or carries Rosophia and White Azeztulite together, Heaven and Earth (the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine) can meet and marry in one’s own heart! This is one of the fundamental ways in which we can help these two stones accomplish the Divine Intention for ourselves and our world. Through this activity, we take on the role of the Divine Child—our true identity.

The combination of Azeztulite, Rosophia and Master Shamanite is energetically resonant with the Tree of Life. Master Shamanite works in unity with Rosophia and Azeztulite in a way that creates the Tree of Life pattern and energy state within one’s body. The grounded and protective, purifying energies of Master Shamanite stimulate the ‘roots’ of our body-tree. The Rosophia, centering as it does in the heart, fulfills the function of the tree’s trunk—bridging the below and the above, providing stability and circulation of life-currents. Azeztulite awakens the ‘leaves’ of our energetic Tree of Life, stimulating the upper chakras and bringing in the Light of the Great Central Sun, which gives life to the entire tree and provides the energy for growth.

Human beings are destined to be the living bridge between the realms of matter and spirit, just as a tree literally bridges Heaven and Earth, drawing nourishment from below and the Light of life from above. The image of the Tree of Life as our own divine template helps us bring our conscious will into alignment with this purpose. Combining the three stones—Azeztulite, Rosophia and Master Shamanite—invites and awakens this pattern into manifestation within each of us and the world.

SPIRITUAL   Rosophia helps one awaken to conscious relationship with Sophia, Soul of the World. It powerfully awakens heart awareness, facilitating one’s union with one’s true Self.

EMOTIONAL   Rosophia’s profound infusion of love is healing to all types of emotional disorders and can bring one into a healthy state of joyful, playful participation in one’s life and relationships.

PHYSICAL Rosophia supports the body in overcoming any illnesses or imbalances rooted in lack of self-worth or a deficiency of self-love. It offers powerful spiritual nourishment to one’s physical and emotional heart.

AFFIRMATION   I am an ardent lover of the Earth, and I hold in my heart my utter willingness to give my love, support and partnership to the Soul of the World.

ROYAL SAHARA JASPER

KEY WORDS      Vitality, fertility, will, courage, creativity, prophetic vision, heart-centeredness

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Royal Sahara Jasper is the name given to a recently discovered gemstone found in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. It occurs in rounded nodules that are dark brown on their outer surfaces, and contain vivid interior patterns of tan, black and brown. Some of these stones show patterns that look like landscapes.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The energies of Royal Sahara Jasper are stabilizing to the chakras, tending to bring the whole system into balance. Like other jaspers, they strengthen the lower three chakras, enhancing one’s vitality, creative fertility and will. They also resonate in a lovely way with the heart, engendering a feeling of gentle, loving energy there. The heart’s resonance with Royal Sahara Jasper feels like a gentle caress. At the throat, Royal Sahara Jasper activates one’s capacity to courageously speak (or write) the truth of one’s heart.

These stones also (and rather surprisingly for a jasper) vibrate strongly at the third eye. When used in meditation, Royal Sahara Jasper can engender perceptions of spiritual shifts and changes coming in the future. This is one of the stones of the ‘New Jerusalem,’ an esoteric term for the Earth in its soon-to-be transformed state, in which the spiritual and material worlds are in full conjunction. Meditation with Royal Sahara Jasper can facilitate visions in which one can glimpse the potentials of that great conjunction.

At the crown chakra, Royal Sahara Jasper can help to awaken one’s inner link to the Divine, opening one to receive the awareness of ‘I Am That I Am.’ This signifies the self’s attunement to one’s spiritual origins.

Placing one piece of Royal Sahara Jasper below the base chakra and another at the crown can draw the energies of the entire chakra column into full connection. This is a very valuable attribute, and one can benefit greatly from daily use of the stones at the beginning of a meditation session.

In spiritual healing, Royal Sahara Jasper offers to help the digestive system find its proper balance, and to lend vitality to the liver and spleen. In self-development, it encourages persistence and self-discipline.

Royal Sahara Jasper harmonizes well with Moldavite, Nirvana Quartz, Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite and Black Tourmaline. For prescient vision, it works powerfully in combination with Revelation Stone.

SPIRITUAL Royal Sahara Jasper stimulates visions of the future. It is a stone of the New Jerusalem, attuning one to the coming union of the spiritual and physical realms. It aids self-discipline and persistence.

EMOTIONAL   Royal Sahara Jasper lends courage to express one’s truth and to act from love.

PHYSICAL   Royal Sahara Jasper supports the digestive system, liver and spleen. It increases one’s energy level, and is helpful in orienting the body towards regeneration and rejuvenation.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to the most beneficial visions of the future, and I dedicate myself to realizing them.

RUBY

KEY WORDS      Life force, courage, passion, strength, enthusiasm, adventurousness, protectiveness

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st)

Ruby is a red variety of corundum, an aluminum oxide with a hardness of 9. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It forms in prismatic, tabular, bipyramidal or rhombohedral crystals. It can also occur in granular or massive habits. Until 1800, when Ruby was recognized as variety of corundum, red Spinels and Garnets were also believed to be Ruby. The intense red color of Ruby comes from chromium. In some Rubies, inclusions of titanium oxide cause light diffusion in cabochon-cut stones that can appear as a six-pointed star. Rubies have been mined in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, India, Brazil and the United States.

Ancient legend in Burma held that inserting a Ruby into one’s flesh would make one invulnerable. In European lore during the Middle Ages, Ruby was believed to convey good health, resolve disagreements and remove negative thoughts. It was long revered as a stone of royalty, and the Chinese Emperor Kublai Khan was said to have offered an entire city in exchange for a huge Ruby.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rubies emanate the pure Red Ray with a vibrancy unsurpassed in the mineral kingdom. They are powerful tools for stimulating the root chakra and bringing additional life force and vitality into one’s being. Wearing Ruby has the effect of energizing and activating one’s physical, mental and emotional bodies. Rubies enhance one’s passion and fortitude, allowing for the wholehearted pursuit of one’s aspirations. They eliminate feelings of hopelessness or defeat from one’s thoughts, and they open the wellspring of optimism and determination needed to accomplish difficult goals. They impart a feeling of power to the wearer, improving self-confidence and adventurousness.

Rubies vibrate with an enthusiasm for life, instilling an openhearted willingness to make whatever leaps of faith are required to move forward. If one feels stuck in any sort of rut—in career, in relationships, or in one’s spiritual path—Ruby can provide the energy to get things moving. This stone is a magnet for novelty and adventure. Its vibrations seem to attract opportunities for unexpected shifts of scenery and/or situation. When you wear or carry Ruby, it is as if the synchronicity angels can see you better, and they send you more beneficial surprises. And for those who tend toward timidity and ‘security,’ Ruby prompts you to say yes before you can think of a reason to say no.

Ruby is a stone of courage. It assuages doubt and assists one in dealing with anxiety. It helps one become comfortable with the unknown and teaches one not to fear death. Ruby’s message is “Better to die than not to live.” With its magnetism for novelty and synchronicity, Ruby often brings one into situations in which one must face old fears. (Think of rock climbing, parasailing, public speaking, etc.) Yet it also teaches one to enjoy the thrill of such confrontations. Courage, after all, is not the absence of fear—it is moving forward in the face of fear. Ruby inspires you to keep going.

Ruby inspires the protective aspects of one’s character. It encourages one to step forward and stand up for those who are threatened, whether they be friends, children, animals, trees, a homeless stranger or victims of war in another country. It prods one to speak truth to power, even when one may feel vulnerable. It compels one to ‘rock the boat’ if the captain is corrupt. Ruby helps you be the kind of person you would look up to.

Ruby harmonizes with Blue Sapphire, which adds self-control to Ruby’s enthusiasm and courage. Proustite, Cuprite and Zincite work with Ruby for increased enhancement of life force. Rose Quartz and Morganite lend romance to Ruby’s fierce passion.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Ruby carries the frequency of the enlightened base chakra. It stimulates the flow of life-force energy or chi through the body, strengthens one’s ability to meet one’s needs and manifest one’s desires, and can be a catalyst for the activation of the kundalini.

Ruby is a traditional prosperity stone. It assists one in meeting one’s needs on all levels of being and is particularly good at attracting wealth. It stimulates sexual energy and desire and can aid one in overcoming sexual dysfunction and some types of infertility. Ruby assists in connecting one’s energy field to the Earth, allowing one to replenish one’s energy stores. It is excellent for grounding and can be used to counter spaciness, dizziness, and other symptoms of energetic overload. It is an excellent support in times of stress or when one must go the extra mile before having the opportunity to rest.

Ruby speaks of the sensual pleasures of life—of beauty and the expression of one’s creative energy. It is a powerful stone for those who are trying to develop a more loving attitude toward their physical bodies and can be a great help in regulating the metabolism. Ruby can assist victims of sexual abuse to heal their connection to their bodies. It encourages one to express love for oneself by taking care of the physical vehicle. For this reason, it can also be a great support for those who are in recovery from addiction or self-abuse.

STAR RUBY

Star Ruby is a pure expression of the Light of Spirit as it is grounded through the first chakra and the Earthstar. The Light of the Soul is reflected in the striking starburst created by light diffracting within the stone. This Light is then grounded within the Ruby, so that it can be integrated and expressed through the more mundane aspects of one’s life. This direct manifestation of spiritual Light through the first chakra makes Star Ruby a powerful stone for tantric work and manifestation. It is a stone for embodiment of Light and can be used by Light workers and healers to integrate high-frequency energy into the body.

Star Ruby reflects the manifestation of Light into the Earth plane and can assist one in perceiving the true abundance in one’s life. Star Ruby can be valuable in shedding Light on the root causes for sexual dysfunction and healing past sexual- or power-abuse trauma.

SPIRITUAL   Ruby teaches one to enjoy being in the physical world. It helps one perceive the spiritual energy that exists throughout the realm of matter, and offers lessons in mastering the transformation of thought and intent into physical manifestation. Ruby helps one release the physical imprint of past emotional trauma or physical abuse from the cellular record.

EMOTIONAL Ruby is excellent for those repelled by being in a body in the physical world. It can help one feel more engaged in life and more loving toward one’s physical body and human existence.

PHYSICAL   Ruby is an excellent healing stone for the first and second chakras. It can be used to treat inadequate circulation or energy flow in the feet and legs. It is often used for treatment of sexual dysfunction and infertility. It can be used to assist in weight regulation, particularly where excess weight is held in the body in order to ground one in the physical world.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace my life with fierceness, passion and the courage to accomplish all that I will to do.

RUBY FUCHSITE

KEY WORDS      Strong emotional body, valuing of oneself, increased Life Force

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Base (1st), Heart (4th)

Ruby Fuchsite is a natural composite of red Ruby and green Fuchsite. Ruby is a variety of corundum, an aluminum-oxide mineral with a hardness of 9. Fuchsite is a chrome mica (aka green muscovite) with a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 2.5. Ruby Fuchsite is found in South India.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The energies of Ruby Fuchsite combine the courage, strength and passion for which Ruby is known with the calming, nourishing, heart-based currents of Fuchsite. Ruby Fuchsite is both empowering and strengthening to the emotional body. It fosters a strong sense of overall health and well-being in both the emotional and physical self. It can be an aid to overcoming illnesses related to dysfunctional emotional patterns. It encourages one to face the future with an attitude of trust and confidence.

Ruby Fuchsite stimulates the root and heart chakras, bringing an infusion of Life Force into the body. It energetically clears the bowels and stimulates proper regulation of the elimination process. It dispels sluggish energies from the heart, encouraging the body to clear arterial blockages. It brings additional prana into the bloodstream, providing vibrational support for the cells, organs and body systems. Ruby Fuchsite also works to clear the emotional body of psychic debris that may be left over from past relationships that ended badly. It encourages one to value oneself and to hold high standards for oneself in regard to choosing emotional partners. It reminds one of the presence of the Self deep within, and of the Self’s eternal love, which can never be lost.

Ruby Fuchsite harmonizes with Rosophia, Crimson Cuprite, Anandalite, Guardianite, Dioptase, Zincite and Astaraline.

SPIRITUAL   Ruby Fuchsite inspires one to heal oneself, and instills awareness of the deep Self.

EMOTIONAL   Ruby Fuchsite encourages self-esteem and aids in the healing of relationship issues.

PHYSICAL   Ruby Fuchsite infuses the body with prana. It supports the bowels, heart, cells and organs.

AFFIRMATION I value myself, and I forgive myself for whatever occurred in the past. I go forward with confidence, courage and trust.

RUBY KYANITE

KEY WORDS      Life Force, courage, passion, intuition, psychic ability, inspiration, visionary awareness

ELEMENTS Earth, Storm

CHAKRAS      All, especially Root (1st) and Third Eye (6th)

Ruby Kyanite is a naturally occurring combination of red Ruby and blue Kyanite. It was found in South India. Ruby is a red variety of corundum, an aluminum oxide with a hexagonal crystal system and a hardness of 9. Blue Kyanite is an aluminum-silicate mineral with a triclinic crystal system and a hardness varying from 4.5 to 7, depending on the axis. Ruby Kyanite is predominantly Kyanite, and is a rather dark blue, containing somewhat muted red spots of Ruby.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Ruby Kyanite is a fascinating and fortunate combination of red Ruby and blue Kyanite. As one might imagine, it combines the properties of Ruby and Kyanite. This makes it an excellent stone for working to increase one’s Life Force, courage, passion and physical strength, while at the same time stimulating intuition, psychic abilities, the awareness of the wisdom of dreams, and one’s ability to navigate successfully in the spiritual realms.

This is an excellent stone for those who experience anxiety about spiritual exploration, or believe they do not have the necessary qualities to do inner work. Ruby Kyanite simultaneously facilitates expanded awareness and spiritual sensitivity while enhancing one’s courage, strength, and sense of adventure. It stimulates the root chakra and the third eye, enhancing visionary awareness as well as physical vitality and Life Force. Ruby and Kyanite together in the same stone help one to integrate high spiritual energies into the physical body, and to ‘walk the talk’ of one’s spiritual life in the everyday world. These stones teach the lesson that the physical and spiritual realms are not separate at all, and that our destiny is to unify all dimensions of experience within our own beings.

In emotional life, Ruby Kyanite increases one’s feelings of passion while maintaining an enhanced level of sensitivity. This makes it an ideal stone for lovers, or to give to someone to whom one is attracted. This combination facilitates the forming of intimate relationships, and one may discover that things happen fast in the presence of this stone!

In everyday life, keeping a Ruby Kyanite nearby during work has a number of benefits. It tends to increase vitality, allowing one to work long hours without exhaustion. It stimulates inspiration and insight, so that one may more readily discern better ways to accomplish tasks. It can even take one beyond the work at hand and reveal new visions of one’s purpose and potential, while inspiring one with the courage to take on the challenges of embracing them.

In spiritual self-healing, Ruby Kyanite supports the brain and spinal cord, as well as the sexual organs, bowels and intestines. It can enhance vitality and recuperation from illness, especially if the illness is related to the organs or areas mentioned above.

Ruby Kyanite harmonizes with Blue Sapphire, Cuprite, Zincite, Rose Quartz, Morganite, Moldavite, Phenacite, Ruby Fuchsite and Azeztulite.

SPIRITUAL   Ruby Kyanite stimulates intuitive awareness and inner visions while enhancing courage, passion and commitment to spiritual development.

EMOTIONAL   Ruby Kyanite quickens the formation of intimate relationships and enhances mutual attraction.

PHYSICAL   Ruby Kyanite supports the brain and nervous system as well as the sexual organs, bowels and intestines.

AFFIRMATION   I am open, intuitive, and aware of the spiritual realms, and I passionately commit myself to my spiritual path.

RUTILATED QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Programmable for attunement, amplification, acceleration, expanding awareness, quickening and grounding manifestation

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Rutilated Quartz is a combination of Clear or Smoky Quartz, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7, with inclusions of Rutile, a titanium oxide mineral with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. The crystal system of Quartz is hexagonal (trigonal), and that of Rutile is tetragonal. The Rutile inclusions usually look like fine metallic hairs or needles, and they can be gold, silver or copper colored. The Quartz can occur in massive form or prismatic crystals. Most Rutilated Quartz on the market comes from Brazil or Madagascar.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rutilated Quartz is a synergistic combination within itself, bringing together the attunement, amplification and acceleration of Rutile with the further multiplication of energy provided by Clear Quartz and/or the grounding and strengthening influence of Smoky Quartz. Rutilated Quartz simply sizzles with energy—it feels almost electrified. For some people, Smoky Rutilated Quartz is the best choice. It is a bit less heady and intense than Clear Rutilated Quartz, although slightly less powerful in terms of its amplification of other vibrations. However, when used for manifestation, Smoky Rutilated Quartz is excellent, since its grounding influence tends to bring things into the physical world.

Like most forms of Quartz, Rutilated Quartz is programmable. It can be used to magnify the energy of practically any intention or affirmation. Sitting with the stone in meditation, one imagines ‘entering’ the crystal as a point of consciousness and ‘installing’ the program through radiance of light emanating from oneself and filling the interior of the crystal. With Rutilated Quartz, one is advised to also visualize the energy of the programmed intent to be whizzing along the Rutile threads like electric energy singing through the wires of a circuit. Then visualize the crystal, with one’s point of awareness still inside, broadcasting the programmed energy into the Universe as an antenna broadcasts radio waves. Withdrawing oneself gradually, one continues to imagine the radiating energy coming from the crystal. With Rutilated Quartz, the effect of programming can be very powerful.

In general, Rutilated Quartz is a stronger and easier-to-use version of Rutile (see Rutile section). It assists in one’s attunement to the flow of graceful action and the inner song of the Divine. It helps one to instantly know if a person or situation carries good or bad ‘vibes.’ It amplifies intentions, emotions and pure consciousness. It quickens the processes of manifestation, intuition, emotional catharsis, psychic opening, consciousness expansion, interdimensional travel, etc. Similarly, the inclusions of Rutile enhance, expand and quicken all the inherent properties of the Quartz. If the crystal is of a specialized nature, such as a Record Keeper, Generator or Channeling Crystal, the Rutile makes it a ‘turbo charged’ version.

Rutilated Quartz harmonizes with all other members of the Quartz family. It can further amplify the energies of the Synergy Twelve—Moldavite, Phenacite, Tanzanite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Brookite, Satyaloka Quartz, Petalite, Natrolite, Scolecite and Tibetan Tektite. Used with Moldavite alone, Rutilated Quartz speeds the process of personal transformation and awakening to one’s higher purpose. With interdimensional stones such as Phenacite, Merkabite Calcite, Danburite, Elestial Calcite, Herderite and Brookite, Rutilated Quartz can work to bring about an instant linkage to the higher realms. To include an element of grounding and psychic protection, add Sugilite, Black Tourmaline, Obsidian or Jet.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Rutilated Quartz activates the higher mind, assisting one in gaining information and knowledge of a spiritual nature. It grounds Light energy on the cellular level, helping to bring illumination to all levels of one’s being. Rutilated Quartz can help one maintain mental focus and clarity and it assists one in following through on ideas or plans.

Rutilated Quartz appears in several colors, generally ranging from the copper-red to golden yellow and sometimes silver rays. The color of the Rutile inclusions indicates how this stone will direct its Light energy into the body. Red-to-brown needle-crystals assist the physical body to integrate higher frequencies of energy and can assist in removing blockages to health and abundance. Rutiles in the orange-to-gold ray activate one’s creative energies and the ability to receive Divine inspiration. Rutiles of silver bring enhanced intuitive abilities.

Rutilated Quartz can aid with work on the etheric blueprint level of consciousness, to heal etheric blockages, tears or obstructions in the energy body before they manifest physically.

SPIRITUAL   Rutilated Quartz infuses one’s energy field with Light energy. It is excellent for telepathic communication, receiving spiritual inspiration for creative endeavors such as art or writing, or for enhancing one’s psychic abilities.

EMOTIONAL   Rutilated Quartz brings a joyful vibration into the energetic field. It is used for ‘lightening the load’ and can help one feel less overwhelmed by life’s responsibilities.

PHYSICAL   Rutilated Quartz can be used to help with the phenomenon of ‘phantom pain’ when a part of the body is removed, yet is still perceived. It helps stimulate hair growth and can be used to help counter hair loss. Rutilated Quartz is also useful in helping to bridge or ‘stitch’ wounds so they heal more quickly.

AFFIRMATION   All my positive intentions and the unfolding of my purpose are magnified, accelerated, attuned to the frequency of grace and are in harmony with Divine purpose.

RUTILE

KEY WORDS      Attunement, amplification, acceleration, expanding awareness, quickening manifestation

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Rutile is a titanium oxide crystal with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. The crystals it forms are tetragonal, usually prismatic, and are often long and needle-shaped. Sometimes Rutile crystals form in radiating patterns of six sprays of gold-colored needle crystals emanating from a small black central hexagon. Rutile can also occur in massive form. The color is golden yellow, reddish brown, red or black. Most Rutile crystals are found in Brazil and Madagascar.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rutile crystals are like radio antennas tuned to the frequency of Divine intention. They assist one in seeing which of one’s many potential choices are in alignment with the cosmic flow, thus allowing one to reduce snags and difficulties and enhance synchronicities and experiences of grace. Rutile helps one raise one’s ‘antennae’ of psychic sensitivity, so one can tune in to people and situations before becoming involved with them. Rutile intensifies one’s capacity to sense good or bad ‘vibes,’ giving one the opportunity to embrace or disengage from the person or activity.

Just as it is an antenna, Rutile is also an amplifier. It can magnify and accelerate the effects of one’s focused intention and is thus an aid to manifestation. It can magnify all of one’s emotional energies—love, fear, joy, grief, etc.—making it easier to discern one’s true feelings and act upon them. Of course, one must be aware and use discretion. Magnification of negative emotions can be therapeutic, but it’s best to have qualified help before going deeply into such areas. In addition to intent and emotions, Rutile can amplify the energy of pure consciousness, expanding one’s sense of self and opening access to the higher worlds.

Rutile is also an accelerator. When one uses it, everything happens more quickly, manifestation, intuition, emotional catharsis, psychic opening, consciousness expansion, interdimensional travel or any number of other processes. It can help one get things moving when they feel stuck, and it can accelerate the learning or creative processes. It assists one in making leaps of insight and quickens one’s ability to find connections among pieces of information from different areas. It can help authors overcome ‘writers’ block’ and can bring new inspirations to artists in the doldrums. In business, it can accelerate the accumulation of wealth and the implementation of new products or ideas.

Rutile harmonizes well with high-vibration stones such as the Synergy Twelve—Moldavite, Phenacite, Tanzanite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Brookite, Satyaloka Quartz, Petalite, Scolecite, Natrolite and Tibetan Tektite. In fact, it can intensify the effects of even this already-powerful combination of energies. Used with Moldavite alone, Rutile quickens the process of personal transformation and awakening to one’s higher purpose. With interdimensional stones such as Phenacite, Merkabite Calcite, Danburite, Elestial Calcite, Herderite and Brookite, Rutile can work to bring about an instant linkage to the higher realms.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Rutile carries the expansive, yet grounding energies of titanium metal in its more etheric (oxidized) state. It stimulates the higher mind, increases creativity and generally enhances learning and thought processes. Rutile ‘pulls’ high-frequency energy into the higher chakras and assists in grounding high-frequency Light energy into the cells of the body. Even though it is stimulating to one’s psychic abilities and intuitive senses, Rutile also acts as a grounding influence, helping to counter spaciness while allowing one to maintain an expanded state of consciousness throughout the day.

Due to its enhancement of psychic abilities, Rutile can effectively offer one a constant and more expanded access to higher guidance without having to enter a meditative state.

The appearance of Rutile within one of the three Master Quartz crystal formations (Initiation, Integration or Temple Heart) is of special significance, as it greatly amplifies the energy of any configuration in which it appears. These stones can be used as ‘receivers’ for special instruction, information or knowledge to forward humanity’s current evolution.

Rutile offers vibrational support to the endocrine system and cellular metabolism. Its energy enhances digestion and assimilation of nutrients and can help control both appetite and emotionally or mentally based food cravings. Rutile stimulates the meridians and can be useful in determining the location of blockages in these ‘energy superhighways’. They are also useful in stimulating the chakras, particularly the crown, third eye and solar plexus.

SPIRITUAL   Rutile aids one in expanding consciousness while maintaining connection to the Earth. It is a wonderful ally for dream recall and for remembering deep meditative journeys. It assists in learning and knowledge retention and in communication with higher realms.

EMOTIONAL Rutile helps one feel more directed and purposeful. It can help one to overcome procrastination or reluctance and joyfully undertake new paths and projects. It creates a lightening effect in the emotional body, lessening the pressures and concerns of daily life.

PHYSICAL   Rutile crystals can be used to help stabilize the digestive system and improve nutrient absorption. It is a good ally to utilize when undertaking a new exercise or diet regimen, as it helps one maintain resolve and stamina. It can be used to counter cravings for food, tobacco, caffeine and other substances to which one may be addicted.

AFFIRMATION   All the processes of my spiritual growth and the unfolding of my purpose are magnified, accelerated, and attuned to the frequency of Divine intention.

SAPPHIRE

Sapphire is a variety of corundum, an aluminum oxide with a hardness of 9. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It forms in prismatic, bipyramidal, rhombohedral or tabular crystals, and it can also occur in granular or massive habits. It is found in metamorphic and igneous rocks, as well as alluvial deposits. Fine Sapphires have been discovered in India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Madagascar, Tanzania, Pakistan, Afghanistan, East Africa and Australia. In the USA, beautiful pale blue and violet Sapphires, as well as a pastel palette of other colors, have been found in Yogo Gulch, Montana.

Although people most often think of Sapphire as dark blue, it is found in a diversity of colors, including many shades of blue, violet, pink, white, green, black, yellow and orange. In fact, all colors of corundum (except red, which is Ruby) are called Sapphire. The coloring pigment of blue Sapphire is iron and titanium, and in violet Sapphire the pigment is vanadium. A low iron content brings about yellow or green Sapphires, and chrome produces pink ones. Sapphire was used by the Etruscans over 2,500 years ago and was also prized in ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt. Today, the world’s most abundant source of Sapphire is Australia, though the stone is also mined in East Africa, India, Pakistan, Africa and the United States.

Revered as a stone of royalty, Sapphire was believed to keep kings safe from harm or envy. It was also purported to protect one from dishonesty, fraud, terror, poverty, and even stupidity and ill temper. The three crossed lines in Star Sapphire have been said to represent hope, faith and destiny, and in German lore it was considered a stone of victory.

Although all corundums share some energies in common, the various colors of Sapphire have individual vibrational signatures and different spiritual properties. We will therefore consider them separately.

BLUE SAPPHIRE

KEY WORDS      Awareness, discipline

ELEMENT      Wind, Earth

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Throat (5th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Blue Sapphire is a stone of mental and psychic activation, an enhancer of insight, extrasensory perception and mental agility. It is believed to help one see below surface appearances to the underlying truth and to speak clearly with the voice of inner wisdom. Astrologically, Blue Sapphire is associated with the planet Saturn, the archetype of order, structure, limitation and discipline. It is an ideal ally for organizing one’s ideas and perceptions and bringing them into form.

I associate Blue Sapphire with mental discipline and focus, the determination and ability to use the activated mental energies to accomplish whatever goal one has set one’s sights upon. The strong Blue Ray of these Sapphires is ideal for facilitating the integrated awakening and utilization of the throat and third-eye chakras. With these two chakras working in unison, one has the capacity of inner vision, the focus to use this inner vision like a laser beam and the lucidity to communicate one’s vision to others in an effective way. Blue Sapphire can stimulate the psychic abilities and activate one’s higher intelligence. It opens the channels for communication of one’s highest wisdom and allows one to act as a conduit for information from the higher planes. It is recommended for channelers, both as a means of opening awareness and as an aid to focusing and grounding the information one receives. Blue Sapphire is also helpful to those who desire assistance in matters of self discipline. This can work for concerns as mundane as sticking to a weight-loss program or meditation schedule to those as exalted as helping one stay centered and observant during the Samadhi state.

Blue Sapphire can be combined with Lapis Lazuli, Azurite, Lazulite, Iolite and Blue Scapolite for increased enhancement of psychic abilities and mental acuity. With Rose Quartz and other heart stones, it brings loyalty and fidelity into love relationships.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Blue Sapphire is a Wind element stone that stimulates psychic visions, extrasensory perception and one’s sense of inner knowing. It carries a pure Blue Ray that brings order and healing to the mind. All varieties of corundum represent strength. Blue Sapphire carries the energy of ‘strength of mind.’ It is an excellent countering influence against negative thoughts. Blue Sapphire helps one perceive the unconscious level of the mind and stimulates one’s dream state. It can be used effectively for astral travel and lucid-dream work or for traveling to higher realms of consciousness during meditation.

Blue Sapphire is a royal stone. It can be used to evoke wisdom in negative situations. It is also a stone of learning. It aids one in acquiring and retaining knowledge and in accessing that knowledge when needed. It is an excellent stone to use in combination with alternate or past-life therapy, as it assists one in remembering other lifetimes and the lessons they provided. It can be used to enhance hypnosis and trance states.

SPIRITUAL   Blue Sapphire lends strength of mind and increased learning ability. It helps one to access the deeper levels of consciousness, promoting a fuller understanding of self. It is stimulating to the third eye and crown and can enhance psychic vision and abilities.

EMOTIONAL   Blue Sapphire assists those who are easily swayed by the opinions of others. It aids in becoming more secure in one’s opinion and knowledge. It is a powerful stone for accessing and healing emotional issues that bleed over from alternate or past lives.

PHYSICAL   Blue Sapphire can be used to help headaches, eye problems, inner-ear imbalances and vertigo.

AFFIRMATION   I call upon the resources of Mind and the inspiration of Spirit, so that I may speak with the voice of Wisdom.

YELLOW SAPPHIRE

KEY WORDS      Abundance, strength of will

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Yellow Sapphire has long been known as a stone of prosperity. In India, merchants wear fine Yellow Sapphire gems to enhance their success, and people are often buried or cremated with Yellow Sapphires placed in their mouths, to ensure wealth in the next life. In the West, metaphysical practitioners use Yellow Sapphire to assist in bringing not only financial abundance, but also in manifesting any vision one wishes to realize.

Yellow Sapphires provide the ideal vibration of the third chakra, seat of the will. With them, one can focus one’s intention for the achievement of almost any aim. It is not surprising that Yellow Sapphire is used as a stone for the attainment of prosperity, since that is an almost universal desire. Yet these stones will assist one in successfully manifesting just about anything one wishes, by means of the magnification of one’s intention through the solar plexus.

The power of one’s unbending intent is not fully recognized by most people, probably because their wills are unfocused and nothing much manifests through them. Many people have weak third chakras. Part of this comes from not being taught how and why to focus intention, and part of it can be ascribed to laziness. Nonetheless, self-help books of all types tell the stories of people who have achieved astonishing things after discovering their inner power of creative manifestation through the will. This world is itself a manifestation of thought, and those who can clearly sustain their visions long enough will discover that their own thoughts can indeed come into being. This sustaining of one’s vision is sometimes called faith, but one might as readily describe it as will. In both cases, the poisons are doubt and fear. A strong third chakra is a shield against doubt and fear and a projective force for manifestation.

Yellow Sapphire harmonizes well with Ruby, Herkimer Diamond and all other types of Sapphire. It works synergistically with Libyan Gold Tektite, Moldavite and Tibetan Tektite. It has a particular affinity for all varieties of Phenacite, perhaps because Phenacites are used to project one’s visions into the etheric domain for the purpose of manifesting them here.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Yellow Sapphire is a Fire element ally that carries the frequency of prosperity and wealth. It is a stone of creativity and the manifestation of ideas into form. Yellow Sapphire is an excellent stone for business and for ensuring successful endeavors. It stimulates the mind and the will, allowing one to align one’s actions with one’s thoughts. Yellow Sapphire stimulates the second and third chakras, allowing one to put one’s creative energy to use through action. It assists one in formulating plans and following them to completion.

In addition to its creative and manifestation energies, Yellow Sapphire also helps one to develop and align one’s personal will with Divine Will. It can help one see where perseverance is required to overcome obstacles, or where obstacles may be pointing to a misalignment with Divine Will. Not all obstacles indicate that one’s project is counter to Divine Will. Sometimes, they arise due to issues of Divine timing or because one needs to learn a particular lesson by overcoming the obstacle. Yellow Sapphire can help one to distinguish when one is being called upon to overcome a problem from when one is being asked to go in a different direction.

Yellow Sapphire carries a joyful, exciting energy that can stimulate visions and one’s desire to manifest them. It is a wonderful ally for overcoming procrastination or fear around taking action. It can help one feel more brazen and willing to take risks that may allow one to reap much larger rewards than if one ‘played it safe.’ Yellow Sapphire assists one in feeling joy in the process of creation—not only in the attainment of one’s goals. It stimulates creativity and artistry and can bring new and exciting visions of what is possible.

SPIRITUAL   Yellow Sapphire brings the Golden Ray of creativity, expression and manifestation. It helps one conceive of new directions and align one’s will with Divine intent. It stimulates the second and third chakras and can enhance sexual energy as well as a variety of creative expressions.

EMOTIONAL   Yellow Sapphire helps one feel more excited and joyful about the possibilities of life. It can aid in overcoming procrastination and in expressing one’s ideas and feelings in a playful, fearless manner. It can help one overcome fear and be willing to take the risks for great creations to come about.

PHYSICAL   In healing work, Yellow Sapphire can help to balance the spleen. It can aid in digestive disorders where stimulation of the digestive system is required. It is ideal for physical energy and vitality and can be an excellent support for exercise.

AFFIRMATION   Through the sustained focus of my will, I manifest my dreams.

PADPARADSHA SAPPHIRE (Orange Sapphire)

KEY WORDS      Creativity, sexuality and zest for life, loving creation

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Sexual/Creative (2nd), Heart (4th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   The term Padparadsha comes from the Sinhalese word for ‘Lotus Flower’ and refers to its orange/pink color. Padparadsha Sapphires were originally found in Sri Lanka, where they and other Sapphires were thought to contain the power of wisdom and the ability to overcome challenging obstacles. It is among the rarest and most highly prized varieties of Sapphire, and its spiritual properties evoke a unique blend of creativity, sensuality and spirituality.

Padparadsha Sapphires blaze with the fire of life-force and creative energies. They are highly activating and purifying to the second chakra, seat of one’s sexual energies as well as the fountain of creativity in all areas of life. A strong, clear second chakra is important for everyone, because the three lowest chakras all have to do with our physical embodiment and our power here on earth. Many spiritual people tend to neglect the lower chakras, feeling more at home in the rarefied energies of the higher realms. But we are here on Earth to manifest the Love and Light of the higher planes in this domain. Therefore we need to be not only grounded but strong, vibrant and powerful. Padparadsha Sapphire, along with Yellow Sapphire, Ruby and other stones of the red-orange-yellow spectrum, are ideal gemstone allies for activating these potent life energies within us.

Padparadsha Sapphire can help one feel at home in the physical world, encouraging one to revel and delight in the exquisite sensory experiences of life. It can aid one in finding greater zest and enthusiasm in one’s sex life, as well as opening the floodgates of one’s creative nature. Padparadsha Sapphire is a solar stone, bringing warmth and physical comfort. It is also connected to Mars, the planet of action, and its energy can enhance one’s ability to move forward with projects or stand firm against opposition. It can assist those with weak constitutions in developing more vitality, and it can help one overcome distraction, confusion and flightiness.

It is fitting that the name Padparadsha derives from words meaning ‘lotus blossom’ for this gem can help one to discover ‘the jewel in the lotus’ when used in meditation. For this, I suggest one visualize the second chakra as a lotus flower the color of the Padparadsha stone. Focus ever more deeply on the center of this flower, until the jewel at its center is found. Then go within the jewel to its heart, to discover the fiery nugget of pure consciousness/life force, and merge with it. Placing a pendant or unset gem of Padparadsha Sapphire at the navel, or a couple of inches below, can energize the area and help one realize the goal of this meditation.

Zincite, Carnelian, Orange Calcite, Russian Red Quartz and Proustite all combine well with Padparadsha Sapphire, amplifying its energies of creativity and sensuality. Blue Sapphire can bring discipline and added strength of purpose to its fiery creative energies.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Padparadsha Sapphires bring the frequency of playful expression and loving creation to one’s energy field. It is a powerful Fire element ally that stimulates the second, third and fourth chakras, aligning one’s will to create with one’s heart. The key words for this stone are ‘loving creation.’ Whether expressed through enhanced sexual experience, playful expression of ideas or joyful action, this stone’s power brings one’s heart into the world.

Padparadsha Sapphire’s energy ensures that one’s efforts are aligned with the heart and that one’s creations serve the highest good. It helps one to consider the effects one’s creations will have in the world and whether those effects are for the highest good. While it enhances one’s ability to manifest, it will only do so when one’s desires are aligned with one’s heart.

Padparadsha Sapphire is a cardinal stone for artists, writers, singers and others who wish to express their deepest truth in creative expressions. This ally also stimulates one’s higher vision—allowing one to become inspired by Divine revelations, communications and experiences. It is a stone of bliss, rapture and surrender to the eternal Creator.

SPIRITUAL   Padparadsha Sapphire is a potent ally for those who wish to bring spiritual vision to manifestation. It encourages one to take action to bring one’s highest desires into reality.

EMOTIONAL   Padparadsha Sapphire can help one feel more outgoing, joyful, playful, expressive and dynamic. It is an excellent ally for those who need more of these emotional energies. Padparadsha Sapphire is also a useful ally for those who desire healthier attitudes and expressions in regard to sexual energy.

PHYSICAL   Padparadsha Sapphire is a powerful stone for sexual energy and fertility. It is useful for both sexes in enhancing sex drive, increasing sexual pleasure, overcoming past negative sexual experiences and feeling confident in expressing one’s sexuality.

AFFIRMATION   I bring forth my creations through enthusiasm. I joyfully express the life force.

PINK SAPPHIRE

KEY WORDS      Love, forgiveness

ELEMENT      Water, Fire

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Pink Sapphire might also be rightly called ‘pale Ruby,’ and energetically it appears as a softer, lighter version of Ruby’s passionate emotional intensity. Pink Sapphire stimulates the gentle emotions of love, forgiveness, acceptance and release.

Pink Sapphire holds the pattern of the power of vulnerability. It encourages one to be yielding and pliable, like the willow. The strength it engenders is the strength of resilience. It is an ideal stone of emotional and psychic protection for situations in which one does not have the authority to direct events, but from which one cannot simply depart. The willow lasts longer in a high wind than does the oak, and Pink Sapphire allows one to weather the storms of life without damage. It also assists in healing the wounds of past emotional traumas, and it facilitates compassion for others, even those who have wronged us.

Pink Sapphire evokes the energy of the heart and conjoins it with the power of the disciplined mind. It is an excellent stone for bringing heart and mind into balance and coherence with one another. Pink Sapphire teaches the lessons of appreciation and gratitude, reminding us that love is its own reward and that the longing of our hearts for the Divine is identical to the longing which the Divine feels for us.

Pink Sapphire’s emotional energies are magnified by heart stones such as Rose Quartz, Morganite, Kunzite, Rhodochrosite and Rhodonite. When combined with Moldavite, Pink Sapphire can facilitate the transformation of the location of one’s ‘self sense’ from the head to the heart—a shift that can change one’s life irrevocably, for the benefit of oneself and all those in one’s milieu.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Pink Sapphire carries a light, soothing energy for the heart area. It is stimulating to the emotions, assisting one in overcoming depressive tendencies or the tendency to dwell on past emotional wounds. It encourages forgiveness and the release of the past. Pink Sapphire balances the Water and Fire elements. This enables one to both act in the world and retreat into oneself to connect with inner guidance.

Pink Sapphire is a stone of passion and strength of heart. It can help one to overcome shyness and to express one’s emotions more fully. It brings a loving, playful energy to any relationship. It can be used to help overcome lingering feelings of resentment or pain over past relationships and to renew one’s ability to be vulnerable and passionate with others.

SPIRITUAL   Pink Sapphire teaches the joy of interacting with others in a loving manner. It helps one feel more courageous in opening to love and overcoming wounds from past emotional trauma.

EMOTIONAL   Pink Sapphire aids one in expressing one’s emotions in a loving, kind way. It can help one develop the courage to be vulnerable in relationship and to remove limiting ‘protective’ walls one may have erected against others due to distrust, fear or past wounds.

PHYSICAL   Pink Sapphire helps strengthen and balance the heart. It is also useful in balancing blood sugar, glucose metabolism and in cases of diabetes, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.

AFFIRMATION   I am strong in my gentleness—that which I forgive and release has lost its power over me.

WHITE SAPPHIRE

KEY WORDS      Awareness, clarity, discernment

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   White Sapphire is a colorless Sapphire, easily mistaken for Diamond. Its energies are pure and refreshing, assisting one in clearing one’s thoughts and coming to new tasks with a ‘clean slate.’ Its balanced energies can enhance one’s objectivity, facilitating successful discrimination between alternative paths.

White Sapphire opens the powers of the mind and strengthens the conduit of communication with Spirit. It is a stone which helps one combine spiritual insight with earthly tasks or dilemmas, helping one to bring a higher perspective to bear when faced with difficult decisions. It stimulates the third-eye and crown chakras and activates the lesser energy meridians in the brain, helping one to tune in to spirit guides, angels and even humans who have ‘crossed over.’ It assists one in developing the qualities of fairness, discernment and objectivity and in maintaining a spiritual perspective in all situations.

White Sapphire combines synergistically with Phenacite for deepening one’s insights and enhancing the clarity of one’s inner visions. Petalite, Danburite, Satyaloka Quartz and Azeztulite all work with White Sapphire to open the inner doors to the angelic realm. White Sapphire, when combined with Moldavite, can bring clarity of mind and understanding to the process of spiritual transformation which Moldavite initiates.

NAISHA AHSIAN White Sapphire is the stone of ‘strength of spirit.’ It brings clarity of thought and mind, and helps one find the inner resolve needed to overcome obstacles to one’s spiritual path. It assists in connecting with the Higher Self level of consciousness in order to receive visions or information to guide one on one’s highest path. It aids in overcoming the fears often associated with spiritual persecution—particularly where persecution for spiritual beliefs was a cause for death in an alternate life. White Sapphire encourages spiritual courage and the pursuit of inner truth. It can assist one in overcoming self-defeating habits or behaviors that may be blocking one’s spiritual progress.

White Sapphire activates the pineal and pituitary glands and stimulates one’s psychic gifts and awareness—particularly the skill of channeling high-frequency energy or information. It is excellent for opening to channel or when one seeks communication with higher beings or human spirits who have passed over.

White Sapphire assists one in living with integrity and remaining aligned with one’s ideals when faced with difficult choices or circumstances.

SPIRITUAL   White Sapphire brings spiritual clarity, including clarity of connection, communication and direction. It aids in achieving and maintaining of one’s connection to the Higher Self level of consciousness.

EMOTIONAL   White Sapphire teaches spiritual courage. It is excellent for those afraid of owning their spiritual power or purpose because of spiritual persecution in alternate or past lives.

PHYSICAL   White Sapphire stimulates the pineal and pituitary glands. It is an excellent support for uncovering alternate- or past-life influences in current illnesses. It also assists one in gathering one’s courage to move beyond the veil when one is ready to pass out of physical form.

AFFIRMATION   Through spiritual vision and mental clarity, I choose the highest path.

STAR SAPPHIRE

ROBERT SIMMONS   Star Sapphires are created when the corundum is intergrown with silky fibrous inclusions of Rutile. These combine with Sapphire’s trigonal structure to create six-rayed, and sometimes twelve-rayed star reflections when light is shined upon the stones. Therefore, Star Sapphires combine the vibrational properties of Sapphire and Rutile. This makes Star Sapphires the most energetically active of all Sapphires. All their effects are accelerated and amplified by the highly charged emanations of the Rutile threads.

Star Sapphires focus and reflect spiritual energies in the same way they respond to light. They remind us that the Star of our hearts’ yearning is latent within us and that every outer manifestation we treasure is a reflection of the Light of our own essence. Because these stones are less transparent than other Sapphires, the energies of Star Sapphires are denser and more grounded in the physical world, even though they are also more intense. This makes them ideal tools for individuals who need help with grounding their ideas in three-dimensional reality and who also need extra energy for bringing things through to completion.

NAISHA AHSIAN   When a star exhibits itself in any type of Sapphire, it augments and strengthens that stone’s energy. The Star itself represents the manifestation of Divine knowledge and Light into denser reality. The appearance of a star in any color Sapphire indicates an enhanced energy and an intensification of the properties of that stone.

AFFIRMATION   I trust that the urgings of my heart are the voice of the Divine within me, and I move to bring its desires into full fruition.

SATYA MANI QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Spiritual truth and enlightenment

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Satya Mani Quartz is the name given to a group of translucent to transparent quartz specimens found in southern India. It is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It is found almost exclusively in massive form. The name refers to the spiritual qualities of the stone; satya mani is a Sanskrit phrase meaning ‘truth stone’ or ‘gem of truth.’

ROBERT SIMMONS   Satya Mani Quartz is, as its name implies, a stone of spiritual truth and initiation. It attunes one to hear the inner call of destiny. It brings the joy that comes from recognizing that the appearances of the solid-seeming material world are simply the manifestations of deeper, living currents from the spiritual realms. Satya Mani Quartz can help one awaken to the truth of one’s existence as soul and spirit, and the deeper truth of the interrelatedness of all beings. Satya Mani Quartz is a stone of enlightenment, bringing the light of truth into one’s mind by virtue of its connection to the heart. It inspires the expression of truth, and the commitment to kindness, clear awareness, non-judgment and compassion. The currents of Satya Mani Quartz intensify the circuit of consciousness between the heart and the high brain.

As its name suggests, Satya Mani Quartz is strongly resonant with the heart, particularly in its quality of knowing and expressing truth. The resonance of this stone beyond the heart chakra is with the throat more than the higher centers in the brain. It is appropriate to say that Satya Mani Quartz will initiate speaking the truth of the heart, without reference to what the brain might wish to edit or shape into more convenient terms. The brain is always ‘imagining ahead’ to what others may think, and trying to steer situations to its own perceived benefit. But the heart cares nothing for this. The heart speaks only the truth it knows from the center of its being. When Satya Mani Quartz is worn or carried or utilized in meditation, the heart is encouraged to give voice to what it knows. The throat chakra becomes so harmonically resonant with Satya Mani Quartz that if one relaxes into it, one can speak without knowing what one is going to say, and yet always there will be an eloquent expression of what is true.

This kind of speaking from the heart—without attempting to edit or control what will be said or heard by others—is essential for true spiritual teaching as well as for inner exploration and writing. Those who are attuning to and channeling spiritual truth cannot hold back. They must allow whatever expressions the heart engenders in them to come out in a way that is unknown ahead of time. One hears the voice of the heart and follows it, often beginning a sentence without knowing how it will end. Satya Mani Quartz helps us open and attune to the frequencies of the heart’s inner wisdom and truth. If we trust those currents, they can guide us to an enlightened destiny.

Satya Mani Quartz is a stone of Light. It engenders Light in the heart—a pure White Light that is like a shaft of sun piercing a cloud and reaching the Earth. This shaft is straight, clear and true, and gives no concern to anything outside its own pure expression. Imbued with South India’s tradition of spiritual enlightenment, the energies of Satya Mani Quartz—if they are given free reign to travel through the body—will spread the pure White Light of enlightened awareness throughout the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix.

Surprisingly, the brain may be the last part of us to receive the illumination. This is the strange method of this stone from the land of the great teachers; it is as though the Being behind this stone knows well that the mind has a thousand ways to dodge any truth that might seem to threaten its position of control. Displaying a kind of spiritual cunning, Satya Mani Quartz’s truth travels through the body, filling the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix—all the cells, organs and chakras—with its pure Light. It leaves the brain until last. My intuitive sense tells me that this is a wonderful strategy, because by the time this Light of awareness has permeated all of the physical body, the etheric body and the astral body, and worked its way up the chakras, there is no opportunity for the mind to dodge any further. It must recognize the Light, and fall into the joy of surrender.

Satya Mani Quartz, in this sense, carries the tradition of the ancient kundalini path. The kundalini energy works much like the currents of Satya Mani Quartz in that it raises the Light upward from the lowest chakra, the base, filling the body until, as with Satya Mani Quartz, there is no choice left for the mind but recognition and ecstatic awakening. It is a great blessing to humanity that a stone such as this, which can carry these frequencies into the world, has been discovered and is being disseminated among those who wish to drink of its Light.

Satya Mani Quartz also works harmoniously with all types of Azeztulite (including Azozeo super-activated pieces), as well as Phenacite, Natrolite, Danburite, Brookite, Herderite, Tibetan Tektite, Petalite, Scolecite and other high-vibration stones. It has a special affinity for Moldavite, and enhances that stone’s powers of spiritual transformation. It intensifies the potential benefits of all other silica-based minerals, especially those in the quartz family.

SPIRITUAL   Satya Mani Quartz stimulates awareness of truth in the heart and expression of truth in speech. It is a stone of spiritual enlightenment—one of the most powerful high-vibration crystals for this time in history.

EMOTIONAL   Satya Mani Quartz clears the emotional body of attachments to fantasies or false ideas. It promotes healthy relationships based on loving, compassionate honesty.

PHYSICAL   Satya Mani Quartz purges the cells of negative habits and false assumptions, leaving the door open to perfect health and unlimited longevity.

AFFIRMATION   I surrender to the sovereignty of my heart, and I listen to its voice of truth. My intention is to be an impeccable and compassionate being of truth.

SCAPOLITE

KEY WORDS      Insight, persistence, self-discipline, willpower, self-transformation, liberation

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Scapolite is a complex mineral containing sodium, calcium, silicon, aluminum, oxygen, chlorine, carbon and sulfur. Its crystal system is tetragonal and its hardness is 5 to 6. It can form in prismatic crystals as well as columnar and massive habits. Scapolite’s range of colors includes white, gray, light green, blue, yellowish and reddish. It is common in regional metamorphic rocks like amphibolites and gneisses. Gem-grade Scapolite has been mined in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. A significant quantity of cabochongrade Blue Scapolite has been found at Mont Saint-Hilaire, in Quebec, Canada.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Scapolite helps one set one’s mind on a goal and persist until the goal is attained. It is a wonderful stone for developing the self-discipline and willpower to attain and maintain inner freedom. Its energy beams out in a completely steady flow, unlike some stones which pulse and fluctuate. Its planetary influence is Saturn, the planet of structure and discipline, and this stone can help one create the forms and structures that allow us to fulfill our dreams.

Those who desire to write a book, lose weight, budget their money, exercise more, give up bad habits or change one’s everyday self in any way will find an ally in Scapolite. Its key phrase is ‘strength of purpose’ and it can activate the dormant areas of the self in which awareness of one’s purpose, as well as the power to pursue it, reside. It is thus a stone of destiny, of dharma. It helps one to hear the voice of the Higher Self and carry out the blueprint of one’s evolutionary plan for this life. It can also illuminate the memory of past lives in which patterns of self-sabotage may be rooted. It not only helps one to embrace new patterns—it also allows one to release old ones which no longer serve one’s highest good.

The ancient Hindu seers have stated that one of the major negative forces one must learn to over come is inertia—the tendency of things to keep on going in the same way, or to go nowhere at all. This type of inertia fetters the soul and keeps one’s dreams from being realized. Scapolite’s vibrations are excellent for breaking up these confining patterns. They assist one in making the changes one desires, whether these are minor or revolutionary.

Scapolite is also a stone of insight. Before breaking up one’s limiting patterns, one must be able to see them and understand their roots. Scapolite is a stone of deep delving, and it assists one in going down into the psyche to discover what is holding one back, when it originated, and what must be overcome to break through to freedom. Scapolite, ultimately, is a stone of freedom, helping one overcome past limitations and assisting one in exercising the discipline and will power necessary to maintain and expand one’s liberation.

Scapolite works well in conjunction with Moldavite, Quartz, and any kind of Sapphire. With Blue Sapphire, it aids in the forming of self discipline; with Yellow Sapphire it assists in following the path to prosperity; with Padparadsha Sapphire it helps in fulfilling one’s creative ideas. Blue Scapolite works exceptionally well with Eudialyte, assisting in fully integrating emotional healing.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Scapolite occurs in several colors—each one with a specific focus for its powerful initiatory energy. All Scapolite resonates with the Storm element, bringing cleansing, transformation and radical realignment to the energy field. This complex silicate carries several chemical elements that stimulate the auric field, nervous system and brain. Depending upon its coloration, it focuses on different levels of the energy field and physical body.

White/Gray Scapolite opens and clears the crown and stimulates the etheric chakras above the head. Its energy is one of conscious communion with higher levels of awareness, and it is excellent for communicating with guides and angelic beings. It can enhance the dream state, making dreams more vivid and allowing for more conscious direction of them. It is also useful for astral or out-of-body experiences, in that it opens and clears the crown so consciousness can move more freely out of the physical vehicle.

SPIRITUAL   White/Gray Scapolite is a useful ally for conscious journeys through the dream time and the astral planes. It can aid one in connecting more easily with sources of higher guidance—including angels, guides and one’s own Higher Self level of consciousness.

EMOTIONAL   White/Gray Scapolite is emotionally neutral.

PHYSICAL   White/Gray Scapolite is useful for stabilizing one’s mental state and helping to regulate brain biochemistry.

Blue Scapolite is similar in energy to Kyanite. Its frequency cuts through mental fog and confusion and stimulates the mind, enabling one to think and reason more effectively. It is highly stimulating to the third-eye and throat chakras, allowing one to express one’s thoughts coherently. As it stimulates the psychic senses, Blue Scapolite allows one to receive and radiate thoughts more intensely, strengthening telekinetic and telepathic abilities. It is excellent for mediums, acting as an amplifier for the energies of those who have passed from this plane.

SPIRITUAL   Blue Scapolite enhances one’s visionary abilities and communication skills. It can assist one in more effectively expressing one’s knowledge, insight and information.

EMOTIONAL   Blue Scapolite is emotionally neutral.

PHYSICAL   Blue Scapolite is useful in treating vision degeneration, optical nerve imbalances and other eye problems.

Yellow Scapolite directs its Storm element energy into the solar plexus chakra, enhancing one’s ability to act decisively. It helps one make clear decisions and take immediate action on them. Yellow Scapolite helps one understand issues of power, clearly showing one how to use one’s power for the highest good. Simultaneously, it offers the opportunity to learn how one is misusing one’s power through manipulation, victim posturing, procrastination, etc. Yellow Scapolite helps overcome fear and teaches one to radiate one’s energy strongly from the solar plexus. It helps prevent one from being affected by psychic attack or power abuse.

SPIRITUAL   Yellow Scapolite stimulates one’s will and one’s ability to take action in the world. It helps one to stop dreaming and start doing. It aids in finding and assuming one’s power and will also reveal how one’s beliefs and behaviors are preventing one from feeling empowered.

EMOTIONAL   Yellow Scapolite is a strict, yet powerful teacher of emotional power use. It will help one understand how one may be using one’s power to manipulate others’ emotions or actions, so one can come to understand a more balanced use of one’s emotional energy. Yellow Scapolite can aid those with low self-esteem to find aspects of self to value and develop.

PHYSICAL   Yellow Scapolite can be used to balance hyperactivity and inattentiveness. It stimulates digestion, assimilation and elimination. It is helpful for kidney or gallbladder disorders.

Pink Scapolite is a powerful heart cleanser. Its energy is centered around empowering the heart on physical and energetic levels. It can be used to evoke states of unconditional love, bliss, forgiveness and heartfelt compassion. It aids one in recognizing where ego is governing one’s life, so one can refocus consciousness on the heart. Pink Scapolite helps one feel present in the moment and able to identify the good in life. It is a stone of hope and the sharing of joy.

SPIRITUAL   Pink Scapolite teaches that love overcomes all. It opens one to the experience of union with the Divine Heart and encourages one to move from the habit of head consciousness to heart-centered consciousness.

EMOTIONAL   Pink Scapolite teaches that emotional healing is not about revisiting past wounds. It is instead about releasing attachment to them as part of one’s identity.

PHYSICAL   Pink Scapolite can be used to counter all manner of stress-related illnesses and imbalances. It is especially useful for ulcers and digestive upset caused by stress.

AFFIRMATION I act with insight, determination and self-discipline in implementing the necessary changes to make my dreams come true.

SCOLECITE

KEY WORDS      Inner peace, relaxation, tranquillity, interdimensional travel, awakening the heart

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Scolecite is a hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, a zeolite mineral with a hardness of 5 to 5.5. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It occurs as thin, vertically striated prismatic crystals, and also in radiating fibrous masses. It can be colorless, white or yellowish, and it has a vitreous to silky luster. Scolecite forms in cavities in basaltic lavas, as well as cavities in syenites and granites. Fine Scolecite crystals have been found in Teigarhorn, Iceland, and Poona, India.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The phrase that best summarizes the energy of Scolecite is ‘inner peace.’ These stones, in both tumbled and crystal form, emanate a deep peace that can resonate through one’s entire auric field. For those who wish to enhance meditation, sleep more restfully, or dream more sweetly, Scolecite is highly recommended.

Holding a piece of Scolecite to the third eye, one may experience a slow, rolling pulsation of energy that feels almost like a massage to that chakra. A sense of calm descends, and with it comes a feeling of serenity that can gently lift one to higher planes of awareness. If one has ever ‘drifted off’ to the higher planes during a meditation, massage or energy treatment, this is akin to the feeling generated by Scolecite.

The uplifting, relaxed state brought about by Scolecite is ideal for healing sessions, meditations, lucid dreaming or restful sleep. It offers protection from the intrusion of negative astral energies or entities, as it lifts one to the higher vibrational planes. For those who wish to activate the third-eye and crown chakras, this stone is a good alternative, if stones such as Phenacite and Herderite are too intense. If fact, using Scolecite along with Phenacite or Herderite can enhance their effects while softening their vibrational patterns.

Scolecite is a very interdimensional stone. It can open a different set of spaces to the inner explorer from those available through any other type of crystal. Contact with intelligences from far-flung inner and outer domains is possible when Scolecite is used for journeying. It assists travel through time as well as space, allowing one to access knowledge from ancient and even ‘future’ civilizations.

Emotionally, Scolecite enhances the heart-chakra energies, making the spontaneous expression of love a more frequent experience. It is a good stone to be exchanged between lovers, helping to establish a constant invisible connection between their hearts.

The crystallized form of Scolecite offers the most intense and focused energies, while the tumbled or massive form emphasizes its soothing qualities. Ideally, one should work with both types, as their strengths are different and they can be used together for their combined benefits. Scolecite harmonizes well with Phenacite, Herderite, Azeztulite, Danburite, Satyaloka Quartz and Apophyllite. Perhaps its best ally is Natrolite, which is nearly identical to Scolecite in its molecular structure; but where Scolecite is gentle, Natrolite is very intense. Using the stones together offers one the best of both.

NAISHA AHSIAN Scolecite is a gentle, yet powerful awakener of the higher mind. Instead of ‘blasting’ open the higher chakras, Scolecite acts as a mild cleanser, gently clearing the debris from these energy centers and allowing the Light to shine in. It is an excellent friend for those afraid of opening too quickly or who need to learn the power of gentleness.

Scolecite lends itself wonderfully to dream work, as it helps one open to subtle messages from the deeper self and from higher sources. It can enhance the dream state and facilitate dream recall. In meditative work, it helps clear the channel between the crown chakra (personal enlightenment) and the Soul Star Chakra (transpersonal enlightenment). This allows one to connect with one’s Higher Self level of consciousness and gain a deeper understanding of one’s entire soul journey—not only one’s journey through this life. This vantage point can help one understand one’s true nature, as a spiritual being having a physical experience.

SPIRITUAL   Scolecite allows one to gently open to one’s higher nature and the expanded realms beyond the physical plane. Its soft, peaceful energy invites interaction with other peace-loving beings for the purpose of healing the Earth and humanity of violence and chaos.

EMOTIONAL   Scolecite is a stone of kindness, gentleness and non-reaction. It teaches the power of receptivity and expansion and helps one become more balanced when faced with difficulty. Peace is the key word of this ally.

PHYSICAL   Scolecite can be used to help bring a sense of peace and calm when one is distraught or when mental imbalance or brain disease causes violent behavior. It is gently stimulating to the brain and can help support proper serotonin levels.

AFFIRMATION   My mind and heart are at peace as I journey more and more deeply into the realms of Spirit.

SEDONALITE

KEY WORDS      Harmonizing one’s energy system, heightening psychic capacities, sudden moments of enlightenment, channeling

ELEMENTS Wind, Fire, Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Sedonalite is an iron-rich sandstone from the red-rock formations in and around Sedona, Arizona, USA. They are sedimentary rocks with a high quartz content. There are two varieties of Sedonalite; one is the raw chunks of red sandstone, like those from which the area’s characteristic red spires are formed, and the other is a roughly spherical sandstone concretion.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Sedonalite is a stone of dynamic energetic balance. It can charge and harmonize the meridian system, bringing one’s astral and subtle bodies into resonant alignment with the physical. The stones are both grounding and stimulating, engendering a heightened sensitivity and alertness. They are like two cups of coffee, in the best sense—recharging the nervous system, enhancing thought and verbalization—but without causing tension or irritability as caffeine can do. These stones wake you up, but they don’t drag you down! They can be used to activate any of the chakras as well as the meridians.

Sedonalite heightens one’s psychic capacities, enhancing any natural sensitivities and adding dimensions. For example, with Sedonalite, naturally clairvoyant people may also receive auditory messages, and healers may discover a capacity to envision the future. Sedonalite seems able to clear away mental fog, fatigue and dullness, and to jumpstart one’s enthusiasm. It carries a highly optimistic energy, inspiring one to get going on manifesting one’s dreams.

Sedonalite of course is intimately linked with the environment of Sedona, Arizona, and all the phenomena that occur there. Consequently, it can trigger spontaneous spiritual experiences, including sudden states of samadhi, recall of past lives, visions of spirit beings and extraterrestrials, and the awakening of one’s ability to channel the messages of beings in the spiritual planes. It offers a quick acceleration of one’s spiritual growth. In meditation, it can facilitate extraordinary visions.

One can actually create a ‘mini-vortex’ by arranging a group of Sedonalite stones in a circle. Even better, if one has enough stones, one can make a Medicine Wheel pattern. This mini-vortex can be used to charge the energies of a room or an entire home. Placing another stone such as a Moldavite or Azeztulite in the center of the circle will put it at the focal point of the magnifying vortex, and one’s whole environment will be filled with that stone’s energies.

Sedonalites work synergistically with Moldavite, and the two together can stimulate a lot of intensity and quick transformation. They are beneficial allies for Azeztulite and all the stones of Vibrational Ascension, hastening the evolutionary processes. They particularly seem to like the powerful vibrations of Amazez. Sedon-alites also harmonize with Z Stones, making a potent and heady energy cocktail.

SPIRITUAL   Sedonalite accelerates spiritual growth, and stimulates all types of psychic capacities. It can trigger spontaneous spiritual experiences of enlightenment, past-life recall, links with extraterrestrials, channeling and prophetic vision.

EMOTIONAL   Sedonalite brings forth optimism, determination and a sense of spiritual adventure. It stimulates boldness and a zest for the unknown.

PHYSICAL   Sedonalite stimulates and recharges the nervous system.

AFFIRMATION   I enter the path to my unknown future with intensity, clarity and optimism.

SELENITE

KEY WORDS      Spiritual activation, communion with the Higher Self, spirit guides and angels

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal and Etheric (8th through 14th, above the head)

Selenite is a hydrous calcium sulfate mineral with a hardness of 2. It is a form of gypsum and is called Selenite if it is relatively clear and well formed. Selenite is closely related to fibrous gypsum, also known as Satin Spar, and the massive, fine-grained form known as Alabaster. Its crystals are typically tabular, with striations running along the length. Selenite is formed as an evaporate in clay beds and around hot springs. Enhydro crystals containing inclusions of water and gas bubbles are found relatively frequently. Some Selenite crystals have the startling property of being soft and flexible enough to be bent in one’s hands. Selenite can be colorless, gray, white, green or golden brown. Selenite is found in many countries, including Australia, Greece, Mexico and the USA. The best-known and most popular Selenite crystals for metaphysical use are the long, clear crystals from Mexico.

ROBERT SIMMONS Selenite quickly opens and activates the third eye, crown chakra, and the Soul Star chakra above the head. The intensity of energy delivered by Selenite is greater than almost any other stone for the upper chakras. A Selenite wand pointed at the third eye sends energy that can feel like a gust of wind going through the forehead and out the top of the head. Selenite is fast and effective at cleansing the auric field, and it can clear congested energies or negativity from one’s physical and etheric body. Crystal healers are recommended to work with Selenite wands, which are ideal for purification and all types of energetic cleansing. When one attaches other stones to Selenite wands, their energies are magnified many times. When one combines several stones and attaches them to a Selenite wand, the energies of the group are blended and amplified, emanating from the wand as a harmonious whole.

Selenite can lift one’s awareness to higher planes of inner experience, making it possible for one to consciously meet one’s spirit guides and guardian angels. It facilitates the experience of receiving advice and information from one’s guides in the form of ‘interior movies.’ In such experiences, one closes one’s eyes in meditation while lying with a Selenite wand resting on the heart chakra and pointing toward the head. If possible, another Selenite wand should be placed on the floor or a pillow, with the point just touching the crown chakra. As one moves into the meditative state, one is likely to see one or more guides, often in forms that symbolize something about the message. The guide or guides will take one through a ‘story’ that reveals the message symbolically. Words are seldom used, which makes the guides’ job much easier. One might say that when Selenite opens the inner eye, the spiritual world enters.

Placing a Selenite wand upon one’s back, along the length of the spine, one can achieve an energetic alignment of the vertebrae and the chakras as well.

Selenite is an excellent stone for building energy grids in one’s home or outdoors. A group of six or more wands of at least eight inches can be arranged to create a miniature energy vortex, which can be disassembled or reassembled as one wishes. Lying down in the center of such a grid can bring about experiences of spiritual ascension.

Selenite combines synergistically with almost any stone or combination of stones. It seems willing to blend and amplify whatever energies one wishes to work with. Therefore, Selenite is an ideal material for making energy tools with other stones. One simple tool is the chakra harmony wand, made by gluing one stone for each of the chakra colors on the surface of a Selenite crystal. Such a tool works well for balancing energies and providing a boost of vitality to individuals who are fatigued or stressed. Selenite works fantastically well with the Synergy Twelve stones. A very powerful tool can be made by attaching Moldavite, Phenacite, Tanzanite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Petalite, Brookite, Satyaloka Quartz, Natrolite, Scolecite and Tibetan Tektite to a tento twelve-inch terminated Selenite wand. This tool can be used on the third eye, or placed along the axis of the spine, on the front or back of the body. It helps raise one’s vibration to the highest, fullest and most harmonious possible frequency. In another area, attaching a Zincite crystal to one of these wands creates a tool which is even more powerful than Zincite alone for activating the lower chakras and raising their energies. Utilizing Selenite as a base for attaching healing stones such as Seraphinite and Amethyst is an excellent way to make energy tools for any vibrational healing application.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Selenite is the key that unlocks the doorway to the etheric chakras. Once this doorway has been consciously opened, the Higher Self is free to establish itself by grounding the Light Body of an individual, empowering one’s next step of evolution into Human/Light Beings. Selenite’s frequency is resonant with the crown chakra—opening, clearing and activating this energy center and transforming it into a gateway to the higher levels of self. Selenite wands direct this energy throughout the body and can be used as ‘magic wands’ or ‘prayer sticks,’ which carry one’s intentions and thought to the Higher Self and beyond.

Selenite wands are useful tools for healers and are effective as ‘scanners’ within the energy field, as they dissolve any blockage and allow one access to knowledge of its spiritual origins.

SPIRITUAL Selenite’s energy clears etheric blockages and debris, allowing for a freer flow of energy through the higher chakras—particularly the etheric chakras that facilitate connection and communion with the Higher Self.

EMOTIONAL   Selenite’s calcium-and-sulfur base stimulates the emotional body and compels one to move forward with one’s life. It aids in overcoming stagnation and prevents one from succumbing to the illusions of ‘security’ and ‘comfort.’

PHYSICAL   Selenite clears or bridges blockages and densities in the energy field. Selenite wands can be used to direct high-frequency energy into the body, stimulating physical healing.

AFFIRMATION   I move into union with my Higher Self and my interior senses are awakened.

SERAPHINITE

KEY WORDS      Self-healing, regeneration, wholeness, angelic connection

ELEMENT      Storm, Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Seraphinite is a variety of Clinochlore, a hydrous magnesium iron aluminum silicate with a hardness of about 4. Its crystal system is monoclinic. Seraphinite is found only in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia. It is characterized by its deep green color, laced with shimmering patterns of silver that move with changing angles of light reflection. Seraphinite derives its name from its perceived link to the Seraphim, the highest order of angels.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Seraphinite is among the most powerful stones for bringing all the elements of the nonphysical bodies into alignment along the I AM column of the spinal cord. It is both centering and energizing at the same time, and its beautiful green shades show how well it is suited to the heart chakra. Furthermore, this stone can be beneficially utilized on any chakra or any other part of the body where enhanced and harmonized energies are desired. It can move blocked energies in the meridians and can be used alone or combined with acupuncture for this purpose. Wearing Seraphinite imbues the auric field with the vibrations of wholeness and wellbeing, and it affects not only the wearer, but also those who behold it. The attention drawn by Seraphinite comes from its attractive energies as much as its beauty. Seraphinite is very evolved and will bring the user along rapidly in his or her own evolution.

It is no mistake that Seraphinite’s name derives from the Seraphim. These stones resonate strongly with all levels of the angelic domain, even the highest. Those who wish to meet the angels in meditation or dreaming can use this stone to facilitate the necessary attunements.

Seraphinite’s energies are feminine in tone, and they can help one experience a greater awareness of the Divine Feminine. Meditating while holding or wearing a piece of Seraphinite, one may encounter a female figure who is clothed in growing plants and flowers. Some who have seen Her say that this being is Sophia, revered as the goddess of wisdom and the promise of the future. Any encounter with Sophia provokes an instant reaction of devotional love in most spiritual aspirants, along with the realization that Her presence in our world is perhaps our greatest blessing. Seraphinite’s sweet vibrations can assist one in making a conscious connection with this sublime being, and such a connection is not to be missed. The best meditation environment for such an experience is outdoors, as far from mechanized civilization as possible. Yet those with the eyes to see can also find Her in the water flowing along the curb or the grass growing up between the cracks in concrete.

Seraphinite easily harmonizes with the vibrations of other high-energy gemstones, such as Moldavite, Phenacite, Scolecite, Petalite, Tanzanite, Danburite, Azeztulite, Herkimer ‘Diamonds,’ Tibetan Tektite and Charoite. Azeztulite in particular assists in making the connection with the Divine Feminine. For healing, Seraphinite can be combined with Sugilite. For connection with Nature spirits Green Apophyllite and Seriphos Green Quartz are ideal allies.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Seraphinite is a gem variety of Clinochlore that exhibits gorgeous silvery wings of light throughout a dark-green matrix. This stone is resonant with the realms of the angels—particularly those concerned with restoring the planet and humanity to a state of health and balance. Its high-frequency energy can stimulate the kundalini to rise up the spine, progressively activating each chakra along the way. Seraphinite can assist in clearing the genetic matrix of all outmoded patterns and tendencies.

Seraphinite is the most effective stone I have felt for cellular regeneration. On a physical level, it seems to act like fertilizer on grass, causing a flush of pure healing energy. It is an excellent vehicle for discovering and processing disease related to other lifetimes. It is a direct link to accessing the energetic structure of the DNA and decoding the patterns there.

Seraphinite acts as a trigger, causing old patterns of disease or imbalance to fall away, allowing new patterns to be created more easily. It is very useful for energetically supporting the heart and lungs, as well as for any systemic illnesses relating to cellular regeneration.

Seraphinite stands alone as the premier healing stone of this age. It is the tool most suited to bringing the body into line with Light energy. It is ideal for those who feel disconnected from their physical selves, allowing them to understand the nature of physicality. Seraphinite’s purpose is to bring Light into the body, expressing it through us as glowing health.

SPIRITUAL   Seraphinite links the physical with the angelic levels of energy. It is a powerful stone for angelic and devic communication, assisting one in bringing healing to the body, mind, spirit and the Earth.

EMOTIONAL   Seraphinite aids in releasing emotional energies that no longer serve. It brings enlightening, joyful energy to the emotional body and stimulates the flow and elasticity of one’s energy, ensuring that one can react emotionally in a balanced and harmonious way.

PHYSICAL   Seraphinite can be used to help regulate the growth and reproduction of all types of cancerous cells. It is excellent for general healing of systemic imbalance or disease. It is a blood strengthener and can aid cellular respiration and the delivery of nutrients to the cells.

AFFIRMATION   I call forth the patterns of healing, wholeness and regeneration, for the wellness of my body and the evolution of my soul and spirit.

SERIPHOS GREEN QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Awareness of the Earth-as-Paradise, joyful acceptance of physical life, healing

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Seriphos Green Quartz is a special type of Quartz crystal, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It is found only on the tiny Greek island of Seriphos, in the Aegean Sea about one hundred kilometers southeast of Athens. The leaf-green color of these blade-shaped crystals comes from inclusions of the fibrous mineral Hedenbergite. The formation of these crystals happened in two stages—first the fibrous green Hedenbergite was formed, followed by the Quartz, which encompassed the Hedenbergite during a later period of growth. Seriphos Green Quartz is deposited in irregular cavities in marble and is often found in association with Hematite ‘iron roses.’

Seriphos Green Quartz is unique not only for its coloring, which ranges from pale lettuce green to a deep spinach color. It also grows in odd and unusual shapes which suggest plant life more than crystals. Some specimens are like long, slender leaves, tapered at each end, while others are clustered like a spray of flowers. A few are carpeted with tiny druzy crystallizations, looking as if they are coated with dew. They seldom grow bigger than two inches long, and large clusters are extremely rare.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Synchronicity must have been at work when the island where these stones are found was named after angels. Or perhaps that is simply how it feels there. In any case, the Seriphos Green Quartz crystals emanate a most heavenly energy, and one can imagine the flower beds of the higher realms budding with just such as these. However, they are not like the Clear Apophyllites, Elestial Calcites, or other stones that vibrate with the higher-plane angelic energies. The paradise of the Seriphos Green Quartz is right here on Earth!

Holding, wearing, or laying-on these stones brings one into the awareness of Earth-as-Paradise. They emanate a sweet, strong vibration that evokes the state of wholesome enjoyment of physical life and facilitates the attainment of vibrant good health. Seriphos Green Quartz is the mineral equivalent of wheat-grass juice or a good herbal tonic. It helps the user or wearer be grounded in the best possible way—through love for the material world and one’s place within it. It reminds us that we too are blooms brought forth from the womb of the fertile Earth, and our experience of life can be exquisite, when we bring our attention to its beauty and pleasure.

Seriphos Green Quartz is an ideal companion for outdoor meditations, hiking or other activities that connect one with the natural world. Wearing or carrying it when outdoors helps one see and appreciate the beauties of the living world, from the majestic sea and the silent forests to the weeds growing between cracks in the pavement. These stones are particularly helpful to those who feel uncomfortable in their bodies or are distressed at the hardships of life on Earth. Just holding and looking at the stones themselves can bring a softening of the sharp edges of one’s stress. Meditation with Seriphos Green Quartz can help one attain the insights that show us we are here of our own choosing, and that our choice was good. Feelings of “I want to go home—get me out of here!” can change to “I embrace my life—I am home.”

Seriphos Green Quartz harmonizes with Green Apophyllite, Amethyst, Turquoise, and (perhaps surprisingly) Moldavite. Combining it with Phenacite or Azeztulite brings awareness of the higher dimensional aspect of oneself into alignment with one’s earthly life.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Seriphos Green Quartz is an Earth element, cardinal healing stone for the planet and the physical body. Like its relative Seraphinite, Seriphos Green Quartz facilitates communication with the angelic and devic realms. Due to its crystalline form and the amplifying effects of silica in this stone, Seriphos Green Quartz is an excellent tool for delivering pure, healing energy to specific locations in the body. Because of its ability to channel healing energy directly from the devic realms, this is a particularly good ally for Earth healing or in working with plant life. It can be used to enhance the effects of healing herbs and is a great stone for gardeners.

Seriphos Green Quartz is useful in healing the heart. It activates and energizes the base chakra and the heart chakra, allowing one to be more loving toward all life, including one’s physical body.

SPIRITUAL   Seriphos Green Quartz carries the regenerative energy of Nature. It is a powerful communication stone for working with natural entities and energies, including plant devas and mineral and animal consciousness. It teaches of the proper health and balance to which every being is born.

EMOTIONAL   Seriphos Green Quartz helps one feel more nurturing toward the Earth, oneself and all life. It is ideal for connecting to All Our Relations and helping to balance and heal humanity’s relationship with other beings. It can be used to remove psychic hooks and cords from the emotional body and seal auric leaks that can cause emotional exhaustion.

PHYSICAL   Seriphos Green Quartz can be used to etherically cauterize wounds, perform psychic surgery of tumors and cysts, and stimulate the healing of bone and tissue. It is helpful in etherically removing scar tissue from the heart and densities from the heart chakra.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace the Earth as my home, I accept with joy and gratitude my incarnation here, and I call forth my healing and wholeness.

SERPENTINE

KEY WORDS      Access to spiritual history of the Earth, connection with Nature, kundalini awakening

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Serpentine is a magnesium silicate mineral with a hardness ranging from 2 to 5.5. Its crystal structure can be monoclinic, orthorhombic or hexagonal, but it does not form macroscopic crystals. Rather, it occurs in dense masses or fibrous form. Serpentine derives its name from the similarity of its green color and often smooth surfaces to the skin of some snakes. Serpentine can vary in color from pale yellow-green to deep forest green to almost black. Some varieties contain spots of Magnetite. The famous Connemara marble of Ireland is a mixture of Serpentine with marble. Serpentine is found widely, including important deposits in Great Britain, South Africa, Brazil and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Serpentine is one of the best stones for rousing the kundalini energies—the ‘serpent power’ said to reside at the base of the spine, wrapped three and one half times around the sacrum. When the kundalini is awakened, individuals may experience a wide range of psychic and spiritual phenomena, some of them quite intense. However, the central experience is that of feeling the serpent rise up like a fire in the spine, activating each chakra and ultimately emerging from the crown, like the snake hovering over the head of the Sphinx. This experience coincides with what kundalini yoga sees as enlightenment. Of course, there are many dimensions to the kundalini energies, and those interested in them are advised to read more deeply. For this discussion, the primary point is that Serpentine is an activator of the kundalini and it assists in bringing about a safe and balanced awakening of these profound energies.

One way to use Serpentine for kundalini activation is to do a body-layout meditation. Place a Serpentine stone at the base chakra and one at the crown, while holding a Serpentine in each hand. If one has a practitioner or helper available, have the facilitator hold a Serpentine in each hand, making passes along the spine from the bottom up, over and over for fifteen to thirty minutes, or until intuition says to stop. This process can be augmented by the addition of Tibetan Tektite, Jet and/or Moldavite. All of these can help arouse the latent kundalini energies. Placing these or other stones upon the chakra points can be useful, and one can bring in as many helpful energies as desired, in accord with one’s inner guidance and intuition.

Serpentine is a good stone to place on the meridian points for clearing blocked energies and allowing the healthy, natural flow to be reestablished. It is powerful for working energetically to bring the old reptilian part of the brain into the service of the higher brain. In many people, due to psychic wounds from one’s family and culture, the reverse is the case. This creates the endlessly repeating pattern of defense and aggression that runs rampant through the world. Carrying, wearing or meditating with Serpentine can help establish the order intended by Nature, bringing peace and joy to the individual and reverberating into the outer world. Serpentine with Magnetite is the most powerful form for all the above applications.

Serpentine harmonizes for healing purposes with Seraphinite, especially in regard to the rewiring of unhealthy brain patterns as mentioned above. Herderite, Phenacite, Natrolite, Scolecite and Azeztulite can all help this process by stimulating the higher brain areas. Jet and Tibetan Tektite reinforce Serpentine’s energies in the kundalini awakening process. Other stones that work well with Serpentine include Amethyst, Moonstone, Libyan Gold Tektite, Golden Labradorite, Zincite, Tiger Eye, Emerald, Green Jade, Purple Jade and Strombolite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Like the DNA of life on this planet, Serpentine carries within it the matrix of evolution for the Earth herself. Though this is one of the more common stones, its energy is anything but ordinary. Through attunement with Serpentine, one can access the history, learning and evolutionary story of all of Nature in all of the dimensions in which this planet exists. Within this stone are contained the histories and epics of the fairy domains, the devic realms and the plant, animal and mineral kingdoms. The frequency of this mineral allows one to unlock the stored cumulative knowledge of the natural world.

Serpentine often contains Magnetite and other magnetic ore. It acts as a recorder of Earth changes and Earth shifts as told through the geological and energetic patterns of this metamorphic stone. Through connection with Serpentine stone, future shifts and Earth changes can be perceived, allowing one to act as an energetic midwife to the planet.

In meditation, Serpentine can assist one in connecting with the mind and heart of Nature. It is a powerful stone for Earth Healers and Mages who focus their energies on understanding and assisting the planet through its current transformations.

SPIRITUAL   Serpentine assists in exploring the deep history of the Earth and Nature and helps one find one’s natural place within the greater web of life. Serpentine enhances communication with Nature and the Earth—including animal, plant and stone communication.

EMOTIONAL   Serpentine is soothing to the emotional body, allowing one to release fear of change and hardship and to look ahead to the future with expectation and excitement. It reminds us of the great span of time that Earth and Nature have been learning, versus the relatively brief moment that humanity has inhabited this planet. This perspective can help one to feel less self-centered and more willing to spend time and energy contributing to the greater good, rather than focusing solely on personal goals.

PHYSICAL   In healing work, Serpentine can assist in cellular regeneration and in replenishing one’s energy.

AFFIRMATION   I commit myself to manifesting the Divine potential that resides in the cells of my physical body and the vibrational pattern of my energy body, and I offer my service to the healing and evolution of the Earth.

SHAMAN STONE

KEY WORDS      Shamanic journeying, soul retrieval, polarity balancing, psychic protection, intuition

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Shaman Stones are sandstone concretions found on the north rim of the Grand Canyon in southern Utah. These stones are naturally spherical, and their color is a medium brown. They range in size from less than a half inch to over two inches in diameter. Shaman stones are also known as ‘Moqui marbles,’ because the children of Moqui Indians of that area are said to have used them in play, similarly to the way children elsewhere in the world play with marbles. The name Shaman Stones is also derived from another story about the Moquis, who are said to have used the stones as talismans in shamanic ceremonies.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Shaman Stones are excellent tools and talismans for those engaged in shamanic journeying, rebirthing, holotropic breath-work or other intense forms if transformational inner work. These stones help guide one to the experiences which will be most beneficial to healing the soul and advancing one on the path of spiritual growth. They have a way of turning on one’s ‘inner radar’—the part of the psyche which is aware of the contents of the subconscious and intuitively knows what one most needs to bring to consciousness. Stimulating this aspect of the self is highly important, since it guides one to specific inner experiences. Without it, all the techniques of opening the subconscious would matter little. Though this guidance is always available, Shaman Stones can provide for easier access.

Shaman Stones offer psychic protection to inner journeyers. For those engaged in shamanic work such as soul retrieval, they provide an energetic shield that keeps negative entities from attaching themselves to the healer or client. They also increase one’s intuitive perception, making it easier for one to perceive the approach of all types of beings, both positive and negative. This can help those unfamiliar with shamanic work to perceive and connect with one’s power animal and other helpers and guides. Holding a Shaman stone in meditation can assist one in establishing conversational communication with these guides.

Shaman Stones help balance the polarities of one’s vibrational field. They can bring male and female aspects of the self into dynamic equilibrium as well as harmonizing the energies of the meridian system. Working with these stones in meditation, one can experience the alignment of all the chakras and their proper attunement to the etheric and astral bodies.

As stones of balance and inner harmony, Shaman stones are excellent tools for vibrational healing. They naturally support the proper functioning of the digestive system, the thyroid and the adrenals, and they can be programmed to assist any other bodily organ or system.

Shaman Stones work well in conjunction with Prophecy Stones for bringing spiritual Light into the body. They can be combined with Alexandrite and Oregon Opal for inner journeys to recover past-life remedies. One can use them with Turquoise to attune to the Akashic records of the Native American shamanic past. For journeys to the higher vibrational realms, Azeztulite, Scolecite, Apophyllite and Phenacite are ideal allies.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Shaman Stones are powerful Earth element allies that facilitate deep journeys into the realm of Nature. They enhance shamanic journeys to the lower world and assist one in accessing the consciousness of the beings who share our planet with us. Shaman Stones act as protective allies for one’s psychic senses and one’s physical body while one is journeying in other realms or dimensions. They will prevent stray energies or entities from attaching to the physical and energetic bodies while one’s consciousness is focused elsewhere.

Shaman Stones are helpful in overcoming the fear of death and the fear of pain, freeing one to pursue one’s path without limitation. They are powerful teachers of the permanence of Spirit and the transience of the body. They are stones for the ascetic, helping one learn to overcome physical discomfort in the search for spiritual enlightenment.

SPIRITUAL   Shaman Stones aid in overcoming the fear of death, so one can pursue one’s spiritual path without restraint. They act as psychic and physical protection stones during meditative and out-of-body travel.

EMOTIONAL   Fear of death, pain, discomfort and inconvenience are serious barriers to spiritual enlightenment—yet they are a basic part of the human psyche. Shaman Stones teach us to pursue our spiritual paths with disregard for discomfort or the shedding of the physical vehicle. At the same time, they instruct us to revere the sacredness of all life and to perceive its true permanence in the form of Spirit.

PHYSICAL   Shaman Stones can be used as protective guardians during healing sessions—particularly where the removal of entities is necessary.

AFFIRMATION   As I journey deeply into the realm of my soul and the Soul of the World, I am guided, protected and free from fear.

SHANTILITE

KEY WORDS      The ‘peace that passes understanding,’ inner silence, harmony

ELEMENTS Wind, Fire

CHAKRAS      All

Shantilite is the name given to a white and gray-banded Agate from an island off the eastern coast of Africa. It is a silicon-dioxide mineral with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. Its name is derived from the Sanskrit word shanti, meaning ‘the peace beyond understanding.’

ROBERT SIMMONS   Although I have loved the Agate family since I was a boy, I had never felt a great intensity of vibrational resonance with them. Mostly I had thought of Agates as solid, slow, diligent stones that helped the body move gradually toward better health. It was only when I encountered these modest-looking specimens called Shantilite that something powerful happened. When I held my first piece, I experienced strong pulsations moving in through the third eye and spreading with a kind of ‘whoosh’ through my entire body. Along with that ‘whoosh’ came a great wave of peace that felt like a silent ecstasy. It was ‘love at first vibe.’ These stones resonated far more deeply and powerfully than any other Agates I had ever encountered.

Every time I worked with them, I was again washed in this current of peace, and in that experience my body profoundly relaxed with an almost audible sigh reverberating throughout the cells. That is how the stones came to be called ‘Shantilite.’ This stone is a wonderful aid for finding inner peace, whether from the release of everyday stress or in the deep mystical realization of shanti. It carries a current of calm one might compare to the flow of a deep, still river. When one attends to the currents of Shantilite, that river can flow through oneself, enfolding one’s being in its soft strength.

Shantilite is an excellent stone for meditation. It helps quiet the mind almost instantly, and sends sweet currents of peace through the body. Putting one’s attention on those currents can bring one into a state of deep inner silence, and attunement with the living Silence of the spiritual realms. It quiets the inner dialog, because its peace is so attractive to the psyche that the ‘thought train’ tends to dissipate. Shantilite can help one clear repeating loops of worry and anxiety. Its deep, slow, loving resonance works to dissolve the vicious circle of tension and worry.

As a stone of deep peace, Shantilite can be of benefit to those working spiritually to alleviate all sorts of stress-related pathologies. Because it is strong enough to be felt as a harmonizing influence throughout the etheric body, it is an ideal companion for those recuperating from any illness or injury.

Shantilite can be an aid to prayer, as it quiets the mental side and draws one’s attention to the sacred. It is helpful for attuning to the currents of most other stones. It helps one find communion with the angelic realm, and aids in the Ascension process by bringing one’s vibrational field into a state of quiet receptivity and harmony. Shantilite works well with the Azeztulite family, as well as such stones as Scolecite, Danburite and Petalite. It resonates particularly with Azozeo super-activated stones.

SPIRITUAL   Shantilite aids meditation and prayer through quieting the mind.

EMOTIONAL   Shantilite quiets worry and anxiety, leading one into profound peace.

PHYSICAL   Shantilite supports recuperation from injury and illness, and dispels stress.

AFFIRMATION   I feel the river of peace flowing around me and within me, and that river is my deepest Self.

SHATTUCKITE

KEY WORDS      Intuition, communication, channeling, mediumship, work with oracles

ELEMENT      Water, Wind

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th)

Shattuckite is a copper silicate hydroxide mineral with a hardness of 3.5. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. It is found in copper mines, often in association with Ajoite, Turquoise, Chrysocolla, Malachite and other copper silicates. Its color ranges from light blue to deep blue, and sometimes green. One of its growing habits is fibrous, and Shattuckite crystals are formed from the fibers. It can also occur in a granular habit. Shattuckite’s name is derived from its discovery in the Shattuck mine in Bisbee, Arizona. Other localities are in Argentina, Austria, Congo, Germany, Greece, Namibia, Norway, South Africa and Great Britain, as well as a number of places in the Southwestern USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Shattuckite is a stone of connection to the inner realms—one that assists in understanding and communicating information from Spirit. Shattuckite can be used to open one’s psychic channel, enabling one to ‘hear’ messages from inner guides and teachers as well as the spirits of the deceased. If one wishes to work as a medium, Shattuckite is an ideal ally for initiating and expanding one’s capacities for spirit communication. It vibrates to the tone of truth, so it can also aid in making sure one’s interpretations of messages from the ‘other side’ are as accurate as possible.

Shattuckite stimulates the throat chakra, enhancing one’s skills in communication. It is an excellent stone for teachers, public speakers, ministers and others who use verbal communication as a primary work skill. As a stone of truth, it is highly recommended for lawyers and politicians. Though some awkward moments may ensue, Shattuckite’s vibration of truth will ultimately serve both the individual and those whom he or she represents.

Having said all this, it must be emphasized that Shattuckite’s highest use is in the communication of wisdom and information from the higher realms. As a stone of the third eye and the psychic centers, it facilitates the practice of automatic writing as well as vocal channeling. It helps one find the right words to express the usually image-laden communications from spirit guides and teachers. It facilitates one’s sense of synesthesia, the capacity of sensory translation in which sounds have colors and visions have aromas, etc. This ability is very useful when one is attempting to turn psychic impressions into meaningful information upon which one can take action.

Another aspect of Shattuckite’s energy is that it can stimulate mental and intuitive abilities to work together in unison. This makes it most helpful for those studying intuitive disciplines such as astrology, tarot, runes, the I Ching and other oracular guides. Shattuckite helps one perceive the subtle patterns which underlie the outer manifestations of such oracles and explain their meanings and the potential future scenarios they imply.

Light blue shades of Shattuckite emphasize its stimulation of the throat chakra and communication, while dark blue puts the focus on the third eye and intuition. Most people who resonate with this stone will want to use both, and there are some Shattuckite specimens that incorporate both shades in a single stone. Shattuckite works harmoniously with Turquoise, Chrysocolla, Larimar and especially Ajoite for throat chakra activation. For stimulating the third eye, Phenacite, Lapis Lazuli, Natrolite, Lazulite and Merkabite Calcite are the most highly recommended allies.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Shattuckite is a beautiful, peaceful ally that resonates with the Water and Wind elements. It is a stone of sacred truth and of sharing sacred truth with others through actions—not words. Shattuckite is the stone of ‘walking one’s talk.’ It stimulates the heart, throat and third-eye chakras, allowing one to model one’s truth for others, as well as sharing knowledge through words. Often, what one does speaks volumes, while the words one speaks are soon forgotten.

This ally helps one align with Universal wisdom, so one can come to understand where one’s life is out of integrity. It helps one to lovingly, yet firmly, redirect one’s words, thoughts, actions and attitudes so they reflect the deeper wisdom of Spirit. Its energies assist in aligning one’s external reality with one’s internal knowing of what is good and right for one’s life.

Shattuckite also helps one recognize where judgmental thoughts or words have fed the ego and starved the Spirit. It aids in healing relationships where harmful words or judgments have caused wounds. It teaches of self-responsibility as the first path to spiritual awareness.

SPIRITUAL   Shattuckite helps one to understand where one’s life is out of alignment with spiritual truth and helps bring one back into integrity. It helps one to lovingly perceive where correction is needed and make that change before pointing out a misalignment to others.

EMOTIONAL   Shattuckite teaches that one must first be in truth in order to teach truth. It insists one look at where one’s words, actions or thoughts are causing discord, instead of blaming others for one’s difficulties. It is a soothing and calming stone for those who are excessively judgmental, reactive, aggressive or irresponsible.

PHYSICAL   Shattuckite can help to balance spleen, bile and acid in the body.

AFFIRMATION   I turn to Spirit for truth, wisdom and guidance, and I clearly express the messages I receive.

SHIVA LINGAM

KEY WORDS      Kundalini activation, vitality and prana, spiritual transformation and rebirth, enlightenment, oneness with the All

ELEMENT      Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Shiva Lingams are egg shaped stones of crypto-crystalline Quartz (with impurities), a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Shiva Lingams originate at the Narmada River in Onkar Mandhata, in western India, one of India’s seven holy sites. Villagers gather the rough stones from shallow river beds and hand polish them to the classic elliptical proportions. Among the key features of Shiva Lingams are the reddish spots and stripes found on the otherwise gray or tannish stones. Various meanings are ascribed to the placement and number of these reddish spots.

The elongated egg-shape of the Shiva Lingam is actually regarded as symbolic of the phallus of the Hindu god Shiva. In temples it is often paired with a corresponding object symbolizing the female, or the yoni. Yet within its own form, the Shiva Lingam symbolizes both the male and female, as well as the cosmic egg out of which all creation is said to have emerged.

Legend has it that the goddess Parvati fashioned a Shiva Lingam from a fistful of sand at Kanchipuram and there worshiped Shiva. This specimen is known as the Prithvilingam, symbolizing the primordial element Earth. Some of the Shiva Lingams in Hindu temples are called swayambus, denoting that they appeared on their own, untouched by tools or human hands. Shiva Lingams symbolize the primeval energy of the Creator. Hindu devotees believe that at the end of creation, at the time of the great deluge, all the various aspects of God find a resting place in the Lingam—Brahma is absorbed upon the right, Vishnu on the left and Gayatri in the heart. The Shiva Lingam is also said to be a depiction of the infinite Cosmic Column of Fire.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Shiva Lingams resonate deeply with the energies of the Earth, yet they also carry strong energies of Water, Wind, and even Fire. In fact, the fire energy of these stones is so strong that they are capable of activating kundalini energies and charging the entire chakra system. For those who feel they need a boost of vitality and prana energies, meditating or sleeping with a Shiva Lingam is highly recommended.

Esoteric legends (and now even some scientists) suggest that there is a field of invisible knowledge—similar in some ways to the idea of the collective unconscious—in which the stored psychic energy of human ritual and belief may reside. When one does something that makes a connection to some portion of this field of consciousness, one can tap into the energy of all the past consciousness that has contributed to it. Thus, when one works with a sacred object like the Shiva Lingam, one can receive the benefit of the collective efforts of all those who have used such stones in spiritual pursuits throughout history. Since the Shiva Lingam has been an object of devotion to the Divine and a talisman of enlightenment for many centuries, one can connect with the energy of all this through working with these stones in the here and now. This is especially true because the stones themselves are composed primarily of microscopic Quartz. Through crystal resonance, any Shiva Lingam can connect energetically to all others throughout the world, in all places and times. It is little wonder that they are such potent spiritual talismans.

Shiva Lingams are emblems of inner transformation, partaking of the Storm element in order to break up patterns of self-limiting habits and beliefs, so one may be flooded with Spirit. Like Shiva, they destroy what is old and corrupt to clear the way for rebirth. Those who wish for such transformation will find in them a fierce and ready ally.

Shiva Lingams harmonize with all forms of Quartz. For spiritual transformation, they have a special affinity with Moldavite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Shiva Lingams may be made from many different materials, but those that are most often sold as ‘Shiva Lingams’ are from the Narmada River in India. Narmada River Shiva Lingams are beautiful polished stones that contain stripes, rings and swirls. The shape itself represents the male aspect of creation and the markings on the stone represent the female aspect. The total energetic effect of the stone is one of union and the activation of the sacred kundalini energy that rises up the spine, activating the chakras and bringing enlightenment.

The energies of the stones resonate with the Storm element. They amplify the electromagnetic field of the body and stimulate the meridians. Both energetically and metaphysically, Shiva Lingams represent the healing of polarities and the unifying force of creation.

SPIRITUAL   Shiva Lingams remind us that perceived opposites are simply different energetic expressions of the whole. Beyond ‘male’ and ‘female,’ ‘light’ and ‘dark,’ ‘good’ and ‘evil,’ there is an underlying unifying force. Shiva Lingams aid in uniting all sides of the self and lovingly accepting the differences in others as expressions of the many faces of the one Creator.

EMOTIONAL   Shiva Lingams can assist in overcoming judgment, separation and the need to be ‘individual’ or apart. The word ‘apart’ means separate, yet it is composed of the words ‘a part,’ which indicates wholeness. Shiva Lingams help us feel unity, even in situations of apparent separation.

PHYSICAL   Shiva Lingams stimulate the body’s energetic systems, supporting general healing on all levels. They can be used to treat impotence, infertility and other sexual or reproductive imbalances. Their highest use, however, is for strengthening and balancing the entire body.

AFFIRMATION   I give myself to the Divine—with complete trust and utter devotion I ask to be remade and enlightened.

SHUNGITE

KEY WORDS      Cleansing and purification, infusion of spiritual Light, activation of the Light Body, adherence to truth

ELEMENTS Fire, Wind, Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Shungite is a natural composition of primarily amorphous graphite (carbon), crystalline silicate particles, and other minerals distributed throughout the stone. It has a hardness of 3.5 to 4. The carbon in Shungite gives it certain catalytic abilities, electroconductivity and chemical resistance. Its complex composition of materials includes carbon, silicon, aluminum, iron, magnesium, sulfur, calcium and phosphorus. Visually, Shungite resembles anthracite coal. It is found in the Karelia region of Russia, near the village of Shunga.

There are two varieties—the first is ‘Classic Shungite,’ which is available in larger quantities and has been shaped into spheres, wands, pyramids and tumbled stones; the second is known as ‘Noble Shungite,’ which is available only in raw form, has a higher carbon content, and is far rarer. One of the unusual traits of Shungite is that its carbon molecules are known to gather together into hollow, globular molecules known as ‘fullerenes’ because of their resemblance to geodesic domes, named and popularized by Buckminster Fuller.

ROBERT SIMMONS   My first impression upon holding a piece of Shungite was of a wave of cleansing vibration washing through my whole body. This stone clears the energies of the entire body and opens one to receive spiritual Light. Unlike some stones that work on an etheric or even cellular level, Shungite gave me the impression that it operates on the molecular level, freeing the very atoms of one’s body from their bondage to negative patterns and energies. When one feels this, it is a powerful and very surprising sensation. Shungite prepares the atoms and molecules of the body for the direct infusion of spiritual Light.

Shungite works to cleanse and align all the particles of the body so that they are open to rapid conjoining with the Light. The Light Body does not fully form until it merges with the physical body. The atoms and molecules of the material body, when they are properly aligned, form the scaffolding or ‘skeleton’ around which the Light Body can coalesce. In most of us, our physical bodies cannot properly align for the creation of the Light Body because we carry contradictions, diseases and disharmonies within us. These negative patterns keep us from being able to match our frequencies and patterns to those of the spiritual Light closely enough for the Light Body to manifest. However, the Light floods into us when we are truly aligned and open to receive it, and this is a great spiritual fulfillment—a Human Being of Light is manifested! The highest purpose of Shungite is to facilitate this process. It is a process that takes time, but Shungite can accelerate it.

On other levels, Shungite can be used to clear the body of dysfunctional patterns manifesting as disease, emotional difficulties or various types of negativity. Placing Shungite on an affected area can facilitate accelerated resolution of the problem. However, simply holding or meditating with Shungite affects one’s whole being.

Shungite aids ungrounded people to better connect with the Earth. It provides an aura of psychic protection, primarily because of the energetic alignment it facilitates.

Shungite is a stone of truth. Under its influence, one cannot act or speak falsely without becoming very uncomfortable. This is because Shungite dispels negativity and brings in so much spiritual Light that one immediately feels the unpleasant sensation of disharmony if a negative or false thought or statement is introduced. The clearing influence of Shungite tends to dispel one’s self-harming or self-defeating habitual patterns. On an emotional level, it is excellent for letting go of deep-seated feelings of fear, guilt or shame. My inner vision shows me that Shungite may even help clear ‘hardwired’ negative or defensive patterns in the brain’s amygdala, an area thought to be unable to change.

Noble Shungite is the most potent form for meditation and acceleration of the great Conjunction that brings forth the Body of Light. However, it is beneficial to have both types, because the Classic Shungite can be shaped and polished into forms such as spheres, wands and pyramids to amplify and direct its energy currents. Shungite Pyramids are excellent for placement on the body, because their energy fields penetrate in mirror image to the physical pyramid resting on the skin. Spheres are wonderful for filling one’s meditation space with Shungite’s beneficial currents, or for cleansing the auric field. Wands are good healing tools because the currents can be directed and concentrated through the point, or diffused more gently through the rounded end. Also, tumble-polished pieces of Classic Shungite can be readily worn or carried, allowing its energies to be an ongoing influence.

Shungite resonates profoundly with Healerite. The two used together are wonderful for perfecting the physical body’s alignment with the spiritual Light. Shungite also facilitates the powerful Light-infusion carried by all types of Azeztulite. In working toward the rapid evolution and spiritual transformation catalyzed by the Azozeo super-activated Azeztulites, Shungite can be a valuable aid. For visionary consciousness, pairing Shungite with Phenacite is highly recommended. For serenity leading to ecstatic rapture, I recommend combining Shungite with Lithium Light stones as well as crystallized Lepidolite.

SPIRITUAL   Shungite prepares one for Light Body activation, cleansing, balancing and aligning all the particles of the body. It is a stone of truth, amplifying the discomfort connected with falsehood or negativity.

EMOTIONAL Shungite’s purifying influence can rid one of negative emotional patterns. It generates a feeling of emotional rebirth.

PHYSICAL   Shungite purifies the body, preparing it to be transformed by a great infusion of spiritual Light that can transform the physical body and dispel disease or other negative phenomena.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to absolute purification, and to the entry of the Light into every atom of my being.

SIBERIAN BLUE QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Psychic awakening, mediumship, mental clarity and insight, feeling at home on the Earth

ELEMENT      Wind, Water

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Throat (5th)

Siberian Blue Quartz is the name given to a cobalt blue laboratory-grown Quartz which was created first in Russia. It is a silicon dioxide material with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Its striking blue color comes from cobalt that is introduced into the crystal growing solution.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Even though these stones are born in the laboratory, many sensitive individuals agree that Siberian Blue Quartz carries a great deal of energy. There is no other gemstone that so strikingly exhibits the Blue Ray as does Siberian Blue Quartz. These stunning gems immediately activate both the throat chakra and the third eye, in a blended harmony that both awakens the insights of the higher mind and facilitates the eloquent communication of its knowledge. The Wind element energy of this stone evokes psychic awakening, and it can be of assistance to those who wish to develop the powers of clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, prophecy, psychokinesis, mediumship and interdimensional communication. For individuals who are already well-awakened in these domains, the stones provide a balancing and calming influence, stabilizing the incoming energies and allowing one to remain centered and clear both during and after receiving information from higher sources.

Like natural Quartz, Siberian Blue Quartz is programmable, and in this case, the stones are predisposed to the enhancement of psychic abilities. Because of this attunement, one can get excellent results when one programs Siberian Blue Quartz for psychic assistance. For example, if one is attempting to locate a lost object, one can meditate with a piece of Siberian Blue Quartz, picturing the object in question and focusing on the intention of locating it. Then one can sleep with the stone, observing one’s dreams for clues, and one can also go back and meditate with the stone again, paying close attention to whatever images and impressions may come. The same sort of process can enhance one’s results with any of the psychic powers.

Siberian Blue Quartz connects one to the Water element and thereby to the domains of emotion and Spirit. It can be a healing stone for those who feel misunderstood or ill-at-ease on the Earth plane, or for anyone who feels alienated from others. There is both the sense of feeling ‘at home’ when wearing the stone as well as an energetic conduit of connection to others in one’s environment, such that the feeling of being uncomfortably ‘different’ from others disappears. These stones illuminate the common humanity we share on the emotional and spiritual planes, and they help us remember and communicate that truth.

Those who work in various pursuits demanding clarity of mind and strong powers of in-sight will find Siberian Blue Quartz to be a useful ally. It is highly recommended for those studying science, mathematics, creative writing, public speaking, teaching and acting, as well as those who wish to develop psychic abilities. It can also help those desiring to retrieve information from past lives or who want to receive messages from their spirit guides.

Siberian Blue Quartz harmonizes with Danburite, Amethyst, Moldavite, Oregon Opal, Blue Aragonite, Shattuckite and Phenacite. Its psychic activations are further enhanced by Iolite and Owyhee Blue Opal.

HAZEL RAVEN Siberian Blue Quartz is the result of the hybrid energies of man and the mineral world. The stones have been laboratory grown specifically for their greatly refined flawless nature and vibrant color. Cultured Quartz is actually a purer form of Quartz, having no inclusions and a more stable pattern of rotation in the molecules, which speeds up the energy movement within the crystal.

The Quartz component of this stone acts as an amplifier, carrier and focus for the energies of the cobalt with which it has grown. The Cobalt-Blue Ray has an amazing blend of serenity, purity and beauty. It is related to the throat and brow chakras, which embody the qualities of inner vision, clairvoyance, intuition, communication and detachment.

Siberian Blue Quartz cleanses and activates the throat and brow chakras, which initiates advanced psychic abilities and facilitates a clearer interpretation of the information received. It takes one beyond one’s self-limiting belief system into uncharted realms of infinite possibilities. It instills confidence in one’s own intuition and intuitive abilities. It reduces tension and brings calm to the body by quieting the mind, giving detachment from one’s lower emotions.

Siberian Blue Quartz enhances the flow of communications on all levels and helps with understanding and assimilation of new concepts. It shows one the bigger picture and removes the stress and confusion of not seeing clearly.

Siberian Blue Quartz clears chaotic states on any level of the psyche, so it makes an excellent healing tool, to be used when one needs to find one’s own ‘space’ again or when one needs rest, solitude, peace, serenity, tranquillity and detachment. It helps the seeker of spiritual truth stay on the path to higher knowledge, wisdom and enlightenment.

SPIRITUAL   Siberian Blue Quartz opens the third-eye and throat chakras, activating psychic abilities and allowing one to clearly communicate the information received.

EMOTIONAL   Siberian Blue Quartz helps ‘Star children’ and other spiritually sensitive individuals feel at home on the Earth and comfortable with themselves.

PHYSICAL   Siberian Blue Quartz offers energetic support for healing issues having to do with the throat and brain, especially the prefrontal lobes. It can assist with memory retention and help calm those suffering from dementia.

AFFIRMATION   I am highly attuned to inner guidance and I express clearly the wisdom I receive from my guides.

SILLIMANITE

KEY WORDS      Unification and harmonization of the chakras, focus and self-discipline, self-mastery and magic, bringing order from chaos

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Sillimanite is an aluminum-silicate mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7.5. It was named after the American chemist and geologist Benjamin Silliman. It is related to Andalusite and Kyanite, and occurs in various locations worldwide. Some good-quality specimens with mixed ivory, gray and pinkish tones have been found in the Arizona desert. These pieces display undulating lines of hard, fibrous crystalline growth.

ROBERT SIMMONS   When I began working with Sillimanite meditatively, I initially felt resonance with its strong ‘linear’ vibrational currents. There was a clear sense that this stone’s flow was highly directional, bringing not only its own currents but also those of my own vibrations into a strong and coherent alignment. It stimulates and unifies all of the chakras, thereby making all of them flow more strongly. We sometimes make the mistake of thinking that the chakras are separate, but they are better understood as qualities of the whole of our being. This was one message made clear by Sillimanite. As I touched it to various chakra points, I felt it energizing not only those points but all of the others as well.

Holding Sillimanite while doing my regular heart-alignment meditation, in which I attune to all the chakras, it was much easier to locate and feel each one. I sense that these stones will be of great use to healers and energy workers. Simply placing a Sillimanite on a weakened area can strengthen it, uniting it with all of the other chakras and meridians. For overall benefit, it is ideal to place it over the heart chakra.

Sillimanite works psychospiritually to encourage focus and self-discipline. We often find self-discipline an unpleasant quality to cultivate, but we all know how valuable it is. Without it, we can accomplish little. Sillimanite seems to draw one into an inner unity from which self-discipline is natural and even pleasurable. For those of us working to learn a new subject or language, to stick to a physical regimen like diet or exercise, or to follow the path of alchemical self-transformation, Sillimanite helps us keep our intentions and actions in alignment. It is a stone of self-mastery and therefore of magic, since no magician can do his work successfully without self-mastery.

Sillimanite is a most wonderful and helpful stone. It encourages the emergence of order from chaos, and helps one achieve mental and emotional clarity even in the midst of situations one might normally find stressful. It encourages a calm and positive attitude. It can stimulate the release of endorphins (as do love, exercise and chocolate), and is in that sense a feel-good stone. I would say that its influence of bringing things to order generates a wholesome feeling, allowing one’s innate optimism and enthusiasm to flourish.

Sillimanite supports physical unity as well, emanating its ordering and harmonizing influence to all of one’s organs and systems. It is recommended for spiritual self-healing in situations in which part of the body has departed from its unity with the whole, as with cancer and autoimmune illnesses.

Sillimanite is a close relative (a polymorph) of Kyanite and Andalusite, so it naturally works well with those stones. It also allies itself with Sapphire for inner strength and Ruby for enhancing courage. It synergizes with Anandalite—and with all of the Azeztulites—for Light Body activation.

SPIRITUAL   Sillimanite aids in unifying one’s energies and actions on all levels. It aids in creating order, and thereby feeds one’s enthusiasm for life.

EMOTIONAL Sillimanite stimulates optimism and happiness by bringing coherence to one’s thoughts, energies and actions.

PHYSICAL   Sillimanite supports bodily order and harmony, and can be used to combat illnesses in which part of the body attacks itself or other parts of the body.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace self-discipline, order and harmony.

SMITHSONITE

KEY WORDS      Soothing the emotions, release of stress, deepening of love and compassion, relaxing into deeper perception

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      All

Smithsonite is a zinc carbonate mineral with a hardness of 5. Its crystal system can be rhombohedral or hexagonal, and it can occur in botryoidal, massive, granular or stalactitic habits. It rarely forms crystals. It is often found in the upper oxidized zones of zinc deposits, frequently as an alteration product of Sphalerite. Smithsonite occurs in association with minerals such as Cerussite, Malachite and Hemimorphite. Smithsonite’s color can be blue, pink, purple, green, yellow, white, gray or brown. Deposits of Smithsonite have been found in Greece, Mexico, Africa, Spain and the USA. It was named after the founder of the Smithsonian Institution.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Smithsonite is one of the premier stones for soothing the emotional body and relieving stress. It cools anger and resentment, allowing one to reestablish the awareness of Oneness. It unwinds tension and dispels anxiety. It emanates an oceanic feeling of calm and clarity, encouraging one to view difficult situations with fresh, compassionate eyes. It allows one to see Light even in dark times of depression. Carrying or wearing Smithsonite is like having a caring friend by one’s side—so one may be alone, but never lonely.

Smithsonite resonates to the vibration of Kwan Yin, bodhisattva of compassion. Kwan Yin is perhaps the world’s most beloved form of the feminine archetype. People everywhere address themselves to her for healing and assistance of all kinds. She is said to help with arguments and interpersonal conflicts, legal troubles, and issues of love, as well as healing. Bringing Smithsonite into one’s life helps one build an energetic link with Kwan Yin’s energy.

Smithsonite is a stone of relaxation in all domains. It assists one in entering the state of meditation by calming and relaxing the mind. It facilitates friendship and good feeling in relationships by making each person comfortable with self and others. It promotes relaxation during healing and body layouts by its harmonization of one’s energy field.

Smithsonite is a stone for stimulating the psychic sensibilities. It helps one move into the alpha state, in which one is more open to the subtle energies of the nonphysical realms. It can assist one in doing all types of readings for others and engaging in other activities such as remote viewing, psychometry and telepathic communication. In body layout sessions, when both the client and practitioner hold a piece of Smithsonite, the nonverbal rapport between them is greatly increased, and the spirit guides of both individuals will be able to participate more fully in the session.

For relaxation and relief of stress, Smithsonite harmonizes with Lepidolite, Aquamarine, Kunzite, Chrysoprase, Aqua Lemuria and Pink Lazurine. Iolite and Phenacite support its enhancement of psychic abilities.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Smithsonite is a wonderful ally that energetically addresses all levels of the emotional body. It appears in a beautiful rainbow of colors, from intense pinks and teal blues to tangerine orange and yellows. The color of the stone indicates the level of the emotional body to which the stone’s energy is directed. It can be used on any chakra, according to its color range. No matter where it is placed, its frequency will directly affect an aspect of the emotions. The green and blue range of color is particularly good at addressing issues of communication and one’s ability to share one’s heart and emotions. The pink stones stimulate the heart chakra and encourage the release of past emotional programs and the establishment of healthier approaches. The orange-to-yellow stones aid in overcoming issues around the use of one’s will, as well as assisting in clearing patterns of abuse from the energetic systems.

Smithsonite is a powerful initiator of the emotional body. Its energies represent the highest vibrations of emotion—joy, peace, communication, sharing, understanding, compassion, and love. These vibrations are angelic in nature, strengthening those aspects of self that can express these emotions on the Earth plane.

Smithsonite helps counter negative energy and blockages within the energy field by introducing the higher vibrations of loving emotions. These vibrations activate the heart through the crown chakra, stimulating a higher understanding of emotional issues. Smithsonite enables one to feel closer to one’s angelic guardians and spirit guides. It helps soothe worry or fear and allows one to feel supported and loved by the Universal All. It can help one release grief and heartache by fostering a deep understanding of eternal love.

SPIRITUAL   Smithsonite has come to teach us of the experience and expression of Love energy. It can make one more receptive to Love by allowing for the experience of Universal Love, beyond interpersonal love. It encourages communication with angelic entities and guides that will facilitate one in experiencing this energy and communicating it to others.

EMOTIONAL   Smithsonite is a valuable emotional healer. It teaches the difference between ego-based ‘love’ (conditional affection) and the frequency of Divine Love (unconditional creative energy). It can assist one in being more expressive of kindness, compassion and support.

PHYSICAL   Smithsonite energy can help heal and balance the reproductive organs and endocrine system. It is very useful in regulating one’s weight and increasing physical energy.

AFFIRMATION   I am calm and clear; my emotional body is in a state of rest, relaxation, rejuvenation and peace and my perceptions extend into multiple realities.

SMOKY QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Grounding, transmutation of negative energies, practicality, organization, manifestation of one’s dreams and inspirations

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st)

Smoky Quartz is a variety of Quartz, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Like other Quartz crystals, Smoky Quartz has a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and forms in prisms. Smoky Quartz can vary in color from very pale tan to deep chocolate brown. Its color comes from natural irradiation. Clear Quartz can be made Smoky artificially by treating it with radium or x-rays. Smoky Quartz is found in many countries, including Brazil, Australia, Madagascar, Switzerland and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS Smoky Quartz is one of the premier grounding stones. It can help even the spaciest individuals get their ‘land legs’ so they can fully function as physical beings. When one is working in the higher realms, activating the upper chakras in the body and aligning them with the nonphysical chakras above the head, Smoky Quartz can help one come back to the body and the physical world. It also facilitates the grounding of spiritual information, making it possible to do something practical and beneficial with the insights one receives in the rarefied atmosphere of the higher vibrational planes.

Smoky Quartz enhances practicality and organization. It is a good stone to have nearby when one is balancing the checkbook or doing the taxes. It lends focus to students and patience to teachers. It can also help one to avoid extravagance, except when it comes to purchasing Smoky Quartz!

Smoky Quartz offers protection from negative energies in one’s environment. It can absorb and transmute almost unlimited amounts of negativity by grounding it in the Earth, where it can be neutralized. It is a good stone for ‘keeping things clear’ by purging the atmosphere of unspoken resentments or suppressed conflicts. One can pick up a Smoky Quartz when one is in a very bad mood, and a few minutes later one may wonder where the mood went! Because Smoky Quartz pulls in negativity so easily, even though most of it is grounded in the Earth, it is still a good idea to energetically cleanse the stone on a regular basis.

Smoky Quartz has a way of drawing the ethereal into manifestation. When one is wearing or carrying a Smoky Quartz, one is actually more likely to see such phenomena as ghosts, UFOS, fairies and spirit guides. Unlike situations in which one’s vibration is raised to a higher frequency of perceptual ability, in this case the Smoky Quartz draws the entities or phenomena into one’s auric field and down to one’s level of perception. For similar reasons, Smoky Quartz is useful for helping one bring one’s dreams and inspired ideas into physical reality.

Sometimes Smoky Quartz occurs with golden threads of Rutile running through it. These specimens make excellent tools for manifestation. They can help one ground one’s dreams of career, prosperity, adventure and spiritual growth into one’s physical life—and the Rutile speeds up the process greatly!

Smoky Quartz works in harmony with other grounding stones such as Sugilite, Black Tourmaline, Jet and Obsidian. With Moldavite it brings the energy of transformation more fully into the physical realm.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Smoky Quartz is one of the most powerful grounding and clearing stones available. Like the smoke of a sage bundle, the energy of Smoky Quartz cleanses and clears the aura and energetic systems. It assists one in connecting to the Earth and completing the electrical circuit between one’s physical body and the planet. Without this completed circuit, one’s energy systems are very much like a high-tension power line that has snapped. Though there is plenty of energy available, there is nowhere for it to go. The energy is released through the aura into the environment, which can cause unpleasant poltergeist-like effects—even energetic ‘burnout’ and disturbance of the nervous system. By grounding, one completes the circuit, gives the excess energy a safe outlet and reestablishes a healthy energetic flow in the body. Smoky Quartz is one’s greatest ally in establishing and utilizing this energetic circuit.

The brownish color of Smoky Quartz is generally caused by exposure to natural radiation. Because it is already resonant with the frequencies of radiation, it can effectively be used to counter excessive electromagnetic fields, such as those emitted by computers and other electronics, or by other sources of natural radiation in one’s environment.

In healing work, Smoky Quartz draws densities out of the aura and grounds their energy for reprocessing by the Earth. In a sense, Smoky Quartz is an energetic composting device. It enables negative energies to be clarified so they may become usable and healthy once again.

SPIRITUAL   Smoky Quartz is a spiritual grounding stone, helping one to receive and utilize more high-frequency energy. It assists one in aligning the physical body with an expanded range of Light frequencies and is both purifying and protective.

EMOTIONAL   Smoky Quartz is a wonderful friend for those who resist being embodied. It can help one feel more engaged in the world and capable of creating or changing one’s reality.

PHYSICAL   Smoky Quartz is best used to counter the negative effects of radiation, including sunburn, exposure to radioactive materials, medical radiation therapy and exposure to focused electromagnetic fields.

AFFIRMATION   I am grounded and centered in my physical body, and I work step-by-step to achieve my goals.

SODALITE

KEY WORDS      Access to subconscious and intuitive abilities, enhanced insight and mental performance, deepened intuition

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th)

Sodalite is a chloric sodium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 5.5 to 6. The name refers to its sodium content. Sodalite’s crystal system is isometric, formed of rhombic dodecahedra. It rarely forms crystals, and appears most often in massive or granular habits. Sodalite is primarily blue or gray but can be white, yellowish, reddish or greenish. The blue shades of Sodalite are found intermingled with white Calcite. The largest Sodalite deposit is in Bahia, Brazil, and others are in Canada, Namibia, India and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Sodalite is a stone of insight, helping one penetrate paradox and contradiction in order to form a new synthesis of thought. It enhances the mental powers of analysis, intuition, observation and creativity and is stimulating to one’s latent genius. It facilitates self-discipline, efficiency, organization and structure in research and other mental pursuits. It is an excellent stone for writers, business people, teachers, students, psychologists and those who delve into philosophy.

Sodalite is one of the stones of the deep journey. It provides insight into the self and a dispassionate assessment of one’s motivations, strengths, weaknesses, desires, gifts and patterns of personal destiny. If one is doing deep meditations or taking shamanic journeys, Sodalite can be an important ally. It can reinforce one’s ‘witness’ consciousness, making one more able to view and remember the scenes and symbols presented. It brings a kind of stubborn courage into oneself, making it more likely that one will hold on through difficult or painful aspects of the path to the Source. It stimulates psychic vision and multileveled understanding, sparking the ‘aha!’ moments wherein one sees the pattern that connects the inner and outer worlds and the events that happen in both places at once.

As a stone of insight and pattern recognition, Sodalite can aid astrologers, numerologists, tarot readers, as well as those individuals who consult the I Ching and other oracles. It helps one translate the archetypal patterns revealed in the oracles into meaningful understanding regarding the events in earthly life. It also helps intuitive readers assess the personalities and energy patterns of their clients.

Sodalite can increase one’s capacity for intuition. It increases the frequency and accuracy of one’s ‘hunches’ and gives one confidence in one’s inner knowing. It helps one to let go of the self-judgment that causes second-guessing. It also facilitates entering a deep meditative state and opens the subconscious. This helps one recall and heal wounds from the past and receive symbolic imagery from the wise part of the self that communicates without words.

For insight, intuition and increased mental ability, Sodalite harmonizes with Iolite, Lapis Lazuli, Siberian Blue Quartz, Blue Sapphire and Lazulite. Moldavite brings a higher vibration and a transformational intensity to aid Sodalite in its work. Phenacite, Scolecite, Natrolite, Danburite and Herderite all work to bring Sodalite’s powerful mental and psychic activation to a higher spiritual level.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Sodalite evokes images from deep within the subconscious, enabling one to perceive one’s core lessons in this lifetime and to understand where one is on the path to completing them. Sodalite acts as a guide on inner travels—through meditation, dream time, or shamanic journeying. It aids one in staying focused on the moment, without being distracted by past or future concerns. Sodalite helps one integrate all aspects of oneself into the now, so one may use all one’s learning and experiences to deal with the lesson at hand.

Sodalite can be effective in achieving hypnotic or trance states. It removes one from the pressures and worries of life and allows one to sink deeply into the subconscious and unconscious minds. It can be used to help one recall one’s dreams or to practice lucid dreaming.

SPIRITUAL   Sodalite helps one perceive where one’s path lies. It acts as a ‘signpost’ on one’s personal journey, helping one become immersed in the experience of spiritual growth, without obsessing on the ‘magic tricks’ that can go with one’s awakening. For instance, it can open one’s psychic perception, yet prevent one from becoming egoic about one’s psychic abilities.

EMOTIONAL   Sodalite cultivates detachment from the concerns and worries of everyday life. It can reduce stress and anxiety by allowing one to see one’s reality from a higher, more serene perspective.

PHYSICAL   Sodalite can be used to help support the regulation of blood pressure, easing water retention and improving cellular hydration.

AFFIRMATION   My mind is fully awakened on all levels and working at its highest capacity.

SPHALERITE

KEY WORDS      Physical strength and vitality, grounding, balance, discrimination

ELEMENT      Earth, Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Sphalerite is a zinc sulfide mineral with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. Its crystal system is tetrahedral and dodecahedral. Sphalerite also occurs in massive, concretionary, granular and botryoidal forms. Its color ranges widely, including shades of red, black, brown, yellow, green, gray, white, and sometimes colorless. Some Sphalerite crystals are transparent enough to be faceted into gems, though the stone’s perfect cleavage makes it difficult to cut. Sphalerite is found in cuttable quality in Spain and Mexico. Lesser grades are found in many countries.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Sphalerite is something of a cousin to Zincite, and both minerals work very well for energizing and strengthening the first three chakras. Sphalerite is more grounding than Zincite, and it helps one draw energy and vitality up from the Earth and release excessive energy down into the Earth.

Grounding is of greater significance than many spiritually oriented people realize. Often, they enjoy the ‘buzz’ they feel from certain stones, the heady inner visions when the third eye is awakened and the opportunity to ‘escape’ from the mundane world. However, if one’s visions and spiritual aspirations are going to amount to anything here on Earth, one has to ground them, and oneself. It is also true that over-stimulation of the upper chakras can lead to imbalances characterized by an excess of yin energies. This is true with many recreational drugs as well. A whole person is balanced, and grounding is a major part of that, as is the need to have the lower chakras working as well as the upper ones. Sphalerite can be useful in bringing that energetic balance and grounding to those who need it.

Linked perhaps to its practical, grounding nature, Sphalerite is a stone of discrimination. Meditating with Sphalerite, one can easily distinguish between guidance and fantasy, between true spiritual insights and wishful thinking. Using it in body layouts, one can more easily detect whether problems are physical or energy-based. In counseling, it sharpens one’s perceptions so that one’s ‘truth detector’ is working at its best, whether focused on oneself or on a client. It helps one evaluate proposals, choosing only the ones with true promise. In the same way, it can aid those who consult oracles in making correct interpretations.

Sphalerite energizes the first chakra, increasing one’s life force, courage, strength and vitality. It stimulates the second chakra, enhancing sexual energy, creative inspiration and zest for life. It strengthens the third chakra, making for greater success in manifestation, clearer thinking and more willpower.

Sphalerite works well in conjunction with Zincite, which mirrors and magnifies many of its properties. Its grounding energies are enhanced by Black Tourmaline and Smoky Quartz. Its effect on one’s powers of discrimination is increased by Blue Sapphire. Libyan Gold Tektite and Heliodor add to its improvement of willpower and manifestation. Carnelian focuses the energies more intensely on the sexual and creative aspects.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Sphalerite assists in grounding the nervous system and regulating the flow of energy through the body. Sphalerite’s zinc content stimulates the Fire element in the body, which regulates energy flow, sexual expression and creativity. It enhances one’s physical energy, while maintaining a grounded state and protecting one against hyperactivity. The sulphur content in Sphalerite grounds one’s energy, assisting in the oxygenation of the blood and the recovery of muscles after exercise.

Sphalerite is an excellent stone for athletes or those who wish to have a more positive, balanced connection with their physical bodies. It helps one hold the energy of healing work long after the fact and can assist one in integrating more healing energy during sessions.

SPIRITUAL   Sphalerite helps ground and regulate the flow the energy in the physical body. It enables the nervous system to handle high-frequency Light energy and helps prevent the burnout that can be caused by opening to high-frequency energy too rapidly.

EMOTIONAL   Sphalerite encourages one to take care of one’s physical body. It teaches the sanctity of the physical vehicle and the necessity of maintaining a properly nourished and loved ‘temple of the soul.’ It is an excellent stone for those who are trying to break harmful habits or who are recovering from substance abuse.

PHYSICAL   Sphalerite assists in recovery from exercise and physical training. It stimulates the immune system and is useful energetically in recovering from or preventing infection.

AFFIRMATION   The fire of my physical vitality burns strongly, and my spiritual self is awake, aligned, grounded and centered here on Earth.

SPHENE (titanite)

KEY WORDS      Mental clarity and quickness, accelerated learning, intuition, focused will

ELEMENT      Storm, Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Sphene (also known as Titanite) is a calcium titanium silicate mineral with a hardness of 5 to 5.5. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It typically forms in flattened, wedge-shaped crystals, but it can also occur in lamellar or granular habits. It is found in both igneous and metamorphic rocks. In the large deposit discovered on the Kola Peninsula of Russia, the Sphene occurred in association with Apatite and Nepheline. Sphene has also been found in the European Alps, as well as Madagascar and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Sphene is a stone of mental energy. It works vibrationally to clear the mind and stimulate the thinking process. It is an excellent stone for ‘clearing the cobwebs’ from the mind and helping one to move quickly into whatever work or creative endeavors are on the agenda. For those who resonate with Sphene, it can take the place of one’s morning cup of coffee. Simply place the stone on the third-eye chakra and go into a two-minute meditation, allowing the energies of the stone to move into the brain. This can be quite refreshing, and it can last throughout the day.

Sphene quickens and stimulates all mental abilities. It is an excellent ally when one is studying or reading, trying to take in a great deal of new information. It assists memory and also helps one make connections between the new material and one’s base of knowledge. It can assist in learning a new language, or a completely new discipline, such as computer programming or mathematics. It strengthens one’s intuitive abilities, and is there-fore useful in learning and practicing esoteric disciplines such as astrology, numerology or kabbalah. It helps one to be aware of details, facilitating self-organization as well as such challenges as solving crimes or figuring out crossword puzzles.

Even as Sphene stimulates the mind, it also empowers the will. As a brilliant stone of the pure Golden Ray, it can activate the solar-plexus chakra, increasing one’s capacity to manifest one’s projects, dreams and desires. Its energy in this area is quite down to Earth, so it moves one’s thoughts in the direction of practical solutions. Sphene will not allow one to expect one’s wishes to ‘just happen,’ but it will energetically urge one toward actions that lead to the fruition of one’s plans. Sphene is an excellent stone for group leaders, because it energizes one’s mind and will, allowing one to organize others and direct them into the positions and activities that will most efficiently accomplish the task at hand.

On a deeper level, the Golden Ray of Sphene resonates with Christ consciousness. For those on the mystical path, it can facilitate linking one’s mind to the higher realms in order to absorb wisdom. It helps one see and understand the teachings and actions of the great spiritual teachers of history and follow their examples. It can assist one in making the intuitive leaps necessary to decipher the meanings of esoteric texts. It also aids one in moving readily in the conscious state among the inner realms.

Sphene works harmoniously with Lapis Lazuli, Iolite, Lazulite and Sodalite for stimulation of mental abilities. For greater emphasis on the will, Heliodor, Golden Labradorite, Sunstone and Citrine are excellent allies. Iolite Sunstone works very well in both areas. Imperial Topaz can help one focus on the Golden Ray and the mystical connection to Christ consciousness.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Sphene is a Storm element stone that promotes journeys to the outer reaches of space, time and consciousness. Though dark in color, this stone is far from grounding! Its calcium and titanium frequencies combine to stimulate one’s visionary capabilities. This ally can assist one in journeying on all levels, including time travel, shamanic journeys, astral travel, interdimensional exploration, dream time and plain old meditation. Sphene strongly activates the pineal and pituitary glands, enhancing inner vision and exploration.

This ally can help one explore alternate and past lives by enhancing hypnotic and trance states during past-life regression. It allows for a clearer linear understanding of time and can also be used to explore probable future lives.

Sphene is also an excellent companion for out-of-body journeys. It stimulates and opens the crown so transitions from physical to out-of-body states can be made more easily. It helps one access the astral plane for journeying or distance-viewing of current events. It facilitates shamanic journeys and can help the shaman be more effective in navigating the lower world.

Sphene is best combined with Black Tourmaline, Hematite or Obsidian to help one return fully from these expansive journeys and integrate the energies encountered there.

SPIRITUAL   Sphene opens inner vision and expands consciousness for perceiving other realms. It is a strong enhancer for the dream state and can aid in exploring alternate lives.

EMOTIONAL   Sphene helps one face the unknown with excitement and curiosity. It helps one overcome fear and inappropriate needs for security or stability, so growth can take place.

PHYSICAL   Sphene can energetically support bone strength and can be used for osteoporosis or recovery from bone breakage. It can also be used to support hearing and vision.

AFFIRMATION   My mind is awake, alert and functioning at its peak capacity, working in harmonious accord with my focused will, as I journey among the inner worlds.

SPINEL

KEY WORDS      Revitalization, inspiration, new hope, victory, re-energizing all levels of the self

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      All

Spinel is a magnesium aluminum oxide mineral with a hardness of 7.5 to 8. Its crystal system is cubic. It forms as octohedral, dodecahedral or cubic crystals, as well as in granular, massive or compact habits. Colors range from red to blue, green, colorless, black and brown. Spinel forms in igneous rocks, as well as metamorphic rocks such as marble, serpentinites and gneiss. Fine specimens of Spinel have been found in Madagascar, Burma and Sri Lanka.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Spinel is a stone of revitalization. It can stimulate any of the chakras, as well as the meridian system, bringing fresh energy where it is most needed. It is an excellent aid for reducing fatigue and replenishing depleted energies on all levels. It supports the body in recovering from illness or trauma. In regard to the emotions, Spinel is a stone of new hope. It can relieve the burden of negative thoughts and remind one that life is a gift. Mentally, Spinel can be a catalyst for inspiration and new ways of thinking. It assists one in ‘thinking outside the box’ and articulating new ideas. Spinel can even facilitate the process of building a new self-image. It loosens the grip of entrenched, limiting ideas about one’s attractiveness, talents and capacities for new growth, allowing one to free the mind and transform into one’s highest self.

Spinel is a stone of victory. It inspires one to accept the challenges to which one is guided by the soul’s longing and to do whatever is necessary to achieve them. Its energy is so abundant that it can increase one’s endurance and persistence beyond what one had believed was possible. It aids in focusing one’s whole self on the desired goal, continuing until it is won.

Different colored Spinels emanate somewhat different vibrations, allowing one to refine the focus of what qualities are to be emphasized. Colorless Spinel is the most all-purpose and programmable variety. It works to re-energize all levels of one’s physical, etheric and astral bodies, plus the chakras and meridians. Red Spinel is a stone of physical vitality. It stimulates the root chakra, bringing in prana energies for strength and endurance. Blue Spinel stimulates the mental body, enhancing the thought processes and psychic abilities, allowing one to work long hours without a great deal of mental fatigue and to intuitively ‘see’ the answers to problems. Green Spinel refreshes the emotional body, increasing compassion, love, forgiveness, self esteem and the relaxed and easy expression of affection for others. Brown Spinel is an excellent protection stone and etheric cleanser, dispelling negative attachments and entities from the auric field. It can act as a ‘mirror’ for psychic attacks, causing the negative energy to rebound to the sender. Black Spinel stimulates the root chakra, allowing for the balanced grounding of higher-frequency energies. It assists one in ‘pulling’ high spiritual energies down through the crown chakra, into the body and the Earth. Yellow Spinel quickens thought processes and helps in the manifestation of abundance. Orange Spinel stimulates sexual and creative energies, bringing a sense of fun into both amorous and artistic adventures. Violet Spinel facilitates spiritual purification and the manifestation of Heaven on Earth.

All Spinels work in harmony with one another. To increase their overall energy, Rhodizite is recommended. Azeztulite and Natrolite can take all of their energies to higher spiritual levels. Most other stones will also combine well with Spinel. Usually, matching the colors of the Spinel and the other stone will guide one in making a good selection.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Spinel comes in various colors, each with slightly different mineral composition. All varieties of Spinel are magnesium aluminum oxides, however, and their energetic properties reflect this chemical composition. Spinels of all colors help one to relax, release resistance, and let go of worry, and they act as a general balm to the nervous system. They also assist the body in ridding itself of poisons and toxins through proper processing and elimination of wastes—both energetic and physical.

Spinel encourages one to ‘let go and let God.’ It is an anti-stress ally and is very useful for Type-A personalities and workaholics, as it allows them to calm down and shift into a lower gear. It acts as an energetic sedative to soothe and calm the brain and nervous system.

Spinel helps one appreciate the beauty of life and the world around us. It helps one take more time to relax and enjoy the true abundance of life, instead of chasing the illusion of financial security. For those who can’t relax or focus for meditation, Spinel can be used to help calm and center. It can also enhance the effects of other stones used in meditation by allowing the nervous system and brain to become more receptive to their energies.

Black Spinel helps one release the past and clear one’s life of past associations so one can more easily move forward into the future. It helps ‘pack rats’ let go of excessive physical and emotional ‘junk’ so that clarity of mind and energy can be attained. It is also useful for those who are stuck in the grieving process or who feel that a past emotional trauma still rules their life. Black Spinel facilitates the detoxification of the bowels and digestive system.

Green/Blue Spinel works on an emotional level to allow the cleansing of anger, pain, resentment and judgment from the emotional body. It facilitates clear, kind communication and helps one say how one feels in a non-judgmental way. Red/Ruby Spinel is a powerful healer for fear states, panic, anxiety and the emotional need for excessive control.

SPIRITUAL   Green/Blue Spinel illuminates the third-eye, throat and heart chakras, allowing one to more clearly speak of one’s visions, dreams, knowledge and guidance. Red/Ruby Spinel connects the energies of the heart and the base chakra, allowing one to feel more tolerant of unexpected circumstances or developments and different viewpoints or beliefs of others.

EMOTIONAL Green/Blue Spinel is a comfort for those who feel used by others or are unable to express proper emotional boundaries. It ideal for those with a ‘martyr complex,’ or those unable to say ‘no’ to others. Red/Ruby Spinel aids in allowing others to help, countering the feeling that one must ‘do it all’ in order for something to be completed properly. Red/Ruby Spinel is a wonderful support for ‘getting in the mood’ sexually, and it encourages a loving, attentive and giving attitude toward a partner. It can assist in channeling excessive sexual energy into the heart chakra for expression as loving energy without sexual connotations.

PHYSICAL   Green/Blue Spinel helps counter excessive acidity in the stomach and body, and facilitates a shift to alkaline chemistry. Red/Ruby Spinel unblocks the base chakra and ensures a strong link between the Earthstar, base and heart chakras, bringing in vital energy. It aids with heart issues related to extreme anger or chronic fear, as in spousal or child abuse.

AFFIRMATION   I am revitalized, fully alive and filled with the zest for life, and I use my energies in inspired and innovative ways to benefit myself and others.

SPIRALITE GEMSHELLS

KEY WORDS      Preservation of life, longevity, access to information on higher levels, telepathic link with cetaceans and other sea creatures, DNA evolution

ELEMENTS Water, Earth

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Spiralite Gemshells are a group of unique agatized spiral seashell fossils from India. Though originally formed primarily of calcium carbonate, they are now composed primarily of silicon dioxide, with a hexagonal (trigonal) crystal system and a hardness of 7. The colors range widely through white, tan, brown and gray shades. Many of the specimens have hollow areas in which druzy crystals have formed.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Spiralite Gemshells cross the boundary between fossils and crystals, between organic life and crystal life. In Sanskrit, they are known as dakshinavarti (leftward-coiling conch shells), and are associated with the Hindu god Vishnu, the Great Preserver. This association is quite appropriate, for the energetic properties of these stones have much to do with the preservation of life. The name Spiralite Gemshells describes two of their main characteristics—their formation through the petrification of ancient spiralform seashells, and their new incarnation as high-quality Agate and druzy crystals. These new stones are truly gems, much rarer and more beautiful than many other gemstone materials.

When I held a pair of these shining and sparkling shell-shaped stones, I immediately noticed a rhythmic pulsing in the third eye and crown chakras. Yet this was a different pulsation than is usual with other stones, because it formed a definite spiral of energy, coursing through the third eye and crown chakras and focusing on the very center of the brain. The sensation was quite pleasant, shifting consciousness into a state of pleasurable receptivity and widened awareness. After a time, I could sense the energies flowing out of my head, down to my torso and throughout my body. I especially noticed the currents spiraling in my arms and legs, filling them with vitality and Life Force. I felt that vibrational infusion increase my strength and harmonize my energies on a cellular level. No wonder the stones were associated with Vishnu, the sustainer of life!

Spiralite Gemshells combine organic life with crystalline life. They bridge the boundary between the animal and mineral worlds, making it much easier for human beings to access crystal energies. These stone shells carry the memory of life in Earth’s ancient times, and they can be highly refreshing to the etheric body, providing healing benefits to one’s whole being, from spirit and soul to body and cells.

Spiralite Gemshells carry the energies of the Great Spiral, one of the fundamental forms of existence. From the mathematical spirals of fractal geometry to the physical swirls of ferns and mollusks, from the Spiral Dance of ancient cultures to the spiral galaxies that populate the Universe, this pattern is fundamental and sacred. To work with the Spiralite Gemshells is to bring this pattern powerfully into one’s vibrational field, and to invoke its eternal sacred energies.

Spiralite Gemshells bring one’s consciousness into a powerful focus, increasing access to spiritual information from higher levels of reality. They are excellent stones for channelers, healers and intuitives of all sorts, from medical seers to prophetic visionaries.

These stones aid one in accessing the Akashic Records, in recalling past lives, and in communicating with spiritual beings. They are also powerful aids to developing empathic and telepathic communication with beings of the sea such as whales, dolphins and even fish!

The infusion of Life Force engendered by Spiralite Gemshells can be beneficial to those recovering their vitality after an injury or illness. They can also lend added stamina to the performance of athletes through their energizing effect on the etheric body. They enhance one’s psychic capacities, especially in regard to rapport with other living creatures.

On the highest level, Spiralite Gemshells support the preservation of life. They are powerful stones of longevity, and can ‘teach’ the spiritual aspect of one’s DNA to evolve while retaining its essential stability. They resonate well with DNA, perhaps because both are crystalline spirals. With prolonged use, I sense that Spiralite Gemshells can be used to unlock dormant spiritual potentials frozen in nonactivated parts of our genetic code. They are truly stones of self-actuated evolution, on the spiritual, etheric and physical levels.

Spiralite Gemshells resonate well with all types of Azeztulite, as well as Deva Quartz Green Phantoms, Phenacites, Anandalite, Nirvana Quartz, Mystic Merlinite and Auralite-23. They harmonize with stones that have been super-activated with the Azozeo process.

SPIRITUAL   Spiralite Gemshells bring the spiraling energies of universal vitality into consciousness, energy systems and cells. They help expand awareness to the ancient past, and to intuitive communion with intelligent beings of the sea.

EMOTIONAL   Spiralite Gemshells evoke the feeling of kinship with all living things, and with crystalline life as well.

PHYSICAL   Spiralite Gemshells support bodily stamina, recovery from illness, longevity and the evolution of DNA.

AFFIRMATION   I am a part of the great spiral dance of being, and I join in with joy and full commitment.

SPIRIT QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Merging with the Higher Self, purification, protection, spiritual evolution, freedom from fear

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Spirit Quartz is an unusual variety of Quartz, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It displays an unusual growing habit—a central candle-shaped crystal form with faceted termination, and a main crystal body covered with small terminated points. Most Spirit Quartz is Amethyst of greater or lesser quality, but some Citrines and whitish Quartz have also been mined. Spirit Quartz is found only in South Africa. Its name is derived from a similarity of the purple Amethyst color to that of a popular (in South Africa) window cleaning solution named Spirit. This presents a laughable irony to the metaphysical users of these stones. They are also known in some circles as Cactus Quartz or Porcupine Quartz.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Spirit Quartz is aptly named, even if by accident, because it is a stone for bringing Spirit into play with all aspects of one’s inner and outer life. It aligns the everyday ‘local self’ with the Higher Self, and assists the Higher Self in manifesting through one’s human form. This creates a dynamic via which the speed of one’s evolution is increased and one’s positive effects upon other people and the world are greatly enhanced. The Amethyst form of Spirit Quartz directly links one’s conscious mind to the Higher Self, allowing one to comprehend and verbally express the knowledge and wisdom beaming into one from that aspect of one’s being. The Citrine form of Spirit Quartz works directly through the third chakra, causing one to act directly from the will of the Higher Self, without necessarily understanding why. The ‘white’ variety of Spirit Quartz is the most resonant with one’s physical body, clearing and cleansing so that the body can become a suitable vehicle for the Higher Self to occupy when it and the local self merge.

When used in meditation, Spirit Quartz can bring peace of mind and freedom from fear. This is one of its most significant traits. As most of us are aware, fear governs much of human behavior. From anxiety about one’s financial future to the building of atom bombs for protection from supposed enemies, fear compels us to sacrifice love and spontaneous joy for the sake of ‘security.’ Spirit Quartz gently releases the tensions of our conscious and unconscious fears, allowing us to truly live.

The Amethyst form of Spirit Quartz is very cleansing and purifying to the auric field. It can dispel negative attachments and entities, repair ‘holes’ in the etheric body, balance the astral body and bring the chakras and meridians up to their optimal level of functioning. It stimulates the crown chakra, opening it fully so one can receive ‘downloads’ of spiritual information and communication from guides. It can dissolve imbalances at meridian node points—the simplest way is for the healer to hold the stone a few inches from the blocked area, directing the crystal toward the point and rotating it counterclockwise until the blockage is dissolved and its energetic ‘shadow’ has disappeared.

The Citrine form of Spirit Quartz clears and stimulates the third chakra. In fact, it can repair a damaged third chakra by the same means described above for clearing blockages. Citrine Spirit Quartz frees the will from the ‘shoulds and oughts’ of one’s upbringing so one can focus fully on manifesting one’s chosen goals and those of the Higher Self. This stone increases one’s sense of self worth, allowing one to claim one’s rightful power.

The white Spirit Quartz is highly programmable, especially for support of the physical healing process, and it is a strong revitalizer of one’s bodily energies.

Spirit Quartz works harmoniously with all members of the Quartz and Beryl families. Moldavite has the capacity to speed up the effects of Spirit Quartz.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Spirit Quartz (also called Cactus Quartz) is a Storm element ally that appears in different color variations—Amethyst, White Quartz and Citrine—each one focusing its energy upon a different level of the chakra system. This ally is actually a community within a stone, with each specimen exhibiting many small formations encrusting its sides. Each of these tiny crystals works in harmony with the overall ‘host’ crystal to create the effect of a hundred-voice choir singing in harmony. Harmony is, in fact, the key word I would use to describe the energies of these important allies. Spirit Quartz helps harmonize the levels of the aura, the chakras, meridians and the physical body. It assists in the integration of energy on a physical level and can help eradicate discordant vibrations from the energetic field.

Amethyst Spirit Quartz focuses this harmonic energy on the third-eye and crown chakras, assisting one in bringing high-frequency energy into the physical body. It helps one work cooperatively with guides to bring through information or energies necessary for the attainment of a harmonious group consciousness. Its frequencies are excellent for meditation work and attaining a sense of oneness with All-That-Is.

White Spirit Quartz activates all energy centers and systems in the body. It helps attune the levels of the aura with the physical on a cellular level, so both healing and evolution can occur. It will assist the practitioner in manifesting more healing energy into the physical body, ensuring that healing work will last longer and be more effective.

Citrine Spirit Quartz helps to align one’s personal will with Divine Will and to bring ideas, thoughts and concepts into reality through the manifestation process. These crystals are especially helpful in bringing group efforts to fruition and can be used to help harmonize groups for a single purpose to be achieved. Citrine Spirit Quartz assists one in feeling more empowered and physically vital. It can assist one in overcoming procrastination.

SPIRITUAL   Spirit Quartz is a stone of alignment and harmony, assisting the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies to resonate fully with one another, much like the sections of a choir. Because of this, Spirit Quartz can help one evolve one’s body to match one’s spiritual vibration and ground high-frequency energy into the world through one’s creations.

EMOTIONAL   Spirit Quartz encourages cooperation, group consciousness and a willingness to put aside the self in favor of the higher good. It is an excellent companion for those who tend to be self-centered, confrontational, egoistic or anti-social. It can assist those who have a fear of social situations to become more open and friendly, and less shy.

PHYSICAL   Spirit Quartz is excellent for healing, especially in stone layouts. It brings the energies of a layout into a coherent, harmonic energy field. It allows the physical body to become clearer and more aligned with the energetic bodies, helping treatments to be more effective and long-lasting.

AFFIRMATION   I choose the path of merger with my Higher Self, bringing all levels of my being into alignment and harmony.

STAUROLITE

KEY WORDS      Grounding and physical well-being, linking with the near realms of fairies, devas, animal and plant consciousness

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Staurolite is a complex mineral containing iron, magnesium, zinc, aluminum and silicon. Its hardness is 7 to 7.5 and its crystal system is monoclinic. It forms in prismatic crystals, often in cruciform (cross-shaped) twins. The color is reddish brown, dark brown or brownish black. The name comes from the Greek word stauros, meaning ‘cross,’ and the twinned crystals have been given the nickname ‘fairy crosses.’ Localities for Staurolite crystals include Fannin County, Georgia, USA, Rubelita in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Monte Campione, Switzerland.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Staurolite vibrates to the frequencies of the other dimensions closest to our own. As such, it can act as a key to the astral plane, the devic realm, and the domain of the fairies. It can be used to communicate with plant and animal spirits as well.

One reason humans do so much damage to the physical world is that they have lost the thread of connection in consciousness that links the Earth plane to the other domains mentioned above. These are sacred realms, and their sacredness resonates through the physical world when one can see them in aligned connection with one another. In such seeing, one realizes that destruction on this plane reverberates through the others, all the way from here to the Divine Source. Without the direct ability to know this, it is easy for one to view the physical world as ‘dead’ and meaningless. If this is all one sees, why not plunder and lay waste to the planet? Keeping the vibration of Staurolite in one’s energy field helps to open one’s eyes to the closely connected worlds that exist in symbiosis with the physical Earth. One is thereby inspired to treat the beings and environment of this plane with the same reverence one would have for the higher worlds. Also, the love and sweetness that permeate the fairy realm resonate deeply in the human, recalling the forgotten parts of the soul. For making this reconnection, Staurolite is a beneficial ally.

Staurolite also teaches one to treat oneself and one’s body with similar appreciation and reverence. It is a helpful aid for those seeking to give up self-destructive habits and can assist one to go through cleansing regimens. It can even instigate spontaneous natural purgings of negative energies and parasitic organisms. It can help one to stay centered and grounded while the inner battle between one’s immune system and the tiny invaders is happening. Staurolite also helps one pick up healthy habits, reducing resistance to positive changes in diet and exercise and the establishment of meditation and stress-relief programs.

Those who wish to learn the practice of ‘animal communication,’ in which one can psychically converse with pets or other animals, will find in Staurolite a tool for achieving the inner attunement that opens the door for such work.

As a crystal which often manifests as a symbol of the four directions, Staurolite also contains the invisible link to the ‘fifth direction,’ which is the vertical inner direction by which one experiences and navigates the other worlds. Staurolite’s energy increases one’s ability to tune one’s own vibrational field to the frequencies of whatever domain one wishes to visit or explore. For instance, sleeping with a Staurolite crystal in the pillowcase can initiate astral travel or lucid dreaming. Practiced meditators will be able to make fine vibrational discriminations which allow one to choose the inner doorway one wishes to open.

Staurolite can be increased in power by pairing it with Ruby. Blue Kyanite, a close cousin of Staurolite, can help with the enhancement of the psychic senses. Green Kyanite and Green Apophyllite will assist in attuning to the planes of the fairies and devas. Red Garnet will help one to stay grounded and centered while linking one’s awareness to multiple worlds.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Staurolite is a balanced grounding stone that aids one in connecting with the electromagnetic field of the planet and the alternate dimensions and realms of Earth, including the fairy realm. Staurolite has been used as a portal to the fairy realms, allowing one to view this unusual dimensional reality. Upon the advent of Christianity, the cross forms of Staurolite were used as protection against the Faerie realms, but this is not its true nature.

Staurolite can help open one’s eyes to the many beings who inhabit this planet with us. It acts as an enhancement for magical practices and for access to natural energy sources.

SPIRITUAL   Staurolite helps one open the inner eye to perceive the other beings and realms coexisting with us on the Earth. Its energy is grounding, yet it also strengthens visionary capability and the ability to find lost objects.

EMOTIONAL   Staurolite helps one feel safe, protected and secure. It is stabilizing to the emotional body and can help counter hysteria, excessive fear and emotional paralysis.

PHYSICAL   Staurolite assists in muscle and blood formation and in maintaining the general health of the physical body. It is an excellent stone to use in countering the effects of aging, regenerating the body after lack of care or attention, or recovering from habits of self-abuse.

AFFIRMATION   As I become aware of the sacred realms so near the physical Earth, I revere and honor them, offering my love and intent for healing to all the worlds.

STIBNITE

KEY WORDS      Attunement with new frequencies, transformation, new perspectives, prosperity, enhancement of personal power

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Stibnite is a antimony sulfide mineral with a hardness of 2. Its crystal system is orthorhombic, and it often forms as long prismatic crystals with longitudinal striations. It also occurs in massive, granular or bladed forms. The color is metallic gray and tarnishes to black. Stibnite is formed from deposits from hot mineral springs or in low-temperature hydrothermal veins. The largest deposits of Stibnite are in Hunan Province in China, and other localities producing well-formed crystals include Baia Sprie, Romania, and Shikoku Island, Japan.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Stibnite is a stone carrying the power of the underworld. It is associated with Pluto—both the planet and the god—and it emanates Pluto’s energy of transformation, death and rebirth, new perspectives, great wealth and power. Those wishing to bring any of these qualities into one’s life are advised to work with Stibnite. However, a highly focused intention is necessary when working with Stibnite, in order to be sure one evokes only the qualities one wishes from this stone. If one manages only a wandering attention without strong focus, one may experience unexpected, undesired results. But for those who know what they truly want, Stibnite can help manifest it in abundance.

Just as Stibnite helps one adjust to the profound changes happening on the Earth, it can assist one in making profound changes in the self. If one dreams of a completely different career, spiritual life, self-image or outer personality, Stibnite can help magnetize the experiences, people and synchronicities to make it so. Those who wish to use Stibnite in this way are advised to add Moldavite to the mix. Its transformational energies are quite powerful, and it seems only to facilitate the changes that serve one’s highest good. This is a helpful safeguard when wielding the power of Stibnite.

In regard to acquiring wealth, Stibnite can be effective in attracting new opportunities through which this can happen. In such situations, it is wise to make sure the opportunities are real and above board. Stibnite has a trickster quality to it when one is using it for personal gain in any area—none more than with money. Sodalite can enhance the intuitive knowing, offering good ‘hunches’ about potential choices. Sphalerite activates one’s inner ‘truth detector,’ helping one discern when an offer is indeed too good to be true.

For magnifying Stibnite’s predilection to reveal new perspectives, visionary stones like Phenacite, Azeztulite and Herderite can help a great deal. For enhancing personal power, Cuprite, Heliodor and Zincite will work synergistically with Stibnite. For inviting contact with extraterrestrials, Stibnite should be combined with Moldavite, Tibetan Tektite, Libyan Gold Tektite and/or Pallasite Meteorite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Stibnite is useful for moving energy through the physical body. In healing work, it aids the body in integrating energy and in shifting genetic patterns to reflect one’s spiritual evolution. While this stone does help one complete an energetic circuit with the Earth, it is not mentally grounding and can, in fact, be used effectively to facilitate meditation and connection with ETs and interdimensional beings.

Stibnite is an excellent stone in these times, as it assists one in more easily shifting into resonance with the high-frequency energy we are now being asked to carry in our bodies. It can help counter the symptoms of energy shift—such things as dizziness, headaches, inability to concentrate and heart palpitations caused by the Earth’s varying magnetic field.

SPIRITUAL   Stibnite is a stone for manifesting Light into physical form. It is a powerful meditation stone, helping the body incorporate the higher frequencies encountered there.

EMOTIONAL   Stibnite can help one release fears about exploration of the spiritual world and higher realms. It promotes cleansing and the release of debris from the emotional body.

PHYSICAL   Stibnite is perfectly suited to channeling high-frequency energy and grounding it into the body. Its purifying energy can be used to help heal sites of infection in the body, to counter herpes, cold sores, boils and other lesions, as well as infections in cuts or wounds.

AFFIRMATION   I harmonize myself with the new energies of the Earth, I pledge myself to work for the emergence of the Light, and I call forth the magnificence of all that I truly am.

STICHTITE

KEY WORDS      Kundalini activation, love and forgiveness, compassion, spiritual protection, emotional and physical resilience

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Crown (7th), Root (1st)

Stichtite is a hydrated magnesium chromium carbonate mineral with a hardness of 1.5 to 2. Its crystal system is trigonal. It forms primarily in compact masses or micaceous aggregates. Stichtite’s color is a pinkish purple, not unlike that of the lighter shades of Sugilite. Its most abundant locality is near Dundas on the island of Tasmania. Stichtite often occurs in association with green Serpentine, and sometimes the two minerals are intergrown, providing specimens of vivid green with spots of purple.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Like its cousin, green Serpentine, Stichtite stimulates kundalini energies, moving the dormant energies at the base of the spine up through the chakras to the crown of the head. While green Serpentine centers at the heart and is said to emanate healing energies especially in that area, Stichtite blends the vibrations of love, forgiveness and spiritual illumination, linking the heart and crown chakras. Like Sugilite, Stichtite emanates energies of protection from negativity, putting the wearer inside an ‘egg of Light’ which shields the emotional body. As a stone of forgiveness, Stichtite allows one to more easily see the ‘other side’ of emotional issues, facilitating compassion for those who have hurt us. It takes away the consciousness of ‘us versus them,’ substituting ‘just us’ for ‘justice.’

Emotionally, Stichtite can serve to soften hardened attitudes, allowing one to release unreasonable stubbornness and see things from another’s point of view. It promotes forgiveness and facilitates the development of friendship with those with whom one may outwardly have little in common. It encourages the spontaneous display of affection, dispelling shyness or hesitation. It helps one realize that life is short and we have only a limited number of opportunities to express love in the world.

Stichtite links one with the Higher Self aspect known as the ‘Magic Presence’. This energy can inspire one to give one’s life to Spirit, completely and without hesitation, clearing one’s karma and committing oneself to a life of spiritual service.

Stichtite is a stone of emotional and physical resilience, allowing one to recover quickly from illness, trauma, disappointment, anger or depression. It rekindles the joy of life for its own sake, helping one release the insistence that the Universe arrange itself according to one’s own plans and desires. It helps one remember to see with the eyes of a child, in joyful awareness, free from expectation.

In healing, Stichtite vibrationally supports the regeneration of neural pathways, making it an excellent ally for dealing with such ailments as spinal injury, dementia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. It is recommended to be placed beside the bed, near the individual’s head, or in healing layouts, directly on the affected areas.

Stichtite harmonizes with Moldavite, Amethyst, Sugilite, Serpentine, Scolecite, Gem Silica and Morganite. Phenacite amplifies its visionary properties and Tibetan Tektite intensifies its kundalini energies. Seraphinite is the perfect stone to combine with Stichtite for all types of self-healing.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Stichtite is a beautiful Purple Ray stone that resonates with the frequency of the Wind. Its energy is stimulating to the higher mind and soothing to the body and nervous system. Stichtite often occurs with Serpentine, the energy insulator, and their combination is a powerful tool for opening to Spirit, clearing the auric field and energizing the heart.

Stichtite’s energy stimulates the third-eye and crown chakras and draws Light into the physical heart, illuminating the developing center of consciousness there. It can strengthen feelings of love, compassion and caring, as it fosters the development of the courageous heart. It encourages one to ‘let bygones be bygones’ and release identification with ego wounds. It helps one to be more caring and loving toward oneself and to eliminate negative self-talk.

Stichtite can assist in making one aware of the spiritual support that is always available to us from our highest guides and guardian angels. While not a stone for direct communication with other beings, it does help one feel their presence and bask in their energy more easily. It can ease feelings of loneliness, isolation and separation.

SPIRITUAL Spiritually, Stichtite reminds one of the power of the heart. It encourages calling upon one’s guides and angels in good as well as hard times and can help one feel their presence. It activates the third eye and crown and can stimulate visionary experiences.

EMOTIONAL   Stichtite is a stone of Love, unity and cooperation. It helps one overcome reluctance to ask others for support and encourages feeling more compassionate toward those who need our assistance. It is an excellent protective stone against negative emotional fields being created by others and will help one feel compassionate towards such individuals.

PHYSICAL   Stichtite calms the nervous system, helps support healthy blood-pressure levels and a positive, healing biochemistry. It can aid one with tension headaches or muscular tension due to stress. It is an aid for digestion and can help prevent emotionally based food cravings and binge eating.

AFFIRMATION   I release my fears and judgments, liberating my heart to love without limit.

STILBITE

KEY WORDS      Clear thinking, expansion of self-sense, inner peace, enhancing one’s dreams

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Stilbite is a zeolite mineral, a sodium calcium hydrous aluminum silicate with a hardness of 3.5 to 4. Its crystal system is monoclinic, and it typically crystallizes in sheaf-like aggregates. The color is white, pinkish, gray, yellowish, reddish, orange or brown. It forms in cavities in basalt or other lavas. It is often found in association with Heulandite, Apophyllite and other zeolites. Most Stilbite on the market comes from Poona, India, but it is also found in Iceland, the Faeroe Islands and Scotland.

ROBERT SIMMONS   There is a profound and delicate softness about Stilbite crystals. They emanate a quiet and unceasing joy, and they are clearly stones of the love vibration. They are both opening and healing to the heart chakra, and they help one maintain openness and emotional vulnerability, even in the most difficult situations.

When used in meditation, Stilbite clusters can bring about a gradual expansion of the sense of self, starting in the heart center and gradually increasing until one has grown past the confines of the body, becoming a sphere of awareness no longer limited by the laws of physics, yet still connected by a cord of Light to the physical body. Thus Stilbite seems to provide a calm and effortless expansion of consciousness into the astral realm, and beyond that to the subtle and causal dimensions. The expansion it provides is so gentle that one can easily fall into bliss and not realize fully what has happened.

For those who are restless at night, Stilbite can bring a calming influence which can help one drift into sleep. For those who have difficulty meditating or quieting the mind’s inner dialog, Stilbite can be the bringer of inner peace that frees the Self. For those healing from loss and grief, it can be a balm to the emotions.

In the realm of dreams, Stilbite can stimulate the aspect of the subconscious known as the ‘dream maker.’ Keeping a Stilbite in the pillowcase or on the bedside table, one is likely to experience an increase in the vividness and profundity of one’s dreams. If one keeps a dream journal and reflects on these dreams, even more will come.

When Stilbite and Apophyllite occur in the same formation, there is a combination of their powers. The interdimensional access provided by the Apophyllite is made gentler and more comfortable by the Stilbite. These two can help people to bring heart and mind together, allowing them to function as one.

Stilbite also combines especially well with its zeolite cousins, Scolecite, Natrolite, Apophyllite, Heulandite and Thomsonite, as well as Morganite, Satyaloka Quartz, Celestite, Azeztulite, and other stones of the heart and the higher spiritual dimensions.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Stilbite has a tonic effect on the mind and energy field. It assists in clearing debris from the aura and consequently clears the mind of unconscious clutter that is reflected from the energy field into one’s thoughts. Stilbite can be used to help one gain mental focus by shielding the mind from external influences or unconscious psychic information. Within this state of clear thought, Stilbite helps one decide what one wishes to create in one’s life and plan a path to the attainment of those dreams. It allows one to approach one’s tasks with an organized and positive frame of mind. Stilbite is an excellent stone for those who feel overwhelmed by too many tasks, or who do not know where to begin in order to bring one’s spiritual path into reality.

SPIRITUAL   Stilbite balances hemispheric brain function, facilitating a whole-brain approach to challenging mental tasks. It can quiet excessive thought processes, allowing focus on the task at hand. It assists one in making choices and decisions, and can help one move beyond settling only for what one thinks is possible, discovering instead one’s true dreams and desires.

EMOTIONAL   Stilbite helps organize confusion of the mind, and encourages one to take charge of one’s life by committing to a direction. It allows one to overcome the fear of making the ‘wrong’ choice and instead helps one see all choices as possible learning paths. It encourages one to expand one’s mind and learn whatever is necessary to forward one’s goals.

PHYSICAL   Stilbite can be used to enhance learning, to help calm ADD and ADHD, and to help one achieve and maintain mental balance.

AFFIRMATION   I expand my sense of self beyond the boundaries of the body, into my auric field and beyond—into the blissful realms of Spirit.

STONEHENGE BLUESTONE

KEY WORDS      Alignment with Earth energies, geomancy, attunement to the Akashic Records, shape-shifting and shamanic practices

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Root (1st)

Stonehenge Bluestone is a blue-green-gray, white-spotted rock used to construct the ancient neolithic monument known as Stonehenge. The composition of the Stonehenge Bluestones is spotted dolerite, blue dolerite, rhyolite and volcanic ash, which is of high silica content. (Dolerite is a plagioclase feldspar that is harder than granite.)

The stones now known as Stonehenge Bluestone are gathered at the same quarrying site as were the Stonehenge pillars 4,000 years ago. The Bluestones used in Stonehenge were brought from over 250 miles away, from the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Legend has it that the wizard Merlin magically transported the stones to the Stonehenge megalith site, though archeologists favor the idea of sledges and rollers. No one knows why the builders insisted on using these particular stones, which presented huge transportation challenges, although their energetic qualities may provide a clue.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Stonehenge Bluestone hearkens back to the land of its origin, and the prehistoric mysticism of the days of Britain’s mysteries. When one meditates with this stone, there is a sensation of seeing far through distance and time. These stones can be useful in attuning to the ancient Akashic Records, facilitating intuitive viewing of the knowledge and histories of past civilizations.

Ancient peoples chose Stonehenge Bluestone for reasons that have not been recorded, but the resonances of power within these stones must have been a factor in the choice. Stonehenge Bluestones can facilitate remote viewing—the capacity to psychically view events and people who are far away in space and/or time—and this would have been highly useful to the priests and priestesses of Britain’s Druidic and pre-Druidic past. I sense that Stonehenge Bluestones have an older history of use by magicians and geomancers of antiquity, long before Stonehenge and perhaps to the time of Atlantis. As I meditated with one of the Stonehenge Bluestones, I saw a vision of Atlantean temples built of this same material, and of crystal patterns built into great circular Bluestone bases. People were ‘reading’ these patterns by standing in the center of the Bluestone circle and focusing on particular crystals, while moving into states of heightened awareness. I could not understand the purpose of this activity, but it made me feel that these Bluestones have been used in spiritual activities for many centuries.

Stonehenge Bluestones resonate very readily with the ‘dragon currents’ or ley lines of the Earth. They can be helpful in locating the best spots for constructing buildings, digging wells, erecting temples and outdoor altars, or simply for meditating. They facilitate shape-shifting and all sorts of shamanic practices including shamanic journeying. They can aid in dousing and scrying as well as attuning to past lives. They are one of the most powerful stones for all sorts of geomancy.

Stonehenge Bluestone can be utilized for drawing energies from the Earth’s meridian system, of which Stonehenge itself is a part. Through the meditative practice of energy resonance, one can use the Bluestone as a frequency guide, a way of feeling one’s path into the vibrational spectrum of the Earth’s energy grid. A piece of Stonehenge Bluestone can act as a vibrational talisman, allowing one to feel the ‘heartbeat of the world’ and move into harmony with that World Heart. In this way, one can allow the Earth’s energies to bring one’s own energy patterns into wholeness and health. Simply wearing or carrying a piece of Stonehenge Bluestone can facilitate this effect. It also increases one’s sensitivity to changes occurring within the Earth’s energy field. This can be helpful to those wishing to help others move with all possible grace through the many energetic shifts we are destined to encounter as the quickening of our and the Earth’s evolution continues.

In 2007, Azeztulite and Moldavite stones were planted at the base of the Bluestone pillars of Stonehenge, in hopes of ‘waking up’ the Stonehenge stones and transmitting the evolutionary currents of Moldavite and Azeztulite throughout the Earth’s energy grid. Since we humans are a living aspect of that grid, those of us who incorporate Moldavite, Azeztulite and Stonehenge Bluestone into our own energy fields can aid in creating the great shift that will fulfill our joint destiny with that of the Earth.

SPIRITUAL   Stonehenge Bluestone facilitates visions of past civilizations, and aids one in accessing the Akashic Records. It can help one tune in to ley lines, and is excellent for geomancy. It enhances dowsing and scrying, and enables one to draw sustenance from the Earth’s energies.

EMOTIONAL   Stonehenge Bluestone facilitates emotional stability through its balancing effects on one’s energy field.

PHYSICAL   Stonehenge Bluestone supports overall good health because it keeps one harmoniously connected and grounded to the Earth.

AFFIRMATION   I extend the roots of my being deep into the Earth, and I participate in the Earth’s remembering of all she has been, and to her destiny of all she can be.

STRONTIANITE

KEY WORDS      Strength and confidence, enthusiasm for life, increased vitality and sexuality, decisiveness and self control

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th), Sexual/Creative (2nd)

Strontianite is a strontium carbonate mineral with a hardness of 3.5. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. It forms in prismatic, frequently needle-shaped crystals. It occurs in low-temperature hydrothermal veins in marbles and limestones, often is association with Celestite, Barite and/or Calcite. Occasionally it forms as concretions in clay or limestone. Strontianite’s colors include white, yellowish, greenish, gray, brownish, reddish and colorless. The finest specimens are from Strontian, Scotland, and Munster, Germany.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Strontianite is a stone of strength and confidence. It clears and opens the third chakra, allowing for the full expression of one’s personal power. It channels spiritual energy into the physical body, giving one increased vitality and endurance, as well as a supply of reserve energy one can call upon for high-intensity activities such as a sprint, a sport such as tennis or racket ball, or a struggle with an attacker. It recharges the auric field, creating a palpable sense of one’s personal space—an energy which can actually repel those who do not serve one’s highest good. It assists one in knowing oneself deeply, thus allowing for certainty in one’s choices and commitment in one’s activities.

Strontianite is a stone of practicality. It encourages thrift and assists one in looking ahead to see what obligations and choices one is most likely to confront. It helps one organize and budget one’s time, money and energy. It allows those who overcommit themselves to pull back and prioritize, rather than becoming exhausted by trying to please everyone.

Strontianite initiates a positive attitude toward life. It eliminates doubt and hesitation, encouraging one to leap into an experience and enjoy it. It helps one overcome fears by facing and accepting the facts. It enhances the senses, making it possible for one to discharge feelings of numbness and isolation. It increases one’s receptivity to pleasure, stimulating the pleasure centers of the brain and attenuating the connections to stored memories of guilt and shame. Strontianite quiets one’s inner judge and increases self-esteem. It also enhances one’s receptivity to, and enjoyment of, others. It opens one’s eyes to the common humanity we all share and encourages friendship.

Strontianite promotes healthy sexuality. It supports the optimal functioning of the sexual organs while stimulating the psychological programming which brings lovers together. It helps one appreciate one’s partner, opening one’s eyes to what attracted one to him or her in the first place. It encourages the enjoyment of romance and reminds one that love has no need to hurry.

For all its enthusiasm, Strontianite is also a stone of self control. It encourages one to listen carefully to all sides of an argument—even one in which one is a participant—before making a firm decision. It clears one’s perceptions, allowing one to understanding exactly where one’s friend (or opponent) is coming from. Where possible, it encourages compassion and reconciliation. However, it also shows one where this will not resolve the issue, allowing one to take necessary actions without remorse.

Strontianite is an excellent stone for those learning the martial arts. Its enhancement of one’s strength, perception and judgment of situations can be of immeasurable assistance in such pursuits.

Strontianite harmonizes with Celestite, which softens its willfulness and emphasizes compassion. It also works well with all forms of Calcite, as well as Aragonite. Libyan Gold Tektite can increase its capacity to energize the third chakra.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Strontianite is a Storm element ally that radically opens and energizes the double-helix-like flow of energy up the core of the chakra column. It activates all chakras from the Earthstar to the Soul Star, creating a powerful flow up from the Earth and down from the cosmos, centering this energy within the heart.

Strontianite crystals can be used in healing to radically shift blocked energies and to stimulate the nervous system and electromagnetic field. In meditation, they can often produce wild visions, ‘light shows’ and kaleidoscopic pulses of color through the inner eye, as well as a pulsing, expansive energy in the crown area.

Strontianite can stimulate the kundalini energy, producing powerful waves of energy moving upward from the base of the spine and out the top of the head. This rising of energy sequentially activates and illuminates the chakras.

Strontianite is best used when paired with a strong grounding stone such as Hematite or Black Tourmaline, which will assist the physical body in processing and integrating its powerful energies.

SPIRITUAL   Strontianite is one of those allies who has come to open one’s inner eye through generating undeniable spiritual awakening. It is not a gentle stone by any means, but it is a powerful ally for those who seek vision, cleansing and awakening to the highest energies.

EMOTIONAL   Strontianite can create a deep cleansing of the emotional body, which is often exhibited as intense emotional release through weeping, rage, panic or other strong emotions, depending upon the energies in the emotional field. It is ideal for those unable to release emotions after a difficult experience or trauma. After this cleansing, Strontianite can produce strong feelings of bliss and rapture, leading to deep peace and illumination.

PHYSICAL   Strontianite can be used to activate the energy field and clear any initial energetic or emotional debris at the start of a healing session, so the healer can focus on core issues. It stimulates elimination through perspiration and through the bowels and kidneys.

AFFIRMATION   I move confidently into full engagement with life, filled with clarity, enthusiasm and inner strength.

SUGILITE

KEY WORDS      Dreams, spiritual protection and purification, becoming a ‘beacon of Light’

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Transpersonal and Etheric (8th through 14th)

Sugilite is a rare potassium sodium lithium iron manganese aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. Its form is usually massive, although rarely it forms in tiny prismatic crystals. The mineral was named after Japanese geologist Kenichi Sugi, who discovered the first specimens in 1944. The color ranges from pale lilac to deep purple. A magenta-purple shade is considered most precious, especially in the translucent form known as ‘gel.’ Although Sugilite has been found in Japan and Canada, almost all Sugilite on the market comes from very deep manganese mines in South Africa.

ROBERT SIMMONS Sugilite is one of the premier stones for this age, because of its numerous beneficial properties. Among them are protection from negative influences in one’s environment, the enhancement of one’s ability to ground spiritual energies, the awakening of the crown chakra, the emanation of the pure Violet Ray of purification and a strong influence for healing.

The protective aspects of Sugilite are exceptional. Carrying or wearing a piece of Sugilite sets up a sort of ‘shield of light’ around the wearer, making one impervious to the disharmony of others. This sort of protection is especially important for gentle souls who tend to take on whatever energies are around them.

Sugilite is perhaps the most powerful stone for calling in the Violet Flame of purification. This energy can be of immeasurable benefit for those on the spiritual path, for it tends to burn away the ‘gray spots’ in the auric field, removing negative attachments and karmic influences. Sugilite’s Violet Flame energy makes it impossible for parasitic entities from the astral plane to remain in one’s auric field. When one begins to wear or carry Sugilite, an energetic cleansing process is initiated. Toxic influences from one’s inner and outer environment are dislodged and dispelled. This process can also greatly speed up one’s inner development and help one to be a spiritual beacon in the world.

In regard to being a spiritual beacon, it must be mentioned that Sugilite works to stimulate and open the crown chakra at the top of the head. This opening is not for purposes of escape into the higher-vibrational realms. Rather, it is for grounding the Light on Earth through one’s own being. Many have incarnated here as volunteers for helping the Earth and all its entities move to the next higher vibrational octave, within which a certain level of what is called ‘enlightenment’ will be attained by all. Sugilite helps one to remember and achieve this essential calling, and its effect upon the crown chakra manifests a key aspect of how the self must open and transform in order to be a conduit for spiritual Light to enter this plane.

Sugilite is also a stone of the realm of dreams. When one meditates or dreams with this stone, the depth of inner experience can increase greatly, and the imagery one receives can be laden with significance and symbolic meaning. The key to the soul’s yearning is revealed in one’s deep dreaming, and understanding the images which arise can put one on the path to communion with the soul and harmonious accord with one’s soul purpose.

Sugilite works exceptionally well with the transformational energies of Moldavite. Phenacite, Natrolite, Herderite, Brookite and Scolecite all assist in intensifying the visionary component of Sugilite’s energies. Hematite can be of use in emphasizing the grounding of Light in the physical world. Amethyst increases the effect of Sugilite’s ‘aura of protection.’

NAISHA AHSIAN   Sugilite is a powerful stone for opening the third-eye, crown and etheric chakras. It activates inner vision and opens the doorway to one’s innermost motivations, thoughts and beliefs. Sugilite is the stone of dreams. It assists one in remembering one’s night dreams and in practicing lucid dreaming. It also helps one remember the dreams one has had for one’s life and has somehow put aside in favor of what one believed was possible to achieve. It helps one recover the dream one’s soul has desired for this lifetime—and in remembering those dreams, it lends one the courage and optimism to pursue them.

Sugilite activates the heart and mind, assisting one in finding one’s true spiritual passion and following that passion to abundance and wholeness.

Sugilite can manifest in colors ranging from bright purple to almost black. The brighter and more vibrant colors tend to open and activate the upper chakras and allow one to connect with one’s dreams. The darker colored material assists one in grounding these dreams into reality and maintaining one’s fortitude in pursuit of one’s dreams.

SPIRITUAL   Sugilite helps one believe in life’s possibilities. It helps one envision something other than what is currently being experienced, offering hope and optimism for a better future. Sugilite can aid in repelling negativity and in filling one’s aura with high-frequency Light.

EMOTIONAL Sugilite helps one overcome hopelessness, overwhelm and the feeling of having no options in one’s life. It reminds one that one can achieve anything one can dream and lends one the strength and courage to manifest those dreams. It is ideal for those who tend to fall into negative thinking or who lack confidence in their abilities.

PHYSICAL   Sugilite is useful in countering nightmares, insomnia and other sleep imbalances. It offers peace of mind and can assist in calming the nerves and releasing worries.

AFFIRMATION   I am safe and protected within my own ‘bubble of Light,’ and I work to bring to reality my deepest dreams, as well as the collective dream of a planet of Light.

SUNSET GOLD SELENITE

KEY WORDS      Creating through the will, strength of intention and strength of trust, unification of brain/mind and heart/wisdom, alignment with the Higher Self

ELEMENTS Fire, Wind

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

One of the most unusual and rare forms of Selenite is a material called Sunset Gold Selenite, so named because of its golden color and radiance. These crystals are found in Texas and were discovered around 2006. Selenite is a hydrous calcium-sulfate mineral with a hardness of 2. It is closely related to fibrous gypsum, also known as satin spar, and the massive, fine-grained variety known as alabaster. Sunset Gold Selenite crystals are irregular and rather convoluted, although with many of them, two of their four sides are flat and shiny. Most crystals of Sunset Gold Selenite have a high degree of translucence, and range from two to four inches in length.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Sunset Gold Selenite quickly opens and activates the third eye and solar plexus chakras. When it is held to the third eye, its currents also move up to the crown, stimulating its opening. The intensity of energy delivered by Sunset Gold Selenite is greater than most of the clear Selenites, and it is the only Selenite that easily reaches the solar plexus. Like Himalayan Gold Azeztulite, Sunset Gold Selenite aids in developing the creating activity of the will. As we move more and more into the birth of what certain myths refer to as the New Heaven and the New Earth—the spiritual and physical realms united as one—the creating capacities of will become vitally important. Through partnership with the realms of spirit—which are no longer to be viewed as ‘higher’ realms because they are everywhere around us—we will learn to manifest whatever is needed or desired, in alignment with the wisdom and harmony of the world. Sunset Gold Selenite aids in these transition times by stimulating our vision and our will to create.

This creating activity, which we can begin to glimpse when we meditate with Sunset Gold Selenite, can free us from the vast array of limitations long believed to be the ‘facts’ of reality. It is first and foremost an activity of trust. Through trusting the unknown while holding the essence of our heartfelt intention, we can play an essential role in creating a world more wonderful than we can imagine.

Sunset Gold Selenite aids in developing the strength of intention and the strength of trust, through its enhancement of the power of the third chakra and its way of linking the solar plexus to the third eye. It helps one feel the energy of trust and intention going out into the future through the solar plexus. It helps develop a feeling/seeing sensitivity through which one can feel one’s creating forces joining with the World Soul’s creating forces, forming the stream of the unfolding future.

As a species, we have in the past experienced ourselves as powerless, and have largely forgotten the astonishing creative power that can pour into the world through our third chakras. Working meditatively with Sunset Gold Selenite, placing one piece on the solar plexus and another on the third eye, one receives the aid of this ally in reawakening and strengthening these long-dormant capacities. Adding one or two pieces of Himalaya Gold Azeztulite and/or North Carolina Golden Azeztulite crystals on these same chakras redoubles the effectiveness of the Selenite crystals.

All Selenites are considered to be stones of the Higher Self. Sunset Gold Selenites help one attune to and feel the creating intentions of one’s own higher aspects, the spiritual self. These stones encourage one to willingly align oneself with the intentions of the Higher Self, which always aims one toward learning, wisdom and joy.

In a particularly powerful application of this stone, one is advised to place a two- or three-inch piece of Sunset Gold Selenite in the space between the heart and the solar plexus. One can meditate lying down while the stone is there, or one can tape it on during sleep. This placement will facilitate the integration of the heart and solar plexus, aligning one’s individual will with the will of the heart. Over time, this can bring about a merging of the two chakras that makes one’s creating capacities immeasurably stronger.

Sunset Gold Selenite supports self-healing in the following areas: digestive difficulties, bowel sluggishness, impaired vision and hearing, muscle weakness and addictive behaviors. Addictions and other sorts of bad habits are, from a certain perspective, diseases of the will. The enhancement of will forces offered by Sunset Gold Selenite can help one break through all sorts of old stuck patterns.

Sunset Gold Selenite also resonates powerfully with Agni Gold Danburite, Golden Labradorite, Phenacite, Herderite, Heliodor and the three yellow or golden Azeztulites—Himalaya Gold, Satyaloka Yellow and/or Golden Azeztulite crystals. All of these strengthen Sunset Gold Selenite’s ability to stimulate one’s will and creative capacities.

SPIRITUAL   Sunset Gold Selenite stimulates the capacity for creative manifestation through the will, and teaches one that a powerful intention goes hand-in-hand with a high degree of trust. It can align one’s will with the will of the heart.

EMOTIONAL   Sunset Gold Selenite helps one to overcome emotional difficulties, addictions and bad habits due to a weakened will. It facilitates the development of self-worth, and teaches one to follow one’s heart with complete trust.

PHYSICAL   Sunset Gold Selenite supports self-healing of weakness or imbalances in the bowels, digestive system, eyes, ears and muscles.

AFFIRMATION   I trust my heart, and I exercise my will to create what the heart desires.

SUNSTONE

KEY WORDS      Leadership, benevolence, strength, abundance of blessings, enlightened male energy

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Sunstone is an oligioclase feldspar mineral with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. It is also known in some reference books as Aventurine Feldspar, a name derived from the stone’s resemblance to an accidentally discovered type of glass known as a ventura. Sunstone has a triclinic crystal system and usually occurs as compact aggregates. The color is orange to red-brown, with sparkling inclusions. The name Sunstone comes from its warm color and reflected light, reminiscent of the sun. Sunstone deposits are known in India, Canada, Norway, Russia and the USA. In 2002, a new find in Africa produced transparent, facetable Sunstone that reflected orange-red and blue light from tiny Hematite and Goethite platelets embedded in the clear base material.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Sunstone is a stone of personal power, freedom, and expanded consciousness. Of all the stones on Earth, this one truly reflects the qualities of Solar Light—openness, benevolence, warmth, strength, mental clarity and the willingness and ability to bestow blessings upon others. These are also the desired qualities of leadership, and Sunstone can kindle the fire of leadership within those who wear or carry it. Those who feel called to lead may find that Sunstone helps them find the inner conviction and self-discipline to move forward. Those who are held back by fears and self-doubt may discover that Sunstone melts away the sense of unworthiness that can keep one from fully being who one is. Sunstone emanates a rich and positive spectrum of energies, and when one attunes to it one sometimes feels that a cornucopia of enrichments has entered one’s life. It engenders a sense of abundance in regard to all one’s needs and desires, and indeed it can assist one in the manifestation of prosperity, as well as the acquisition of knowledge and the attainment of wisdom.

Sunstone worn as a ring can help one receive what one needs and desires, when worn on the receptive hand. On the transmitting hand, Sunstone will aid in channeling a multiplicity of healings and blessings to others. Worn over the heart as a pendant, Sunstone can bring the heart’s wisdom into alignment with the mind’s inspirations. Meditating with Sunstone on the third eye will help one to see one’s highest path of action in any situation.

Sunstone energizes the second and third chakras, stimulating not only leadership and will, but also creativity and sexuality. The blend of these energies can bring exceptional adventurousness, fun and innovative experimentation into one’s romantic and/or artistic expressions. This is a combination of great exuberance which one should find very enjoyable.

Sunstone is the yang which balances the yin of Moonstone, and when worn together these stones work in beautiful harmony. Labradorite combines exceptionally well with both these stones, bringing in the quality of magic and the manifestation of blessings from the other side of the veil. Pairing Moldavite with Sunstone emphasizes the achievement of one’s highest life-purpose. Sunstone also works well in combination with Amber, Selenite, Golden Labradorite, Prasiolite, Jet, Danburite, Larimar and Quartz.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Sunstone is a Fire element ally that carries the frequency of the Solar Ray, representing enlightened leadership and the ability to utilize knowledge and wisdom for the highest good of all. The Solar Ray carries the energy of Ra, the sun God, whose energy brings forth the potential life within the Earth. This reminds us of the initiation of Light we are all currently undergoing, in which our true nature is being brought forth by continual exposure to higher frequencies of Light.

In the past, leadership has often meant the use of power for personal gain, or power over the will of others. In the emerging paradigm, leadership instead represents the ability to take responsibility for the common good. It is not the assumption of power but, rather, the assumption of responsibility melded with the will to manifest the highest potential of Spirit onto the Earth. Sunstone teaches of leadership as the act of placing oneself in service to others, instead of insisting that others be of service to oneself.

Sunstone has the wonderful ability to reveal ego-based desires and motivations. It is an excellent stone to use in business dealings, due to its ability to reveal the true motivations held by others and expose dishonesty.

Sunstone activates and aligns the second and third chakras, enabling one to more easily manifest Divine Will through one’s actions and creations. It stimulates one’s creative and sexual energy and can increase one’s physical stamina.

SPIRITUAL   Sunstone teaches one to utilize one’s skills and abilities in service to others. It is a stone of abundance, helping one take action to manifest one’s desires in physicality. Sunstone emanates the Solar Ray, attuning one to Light and the energy of the Great Central Sun.

EMOTIONAL   Sunstone warms and stimulates the emotional body. It can help one transform anger into energy, judgment into joy. Its raises the vibration of one’s emotional patterns.

PHYSICAL   Sunstone warms the body, increasing metabolism, digestion, and vitality. It helps balance the endocrine system and aids reproductive problems due to imbalanced hormones.

AFFIRMATION   I claim my true place of leadership, giving and receiving abundant blessings.

TANGERINE QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Creativity, sexuality, passion, curiosity, inspiration, playfulness, innocence

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Sexual/Creative (2nd)

Tangerine Quartz is a variety of Quartz crystal, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Tangerine Quartz is distinguished by an orangish coloration said to be caused by inclusions or encrustations of iron and possibly other minerals within or on the surface of the stone. The most attractive Tangerine Quartz has come primarily from the Diamantina area of Minas Gerais, Brazil, but Madagascar has also produced some good specimens. Tangerine Quartz occurs in both single points and clusters, with individual crystals ranging from an inch or less to as much as a foot in length.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Tangerine Quartz works to activate the second chakra. It stimulates one’s creativity as well as one’s sexual energies, and the blending of these qualities can provide a great deal of spiritual growth.

The second chakra is the energy center at the level of the sexual organs. Creativity and our sexuality are deeply linked. The creation of a new human being is initiated through sexual contact. The creation of great works of art is often akin in intensity and emotional experience to a sexual orgasm. And the ‘Big Bang’ which is said to have been the moment of the creation of our Universe appears as an orgasmic moment for the Divine Intelligence. In our own lives, the awakening of kundalini energies often begins at or near the second chakra and is associated with great bursts of creative power. Tangerine Quartz is the type of Quartz most attuned to the second chakra and its array of sexual and creative energies.

Meditation with Tangerine Quartz can facilitate an upwelling of new ideas and inspirations from deep within the self, and these crystals can help us find the zest and energy to implement them. Tangerine Quartz can be use for activation of sexual desire as well, especially if the stone is placed at or near the second chakra. Partners can meditate or sleep within a grid of these crystals, for enhancement of mutual creativity and new inspirations to pursue together. Such an arrangement may increase the level of eroticism in the relationship as well. If one prefers to focus on only one of these activations, one can program the crystals to enhance only the desired energies. And in regard to programming, one can use Tangerine Quartz to enhance a particular creative endeavor by meditating with the stone and asking for assistance with that specific project.

Tangerine Quartz can be supplemented with Orange Calcite, Zincite, Carnelian and Padparadsha Sapphire to amplify its effects. One can add Cuprite to bring in the energies of the first chakra, or Golden Labradorite to involve the third. Tangerine Quartz’s energies can be transmuted to focus on higher spiritual creativity by using it in conjunction with Phenacite, Azeztulite or Herderite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Tangerine Quartz stimulates the joyful, creative energy of the inner child. It encourages playfulness and the ability to explore one’s world and experiences with fearless curiosity. Tangerine Quartz helps one use this curiosity to learn and grow. It can assist in releasing the fear of appearing ‘stupid’ if one lacks knowledge or information about a certain topic, and instead will encourage a curious, questioning nature that happily admits ignorance and pursues new understanding.

Tangerine Quartz stimulates passion on all levels—from sexual passion to the passionate mind. It helps one express passion through joyful creativity. It is excellent for artists, poets and others who wish to playfully approach the creative expression of ideas and feelings.

Tangerine Quartz can be used to help overcome seemingly insurmountable limitations or problems. It gives one hope and helps one become resolved in one’s will. It is the stone of creative problem-solving and can be employed to stimulate new ideas and fresh perspectives.

SPIRITUAL   Tangerine Quartz encourages creativity, playfulness and the pursuit of new knowledge. It powerfully activates the second and third chakras.

EMOTIONAL   Tangerine Quartz can aid in overcoming fear—particularly the fear of being inferior or ‘not good enough.’ It helps one bypass the ego and honestly assess one’s skills, seeing what one still needs to learn. It is ideal for those who have had negative sexual experiences and would like to recapture their innocence, approaching sex with playfulness and curiosity.

PHYSICAL   Tangerine Quartz stimulates the glands, particularly the gonads. It can be used to help stimulate sluggish adrenals and other related glands and to encourage abundant energy. It is a good stone to employ for countering infertility or lack of sexual interest.

AFFIRMATION   I approach my life with playfulness, curiosity, creativity, passion, humor and joyful enthusiasm.

TANZANITE

KEY WORDS      Linkage of the mind and heart, enhanced spiritual perception, compassionate self-expression, adherence to truth

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th), Soul Star (8th)

Tanzanite is a member of the Zoisite family, a calcium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its crystal system is orthorhombic, and it forms prismatic, usually striated crystals. The color ranges from blue to blue-violet, although some crystals are golden to brownish yellow. When heated to around 900 degrees Fahrenheit, the crystals with yellow tones turn to blue or blue-violet. Tanzanite was first discovered in 1967 in Tanzania, Africa. The name Tanzanite, which is derived from the country where the stone is found, was introduced by Tiffany and Co., the New York jewelers. This has become the name accepted around the world, though scientists refer to it as blue Zoisite.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Tanzanite is one of most valuable of all metaphysical stones. It is the stone which most effectively integrates the energies of the mind and heart, helping one to remained centered in the heart’s wisdom while evaluating the ideas of the activated mind. It opens a cascade of thoughts and insights, but it keeps one calmly anchored upon the inner throne of compassionate humanity, thereby insuring that one be not carried away on mental tangents of little true value. When one’s eyes rest upon Tanzanite stones of good quality and color, one is stirred by their beauty, and the ‘beauty’ one appreciates is a reflection of the mental and emotional qualities these stones awaken in the self. It is good to wear Tanzanite as jewelry, because in making these stones visible to others, one is spreading the self-awakening Tanzanite can bring. And of course, keeping these stones within one’s auric field is the most beneficial choice of all, because they create a resonance which blends in and can bring one’s consciousness to a permanently higher state.

The integration of mind and heart offered by Tanzanite takes place through the linkage and attunement of the heart and third-eye chakras. The importance of this development in one’s spiritual life cannot be over-emphasized. The need to bring the heart into cooperation and communion with the mind is in part what is meant by the search for wholeness. Tanzanite helps in this process by making the heart’s promptings more noticeable to the mind and connecting a circuit of vibrational energy between the heart and third-eye chakras. One feels this circuit as a fluttering vibration of joy and pleasure. Once the mind understands what the neglected heart has to offer, there is no going back. The mind reflects its pleasure to the heart, which releases greater joy, causing the mind to reflect greater pleasure, and so on.

Another effect of Tanzanite’s linkage of mind and heart takes place at the throat chakra. Under Tanzanite’s influence, one finds it far easier to speak the heart’s truth with all the resourcefulness and eloquence the mind can conjure. In fact, Tanzanite makes it difficult to conceal or deny what one knows in one’s heart. Over time, this effect grows stronger, making even the unconscious more self-aware.

Tanzanite is one of the Synergy Twelve stones, along with Moldavite, Phenacite, Danbu-rite, Azeztulite, Herderite, Tibetan Tektite, Petalite, Brookite, Natrolite, Scolecite and Satyaloka Quartz. This is the most powerful combination of stones yet discovered for evolutionary quickening and raising one’s vibrational level. Other stones that harmonize well with Tanzanite include Larimar, Charoite, Ruby-Zoisite and most members of the Quartz family.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Tanzanite activates the third-eye, crown and etheric chakras, producing visions, messages and information from higher-vibrational sources. It creates a link between the heart and mind, allowing one to perceive situations, experiences and circumstances from the perspective of enlightened compassion.

Tanzanite’s frequency aids one in sharing spiritual information and knowledge from a heart-centered perspective. It is excellent for counselors or others who are in the position of needing to intellectually interpret emotional experiences. It can assist empathic individuals in forming interpretations of the emotionally based information they receive intuitively.

SPIRITUAL   Tanzanite aligns the heart and the mind, allowing for a more balanced, centered experience of spirituality. For those with hyperactive minds but little emotional connection to others, Tanzanite can be the link to help ground mental energy through the emotional body.

EMOTIONAL   Tanzanite helps one feel more compassionate, loving and centered. It assists one in gaining insight into emotional issues but prevents one from dwelling on them unnecessarily. Tanzanite generates an energy of happiness and relief from worries.

PHYSICAL   Tanzanite can be used to help calm the overactive mind and assist in healing work by synchronizing the heart’s and brain’s electromagnetic energies. It can be used to help calm overactive thyroid or exhausted adrenals.

AFFIRMATION   My mind and heart meet again, like reunited lovers, and I enter their spiral dance of joy.

TEKTITE

KEY WORDS      Connection with ETs, telepathic communication, raising one’s vibrational level

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Tektites are glassy objects associated with meteoric impacts. Their hardness ranges from 5.5 to 6.5 and their crystal system is amorphous. Tektites are rich in silica, with silicon dioxide content ranging from 68% to 82%. The name Tektite comes from the Greek word tektos, meaning molten. The classic forms of Tektites—teardrops, smooth rounded ‘buttons,’ and dumbbells—suggest that these stones were, at the time of the associated meteoric impact, heated to the liquid state and flung through the atmosphere. Scientists have long debated whether Tektites were themselves meteorites, terrestrial rocks melted by meteoric impacts, or some fusion of terrestrial and extraterrestrial material. Most Tektites are black or brown-black, with bottle-green Moldavite a notable exception. Tektites have been found in North America, Australia, Africa, China and Southeast Asia. The most abundant Tektites are those found in the vast strewn fields that encompass China and Indochina. It is to these Tektites that the metaphysical information below primarily refers. [See also Moldavite, Tibetan Tektite, Libyan Gold Tektite.]

Tektites have a long history of lore and legend. More than 2,000 years ago, the Chinese writer Liu Sun gave Tektites the name Lei-gong-mo, meaning ‘Inkstone of the Thundergod.’ Australian aborigines refer to them as Maban, which means ‘magic,’ and they believe that finding a Tektite brings good luck. In India, they were known as Saimantakimani, the ‘sacred gem of Krishna.’ The Sanskrit name for Tektites, agni mani, can be translated into English as ‘fire pearl’ or ‘teardrops from the moon.’ Natives of the island of Billiton in the Java Sea, where teardrop-shaped Tektites are plentiful, call them ‘magic black seeds,’ which they believe can be planted to grow tin, an important material for sale and export. Tibetan monks are said to have worshiped Tektites, calling them the ‘Stone of Shambhala.’

ROBERT SIMMONS Tektites carry the energies of a number of extraterrestrial streams of communication and information. These stones, whether they are themselves Meteorites or not, vibrate with high-frequency pulsations which can put one in touch with ETs. A being known as Ashtar, who has been named as a benevolent ET guardian by a number of intuitive channels, is believed to use Tektites as facilitators of telepathic communication with human beings. For those interested in experimentation with such interchange, it is recommended that one sleep or meditate with a Tektite taped to the third eye or placed near the head. Resonance with the Tektite can put one in touch with the frequencies of non-verbal visual-image telepathy used by these and other beings on the higher dimensions. Experiencing such a connection can feel like a homecoming to Starborns and other humans who feel kinship to extraterrestrial entities.

Carrying or wearing a Tektite can heighten the vibrational level of one’s auric field. This can have various consequences, such as heightened psychic sensitivity, clairaudient experiences, increased frequency of synchronicities, and a sense of ‘seeing through the veil’ of the physical world. One may become aware of the teeming field of astral entities, as well as the energy fields of humans and other creatures on the Earth plane. Another result of this heightening of one’s inner Light may be that other people are attracted to one’s energies and will initiate contact without consciously knowing why. Usually these are people with whom one can share mutual benefits of friendship, counsel and kindness. Some of these types of experiences may account for Tektite’s fame as a stone of ‘good luck.’

Tektites of all varieties harmonize with one another and tend to mutually magnify their effects. Black Indochina Tektites, such as those described here, can quicken and amplify the psychic awakening precipitated by Moldavite, strengthen the manifesting powers of Libyan Gold Tektite and further stimulate the kundalini energies awakened by Tibetan Tektite. Tektites work synergistically with Lapis Lazuli, all forms of Quartz, Jasper, Chalcedony and Opal. Petrified Wood can ground Tektites’ energies without dampening them.

NAISHA AHSIAN   All Tektites are Storm element stones. The power of their birth in the moment of meteoric impact is recorded within their silica structure. When these allies are brought into the energetic field, this impact can be felt through an immediate ‘jolt’ within the energy field. I have already discussed Moldavite Tektite in its own section. Here we’ll take a look at the more common black Tektites.

Black Tektites, such as those from China and the Philippines, initiate the flow of energy from the Earthstar chakra upward through the chakra column to the Soul Star chakra above the head. These are not grounding stones, but they do help open and clear the lowest chakras, assisting one in remaining present in body while opening to higher consciousness. As the chakras are progressively opened, Tektite stimulates one’s psychic and intuitive abilities.

The incredible power present at the birth of meteoric Tektites, and retained within the stones, has an intense effect on one’s energy field. Their frequency rapidly expands consciousness and invigorates the aura, helping to ‘burn away’ energetic debris.

Tektites are ideal meditative tools, helping one expand consciousness into the highest frequencies. They then help integrate those frequencies into the body on a cellular level.

Tektites are excellent guides to the outer reaches of the cosmos. They aid in etherically exploring other planets and solar systems and in communicating with beings from other worlds. They help those who feel disassociated from their bodies to be more connected to them. Tektites can help walk-ins or ET visitors who have difficulty linking to Earth’s energy.

SPIRITUAL   Tektites aid in expanding one’s awareness and consciousness beyond the Earth and into the stars. They are powerful psychic travel tools, helping one move beyond the limitations of time and space to experience different realms and other worlds. Their ability to help the physical body integrate high-frequency energy is vital to humanity’s evolution at this time.

EMOTIONAL   Tektites have an empowering effect on most people, rapidly expanding the aura and ‘throwing off’ energetic debris, leading to a more responsive, free-flowing energetic body.

PHYSICAL   Tektites can be used to help the body integrate high-frequency energies.

AFFIRMATION   I choose to increase the Light in my aura, and to commune with helpful beings on the higher planes.

THULITE

KEY WORDS      Joy, pleasure, affection, healing of negative patterns, generosity, kindness, centering in the heart, linkage of heart and mind

ELEMENT      Water, Wind

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd), Throat (5th)

Thulite is a member of the zeolite family, calcium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its crystal system is orthorhombic. The color of Thulite is pale to deep reddish pink, similar to that of Rhodonite, with which it is sometimes confused. The depth of color of Thulite is related to the concentration of manganese within the specimen. Thulite was first found in Norway, near a place called Thule, and has since been discovered in Australia and South Africa.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Thulite promotes the emotion of joy and the enjoyment of life. It stimulates the second, third, fourth and fifth chakras, seats of sexuality and creativity, will and action, love and relationship, and communication. By harmoniously blending these energies within itself and facilitating resonance of one’s own vibration with its signature pattern, Thulite encourages happiness, contentment, enthusiasm, affection, pleasure and joy. It assists one in seeing the fundamental goodness of the world and oneself, allowing one the experience of unification of self and world.

Thulite initiates rapport between people. It is therefore an excellent stone for one to carry if one desires to make new friends or initiate a romantic relationship. It encourages empathy allowing one to understand others’ viewpoints. When carried into situations of possible argument or conflict, Thulite can diffuse tensions and facilitate the finding of common ground.

Because of its energies of enjoyment and rapport, Thulite is an ideal stone to be worn or carried by entertainers and/or politicians. It helps one find the thread of connection with an audience which allows them to see one as good and admirable. It cannot, however, overcome lack of talent or a dishonest speech. This stone is helpful to relationship, but not to falsehood.

Thulite stone is ideal for children, helping them feel safe, happy and at home in the world. For people of all ages, it encourages self love and the feeling of being ‘comfortable in one’s skin.’ It supports the formation of healthy habits from that basis of self-love, and from the same impetus it can assist one in breaking self-destructive patterns. This can be true for addictions such as smoking, as well as for emotional imbalances such as shame and self-judgment.

Thulite is a stone of the heart, and the heartfelt. It aids one in speaking sincerely and acting generously, without concern for one’s vulnerability. It allows one to break through old walls of unhealthy self-protection that isolate one from others. It increases the frequency of spontaneous acts for the good of all and teaches one to ‘love first and ask questions later.’

Thulite strengthens the vibrations of the heart chakra, giving one the opportunity to embrace the heart as the center of one’s thought and action. The brain and the heart are in constant dialogue, and the heart looks to the brain for evaluation of situations. If the brain responds to the heart with the affirmation that life is safe and good, the heart’s incredible powers of creation and manifestation move to make it so, more so than one may have dreamed. Thulite facilitates this positive dialog, which can change one’s experience of the world.

Thulite harmonizes with all heart-chakra stones, especially Rose Quartz, Rhodonite, Morganite and Dioptase. Moldavite can accelerate Thulite’s positive effects. Iolite can enhance one’s powers of insight, so one may consciously choose to act in concert with the urgings of the heart.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Thulite marries the energies of heart and mind, leading to an enhanced sense of well-being and an enlightened outlook. This ally resonates with the Water and Wind elements, and its properties reflect its ability to work on the emotional and mental levels.

Thulite promotes joy, laughter and lightness of heart and spirit. Its frequencies ‘tickle’ the emotional body, allowing one to shake off densities and enjoy a higher emotional vantage point. On a mental level, Thulite enhances one’s ability to gain a higher perspective, so one doesn’t become too entrenched in one’s emotional experiences.

Thulite can help one recognize when one is allowing one’s ego to rule one’s experiences of life. It gently reveals where anger, judgment, conditional approval and pompousness are getting in the way of seeing the larger, more loving picture of another.

Thulite resonates with the heart, throat and third-eye chakras, allowing one to joyfully express one’s thoughts, feelings and beliefs—at the same time one recognizes that these are temporary and passing. It helps one become more emotionally accepting and flexible so one can take joy in the sudden turns and twists that one’s path may take.

SPIRITUAL   Thulite teaches joy and the transience of all difficulty. It lightens the heart, allowing one to act from an enlightened perspective. It teaches us unconditional Love and eternal joy.

EMOTIONAL   Thulite helps one release identification with problems and prevents the ‘drama queen’ syndrome. It is excellent for those who live in a constant state of disaster and negativity, or for those who simply wish to maintain a more joyful perspective on their circumstances.

PHYSICAL   Thulite is a healing stone for both the heart and the solar-plexus chakras.

AFFIRMATION   I listen to the voice of my heart, moving ever more deeply into love and joy.

TIBETAN BLACK QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Spiritual protection and purification, enhancement of meditation, balancing the chakras and meridians, clearing and energizing the aura

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Tibetan Black Quartz is a member of the Quartz family, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). The crystals are nearly all double-terminated, and many (though not all) contain black inclusions of an unidentified mineral. Thus the word ‘black’ in the name is not a literal description of all crystals in this group, since even the majority of stones, which contain black material, are not completely black, and some are nearly clear. Tibetan Black Quartz is found in the Himalaya Mountains of Tibet and Nepal.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The Himalayas of Tibet, where these crystals are found, are among the most sacred areas of the Earth. The Tibetan people were doubtless drawn to them because of their own high spiritual attunement, and the thousands of years of spiritual practice done in this region have enhanced the vibrations of the entire area as well.

Tibetan Black Quartz double-terminated crystals are among the most powerful stones of spiritual protection ever found. Carrying or wearing one creates a ‘bubble of Light’ around the body, allowing only positive vibrations to penetrate the auric field. Sleeping with or near Tibetan Black Quartz protects one from lower astral energies and can help eliminate disturbing dreams. Keeping one or more of these stones in one’s living space can purify and cleanse the area of any negative influences. I even recommend putting one on top of the television or computer screen to counteract the disharmonies these might emanate.

Meditation with Tibetan Black Quartz can be most beneficial, especially to those who feel an affinity for Tibetan Buddhism. The stones seem to emanate a silent ‘OM’ at all times, and they can be powerful activators of the third eye. They also resonate with the state of silent alertness which is essential to meditation, and they assist one in neither falling asleep nor being carried away by a vortex of thoughts.

In addition to offering protection and purification, Tibetan Black Quartz crystals emanate energies which can activate and balance the chakras and meridian system. If one of the chakras or nodal points is blocked or sluggish, touching that point with one of these crystals can quickly alleviate the problem. For full-body crystal treatments, place double-terminated points at each of the seven chakras, aligning them so the crystals lie lengthwise along the chakric column. This allows an energetic linkage among all the crystals and a resonant strengthening of the connections between all the points in one’s energy body. By using the stones in this way, one also cleanses the entire subtle-energy system, allowing for a free vibrational flow of positive energies throughout.

Other uses for these powerful and beneficial stones include making crystal grids around one’s bed or meditation space, creating a mini-vortex of good vibrations. Also, placing them at the outside corners of one’s home, as well as at each door or window, can enhance the subtle energies of the entire environment. Rituals done with Tibetan Black Quartz will be amplified in power and pure in their positive effects.

Tibetan Black Quartz harmonizes with Moldavite, Lemurian Seed Crystals, Lithium Quartz and Faden Quartz. Combining these stones with Azeztulite will bring in angelic energies, and using them with Phenacite can enhance visionary experiences.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Tibetan Black Quartz is a Storm element stone that provides rapid expansion of consciousness combined with an activation of the grounding cord. These allies carry the ancient energy and records of Tibet within their matrix. For those with a strong affinity to this area of the planet, these allies will feel like ‘coming home.’ They are very strong awakeners of the upper chakras, allowing enhanced communion with the higher planes. Tibetan Black Quartz helps one embody the Higher Self level of consciousness. They pulse with an almost audible tone that resonates within the third eye, crown and heart chakras.

Tibetan Black Quartz brings to the aura an energy like a flashlight in the dark. Their frequency acts as a psychic ‘window wash,’ clearing debris from the energetic field and allowing more Light to fill the aura. As the Light permeates the energetic field, the aura expands and strengthens, creating a ‘non-force’ field of Light around one’s physical body. This ‘non-force’ field illuminates all that it touches, bringing Light and consciousness to any environment. In a sense, these stones make you a carrier of their energy, and you spread it wherever you go.

Tibetan Black Quartz makes an excellent healing tool, moving even the most stubborn energetic patterns and allowing for full-spectrum Light to bathe the physical vehicle down to the cellular level.

SPIRITUAL   Tibetan Black Quartz opens one to vastly expanded states of consciousness. These stones clear the auric field and fill the physical and energetic bodies with full-spectrum Light. Tibetan Black Quartz assists the physical body in integrating and using this Light as needed for spiritual growth or physical repair.

EMOTIONAL   Tibetan Black Quartzes aid in moving out of attachment to the emotions and into a higher perspective, where emotions are clues as to what still needs to be cleared and released from the energetic field. They assist one in practicing non-attachment and non-resistance.

PHYSICAL   Tibetan Black Quartz is primarily for healing and repair of the nervous system, including the myelin sheath, the brain and the nerve ganglia that generate the electromagnetic energies of the chakras.

AFFIRMATION   My auric field is cleansed, energized and filled with Light, and I carry and share this Light with all whom I encounter.

TIBETAN TEKTITE

KEY WORDS      Opening the chakra column, attunement to the Supramental Force, accelerated evolution, Light Body awakening

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Tibetan Tektite is the name given to a family of black or brown-black Tektites found in Tibet and southern China. Tektites are glassy objects associated with meteoric impacts. Their hardness ranges from 5.5 to 6.5, and their crystal system is amorphous. Tektites are rich in silica, with silicon-dioxide content ranging from 68–82%. The name ‘Tektite’ comes from the Greek word tektos, meaning ‘molten.’

The classic forms of Tektites—teardrops, smooth rounded ‘buttons’ and dumbbells—suggest that these stones were, at the time of the associated meteoric impact, heated to a liquid state and flung through the atmosphere. Scientists have long debated whether Tektites were themselves meteorites, terrestrial rocks melted by meteoric impacts, or some fusion of terrestrial and extraterrestrial material. Most Tektites are black or brown-black, with bottle-green Moldavite a notable exception.

Tektites have a long history in lore and legend. More than a thousand years ago, the Chinese writer Liu Sun gave Tektites the name Lei-gong-mo, meaning ‘Inkstone of the Thunder-God.’ Australian Aborigines refer to them as Maban, which means ‘magic,’ and they believe that finding a Tektite brings good luck. In India the stones have been known as Syamantaka Mani, ‘the sacred gem of Krishna.’ The Sanskrit name for Tektites, Agni Mani, can be translated into English as ‘fire pearl’ or ‘teardrops from the moon.’ Natives of the island of Billiton (Belitung) in the Java Sea, where teardrop-shaped Tektites are plentiful, call them ‘magic black seeds.’

Tektites range from several hundred thousand years to more than a billion years old. Tibetan Tektites are believed to be among the older varieties. Tibetan monks are said to have revered them, calling them the ‘Stone of Shambhala’ in reference to the legendary realm upon which the stories of ‘Shangri La, Land of the Immortals,’ were based. The Tibetan prophecy of the Kalachakra predicts that the powerful Lords of Shambhala, at a time of the world’s dire need, will issue from their mysterious realm and banish evil from the Earth. Tibetan Tektites, as talismans of Shambhala, are thus considered to be sacred stones.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Tibetan Tektites are highly energetic, intensely vibrating stones, and they are truly a gift from beyond the Earth, having been psychically directed here as an evolutionary seed. The beings of these domains, who have directed these seed-stones to Earth, are available for communication through psychometric meditation with these Tibetan Tektites. They are benign beings who desire to bring about a minded cosmos through the telepathic interconnection of all intelligent species and planets throughout the universe. They are already in contact with beings on the higher etheric levels of the Earth realm, and are attempting with them to reach down into our sphere for the awakening of humanity and the completion of their goal of interconnected intelligences.

For years I have introduced Tibetan Tektites into groups where I am teaching, inviting people to pair up as partners and work with these stones to open the chakra column—the spinal energy channel. I have more recently worked with two stones in the hands of the person whose channel is being opened, and two stones in the hands of the person doing the treatment. The person receiving the treatment is asked to turn profile to the facilitator and to close his or her eyes while standing. The person doing the treatment takes one Tibetan Tektite and rotates it slowly above the head of the individual, while carefully touching or holding the second Tibetan Tektite an inch or two away from the back of the recipient’s head. Then the person doing the treatment is asked to slowly draw the Tibetan Tektite at the back of the head downward along the spinal column, stopping at any spots where intuition suggests there might be a block to be worked through.

Invariably in these groups, more than ninety-eight percent of those working in this process can feel the flow of energies down the chakra column. Many feel blockages dissolve and open. Many feel warm, tingling, electrical currents moving down the spine in a pleasurable manner. Some become light-headed, and others experience infusions and even slight ‘explosions’ of energy where the chakras are located. Often these occur at the crown chakra or the heart, and sometimes both. The effect after this process is that people feel much more open to the currents of the other crystals with which we work that day. It is definitely a way of demonstrating to people that stone energies are very real.

Tibetan Tektites serve this function and more. They are highly recommended for use as described above, with two people working together to open up the chakra column so that each can be more receptive to and aware of the stones’ energies. One also can use the same practice to draw down the currents of what is called the Supramental Force.

For this attunement, I held two Tibetan Tektites in front of me and gazed upon them with a diffuse focus. As I looked at them with half-closed eyes, I perceived around them a dark fog filling my cupped hands. After a few minutes, I placed the two stones at my forehead with my eyes closed. Immediately there were two outlines of brilliant light corresponding to the form of the two stones. I was surprised, having seen them visually as so dark. As I was considering this, I experienced the intuition that Tibetan Tektite is an embodied form of what may be called the Light within the darkness. This is one of the ways of describing the Transparent Ray. I believe this Light is the same as what is called the Supramental Force. It is what the Vedic rishis five thousand years ago called the saura agni, or ‘solar fire.’ It is the Light that is the radiance of the spiritual Sun ‘behind’ the sun we know.

The Supramental Force, or Transparent Ray, when it permeates our bodies through the DNA gateway and becomes the infusing consciousness of our liquid crystallinity, creates the human Light Body, the spiritual human being who lives the New Consciousness. That is a large and portentous sentence! As mentioned, monks in Tibet have long revered Tibetan Tektites, recognizing them as spiritual talismans of great importance and power. And we’ve noted that they were called agni mani, or ‘fire pearls.’ This fire is the same saura agni that we feel pouring into the body with the aid of Tibetan Tektite.

Tibetan Tektite is part of a great benevolent conspiracy to intervene and aid in our evolution. This has been going on longer than history, and the fragments of history show us that stones such as these Tibetan Tektites and others have been recognized as Divine for thousands of years.

The placement of seven Tibetan Tektites on the body, one at each chakra point, is optimal for stimulating and activating the Light Body. For lucid dreaming, one is advised to sleep with a Tibetan Tektite at the head and foot of the bed. To enhance the visionary capacity of dreams, add a Phenacite. For conscious out-of-body experiences, Herderite is a recommended ally. Natrolite, Cryolite, Merkabite Calcite, Satya Mani Quartz and all varieties of Azeztulite are helpful in facilitating the conscious link to universal intelligence that these stones offer. Tibetan Tektite is also one of the Synergy Twelve stones.

SPIRITUAL   Tibetan Tektites act as seeds of spiritual evolution. They can activate the chakra column, infuse the body with the Supramental Force, and awaken the Light Body.

EMOTIONAL   Tibetan Tektites cause the emotional body to vibrate with intense joy as it activates the Divine Blueprint of one’s full spiritual potential.

PHYSICAL   Tibetan Tektite can remediate illnesses or imbalances brought about by blocked energies in any area.

AFFIRMATION   I open myself to the infusion of the Supramental Force, and I volunteer for rapid and advanced spiritual evolution.

TIGER EYE

KEY WORDS      Balance between extremes, discernment, vitality, strength, practicality, fairness

ELEMENT      Fire, Earth

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Root (1st)

Tiger Eye is a member of the Quartz family, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal), and it occurs as a fibrous aggregate. It is formed from hawk’s eye through pseudomorphism of Crocidolite in Quartz. Tiger Eye has bands of yellow-brown to golden color, which exhibit chatoyance. The largest deposit of Tiger Eye is in South Africa, and it has also been found in India, Burma, Western Australia and the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Tiger Eye is a solar stone of vitality, practicality and physical action. It stimulates the root chakra and the solar plexus, assisting one in taking effective actions in response to the needs and challenges of physical life and remaining grounded, calm and centered, regardless of the outer or inner situation.

Tiger Eye is a stone of mental clarity. It activates and whets the intellect, sharpening the sword of logic. It also opens the mind to embracing paradox, enabling one to simultaneously hold contradictory ideas in a nonjudgmental acceptance that does not try to ‘solve’ the conflict by favoring one. Such thinking is indispensable as one enters higher states of consciousness and begins to see the many paradoxes that riddle the essential nature of things.

Tiger Eye energizes the body to accomplish the imperatives of the will. When one needs to persevere through extended time, hard effort and entangling difficulties, wearing or carrying Tiger Eye can lend one the strength to overcome fatigue or discouragement. Tiger Eye activates and aligns the lower chakras so one’s actions draw upon the full spectrum of primal strength, creativity and enlightened intention.

As a stone of the Golden Ray, Tiger Eye can aid one in making contact with the vibrational realm of Christ consciousness. Meditation with this stone can help one to move into a state in which one resides as a point of awareness within an atmosphere of ‘warm gold dust,’ a place permeated with unconditional love and compassion. When one returns, one does not wish to simply ‘float around’ in the consequent bliss. Rather, one wishes to take actions informed by that consciousness which will bring its energy more fully into the physical world.

As a stone of balance, Tiger Eye works as it does with paradox. It allows one to find the harmonious center between all types of polarities. It helps one to see both sides in disagreements. It is an excellent stone for professional mediators. Those going through difficult negotiations such as those in divorce or custody matters are encouraged to bring along a Tiger Eye. One’s own ability and willingness to find common ground with the other will often inspire a similar response.

Tiger Eye harmonizes with all the crystalline members of the Quartz family, as well as Malachite, Charoite, Seraphinite and most types of Jasper. Moldavite adds positive transformational energy that helps one move through ‘stuck’ places, assisted by Tiger Eye’s vitality and strength.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Tiger Eye stimulates the first through third chakras. It supports physical vitality and energy, and it facilitates cell respiration and metabolism. Tiger Eye’s energy aids in maintaining balance between extremes. This can be the extreme of one’s own light and dark sides, one’s humanity and spirit, or the extreme emotional states of joy and sorrow.

Tiger Eye assists one in moving out of the world of duality—of right and wrong, good and bad, dark and light—and into a realm where all polarities are expressions of the single Source. Tiger Eye allows one to make choices based upon discernment, not judgment, in accordance with one’s higher guidance.

Tiger Eye grounds the energy of the Solar Ray into the Earth. It carries the frequency of creation—of sunlight upon soil. It helps one live as a balanced and integrated spirit in a physical vehicle, expressing Spirit through each action taken in the world.

SPIRITUAL   Tiger Eye teaches balance between polarities and the underlying unity behind apparent opposites. It assists in balancing the physical with the spiritual and actualizing Spirit through mundane tasks.

EMOTIONAL   Tiger Eye helps those who tend to go to extremes find equilibrium in their emotional lives. It can help create harmony between people with different viewpoints, religious beliefs or approaches to life. It is an excellent ally in bringing harmony to families and relationships where differences of opinion or expression are causing discord.

PHYSICAL   Tiger Eye is a blood fortifier, supporting general vitality. It is strengthening to the endocrine system and assists in bringing one’s hormones and biochemistry into balance.

AFFIRMATION   I act with confidence, clarity, balance, fairness, enthusiasm and strength.

TIGER IRON

KEY WORDS      Strength, stamina, focused will, physical energy and strength, self-healing, grounding

ELEMENT      Fire, Earth

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Tiger Iron is a banded stone containing layers of Tiger Eye, Jasper and Hematite. Tiger Eye and Jasper are both members of the Quartz family of silicon dioxide minerals with a hardness of 7. Their crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Hematite is an iron oxide mineral with a hardness of 5 to 6. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Tiger Iron derives its name from the presence of Tiger Eye and iron-rich Hematite. Its rich gold, red and silver-gray colors make it a popular stone for jewelry and ornamental objects. Tiger Iron is found in Australia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Tiger Iron is a stone of strength, stamina and courage. It combines three stones which are powerful all in their own right, amplifying and blending their effects. Tiger Eye is a solar stone of vitality, practicality and physical action. It stimulates the root chakra and the solar plexus, assisting one in taking effective actions in response to the needs and challenges of physical life and in remaining grounded, calm and centered, regardless of the outer or inner situation. Red Jasper is a stone of vitality and endurance. It emanates a strong, steady flow of prana, or life-force energies, and can be used as a gradual but powerful catalyst for healing. Hematite is the most effective of all stones for grounding oneself in the body and the physical world. It can counteract spaciness and confusion, helping one to see practical concerns and move forward with useful action. Hematite can be used to balance the auric field and align the chakras. It pulls stray energies down through the meridian system to the root chakra.

When these three minerals occur together in a single stone, the feeling of power is palpable. Tiger Iron is the most energetically dynamic of all the grounding stones. It anchors one’s energies firmly in alignment with the chakras and the physical body, with no dulling of consciousness. Because of its abundance of physically oriented energies, it is very useful for self-healing, especially from chronic illnesses. It can be a boon to bodybuilders or to anyone who wishes to become stronger and more physically active. Its energies reinforce the patterns of health, personal power, focused will, mental clarity and groundedness.

Tiger Iron encourages creative expression, especially in areas of performance such as music and acting. It assists one in maintaining the dynamic of focus and flow which is necessary for perfection of form and inspired interpretation of one’s material.

Tiger Iron can be used in healing layouts to strengthen the first, second and third chakras. It helps those who are energetically or psychically sensitive to remain comfortably in the body without resorting to vibration lowering habits like smoking, drinking or over eating. It can instill vibrational harmony in the kidneys, lungs, intestines and the pancreas. It aids in strengthening the blood and muscle tone. It assists one in maintaining the necessary will- power for giving up bad habits and sticking to diet and exercise programs.

Tiger Iron works synergistically with Heliodor, Red Garnet, Golden Labradorite, Cerussite, Sphalerite and all members of the Quartz and Jasper families. It resonates particularly well with Spider Jasper for enhancement of agility, endurance and strength.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Tiger Iron is a combination of iron- and Quartz-based materials including Hematite and Tiger Eye. It is a cardinal grounding stone, helping to connect one to the heart of the Earth and the core of the planet. It helps develop and strengthen one’s grounding cord so excess energy can be sent into the planet for recycling. This allows the body and energy systems to become channels for Light energy moving onto and into the Earth. Tiger Iron supports manifestation work by helping one draw one’s desires from the energetic domains into the physical plane.

Tiger Iron can act as a protective stone for those who are overly spacey or disengaged from the physical plane. It lends strength, stamina and energy to the physical body, helping to keep it protected from illness and imbalance. Its combination of minerals allows it to attract Light into the iron-based hemoglobin of the blood and distribute it to each cell in the body.

SPIRITUAL   Tiger Iron contains an equal balance of electrical and magnetic energies, allowing it to channel full-spectrum Light energy into the physical body. It strengthens one’s energy field by attuning it to the electromagnetic field of the Earth.

EMOTIONAL   Tiger Iron offers strength to those who resonate with its energies. This strength is not only physical, but is also of an emotional nature—allowing one to feel more confident and capable of creating one’s reality.

PHYSICAL   Tiger Iron strengthens the blood by resonating with its iron content. It can be used to support one in recovery from anemia, low blood oxygen and general blood weakness. It is useful in stimulating red blood cell production in the bone marrow and is generally strengthening to the skeletal system.

AFFIRMATION   I am strong, energetic, grounded, healthy and whole.

TITANIUM QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Increased life force and vitality, activation of the Rainbow Body, humor and relaxation, enjoyment of life

ELEMENT      Fire, Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Titanium Quartz is the name given to a specially coated type of Quartz, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Titanium Quartz has been placed in a chamber in which titanium and other metal oxides are introduced in vaporized form and caused to bond with the Quartz. The process for doing this is proprietary, so details are not available. The result, however, is Quartz which displays multi-colored reflections and, according to metaphysical sources, emanates a significantly different energy from untreated Quartz.

ROBERT SIMMONS Titanium Quartz is the most powerful and vibrationally intense material of all the coated and treated Quartz. Energetically, the Titanium projects strength, mental acuity and physical power. These properties are amplified by the Quartz base stones. Visually, the many-facetted crystals used in these pieces catch and reflect light in all directions, and the iridescent Titanium surfaces shimmer and change color as they move and send the light in different angles. The rich hues of blue, red, gold, magenta and green in these stones are a delight to the eye and a resonant activator of the Rainbow Body. Titanium Quartz is energizing to the entire chakra system, as well as to the physical body. Wearing or carrying one of these crystals can make one feel grounded, centered and energized all at once.

The Titanium-Quartz combination seems to make one more capable than usual of handling the mundane world—more focused, more confident, more aware of everything around oneself, more amused by life in general, and more ready to cope with whatever needs one’s attention. One is able to take on greater responsibilities without feeling them to be a burden. One may also notice an activation of one’s mental abilities, especially the analytical, rational side, as well as an enhancement of humor and one’s sense of fun. This ally is excellent for anyone who has low energy or whose daily agenda is challenging in a mental or physical way.

One can receive a great deal of vitality from this material, and it is recommended to those who tend to be a bit too spacey, too serious, or who want to bring in more life-force energies. Those who already have a good supply of the energies provided by Titanium Quartz may enjoy it for the increase in zest and enjoyment of life they feel with it. Titanium Quartz has emerged at a time when many Light workers will be able to benefit from its energizing qualities. In the years since Titanium Quartz was introduced, a number of intuitives have noticed an increase in the power of these pieces, as more people connected with them and their vibrations moved through the morphogenic field of human consciousness. This process is likely to continue as additional Titanium Quartz goes into circulation.

Titanium Quartz can stimulate humor and relaxation, helping one take life more lightly. It should be carried by anyone who does stand-up comedy, and even those who just like to tell jokes around the water cooler are likely to find their timing and delivery enhanced. These are stones of Hermes, the god of quick intelligence and wit, and they can sharpen both in those who use it. They are ideal when worn as jewelry because of the way they increase one’s energy and vitality. They also can be used in meditation and body layouts for the same effects.

In combinations, I recommend Titanium Quartz with Moldavite, which will enhance the spiritual energies and direct one’s increased physical and mental vitality in the most positive directions. Cacoxenite can aid in focusing one’s renewed energies on spiritual accomplishments. Lapis Lazuli, Blue Sapphire, Iolite and Lazulite can multiply its stimulation of mental abilities. Strombolite augments its focus on one’s appreciation and expression of humor.

HAZEL RAVEN Titanium Quartz is a New Age crystal that has the most amazing spectrum of deep metallic rainbow colors. It works by clearing a pathway for the vital life force to flow. It also supports and nurtures the subtle-life force within all the bodies—physical, emotional, mental, spiritual—and the surrounding auric field. This allows for a greater abundance of vital life energy to be actualized. This positive energy then shields one from all kinds of pollution, including negative people and harmful rays.

SPIRITUAL   Titanium Quartz is very energizing and enlivening to all the chakras; it will awaken and activate any energy center, dispelling sorrow and replacing it with unlimited joy. It can ignite and activate the inner Rainbow Body of Light. Wearing or meditating with this dazzling gemstone will also give new insights to one’s relationships on all levels. Even with one’s guides and angels, one will find new ways of relating that one may not have thought possible. These could include hidden talents and Divine gifts.

EMOTIONAL   Titanium Quartz helps heal stressful relationships. Our interactions with others only serve to reflect an aspect of ourselves. This gives us the opportunity to see ourselves more clearly. Using Titanium Quartz can speed up the personal learning process. Working through conflicts can open us up to wider possibilities. Those who release old belief systems and ways of relating will be rewarded by transformation and regeneration and will find life can flow much more smoothly—without pain, resentment and conflict.

PHYSICAL   Titanium Quartz stimulates the entire endocrine system and is especially useful for reactivating a sluggish immune system.

AFFIRMATION   I embrace life with joy, enthusiasm and good humor, and I feel the flow of life energy running strongly through me.

TOPAZ

Topaz is an aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide crystal with a hardness of 8. Its crystal structure is orthorhombic, and it frequently forms prismatic crystals, often eightsided with striations along the length. Many have diamond-shaped cross sections and pyramidal terminations. Topaz is found in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Russia, Burma, Australia, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Africa and the USA. Natural colors for Topaz include gold, blue, pink, brown, orange, colorless and a few other rarer shades such as pale green and red. Colorless Topaz is sometimes irradiated artificially to create various shades of blue. Topaz crystals of up to 220 pounds have been found, and Topaz gems weighing thousands of carats are in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection.

The name Topaz may derive from Topazos, a word meaning ‘to seek,’ which was also the name of an obscure, difficult to locate island in the Red Sea. However, the gemstone found on that island is actually Peridot. The other possible derivation of the gemstone’s name is the Sanskrit word tapaz, which means ‘fire.’ Topaz was used in ancient Egypt and Rome and in the jewelry of eighteenth century French and Spanish royalty. Its popularity increased and spread to England and France in the nineteenth century.

In the Middle Ages in Europe, Topaz was believed to enhance mental powers and prevent insanity. It was also said to improve poor vision, promote favor with kings and civil authorities, increase wisdom and soothe anger. In current metaphysical thought, Topaz is viewed as emanating a variety of beneficial energies, varying according to the type and color. We will discuss the most important and readily available varieties of Topaz—white, gold and blue.

WHITE TOPAZ (Colorless Topaz)

KEY WORDS      Spirituality, psychic gifts, mental clarity

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Etheric (8th through 14th, above the head)

ROBERT SIMMONS   White Topaz works to help one in the process of clarifying one’s intention, aligning it with Divine Will and manifesting it in the physical world. Because it is basically colorless, it is neutral in its magnification of whatever energy is focused through it. Therefore, one must be conscious and responsible in one’s use of these stones. It is important to hold one’s highest intention to receive the most positive results.

Manifestation works largely through focus. Where we put our attention most consistently determines what we receive. In our world, vibrations move more slowly than on the higher planes. Consequently, there is usually a period of time between one’s vision and its fulfillment. Often, people do not hold a clear focus long enough to manifest anything except their fears and worries. Faith (which is rumored to be able to move mountains) is simply holding one’s focus while remaining in a state of expectation and gratitude. As we learn this process and trust it more and more, things fall together, our synchronicities increase, and we learn that we can be conscious cocreators with the Divine.

The magic of White Topaz is that it can be used to speed up the vibrational energy of one’s intention, shortening the time period between initial focus and fulfillment of one’s vision. This is a gift, because it helps one learn faith more easily, which accelerates one’s progress in becoming a conscious cocreator.

NAISHA AHSIAN White Topaz embodies the energy of the Spirit and facilitates the expression of spiritual energy through all of one’s creations. It stimulates the crown and etheric chakras, opening one’s inner senses to the flow of energy in the form of thought and healing Light. It assists one in honing one’s psychic and intuitive gifts—in particular, the gifts of clairvoyance and clairsentience. It is a stone of truth, allowing one to perceive the truth in others and maintain adherence to the truth in oneself.

SPIRITUAL   White Topaz helps one manifest one’s highest spiritual path by assisting one in perceiving Divine Will. It helps one to align one’s words with truth and to perceive truth or untruth in others.

EMOTIONAL   White Topaz helps those who have difficulty in telling the truth due to fear, or who harbor the desire to manipulate others. It can assist these individuals in gaining the confidence to face the truth and to speak it clearly. It is also an ally for those who need to determine their personal truth and to be able to tell if others are lying.

PHYSICAL   White Topaz can help strengthen hair and fingernails.

AFFIRMATION   I express the highest vibrations of Spirit in all that I do.

GOLDEN TOPAZ (Imperial Topaz)

KEY WORDS      Manifestation of personal intention, will and desires

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Golden Topaz is a stone of great value for the enhancement of one’s creativity, personal will and ability to manifest one’s desires. It differs from White Topaz in that its energies move more slowly and are more grounded. It is an excellent stone for creating abundance within the context of what is appropriate for one’s highest path. It helps one bring personal desires into alignment with Divine Will and bring a joyful acceptance and understanding of the operation of Divine Will in one’s life. It is a carrier of the Gold/Pink ray of Christ consciousness, and it can be used to aid one in connecting with that frequency in meditation.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Golden Topaz is a stone of Intention and the use of one’s will to manifest creations. Golden Topaz activates and clears the second and third chakras, stimulating one’s ability to direct one’s own energy or Universal energy into form. Intention is an important part of the creative process. It is very difficult to bring something into being unless one’s thoughts, actions and energy are aligned with the outcome. Intention acts as a laser to focus one’s thoughts, energy and actions so they become a powerful force for manifestation.

Golden Topaz also teaches us the importance of boundaries. Boundaries are simply an expression of one’s intent. If one says one thing and does another, this reflects a lack of boundaries and a confusion of intent. Golden Topaz aids in clarifying one’s intent and one’s emotional, physical and mental boundaries, so one does not manifest unwanted experiences. On a physical level, Golden Topaz stimulates the kidneys and the adrenals, assisting one in maintaining personal energy levels and releasing blockages to manifestation.

SPIRITUAL   Golden Topaz teaches us to focus our will and desires through our intention. It is a powerful stone for manifestation and can help bring one’s highest visions into being.

EMOTIONAL   Golden Topaz teaches ‘skunk medicine,’ allowing us to learn the value of emotional boundaries and honoring sacred space. It can help those who have difficulty maintaining their boundaries or honoring those of other people.

PHYSICAL   Golden Topaz can be used for urinary and kidney imbalances.

AFFIRMATION   I manifest my desires in accordance with my highest good, honoring the desires and boundaries of those around me.

BLUE TOPAZ

KEY WORDS      Enhancement of mind and communication

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Blue Topaz can clearly provide an enhancement of one’s mental processing and verbal skills, as well as improving one’s attention span and ability to concentrate on mental tasks. It can help one conceive and achieve perfection in various projects and aspirations, as well as assisting one in making clear discriminations about what one does and doesn’t want in one’s life. It can clear and activate the throat chakra, enhancing one’s ability to articulate one’s ideas and insights.

Blue Topaz is a natural magnifier of psychic abilities, and it can assist those who wish to attune to inner guidance, as well as those who hope to serve others through doing readings or spiritual healing work. In fact, these stones should be used in gemstone healing layouts, because they are resonant with the perfected pattern of the human body and energy system. Though it is difficult to find naturally occurring Blue Topaz stones, their energies make them most desirable to anyone who is able to do so.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Blue Topaz reflects the energy of the mind and of knowledge. It gently opens the throat and third-eye chakras, facilitating the communication of visions and knowledge to others. It carries the energy of the ‘fire of the mind,’ stimulating one’s ability to learn and to think through complex concepts and ideas. Natural Blue Topaz aids in expressing one’s emotions and needs. It promotes sharing and communication, as well as learning and mental perception.

SPIRITUAL Blue Topaz helps one integrate lessons and gain knowledge from one’s experiences. It helps calm the mind for meditation and can aid in communication with higher spiritual beings.

EMOTIONAL   Blue Topaz has a calming, soothing effect on the emotional body. It can facilitate the communication of one’s deepest feelings and one’s highest truth.

PHYSICAL   Blue Topaz is useful for sore throat, speech impediments, fear of public speaking, hyperactive thyroid (use only natural Blue Topaz for this!) and the general health of the neck and throat. It can also be used to calm migraines.

AFFIRMATION   I perceive and express my intuitive insights with clarity and precision.

(Note: Most Blue Topaz gems available on the market are not naturally occurring but are the product of irradiating White Topaz. This form of Topaz does not have the same properties as the naturally occurring form. When possible, it is preferable to work with natural Blue Topaz raw stones or crystals.)

TOURMALINE

Tourmaline is one of the most significant mineral groups for metaphysical use, and it includes a wide variety of different forms, colors and energy spectrums. Although Tourmaline can be found on every continent, fine crystal specimens and gems are still considered rare and often command high prices. Tourmaline made its entry into the commercial world of gems in 1876 when George Kunz sold a Green Tourmaline gem from Maine to Tiffany and Co. In the ensuing years, Tourmaline gained great popularity as a gemstone, and more recently its subtle energy properties have made it a favorite of metaphysical collectors and practitioners.

Tourmaline is a complex aluminum borosilicate with a hardness of 7 to 7.5. Its crystal pattern is hexagonal (trigonal) with prismatic crystals and striations running parallel to the main axis. No other gemstone has such wide variations in colors. Tourmalines can be red, pink, yellow, brown, black and various shades of green, blue lilac and violet. Often the colors vary, sometimes widely, within a single specimen. Crystals with a pink center, surrounded by an outer layer of green, are called Watermelon Tourmaline.

Heating and cooling, or rubbing a Tourmaline crystal can cause it to become electrically charged, with one end negative and the other positive. When charged, the crystal will attract dust particles or bits of paper. This property of pyroelectricity (from heat) or piezoelectricity (from pressure or rubbing) was known to Dutch traders who used the crystals to pull ashes from their meerschaum pipes, and they called them aschentrekkers or ‘ash pullers.’

Tourmalines were known in ancient times in the Mediterranean. A likeness of Alexander the Great carved in India and dated around the second or third century B.C. confirms this. In the early 1700s, Tourmalines were imported from Sri Lanka to Europe by Dutch traders. It was given the Sinhalese name Turamali, meaning ‘something small from the earth.’ The major areas where Tourmaline is found include Brazil (the largest), the United States, Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Russia.

We will consider below the varieties of Tourmaline most important for metaphysical use.

BLACK TOURMALINE

KEY WORDS      Purification, protection

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      Base (1st)

Though less colorful than other varieties, Black Tourmaline (also known as Schorl) is one of the most popular stones for spiritual purposes. It forms in a wide range of sizes, from the half-inch double-terminated crystals of Nepal to large Brazilian crystals of several pounds each. Some of the best specimens come from Brazil, Africa, Pakistan, and Maine in the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Black Tourmaline crystals are ideal for psychic protection for anyone who must work or live in challenging places or circumstances. Carrying or meditating with one of these stones can keep one’s auric field clear of imbalance, even in the presence of destructive energies. We all know that we often encounter individuals or situations that emanate ‘bad vibes.’ Indeed, we can sometimes broadcast them ourselves. Black Tourmaline crystals act like etheric vacuum cleaners, clearing oneself and one’s surroundings of negativity and disharmony. In addition, where such influences are not a problem, Black Tourmalines can provide high levels of purification which serve to elevate one’s consciousness.

Another application for Black Tourmalines is in etheric purification. Carrying one of these stones in the pocket, holding one in meditation, or sleeping with one in the pillowcase will provide a refreshing dose of cleansing for the auric field and all dimensions of the etheric body. This clearing influence can even echo down into the physical form. These crystals are also recommended for ridding oneself of negative thoughts, anxieties, anger and ideas of unworthiness. The purification available through Black Tourmaline is powerful, and it is an energy needed by all of us in these challenging times.

A small number of Black Tourmalines are double-terminated. These are the ideal specimens for body layouts, because the linear flow of energies is enhanced equally in both directions along the crystalline form. Healing practitioners who utilize crystals are especially advised to use these with their clients.

Black Tourmaline’s energies of protection can be further enhanced by combining it with Jet, Obsidian, Black Andradite Garnet, Smoky Quartz, Sugilite, Charoite and Amethyst. Its grounding qualities can be increased by Hematite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Black Tourmaline (Schorl) is one of the premier stones for our age. It has the ability to transmute and purify negative energy, turning it into usable energy. This is especially important as one fully opens one’s psychic and empathic abilities—Black Tourmaline acts to protect one’s energy field against attachments, entities and energetic debris.

Black Tourmaline is also an electrical gemstone and can be used to purify and regulate the electrical and other energetic systems of the body. It is especially useful for those who experience high levels of stress in their work or home lives. I have used it effectively with clients to counter excessive stress, worry, or obsessive behavior.

Black Tourmaline is grounding and is one of the most effective stones to use for creating a grounding circuit with the Earth’s energetic field. This grounding circuit is increasingly important as we strive to adjust ourselves to the Earth’s shifting electromagnetic field. Unless one is well grounded and attuned to the planetary energies, these shifts can increase feelings of stress and negativity. By utilizing the supportive energy of Black Tourmaline, one is able to easily move into alignment with these subtle changes.

SPIRITUAL   Black Tourmaline provides a grounding path for Light to enter the Earth plane.

EMOTIONAL This ally helps one disengage from obsessive or compulsive behaviors and release chronic worry and anxiety.

PHYSICAL   Black Tourmaline helps purify the body of toxins and wastes. It can support the cleansing of heavy metals and environmental pollutants from the body.

AFFIRMATION   I banish all negative attachments, within and without. I am purified, grounded and centered upon the Earth.

PINK TOURMALINE

KEY WORDS      Love, emotional healing

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Pink Tourmaline varies widely in shade (from pale pink to deep red) as well as clarity (from flawless transparent gems to opaque rough crystal pieces). Crystal lovers often display an almost instinctual affection for this stone, perhaps because it so directly touches the heart. Many fine Pink Tourmaline crystals have come from Pala, California, but good quality specimens are also found in Brazil, Africa and Afghanistan.

ROBERT SIMMONS   The color pink is associated with love and other matters of the heart, and Pink Tourmaline is the quintessential heart-chakra stone. It is a representative of the feminine, or yin energies. It is unsurpassed as a gemstone aid in healing old emotional wounds, particularly those of childhood. It emanates a soft, soothing energy that engenders feelings of comfort, safety and nurturance. In meditation, one should hold or place a Pink Tourmaline upon the heart chakra, visualizing a pink light radiating from the stone and ultimately encompassing the body in a pink cloud or bubble. This will infuse the entire emotional body with love and can restore a sense of wholeness.

Pink Tourmalines can be used to repair ‘holes’ in the auric field created by negative attachments or past abuse. Wearing or carrying a Pink Tourmaline crystal or gem through the day can assist one in releasing stress, worries, depression and anxiety. These crystals can help the emotionally ‘numb’ recover their passion and zest for life. They strengthen the link between the heart and crown chakras, opening the pathway for infusion of the heart with the highest Divine energies. They can help the timid find the courage to love, and they can increase the trait of gentleness in most individuals. Wearing Pink Tourmaline turns one into a beacon of its loving and healing energies, making it more difficult for others to project negativity in one’s direction and often influencing them towards greater kindness and tolerance.

Pink Tourmaline works synergistically with Rose Quartz, Morganite, Kunzite, Thulite, Rhodonite, Rhodochrosite, Malachite, Dioptase and Pink Calcite, for healing the heart and restoring love.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Pink Tourmaline supports emotional healing and the activation of the heart chakra. It stimulates feelings of joy, happiness and relaxation. Due to its high lithium content, it is a powerful calming stone that can calm the emotions and the physical body. It is a partner to Black Tourmaline in relieving stress and diffusing worry or obsessive behavior. In meditation, Pink Tourmaline can aid in clearing and purifying the emotional body. It helps identify emotional patterns no longer aligned with one’s spiritual growth and can assist in changing these patterns to reflect higher approaches to relationship and communication.

Pink Tourmaline is an excellent stone for children—particularly the spiritually sensitive ‘Indigos’—because it provides a centering, calming energy that can assist them in considering consequence and karma before taking action.

SPIRITUAL   Pink Tourmaline activates the high-heart center and one’s ability to surrender to Love. It helps one find strength in vulnerability and feel joy in all one’s learning experiences.

EMOTIONAL Pink Tourmaline is a powerful emotional balancer and cleanser. It is one of the strongest stones for alleviating stress and the emotional imbalances that can stem from that state. It is a powerful stone for children, especially when hyperactivity or difficulty sleeping is an issue.

PHYSICAL   Pink Tourmaline helps calm and soothe the heart, assisting with angina, irregular heartbeat and recovery from heart attack. It is useful in balancing brain biochemistry to help promote a balanced mental state.

AFFIRMATION   My heart is healed and whole, and I radiate the energies of love.

RUBELLITE (Red Tourmaline)

KEY WORDS      Alignment of the individual and Universal heart, healing the heart and the emotions, rekindling one’s passion for life

ELEMENT      Water, Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Root (1st)

Rubellite, also known as Red Tourmaline, is a beryllium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 7 to 8. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It forms in prismatic crystals with vertical striations along the sides. It also occurs in compact or massive habits. Rubellite’s name is derived from the similarity of its color to that of Ruby, although most Rubellites are more pink than red. Rubellite is found primarily in Brazil, but good specimens have also come from Africa, as well as California and Maine in the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Rubellite vibrates in deep resonance with the heart chakra. It goes deeper than other heart stones, which may activate this energy center and stimulate loving feelings. It strengthens one’s heart and links it to the heart of the Earth. It has the potential to open one to love that goes beyond human relationships—the love that permeates the Universe.

Rubellite is recommended to those who have heart ailments, because it carries and emanates the perfected vibrational pattern of the heart. Because it has the capacity to link the individual heart to the Universal Heart, it can be a source of nurturing energy that one can draw upon for healing. Studies have shown that heart patients recover more quickly if they have supportive family and friends and a positive, optimistic attitude. The energetic support of Rubellite Tourmaline, though intangible to most people, is akin to the invisible benefits of these other forms of positive energy and blends very well with them.

Rubellite benefits the emotional heart as well. It allows one to draw upon Universal Love energies when one is working to heal emotional wounds. It reminds one that ‘heartbreak’ can mean ‘heart opening,’ and that grief can be as valuable as joy. It helps those who have fallen into numbness—either as a result of personal trauma or simply because of the depressing onslaughts of everyday life—to find their way back into feeling. It aids those who have become passive in rediscovering their zest for living. Rubellite makes an excellent gift for one’s romantic partner because of its capacity to fan the flames of passion. Though it does not directly affect the sexual parts of the body, it can be a wonderful psychological aphrodisiac.

Rubellite stimulates the root chakra as well as the heart. It brings an increased flow of prana, or life-force energies, and it can be a grounding influence, especially for the emotions. Like Ruby, it stimulates courage and inspires one to be a protector of all that one loves. It enhances one’s capacity to make and fulfill commitments, if they are inspired by love.

Rubellite works harmoniously with all other types of Tourmaline. For additional help with healing support for the physical heart, Green Tourmaline is recommended, along with Seraphinite. For enhancing love energies, Rose Quartz, Morganite, Kunzite and Rhodonite are ideal helpers. When one is working to heal emotional wounds of the inner child, Rhodocrosite can be an important ally. For a deeper connection with the heart of the Earth, Gaia Stone can be of great assistance. For tapping into the currents of Universal Love, Rubellite can be combined with Danburite, Petalite and/or Azeztulite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Rubellite Tourmaline combines the energies of the Water and Earth elements. It helps one overcome fears about abundance, survival, stability and safety, as it soothes the emotional body and opens the heart. Rubellite is an ally for those who have had difficulty feeling at home in the world and their lives. It can help the emotionally isolated feel connected to the world. It is a preeminent heart-healing stone but also heals limiting patterns within the first chakra, helping one feel both more loving and more loved, protected and supported.

Rubellite’s ability to balance the base and heart chakras enables one to connect with true abundance—the sense that all we need is provided by Spirit. It assists one in opening to perceive and receive abundance, so one can feel more at peace and fulfilled. It is an excellent stone for those who are desperate and fearful, as it gives one the courage to face difficulty and pain. In circumstances where one feels physically threatened, Rubellite can assist one in finding the inner courage and strength to face and change the situation.

The connection between the heart and the base chakras helps one feel more loving toward one’s physical body and more capable of creating one’s reality. Rubellite’s energy attunes one to the strong pulse of the heart of the Earth, which is mirrored in one’s own heartbeat. This connection strengthens the physical body and assists one in feeling more at one with Nature.

SPIRITUAL   Rubellite aids in linking one’s heart to the world, so one can receive love and support from others and from Spirit. It teaches the power of Love to overcome fear, as it strengthens the heart chakra and one’s connection to the physical realm through its stimulation of the base chakra.

EMOTIONAL   Rubellite is a wonderfully encouraging ally for the emotions. It assists one in finding the emotional strength to move out of difficult relationships, power-abuse situations, and other types of emotional hardship.

PHYSICAL   Rubellite helps balance the brain by keeping one’s emotions from taking over. It soothes the nervous system and can help heal hysteria, depression and obsessiveness.

AFFIRMATION   I align my heart with the Heart of the Earth and the Heart of the Universe, casting the drops of my love into the ocean of Love that permeates All.

GREEN TOURMALINE

KEY WORDS      Healing, strength, vitality, wholeness

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

The colors of Green Tourmaline vary from the pastel shades of early spring leaves to vibrant emerald, all the way to olive and nearly black. The stones are found in Brazil, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and Africa. Whereas Pink Tourmaline is associated with the emotions, Green Tourmaline is viewed as a beneficial influence on one’s physical well-being.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Green Tourmaline is one of the premier stones for self-healing. It centers the energies at the heart chakra, and it is more connected to the denser vibrations of physical life than is its heart-oriented cousin, Pink Tourmaline. The physical heart in humans is a powerful generator of bioelectricity, creating a measurable energy field that extends twelve to fifteen feet around the body. Green Tourmaline emanates a subtle-energy field that can harmonize with that of the heart, engendering wholeness, dynamic balance and stability. Just as the coherent interaction of the bio-electric fields of two heart cells can entrain them to beat together in resonant rhythm, even when they are not touching one another, so the spiritual vibrations emanating from Green Tourmaline can create a resonance that benefits the heart chakra and thereby the physical heart. Because the heart is the center of one’s being, bringing harmony to that chakra creates a flow of wholesome energy to all parts of the self.

Green Tourmaline, because of its energetic connection with the world of physical life, is a stone of beneficial influence to all things that live and grow. It can be used to enhance gardens and house plants and to connect psychically with the spirits of plants and animals. It is a gateway stone to the devic realm and can be used in meditation to commune with Nature spirits. Green Tourmaline is the masculine, or yang counterpart to the feminine energies of Pink Tourmaline. It can enhance vitality and stamina in physical activities, and it can evoke courage and strength. It helps spiritual people embrace and enjoy life in the physical world.

Green Tourmaline’s energies are enhanced by combining it with Aventurine, Emerald, Hiddenite, Peridot, Tsavorite Garnet and/or Uvarovite Garnet. Tiger Iron will add to its ability to restore health and vitality and will link the heart with the lower chakras.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Green Tourmaline works more powerfully on the physical heart and body than does Pink Tourmaline. Though both are heart-activation stones, Green Tourmaline aids in integrating energy into the physical heart and heart chakra. It assists in aligning the heart’s electromagnetic field with the electromagnetic field of the Earth, helping to strengthen the heart itself. Because it can align the physical heart, Green Tourmaline is a powerful healing stone. It helps calm the nervous system and emotions, and it facilitates the proper flow of healing energy through the body.

SPIRITUAL   Green Tourmaline is ideal for channeling Nature’s healing power. It attunes one to the energies of the Earth as it opens the heart and stimulates connection with Divine Love.

EMOTIONAL   Green Tourmaline brings an invigorating energy of growth and expansion to the emotional body. It can help one to become less inhibited and more expressive. It is useful in countering fear of change or the over-regulation of one’s life and habits.

PHYSICAL   Green Tourmaline can help stimulate proper cellular function and reproduction. It is an excellent assistant in etherically treating cancers and other cell-growth imbalances. It is one of the strongest stones for vibrational healing of the physical heart.

AFFIRMATION   I am physically whole and vibrantly alive. The strength of my heart fills and surrounds me, and I am a positive force in the world.

WATERMELON TOURMALINE

KEY WORDS      Calm, joy

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Watermelon Tourmaline is the name given to Tourmaline crystals with pink centers and a green ‘rind’ around the outside. These can occur in any area where Pink and Green Tourmalines are found. Many of the finest specimens come from Brazil and Africa. These are among the most sought-after crystals for working with the energies of the heart.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Watermelon Tourmaline is a synergistic combination of Pink and Green Tourmaline that amplifies and balances the energies of each. It is particularly well suited to working simultaneously with the physical, emotional and spiritual components of the heart and awakening the ‘higher heart,’ the energy center just above the heart chakra which is also known as the ‘seat of the soul.’ When one’s emotional experience is defined by the rising and ebbing tides of the events of life, happiness is often short-lived. However, Watermelon Tourmaline teaches one the meaning of joy—that unbounded happiness which is not caused by any external circumstance but is instead the natural condition of being. This is also the source of Watermelon Tourmaline’s capacity for healing. When one is attuned to the natural frequency of joy, there is a resulting harmonization of all aspects of oneself, from the auric field to the physical body. Life may continue to bring its moments of sorrow, but even they can be experienced with joy. The perception of beauty almost universally experienced by those who see or touch a fine Watermelon Tourmaline is in part a connection with one’s own higher heart and the frequency of joy.

Watermelon Tourmaline works harmoniously with Thulite, Oregon Opal, Andean Pink Opal and Pink Calcite. Pink Lazurine contributes greater focus to the activation of the higher heart. Ruby can bring an intensity of passion to Watermelon Tourmaline’s energy of joy.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Watermelon Tourmaline is pink on the interior and green on the exterior. This combination of Pink and Green Tourmaline activates, clears and soothes the heart chakra and the physical heart. It is a powerful support for those with heart conditions stemming from excessive stress. Its energy is calming, and it quickly counters anger or resentment.

In meditation, Watermelon Tourmaline assists in calming the mind and the emotions, releasing the stress of the day and entering into deep states of heart-centered awareness.

SPIRITUAL   Watermelon Tourmaline is wonderful for shifting one’s consciousness from the brain to the heart. It strengthens the energy of the heart and helps to generate a powerful energetic field of Love and compassion that can heal on all levels.

EMOTIONAL   Watermelon Tourmaline helps bring hysterics and dramatics into resonance with strong heart-centered energy that immediately calms and focuses them. It is ideal for hyperactive children, drama addicts and those who need to be quiet and find their centers.

PHYSICAL   Watermelon Tourmaline is useful for helping to heal problems with the physical heart. Its high lithium content can also help one maintain a calm, centered state of mind.

AFFIRMATION   I am at one with the serenity and joy of being.

BLUE TOURMALINE (Indicolite)

KEY WORDS      Higher awareness, communication

ELEMENT      Water, Wind

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th)

Blue Tourmaline’s alternate name, Indicolite, is a variation of the original Indigolite, referring to its deep blue color. It is rarer than black, pink and green varieties and is found in Brazil, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Africa. It is known metaphysically as an aid to meditation and the expansion of consciousness.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Blue Tourmaline, or Indicolite, can help one develop the psychic gifts—clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, prophecy and spirit communication. It is particularly useful for those who wish to become channels and mediums, because it enhances one’s ability to see and hear through the veil that separates us from the deceased and our spirit guides. Placing a Blue Tourmaline upon the sixth chakra can enable even a novice to open the third eye and ‘tunnel through’ to the other world. Because Blue Tourmaline affects the throat chakra, it helps one to process the psychic impressions one receives and allow them to flow out through verbal communication. Even when it is not used in this way, Blue Tourmaline assists one in finding the words to gracefully express deep feelings and insights.

Because of its ability to receive and transmute the high vibrations of the spirit realm, healers will find Blue Tourmaline to be a useful tool. It aids in attuning to and channeling the healing energies freely offered to us from the higher dimensions. (Note that the Healing, Buddha, Krishna and other high spiritual beings are depicted in artistic renderings as blue.) Blue Tourmaline facilitates contact with these beings and the reception of their blessings. In its ability to demonstrate that the ‘other world’ of spirits exists, it can be utilized to allay the fear of death. For dedicated individuals, meditation with Blue Tourmaline can open the doors to the highest spiritual realms, offering experiences of ecstatic rapture. If one has difficulty returning to the grounded state, holding a piece of Black Tourmaline is recommended.

Blue Tourmaline’s energies are beneficially augmented by combining it with Blue or Indigo Kyanite, Lapis Lazuli, Blue Chalcedony, Lazulite, Aqua Aura Quartz, Siberian Blue Quartz and/or Sodalite.

NAISHA AHSIAN Blue Tourmaline evokes the energy of the peaceful mind. It facilitates a state of high awareness and attention accompanied by complete surrender to the Divine Source. Blue Tourmaline can facilitate deep meditation and a Zen-like state of illuminated emptiness. It aids one in releasing attachment to outcomes as well as to the past.

Blue Tourmaline is an advanced healing tool, due to its ability to activate higher awareness while inducing a state of detachment. In this detached state, one can more accurately perceive the causes of illness or disorder. It can aid in releasing emotional cords or patterns that perpetuate the past, freeing one to create a future that reflects one’s spiritual nature.

SPIRITUAL   Blue Tourmaline aligns the mind with Divine energy. It stops overactive thinking so pure awareness can develop. It can help one communicate with higher beings on matters of healing and spiritual development.

EMOTIONAL   Blue Tourmaline helps one understand the root cause of emotional trauma or imbalance. It is ideal for exploring past lives in order to resolve current emotional problems.

PHYSICAL   Blue Tourmaline allows one’s higher spiritual consciousness to direct physical healing as one also gains understanding of the roots of the imbalance. It is especially good for headaches and migraines.

AFFIRMATION   I open my vision to the realm of Spirit, and I freely share its healing, guidance and wisdom.

GOLDEN TOURMALINE

KEY WORDS      Will, confidence, inner strength

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Solar Plexus (3rd)

ROBERT SIMMONS   Golden Tourmaline is a powerful aid for those who wish to repair damage to the third chakra. It can help one reduce and eventually eliminate feelings of visceral fear aroused by confrontations with others. It assists in ‘holding one’s own’ in all situations, helping timid individuals find the courage to face previously threatening experiences. In past-life therapy, it helps one relive and release traumas that have turned into repeating negative patterns. If worn or carried, it creates a ‘wheel of fire’ at the solar plexus which acts as a shield from the ‘power trips’ of others and enhances one’s ability to focus and achieve one’s aims.

Golden Tourmaline promotes clear thinking, goal-setting, creative problem-solving, confidence, perseverance, self worth and a positive attitude. Because it helps bring one into a feeling of one’s own worthiness and strength, it also supports tolerance, benevolence and the empowerment of others. From this place of confidence and benevolence, it is possible to easily create abundance and prosperity.

Golden Tourmaline’s enhancement of third-chakra energies is increased by combining it with Heliodor, Golden Labradorite and/or Libyan Gold Tektite. It can be used in conjunction with Yellow Sapphire and Phenacite for the manifestation of prosperity.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Golden Tourmaline soothes the third chakra and helps one release the need for control over one’s own or others’ lives. It helps one recognize that the need for control equals a lack of trust in the Divine. Golden Tourmaline can assist one in developing greater trust in Spirit, while learning to align one’s will with Divine Will.

Golden Tourmaline is extremely useful for survivors of power abuse on any level (emotional, physical, sexual), as it gently releases constriction and emotional scars from the third chakra. It helps one to understand the true nature of power as a state of radiant being—not an act of subjugation of others’ will. Golden Tourmaline’s lessons of power can assist one in becoming more confident and manifesting one’s desires more easily. Golden Tourmaline is a powerful stone for emotional empaths and healers, as it prevents one from absorbing the emotional energies of others through the solar-plexus chakra.

SPIRITUAL   Golden Tourmaline helps one develop trust in the Divine and release the need for control over external circumstances. It helps one understand the true nature of power as it teaches one to reclaim one’s own power and use it for the highest good.

EMOTIONAL   Golden Tourmaline can help one feel more empowered, capable, strong and supported. It is an excellent ally for anyone recovering from any form of power abuse.

PHYSICAL   Golden Tourmaline energetically supports those with excessive digestive acid, acid reflux, irritable bowel, etc. It helps reduce the symptoms of ulcers and can counter nausea.

AFFIRMATION   I am confident in my own strength, worthiness and power, and I use my energies to manifest the highest good.

DRAVITE (Brown Tourmaline)

KEY WORDS      Self-acceptance, self-healing, bringing the shadow self to consciousness, self-love

ELEMENT      Earth, Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Heart (4th)

Dravite is a brown-hued variety of Tourmaline. Its name is derived from the Austrian mineralogist Drave. Its color is dark brown and it is rarely clear enough for facetting, but the finer pieces, when cut, resemble gems of Smoky Quartz. Most Dravite is found in the Tourmaline deposits of Brazil.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Human beings are split—divided into the sunlit side and the side that dwells in the shadow. For most, the shadow means the unconscious, and one’s shadow self consists of the rejected parts which have been pushed down into unconsciousness. There are several problems with this situation. First, it takes life-force energy to keep things confined to the unconscious. Therefore, those with large shadows (almost everyone) have only a fraction of their original energies available to them. Second, the shadow wants to be made conscious, so it frequently erupts in compulsive behavior, slips of the tongue, depression and wild emotional swings. Third, one’s most precious gifts are frequently pushed into the shadow territory, because their early manifestations likely have met with rejection from parents or others.

For those on the spiritual path, it is imperative that the shadow be brought to consciousness. One must take the difficult road of examining one’s wounds, seeing the distorted and disfigured self that has been forgotten in the interior ‘basement,’ and ultimately retrieving the lost fragments of self through unsentimental love and true acceptance. Many metaphysically inclined people have embraced spirituality in order to avoid looking downward into all of this, but it must be done for there to be any real progress. No one will reach Heaven by flying. The downward journey into darkness is the gateway to the Light.

Having read this far, one may be heartened to learn that Dravite is the ideal gemstone ally to initiate and accompany one on this essential journey. It is highly grounding and will counter attempts to ‘ascend’ before one is ready. It is nourishing to the life-force energies, lending stamina to those doing deep inner work. It inspires courage and persistence, and it even helps one see the humor in some of life’s darkest situations. Dravite is also an aid to those who feel numb—those who have difficulty moving into grief or other heartfelt emotions. Its vibrations can aid in removing energetic armoring around the heart. Dravite, like the repairman who unclogs the sewer, is unappreciated until one realizes one truly needs help. Then, it is seen as the great blessing it truly is.

Dravite works well in conjunction with Black Tourmaline, Jet, Black Obsidian, Aegirine and Smoky Quartz, all of which clear and ground the root chakra and provide psychic protection. Moldavite can help speed the process of inner transformation which Dravite initiates and supports.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Like many of the beings that belong in the Tourmaline group, Dravite has a calming, soothing effect on the energetic systems and the body. Its energy helps one relax, release and become centered within oneself. Dravite’s ability to calm and soothe is paired with its ability to deeply cleanse the emotional and physical bodies. Dravite draws one’s most deeply hidden patterns and issues to the surface, allowing one to calmly review and clear them. It aids in seeing the aspects of self one has hidden from oneself out of fear or denial.

Dravite pairs the purifying energies of Black Tourmaline with the heart-healing energy of Green Tourmaline. It can help one lovingly identify what needs to be released before further growth can occur. It can aid in facing tough choices with courage and taking difficult action towards truth. Dravite’s energy allows one to perceive and integrate the shadow self, raising that aspect of self to consciousness and infusing it with one’s highest energy and love. It can help one to accept those aspects of self that seem abhorrent or unlovable.

Dravite has a strong connection to the Earth and its energy field. It can be used for grounding or to help one make a stronger connection with the Earth. It allows one to see one’s spiritual path in concrete terms, so one can plan out the steps involved in aligning one’s mundane life with one’s spiritual purpose. It is excellent for those who feel overwhelmed and need to release anxiety. Dravite’s energy lends one a sense of well-being and competence.

SPIRITUAL   Dravite helps one come to terms with the unthinkable. It gently illuminates and cleanses aspects of oneself that have been denied, or past experiences that have seemed too hurtful to remember. Dravite helps those who feel unlovable or unforgivable find compassion for themselves and new ways to manifest their highest selves into their daily reality. It guides one to a gentle healing and acceptance of the total self.

EMOTIONAL   Dravite aids in finding an emotional strength and sense of self-acceptance, initiating deep healing for those who have experienced emotional trauma. Its grounding influence helps those who feel overwhelmed release panic and begin to find a place of calm from which to approach life. It helps one to see what has been denied, so emotional healing can occur.

PHYSICAL   Dravite is excellent for blood purification and for clearing and healing the lymphatic system. It helps shift the physical body through changing negative habits and patterns, such as overcoming addiction, stopping self-abusive behavior, or moving toward a more vibrant state of health. Dravite assists in the absorption of nutrients from food and can be helpful in calming bowel disorders such as Crohn’s disease or Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

AFFIRMATION   I open my eyes to all of myself, now accepting with love all aspects that had been exiled, forgotten or lost.

TOURMALINED QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Purification, recovery from negative influences

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Tourmalined Quartz is defined for purposes of this discussion as Clear Quartz which has crystals of Black Tourmaline (Schorl) running through it. Most of it is found in Brazil, and specimens can range from completely cloudy to water clear, with fine threads or clumps of Black Tourmaline. This unusual combination of two stones in one creates a unique and beneficial energy pattern.

ROBERT SIMMONS   For anyone who has ever wished for a psychic vacuum cleaner to return one’s energy field to the pristine, unpolluted state, Tourmalined Quartz is an ideal ally. Clear Quartz can be the most wonderful and versatile of tools, with its capacity for amplifying almost any vibratory energy or intention and its easy programmability. However, this strength can also be a weakness, since Clear Quartz can pick up and amplify disharmonious energy. But in this material, the Black Tourmaline exerts a cleansing and grounding influence that keeps the Quartz clear of negativity. The Quartz in turn amplifies Black Tourmaline’s purifying energies, making Tourmalined Quartz one of the most powerful tools for clearing out ‘bad vibes’ of all types, repairing the auric field, restoring dynamic balance to all the chakras and promoting general well-being.

Tourmalined Quartz facilitates clear thinking. It is beneficial to people who need help staying on the spiritual path, especially those who have indulged in very negative behaviors, such as crime or drug abuse. Wearing or carrying Tourmalined Quartz through the day creates a ‘bubble of Light’ around the body, screening out destructive energies. It is ideal for psychic protection, because it keeps negative forces at bay while enhancing overall awareness.

Tourmalined Quartz’s protective aspects are amplified by Moldavite, Charoite, Sugilite, Black Obsidian and Jet. Citrine can amplify its enhancement of mental clarity.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Tourmalined Quartz is a powerful Storm element stone, combining the properties of Black Tourmaline and Clear Quartz, allowing one to access and integrate the full spectrum of electromagnetic energy—from the lowest frequencies to the highest. Having a full spectrum of vibrations available to the energy field ensures that the body and aura will receive all of the frequencies necessary for balance and health. Light frequencies are like nutrients in the body. If you starve the energy field of some frequencies, you will eventually experience imbalance and disease. These days, there is a lot of talk about high-frequency energy. While we are, as a species, expanding our ability to process these higher frequencies of Light, we still need the lower frequencies to maintain our physical and emotional health. In earlier times, these energies were absorbed from the environment as humans spent more time outside in the sunlight, the moonlight and in the presence of the Earth in her glory. Today, many people have isolated themselves in houses—separated from the nourishing energies of Nature. Tourmalined Quartz allows us to receive all of these energies while removing the densities and blockages that can prevent their proper absorption.

Tourmalined Quartz ‘washes’ the aura, clearing energy patterns that have created stagnation. By clearing these patterns and reestablishing proper flow, Tourmalined Quartz can cause one to feel both enlightened and grounded. It offers purification, protection and stimulation of the energetic bodies.

SPIRITUAL Tourmalined Quartz allows one to receive the full spectrum of Light necessary for proper energetic and physical health. It assists one in purifying on a physical, emotional and spiritual level, so further growth can be undertaken.

EMOTIONAL   Tourmalined Quartz helps one identify emotional patterns that need to be purified and cleansed for one to experience more expanded spiritual states. It assists in clearing these patterns so that emotional clarity can be experienced.

PHYSICAL   Tourmalined Quartz is excellent for healing rooms and environments. When energies are released during sessions, these stones purify them and turn them into usable energy. Tourmalined Quartz can aid those attempting to purify their bodies after substance abuse and those who are attempting to improve their diets.

AFFIRMATION   I am filled with and surrounded by spiritual Light, which cleanses, purifies and protects me.

TREMOLITE

KEY WORDS      Access to higher knowledge, calm and clarity, higher-mind activation, mystic rapture

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Crown (7th), Soul Star (8th), Transpersonal and Etheric (9th through 14th, above the head)

Tremolite is a calcium magnesium iron silicate mineral with a hardness of 5 to 6. Its crystal system is monoclinic. When it crystallizes, it forms long, bladed crystals which are often twinned. It also occurs in massive and granular habits, as well as fibrous, columnar or plumose aggregates. Its color is white, gray, pink, green or brown. It sometimes displays transparent crystalline areas. Some of the finest Tremolite crystals are found in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Tremolite is a powerful crystal that can be used to activate the pineal gland and link it with the surrounding neural circuitry, leading to the opening of the third-eye and crown chakras and conscious access to morphic fields of knowledge. The experience of direct access to knowledge without any learning process has been reported by many mystics through the ages. With this access comes a conviction of knowing, not simply believing.

Uncertainty and the fear that goes with it are a disease of the ego, the small self that most of us unconsciously believe to be our full identity. The ego, being only a part of oneself, can’t know anything—it can only have thoughts and opinions. But when one’s Higher Self blossoms, uncertainty vanishes in the light of knowledge. One has only to wonder about something, and the answer appears in the mind. This is the consciousness of the ‘kingdom of heaven,’ the state in which one merely needs to ‘ask and it shall be given.’ Tremolite vibrates at this frequency, and when one allows oneself to resonate with it, there can be an activation of one’s connection to this level of consciousness. Of course, it is likely to take time, persistence, and ultimately surrender, to achieve this resonance.

Prior to the mystic opening, or if one does not access all of what Tremolite offers, it facilitates a sense of calm and clarity unlike any other stone. It allows one to easily release stress and anxiety and to face even difficult times with the equanimity that comes from being deeply grounded in Spirit. It can help one to alleviate depression and worry, especially about ‘outer world’ problems like those that one sees on the news.

Tremolite affects the unused neural circuitry of the neocortex, the newest, most complicated parts of the brain. Holding this stone to the third eye, one receives beams of energy which set off pre-existing, but dormant mind centers meant for the next phase of human evolution. When this shift of consciousness is made, many of the seemingly complicated problems of life dissolve, because they simply do not exist for someone at this higher level. It is like waking from a dream—once one is awake, there is no need to go back and untangle the dream situation.

For most people, it will be better to meditate or sleep with Tremolite than to wear it. It is almost too powerful to wear, and one will usually receive the greatest benefit when one is not distracted by a lot of activity. I recommend Tremolite in combination with Phenacite, Azeztulite, Brookite, Danburite, Petalite, and especially Herderite and Beryllonite. Herderite is the other stone keyed specifically to activation of the pattern of evolution to the Divine human blueprint, and Beryllonite helps activate the pituitary gland in resonance with the pineal gland, for spiritual vision and mystic rapture.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Tremolite is a Wind element ally that helps one regulate energy, consciousness and attitude. It stimulates prana and helps one to be more aware of the movement of energy and life force through the body and aura. Tremolite encourages one to breathe deeply and be present in the moment. It can assist one in focusing more easily during meditation and being more consciously present in the ‘now’ throughout one’s day.

Tremolite’s energy helps stop the ‘monkey mind,’ giving one the experience of consciousness without thought. It helps one respond to reality instead of going off on ‘head trips’ generated by the ego. Its frequency is emotionally neutral, helping one gain insight without attachment. It has a distinctly ‘cloud nine’ energy, allowing one’s consciousness to expand while still maintaining connection to and awareness of the physical world.

Tremolite amplifies consciousness, helping one stay present in meditation for longer periods of time. It can amplify the energies of specific thoughts or prayers as well, assisting one in becoming fully resonant with an intended energy.

SPIRITUAL   Tremolite helps one maintain focus, expand consciousness and remain present during meditation. Its energy is expansive but doesn’t cause ‘spaciness.’

EMOTIONAL   Tremolite is emotionally neutral.

PHYSICAL   Tremolite is helpful for respiratory ailments such as asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema. It supports oxygenation of the blood.

AFFIRMATION   I offer myself to the Divine, with a surrendered mind and an open heart.

TUGTUPITE

KEY WORDS      Intense and passionate love, deep heart activation, mystic rapture, grief, emotional transformation

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Throat (5th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Tugtupite is a sodium aluminum beryllium aluminum silicate with a hardness of 4. Its crystal system is tetragonal. It was discovered in Tugtup Agtakorfia, Greenland, in 1962 and was named after the locality. Tugtupite is related to Sodalite, differing only slightly in chemical structure. However, Tugtupite exhibits rich pink coloring, rather than Sodalite’s blue. Some specimens of Tugtupite deepen their color on exposure to sunlight and become paler when left in the dark. Tugtupite is found almost exclusively in Greenland, where it has been found in hydrothermal veins, in association with minerals such as Albite and Aegirine. The Inuit of Greenland have a legend about Tugtupite, claiming that lovers can cause the stone to glow fiery red from the heat of their passion.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Tugtupite is a stone of the deepest energies of the heart chakra. Its vibrations can reawaken lost passion and forgotten love. It can also put one in touch with suppressed grief and sorrow, allowing the cleansing expression and release of these emotions. If the human heart could be seen as a dormant volcano, Tugtupite would be the earthquake that gets the lava flowing again.

Love is a many-sided emotion, and much misunderstood. A great deal of what is expressed as love is any number of other things—codependency, dominance, need, even fear and anger. More frequently, love as we know it is a pale imitation of itself. Tugtupite, for better or worse, releases the pure emotion of love in all its uncontrollable intensity. Those who wear or carry it may experience many things, but numbness is not likely to be one of them. Initially, however, as Tugtupite works on the heart chakra, one may become uncomfortably aware that one has indeed been numb or asleep to the living fire of love that can transform life from smooth (but boring) sailing to a turbulent ride through a hurricane of passion.

Tugtupite makes none of these things happen—it simply opens the heart, all the way. What comes afterwards can take many forms, but they are all a consequence of this opening. Of course, nothing happens against one’s will. One must be open to these potentialities for anything to occur. And longing for one’s heart to be awakened is a great help in this matter.

Even if one does not experience a passion for another person, the opening of the heart that Tugtupite facilitates can still transform one’s experience of life. The full activation of the heart chakra, for some people, is expressed in a rapturous experience of Nature and an upwelling of love for the Earth. In others, it may manifest as an ineffable joy with no object at all.

It is said that joy and sorrow are two sides of one coin, and this can be very true when one’s heart is influenced by Tugtupite. One may undergo deep experiences of grief, which may begin with one’s personal sorrows but can bloom into tragic memories of past-life experiences and even the grief and pain of the Earth herself. If one can allow these feelings to be free-flowing, one may come to a place of profound peace, in which ecstasy and agony are both experienced calmly, as one. This is the ultimate gift which Tugtupite can help one to receive.

As Tugtupite opens the floodgates of the heart, the upper chakras receive the rising tide of energy and are opened and energized. This can lead to the harmonious and integrated functioning of the heart, third-eye, throat and crown chakras, in which all are enlivened and there is joy and heightened awareness coursing throughout one’s emotional and mental bodies.

Tugtupite harmonizes with heart-chakra stones such as Rose Quartz, Kunzite, Morganite, Emerald, Dioptase and Rhodochrosite. Moldavite aids in making the experience of passion into a spiritual transformation. Azeztulite lifts the vibration from human to cosmic love.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Tugtupite is a highly expansive stone, encouraging the opening of the upper chakras and connection with the higher realms. Its energy is strongly stimulating to the higher brain functions, creating states of highly expanded consciousness, connection with evolved energy entities and increased psychic abilities. Tugtupite’s energy focuses on connecting the heart through the crown. Its frequencies can create states of bliss, rapture and all-encompassing Love and union with the mind of the Creator. It is a powerful stone for initiation into Universal Love and Consciousness and can be used as a meditative tool to help facilitate rapid expansion of the heart center, compassion and healing of the emotional self.

Tugtupite could be called the ‘Mineral Ayahuasca,’ as it produces visionary states of consciousness combined with an intense heart opening and healing. It is not appropriate to just ‘trip’ on its energy, however. Rather, one should use it consciously to promote a sense of higher, heart-centered consciousness, which can raise the vibration of everyone one encounters.

SPIRITUAL   Tugtupite is paradigm-shifting. Its energy is that of the Universal Heart and Mind, allowing one to feel Divine Love and transmit the frequency to others.

EMOTIONAL Tugtupite creates states of expanded emotional consciousness, healing and bliss. It facilitates the release of all density from the emotional field. Its frequency promotes compassion, Love, kindness, peace and a heart-centered consciousness.

PHYSICAL   Tugtupite has few direct healing applications but can be used to help generally strengthen the nervous system, auric field and heart.

AFFIRMATION   I open my heart absolutely as I give myself utterly to love.

TURQUOISE

KEY WORDS      Wholeness, communication and spiritual expansion.

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Throat (5th)

Turquoise is a copper aluminum phosphate mineral with a hardness of 5 to 6. Its striking blue color is caused by copper, and the greenish shades of Turquoise are because of iron. Its crystal structure is triclinic, and it is usually composed of submicroscopic crystals, making the stones opaque. The name Turquoise is derived from the French pierre turquoise, meaning ‘Turkish stone.’ This is because the trade routes through which Turquoise reached Europe from the mines in central Asia went through Turkey, and Venetian merchants often bought the stone in Turkish bazaars.

Turquoise may be the longest-used of all gemstones. Beads dating back to 5000 B.C. have been found in Iraq. The Egyptians were mining Turquoise in the Sinai in 3200 B.C. Throughout history, Turquoise has been fashioned into jewelry and decorations for a host of objects, from weapons to amulets. Turquoise is the national gemstone of Iran, and it has been the most valued gem in Tibet for many centuries. About 1,000 years ago, Native Americans began to mine and fashion Turquoise, and the gem has been found in burial sites from Argentina to New Mexico. In current times, the best quality Turquoise stones come from Iran, Afghanistan, Australia, Tibet and the southwestern United States.

In both Hindu and Persian beliefs, seeing a Turquoise and the new moon at the same moment would lead to good fortune, protection from evil and/or an increase of wealth. The Navajos used Turquoise to bring needed rain by throwing a stone into a river while praying to the rain god. Apaches thought Turquoise could enhance the accuracy of their weapons, and the Zuni believed it could protect them from demons. In central Asia, the belief that Turquoise could keep riders from falling led to the use of Turquoise in decorating horse trappings. In the cultures of countries where Turquoise is found, the belief in its beneficial properties persists to this day.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Turquoise is not only a stone for finding wholeness and truth, it is also an aid in the communication and manifestation of those qualities. It stimulates and harmonizes the throat chakra, making it more effortless for one to articulate and bring forth one’s deepest wisdom. Wearing Turquoise can empower those who are shy about sharing their understanding, and it can help one realize that, in speaking from the wholeness of our being, we each have something important to contribute to the collective.

Because it is a stone of wholeness, Turquoise is also beneficial to overall well-being and soundness of one’s mood and emotions. It is balancing and induces a sense of serenity and peace. Holding or wearing Turquoise can help one restore depleted vitality and lift sagging spirits. This stone has the capacity to heal the emotional body, relieve stress, and bring the focal point of awareness to its proper center in the heart.

Turquoise teaches the wisdom of compassion and forgiveness and offers one the opportunity to experience the insight that enlightened selfishness is identical with kindness and generosity. What one wishes for oneself, at one’s core, is happiness, love and freedom from limitation and fear. Through its heightening of emotional intelligence, Turquoise demonstrates that when one releases one’s insistence on ‘justice’ and views others through the lens of compassion and forgiveness, one immediately receives those gifts through one’s own heart. Thus the most generous gesture towards others also brings about what one most desires for oneself. Not only that—such actions are contagious and self-reinforcing! And Turquoise’s gift of communication assists one in effectively sharing such insights with others

Turquoise works harmoniously with Gem Silica, Shattuckite, Chrysocolla, Ajoite, Malachite, Azurite and most other copper-based minerals. It is also on friendly terms with all types of Calcite, Smithsonite and Hemimorphite. Larimar is a near-perfect complement to Turquoise in regard to soothing and healing the emotional body.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Turquoise combines the Water, Wind, Fire and Earth energies, thereby containing the power and unity of the Storm element. It enhances one’s ability to perceive the disparate aspects of self and to integrate those aspects into a cohesive whole. As one moves along the spiritual path, it can sometimes be tempting to try to ‘get rid of’ the traits of self that do not appear to be entirely enlightened. Turquoise reminds one that all parts of the self reflect aspects of the Divine Source. It is only through embracing and integrating these aspects that we can truly become whole. You can’t have a rainbow with just the color purple! One needs to embrace the full spectrum of frequency and learn from it so we can expand our ability to carry the full spectrum of Light within ourselves.

SPIRITUAL   Turquoise represents the wisdom that comes from all of life’s experiences. It is an ancient Grandfather ally, counseling one that all experiences are valid and that mistakes are simply another experience. Turquoise reminds us that wholeness can only come when we are willing to embrace the totality of who we are and what we have learned on our Earth walk.

EMOTIONAL   Turquoise is a stone for self-forgiveness, self-acceptance and the release of useless regrets. It encourages one to honor oneself as a creation and a tool of the Divine.

PHYSICAL   Turquoise helps oxygenate the blood and increase the amount of prana in the physical body.

AFFIRMATION   From my heart and my wholeness, I speak my truth with clarity, certainty and love.

ULEXITE

KEY WORDS      Intuition, inner vision, telepathy, clairvoyance, imagination, creativity, mental agility

ELEMENT      Wind

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th)

Ulexite is a sodium calcium borate mineral with a hardness of 2.5. Its crystal structure is triclinic, and it forms in rounded aggregates, tufted masses or fibrous structures. Ulexite is either white or colorless. It is found in evaporate basins, often associated with borax. One of the most important localities for Ulexite is the desert of the American Southwest. Slices of colorless Ulexite have a unique ‘fiber optic’ property. If the slice is placed upon another object, such as a newspaper, the image of the object will seem to appear at the top surface of the slice, similar to the way television images appear on the screen. This has earned Ulexite the nickname ‘TV stone.’

ROBERT SIMMONS   Ulexite is a stone of clairvoyance. It helps to open the inner eye to ‘far seeing.’ This can manifest as viewing events of the probable future, current happenings in distant places or past episodes that matter in terms of current issues. Ulexite acts upon the third eye to open interdimensional gates, so one may see and interact with beings from the higher planes. It also can be programmed to vibrate at various frequencies, allowing one to connect with extraterrestrials, spirit guides and other entities.

Ulexite activates latent intuitive abilities. It sensitizes the self to the field of consciousness around and beyond the body and allows one to ‘read’ the energies and intentions of others. This will often manifest as a feeling about someone, and with Ulexite these feelings are magnified so their truth and significance are unmistakable.

Imagination is the key to creativity, and Ulexite is a stimulant to both. As it activates the third eye, images and visions of all types begin to float up from deep within the psyche. One is advised to pay close attention to these and to record as many as possible. Ulexite unleashes the latent creative potential of those who attune to its vibration, so the rising images are likely to be representations of concepts, art or inventions the deep self wishes to be brought into this world. Many of the greatest discoveries and breakthroughs have come in meditative moments of reverie, and Ulexite’s energy seems to act as an attractor for inspiration.

Telepathy is one of the inner potentials that can be awakened through meditating or sleeping with Ulexite. When this begins to happen, one is advised to practice by working with a partner. Each person should place a piece of Ulexite upon the third eye. Next, the two individuals can take turns sending and receiving images, words, numbers, etc., in order to ‘build the muscle’ of telepathic ability. One may find that the Ulexites work as ‘psychic walkie-talkies,’ amplifying the power and volume of one’s thought projections.

Ulexite is a boon to other intuitive powers. It can quicken mental processes, allowing one to see the answers to complex problems instantly. It can accelerate one’s learning in foreign languages, mathematics, science, engineering and other fields. Carrying a piece of Ulexite into study situations, one may experience enhanced memory and a clearer grasp of concepts.

Ulexite works synergistically with Selenite, Celestite and Angelite for connecting with higher dimensions. Moldavite adds extra power to its awakening of intuitive capacities.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Ulexite activates and stimulates the third-eye chakra. It opens the inner eye to visions of other realms, guides and events past, present or future. It can be used to assist with remote viewing. It can aid in perceiving beings of other realms, such as fairies, gnomes, sylphs, and other creatures of Nature.

SPIRITUAL   Ulexite is a stone of far vision. It helps unblock psychic and physical vision and can enhance one’s ability to correctly interpret one’s visions and psychic information.

EMOTIONAL   Ulexite is emotionally neutral.

PHYSICAL   Ulexite helps heal and balance physical vision. It can be used to help strengthen one’s eyesight and to overcome eye fatigue blurred or double vision.

AFFIRMATION   My eyes are opening to truth, improving my ability to see, inward and outward, with clarity of vision on all levels of reality.

VANADINITE

KEY WORDS      Accomplishment of work, stamina, grounding, creativity, discipline, link to Earth energies

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd), Third Eye (6th)

Vanadinite is a mineral in the vanadate family, combining lead, vanadium, oxygen and chlorine. Its hardness is 3, and its crystal system is hexagonal. The prismatic crystals it forms are red, orange-red, brownish red, brown or yellow and are sometimes hollow. It is a relatively rare mineral and is sometimes found in the upper oxidized parts of lead deposits. Vanadinite is found in Morocco, as well as New Mexico and Arizona in the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   When one has a load of work to do, and there is no way to put it aside, one is advised to acquire some Vanadinite as quickly as possible. This stone activates the lower three chakras, giving one the added endurance, persistence, power and will needed to see big projects through to completion. In addition, it stimulates the mind centers and links them with the lower chakras, providing the ideal combination of clear thought, organization, determination and vitality for achieving goals that require hard work. The stone also helps one remain free of distraction, so that one stays ‘on task.’

In addition to regular work, Vanadinite can help people in specialized fields achieve their aims. It is excellent for athletes who must train for long hours, providing both focus and energy. It is helpful to writers who have to harness their creative energies and meet deadlines, and it can help one break through ‘writer’s block.’ It is even useful in combating drowsiness and fatigue in those who have to stay awake for long hours to fulfill their commitments.

For those whose work entails intuitive or psychic readings, channeling or mediumship, Vanadinite can provide both stamina and grounding. The same is true for healers who work with the subtle energies. Vanadinite helps one stay linked with the body and the Earth without diminishing one’s connection to higher vibrational realms. Vanadinite can aid those using very high-vibration stones in meditation to enhance their access to the spiritual worlds.

Vanadinite provides a direct link to the Earth energies, and it can increase one’s sensitivity to elemental forces. Carrying or meditating with Vanadinite, one can sense and even predict changes in the weather. Those working with geomancy will find their awareness of ley lines and vortices noticeably enhanced. Individuals who use dowsing will experience clearer and stronger sensations, and their pendulums or divining rods will work more efficiently.

Vanadinite stimulates creative and sexual energies. It can help one find needed inspiration and the arousal to action. It helps one connect with the animal self and relish the experience of physical life.

Vanadinite harmonizes with Zincite, Cerussite, Carnelian and Orange Calcite in regard to stimulation of the second chakra. Yellow Sapphire, Golden Labradorite, Iolite and Lapis Lazuli can help it more fully activate the mind centers. Blue Sapphire further emphasizes Vanadinite’s capacity to bring order, persistence and discipline to one’s work. Tiger Iron offers additional enhancement of the physical energies, enthusiasm and confidence.

NAISHA AHSIAN Vanadinite is a powerful Fire element stone that promotes action and production. It stimulates the physical body and brings a flush of pure creative energy into one’s aura. Vanadinite is primarily stimulating to the second and third chakras. It helps balance and enhance one’s sexual energy and reproductive functions, and it encourages one to express one’s ideas and desires more easily. It can be quite stringent to one’s energy field, removing stagnation and instituting a free flow of both energy and ideas. It is a wonderful stone for creative endeavors, for it helps one find the proper expression for one’s ideas.

Vanadinite helps sustain one’s energy through creative or work endeavors, enabling one to be more productive and more energetic. For those who must ‘go the extra mile’ in order to attain their goals, Vanadinite can be indispensable. It can assist one in having the drive and the stamina to complete projects and the focus to maintain one’s direction without distraction. Vanadinite is an excellent manifestation ally for precisely this reason. Vanadinite is also a grounding stone, helping one gain more enjoyment from the body. It helps one feel more in command of one’s body and more adept at using it to create one’s desired reality.

SPIRITUAL   Vanadinite helps one put Spirit into action. It opens one’s inner eyes to the myriad expressions of spiritual energy and can help one to see beauty in all things and all people.

EMOTIONAL   Vanadinite encourages creativity, playfulness and curiosity. It can help one feel adventurous, willing to take risks and break free of the expectations or strictures of others.

PHYSICAL   Vanadinite energetically supports the production of hormones and can be used vibrationally to help counter degenerative aging due to decreased production of certain hormones. It is useful as a support through both male and female menopause. Vanadinite also helps protect one against radiation in the environment—especially radiation caused by electronics such as computers and ELF fields.

AFFIRMATION   I have the energy, vitality, discipline and desire to see my projects through to their successful completion.

VARISCITE

KEY WORDS      Inner peace, love and compassion, alignment of the physical and Light bodies, simplicity, clarity, emotional healing

ELEMENT      Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Variscite is a hydrous aluminum phosphate mineral with a hardness of 4 to 5. Its crystal system is orthorhombic, and it occurs mainly in concretionary or massive habits, although it sometimes forms in veins, or as crusts. The color is varying shades of green. It forms where phosphate-rich water has altered rocks rich in aluminum. Variscite is found in Utah in the USA (one of its other names is Utahlite) and can also be found in Nevada, USA, as well as Queensland, Australia.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Variscite is immediately soothing, bringing peace to the heart and tranquillity to the mind. When one holds or wears one of these stones, the Light body is brought into alignment and congruence with the physical self. This creates the sensation of serenity, in which one is joyful and at peace with All-That-Is. Variscite is an excellent stone to be worn or carried by those who feel ‘stressed out,’ since the alignment with the Light body opens the channels through which one can release all internal disharmonies into the Light.

Variscite is cleansing to the auric field, and this can have the effect of precipitating cleansings in the physical body. This is because of the idea of resonance, which is central to the use of stones for all metaphysical purposes. Variscite’s vibration is harmonious with the human energy field and has a wholesome influence upon it. It both clears the field and connects it with the physical world through the body. It closely matches the pattern of the Earth’s energy field, so it can provide a resonant link between the human being and the Earth. In the course of this, the body, which is at the threshold between the Earth and the spiritual domain, has almost no choice but to move into alignment with the harmonious energies above and below.

Variscite brings about a strong activation and stabilization of the heart chakra. This not only generates positive emotional states, but also helps one establish them as one’s normal way of being. Instead of seeing joy as a peak experience, it can become a way of life. In emotional healing, Variscite lends courage to the heart, so one can face the past without fear. This clarity and strength of heart are the essence of emotional healing, and when they have been established, examining and releasing one’s old wounds is simply a matter of processing.

Variscite helps one to appreciate simplicity and let go of unnecessary complication’s. It allows one to discharge unhealthy emotional obsessions and self-destructive habits. This stone has a way of calming and clarifying one’s thoughts and feelings so one can see the simple solutions to problems which may have been hanging on for years. It encourages one to take the steps necessary to change unhealthy patterns. It is less a stone of stimulation and excitement and more a reservoir of quiet, positive energy that helps one value and care for oneself in the simplest, most sensible ways.

As a stone of prosperity, Variscite is strong and helpful in terms of helping one make sure there is always ‘enough,’ but it doesn’t go overboard. Its vibrational tendency toward balance and simplicity keeps one from creating unnecessary surpluses as effectively as it helps one to banish lack. Yet for those who seem unable to get their financial boats on an even keel, Variscite can be a helpful ally.

Variscite works harmoniously with Tsavorite, Uvarovite and Moldavite. These three together would make a powerful combination for manifesting abundance. Variscite also combines well with Chrysoprase, Danburite, Rose Quartz, and Pink Calcite.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Variscite is a Water element ally that encourages unity of hearts. It is a powerful activation stone for the heart chakra and can be used to stimulate one’s compassion and love for others. Variscite’s energy can help unite disparate types of people through the common bond of love. It can be used to help smooth relationships with others whom one finds difficult or who may hold beliefs wildly different from one’s own. It is a stone of true community, in that it encourages everyone to live and work together, no matter their differences.

Variscite helps one release judgmental thoughts, words or attitudes. It can assist one in recognizing where one is placing conditions on one’s love or acceptance of another, and therefore upon oneself. Variscite can be utilized with its cousin, Turquoise, to enable one to perceive where one is lacking in self-love and acceptance and to heal one’s perception of self.

SPIRITUAL   Variscite helps one calm and center the mind, so one can attune to the ‘still small voice within.’ It enhances one’s conscience, so one can align one’s life more fully with truth. It is an expansive stone that assists one in connecting with the frequency of Universal Love.

EMOTIONAL   Variscite opens the heart and allows one to love oneself more fully. It helps individuals recognize where their judgments of others are reflecting their own self-judgment and the conditions they place upon their love.

PHYSICAL   Variscite promotes the higher functions of the brain which are only available when one is in a positive emotional state. It enhances learning, cognition, reasoning and logic. Variscite is useful in generally nourishing the brain and encouraging proper brain chemistry. It can help support those with degenerative nervous system imbalances or brain disorders.

AFFIRMATION   I am filled with calm and well-being, my heart is full of love and my life is in harmonious balance.

VESUVIANITE

KEY WORDS      Uniting the heart and the will, enthusiasm for life, release of negative attachments, the courage to change

ELEMENT      Earth

CHAKRAS      All

Vesuvianite, also known as idocrase, is a calcium aluminum magnesium silicate mineral with a hardness of 6 to 7. Its crystal system is tetragonal. It can form in short prismatic or pyramidal crystals, as well as in massive, compact, granular or columnar habits. Its color can be green, purple, red, white, brown or yellow. It occurs in the igneous rocks nepheline and syenite, as well as in impure limestones. It is found in association with such minerals as Calcite, Epidote, Garnet and Diopside. Vesuvianite was discovered on Mount Vesuvius in Italy, from which its name is derived. It has also been found in Quebec, Canada, as well as Lowell, Vermont, and Sanford, Maine, in the USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Vesuvianite is a highly energetic stone, capable of affecting any of the chakras, though the predisposition of a certain specimen will vary according to color. Yellow-green Vesuvianites can help stimulate and integrate the solar-plexus and heart chakras, making it easier for individuals to align personal will with the promptings of the heart.

This alignment of the will with the heart is of major importance, for it describes the solution of the battle between the ego and the Self. When the ego, which often has control of the will, surrenders the command it has usurped from the heart (one’s true Self), then the individual can become whole. By providing an energetic template of this as an accomplished fact, Vesuvianite allows the user to assimilate the vibrational pattern of integrated wholeness.

Vesuvianite is also useful for the manifestation of the heart’s desires here on earth. It is supportive of one’s taking one’s true path or calling in life. It aids one in finding the courage to make changes in jobs, relationships, habit patterns, thoughts and emotions in order to fully realize the heart’s yearnings. Those who are making major life changes in order to heed this inner call are advised to carry or meditate with one of the yellow-green Vesuvianites, in order to proceed with the resolve necessary to actually make the changes. If one feels unsure of one’s heart’s desire, the pink-purple variety of Vesuvianite may make one more aware.

Vesuvianite is useful for combatting negative thoughts and bringing enthusiasm back into one’s life. It helps one achieve the insights that inspire one to move forward in one’s spiritual development. It assists in releasing unconscious fears and limiting beliefs. It helps one to develop assertiveness and aids the timid in overcoming fear of confrontation. It can catalyze the opening of the unconscious, so one can see which old wounds or bad memories are holding one back, and it allows for the release of these patterns.

Vesuvianite helps those going through transformational work such as psychotherapy, breath work, past-life regression and other modalities of inner growth. Its ability to bring hidden material to consciousness and its enhancement of courage make it a most useful ally.

Vesuvianite, especially the yellow-green variety, harmonizes with Moldavite and Libyan Gold Tektite for working with the solar-plexus and heart chakra energies and bringing inner transformation. It also works well with Golden Labradorite, Heliodor, Emerald, Morganite, Dioptase, Tsavorite and other types of Green Garnet. For inner journeying, Nuummite, Labradorite and Jet can enhance its effects. The pink-purple type of Vesuvianite works synergistically with Kunzite and Tugtupite for attuning the heart to Divine love.

NAISHA AHSIAN Vesuvianite is an Earth element ally that aids in the regulation and organization of the mind and body. It helps one to align one’s thoughts (such as, “I need to lose weight”) with one’s physical reality (e.g., “I’d better put down this ice cream and go for a walk”). Sometimes, a disconnection between mind and body can seriously impair our ability to manifest our desires or goals. This is often due to ignoring the body in favor of developing the upper chakras and one’s spiritual or mental bodies. Yet the body and the physical world are vital to our spiritual learning. Vesuvianite assists in reconnecting the mind to the body and ensuring that one’s thoughts can become reality through aligned action.

Vesuvianite helps one develop one’s ability to effectively use the mind and body in service to Spirit. It helps one integrate spiritual ideas and principles into one’s daily life and aids in identifying and acting upon one’s path of service. It helps one align one’s life with one’s truth.

SPIRITUAL   Vesuvianite helps align one’s body, mind and spirit, so all aspects of self can be balanced. It aids in grounding excessive mental energy and aligning the body with the will.

EMOTIONAL   Vesuvianite helps one feel more connected to one’s physical body and life. It can bring the necessary insight into realigning one’s mundane life to match one’s spiritual visions and inner truth.

PHYSICAL   Vesuvianite is a stone of support. It can be used to help strengthen the legs and feet, to counter varicose and spider veins, and to enhance the integrity and strength of all types of tissues in the body.

AFFIRMATION   I surrender my will to the urging of my heart, and I willingly transform my life, aligning the actions I take with the truth that I know.

VITALITE

KEY WORDS      Life Force, replenishment, joy, well-being, love, courage, emotional cleansing, generosity, creativity, spiritual awakening

ELEMENTS Water, Earth

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Vitalite is the name given to a stone comprised of quartz, muscovite, piemontite and various trace minerals. It was discovered in New Zealand, in the remote wilderness of the South Island. It has layers of pink-red piemontite that appear as swirling patterns in a background of sparkling white muscovite and quartz. Its hardness is about 6.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Vitalite is named for its strongest energetic influence—the replenishment of one’s Life Force and energy through the infusion of prana. When one holds this stone to the heart, it is easy to feel the flow of refreshing, revitalizing currents through one’s body and energy field. Vitalite stimulates an overall sense of well-being, helping to alleviate stress, anxiety, irritability and/or depression. As the body and energy field become enlivened, one’s mood lightens and one is ready to face the world again.

Vitalite enters most readily through the heart chakra. It stimulates courage and love—two of the heart’s main virtues. As the energy continues to flow, one may notice a pattern of circulation whereby the currents brought in by the stone are actually coming up from the Earth through one’s body and vibrational field, going out the top of one’s head and then back down to Earth. This field is shaped like a torus—a circular fountain coming upwards at the center (one’s body core) and flowing outward and down in all directions before coming up into the center again. This stone teaches that Life Force is not something one hangs onto, but a current that flows best when released. This lesson pervades the experience of Vitalite.

As Vitalite’s replenishing flow establishes itself, one may notice a number of phenomena while holding a piece of the stone. The third eye and crown chakras often become highly activated because of the strong energies going through them. This sensation is very agreeable and can become stronger and stronger, along with one of intensely joyful emotion. It feels as if one’s heart has risen and filled one’s head with pleasure, love and happiness. This sensation marks the first stage of the Ascension of the Heart, a gift of grace stimulated by these stones. With continued practice, this heart-to-head current can become a permanent pattern in one’s field, making joy an everyday way of being.

As a stone of spiritual healing, Vitalite’s energies flow directly to the heart, bringing new vitality to not only the heart but the circulatory system, lungs, liver and digestive system. The chi in this stone is so strong that it affects the entire body on the cellular level, encouraging a healthy flow of Life Force in every cell, organ and system. Vitalite speaks to the cellular consciousness, exhorting the cells to live, and to live in a flowing current of joy.

Emotionally, Vitalite is a cleansing influence. It can be a catalyst for emotional release in the form of laughter, tears or passionate expressions of love. It can dislodge repressed emotions, but its influence is so positive that the release rarely takes the form of anger. If one’s feelings are blocked because of past traumas—even those from past lives—Vitalite’s currents can clear the path for a healthier flow.

Vitalite is a stone of generosity. It gives of itself without hesitation and without limit, encouraging us to do the same. It is a stone of powerful creativity, stimulating one’s imagination and will so that one can receive inspiration and carry one’s visions into manifestation. It is a stone of spiritual awakening because its joyful, loving energy flow reminds us that we ourselves are part of the ever-moving river of life, and that we are as divine as the Universe itself.

Vitalite harmonizes with Vortexite, Lilac Lepidolite, Piemontite, Crimson Cuprite, Petalite, Lithium Light, Aragonite, Rosophia and all forms of Azeztulite. It has a special affinity for Azumar, Healerite, Revelation Stone and Empowerite. Using it in combination with Kaurilite can tune Vitalite’s flow of Life Force toward the goal of enhanced longevity.

SPIRITUAL   Vitalite uplifts one’s spirit into joy, awakening a remembrance of one’s Divine nature.

EMOTIONAL   Vitalite aids in releasing negative or repressed emotions, and helps one cultivate an ongoing state of joy.

PHYSICAL   Vitalite supports the heart, lungs, circulatory system, liver and digestive system. It increases Life Force on multiple levels, all the way to the individual cells.

AFFIRMATION   I am a fountain of universal vitality, an ever-flowing cornucopia of life, love and joy.

VIVIANITE

KEY WORDS      Compassion, love, inner peace, gentleness, refreshment, inspiration, mystic awakening

ELEMENT      Earth, Water

CHAKRAS      Heart (4th)

Vivianite is a hydrous iron phosphate mineral with a hardness of 1.5 to 2. Its crystal system is monoclinic. It forms in prismatic crystals, as well as fibrous, massive or bladed habits. The stones are often transparent and can be colorless, blue-green or deep blue. Vivianite occurs in the near-surface oxidation zones of deposits rich in iron and manganese. Some of the finest crystal specimens come from the upper sections of Bolivian tin mines, such as the Morococala Mine in Ururo.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Vivianite helps one to dive deeply into the pool of the heart. It assists one in achieving inner silence during meditation and helps one to hear the wordless voice of the heart’s urgings. In light of this, Vivianite can be seen as a stone for entering and remaining in a state of enlightened compassion. This can be focused on oneself and others and can become the normal consciousness for one who has accepted the energy emanated by Vivianite.

Vivianite helps to remove negativity from one’s thoughts and clear disharmonious energies from one’s auric field. It works below one’s level of awareness to dispel self-inflicted wounds and low self-esteem. It brings gentleness to one’s evaluations of other people and helps one see the soulful humanity when one looks into every pair of eyes, even those one sees in the mirror! It supports feelings of altruism and kindness, and it inspires generosity, in actions more than with money.

Vivianite can re-inspire those in the helping professions who suffer from exhaustion and ‘burnout.’ It can remind doctors and nurses of the true meaning of healing. It can give teachers the joy they first felt in seeing the light of understanding in a student’s eyes. And nonprofessional caregivers, such as those who look after relatives who are ill, can receive a refreshing boost from simply sitting and holding one of these stones.

Through its kindling of the heart, Vivianite can remind one of the love that dwells behind all things—the sea in which the Universe itself floats like a tiny boat. When one feels the rhythm of that ocean and senses its tide rising in the heart, complaints, resentments, judgments and hurts all dissolve into gratitude and blessedness—and one’s willingness to serve that Love becomes absolute. When one holds a Vivianite, it emanates a vibration that offers the heart a thread leading to its own essence. At that point, one must choose whether to follow that thread, and how far. If one goes all the way, one discovers an ocean of love. Vivianite does not overwhelm or insist—it offers. From there, it is a matter of choice and grace.

Vivianite’s energy blends well with Morganite, Rose Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Moldavite, Emerald, Kunzite and Pink Calcite. Natrolite, Scolecite, Herderite and Phenacite bring the mind into a higher frequency which can resonate with the enlightened heart energy of Vivianite. Uvarovite adds enthusiastic energy to Vivianite’s vibration of peaceful awakening. Tugtupite brings passion and intensity to Vivianite’s heart opening.

Vivianite is a stone of peace, love, compassion, caring and spiritual illumination. Though rare, it is worth seeking, as is the energy it offers.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Vivianite brings an amazing blue-green frequency into the aura that resonates with both the Earth and Water elements. This refreshing, nourishing energy feeds both the body and the emotions. Vivianite is a powerful healing ally that stimulates both physical and emotional recovery from trauma and imbalance.

On a physical level, Vivianite stimulates the body’s immune functions and regenerative capabilities. It can speed recovery from illness or disease and is especially effective when healing from physical wounds and trauma. It provides the cells with an energetic frequency that acts as a nutrient and ‘fertilizer,’ encouraging cellular repair and balanced growth.

Vivianite’s emotional-healing capabilities are also impressive. This beautiful stone helps to open and strengthen the heart chakra and encourages the expression of what lies within. Resonating with this stone creates a feeling of deep peace and emotional centeredness. Its energy is at once soothing and stimulating to the heart chakra, helping one to release worries and cares as it bathes the heart in blissful Light.

Vivianite’s energies of Earth and Water make it a stone that enhances the feminine or receptive aspects of one’s nature. As one’s heart is opened and cleansed by this beautiful stone, one becomes more receptive of Love from others and from the Divine Source.

SPIRITUAL   Vivianite teaches of Divine Love and the manifestation of Love through one’s heart.

EMOTIONAL   Vivianite opens and clears the heart chakra, helping one become more receptive to the healing power of Love and more effective at sharing that vibration with others.

PHYSICAL   Vivianite promotes cellular regeneration and the healing of wounds and trauma to the body. It also energetically supports the immune system.

AFFIRMATION   My heart is an open gate through which love flows abundantly.

VORTEXITE

KEY WORDS      Dynamic equilibrium and balance, refreshment, empowerment, peaceful and pleasurable vibrations, stimulating and strengthening one’s interior energy vortices, enhancing links to Earth energies

ELEMENTS Earth, Water, Fire

CHAKRAS      All, especially Heart (4th) and Third Eye (6th)

Vortexite is a combination of spherulitic rhyolite and deep-red quartz, discovered in New Zealand by Peter Marden in 2014. It is volcanic in origin and was produced millions of years ago from the eruptions on New Zealand’s North Island. The red quartz component is similar to the material known by the name Red Fire Azeztulite, but in the case of Vortexite, it is uniquely combined with a spherulitic rhyolite very similar to the stone known as Pakulite, which comes from the same area. This combination of black-gray orb shapes within a red background gives Vortexite a unique and dramatic appearance. The hardness of Vortexite is between 6 and 7.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Vortexite emanates a strong and comforting vibration, bringing all of one’s chakras and bodily energies into alignment and balance. This stone is deeply linked to the Life Force of the Earth, and brings a fresh charge of that energy into one’s body, mind and spirit. This stone is so peaceful in its infusion of strength that it is easy to miss the empowering influence it conveys.

The form known as the vortex is ubiquitous in nature. The human electromagnetic field is a torus-shaped vortex emanating from the heart, as are the electromagnetic fields of the Earth, the Sun, the Milky Way, and every atom in the universe. The vortex pattern allows for dynamic equilibrium and constant replenishment, which is why maintenance of one’s personal “vortex” or energy field is a paramount aspect of health and well-being.

Vortexite got its name from the fact that its influence is so highly beneficial for stimulating, aligning and balancing the multitude of energy vortices that comprise a human being and constitute the electromagnetic and subtle energy fields around us. Holding, carrying or wearing a piece of Vortexite helps charge, balance and attune us to our highest potential, allowing us to function as joyful and powerful spiritual human beings.

There are sites on the Earth known as “energy vortices.” They exist in places where the vibrational currents of the planet are exceptionally strong, such as Mt. Shasta in California and Sedona, Arizona, both in the USA. There are many other such places, including the Temple of Athena in Crete, Chartres Cathedral in France, Ayers Rock in Australia, Stonehenge in England, and the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand, where Vortexite is found. Having a piece of Vortexite on one’s person is energetically similar to being in one of these places. One’s consciousness is heightened, one’s body feels charged and alive, one’s emotions are flowing, and one feels strongly linked to the living Earth. Also, if one makes a journey to an energy-vortex site, taking one or more Vortexite stones along is sure to intensify the experience, while also helping one remain balanced and grounded.

Vortexite stones are ideal for constructing energy tools and meditation grids. Their effect of charging and balancing energies extends to other stones as well as one’s environment. Wearing a Vortexite as jewelry lends power and stability to one’s energy field, especially if the stone is near one’s heart.

Vortexite can activate and attune all the chakras. When it is placed over the heart, one will experience a warm, comforting flow that moves throughout the body. After a few minutes, one may notice that more of the energy has moved upward into the head, creating peaceful and pleasurable vibrations within the skull. This effect is related to the Ascension of the Heart facilitated by the stone called Vitalite, and this common trait makes these two stones highly synergistic allies.

In spiritual self-healing, Vortexite works to repair imbalances in all areas of the body. It provides vibrational support. It also stimulates integration of the neuronal network with the whole-body communication occurring through the Liquid Crystal Body Matrix. In simple terms, these stone provide a “tune-up” to all the mechanisms through which consciousness integrates with the physical body.

Vortexite acts as a tonic to the emotional body. It stimulates the flow of feeling, and infuses one’s field with love and inner harmony. It aids one in recovering from stress and emotional shock, and brings a sense of acceptance and balance. The stones also have an erotic aspect, and can “turn up the heat” between partners.

Vortexite works in synergy with Vitalite, Red Fire Azeztulite, Pakulite, Prophecy Stone, Sedonalite, Z Stone, Revelation Stone, Phenacite, Danburite, Vivianite and all of the Azeztulite group.

SPIRITUAL   Vortexite stimulates, tunes and balances one’s inner energy vortices while attuning and integrating one’s links to the larger vortices of Earth, Sun, Galaxy and Universe. It can trigger the Ascension of the Heart.

EMOTIONAL   Vortexite encourages the flow of feeling, helps in overcoming stress, and aids in emotional healing.

PHYSICAL   Vortexite supports bodily equilibrium and balance, especially in the nervous system. It encourages DNA regeneration and cellular self-repair.

AFFIRMATION   I am a living vortex, a self-organized spiral of Divine Energy, nested within uncountable spirals of Light, all harmoniously flowing together in a Divine Universe.

WHITE PHANTOM QUARTZ

KEY WORDS      Access to Akashic records, morphogenic fields and past-life memories, connection with spirit guides, energy cleansing

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Third eye (6th), Crown (7th)

White Phantom Quartz is a variety of clear Quartz, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). A White Phantom Quartz is a clear Quartz crystal that exhibits within the crystal body a white outline of a smaller version of the same crystal. It appears as if there were a crystal within the crystal. This image is the ‘footprint’ of an earlier stage in the crystal’s growth, at which point the white material was deposited, before the crystal began to grow again. Sometimes there are multiple ‘phantoms’ which depict many past stages in the crystal’s growth process. Phantom Quartz formations can be various colors, depending upon the minerals deposited. Because this creates energetic differences, this book treats each variety separately. The best White Phantom Quartz specimens are found in Brazil and in Arkansas, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   White Phantom Quartz crystals are ideal for moving into the archives of the past. Because crystals can take thousands or millions of years to grow, they carry the energy patterns of the deep past, which can be read by those who learn to attune to them. White Phantom Quartz is the best type of Quartz for such purposes, because the stop-and-start nature of its growth provides a pattern through which one may ‘stop and start’ the flow and focus of consciousness through the stream of time. White Phantoms can make it easier for inward journeyers to specify the goal of their search and to be sure of arriving there.

In esoteric literature, there are many references to the Akashic record, the purported invisible field in which the memories of all past events on Earth exist. Adepts were able to tap into this field to retrieve the wisdom of forgotten past civilizations such as Atlantis and Lemuria. It is interesting, in modern scientific thought, to come upon the concept of the ‘morphogenic field,’ another name for an invisible field of memory and knowledge. Some biologists believe that species-specific morphogenic fields are where animals’ instinctual memories may reside. There are likely to be an infinite number of such fields, holding the patterns of knowledge in all human fields and history, as well as those of atoms, plants, animals and universes. White Phantom Quartz assists one in attuning the mind for receiving information from such fields, in a manner consciously chosen by the practitioner.

If there are such fields of memory for civilizations, why not for individuals? Indeed the ‘morphogenic field’ of one’s own past includes the memories, wisdom and knowledge of one’s past incarnations. These, too, can be accessed with the help of White Phantom Quartz. To do this, it is recommended that one sit in meditation with one of these crystals, focusing within the crystal one’s intention to revisit a past life. It is best to concentrate on the phantom formation itself, for this helps in retrieving the exact correct information. One can specify any parameters desired—for instance, a past life in ancient Egypt, or with one’s spouse, or one related to one’s current profession—and the White Phantom Quartz will help to select the appropriate memories. Of course, the best request is usually, “Let me recall the memories most in alignment with my highest good at this time.” Then one allows one’s soul to choose what it knows one needs to see. In taking these past-life journeys, it is helpful to have a friend watching over one to ask questions and assist one through any difficult emotions.

White Phantom Quartz is good for cleansing one’s auric field and environment of negative energies. It can initiate contact with spirit guides and inner teachers. It helps one regain energies lost in past traumatic experiences, allowing one to relive and release the distress.

White Phantom Quartz works synergistically with all other Quartz Phantoms, as well as Amethyst for purification and Rose Quartz for love. Oregon Opal, Owyhee Blue Opal and Alexandrite assist in past-life work. Aqua Lemuria and Lemurian Seed Crystals can help one access memories and knowledge of the Lemurian civilization.

NAISHA AHSIAN   White Phantom Quartz aids one in bringing pure Soul level energy into the body through the grounding of the Light body on a cellular level. This is a stone of communion with Source. It can aid in understanding and manifesting one’s soul purpose.

White Phantom Quartz can aid astral travel and inner journeys. It is excellent for meditation, opening doors to new realms and assisting in connecting with one’s highest guidance.

SPIRITUAL   Through access to the Akashic records and one’s soul history, White Phantom Quartz reveals past patterns which have either held back or facilitated one’s spiritual evolution. It can reveal possibilities for choices that will accelerate inner progress in this life.

EMOTIONAL   White Phantom Quartz can reveal patterns of emotional fixation from previous incarnations that currently affect one’s relationships and emotional well-being. In clearing such patterns, new wellsprings of freedom and emotional energy can come forth.

PHYSICAL   In facilitating the release of past-life karmic influences, White Phantom Quartz can assist in healing physical problems brought on by the ‘echoes’ of these past patterns.

AFFIRMATION   I move into resonance with inner realms of memory, knowledge and wisdom, for the highest good of myself and the world.

WILLEMITE

KEY WORDS      Interdimensional travel, adventures in the astral body, connection with higher astral beings

ELEMENT      Earth, Fire

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th)

Willemite is a zinc silicate mineral with a hardness of 5.5. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It forms hexagonal prismatic crystals which often have rhombohedral terminations and can also occur in massive, granular, compact and fibrous habits. Willemite forms in oxidized zones of zinc ore deposits and in metamorphosed limestone rocks. In the zinc ores from Franklin, New Jersey, USA, Willemite is found in association with Zincite and Franklinite. Willemite shares an identical molecular structure with Phenacite, except that it contains zinc rather than beryllium. Willemite is a relatively rare mineral, and the New Jersey material with Franklinite and Zincite is the most readily available.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Willemite is a stone of spiritual initiation. It opens the doors of many of the nearer higher realms, allowing one to begin learning how to move in consciousness beyond the Earth plane. It provides a dimensional doorway to the higher astral realm, where benevolent spirits concerned with the Earth and events in the material plane reside. When one works with Willemite in meditation, one can slip out of the body and enter this domain. The beings that exist there will offer enthusiastic greetings to all humans who arrive in their world, because it is a big step for a human being to move consciously beyond the body, and these beings are caretakers of humanity who are encouraging our evolution.

Willemite activates the third-eye chakra and stimulates inner visions, as well as interdimensional travel. It works similarly to its cousin, Phenacite, although Phenacite has greater intensity. Willemite has an additional trait of assisting one in forming an astral body. In the higher astral realm, entities usually exhibit forms—‘energy bodies’—and although one can move in other domains as a viewpoint without form, one does better in the astral realm with a ‘body.’ The astral body may appear diaphanous and indistinct—most human-shaped astral beings are relatively well-formed in the head and torso, but tend to fade at the extremities. One’s initial appearance in this realm may be very unstable, and this reflects an instability of one’s consciousness. Willemite assists by stabilizing both one’s focused awareness and its manifestation as an astral body. The two go together—the more coherent the consciousness, the more stable the form. As one learns to move and function in the higher realms, one is limited in how ‘high’ one can go mainly by one’s success in maintaining a strong, awake self-sense. On Earth, the body provides this for us without much effort on our part. It is more challenging in the higher worlds, but Willemite can help. One other benefit of this stone is that it does not resonate with the lower astral realms, and its presence helps one avoid that ‘bad neighborhood.’

Willemite from New Jersey occurs naturally in combination with Zincite, Franklinite and White Calcite. This combination is excellent on many levels. As stated, Willemite opens inner doors for higher perception and astral travel. Zincite offers strong activation of the lower three chakras, providing enhanced vitality, creativity and willpower. It assists one in maintaining contact with the body and its energies. Franklinite offers a strong vibration of protection from the energies and entities of ‘high darkness’—the most virulent on the higher planes. The Calcite stimulates the crown chakra, raising one’s vibrational pattern. Thus, this natural combination of stones is ideal for those wishing to begin exploring the inner worlds.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Willemite is an Earth and Fire element ally that stimulates energy on all levels. Like its cousin Zincite, Willemite promotes creative expression, sexual energy and the ability to take action. Willemite is a strong manifestation aid. It can act as a talisman for ‘luck,’ or synchronous manifestation, by drawing in the proper people, experiences or opportunities to forward one’s desires. Nothing occurs by chance, and Willemite can help one become more conscious of the opportunities the Universe sends one’s way. Willemite is a great stone to carry during business dealings, job interviews or other business or finance-related meetings.

Willemite is a powerful stone for fertility and growth. It can be employed by those wishing to become pregnant or as a protective stone for the developing fetus during pregnancy.

SPIRITUAL   Willemite is a stone of synchronicity and alignment with opportunity. It helps one to be more aware of the support and help of Spirit.

EMOTIONAL   Willemite counters ‘Murphy’s Law.’ For those who feel that nothing ever goes their way, Willemite can help change that belief and provide evidence to the contrary. It helps one to be optimistic and always vigilant for an opportunity to improve one’s reality.

PHYSICAL   Willemite provides energetic protection from radiation and cellular mutation. It enhances sexual function and enjoyment, and it helps with both male and female fertility.

AFFIRMATION   I am open to the synchronistic flow of energies through the inner and outer worlds, and I grow and strengthen myself in all dimensions.

WULFENITE

KEY WORDS      Creativity, manifestation, determination, sexuality, alchemy, Earth connection

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Wulfenite is a lead molybdenum oxide mineral with a hardness of 2.5 to 3. Its crystal system is tetragonal and it forms in both prismatic and squarish, tabular crystals. It can also appear in massive or granular habits. The color is usually orange or yellow, but it can also be gray, brown or greenish brown. Wulfenite is found in the upper oxidized parts of molybdenum and lead deposits, often associated with Pyromorphite, Cerussite and/or Vanadinite. Wulfenite deposits exist in Morocco, and very fine crystals have been take from Red Cloud Mine and other mines in Arizona, USA.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Wulfenite is highly attuned to the Earth. In working with this stone, one can easily come into resonance with the planet’s core vibration, or energetic heartbeat. When one is working with this stone and one feels this resonant response within the self to the life force of the Earth, it can be an astonishing and moving experience. To feel even the echo of the Earth’s heart within oneself is to understand how profoundly good and generous and full of life one’s Mother planet is. And with that there is also the pain of the planet’s woundedness. Those who receive the full gift from Wulfenite will almost certainly be changed by the experience, and many will become activists on behalf of the living Earth.

Wulfenite is a lead-based crystal and can aid in the alchemy of personal development. In alchemy, one must learn to transmute the ‘lead’ of the base human material into the ‘gold’ of the Divine self. The orange-gold hues of Wulfenite point to the possibility that such a transformation is not only possible, but natural. Wulfenite itself can be viewed as a form of lead transmuted into ‘gold,’ so that in meditation with it one can feel what the vibration of the accomplished transmutation is like.

In addition to alchemical self-creation, Wulfenite can assist in artistic creation. It stimulates both inspiration and persistence, assisting one in carrying even the most ambitious projects through to completion. Wulfenite is a stone of originality, bringing new ideas and visions for painting, music, poetry and other art forms. It can even help one imagine entirely new forms of art. Since it also activates one’s sexual energies, Wulfenite’s penchant for originality can lead to new adventures in love as well as art.

Wulfenite stimulates the third chakra, activating one’s personal power and will. It strengthens one’s capacity for knowing what one wants and acting to make it happen. It assists one in seeing what must be done to achieve one’s goals, and it increases one’s energy for accomplishing those things. It helps rid one of hesitancy and fear.

When Wulfenite is paired with Zincite, the properties of creativity, sexuality and will are further emphasized. Wulfenite has much in common with Padparadsha Sapphire, in that both stones are strong influences for assisting one in experiencing the creative vision and then having the persistence to bring the vision into reality. These are qualities also enhanced by Libyan Gold Tektite and Yellow Sapphire, in somewhat different ways. Using these stones together creates a synergy that transcends what any of them can do alone.

NAISHA AHSIAN   The energy of Wulfenite is supportive of the creative process—bringing inspired thoughts and ideas into being through the organizing principle of action. This ally aids in perceiving what needs to be done to bring an idea into reality. It energizes the first and second chakras, giving one the energy to take action on both energetic and physical levels.

For those who have many ideas but have difficulty in making them a reality, Wulfenite assists by lending a grounding influence and a sense of determination. Where fears of failure have limited one’s ability to manifest, Wulfenite offers inner strength to overcome obstacles and a willingness to begin. For those who feel a lack of inspiration, or who have a creative block, Wulfenite frees restrictions and initiates energy flow through the first three chakras.

As an initiator of creative energy, Wulfenite can also aid one in stimulating and balancing sexual energy in the body. It can be used to initiate the kundalini flow up the chakric column, progressively opening and clearing each chakra with a pure frequency of creative energy. It assists one in connecting with Divine inspiration and purpose in one’s creative endeavors.

SPIRITUAL   The key phrase for Wulfenite is Divine Creation. Its energy assists one in fulfilling the role of co-creator with the Divine.

EMOTIONAL   Wulfenite helps one feel inspired and energized so pessimism, procrastination or self-defeating attitudes can be overcome.

PHYSICAL   Wulfenite stimulates metabolism, enhances sexual function and enjoyment and promotes physical activity.

AFFIRMATION   The fire of my creativity burns with great passion, as I manifest my visions and dreams.

ZINCITE

KEY WORDS      Life force, creativity, sexuality, personal power, manifestation

ELEMENT      Fire

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Sexual/Creative (2nd), Solar Plexus (3rd)

Zincite is a zinc oxide crystal with a hardness of 4. Its crystal system is hexagonal, and in nature it occurs only rarely in crystal form, appearing mainly in massive, granular or foliated habits. The color is red to orange-yellow. Natural Zincite primarily occurs in association with minerals such as Calcite, Willemite, Franklinite and Tephrite. The most important location for natural Zincite is in Franklin, New Jersey. The New Jersey Zincite is massive in form, composed of White Calcite filled with multiple ‘dots’ of Zincite, Willemite and Franklinite.

In the 1990s, beautiful transparent, prismatic Zincite crystals appeared on the market. These crystals were produced accidentally in the vents of an antiquated zinc smelting plant in Poland. They appeared in colors including deep red, brownish red, brilliant orange and orange red, green, yellow, gray and colorless. Individual crystals ranged from one half inch to over ten inches long, and clusters up to sixty-five pounds were among the specimens recovered when the plant was being rebuilt. Although not truly ‘natural,’ the crystals were and are prized by metaphysical users and mineral collectors alike. These have all but disappeared from the marketplace but can still sometimes be found in collections.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Zincite is an ideal stone for those who are spiritually inclined and need the fire of the lower-chakra energies in order to bring their aspirations into physical reality. Many who are drawn to working with stone energies and other spiritual pursuits have the tendency to dwell too much in the upper chakras and have difficulty with grounding both themselves and their goals in the physical world. Zincite can work very powerfully to amend this deficiency by strongly stimulating the first, second and third chakras and moving those energies upward to link them with the upper chakras. The effect is an increase in one’s overall level of energy and vitality, as well as an enhanced capacity for actualizing the desires one formulates as a result of inspiration from the spiritual realms.

Zincite increases life force, courage, passion, creativity, will and personal power. It is one of the really ‘strong’ stones that even people who are not usually sensitive to crystal energies can feel. Its stimulation of the base chakra brings one’s consciousness firmly into the body, while providing an abundance of new energy for physical accomplishments. Its energy operates on the second chakra in a way that kindles the fires of both creativity and sexuality. Where the greater expression will manifest is a matter of one’s personality, situation and choice. Once Zincite awakens the energy, it is up to oneself to decide how to channel it. Zincite charges the third chakra, increasing one’s reservoir of determination, perseverance, focus of intention and capacity for manifestation. It is excellent for providing the ‘last push’ needed to carry creative projects, big loads of work, new health regimens or other goals to completion.

Once the lower chakras are activated (sometimes in a matter of minutes), Zincite’s energy moves on to the upper chakras, carrying the awakened energies of the lower three. This can feel like quite a ‘power surge’ to those unaccustomed to operating at their full energy level. Initially, Zincite may be a bit too intense to use all the time. However, humans were meant to operate with all the chakras working in unison, so Zincite’s gift in this area is highly valuable. The increase in emotional, mental and spiritual energies that results from its full activation of the chakras and meridians can be put to use in ways that truly revitalize one’s life.

Of the two types of Zincite—the natural stone and the crystals from the Polish smelting plant—the Polish crystals offer the most powerful form of Zincite’s energies. This is because their crystal form and their purity work to intensify the effects. The natural Zincite comes mixed in the same stone with Calcite, Willemite and Franklinite, which serve to soften its vibrations and bring about the same effects more gradually.

Zincite can enhance the energies of many other stones when they are used in combination. For sexual and creative energies, combining Zincite with Carnelian is advised. For concentration on the first chakra and increased life force, adding Cuprite is recommended. For focusing on the will and one’s power of manifestation, combining Zincite with Heliodor, Golden Labradorite, or Libyan Gold Tektite can be of great benefit. For an almost explosive energy of transformation, awakening and acceleration of one’s path of highest purpose, adventurous souls are advised to combine Zincite with Moldavite. For clearing and removing negative energy entangled in the body, a combination of Zincite and Selenite works well.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Zincite embodies the energy of creation and sexuality. It is a potent ally for fertility, sexual desire and stamina. It strongly stimulates, activates and clears the first, second and third chakras. It enables one to direct one’s energy into bringing new forms and ideas into being. Zincite is a powerful aid in the processes of creation (the conception of what one wants to create) and manifestation (bringing the final form of one’s creation into being).

Zincite is a powerful stimulator of the upper chakras, particularly the third eye and crown. It enables one to open to intense high-frequency energy, grounding that energy through the lower chakras and giving it form through creation. It is stimulating to all of the energy systems and meridians of the body. It can clear energy blockages in the same way water breaking through a dam ‘facilitates’ the flow of a river. Zincite’s energy can be very intense! It should only be used for short periods until its effects on one’s systems are understood. Excessive use can cause flushing, over-stimulation of the heart chakra, excessive anger and other uncomfortable symptoms. Used in moderation, it can help one break through limitations and bring one’s dreams into reality through the processes of creation and manifestation.

SPIRITUAL   Zincite teaches the spiritual process of creation and manifestation. This is one of the key lessons of physicality, for it is only in the physical realm that manifestation has meaning. Zincite aligns one with the creative flow of the Universe and helps one to direct it.

EMOTIONAL   Zincite helps one to overcome feelings of disempowerment, inability to change one’s life or experience, and emotional impotence.

PHYSICAL   Zincite strongly stimulates the reproductive organs and endocrine system. It enhances fertility and sexual interest.

AFFIRMATION   I awaken the full spectrum and power of my physical vitality and my lower chakras, and the energy spreads through my whole being in a flood of new life.

ZIRCON

KEY WORDS      Stimulation of all the chakras, increased life force, grounding ideals in the physical world

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      All

Zircon is a zirconium silicate mineral with a hardness of 6.5 to 7.5. Its crystal system is tetragonal, and it forms as prismatic crystals with bipyramidal terminations. Zircon crystals form in igneous rocks and some metamorphic rocks. Natural Zircon is usually brownish red to brownish yellow. Heat treating of Zircons for gems yields stones which are colorless, yellow, green or blue. When faceted as gems, Zircons have high brilliance and intense fire. Large Zircon crystals have been found near Betroka, Madagascar, and at Renfrew, Canada. Alluvial deposits of gem-grade Zircons were discovered in Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Australia, France, Vietnam and Tanzania.

ROBERT SIMMONS   Zircon is a stone of high intensity and precise focus. It can be used to stimulate sluggish energies in any of the chakras or meridians. One of its special capacities is for transmuting spiritual energies into the physical plane. It is a stone that can help one to ‘make it real,’ in regards to the integration of one’s inner and outer life. It also helps those who tend to be ungrounded to ‘get real’ in regard to taking care of the necessities of earthly life in a practical, organized fashion. Zircon is an excellent stone for those who do not wish to give up their ideals, but who need to focus on how to take those ideals out of the head and bring them into form in the world. Thus they can be helpful especially to young people struggling to bring together the idealistic visions with the reality of life as they see it around them. Zircon lends energy and strength of purpose to those who might otherwise be overwhelmed by the conflict between their desire to change the world and the fear that their dreams are impossible.

In energy work, raw Zircon crystals are valuable tools for body layouts. They can be used to activate any of the linkage points between the physical and etheric bodies, and they assist one in bringing the physical and spiritual self into union. Because of their focus and intensity, Zircons can be used next to any other stone to amplify its effects. A line of nine Zircon crystals—one stationed at each chakra on the body, plus one about twelve inches below the feet and another about six inches above the head—can awaken and align all seven physical chakras plus the Earthstar and the Soul Star, creating a pattern of energy which is the ideal template for the whole human being. Practitioners are advised to add other stones as needed to deal with particular energy deficits or surpluses in individual clients.

Zircon can work as a talisman of spiritual protection. Worn in faceted form as jewelry, its vibration acts as a ‘shield of Light’ around the wearer, keeping intrusive or dangerous energies away and also gently preventing one from unconsciously sending out ‘hooks’ that attract negative situations. The blue-white facetted Zircons emanate vibrations that can provide a link to the plane upon which certain benevolent races of extraterrestrial beings have their primary existence. This is also the plane of many of the ‘blue gods’ of various mythologies.

Zircon harmonizes with Prophecy Stone, especially in regard to grounding spiritual energies in the physical body. With Moldavite, the positive transformation of one’s life becomes even more accelerated. With Phenacite, Zircon’s intense energies are often accompanied by visionary experience. Zircon can magnify and quicken the effects of almost any other stone.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Zircon is a Storm element ally that stimulates every chakra of the body, bringing high-frequency energy through the crown and grounding it through the base chakra and Earthstar chakra. It stimulates the flow of chi through the meridian system and can be helpful in overcoming sluggish or depressed energies.

Zircon opens the doorway to the higher realms. It is an energizer for one’s psychic abilities and assists in more accurately translating intuitive impulses into conscious understanding. Zircon lends a protective energy to those who leave the physical body to explore other realms of consciousness. It is particularly useful for channels.

Zircon helps one balance the ‘mundane’ and the ‘spiritual’ realms. It can aid in maintaining spiritual consciousness while doing the laundry, or allow one to receive spiritual guidance during a business meeting. Its energy represents a melding of the realms and a healing of perceived polarities.

Zircon stimulates the body’s ability to cleanse toxins from the system. It can be used to support detoxification and the clearing of the physical body at the same time its energy clears the aura and energetic systems.

SPIRITUAL   Zircon aids one in becoming a vehicle for Spirit while maintaining one’s connection to the Earth plane. It greatly amplifies psychic and intuitive information and assists one in interpreting that information accurately.

EMOTIONAL   Zircon can help one feel reconciled to being a spiritual being in a physical body, or less fearful of being a physical being opening to Spirit. It helps balance these polarities, helping one feel more stable and aligned with both the mundane and spiritual realms.

PHYSICAL   Zircon helps balance the adrenals and can assist in supporting the adrenals when one is overtaxed with work or stress. It is useful in clearing toxins from the body and can be used as a support through withdrawal from caffeine, tobacco or other substances.

AFFIRMATION   Through fully linking my physical self with my energy body, I integrate the inner and outer worlds, bringing my highest dreams into reality.

ZOISITE (with Ruby)

KEY WORDS      Increase in inner and outer development, awakening of the true self, joyful engagement with life, healing, increase in life force

ELEMENT      Storm

CHAKRAS      Root (1st), Heart (4th), Third Eye (6th)

Zoisite is the name of a family of calcium aluminum silicate minerals with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its crystal system is orthorhombic, and it forms in prismatic crystals, as well as in massive, columnar and granular habits. Colors range through shades of green, gray, white, greenish brown, colorless, blue, purple, yellow and pink. Zoisite is found in many countries, including Tanzania, Australia, South Africa and India. Green Zoisite with Ruby is found in India. This combination is quite colorful, with the deep red Rubies in stark contrast to the leaf-green, black-flecked Zoisite. [For chemical properties of Ruby, see Ruby entry.]

ROBERT SIMMONS   Zoisite with Ruby is one of those truly fortunate natural mineral combinations. Green Zoisite emanates an energy of growth and fertility in all aspects of life. It can support the reproductive process on all levels, from conception to birth, as well as optimal growth and development through childhood. It provides energy for the rebirth of oneself into the soul, fostering inner development and increased understanding of oneself and the world. It is an excellent stone for those who have recently ‘awakened’ to their spirituality, because it strengthens the neural and energetic connections between the brain and the heart. This allows for the mind to ‘hear’ the heart’s urgings and to understand them sufficiently to act in favor of them.

Ruby is a stone of life force, courage and passion. It stimulates the root chakra, providing an infusion of vitality which can make one feel rejuvenated and enthusiastic for life. It reminds one that living with zest and intensity is more satisfying than ‘playing it safe.’ Ruby nourishes the body and one’s physical energies, without which one’s emotional and spiritual life can come to a standstill.

When Ruby and Zoisite are combined in a single stone, the root, heart and third-eye chakras are strongly stimulated and harmonized. This creates the potential for a truly magical manifestation of one’s inner and outer development. Zoisite with Ruby energizes the body and creates a sense of well-being. It increases the intensity of the heart’s yearning and facilitates the dramatic opening of the heart chakra, which has the capacity to change one’s whole experience to one of rapturous engagement with the world. This stone can bring about increased intuitive abilities, whereby one simply ‘knows’ things without having to work them through logically. All these awakenings blend together into one feeling—it is as if one had been living as a sort of echo of one’s true, full self, but now that fullness has finally arrived.

Zoisite with Ruby works, on lower levels of intensity, to harmonize one’s relationships with others, increasing empathy and compassion. It supports the body in realizing its optimal state of health and aids in the vibrational treatment of such ailments as depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fainting spells, sluggish thyroid and exhaustion of the adrenals. It can assist one in becoming aware of suppressed grief and releasing it through allowing the grief to be expressed. Zoisite with Ruby increases the potency of one’s energy field, strengthening the etheric body and cleansing the astral body of negative attachments. It is excellent for relieving boredom and involving oneself with other people in friendship and service.

Zoisite with Ruby harmonizes with Tanzanite, Apophyllite and all forms of Sapphire. When combined with Tugtupite, its activation of the heart chakra can be astounding.

NAISHA AHSIAN   Green Zoisite brings deep healing on a physical level, accompanied by a profound sense of support from Divine Source. It is excellent for immune imbalances and cancers, as it helps activate the body’s defenses and healing mechanisms. Zoisite is a helpful for restoring vitality after radiation, chemotherapy or pharmaceutical treatments.

Green Zoisite brings the energy of a summer morning to one’s heart. It offers one the energies of happiness, appreciation, abundance, vitality and growth. It stimulates the heart and helps one open to the eternal Love of the Divine.

Zoisite assists in surrendering to Divine Will. It encourages one to perceive and integrate the teachings of one’s disease while living one’s life to the fullest. Though it may not provide a cure for disease, this stone will always provide healing. When Green Zoisite is naturally intergrown with Ruby, a truly beneficial energy combination occurs, in which the healing qualities of Zoisite are energized and augmented by the intense life-force energies of Ruby.

SPIRITUAL   Zoisite teaches of growth, healing and enjoyment of the moment. It helps one perceive the gift in every breath of life, at the same time one recognizes the illusion of death.

EMOTIONAL   Zoisite can help alleviate grief, anger, despair, hopelessness and defeat. It is a powerful healer of the emotional body, promoting positive states that support healing.

PHYSICAL   Green Zoisite (and Ruby in Green Zoisite) is one of the foremost stones for healing in the experience of terminal disease and the transition of death.

AFFIRMATION   My mind, heart, body, soul and spirit blend in perfect harmony as I manifest my true self.

Z STONES

KEY WORDS      Interdimensional awareness, astral travel, realm of the ‘living geometries,’ traveling via the Merkaba, working with elemental energies

ELEMENTS Earth, Storm

CHAKRAS      Third Eye (6th), Crown (7th)

Z Stones are mineral concretions found in the Sahara Desert in northern Africa. They are dark brown in color, and come in a wild array of fantastic shapes. Many of these strange stones have a small fossil at their core. They superficially resemble Prophecy Stones, but they are less dense, and are from a different area of the African desert.

ROBERT SIMMONS   For those who wish to travel interdimensionally and explore the subtle realms of consciousness, Z Stones could provide an interesting ticket. They powerfully stimulate the third eye and crown chakras, although they do not immediately take one ‘up’ to the angelic realms. Instead, it is as though the Z Stones widen one’s awareness, allowing one to see and explore the nearer realms that are normally overlooked in our everyday state. The astral realm can be readily accessed with Z Stones. Another more rarified realm, that of the ‘living geometries,’ can be reached by using Z Stones along with meditative focus on the Merkaba or other forms of sacred geometry.

At the mention of the Merkaba, I am reminded of the interdimensional travel that utilizes the ‘Merkaba Vehicle of Light.’ This is visualized as two counter-rotating tetrahedrons, extending above, through and below the body, with one’s heart at the center. If one works to visualize this energetic vehicle while holding a Z Stone at the third eye, one may experience a much quicker and more vivid transition to the ‘traveling’ state. With this vehicle, one can potentially move, as a point of consciousness, anywhere in the universe almost instantaneously. Such travel may be the most dramatic utilization of the currents available through Z Stones.

Z Stones can be helpful for those wishing to work with elemental energies. They can be excellent tools for working magically, especially in the area of sympathetic magic. When one works with Z Stones to focus awareness and will, the connection between the subject and the magical talisman is readily made.

Those using Z Stones are urged to work with a focused positive intention. Without an intention, these stones may simply make one ‘high,’ as they did with a friend, who said Z Stones were like ‘mineral marijuana.’ It may be easier to keep the beneficial focus if one combines the Z Stone with a spiritually attuned stone such as Danburite, Anandalite, Rosophia or any type of Azeztulite.

Z Stones are certainly powerful, and their energies are rather freewheeling, so one is advised to have a purpose in mind when beginning to work with them. Also, staying centered in the heart is most helpful. And remember to keep a grounding/protective stone such as Black Tourmaline, Black Andradite Garnet, Guardian Stone or Merlinite nearby. If one wishes to enhance the already considerable power of Z Stones, using them in combination with Magnifier Quartz can provide a very strong experience.

SPIRITUAL   Z Stones activate consciousness in multiple ways, for traveling to both the near realms and the high realms.

EMOTIONAL   Z Stones stimulate feelings of euphoria, and the excitement of inner discovery.

PHYSICAL   Z Stones are physically neutral.

AFFIRMATION   I choose to expand my awareness, for exploration, learning and adventure.

EPILOGUE: AZEZTULITE AWAKENING

“The Philosopher’s Stone—a common substance, found everywhere but unrecognized and unappreciated.”

Legend tells us that alchemists were continually searching for the Philosopher’s Stone, usually depicted as a white rock which was outwardly unimpressive, but which had the power to convert lead into gold, and to convey longevity, enlightenment and even immortality. Mythologists and lore keepers have in more recent times viewed the Philosopher’s Stone as a metaphor rather than a real object—symbolic of the wholeness of self, achieved with the completion of the Great Work. Some of us who work with stones have looked at this and other legends, such as that of the Stone of the Holy Grail, as possibly resonant with actual stones which are able to mysteriously bridge the apparent chasm between the spiritual and physical realms. It may be true as well that the ‘chasm’ is only a micron wide, and the step across is a shift in perception. Whatever the truth of such speculations, the story of Azeztulite’s rise from the utter unknown to its prominence in the world of spiritual seekers is, to me, at least, highly provocative, and worthy of consideration by those open to some rather astonishing possibilities.

Azeztulite came to us at Heaven and Earth in an unusual way, of which we have written before. Naisha Ahsian, my co-author of The Book of Stones, back in 1991, before we knew each other well, called me with a story. (She did a lot of channeling and inner intuitive research in those days, and was a very open clairvoyant.) She said she had been inwardly in contact with a group soul angelic entity, signified by the name Azez. These etheric beings told her that they traveled the Universe looking for planets ready to make the shift to a higher spiritual vibrational level, and that, upon finding such a planet, they stationed themselves etherically at grid points and power places, funneling in beneficial spiritual currents. They called themselves servants of The Nameless Light, a vibration of love and awareness emanating from the Great Central Sun, the spiritual center of the Universe. As an aspect of their work, they told her they often would find and repattern the vibrational blueprint of a stone that inhabitants of the planet could use to tap into the currents of the Nameless Light, thereby aiding in making the shift. The Azez told Naisha they were about to activate an earthly stone for just this purpose, and that it was to be called Azeztulite.

The reason she came to me with the story was that the Azez also told her that Heaven and Earth would be the source for Azeztulite. They instructed Naisha to have a special pendant made for her friend, containing Moldavite, Phenacite, Tanzanite, Danburite and Azeztulite. When Naisha got to this part of the story, I told her that I would gladly make the pendant, but that I certainly had no Azeztulite. Naisha replied the the Azez had told her not to worry—that if I didn’t have the stone yet, I would soon.

There is much more to this part of the story, including some stunning synchronicities, the apparent de-materialization and re-materialization of a large Phenacite crystal, and the arrival of the first Azeztulite at Heaven and Earth—in the mail from a complete stranger. (Those interested can find the details in the Azeztulite chapter of The Book of Stones.) Suffice to say that when the first pieces arrived, Naisha instantly recognized them and urged us to buy them, which we did. Though the seller thought his stones were Phenacite, they turned out to be an oddly-formed type of Quartz which he had mined in North Carolina some twenty-five years earlier. But on the vibrational level, they were like nothing we’d ever felt before. They were far more high-frequency and intense than any Quartz we had ever touched, yet with an undertone of loving gentleness that made them very pleasant to handle. As suggested, we called the new stones Azeztulite, and we have been offering them for the past fifteen years. Over the course of that time, we gradually purchased all of the original miner’s supply, and we later discovered, as predicted by the Azez, other Azeztulite stones in Vermont.

The first of these were brought to us, once again, by a stranger, a Vermont rockhound who had found some rather nondescript Quartz pieces, and who wondered whether we were interested in buying them. I nearly turned him down, because they were not crystal points and were not much to look at, but then I took a moment to feel the currents of the stones.

The hair on the back of my neck stood up when I felt, once again, the intense, yet loving, blessing pulsations of Azeztulite. I took the stones and let Naisha check them out, and she confirmed that the prophesied Vermont Azeztulite had been found. We added the new stones to our line, and they allowed us to offer many more items of jewelry, tumbled stones, wire wraps and polished pieces. Azeztulite was beginning to move out more widely into the world.

During the fifteen years we have offered Azeztulite, I have had many confirmations of the seemingly wild and improbable story of their origin, activation, purpose and potential. One repeating pattern has displayed itself at the gem shows we attend. Each year, new people who have never heard of Azeztulite discover it in our booth or showroom. For a percentage of them, the discovery is immediately life-changing. Again and again, an individual has picked up an Azeztulite stone, held it for a moment, felt a surge of recognition and burst into tears. (More than once, it has been someone who was a stone-energy disbeliever!) One woman described the stone as the essence of ‘Home,’ meaning the place of her origin as a self. This resonates in my mind with Azeztulite’s link to the Great Central Sun. Another time, on the last day of our two weeks at the annual Tucson show, a woman called, begging us to hold up packing our wares, because her spirit guides had told her that the stone of her destiny was in our room. When she arrived, she, too, burst into tears when she held the Azeztulite, and she knew this was the stone of which her guides had spoken.

Another repeating phenomenon around Azeztulite is head-to-toe full-body goose bumps. I have learned to associate these with the invisible presence of the Azez. That’s because they inevitably come when I am behind the showroom counter, speaking to someone about the story of Azeztulite. Somewhere during the story, either I, the customer, or both of us (in some cases as many as four people at once) get a sudden rushing current of vibration in the body, which brings out the all-over goose bumps. It is as though the Azez are called when we speak of them, or they come because they want to facilitate the connection that is occurring. It has been happening now for fifteen years, almost every time I tell the story, even though I have told it hundreds of times.

These anecdotes are tales of the threshold—of the first reaction people have to encountering Azeztulite. Such moments are magical, but where do they lead? Where are they meant to take us? When Naisha first communicated with the Azez, she was given these words:

“After some manipulation and alteration, we [the Azez] engineered the stone Azeztulite. It has the capacity to handle the intense energies being carried by it. Until recently, we did not have the technology to engineer a vessel to contain this energy frequency. Azeztulite is that vessel. In our culture, ‘Azez’ is the term for that which is the ‘Nameless Light,’ the embodiment of which is the Great Central Sun. Please understand the implications of what we are explaining. This stone is the embodiment of the Azez and carries with it the manifest energy of the Great Central Sun. This is a powerful stone. This stone heralds in many changes!

“This stone will enable those of you who are telepathic ‘windows’ and dimensional engineers to begin to reclaim the knowledge of these practices from your genetic memory banks. We will now begin to make ourselves known more fully to those beings to aid in this awakening and transformation.

“Disease on your planet is the result of certain frequencies of light. You block cellularly these light waves through thought-form shields and contracting emotional patterns. Your cellular consciousnesses are therefore unable to properly learn and expand, resulting in disease. Azeztulite carries energies and frequencies of Light that help release the shields and blocks, healing disease and aiding in cellular rejuvenation and expansion. Likewise, its activation at certain points on your planet will aid in healing the total organism of Gaia.”

As I read these words now, fifteen years later, their context is clearer. The Azez say that the stone Azeztulite carries and is in its essence the material form of the pure Light of the Great Central Sun, the source of Spiritual Light in our universe. They say it is the embodiment of the Azez, so when we hold one of the stones, we are touching the angelic beings, the Azez themselves!

I must break off here and bring in a quote from the gifted clairvoyant, scientist and teacher Rudolph Steiner, regarding stones and angels: “Our sense organs are therefore perceiving with, but do not perceive themselves. The same applies to the angels and the mineral world. Their sense organs are to be found in the mineral physical world. Our precious stones are the angels’ sense organs! Precious stones are the secret instrument with which angels perceive.” How resonant these words are with the words of the Azez! And, as Robert Sardello has pointed out, “This astounding passage tells us that when we hold a stone and feel some sort of a current, we are being perceived by the spiritual world! Such a notion, which is here not a theory but an observation by one of the world’s most respected spiritual masters, can serve as an antidote to the ‘me, me’ orientation prevalent in working with stones. They are not perhaps all about us and what we want, but are ways into finding our spiritual destiny and how to enter it, deepen our sense of it, and follow it.”

This sense of the discovery of one’s spiritual destiny and the desire to serve the world through realization of that destiny is the response most people who experience deep self-recognition with Azeztulite report. Serving the world through bringing in more of the Nameless Light is the purpose the Azez are here to accomplish, and we have the opportunity to facilitate it through aligning ourselves with them.

But let us go on with considering Naisha’s quote, and the parallels of Azeztulite to the fabled Philosopher’s Stone. The Philosopher’s Stone was said to be the catalyst for the transmutation of lead to gold. In alchemical writings, this was often viewed as a metaphor for the transmutation of the self from the crude ego-bound person to the awakened spiritual human. This is precisely the transmutation Azeztulite is meant and said to facilitate. And where is the knowledge that allows us to reclaim our capacities of clairvoyance, healing and rejuvenation? In our cells, our ‘genetic memory banks.’ This resonates with the old alchemical assertions that the ‘gold’ was inherent within the ‘lead,’ and that the processes of transmutation would ‘free’ the gold within the lead.

Another correspondence to the alchemical transmutation of lead into gold concerns the human aura. People who are able to see auras will often say that a sick, frightened or depressed person’s aura is gray. By contrast, an enlightened, joyful, love-filled person’s aura is golden white. By its infusion of the currents of the Nameless Light, Azeztulite can effect just such a color shift in one’s auric field—changing the ‘leaden’ gray enslaved person into the ‘golden’ radiant spiritual human being. Spiritual treasure has always been viewed as a kind of ‘inner gold,’ and spiritual alchemy’s goal has always been the transmutation of the self.

Also, note that the healing and ‘cellular rejuvenation’ promised by the Azez is like the achievement of ‘immortality’ which the Philosopher’s Stone was said to make possible. This tempts me to bring forward a parallel story about the Indian saint Sri Aurobindo and his female counterpart, who was known as Mother.

Sri Aurobindo encouraged a new view of the goal of spiritual striving—the goal, not of an escape from the world into Nirvana, but of bringing the Divine energies into manifestation in the world of matter through us, His name for the entering current was the ‘supramental force.’ It was a force, by definition, beyond thought or conception. I liken it to the term Nameless Light, as given by the Azez.

After Aurobindo left the world, Mother began her great project of attempting to bring the supramental force fully into her body, into the very minds of the cells. In her inner explorations, she discovered that the cells are programmed, by a deeply ingrained habit rather than a law of Nature, to degenerate and die. She said there were no actual laws of Nature, only habits, which can be changed. (Modern biologist Rupert Sheldrake’s theory of morphogenic fields states much the same thing.) I liken the cells’ ‘habit’ of giving up and dying to the ‘contracting emotional patterns’ which the Azez say cause our cells to go into illness.

Mother’s solution to the problem of the cellular mind was remarkably similar to that of the Azez. Through deep concentration and meditative discipline, she reached the level of the cellular mind and began reprogramming the patterns there. In place of the death habit, which has the powerful habit-momentum of history, she installed a new vibratory pattern of sacred sound—the mantra Om Namo Bhagavate—which translates as ‘I salute the supreme Divine.’ To repeat this mantra is to turn toward the center of spiritual Light which lies at the core of matter … which one might also call (as the Azez do) the Great Central Sun. (The ancient Hindu rishis 5,000 years ago called it the saura agni, the Sun in darkness.) In Mother’s case, she did all the work alone, from her own will. In ours, with the help of the Azez and the stone carrying the pattern of vibrational alignment with the Nameless Light of the Great Central Sun, the work may be easier. It is interesting to see the parallels between Mother’s work on immortality, the messages of the Azez, and the legend of the Philosopher’s Stone, with its capacity to convey this gift.

The word ‘enlightenment,’ another of the promised gifts of the Philosopher’s Stone, means ‘to be filled with Light,’ and this is the primary purpose and function of Azeztulite—to bring the Nameless Light, the saura agni, the Sun in darkness of the Hindu rishis, into full expression in the world through us. This was the ultimate goal of Mother, and to me it seems the same goal as that prophesied by the Azez.

Which brings us to the issue of the world. As Robert Sardello points out, we tend to think of stones too often as the means for ourselves to ‘get something,’ when their highest use is undoubtably to move into partnership with the spiritual realms for the sake of the world. If I myself am healed, enlightened, or even made immortal, what good is that if the world remains ill and its people enslaved to fear and death? There is no doubt that our planet needs healing, and I believe our participation in that is crucial. Here again Azeztulite enters the picture. The Azez tell us, “Its activation at certain points on your planet will aid in healing the total organism of Gaia.”

Even as I write all of this, I am rather awed by the implications. My past experiences with Azeztulite are numerous and convincing enough to prove to my skeptical side that something very real, and of a truly spiritual nature, is going on with Azeztulite. Its parallels with the Philosopher’s Stone are striking. And I love the fact that, like the Philosopher’s Stone, Azez-tulite appears common and unimpressive. It looks like any other chunk of Quartz, but the currents it emanates are extraordinary. Like the Philosopher’s Stone, not everyone is yet capable of perceiving Azeztulite’s currents, yet feeling them is not a matter of fooling oneself with a fantasy. If that were so, how to explain the incidents in which people who actively disbelieved in the possibility of the spiritual properties of stones were brought to tears at the touch of Azeztulite?

So what to do now? For me, and for Heaven and Earth, the mission seems to be to keep getting Azeztulite into the hands of as many people as possible who are ready to receive its gifts. And that number is increasing. The interest in Azeztulite, not only in the USA, but in countries around the world, has multiplied in just the past year. Japan, where the awareness of the spiritual qualities of stones is very high, is currently experiencing a rush of interest in Azeztulite. [Note: With this popularity, a number of people, especially on Internet sites, began selling various Quartz crystals and calling them Azeztulite. Heaven and Earth has the trademark on the name Azeztulite, which we asserted in order to protect the stone and its spiritual purpose from being diluted by such imitations, and we assess and activate all our stones, to be sure of their vibrational properties. Although Azeztulite is Quartz, not all Quartz is Azeztulite.]

As an aside, I must mention that we came back from the Tucson Gem Show in February, 2007, with very little cutting-grade Azeztulite for beads, and many orders for them. The snow was three feet deep in Vermont where this type of Azeztulite is located, so our chances of finding more Azeztulite stones seemed nonexistent. Yet synchronicity led us to find the stones we needed, even below the snow, in a matter of only two days! Events like these convince me that more is at work than my own agenda, and that all of our participation helps facilitate the world awakening prophesied through Naisha by the Azez themselves.

How should we all work with Azeztulite? I think the answer is multifaceted. Simply bringing these stones into our vibrational fields is probably the most important. Then the transmutation of our personal ‘lead’ into spiritual ‘gold’ can begin. The process of cellular reattunement—the repatterning of the liquid crystal structure of our own organism—can proceed in part on a subconscious level, simply by our exposing ourselves to the Nameless Light and being open to its influence.

Meditation with Azeztulite can introduce a more active element of choice into the process. Giving our attentiveness to the currents of Azeztulite speeds and enhances its influence dramatically. Saying an inner ‘yes,’ surrendering to the gift being offered, is a way to align our consciousness with the new pattern. As the Azez said, “Disease on your planet is the result of certain frequencies of light. You block cellularly these light waves through thought-form shields and contracting emotional patterns. Your cellular consciousnesses are therefore unable to properly learn and expand, resulting in disease. Azeztulite carries energies and frequencies of Light that help release the shields and blocks, healing disease and aiding in cellular rejuvenation and expansion.” We can participate in releasing the old patterns of dis-ease by witnessing and actively releasing our ‘contracting emotional patterns.’ (i.e. fear and judgement). We can learn to release fear and its ilk by going to our hearts, dwelling there, finding the truth within and living from that truth. The deepest truth of the heart that I know of is that our genuine identity is love. This is, from my perspective, essentially the same love that the Azez call the Nameless Light. Perhaps one might say that the Nameless Light is Divine Love, and human love is our particular resonance with that. Denial of love, succumbing to fear, is the same ‘contracting’ the Azez describe.

Of one thing I feel certain. We human beings are needed in order for the Nameless Light to manifest here on Earth. I liken the connection to an electrical circuit. The potential blessing energy of the Nameless Light dwells in a realm that is vibrationally ‘above’ the level of most of us, and above where the Earth is vibrating. The Azez carry the current as close to us as possible, offering themselves and the stone Azeztulite as conduits. Now it is up to us humans to make the gesture of opening ourselves in trust to receive and ground that Light. We are like the ‘wires’ through which the current can pass, but as living beings we are also blessed, healed and illumined by it. As more of us do this, more Light can pour in, healing (making whole) and regenerating ourselves and the world. As this increases, both we and the stones will carry even higher intensities of this current, and more people as well as more stones will catch and carry this pattern of vibration, until ultimately the entire world is filled with it. This is, at least, what is possible.

Namaste.

—Robert Simmons

AZOZEO SUPER-ACTIVATED AZEZTULITES: THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CRYSTAL ERA

Readers of this book will notice mention of some stones having undergone the ‘Azozeo (“ah-zah-ZAY-oh”) super-activation process’, or their compatibility with other stones that have undergone it. Below is the story of Azozeo, and how it entered my world and that of others who work with stone energies.

In August of 2012, I received a vision. I was at my home in Vermont, where I have a labyrinth made out of Azeztulites and some Rosophia stones. As I sat looking at the labyrinth, I thought back upon the history of Azeztulite. It seemed miraculous to me, the way the appearance of these stones had been preannounced by angelic beings called the Azez. They had told Naisha, my co-author of The Book of Stones (but at that time, someone I knew only as a friend) about the imminent arrival of Azeztulite, and they told her this was the name we must give the stones when they appeared.

Since then, for over twenty years, our company, Heaven & Earth, has been disseminating and discovering more types of Azeztulite—all in accordance with the plans and directions we received from the Azez so many years ago. More recently, we learned that the Azez intend for all the quartz on Earth to ultimately receive the vibration of the Nameless Light of the Great Central Sun—making all of the quartz into Azeztulite. My sense is that the fulfillment of that prophetic vision will coincide with the global awakening of the Earth as a Planet of Light, and with the mass enlightenment of humanity.

There had been many synchronistic affirmations along the way. One of the most startling and exciting for me was the discovery, back when I was doing research for my book Stones of the New Consciousness, of the ancient Book of Ieou. This was one of the apocryphal Gnostic Gospels, and was purported to have been a guide to the Ascension process, dictated by Jesus to the disciples after his own Ascension. At one point in the narrative, there is this description of one of the Ascension stages:

When you reach the fourth aeon, Samaelo and Chochochoucha (a pair of obstructing archons) will come before you. Seal yourself with this seal. This is its name: Azozeo. Say it once only. Hold this cipher—4555—in your hands. When you have finished sealing yourself with this seal and said its name once only, say these defenses also: ‘Withdraw yourselves, Samaelo and Chochochoucha, you archons of the fourth aeon, because I call upon Zozeza, Chozozazza, Zazezo.’ When you have finished saying these defenses, the archons of the fourth aeon will withdraw to the left. But you [will] proceed upward.

I was (and am still) struck by the above passage from this ancient book. Here was an actual 2,000-year-old manual for Ascension, describing the stages and beings involved. And, more to the point, the word used to invoke protection, and the names of the protective beings, all contain similarities to the word Azez—root of the name Azeztulite. And of course we were told at the beginning of our Azeztulite adventure that the name Azez means ‘the Nameless Light of the Great Central Sun,’ which is closely akin to the goal of the Ascension process in the Book of Ieou.

In that book, the disciples were being directed in how to ascend to the realms of Light (i.e., the Central Sun). And I feel sure that the names given in the book for the protective beings aiding humankind in this ascent—Zozeza, Chozozazza, Zazezo—are referring to the same protective beings who have activated and guided the emergence of Azeztulite. They all sound similar to ‘Azez,’ their collective name. Further, they are engaged now in the Ascension of all humanity, and the Earth. It provokes awe in me to realize that when I hold an Azeztulite in my hands, I am, in a sense, touching those beings, and the Divine currents from the Great Central Sun. I am amazed to realize that these Beings of Light have been aiding the spiritual evolution of humanity and our world for at least 2,000 years, and that we can connect with them and our own great destiny through Azeztulite.

Let us return now to August of 2012. As I was sitting on my porch contemplating all this, I wondered whether there might be something more to be done. As powerful as Azeztulite is, I felt there might be another level, another octave of energy that could be accessed by those ready for it. I could imagine all the quartz on Earth vibrating as Azeztulite, but what about Azeztulite itself? Was it fully awakened, or could there be more?

I still recall vividly the moment when the vision came to me. It was powerful … and simple. As I gazed at the Azeztulite labyrinth, I suddenly saw, with my inner eyes, a pyramid over the center of it, glowing with supernal Light. And in that moment, I knew what to do—I would construct a pyramid chamber in the labyrinth’s center, placing Azeztulite stones inside it. The combined energy fields of the pyramid and the Azeztulite labyrinth might stimulate the stones inside to a higher level of activation.

But there was more to do. I felt a compelling inner urge, as if I were being told, to place two very large Phenacites in the energy field to be created. (I collect large Phenacites, and have two very large ones—a two-pound African Phenacite and an eighteen-pound single-terminated Brazilian Phenacite crystal, which I believe is the world’s largest.) The two-pounder was to go at the apex of the pyramid, and the eighteen-pounder was to be placed in the center at the pyramid’s base. The two would form a Circuit of Light, and the Azeztulite stones to be activated would be placed on a table between them.

It was clear that the two very large Phenacites were crucial to the process, and I suddenly understood why I had felt it so important to get the eighteen-pound Phenacite the previous February. (This crystal is the prize of my collection—a very tangible Stone Being with a joyful and luminous presence—and now I was beginning to learn about its purpose!) Phenacite has a close relationship with Azeztulite, and was actually initially used by the Azez, according to Naisha’s original channelings, to vibrationally activate the first Azeztulites.

Two years prior, when building the Azeztulite labyrinth, I had felt a powerful inner intensity around doing it. Now that intensity seized me once again. I erected a copper pyramid (its pipes filled with Azeztulite and Rosophia stones) in the center of the labyrinth, and then placed the Phenacites as I had been directed. I brought a glass table into the center, where the Azeztulites to be activated were to be placed. Then there was one last touch—my inner guidance said I needed to use the ancient word of invocation of the Azez—Azozeo.’

Following my inner voice, I printed out the words and attached them on all four sides of the table, for the four directions. Then I walked the labyrinth in ritual consciousness, carrying the Azeztulite stones to be treated, holding them to my heart, and focusing on the intention that they be activated to their highest potential for the good of all. At the center, after placing the stones on the table, I uttered words of invocation and said ‘Azozeo’ to each of the four directions, and silently to the fifth direction. The ritual was complete. Now was the time of waiting.

After exiting the labyrinth I went into the house and sat gazing back at the labyrinth, wondering if all this guidance had been as real as it seemed. In my thirty years of working with crystals and minerals, I had only attuned myself to whatever vibrations were already being emanated by the stones. I had never tried to do anything to increase their energies or power. I had never really imagined that anything like that was possible.

I wondered how long to leave the stones on the table in the labyrinth-pyramid. An inner voice said, ‘For one cycle of night and day.’ So, twenty-four hours later, I walked the labyrinth again to retrieve the Azeztulites.

When I brought the Azozeo-treated stones into the house, I sat down with one to check out whether anything had happened. Immediately, I caught my breath. Yes! There was a difference—a big difference! The already-powerful Azeztulites had more than doubled in their intensity, and the frequency of their pulsations was much faster! In seconds, the currents I felt in my hands moved to the third eye, the crown chakra, and then all through my body, and finally to my feet, where a strong charge seemed to go through me and into the Earth.

The longer I held the stone, the stronger the currents in my body became. I experienced a vision of entering a spiral of Light and traveling to the Great Central Sun. I felt spiraling currents of Celestial Fire spinning down into my body from above, entering the crown and spreading out into a web that infused every cell with Divine Light. I suddenly understood that this is what Light Body activation feels like. A wave of elation spread through me, and with that wave came the recognition that the whole tale of the Azez and the enlightenment of the world contained new chapters, which were being written in that very moment and which will continue to unfold in the months and years to come.

I felt a bit stunned by what was happening. It seemed to me that I had made a great discovery, and received a great gift. For the first time, I understood that it is possible to work with stones in a cocreative way that affects them energetically and helps the Stone Beings to fulfill their spiritual purpose. The power of it shocked and humbled me. I realized on a deeper level that the work with stones is beneficial to us, but not just for us—it is also for the beings in the world of Spirit, and for the Earth, for the fulfillment of our collective destiny with them.

I wondered what to do next, and I decided to see if someone else could feel the amazing difference in these Azeztulites. I brought one to my wife, Kathy, and she said, ‘Yes, definitely!’ The next person to experience the Azozeo Azeztulite was our friend Leo McFee, a crystal teacher and maker of gemstone essences. He was affected just as powerfully as I had been, and we talked feverishly about our excitement at this new development, and about plans for bringing these super-activated stones out and spreading them through our network.

I began bringing home more pieces to treat in the Azozeo/pyramid/labyrinth/Phenacite field. At first, I had brought in only the original White Azeztulite, but now I began to try other varieties. I learned that all types of Azeztulite, as well as a few other kinds of crystals, could be enhanced through the Azozeo treatment. It is a painstaking process, because only a small quantity of stones can be activated at one time, but we have worked hard to charge a wide variety of Azeztulites and other receptive crystals in as many forms and shapes as possible.

I want to offer next some of the information I have received in inner visions regarding the properties of Azozeo Azeztulites:

Azozeo super-activated Azeztulites work as powerful conduits to bring through a flood of Celestial Fire—the Nameless Light of the Great Central Sun—which has now begun to bathe the Earth. Although this Divine energy pours down upon us at all times (since it is the spiritual energy that animates and sustains the Universe), we are at the dawn of a new Golden Age in which a great surge of Celestial Fire is making its influx. Like an incoming tide, this energy is destined to uplift all of humanity and the Earth to a new level of being.

As we stand here at the beginning of this new era, the Azozeo Azeztulites function as grounding wires through which the initial surges of Divine currents can pass. In order for this process to fulfill itself, human participation is necessary. We are urged to work with these stones and allow ourselves to be Pillars of Light, acting to conduct the Celestial Fire into the world through our own being. We can do this through meditation with these stones, through utilizing them in energy grids and healing layouts, through wearing them, or through planting them ritually in the Earth.

In regarding to this ritual ‘planting’ of Azozeo Azeztulites, I want to mention that when I presented some of the Azozeo stones to my friend Robert Sardello, who wrote the introductions to both of my books, his immediate intuition was that the Azozeo Azeztulites are ‘going to be the means by which all of the quartz in the Earth becomes Azeztulite.’ His sense was that the higher level of activation present in these stones was what was necessary to create the ‘contagious currents’ whereby unawakened quartz stones would begin to attune to the currents of Azeztulite. That insight resonated with me as well, and I have committed myself to planting these stones in strategic places around the world. Already we have recruited helpers to do this with us.

Many additional qualities of Azozeo Azeztulites have presented themselves to my intuitive vision. I see these stones as bringing in not only subtle energies but also subtle matter from the spiritual realms. When one spends time attuning to Azozeo Azeztulite, the currents one feels entering the body are not mere ephemeral energy—they are streams of subtle matter that bond to the gross matter in every cell and molecule of the body in a way that spiritualizes and aligns them, teaching them to open themselves to the Light. This can rapidly increase the development of the mind of the body. This is an intelligence that resides in the entire Liquid Crystal Body Matrix, and is an aspect of enlightenment.

We have three intelligences within us—mental intelligence based in the brain, soul intelligence based in the heart, and universal intelligence based throughout all the cells of the body. The mental intelligence is what we are taught to believe is all we have. During the spiritually dark times of recorded history it predominated, and we lost touch with our wholeness.

The soul intelligence of the heart was never totally lost, and it has been in the process of reawakening in some people during the past few decades. The heart is the seat of our divine imagination, the center from which we can know truth and act with generosity and certainty.

While it is true that crystals (and especially Azeztulites) have the capacity to enhance our mental and heart/soul intelligence, their greatest boon is to the universal intelligence of the body. When this is fully activated, as the Celestial Fire or Nameless Light fully engulfs our world, we will begin to know things with our bodies without needing to learn them. What we now call inspiration and intuition will become pure vision, and we will see and know whatever we wish to understand simply by attending to it and feeling the knowledge in our cells. This capacity will be brought about by the influx of subtle matter bonding to the gross matter of the body, transforming every cell into an antenna for receiving pure knowledge.

Azozeo Azeztulite facilitates many enhancements of mind, heart, and body. It increases psychic vision, heals and seals the etheric body, brings a great infusion of Life Force into the cells, opens the gateways to angelic communication, stimulates inspiration, facilitates interdimensional travel, opens the doors for recollection of past lives and resolution of karma, dispels dysfunctional habits and patterns in the emotional body, organs, and bodily systems, frees the heart from suppression by the mental, and displays Divine Light to the inner eye. It increases the amount of chi circulating through the meridians, and enhances the power of the will to manifest one’s spiritual goals. If two people hold hands with an Azozeo stone in their mutual grasp, they can experience an empathy so deep that it is nearly telepathy. These stones portend great hope for humanity and the world.

Here are two quotes about the Azozeo Azeztulites:

I got the (Azozeo Azeztulite) you sent. Thank you. And yes, definitely very different, very powerful. In contemplation—all intense, intense white light, radiating from a center outward. Then the image changes, and there begins to be series of light forms structured like various kinds of quartz forms—single, double-terminated, clustered—but as light, not as in image representation. These are accompanied with the feeling that this Azeztulite is the ‘holder and transformer’ of all quartz into Azez-to-Light. (Robert Sardello)

I sat in meditation today with the Azozeo pumping waves up my arms to my skull—that stuff is powerful! (Birch Gerke)

Other Azozeo Stones

As we worked to activate some of each kind of the Azeztulites in the Azozeo energy field, we wondered if it might be possible for any other stones to take on the Azozeo energies if we placed them in the same field. We found that indeed there were several crystals that were also super-activated by exposure to the field. They include Auralite-23, Nirvana Quartz, and Lemurian Light Crystals. All of them jumped to a much faster rhythm of pulsation and a higher intensity of overall energy when they were left for twenty-four hours in the Azozeo/pyramid/labyrinth/Phenacite field. We continue to experiment to find other crystals and stones that can be enhanced through the Azozeo process.

Readers interested in following the progress of this work are encouraged to check in periodically at the Heaven and Earth website: www.heavenandearthjewelry.com. Those who are working with Azozeo stones are encouraged to share their experiences and insights by sending emails to heavenandearth@earthlink.net.

—Robert Simmons

STONE POWER COMBINATIONS

ROBERT SIMMONS   In the chapters about individual stones, I usually mention an array of stones that work in harmony or synergy with them. My work involves researching their effects on people when used both individually and in combinations. Because I am always looking to enhance the potential beneficial effects of stones, combining different stones is a big part of my work. Over the past thirty years of experimentation on myself and observing the reports of others, I’ve discovered what I believe to be a number of especially good combinations. Some of them, such as the Synergy Twelve and the Ascension Seven, are mentioned in the individual chapters about the stones. Others are not. Below are a few groupings I hold in the highest esteem.

SYNERGY TWELVE   This is the first and in some ways the foremost stone combination I use. It evolved gradually, beginning with only five stones—Moldavite, Phenacite, Tanzanite, Danburite and White Azeztulite. As I encountered more high-energy stones, we tried adding those. The ones that ultimately seemed best emerged as the full Synergy Twelve: Moldavite, Phenacite, Tanzanite, Natrolite, Scolecite, Danburite, White Azeztulite, Tibetan Tektite, Herderite, Petalite, Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite and Brookite.

One usually works with the Synergy Twelve either by wearing a Synergy Twelve necklace that contains all the stones or by placing the stones on the body in a crystal layout. The most frequent report of how these stones affect the subject is that the person feels good—noticeably better than usual. Comments like ‘I feel the same, but there is somehow more of me!’ or ‘I feel stronger, more balanced, clearer and ready to handle whatever happens’ are common. The Synergy Twelve stones used together seem highly energizing, yet balancing and stabilizing at the same time. I feel that they help me experience the self I am learning how to become.

ASCENSION SEVEN   This stone group also evolved over time, with new stones being added and even substituted for others as experimentation yielded new results. The purpose of looking for an Ascension stone combination was, as the name suggests, to find stones that worked well together for raising the vibration of the individual to the highest possible level. The stones we found that worked together best for this are: White Azeztulite, Petalite, Danburite, Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite, Nirvana Quartz, Golden Azeztulite and Satya Mani Quartz.

As I see it, the Ascension process is one of a vibrational shift rather than involving departure from Earth. I think that we are on Earth to participate in an evolutionary acceleration with the Soul of the World, to come into conscious cocreative partnership with her. Our own awakening is simultaneous with the Earth’s; as we ascend in consciousness she ascends too, and vice-versa. I sense that the very high-vibration stones such as those in this group were not always emanating these energies, and that what we feel from them now is a consequence of the Earth’s enlightenment process. Thus, to work with the Ascension stones is to connect with the leading edge of the Earth’s evolving energies.

More Power Stone Combinations

Below is an incomplete list of stone arrays I have worked with for various purposes. The purposes are suggested by the title ascribed to each combination. Although these groupings are not mentioned in other chapters of this book, some of them are mentioned in my previous book, Stones of the New Consciousness. I have tried out all of these combinations as ‘power strand’ necklaces, and for body layouts. Readers who try these, or who devise other groupings, are invited to share their experiences by writing me at heavenandearth@earthlink.net.

ENLIGHTENMENT   Nirvana Quartz, White Azeztulite, Moldavite, Phenacite, Agni Gold Danburite, White Danburite, Natrolite and Scolecite. This is a potent combination of stones for spiritual awakening, inner evolution and expanded awareness.

DIVINE LOVE   Morganite, Alexandrite, White Azeztulite, Emerald, Pink Tourmaline, Green Tourmaline, Bicolor Tourmaline, Redberry Quartz, Red Aventurine, Moldavite and Rose Quartz. These stones open the clear path to the ‘Heart of Hearts’ where Divine Love resides within us.

CREATIVE MANIFESTATION   Radiance Jasper, Phenacite, Orange Moldau Quartz, Golden Labradorite, Amber, Moldavite, Agni Gold Danburite, Zincite, Red Garnet, Spessartite Garnet, Citrine, African Green Garnet, Gray Moldau Quartz and Carnelian. All of these stones are keyed to support one’s capacity to manifest one’s creative intention in the world.

COMPASSIONATE HEART   Morganite, Rhodocrosite, Rosophia, Danburite, Celestite, Petalite and White Azeztulite. A sweet blend of stones for awakening heart awareness, forgiveness, and compassion. Ideal for healing the emotional body, releasing old wounds and filling the heart with love and truth.

BODY OF LIGHT   Herderite, White Azeztulite, Agni Gold Danburite, Golden Azeztulite, Sanda Rosa Azeztulite, Phenacite, Pink Azeztulite, Petalite, Satyaloka Azeztulite, Clear Danburite, Satya Mani Quartz, Himalaya Gold Azeztulite and Rosophia. These stones were chosen to stimulate and awaken the Light Body. They work together to quicken one’s evolutionary metamorphosis into the New Body of Spirit/Matter.

DIVINE CONNECTION   Auralite-23, White Azeztulite, Amethyst and Amazez. For stimulating knowledge of one’s link with the Divine, protection from negative energies, elevating awareness and enhancing psychic abilities.

BLUE RAY   Azumar, Larimar, Angelite and Lapis Lazuli. For clear communication of one’s truth, emotional balance, enhanced insight, joyful self-expression.

BLACK RAY   Black Merlinite, Black Tourmaline, Shungite, Master Shamanite, Mani Stone, Jet and Mystic Merlinite. For healing, strength, personal power, and the transmutation of all negative energies into positive.

GOLDEN RAY   Satyaloka Yellow Azeztulite, Golden Azeztulite, Himalaya Gold Azeztulite, Agni Gold Danburite, Golden Labradorite and Lemurian Golden Opal. This grouping is meant for entering the Golden Light of enlightened consciousness, and for manifesting one’s creative visions through the power of the will.

GREAT CENTRAL SUN   White Azeztulite, Agni Gold Danburite, White Danburite, Phenacite and Petalite. A necklace of these stones attunes to the Azez and to the center of Spiritual Light that sustains us all.

GROUNDED AND PROTECTED   Pietersite, Black Tourmaline, Garnet, Obsidian, Jet, Hematite, Smoky Quartz, Sugilite, Charoite. This combination was chosen for keeping one’s feet on the Earth, and one’s aura clear of negative influences.

HEALER’S TALISMAN   Healerite, Stonehenge Bluestone, Healer’s Gold, Infinite, Danburite, Petalite, Crimson Cuprite and Lemurian Golden Opal. For providing healers, and those who need healing, with the most beneficial combination of energies.

HEALING LIGHT   White Azeztulite, Azumar and Healerite. This grouping is intended for initiating a state of wholeness, balance, joy and awakened consciousness.

HEALING   Seraphinite, Ajoite, Sugilite, Moldavite, Lemurian Jade, Amethyst and Healer’s Gold. This grouping was chosen to work on the energetic level to facilitate spiritual healing of the physical body.

HEART/LOVE   Morganite, Rhodocrosite, Danburite, Lilac Lepidolite, Adularian Moonstone, Seraphinite, Rhodonite and Rose Quartz. These stones were combined to enhance and strengthen the presence of love energies in the heart, the body and the auric field.

LIGHT WORKER   Angelite, White Azeztulite, Aqua Lemuria, Aquamarine, Larimar, Ajo Blue Quartz, Shattuckite Silica and Herkimer Diamond. This grouping was designed for teachers, mediums, channelers, healers and all who serve the Light. It is intended to enhance spiritual vision and communication.

MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS   Circle Stone (crop-circle flint), Phenacite, Moldavite, Moldau Quartz, Agni Gold Danburite, White Azeztulite, Nuummite, Satya Mani Quartz, Sanda Rosa Azeztulite, Nirvana Quartz and Natrolite. All of these stones emanate high-frequency currents that resonate in one’s energy field to open access to expanded awareness.

PEACE AND SERENITY   Lilac Lepidolite, Australian Kunzite, Aquamarine, White Danburite, Green/Gold Apatite, Rose Quartz, White Azeztulite, Blue/Green Apatite and Strombolite. This grouping was chosen for attuning oneself to currents of love, peace and tranquility. It is used to release stress, heal the emotional body, relax from intense work, harmonize relationships and soothe the heart.

VISIONARY EXPERIENCE   Nuummite, Labradorite, Phenacite, Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite, Natrolite, Auralite-23, White Azeztulite. This grouping is intended for interdimensional travel, expansion of awareness, inner visions, enhanced meditative experience and awakening to higher truth.

THE AZOZEO TWELVE   Azozeo Super-Activated Cinnazez, Amazez and the following Azeztulites: Honey and Cream, Satyaloka Clear, Satyaloka Rose, Satyaloka Yellow, Sauralite, Pink, Original White, Golden, Sanda Rosa and Himalaya Gold. This grouping is intended to aid one in the vibrational Ascension process, and to lead one into alignment with the Azez and other angelic beings for awakening, communication, guidance and spiritual communion.

WHITE LIGHT OF ECSTATIC BLISS   Anandalite, White Azeztulite, Petalite, Satyaloka Clear Azeztulite, Danburite and Scolecite. These are all stones that can evoke the inner experience of the spiritual White Light, and are combined to enhance this effect.

—Robert Simmons

HOW TO MEDITATE WITH A STONE: CIRCULATION THROUGH THE HEART

This is the meditative practice I use with all of the stones I write about. It is the one with which I begin all new relationships with a stone or group of stones. I like it because it is simple, direct, and heart-centered. Many other processes can be tried afterwards, with a huge array of results. For me, though, it all begins with this:

1. Sit in a quiet room in a comfortable chair. Hold the stone in your hand. Look it over carefully. Feel the texture, sniff it, notice its color and form. Focus all of your usual senses on the stone.

2. Hold the stone in front of your face and blow your breath across it. While doing so, imagine your breath to be an offering of yourself into relationship with the stone being. Next, inhale, drawing your breath across the stone and into your lungs. Imagine that you are taking in the stone’s offer of relationship to you.

3. Now hold the stone over your heart. Continue the inner gesture of self-offering with the exhale, and an invitation or opening to the stone with each inhale. Feel the stone currents entering your chest and your heart as you inhale. Allow your energies to go out to the stone (and through the stone to the Soul Being of the stone) as you exhale.

4. Continue the inhale and exhale gestures as you breathe. Keep your awareness centered in your heart. Notice what occurs, and whether there is a building-up of the intensity of the currents between the stone and your heart. Notice where the currents of the stone go in your body.

5. Keep the exchange flowing as you breathe. Notice any shifts in your consciousness. Invite the stone to tell or show you its nature and purpose. Be aware of any inner pictures, sounds, words, ideas, smells, or tastes. Even things like song lyrics can be messages.

6. Stay with your heart as you keep on with the breathing, offering, and receiving, allowing the free exchange of energies between you and the stone. Ask questions if you wish, by ‘thinking’ them in your heart. Pay attention to the next words you hear, or to the images you are given.

7. Continue as long as you wish, or until the experience feels complete. Some of these meditations can be profoundly rewarding. Stones such as Rosophia and Morganite can bring one into an almost unbearable sweetness. Others can be nurturing (Astaraline), expansive (Herderite), transformative (Moldavite), awakening (Azeztulite), or any of a wide array of inner states.

8. When the meditation is complete, hold the stone in front of you again, offering thanks with your outbreath flowing across the stone, taking in the inbreath with a sense of being receptive to whatever the stone may wish to offer you.

I hope that some readers who try this meditation will write and let me know what you experience, and how you feel about it. Write me at heavenandearth@earthlink.net.

—Robert Simmons

FROM THE LIGHT

As I look at the universe, or this section of the universe, I see the Earth is on the outer circle of how far the Light has spread, and we need the Earth to be of the Light to continue the expansion. It is like a pivotal point, where if it turned to the darkness it would be like a black hole. But if it turned toward the Light, it would have such a brilliant radiance that would bring the Light to much more of the universe. Once we begin to know that we are one in the Light, we will no longer be able to harm another, or the being that is this planet Earth. She is like someone that needs to rest and be nurtured and healed. She is purging, but to purge so much is weakening her. She needs all those on Earth who are Light workers to create a web of Light that will hold her steady—a grid through which even more Light can be poured in from off the Earth. Without these grids and these places that are as magnets for the Light, it is not possible to send enough healing Light to the Earth. It is important for those who understand to consciously draw the Light down and around our planet.

Our only purpose in all of eternity is to be one with and in the Light. We must ever expand the Light in our individual Being, and become fully conscious of that Being, so that our every everything is of and for the Light. Each breath we take, if we are conscious, draws Light into our Being. Every word we speak sends forth Light, if each word is spoken in consciousness. Every time we focus attention on another being we are opening that channel of Light and a beam of Light goes out, And if that being responds in kind, there is a great brilliance. As the master Jesus spoke, “When two or more of ye are gathered in my name, there I am.” I AM. Because in the two truly being conscious, for even a moment, it connects and creates more of that network of Light.

Every connection made with every person is connecting those people with a filament of Light. Every person that has been truly met and communicated with becomes part of the net-work, if we acknowledge that we are of the Light and working for and serving the Light and that they too have a responsibility to be of the Light. It does not have to be wordy and flowery. A few words, a few sentences acknowledging the Light are all that is needed. And at times all that is required is a touch or a look or even just seeing someone clearly for an instant.

There is great responsibility and there is great joy in spreading the Light.

—Kathy Warner

STONE PROPERTY REFERENCE INDEX

This index is divided into two sections—Physical Correspondences and Emotional/Spiritual Correspondences. Those interested in working with stones to facilitate physical, emotional or spiritual self-healing are encouraged to use their intuition and discrimination in regard to such explorations. Working with stones for any sort of self-healing is experimental and speculative, and the authors of this book do not intend to suggest that such practices will lead to any specific results. Both authors and publishers recommend that readers do not use stones in place of traditional medical or psychological care.

PHYSICAL CORRESPONDENCES

acid Shattuckite; Tourmaline, Golden

acne, see skin problems

activation stone Moldavite

acupressure Sichuan Quartz

acupuncture Magnetite; Sichuan Quartz

ADD/ADHD Amblygonite; Cerussite; Lepidolite; Petalite; Silbite

addiction Agate, Dendritic; Agate, Purple Sage; Astrophyllite; Galena; Nebula Stone; Ruby; Dravite; Zircon

adrenal glands Adamite; Amazonite; Cacoxenite; Chrysocolla; Ocean Jasper; Tangerine Quartz; Tanzanite; Topaz, Golden; Zircon; Zoisit

aging Calcite, Blue; Jasper, Mook; Staurolite; Vanadinite

agoraphobia Cerussite

alcohol use Dolomite; Jasper, Unakite; Nebula Stone

allergy Aquamarine

ALS Eudialyte; Natrolite

Alzheimer’s disease Albite; Diaspore; Eudialyte; Natrolite; Stichtite

anemia Ajoite; Bloodstone; Magnetite; Meteorite, Pallasite; Peridot; Tiger Iron

angina, see heart issues

anxiety Cerussite; Gaia Stone; Lithium Quartz; Petalite; Rhodochrosite

appetite Albite; Celestite; Dolomite

arterial blockage Calcite, Green

arthritis Angelite; Jade, Blue; Lilac Lepidolite; Malachite

asthma Diopside; Gem Silica; Jade, Blue; Opal, Common (Blue); Tremolite

assimilation Healer’s Gold; Pyromorphite; Rutile; Scapolite, Yellow

athletic performance Jade, Red; Sphalerite

attraction between mates Agate, Fire; Tugtupite

auric field Celestite; Tugtupite

auto-immune disorders Aventurine, Red

back pain Agate; Dendritic

balance Adularia

bed-wetting Celestite; Golden Labradorite; Opal, Precious, Oregon

bile Shattuckite

birth Calcite, Red

blockage Epidote; Fulgurite

blood Ajoite; Apache Tears

blood cell production Aventurine, Red; Meteorite, Nickel-Iron; Tiger Iron

blood formation Staurolite

blood oxygenation Blizzard Stone; Healer’s Gold; see also oxygenation

blood pressure Petalite; Sodalite; Stichtite

blood purification Cinnabar; Dravite; Meteorite, Pallasite; Proustite

blood strengthener Fulgurite; Goethite; Hematite; Lepidocrocite; Petrified Wood; Seraphinite; Tiger’s Eye

blood, diseases of Bloodstone; Meteorite, Chondrite

blood-sugar level Calcite, Honey

“blue babies” Aventurine, Blue

boils Cinnabar; Marcasite; Stibnite

bonding between mother and infant Calcite, Pink, Transparent

bone density, see Osteoporosis

bone issues Aragonite Star Clusters; Elestial Quartz; Fluorite; Kyanite; Opal, Common (Brown or Black); Seriphos Green Quartz; Sphene

bone loss and degeneration, see Osteoporosis

bone growth Jasper, Picture

bone marrow Bixbite; Bloodstone; Goethite; Hematite; Magnetite; Petrified Wood

bone regeneration Jasper, Picture

bones, broken Celestial Quartz; Faden Quartz; Kyanite; Obsidian, Rainbow; Quartz (Clear), Self-healed

bowel imbalance Cuprite; Healer’s Gold; Spinel, Black; see also intestinal disorder

brain Albite; Alexandrite; Azurite; Diaspore; Tibetan Black Quartz

brain balance and imbalance Amethyst; Goshenite; Herderite; Muscovite; Phenacite

brain chemistry Barite; Fluorite; Scapolite, White-Gray

brain damage Albite; Natrolite; Phenacite; Purpurite

brain disease Barite; Diaspore; Kyanite; Obsidian, Peacock; Variscite

brain, evolution Benitoite; Heulandite, White brain function Amethyst; Astrophyllite; Cryolite; Euclase; Herderite; Phenacite; Pietersite; Purpurite

brain hemispheres Calcite, Merkabite

bronchial conditions Gem Silica; Jade, Blue; Tremolite bruising Obsidian, Rainbow

burns Agate, Ellensburg Blue

caffeine stress and withdrawal Rhodochrosite; Rutile; Zircon; see also addiction

calcification of joints Angelite; see also skeletal system

cancer Bixbite; Clinochlore; Elestial Quartz; Epidote; Galena; Jasper, Unakite; Lemurian Jade; Obsidian, Snowflake; Prophecy Stone; Pyromorphite; Seraphinite; Tourmaline, Green

capillaries, blood flow Fulgurite

cardiovascular system Blizzard stone; see also heart

cataracts Calcite, Blue

cell function Tourmaline, Green

cell growth Garnet; Grossular; Prasiolite; Tourmaline, Green; Willemite

cell regeneration Amazonite; Seraphinite; Serpentine; Vivianite

cell repair Aventurine, Green

cellular respiration Seraphinite

chemotherapy Galena; Prophecy Stone; see also cancer

chi Clinochlore; Rhodonite

chronic fatigue syndrome Adamite; Zoisite

circulation Agate, Moss; Calcite, Pink, Opaque; Cuprite; Ruby, Star

circulatory system Aventurine, Green; Clinichlore; Halite, Magnetite; Meteroite, Chondrite; Prehnite

cleansing Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’

cleansing regimens Staurolite

colon function Malachite

concentration issues Stibnite

connective tissue Benitoite

cough Opal, Common (Blue)

Crohn’s disease Dravite

cysts Dream Quartz; Opal, Common (White); Opal, Precious (Black); Seriphos Green Quartz

Cystitis Chrysanthemum Stone; Epidote; (Metals): Copper; Nebula Stone

death Zoisite

death experience, conscious Fulgurite

degenerative diseases Apophyllite, Green; Chrysoprase dementia Siberian Blue Quartz; Stichtite

detoxification Apatite, Green; Astrophyllite; Calcite, Red; Carnelian; Dolomite; Galena; Golden Labradorite; Hematite; Jade, Green; Jasper, Rainforest; Malachite; Nebula Stone; Obsidian, Mahogany; Proustite; Rhodonite; Spinel, Black; Zircon diabetes Gaspeite; Sapphire, Pink

digestive issues Agate, Fire; Agate, Moss; Albite; Amber; Ametrine; Agni Gold Danburite: Apatite, Golden; Bustamite; Cacoxinite; Calcite, Orange; Celestite; Citrine, Heat Treated; Golden Labradorite; Heliodor; Imperial Gold Quartz; Libyan Gold Tektite; Obsidian, Gold Sheen; Opal, Common (Brown or Black); Prasiolite; Pyromorphite; Rutile; Sapphire, Yellow; Scapolite, Yellow; Scapolite, Pink; Shaman Stone; Spinel, Black; Stichtite; Sunstone; Tourmaline, Golden

dizziness, see vertigo

DNA Petrified Wood

drug use Dolomite; see also addiction eating disorders Prasiolite; Stichtite eczema, see skin problems

eating disorders Prasiolite; Stichtite

eczema, see skin problems

electromagnetic field Adularia; Infinite; (Metals): Titanium; Smoky Quartz

ELF fields Vanadinite

elimination of waste Healer’s Gold; Metals; Onyx; Opal, Common (Brown or Black); Scapolite, Yellow; Sichuan Quartz; Spinel

Emphysema Calcite, Blue; Diopside; Tremolite;

endocrine system Ametrine; Apatite, Golden; Blood-stone; Brazilianite; Bustamite; Calcite, Orange; Calcite, Red; Cavansite; Citrine; Crocoite; Garnet, Spessartine; Iolite- Sunstone; Lepidocrocite; Ocean Jasper; Opal, Precious (Fire); Pyrite; Rutile; Sunstone; Tiger’s Eye; Titanium Quartz; Zincite

energy Cuprite; Diamond; Infinite; Iolite-Sunstone; Serpentine; Smithsonite; Tektite; (Metal): Gold

energy blockage Calcite, Clear

energy replenishment Chrysoberyl, Cat’s eye; Heliodor

exercise Marcasite; Sphalerite

extremities, blood flow Fulgurite

eye problems Apatite, Blue; Celestite; Gaia Stone; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Iolite; Onyx; Rhodizite; Sapphire, Blue; Scapolite, Blue; Ulexite

fainting Zoisite

fascia Magnesite

fatigue, chronic Opal, Precious (Fire)

feet Spider Jasper; Vesuvianite; see also skeletal system

fertility Agate, Fire; Chrysanthemum Stone; Cinnabar; Crocoite; Cuprite; Garnet, Spessartine; Lepidocrocite; Nebula Stone; Ruby; Willemite; Zincite

fetal growth Jasper, Red

fever Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Larimar

fibroid masses Chrysanthemum Stone; Magnesite; Opal, Common (White)

fingernails, see nails

food assimilation, see digestion

food issues Rutile; Stichtite; see also eating disorders

gallbladder Aegirine; Apatite, Golden; Chrysoberyl, Golden; Golden Labradorite; Petrified Wood; Pyromorphite; Rhodonite; Scapolite, Yellow

gardening Apophyllite, Green; Seriphos Green Quartz

gastric disorders Cacoxinite; Gaia Stone; Heliodor; Libyan Gold Tektite; Malachite; Obsidian, Gold Sheen; Spinel, Green/Blue

genetic disorders Phenacite

gland function Amber; Calcite, Honey; Ocean Jasper; Prehnite; Rhodonite; Tangerine Quartz

glucose metabolism Sapphire, Pink; see also blood sugar

gout Amazonite

hair Amazonite; Apache Tears: Opal, Precious (White); Rutilated Quartz; Topaz, White

hair growth, see hair

hair loss, see hair

headache Agate, Purple Sage; Apatite, Blue; Calcite, Blue; Cavansite; Fairy Wand Quartz; Gaia Stone; Goshenite; Herderite; Lazulite; Merlinite; Muscovite; Onyx; Rhodizite; Sapphire, Blue; Stibnite; Stichtite; Tourmaline, Blue

headaches, hormone-related Hemimorphite; Herderite

healing Agate, Purple Sage; Apatite, Green; Aventurine, Green; Diopside; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Sugilite

health, general Agate, Moss; Axinite; Beryllonite; Crocoite; Jade, Red

hearing Sphene

heart, physical Amegreen; Apatite, Green; Aventurine, Green; Black Phantom Quartz; Calcite, Pink, Transparent; Chrysoberyl, Green; Emerald; Gaia Stone; Garnet, Uvarovite; Hiddenite; Jasper, Unakite; Lemurian Jade; Lepidocrocite; Merlinite; Morganite; Obsidian, Rainbow; Prasiolite; Seraphinite; Tourmaline, Green; Tourmaline, Watermelon; Tugtupite

heartbeat Blizzard Stone; Meteorite, Pallasite; Opal, Common (Pink); Rose Quartz; Tourmaline, Pink

heart, diseases Apatite, Green; Calcite, Pink, Opaque; Chrysoberyl, Green; Diopside; Dioptase; Jade, Green; Lilac Lepidolite; Meteorite, Pallasite; Peridot; Rose Quartz; Tourmaline, Pink; Rubellite

heart surgery Apatite, Green

heart, scar tissue Seriphos Green Quartz

heart weakness Heulandite, Green; Rose Quartz; Strombolite

heartburn Amblygonite; see also stomach

heavy metal elimination Dolomite; Halite, Blue; Halite, Pink; Nebula Stone; Tourmaline, Black

hemoglobin Hematite, Specular; Malachite; (Metals): Copper; see also blood

herpes Aquamarine; Cinnabar; Stibnite

HIV Cinnabar; Lemurian Jade

hives, see skin problems

hormonal balance and imbalance Ajoite; Aventurine, Blue; Bloodstone; Brazilianite; Calcite, Orange; Calcite, Red; Cuprite; (Metal): Silver; Opal, Precious (Fire); Quartz, Scepter; Sunstone; Tiger Eye; Vanadinite

hormonal shift Hemimorphite; Lepidocrocite; Moonstone

hot temper Agate, Ellensburg Blue

hydration Sodalite

hyperactivity Aventurine, Blue; Cerussite; Lepidolite; Scapolite, Yellow; Tourmaline, Pink; Tourmalne, Watermelon

hyperglycemia Sapphire, Pink

hypoglycemia Sapphire, Pink

immune system Apache tears; Aventurine, Red; Calcite, Honey; Cinnabar; Crocoite; Garnet, Black Andradite; (Metal): Silver; Proustite; Titanium Quartz; Vivianite

impotence Jasper, Red; Obsidian, Gold Sheen; Pyrite; Shiva Lingham

indigestion, see gastric disorders

infant and children, development Aventurine, Green

infections Amber; Celestite; Cinnabar; Covellite; Galena; Jade, Black; Larimar; Marcasite; Meteorite, Pallasite; Opal, Precious (Owyhee Blue); Proustite; Pyrite; Stibnite

infection, fungal Marcasite; Proustite; Pyrite

infections, yeast Covellite

infertility, male and female Bixbite; Healer’s Gold; (Metals): Copper; Pyrite; Shiva Lingam; Tangerine Quartz; see also reproductive issues

inflammation Chalcedony, Blue; Jade, Blue; Larimar; Lilac Lepidolite; Malachite; Opal, Common (Blue); Opal, Precious (Owyhee Blue)

influenza Larimar

inhalant addiction Peridot

injury Jasper, Unakite

inner ear imbalance Sapphire, Blue

insomnia Angel Phanton Quartz; Goshenite; Jasper, Mook; Lepidolite; Sugilite

insulin levels, see diabetes

intestinal disorder Sichuan Quartz; Tiger Iron; see also bowel

irritable bowel syndrome Amblygonite; Dravite; Libyan Gold Tektite; Tourmaline, Golden; jet lag Proustite

joints Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite; Lilac Lepidolite; see also skeletal system

karmic roots of disease Lapis Lazuli

kidney infection Opal, Oregon

kidneys Brazilianite; Celestite; Chrysoberyl, Golden; Golden Labradorite; Jet; Marcasite; Obsidian, Mahogany; Opal, Precious, Oregon; Rhodonite; Scapolite, Yellow; Tiger Iron; Topaz, Golden

laryngitis Agate; Aquamarine; Chrysocolla; Gem Silica; see also throat

legs Onyx; Spider Jasper; Vesuvianite; see also skeletal system

lesions Cinnabar

lethargy Russian Red Quartz

leukemia Bixbite

life force Aventurine, Green; see also prana

liver Aegirine; Aventurine, Red; Bixbite; Bloodstone; Chrysoberyl, Golden; Jasper, Rainforest; Jet; Magnetite; Marcasite; Obsidian, Mahogany; Petrified Wood; Pyromorphite; Rhodonite

love-based physiology Rose Quartz

lungs Aragonite, Blue; Black Phantom Quartz; Calcite, Blue; Curpite; Diopside; Gaia Stone; Jasper, Unakite; Lepidocrocite; Opal; Common (Pink); Opal, Common (Blue); Seraphinite; Tiger Iron

lymphatic system Calcite, Red; Halite, Blue; Prehnite; Dravite

memory Barite: Iolite; Siberian Blue Quartz

menopause, female Bloodstone; Cuprite; Diopside; Vanadinite

menopause, male Vanadinite

menstrual irregularities Covellite; Cuprite; Moonstone; Papagonite

mental focus Aventurine, Blue; Tourmaline, Pink

meridian system Calcite, Orange; Obsidian, Black; Rhodonite; Sichuan Quartz

metabolism Albite; Agni Gold Danburite: Apatite, Green; Calcite, Orange; Celestite; Citrine, Natural; Citrine, Heat Treated; Dolomite; Gaspeite; Golden Labradorite; Halite, Pink; Imperial Gold Quartz; Rhodonite; Rutile; Sunstone; Wulfenite

microbial infections, see infections

migraines Azurite; Cavansite; Gaia Stone; Herderite; Lazulite; Muscovite; Papagonite; Rhodozite; Topaz, Blue; Tourmaline, Blue

MS Eudialyte; Natrolite

multiple sclerosis, see ms

muscle issues Opal, Common (Brown or Black); Tiger Iron

muscle injuries Faden Quartz; Hematite Magnets; Jasper, Red

muscle spasm and twitches Aventurine, Blue; Magnesite

muscular system Black Phantom Quartz; Staurolite

muscular tension Magnesite; Stichtite

myelin sheath Black Phantom Quartz; Rhodochrosite; Tibetan Black Quartz

nail growth Apache Tears; Opal, Precious (White); Topaz, White

narcolepsy Chalcedony, Purple

nausea Libyan Gold Tektite; Tourmaline, Golden

neck Topaz, Blue

nerve disorders Amethyst; Natrolite; Phenacite

nerve ganglia Tibetan Black Quartz

nerve strengthening Pietersite

nerves, severed Faden Quartz; Imperial Gold Quartz

nervous breakdown Lilac Lepidolite; Lithium Quartz

nervous exhaustion Imperial Gold Quartz;

nervous system Angel Aura Quartz; Astrophyllite; Benitoite; Black Phantom Quartz; Calcite, Merkabite; Datolite; Dolomite; Eudialyte; Faden Quartz; Jade, Green; Jade, Purple; Merlinite; Rhodochrosite; Tibetan Black Quartz; Tugtupite; Variscite

neural pathway regeneration Stichtite

neuronal activity Agate, Moss

nutrient assimilation Brookite; Cacoxinite; Calcite, Pink, Opaque; Dravite; Prasiolite

nightmares Lepidolite; Lilac Lepidolite; Muscovite; Sugilite

nutrient absorption Libyan Gold Tektite

optic nerve Onyx; Rhodizite; Scapolite, Blue

osteoporosis Angelite; Black Phantom Quartz; Calcite, Red; Cryolite; Dolomite; Meteorite, Chondrite; Sphene

ovaries Carnelian; Garnet, Almandine; see also reproductive system

overeating, see weight issues

oxygenation Amethyst; Goethite; Healer’s Gold; Lepidocrocite; Magnetite; Malachite; Papagoite; Sphalerite; Tremolite; Turquoise

pain relief Hematite Magnets; Aragonite Star Clusters

palpitations Rose Quartz; Stibnite; see also heart

pancreas Calcite, Honey; Pyromorphite; Tiger Iron

parasites Proustite; Jade, Black;

parasympathetic nervous system Kunzite

Parkinson’s disease Albite; Diaspore; Eudialyte; Natrolite; Stichtite

pelvis Spider Jasper

‘phantom pain’ Rutilated Quartz

physical energy Agate, Fire

physical evolution Pyromorphite

physical fitness Adamite

physical strength Jasper, Red

pineal gland Adamite; Alexandrite; Cavansite; Hemimorphite; Sapphire, White; Sphene; Magnesite;

pituitary gland Adamite; Alexandrite; Cavansite; Hemimorphite; Sapphire, White; Sphene; Magnesite;

PMS Adamite; Ajoite; Hemimorphite

poison Spinel

polyps Chlorite Phantom Crystals

pollution, environmental Tourmaline, Black prana Cuprite

prefrontal lobes Diamond; Siberian Blue Quartz; see also brain

pregnancy Calcite, Red; Jasper, Red; Jasper, Mook; Larimar

premier healing stone Seraphinite

prosperity Amber; Apatite, Golden; Aventurine, Green

prostate gland Healer’s Gold

psoriasis, see skin problems

psychic surgery Chlorite Phantom Crystals; Seriphos Green Quartz

purification Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Jet; Rhodonite; Tourmaline, Black

radiation Chlorite Phantom Crystals; Chrysoberyl, Green; Galena; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Hollandite Quartz; Prophecy Stone; Purpurite; Pyromorphite; Smoky Quartz; Vanadinite; Willemite

radiation poisoning, see radiation

rash, see skin problems

recovery from illness Chrysoberyl, Cat’s eye

red blood cells Magnetite; Malachite; (Metals): Copper; Tiger Iron; see also blood

reflux Obsidian, Gold Sheen; Tourmaline, Golden; see also acid, digestive issues

regeneration Chryosprase; Diopside; Jasper, Mook;

removal of entities Shaman Stone

reproductive issues Calcite, Red; Covellite; Cuprite; Dioptase; Garnet, Spessartine; Lepidocrocite; Obsidian, Black; Shiva Lingham; Smithsoninte; Sunstone; Vanadinite; Zincite

reproductive system, female Crocoite; Jasper, Mook; (Metals): Copper; Smithsonite

respiratory illness Aragonite, Blue; Opal, Blue; Aragonite, Blue

respiratory system Calcite, Blue; Clinichlore; Gem Silica

rosacea, see skin problems

SAD Adamite; Amber

seasonal affective disorder, see SADs

seizure Kyanite

self-abuse Nebula Stone; Dravite

self-destructive habits Staurolite

self-discovery Astrophyllite

serotonin levels Scolecite

sexual abuse, see sexual issues

sexual energy Agate, Fire; Sapphire, Padparadsha

sexual intimacy Calcite, Red

sexual issues Cinnabar; Dioptase; Fulgurite; Jasper, Red; Quartz, Scepter; Ruby; Russian Red Quartz; Sapphire, Scepter Quartz; Padparadsha (Orange Sapphire); Tangerine Quartz; Willemite; Wulfenite; Zincite

sexual organs Bixbite; Brazilianite; Bustamite; Calcite, Orange; Cuprite; Strontianite

sexual repulsion Russian Red Quartz

sinusitis Goshenite

skeletal system Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite; Angelite; Black Phantom Quartz; Petrified Wood; Tiger Iron

skin problems Aquamarine; Jade, Purple; Marcasite; Opal, Common (Blue); Opal, Precious (White); Pyrite

sleep disorders Iolite; Lepidolite; Muscovite

social issues Cerussite

sore throat Agate; Chalcedony, Blue; Chrysocolla; Gem Silica; Larimar; Topaz, Blue

speech disorders Euclase; Topaz, Blue

spine Petrified Wood; Stichtite

spleen Aegirine; Apatite, Golden; Brazilianite; Golden Labradorite; Pyromorphite; Sapphire, Yellow; Shattuckite

spontaneous natural purging Staurolite

sports injury Hematite Magnets

stagnation Magnesite

stamina Aegirine; Agate, Fire; Citrine; Meteorite, Nickel-Iron; Rutile

stomach issues, see gastric disorder

‘stone of youth’ Chrysoprase

strength Jasper, Red; Malachite; Meteorite, Nickel-Iron; Onyx

stress Agate, Dendritic; Albite; Amazonite; Amblygonite; Angel Aura Quartz; Aqua Aura Quartz; Calcite, Pink, Transparent; Cavansite; Chrysoberyl, Green; Chrysocolla; Dolomite; Gaia Stone; Jade, Purple; Kunzite; Lilac Lepidolite; Lithium Quartz; Petalite; Rhodocrosite

stroke Herderite; Kyanite

stuttering Euclase

substance abuse Nebula Stone; Tourmalined Quartz; see also alcohol, drugs, tobacco

sunburn Chrysoberyl, Green; Purpurite

surgery, recovery Calcite, Pink, Opaque; Faden Quartz; Quartz (Clear), Self-Healed

swelling Jade, Blue

systemic illness Seraphinite

teeth Fluorite

tension Magnesite terminal prognosis Cassiterite

testes Carnelian; Garnet, Almandine; Healer’s Gold throat problems Aquamarine; Chalcedony, Blue; Opal, Precious (Owyhee Blue); Topaz, Blue

thymus gland Agate

thyroid gland Adamite; Agate; Amazonite; Cacoxinite; Chrysocolla; Ocean Jasper; Shaman Stone; Tanzanite; Topaz, Blue; Zoisite

tinnitus Amethyst; Azurite

tissue regeneration and repair Calcite, Pink, Opaque; Jade, Green; Jasper, Unakite; Malachite; (Metals): Copper; Ocean Jasper; Seriphos Green Quartz

tobacco use Dolomite; Jasper, Rainforest; Peridot; Rutile; Zircon

tonic stone Jade, Red

toxic emotion Agate, Dendritic

toxic energy and pollution from electrical systems Hematite, Specular; Jasper, Unakite; Pyromorphite

toxin elimination Aegirine; Halite, Blue; Halite, Pink; Nebula Stone; Prehnite; Prophecy Stone; Pyromorphite; Tourmaline, Black; Spinel

trauma (physical) Amazonite; Amegreen; Dioptase; Goethite; Kunzite; Kyanite; Quartz (Clear), Self-Healed; Spider Jasper; Vivianite

tumors Dream Quartz; Epidote; Opal, Precious (Black); Seriphos Green Quartz

ulcers Amblygonite; Libyan Gold Tektite; Scapolite, Pink; Tourmaline, Golden

urinary issues Celestite; Opal, Precious (Oregon); Prehnite; Topaz, Golden

vein issues Vesuvianite

venous and arterial walls Aventurine, Blue; see also circulatory system

vertigo (dizziness) Apatite, Blue; Azurite; Fairy Wand Quartz; Fluorite; Moscovite; Sapphire, Blue; Stibnite

vibrational healing Shaman Stone

virus, see infection

vision issues Fairy Wand Quartz; Lazulite; Scapolite, Blue; Sphene: Ulexite

vitality Adamite; Agate, Fire; Axinite Clinichlore; Crocoite; Cuprite; Healer’s Gold; Jasper, Red; Lemurian Jade; Malachite; Metals; Ruby; Russian Red Quartz; Sapphire, Yellow; Sunstone

vitamin assimilation Brookite

vocal cords Gem Silica; Chalcedony, Blue

warts Cinnabar

water retention Hanksite; Moonstone; Sodalite

weakness Jasper, Red

weight lifting and body building Jasper, Red; (Metals): Copper; Onyx

weight loss, see weight management

weight management Adamite; Angelite; Apatite, Golden; Astrophyllite; Calcite, Clear; Calcite, Red; Celestite; Cerussite; Citrine, Heat Treated; Dolomite; Dream Quartz; Garnet, Spessartine; Gaspeite; Iolite-Sunstone; Jasper, Red; Jasper, Rainforest; Jasper, Unakite; Magnetite; Marcasite; Onyx; Rhodonite; Ruby, Star; Russian Red Quartz; Smithsonite

wounds, see trauma

SPIRITUAL/EMOTIONAL CORRESPONDENCES

absent healing Calcite, Pink, Opaque

abundance Agate, Moss; Apatite, Green; Cassiterite; Chrysoberyl; Clinochlore; Emerald; Uvarovite Garnet; Jade, Green; Jet; Lemurian Jade; Obsidian, Mahogany; Yellow Sapphire; Topaz, Golden; Tourmaline, Golden

abuse of power Obsidian, Gold Sheen

acceleration Rutilated Quartz; Rutile

acceptance Calcite, Pink, Transparent; Seriphos Green Quartz

action, graceful Rutilated Quartz

action, productive Iolite-Sunstone; Jade, Red; Pyrite; Quartz (Clear): Scepter Quartz

activation stone Moldavite

adaptability Diaspore

addiction, behavior and recovery Aegirine; Agate, Moss; Amethyst; Black Andradite Garnet; Jade, Red; Lepidocrocite; Ocean Jasper

adventure Ruby; Sunstone

aging, slowing Jasper, Mook

agni mani (fire pearl) Moldavite; Tektite

agoraphobia Pallasite Meteorite

‘aha’ experience Calcite, Blue; Sodalite

Akashic records Alexandrite; Angelite; Apatite, Blue; Calcite, Stellar Beam; Cavansite; Celestian Quartz; Chalcedony, Purple; Covellite; Creedite; Datolite; Elestial Quartz; Euclase; Goethite; Heulandite; Labradorite; Lapis Lazuli; L:ibyan Gold Tektite; Magnesite; Chondrite Meteorite; Papagonite; Petrified Wood; White Phantom Quartz

alchemy Cinnabar; Cuprite; Wulfenite

alchemical transformation Cerussite

alignment with Divine plan Cacoxenite

alignment, Will with Heart Chrysoberyl

aligment, physical and light Variscite

Alignment, energies Magnetite

alternate lives Nuummite

alternate realm Satyaloka Quartz altruism Calcaite, Green; Chrysoprase; Kunzite; Rhodonite; Vivianite

ambition Pyrite

amplification Quartz (Clear); Rutilated Quartz; Rutile

ananda Celestite, Ohio

ancient civilizations Chalcedony, Purple; Almandine Garnet; Heulandite; Jasper, Picture; Petrified Wood; Quartz (Clear): Sunken Record Keeper

ancient knowledge Cuprite; Papagoite

angelic communication Ajoite; Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite; Angelite; Celestine; Clinochlore; Danburite; Elestial Quartz; Opal, Owyhee Blue; Prehnite

angelic connections Agni Gold Danburite; Seraphinite

angelic domain Angel Phantom Quartz; Celestite; Creedite; Elestial Quartz; Fairy Wand Quartz; Opal, Common; Seriphos Green Quartz

angelic entities Hemimorphite; Lemurian Seed Crystals; Morganite; Smithsonite

angelic guides Benitoite; Celestite; (Metal): Platinum; Purpurite

angels Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Amethyst: Chrysoberyl, Cat’s Eye; Covellite; Gem Silica; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; (Metal): Platinum; Phenacite; Selenite; Seraphinite

angels in human form Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite

anger Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite; Aquamarine; Danburite; Jade, Black; Larimar

animal communication Jasper, Mook

anxiety Andalusite; Chalcedony, Blue; Curpite; Danburite; Smithsonite; Tourmaline, Pink; Tremolite

anxiety, financial Grossular, Garnet aphrodisiac Calcite, Orange; Rubellite

appreciation Sapphire, Pink

archetypal masculine and feminine Spider Jasper

Arthurian legends Iolite

Arthurian times Merlinite

artistic expressions Agate, Fire; Iolite

artists, see creative people

Ascended Masters Prehnite

ascension Barite; Brookite; Calcite, Stellar Beam; Calcite, Merkabite; Heliodore; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’

Ascension stone Natrolite

Ashtar Tektite

assertiveness Heliodore; Jade, Red; Vesuvianite

astral energies Opal, Owyhee Blue; Tibetan Black Quartz;

astral entities Pyromorphite; Willemite

astral parasites Angel Aura Quartz; Apache Tears

astral planes Scapolite; Sichuan Quartz; Sphene; Staurolite; Stilbite

astral projection Albite; Jet

astral travel Benitoite; Calcite, Blue; Covellite; Dream Quartz; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Labradorite; Lazulite; Natrolite; Obsidian, Peacock; Opal, Common; Quartz (Clear), Tabular; Rhodizite; Blue Sapphire; Sphene

astrology Herderite; Iolite

Atlantean connection Brazilianite

Atlantis Calcite, Stellar Beam; Cathedral Quartz; White Phantom Quartz

attachment, releasing negative Barite; Lepidocrocite; Quartz (Clear)

attention, focus Onyx

attraction Epidote; Spessartine

attunement Jade, Purple; Jade, Lavendar; Obsidian, Snowflake; Russian Red Quartz; Rutile

aura balancing Hemimorphite

aura cleansing Agate, Purple Sage; Chalcedony, Purple; Smoky Quartz;

aura, healing Lithium Quartz

aura, holes Chalcedony, Blue; Tourmaline, Pink

aura, purification Marcasite

auras, seeing Calcite, Clear

auras, strengthening Green Heulandite

auric field Aragonite star Clusters; Faden Quartz; Infinite; Phenacite

auric field, cleansing Selenite

auric field stabilization Blizzard Stone

auric leaks Seriphos Green Quartz

automatic writing Shattuckite

awakening Fulgurite; Moldavite; Muscovite; Satyaloka Quartz; Scolecite; Vivianite; Zoisite

awareness, expansion Adamite; Agate, Purple Sage; Angel Aura Quartz; Angelite; Creedite; Moldavite; Petalite; Rutilated Quartz; Rutile; Blue Sapphire; Sapphire, White; Sichuan Quartz

awareness of earth-as-paradise Seriphos Green Quartz

bad habits Jasper, Unakite

balance Amethyst; Chalcedony, Blue; Diopside; Dolomite; Healer’s Gold; Jasper, Unakite; Lepidolite; Sphalerite; Tiger Eye; Tourmaline, Pink

balance of energies Blizzard Stone; Sichuan Quartz

balancing polarities Magnetite; Marcasite

beacon of light Sugilite

benevolence Elestial Quartz; Heliodore; Sunstone

birth and death Cassiterite

blessings Sunstone

blockage Calcite, Stellar Beam; Hanksite; Moldavite; Quartz (Clear), Double Terminated; Zincite

boundaries Amazonite

brain evolution Herderite; Natrolite

brain function Amethyst; Lazulite; Tugtupite

breaththrough Cavansite; Obsidian, Peacock

breath work Aragonite, Blue; Shaman Stone

bridging higher and lower worlds Covellite

bubble of light Amethyst; Tourmalined Quartz

business skills Apatite, Golden

calm Agate, Blue Lace; Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Ajoite; Amblygonite; Aqua Aura Quartz; Chalcedony, Blue; Dolomite; Gel Lithium Silica; Larimar; Opal, Common, Blue; Opal, Owyhee Blue; Smithsonite; Watermelon Tourmaline; Tremolite

career changes Cerussite

Cathars Iolite

causal dimensions Obsidian, Peacock

cellular encoding Elestial Quartz

cellular memory Almandine Garnet; Ocean Jasper; Quartz (Clear): Raised Record Keeper

centeredness Agate, Blue Lace; Chalcedony, Blue; Dolomite; Sichuan Quartz

chakras, activation Moldavite

chakras, clearing Angel Aura Quartz; Quartz (Clear)

chakras, re-energizing Hematite Magnets

channeling Angelite; Aqua Aura Quartz; Benitoite; Chjalcedony, Blue; Creedite; Danburite; Dream Quartz; Gem Silica; Hemimorphite; Iolite; Iolite-Sunstone; Lazulite; (Metal): Copper; (Metal): Niobium; Shattuckite; Zircon

charisma Spessartine

chi Cinnabar; Spessartine; Jade, Green; Jade, Red; Jasper, Red; Opal, Fire; Prehnite; Ruby; Zircon

children Lithium Quartz

Christ Rose Quartz

Christ consciousness Heliodore; Sphene; Tiger Eye; Topaz, Golden

clairaudience Cavansite; Celestite, Ohio; Chalcedony, Purple; Dumortierite; Lazulite; Siberian Blue Quartz; Tourmaline, Blue

clairsentience Celestite, Ohio; Chalcedony, Purple; Dumortierite; Lazulite; Siberian Blue Quartz; Topaz, White; Tourmaline, Blue

clairvoyance and mediumship Adamite; Adularia; Agate, Holly Blue; Angelite; Beryllonite; Calcite, Blue; Cavansite; Celestite, Ohio; Chalcedony, Purple; Covellite; Diamond; Dumortierite; Gem Silica; Gray Moonstone; Halite; Heliodore; Hemimorphite; Herderite; Iolite; Jade, Blue; Jet; Labradorite; Lazulite; Merlinite; (Metal): Niobium; Moonstone; Muscovite; Natrolite; Nuummite; Petalite; Shattuckite; Siberian Blue Quartz; Sichuan Quartz; Topaz, White; Tourmaline, Blue; Tourmaline, Blue; Ulexite

clarity Agate, Blue Lace; Agnie Gold Danburite; Albite; Amber; Amblygonite; Ametrine; Apatite, Golden; Calcite, Clear; Calcite, Red; Euclase; Fluorite; Golden Labradorite; Jade, Blue; Lemurian Jade; Moonstone; Sapphire, White; Smithsonite; Stilbite; Tremolite; Variscite

cleansing Andalusite; Brazilianite; Halite; Moldavite; Quartz (Clear); Sugilite; White Phantom Quartz

clear thinking Tourmalined Quartz;

clearing Aegirine; Quartz (Clear)

clearing spaces Calcite, Stellar Beam

‘cloak of invisibility’ Malachite

cocoon of Light Celestite, Ohio

coincidence control Labradorite

comfort, emotional Andalusite

commitment Pyrite

communication Agate, Blue Lace; Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Amazonite; Angelite; Aqua Aura Quartz; Aquamarine; Aquamarine; Aragonite, Blue; Cavansite; Chalcedony, Blue; Chrysocolla; Gem Silica; Hemimorphite; Lapis Lazuli; Lepidocrocite; Quartz (Clear): Shattuckite; Smithsonite; Topaz, Blue; Tourmaline, Blue; Turquoise

communication with animals or plants Diopside; Peridot; Serpentine

communication with higher beings Kyanite; Obsidian, Black; Prehnite

communication with Spirit Sapphire, White

communion with Creation Brookite

compassion Ajoite; Amazonite; Amegreen; Calcite, Green; Calcite, Pink, Transparent; Celestite, Ohio; Chrysoprase; Dioptase; Emerald; Gaia Stone; Halite; Jade, Lavender; Morganite; Prasiolite; Quartz (Clear): Temple Heart Crystal (Dow); Rhodochrosite; Rhodonite; Rose Quartz; Sapphire, Yellow; Smithsonite; Stichtite; Tangerine Quartz; Variscite; Vivianite

concentration Agate, Moss; Amblygonite

confidence Aegirine; Agate, Blue Lace; Ajoite; Albite; Apatite, Golden; Aragonite Star Clusters; Aventurine, Green; Calcite, Orange; Calcite, Honey; Carnelian; Golden Labradorite; Healer’s Gold; Libyan Gold Tektite; Malachite; (Metal): Gold; Morganite; Opal, Owyhee Blue; Pyrite; Rhodizite; Strontianite; Tourmaline, Golden

confusion, emotional Malachite

consciousness, expanding Agate, Holly Blue; Amegreen; Astrophyllite; Benitoite; Beryllonite; Calcite, Merkabite; Cavansite; Magnesite; Obsidian, Peacock; Quartz (Clear); Rutilated Quartz; Sichuan Quartz; Staurolite; Sunstone; Tibetan Black Quartz; Tugtupite

consciousness, multidimensional Papagoite

consciousness, pure Satyaloka Quartz

consciousness, shadow self Dravite

consciousness, visionary Diamond

consciousness, wordless Calcite, Red

contact with guides Dream Quartz

contentment Andalusite

cooling Aquamarine; Larimar

cords Quartz (Clear)

core beliefs Amazonite

cosmic attunement Angel Aura Quartz; Moldavite

cosmic connection (Metal): Platinum

cosmic energy Satyaloka Quartz

cosmic Overmind Pallasite Meteorite

counseling Chalcedony, Blue

courage Albite; Apatite, Golden; Apophyllite, Clear; Bixbite; Black Phantom Quartz; Bloodstone; Carnelian; Curpite; Emerald; Hematite; Heulandite; Iolite-Sunstone; Jade, Red; Marcasite; Obsidian, Snowflake; Peridot; Ruby; Sphalerite; Sugilite; Tiger Iron; Rubellite; Tourmaline, Golden; Dravite; Vesuvianite

creation Apatite, Golden

creative people Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Iolite-Sunstone; Larimar

creativity Adamite; Agate, Fire; Amblygonite; Amegreen; Ametrine; Black Andradite Garnet; Brazilianite; Bustamite; Calcite, Orange; Citrine; Crocoite; Fairy Wand Quartz; Spessartine; Goethite; Golden Labradorite; Herderite; Jade, Red; Lepidocrocite; Malachite; (Metal): Gold; Pyrite; Quartz (Clear): Scepter Quartz; Russian Red Quartz; Rutile; Sapphire, Yellow; Sapphire, Padparadsha; Sodalite; Tangerine Quartz; Tiger Iron; Topaz, Golden; Ulexite; Vanadinite; Willemite; Zincite

crop circles Amber

curiosity Tangerine Quartz

Dark Goddess Spider Jasper

dark night of the soul Apophyllite, Clear; Diamond

death ceremonies Cassiterite

decisiveness Ametrine; Fluorite

deep journey Nuummite; Obsidian, Rainbow

demonic influences Pyromorphite

density Epidote; Quartz (Clear)

depression Andalusite; Elestial Quartz; Eudialyte; Gel Lithium Silica; Lepidocrocite; (Metal): Gold; Obsidian, Mahogany; Ocean Jasper; Opal, Common; Strombolite; Tourmaline, Pink; Rubellite; Tremolite

desire Topaz, Golden

desperation Chalcedony, Blue

destiny path Hollandite Quartz; Nirvana Quartz; Rhodonite; Scapolite

determination Agate, Moss; Ruby; Wulfenite; Zincite

devas, devic beings Agate, Moss; Amber; Chlorite Phantom Crystals; Chrysoprase; Hemimorphite; Infinite; Jade, Purple; Jasper, Rainforest; Merlinite; Peridot; Prehnite; Staurolite

development, inner and outer Zoisite

Devic energies Apache Tears; Aventurine, Green

Devic realm Diopside; Fairy Wand Quartz; Pallasite Meteorite; Seriphos Green Quartz; Staurolite; Tourmaline, Green; Tourmaline, Watermelon

dharma (path of highest destiny) Petalite; Scapolite

diagnostic tools Aragonite Star Clusters

dimensional doorways Apophyllite, Green; Calcite, Stellar Beam; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Quartz (Clear): Portal Quartz (Time Link); Stilbite

direction Quartz (Clear): Scepter Quartz

discernment Jade, Purple; Sapphire, White; Tiger Eye

discipline Jasper, Fancy; Lazulite; Onyx; Blue Sapphire; Vanadinite

discrimination Heliodore; Jade, Blue; Sphalerite

disorientation Jasper, Picture; Magnetite

distress, emotional Rose Quartz

Divine Benevolence Agate, Purple Sage

Divine bliss, see ananda

Divine blueprint Agate, Dendritic; Agate, Fire; Agate, Moss; Clinochlore; Flint

Divine co-creation Imperial Gold Quartz

Divine communication Ajoite; Chalcedony, Blue; Covellite; Crocoite

Divine connection Alexandrite; Amethyst; Lilac Lepidolite

Divine creation Wulfenite

Divine Father (Metal): Gold

Divine Feminine Aquamarine; Curpite; Larimar; Lemurian Jade; Lemurian Seed Crystals; Seraphinite

Divine guidance Ajoite; Ametrine

Divine intention Rutile

Divine inspiration Dumortierite; Lapis Lazuli

Divine knowledge Quartz (Clear), Initiation Crystal (Channeling); Sapphire, Star

Divine Love Alexandrite; Calcite, Green; Clinochlore; Elestial Quartz; Kunzite; Lepidocrocite; Morganite; Smithsonite; Tugtupite

Divine mind Alexandrite; Dumortierite

Divine purpose Beryllonite; Cryolite; Heliodore

Divine source Danburite

Divine, union with Rose Quartz

Divine Will Ametrine; Apatite, Golden; Calcite, Stellar Beam; Heliodore; Libyan Gold Tektite; Obsidian, Gold Sheen; Opal, Common; Prasiolite; Spirit Quartz; Topaz, White; Topaz, Golden; Tourmaline, Golden

divorce Dioptase

DNA Quartz (Clear): Raised Record Keeper

doubt Jade, Black; Yellow Sapphire

downloading of spiritual information Celestine

dowsing Diopside; Infinite; Vanadinite

dream enhancement Dream Quartz

dream state Hemimorphite; Moldavite

dream stone Albite; Apatite, Blue

dream time Sphene

dreamwork Angel Phanton Quartz; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Jade, Green; Jasper, Picture; Lazulite; Rhodonite

dreams Bustamite; Goshenite; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Heulandite; Jade, Purple; Moonstone; Quartz (Clear); Smoky Quartz; Stilbite; Sugilite

dysfunctional relationships Hemimorphite

earth changes Faden Quartz

earth consciousness Jasper, Picure; Lemurian Jade

earth connection Diopside; Wulfenite

earth energies Jasper, Mook; Jet; Vanadinite

earth evolution Apophyllite

Earth Goddess Cuprite

earth healing Apophyllite, Green; Jasper, Rainforest; Obsidian, Gold Sheen

Earth Mother Ajoite; Chrysoprase; Moonstone; see also feminine, Goddess, High Priestess

Earth’s love Jasper, Rainforest

ecstasy Opal, Fire

efficiency Sodalite

electromagnetic energy Astrophyllite; Hematite Magnets

elemental beings Apache Tears

elemental forces Merlinite; Nuummite

eloquence Gem Silica

emotional abuse Calcite, Honey; Dioptase

emotional amplifier Opal, White Precious

emotional attachments, release Agate, Holly Blue

emotional baggage, release of Aquamarine

emotional balance Adularia; Calcite, Green; Jasper, Red; Malachite; Rainbow Moonstone; Thulite

emotional body Ajoite; Andalusite; Apache Tears; Aqua Aura Quartz; Smithsonite; Topaz, Blue

emotional. exhaustion Seriphos Green Quartz

emotional healing Amegreen; Apache Tears; Aragonite Star Clusters; Aragonite, Blue; Aventurine, Green; Calcite, Pink, Transparent; Eudialyte; Gaia Stone; Rhodolite Garnet; Gaspeite; Hemimorphite; Heulandite; Kunzite; Lepidopcrocite; Lepidolite; Ocean Jasper; Opal, Common, Pink; Rhodocrosite; Rose Quartz; Tourmaline, Pink; Rubellite; Dravite; Variscite

emotional paralysis Staurolite

emotional patterns, destructive Epidote

emotional perception Aragonite, Blue; Turquoise

emotional polarities Ajoite

emotional protection Opal, Common, Black and Brown

emotional resilience Imperial Gold Quartz

emotional soothing Cavansite

emotional stability Pallasite Meteorite

emotional trauma Obsidian, Mahogany

emotional turmoil Calcite, Pink, Opaque

empathy Calcite, Pink, Opaque; Hemimorphite; Kyanite; Lepidocrocite; Thulite

endurance Agate, Moss; Spinel; Vanadinite

energetic alignment Barite

energetic overload Blizzard Stone

energetic patterns Infinite

energy Aegirine; Ruby; Spider Jasper; Tiger Iron

energy, male, archetypal (Metal) Gold

energy, command of Crocoite

energy, creative Jasper, Red

energy drain Andalusite

energy, elemental Merlinite; Strombolite

energy, feminine, archetypal (Metal): Silver

energy fields Amethyst; Aragonite Star Clusters; Faden Quartz; Fluorite

energy infusion Elestial Quartz

energy, loving Rhodochrosite

energy, lunar (Metal): Silver

energy, magnification Rhodizite

energy, male Sunstone

energy, negative Apache Tears

energy, male Pyrite

energy overload Hematite Magnets

energy, regenerative Seriphos Green Quartz; Spinel

energy transmission Quartz (Clear) Double-Terminated

enlightenment Angel Aura Quartz; Crocoite; Herderite; Nirvana Quartz; (Metal): Platinum; Pietersite; Quartz (Clear): Temple Heart Crystal (Dow)

enthusiasm Adamite; Ruby; Russian Red Quartz; Strontianite; Titanium Quartz; Vesuvianite; Wulfenite

entity attachment Muscovite; Opal, Common

entity removal Astrophyllite; Quartz (Clear)

envy Jade, Black

ESP Apophyllite, Clear; Lazulite

etheric attachments Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite

etheric bandage Faden Quartz

etheric blueprint Calcite, Stellar Beam; Faden Quartz; Rutilated Quartz

etheric body Agate, Moss; Faden Quartz; Infinite

etheric ‘bodyguard’ Jade, Black

etheric chakras Selenite

etheric entity (Metal) Niobium

etheric guide Brookite

etheric parasites Proustite

STS Astrophyllite; Brookite; Chrysoberyl, Cat’s eye; Libyan Gold Tektite; (Metal): Niobium; Chondrite Meteorite; Natrolite; Prehnite; Stibnite; Tektite

euphoria Lithium Quartz

‘Eureka!’ moment Albite

evolution, personal Cerussite; Fulgurite; Moldavite; Nirvana Quartz

exorcism Astrophyllite

expansiveness Agate, Ellensburg Blue

experimentation Sunstone

extrasensory perception Blue Sapphire

extraterrestrial communication Condrite Meteorite

extraterrestrial entities Calcite, Stellar Beam; Covellite; Ulexite; Zircon

‘facing the shadow self ’ Jade, Black

faery Apache Tears; Diopside; see also fairy

faith Beryllonite

fairy Chlorite Phantom Crystals; Faden Quartz; Infinite; Pallasite Meteorite; Peridot; Prasiolite; Prehnite; Smoky Quartz; Staurolite; Ulexite

fatigue Spinel

fear Agate; Agate, Blue Lace; Ajoite; Andalusite; Angel Phanton Quartz; Aragonite Barite; Danburite; Spinel; Gel Lithium Silica; Jade, Red; Larimar; Lepidocrocite; Moldavite; Opal, Common; Opal, Owyhee Blue; Yellow Sapphire; Scapolite; Serpentine; Spirit Quartz;; Staurolite; Tourmaline, Golden

fear of confrontation Black Phantom Quartz

fear of death Shaman Stone; Tourmaline, Blue

fear of falling Apatite, Blue

fear of flying Pallasite Meteorite

fear of heights Apatite, Blue

fear of pain Shaman Stone

fear of the unknown Gaia Stone; Iolite

fear of using personal power Black Phantom Quartz

feeling at home on the Earth Siberian Blue Quartz

female energy Ajoite

feminine Moonstone, see also Goddess, Great Mother; High Priestess

feminine power Larimar; Moonstonel

flight Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite

forgiveness Ajoite; Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite; Astrophyllite; Calcite, Clear; Chrysoprase; Dioptase; Sapphire, Pink; Stichtite; Turquoise

freedom Purpurite; Sunstone

frequencies, attunement Stibnite

friendliness Strombolite

fulfillment Nebula Stone; Rhodonite

future, key to Quartz (Clear): Trigonic Quartz

future lives Quartz (Clear): Portal Quartz (Time Link)

future time stream Cryolite; Muscovite

gemstone healing layouts Topaz, Blue

generosity Rhodonite; Thulite

gentleness Rose Quaartz; Vivianite

geomancy Diopside; Infinite; Vanadinite

ghosts Smoky Quartz

Goddess Aquamarine; Lemurian Seed Crystals; Moldavite; Moonstone; Quartz (Clear) Manifest Spirit Crystal (Isis); see also feminite, High Priestess, Great Mother

Goddess energy Chrysocolla; Gaia Stone; Gem Silica; Jasper, Picture; Larimar

Goddess stone, see stone of the Goddess

Golden Void Herderite

good fortune Chrysanthemum Stone

good luck Aventurine, Green; Gaia Stone; Tektite

gratitude Apatite, Green; Hiddenite

Great Central Sun Agni Gold Danburite; Golden Labradorite; Pallasite Meteorite; Obsidian, Gold Sheen; Satyaloka Quartz; Sunstone

Great Mother Gem Silica; Jasper, Rainforest; Lemurian Seed Crystals; Moonstone; Nebula Stone; Prehnite; Rose Quartz

Green Tara Gaia Stone

grief Alexandrite; Apache Tears; Aquamarine; Cavansite; Danburite; Datolite; Gel Lithium Silica; Lepidocrocite; Rainbow Moonstone; Morganite; Stilbite; Strombolite; Dravite; Tugutpite; Zoisite

grounding Agate, Moss; Andalusite; Apache Tears; Black Obsidian; Blizzard Stone; Chrysanthemum Stone; Crocoite; Dolomite; Black Andradite Garnet; Healer’s Gold; Hematite; Specular Hematite; Jet; Magnetite; (Metal): Copper; Proustite; Ruby; Smoky Quartz; Sphalerite; Staurolite; Tiger Iron; Tourmaline, Black; Vanadinite; Zircon

grounding the Light Prophecy stone

grounding the spiritual in the physical Celestial Quartz; Flint

growth Agate, Dendritic; Aventurine, Green; Chrysoprase; Petrified Wood

guardian angels Agate, Purple Sage; Angelite

guilt, overcoming Agate, Dendritic

hall of records Calcite, Merkabite; Celestial Quartz

happiness Papagoite

harmful vibrations Astrophyllite

harmony Amazonite; Aragonite, Blue; Healer’s Gold; Rainbow Moonstone; Spirit Quartz

hatred Black Jade

healing Agate, Purple Sage; Amber; Blizzard Stone; Charoite; Clinochlore; Crocoite; Cuprite; Diopside; Emerald; Healer’s Gold; Iolite; Jasper, Fancy; Jasper, Unakite; Lemurian Jade; Lemurian Seed Crystals; Quartz (Clear), Self-Healed; Quartz (Clear); Temple Heart Crystal (Dow); Seriphos Green Quartz; Tourmaline, Green; Ziosite

healing a damaged root chakra Proustite

healing and love, broadcast Quartz (Clear)

healing energy Nebula Stone

healing from grief Goethite

healing, genetic Jasper, Mook

healing herbs Seriphos Green Quartz

healing, physical Blizzard Stone; Faden Quartz

healing words Aragonite, Blue

health Calcite, Pink, Opaque; Chrysoprase; Clinochlore; Grossular; Jade, Green; Jade, Red; Jasper, Red; Spider Jasper healthy habits Staurolite; Thulite

heart alignment Green Heulandite heart, awakening rasiolite; Colecite

heart chakra, expansion Datolite

heart connection Calcite, Green

heart, courageous Rhodochrosite; Stichtite

heart frequency Quartz (Clear)

heart healing Hiddenite; Malachite; Rose Quartz; Rubellite; Tourmaline, Watermelon

heart, kindling Vivianite

heart knowledge Apatite, Green; Kunzite; Lepidocrocite; Moldavite; Muscovite

heart, loving Hiddenite

heart of the Earth Rubellite

heart opening Diopside; Eudialyte; Lemurian Seed Crystals; Tugtupite

heart, Universal Rubellite; Tugtupite

heart wisdom Crocoite; Cryolite; Magnesite

heartbeat of the Earth Chlorite Phantom Crystals; Gaia Stone

hidden talent Rhodonite

high heart Datolite; Dioptase; Emerald

High Priestess Cuprite; (Metal): Silver; Moonstone

high will Datolite

higher brain Herderite; Natrolite

higher-chakra awakening Brookite

higher consciousness Natrolite; Tourmaline, Blue

higher dimensions Celestite; Papagoite

higher guidance Adularia; Gem Silica; Jade, Lavendar; Labradorite; Opal, Owyhee Blue

higher knowledge Calcite, Stellar Beam; Calcite, Merkabite; Magnesite; Blue Sapphire; Tremolite

higher mind Aragonite Star Clusters; Lemurian Jade; (Metal): Titanium; Rutile; Scolecite; Tremolite

higher purpose Fulgurite

higher realms Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Apophyllite; Datolite; Jasper, Unakite; Petalite; Phenacite

Higher self Agate, Moss; Amegreen; Angel Phantom Quartz; Apophyllite, Clear; Barite; Chalcedony, Purple; Clinochlore; Elestial Quartz; Hollandite Quartz; Lithium Quartz; Natrolite; Prasiolite; Sapphire, White; Scapolite; Selenite; Spirit Quartz

higher vibrations (Metal): Copper

‘holy fire’ Opal, White Precious

Holy Grail Moldavite

honesty Flint

hope Alexandrite; Beryllonite; Spinel

hope, rebirth Rose Quartz

hopelessness Datolite

humiliation Obsidian, Mahogany

humility Dolomite

humor Jade, Purple; Strombolite; Titanium Quartz

hyperactivity Gel Lithium Silica

hypnosis Blue Sapphire

hysteria Aquamarine; Staurolite; Rubellite

I AM Cavansite; Satyaloka Quartz

imagination Citrine; Opal, Oregon; Ulexite

implants Quartz (Clear)

increase Peridot; Indicolite, see Tourmaline, Blue ‘Indigos’ Tourmaline, Pink

initiation Lemurian Jade; Phenacite; Purpurite

indecision Calcite, Orange; Datolite;

infusion with Light Astrophyllite

initiation Bustamite

inner bridge Kyanite inner child Bustamite; Lepidocrocite

inner exploration Albite; Diaspore

inner guidance Adularia; Agate, Purple Sage; Cathedral Quartz; Dumortierite

inner journey Jasper, Picture

inner king Adularia; Diamond; Lapis Lazuli; Libyan Gold Tektite

inner knowledge Tanzan Aura Quartz

inner peace Angel Phantom Quartz; Cavansite; Celestite, Ohio; Fairy Wand Quartz; Lithium Quartz; Petrified Wood; Prehnite; Scolecite; Stilbite; Variscite; Vivianite

inner queen Diamond; Lapis Lazuli; Libyan Gold Tektite

‘inner radar’ Shaman Stone

inner release Obsidian Mahogany

inner sight Quartz (Clear), Initiation Crystal (Channeling)

inner silence Agate, Blue Lace; Agnite Gold Danbuite; Nirvana Quartz; Vivianite

inner strength Aventurine, Blue; Nuummite; Onyx; Tourmaline, Golden

inner truth Ajoite; Gem Silica

inner vision Ajoite; Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite; Barite; Blizzard Stone; Calcite, Blue; Covellite; Diamond; Goshenite; Iolite; Lapis Lazuli; Lithium Quartz; Magnesite; Cat’s Eye Moonstone; Phenacite; Ulexite; Willemite

inner work Agate, Dendritic

innocence Tangerine Quartz

insight Aragonite; Blue; Calcite, Clear; Calcite, Honey; Cinnabar; Lazulite; Moonstone; Obsidian, Snowflake; Pietersite; Purpurite; Rutile; Blue Sapphire; Scapolite; Siberian Blue Quartz; Sodalite

inspiration Iolite-Sunstone; Muscovite; Rutile; Spinel; Tangerine Quartz; Vivianite

inspired writing Iolite-Sunstone

instinct Jasper, Mook

integrity Crocoite; (Metal): Gold

intellectual power Calcite, Honey; Cinnabar

integration Hematite

integrity Amazonite; Euclase

intensity Diamond

intention Topaz, Golden

interdimensional awareness Apophyllite, Clear

interdimensional beings Brookite; Stibnite

interdimensional communication Aqua Aura Quartz; Astrophyllite; Brookite; (Metal): Platinum; Chondrite Meteorite; Siberian Blue Quartz

interdimensional gates Cassiterite; Phenacite

interdimensional travel Barite; Calcite, Stellar Beam; Calcite, Merkabite; Cavansite; Danburite; Dream Quartz; Fairy Wand Quartz; Heulandite; Natrolite; Pallasite Meteorite; Phenacite; Pietersite; Quartz (Clear); Rhodizite; Rutilated Quartz; Scolecite; Sphene; Willemite

interdimensional world Apache Tears

introversion (Metal): Gold

intuition Agate, Holly Blue; Alexandrite; Amegreen; Aragonite, Blue; Benitoite; Euclase; Iolite-Sunstone; Jade, Lavender; Merlinite; Moonstone; Muscovite; Nuummite; Papagoite; Phenacite; Pietersite; Prehnite; Pyromorphite; Shaman Stone; Shattuckite; Sodalite; Sphene; Tektite; Ulexite; Zoisite

invincibility Cinnabar; (Metal): Titanium

inward journeys Adularia; (Metal): Silver

isolation Andalusite

joy Adamite; Alexandrite; Angel Phantom Quartz; Apatite, Green; Beryllonite; Bustamite; Calcite, Pink, Transparent; Dioptase; Gem Silica; Hemimorphite; Jasper, Rainforest; Ocean Jasper; Opal, Oregon; Rose Quartz; Smithsonite; Stilbite; Thulite; Tourmaline, Pink; Tourmaline, Watermelon; Tugtupite

karmic patterns Dioptase

karmic understanding Aegirine; Euclase

kindness Thulite; Tourmaline, Pink

kinesiology Infinite

Kingdom of Heaven Quartz (Clear): Trigonic Quartz; Tremolite

Knights Templar Iolite

Knowledge, access Apatite, Blue; Cavansite; Black Andradite Garnet; Sunstone

knowledge fields Pallasite Meteorite

knowledge, higher Satyaloka Quartz

Kundalini Brookite; Cinnabar; Crocoite; Cuprite; Fulgurite; Almandine Garnet; Black Andradite Garnet; Infinite; Jasper, Red; Moldavite; Moonstone; Nebula Stone; Nickel-Iron Meteorite; Opal, Fire; Ruby; Russian Red Quartz; Seraphinite; Serpentine; Shiva Lingam; Stichtite; Strontianite; Tangerine Quartz

Kwan Yin Calcite, Pink, Transparent; Jade, Lavender; Quartz (Clear): Temple Heart Crystal (Dow); Smithsonite

language of Light Chalcedony, Blue

latent capacities, activation Herderite

leadership Heliodore; Iolite-Sunstone; Malachite; Strombolite; Sunstone

learning Apatite, Golden; Diopside; Dumortierite; Fluorite; Herderite; Rutile; Sphene; Ulexite

legal situations Azez Lemuria; Cathedral Quartz; Lemurian Seed Crystals; Quartz (Clear)

Lemuria White Phantom Quartz

letting go Sapphire, Pink

ley lines Diopside; Infinite; Jasper, Picture liberation Cryolite; Scapolite

life, enjoyment Ocean Jasper; Seriphos Green Quartz; Zoisite

life force Amber; Andalusite; Cuprite; Eudialyte; Jasper, Mook; Marcasite; Ruby; Russian Red Quartz; Sphalerite; Spider Jasper; Titanium Quartz; Zincite; Zircon; Zoisite; see also prana, chi

light Amber; Amethyst; Apophyllite, Clear; Hollandite Quartz; Satyaloka Quartz

light activation Hemimorphite

Light body Herderite; Phenacite

Light embodiment Star Ruby

light frequencies Aegirine

light in darkness Beryllonite

lightheartedness Gem Silica

liminal threshold Cassiterite

linking higher and lower self Prasiolite

linking mind and heart Tanzanite; Thulite

loneliness Andalusite

longevity Amber; Rose Quartz

loss Cavansite

lost information, retrieval Datolite

lost objects Staurolite

love Adamite; Bixbite; Clinochlore; Crocoite; Emerald; Gaia Stone; Lemurian Jade; Lepidocrocite; Lilac Lepidolite; Rhodonite; Rose Quartz; Sapphire, Pink; Smithsonite; Stilbite; Tourmaline, Pink; Tugtupite

love and will, blending Pyromorphite

love attractor Chrysoprase

love for the Earth Tugtupite

love, interpersonal Hiddenite

love, physical Almandine Garnet

love relationship Bixbitre; Almandine Garnet

love, unconditional Calcite, Pink, Transparent; Charoite; Scapolite; Tiger Eye

Love, Universal Smithsonite

loving-kindness Jade, Green

lucid dreaming Agate, Holly Blue; Albite; Angel Phantom Quartz; Covellite; Dream Quartz; Goshenite; Kyanite; Lazulite; Obsidian, Peacock; Rhodizite; Blue Sapphire; Scolecite; Sodalite; Staurolite; Sugilite

loyalty Goshenite

magic Cerussite; Cinnabar; Jet; Labradorite; Merlinite; Nuummite; Onyx; Opal, Black Precious; Opal, Owyhee Blue; Pietersite; Spider Jasper; Strombolite

magic, benevolent Pyromorphite

Magic Presence Chalcedony, Purple; Stichtite

Magician Cuprite

Magician archetype Cinnabar

magnetic therapy Magnetite

magnifier of intentions Amazonite; Gray Moonstone

manifestation Apatite, Golden; Brazilianite; Calcite, Clear; Cinnabar; Citrine; Gaspeite; Heliodore; Hematite; Imperial Gold Quartz; Spessartine; Uvarovite Garnet; Lemurian Jade; Libyan Gold Tektite; Obsidian, Gold Sheen; Opal, Black Precious; Petalite; Pyrite; Pyromorphite; Star Ruby; Rutilated Quartz; Rutile; Yellow Sapphire; Smoky Quartz; Tiger Iron; Topaz, Golden; Wulfenite, Zincite

manifestation and destruction Carnelian

marriage Moldavite

martial arts Jade, Red

mathematics Benitoite; Datolite; Goshenite

meditation Amethyst; Apophyllite, Clear; Aragonite, Blue; Brookite; Calcite, Green; Danburite; Diamond; Diaspore; Dioptase; Dream Quartz; Gel Lithium Silica; Gem Silica; Halite; Healer’s Gold; Herderite; Lilac Lepidolite; Lithium Quartz; Merlinite; Moonstone; Natrolite; Obsidian, Peacock; Opal, Common; Opal, Black Precious; Petalite; Phenacite; Prophecy Stone; Proustite; Quartz (Clear); Quartz (Clear), Initiation Crystal (Channeling); Rhodizite; Russian Red Quartz; Rutilated Quartz; Blue Sapphire; Scolecite; Sodalite; Sphene; Staurolite; Stibnite; Tibetan Black Quartz; Tiger Eye; Tourmaline, Blue; Tremolite; Vivianite

mediumship, see clairvoyance

memory Albite; Dumortierite; Herderite; Jasper, Red; Lazulite; Quartz (Clear); Sphene

memory, genetic Goethite

memorization Datolite

memory recovery Rhodochrosite

mental ability Albite; Cinnabar; Datolite; Blue Sapphire; Titanium Quartz; Ulexite

mental body Albite

mental clarity Adamite; Albite; Citrine; Siberian Blue Quartz; Sphene; Topaz, White

mental discipline Dumortierite

mental discomfort Papagoite

mental energy Jasper, Fancy

mental enhancement Diaspore; Fluorite; Sodalite

mental focus Ametrine; Lazulite; Libyan Gold Tektite

meridians Magnetite; Moldavite

Merkabah Vehicle of Light Papagoite

mind Calcite, Pink, Opaque; Heliodor; Topaz, Blue

mind/heart integration Amegreen

moderation Dolomite morphogenic fields Pallasite Meteorite mood swings Agate, Moss; Obsidian, Rainbow

morphic fields of knowledge Tremolite; White Phantom Quartz

multi-level awareness Agate, Holly Blue; Calcite, Clear; Cathedral Quartz

multidimensional self Astrophyllite

music of the spheres Danburite; Elestial Quartz; Fairy Wand Quartz; Golden Labradorite

musicians, see creative people

mystery (Metal): Silver; Moonstone

namaste Prasiolite

Nameless Light Satyaloka Quartz

nature connection Jasper, Rainforest; Lyanite; Prasiolite; Serpentine

nature, heart of Serpentine

Nature spirits Agate, Moss; Apache Tears; Apatite, Green; Apophyllite, Green; Brookite; Chlorite Phantom Crystals; Gaia Stone; Hemimorphite; Jasper, Rainforest; Tourmaline, Green; Tourmaline, Watermelon

negative attachments Lithium Quartz; Vesuvianite

negative energies Agate, Holly Blue; Aqua Aura Quartz; Jet; Obsidian, Gold Sheen; Pyromorphite; Smoky Quartz

negative entities, protection against Aegirine; Quartz (Clear): Trigonic Quartz

negative influences Agate, Purple Sage; Tourmalined Quartz

negative psychic ‘implants’ Obsidian, Mahogany

negative thought patterns Citrine, Heat Treated; Jade, Purple; Pyromorphite; Thulite

negativity, internalized Charoite

negativity, purging Charoite; Jade, Black; Obsidian, Black; Ocean Jasper

negativity, transformation Euclase

new directions Calcite, Honey

new paradigm Rose Quartz newborns Cassiterite

night terror Angel Phantom Quartz

nightmares Angel, Aura Quartz; Charoite; Dream Quartz; Gaia Stone; Tibetan Black Quartz

nobility Heliodore

objectivity Albite

observation Sodalite

OM Tibetan Black Quartz

oneness with the All Shiva Lingam

opening the heart Halite

opportunity Willemite

optimism Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Angel Aura Quartz; Aventurine, Green; Citrine, Heat Treated; Natrolite; Moonstone, Rainbow; Obsidian Rainbow; Opal, Fire; Ruby; Sugilite

oracles Pietersite; Shattuckite; Sodalite

order Fluorite

organization Smoky Quartz

orgone generator Rhodizite

originality Wulfenite

out-of-body experience Astrophyllite; Calcite, Stellar Beam; Papagoite; Rhodizite; Scapolite; Sphene

pain, release Aragonite Star Clusters panic Chalcedony, Blue; Larimar;

paradox Muscovite

paranormal abilities Benitoite; Diamond

paranormal activity Agate, Holly Blue;

passion Agate, Fire; Bixbite; Crocoite; Jade, Red; (Metal): Gold; Opal, Fire; Ruby; Sapphire, Pink; Tangerine Quartz; Tugtupite; Zincite

passive aggressive behavior Calcite, Pink, Opaque

past civilizations Cathedral Quartz; Heulandite

past life Amber; Angelite; Apatite; Blue; Black Shadow Quartz; Covellite; Dream Quartz; Elestial Quartz; Iolite; Jet; Lazulite; Nuummite; Obsidian, Snowflake; Opal, Common; Opal, Oregon; Papagoite; Quartz (Clear): Portal Quartz (Time Link); Scapolite; Sichuan Quartz; Sphene past-life learning Almandine Garnet

past-life memories Dioptase; Goethite; Kyanite; Labradorite; Merlinite; Petrified Wood; Quartz (Clear); Quartz (Clear): Raised Record Keeper; White Phantom Quartz

patience Dolomite; Petrified Wood

path of service Charoite pattern recognition Sodalite

peace Adularia; Agate, Moss; Angel Aura Quartz; Aqua Aura Quartz; Dioptase; Gem Silica; Lilac Lepidolite; Opal, Common; Smithsonite; Spirit Quartz; Sugilite; Turquoise

peacemaker Amazonite

perception Opal, Owyhee Blue; Smithsonite

perseverance Adamite; Jasper, Fancy; Obsidian, Black; Obsidian, Snowflake; Onyx; Zincite

persistence Agate, Moss; Calcite, Honey; Goshenite; Jasper, Unakite; Pyrite; Scapolite; Dravite; Vanadinite

personal power Petalite; Onyx; Zincite

personal will Citrine

perspective Stibnite

phobias Larimar

physical disruption, protection Faden Quartz

physical life, spiritualization Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’

planetary consciousness Satyaloka Quartz

planetary healing Jasper, Rainforest

playfulness Calcite, Orange; Opal, Fire; Sapphire, Padparadsha; Tangerine Quartz; Vanadinite

pleasure Thulite

poets, see creative people

polarities, balancing Agate, Denritic; Hematite Magnets; Shaman Stone

poltergeists Pyromorphite

positive outlook Agate, Denritic; Apache Tears; Calcite, Blue; Healer’s Gold; Strontianite

positive patterns Epidote

potential, personal Libyan Gold Tektite

poverty consciousness, overcoming Uvarovite Garnet

power Amblygonite; Golden Labradorite; Heliodore; (Metal): Titanium; Purpurite; Rhodizite; Stibnite

power of the underworld Stibnite

practicality Flint; Strontianite

prana Calcite, Red; Cuprite; Flint; Healer’s Gold; Jade, Red; Shiva Lingam; Tiger Iron; Rubellite; Tremolite

prana yama Aragonite, Blue

prayer Fulgurite; Gel Lithium Silica; Gem Silica; Goshenite

pre-brith state Calcite, Stella Beam

precognition Pietersite prescience Chalcedony, Purple prefrontal lobes Lazurlite; Phenacite

probable futures Elestial Quartz; Nebula Stone; Prophecy Stone

problem solving Muscovite

procrastination Amblygonite; Ametrine; Calcite, Honey; Spirit Quartz

programmability Quartz (Clear)

prophecy Celestite; Chalcedony, Purple; Siberian Blue Quartz; Tourmaline, Blue

prophetic vision Apophyllite, Clear; Chrysoberyl; Dumortierite; Phenacite; Prophecy Stone

prosperity Cassiterite; Chrysanthemum Stone; Chrysoprase; Dioptase; Emerald; Grossular; Uvarovite Garnet; Jade, Green; Jade, Red; Pallasite Meteorite; Peridot; Quartz (Clear); Ruby; Yellow Sapphire; Stibnite; Sunstone; Tourmaline, Golden; Variscite

protection Aegirine; Agate, Purple Sage; Amber; Amethyst; Andalusite; Apache Tears; Charoite; Black Andradite Garnet; Jade, Black; Jet; Labradorite; Malachite; Moldavite; Ruby; Smoky Quartz; Spirit Quartz; Stichtite; Tourmaline, Black

psychic activation Apatite, Blue

psychic abilities Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Agate, Holly Blue; Agate, Purple Sage; Albite; Amegreen; Amethyst; Aragonite, Blue; Benitoite; Calcite, Blue; Chalcedony, Purple; Chrysoberyl, Cat’s eye; Cinnabar; Covellite; Crocoite; Dream Quartz; Dumortierite; Flint; Fluorite; Halite; Herderite; Jade, Purple; Tanzan Aura Quartz; Jade, Blue; Kunzite; Kyanite; Lazulite; (Metal): Silver; Natrolite; Nuummite; Papagonite; Phenacite; Rhodizite; Rutilated Quartz; Rutile; Blue Sapphire; Scapolite; Siberian Blue Quartz; Sichuan Quartz; Tektite; Topaz, Blue; Tugtupite; Zircon

psychic attack Andalusite; Aqua Aura Quartz; Dream Quartz; Muscovite; Obsidian, Mahogany; Opal, Common; Opal, Owyhee Blue; Scapolite

psychic attunement Angelite; Apache Tears; Aventurine, Blue; Iolite; Jade, Lavender; Merlinite

psychic awakening Benitoite; Rhodizite; Siberian Blue Quartz

psychic centers of the brain Agate, Holly Blue

psychic clearing Halite

psychic communication Brookite; Sichuan Quartz

psychic entitites Marcasite

psychic gifts Iolite; Sapphire, White; Topaz, White; Tourmaline, Blue

psychic healers Adamite

Psychic perception Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite; Eudialyte; Magnesite; Natrolite; Rainbow Moonstone; White Moonstone

psychic powers Nebula Stone; Petalite; Rutile;

psychic protection Agate, Purple Sage; Andalusite; Apache Tears; Aqua Aura Quartz; Benitoite; Almandine Garnet; Labradorite; Lepidocrocite; Libyan Gold Tektite; Obsidian, Black; Obsidian, Peacock; Purpurite; Shaman Stone; Tourmaline, Black; Tourmalined Quartz;

psychic reading Albite; Labradorite; Prehnite

psychic surgery Calcite, Stellar Beam

psychic vampirism Adamite; Infinite; Proustite

psychic vision Calcite, Clear; Pietersite; Quartz (Clear); Blue Sapphire; Sodalite

psychics Covellite; (Metal): Niobium

psychokinesis Cavansite; Dumortierite; Lazulite; Phenacite; Siberian Blue Quartz

psychometry Cavansite; Chalcedony, Purple; Dumortierite

purification Amethyst; Bloodstone; Cacozenite; Chalcedony, Purple; Fulgurite; Hanksite; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Jade, Black; Jet; Lepidolite; Opal, Common, Pink; Opal, White Precious; Purpurite; Selenite; Spirit Quartz; Sugilite; Tibetan Black Quartz; Tourmaline, Black; Tourmalined Quartz

purification, aura Jade, Purple

purification, energy field Agate, Dendritic

purifications, spiritual Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Agate, Purple Sage

purpose Agate, Fire; Golden Labradorite

qi gong Jade, Red

quickness Sphene

radiance Diamond

Rainbow Body (Metal): Niobium; Rainbow Moonstone; Titanium Quartz

rapport Stombolite; Thulite

rapture Clinochlore; Purpurite; Sapphire, Padparadsha; Tourmaline, Blue; Tremolite; Tugtupite; Zoisite

reason Onyx

rebirth of hope, rebirthing Obsidian, Mahogany; Shaman Stone; Shiva Lingam

receptivity Kunzite

recovery of knowledge Benitoite

regeneration of the body Cacoxenite; Chlorite Phantom Crystals; Hollandite Quartz; Seraphinite

reiki Danburite; Healer’s Gold; Infinite

relationships Clinochlore; Gaia Stone; Hiddenite; Lithium Quartz

relaxation Agate, Ellensburg Blue; Apatite, Green; Aqua Aura Quartz; Calcite, Green; Dream Quartz; Fairy Wand Quartz; Gil Lithium Silica; Healer’s Gold; Lepidolite; Ocean Jasper; Scolecite; Strombolite; Titanium Quartz; Tourmaline, Pink

release of anger Calcite, Pink, Opaque

release of negativity Epidote

release of stress Dream Quartz

relief Agate, Ellensburg Blue

remote viewing Ablite; Apophyllite, Clear; Benitoite; Covellite; Diamond; Lazulite; Phenacite; Ulexite

resentment Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite; Danburite

resilience Sapphire, Pink; Stichite

revitalization Apatite, Green; Spinel

retrieval of lost (ancient) information Andalusite

retrieval of lost soul parts Quartz (Clear): Trigonic Quartz

‘return to paradise’ Lemurian Seed Crystals

revelation Cavansite

revitalization Rhodizite

risk taking Agate, Fire

romance Strontianite; Thulite

royal virtue Labradorite

sacred expression Chrysocolla

samadhi Angel Aura Quartz

scrying Merlinite; Obsidian, Black; Onyx

‘seat of the soul’ Tourmaline, Watermelon

security Almandine Garnet

self-acceptance Angel wing Blue Anhydrite; Astrophyllite; Nirvana Quartz; Dravite;

self-confidence Heliodore; Ruby; Spider Jasper

self-discipline Aventurine, Blue; Flint; Iolite-Sunstone; Lazulite; Scapolite; Sodalite

self-discovery Astrophyllite

self-doubt Eudialyte

self-esteem Bixbite; Golden Labradorite; Opal, Oregon; Tanzanite

self-healing Chlorite Phantom Crystals; Lepidocrocite; Moldavite; Seraphinite; Spider Jasper; Tiger Iron; Dravite

self-knowledge Amazonite; Astrophyllite; Stilbite; Turquoise

self-judgment Black Phantom Quartz self-love Eudialyte; Pink Halite; Rhodochrosite; Thulite; Dravite

self-mastery Nuummite; Onyx; Strontianite

self, positive Ocean Jasper

self-sabotage Apatite, Golden

self transformation Pietersite; Scapolite

self-worth Apatite, Golden; Rhodolite Garnet; Mahogany Obsidian; Spirit Quartz; Strontianite

sensory awareness Calcite, Red

sensual pleasure Ruby

Seraphim Lemurian Seed Crystals; Seraphinite

serenity Angel aura Quartz; Seriphos Green Quartz; Angelite; Celestite; Gel Lithium Silica; Jade, Lavender; Lepidolite; Lilac Lepidolite; Scolecite; Variscite

‘serpent power’ Serpentine

service to the world Quartz (Clear): Trigonic Quartz

sexual abuse Calcite, Orange; Calcite, Honey

sexual energy Jade, Red; Jasper, Red; Marcasite; Ruby; Sapphire, Padparadsha; Vanadinite; Willemite

sexuality Adamite; Agate, Fire; Bustamite; Calcite, Orange; Carnelian; Spessartine; Marcasite; (Metal): Gold; Opal, Fire; Russian Red Quartz; Padparadsha Sapphire; Strontianite; Sunstone; Wulfenite

shadow Covellite; Proustite

shadow material Black Phantom Quartz

shadow, reclaiming Proustite

shakti Jet

shamanic journey Amber; Blizzard Stone; Iolite; Jade, Purple; Jade, Black; Obsidian, Peacock; Opal, Common; Opal, Owyhee Blue; Prophecy Stone; Shaman Stone; Sodalite; Sphene; Spider Jasper

shamanic practice Adamite; Jasper, Fancy; Opal, Black Precious; Prophecy Stone

shaman Gray Moonstone; Quartz (Clear): Trigonic Quartz

shame Obsidian, Mahogany; Thulite

shape-shifting Cinnabar

shield of Light Sugilite

shyness Calcite, Orange

Sirius Calcite, Stellar Beam

social phobias Calcite, Green

solar energy Amber; Heliodore

soothing Aquamarine; Gel Lithium Silica; Larimar

soothing the emotional body Calcaite, Blue; Lilac Lepidolite; Smithsonite; Topaz, Blue

sorrow, release Alexandrite

sorrow, transmutation Papagoite

soul energy Crocoite

soul life Goethite

soul mate Chalcedony, Purple; Morganite

soul of the earth Gaia Stone

soul potential Cathedral Quartz

soul purpose Chrysanthemum Stone

soul retrieval Iolite; Jade, Black; Lepidocrocite; Nuummite; Shaman Stone

sound healers Aragonite, Blue

sovereignty Diamond; Imperial Gold Quartz; Purpurite

speaking in tongues Chalcedony, Blue; Speculite Hematite, see Hematite; Spessartine, see Garnet

spirit communication Merlinite; Obsidian, Snowflake; Obsidian, Peacock; Shattuckite;

spirit guides Dream Quartz; Hemimorphite; (Metal): Platinum; Opal, Owyhee Blue; Selenite; Smoky Quartz; White Phantom Quartz

spiritual activation Selenite

spiritual assistance Goshenite

spiritual awareness Quartz (Clear); Strontianite; Tanzanite

spiritual blueprint Tanzar Aura Quartz

spiritual commitment Euclase

spiritual connection Amegreen

spiritual courage Agni Gold Danburite; Phenacite

spiritual destiny Diamond

spiritual energy Quartz, (Clear), Integration Crystal (Transmitter)

spiritual enlightenment Apophyllite; Cavansite; Datolite; Moldavite; Satyaloka Quartz; Vivianite

spiritual evolution, rapid Moldavite; Spirit Quartz

spiritual expression Gaspeite

spiritual growth Ametrine; Blizzard Stone; Turquoise

spiritual guides Agate, Holly Blue; Agate, Purple Sage; Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite; Apophyllite, Clear; Calcite, Stellar Beam; Covellite; Lepidocrocite

spiritual healing Angelite

spiritual history Serpentine

spiritual information Cathedral Quartz

spiritual initiation Willemite

spiritual insight Angelite; Apophyllite, Clear; Gaspeite; Herderite; Hollandite Quartz; Jade, Green; Jade, Blue; Jet; Quartz, (Clear), Integration Crystal (Transmitter); Sapphire, White

spiritual light Nebula Stone

spiritual path Rhodolite Garnet

spiritual protection Tibetan Black Quartz

spiritual strength Sapphire, White; Sugilite

spiritual transformation Fulgurite; Shiva Lingam

spiritual truth Cryolite

spiritual twin Agate, Moss; Chalcedony, Purple spiritual warrior Bloodstone

spirituality Marcasite; Topaz, White

stability Agate, Moss; Aragonite, Blue; Gel Lithium Silica

stagnation, release Calcite, Clear; Sichuan Quartz

‘stairway to heaven’ Lemurian Seed Crystals

stamina Bixbite; Pyrite; Tiger Iron; Tourmaline, Green; Vanadinite

Star Seed Chondrite Meteorite; Quartz (Clear): Sunken Record Keeper

state of grace Papagoite; Stibnite

stimulant, mental Goshenite; Muscovite

stone energies (Metal): Copper

stone of Avalon Adularia

stone of eternal youth Agate, Fire

stone of miracles Benitoite

stone of Shambhala Moldavite; Tektite

stone of the Goddess Adularia; Chrysocolla

stone of the Grail Moldavite

stone of the muses Ametrine; Iolite

stone of truth Hanksite

strength Aragonite Star Clusters; Bloodstone; Almandine Garnet; Heliodore; Hematite; Jade, Red; Petrified Wood; Ruby; Sphalerite; Strontianite; Sunstone; Tiger Eye; Tiger Iron

stress Amblygonite; Apatite, Green; Fairy Wand Quartz; Opal, Common; Tremolite stress, release of Calcite, Green; Danburite; Lepidolite; Lilac Lepidolite; Lithium Quartz; Ocean Jasper; Rose Quartz; Smithsonite; Staurolite; Tourmaline, Pink

structure, creating Flint; Sodalite

stubbornness Black Phantom Quartz

study Fluorite

subconscious Sodalite

subtle bodies Aegirine

subtle energies Infinite

subtle perception Diopside

subtle vision Datolite

‘supramental force’ Prophecy Stone

surrender Ajoite; Cryolite

synchronicity Benitoite; Charoite; Chrysanthemum Stone; Euclase; Eudialyte; Malachite; Merlinite; Moldavite; Natrolite; Nuummite; Obsidian, Snowflake; Opal, Common; Quartz (Clear); Ruby; Willemite

Synergy Twelve stones Azeztulite; Brookite; Danburite; Herderite; Moldavite; Natrolite; Petalite; Phenacite; Satyaloka Quartz; Scolecite; Tanzanite; Tibetan Tektite

Synergy, heart-brain Nirvana Quartz

synesthesia Shattuckite

synthesis Dumortierite; (Metal): Titanium; Sodalite

tai chi Jade, Red

tantric love-making Crocoite

tantric practice Calcite, Red; Star Ruby

tarot Creedite; Dumortierite; Herderite; Iolite; Pietersite

teaching stone Chrysocolla

telekinesis Natrolite; Onyx

telepathy Apophyllite, Green; Calcite, Blue; Chalcedony, Blue; Diamond; Gaia Stone; Hemimorphite; Kyanite; Labradorite; Lazulite; Mucovite; Natrolite; Petalite; Phenacite; Pietersite; Quartz (Clear); Rhodizite; Rutilated Quartz; Scapolite; Tektite; Ulexite

therapy Chalcedony, Blue

third-eye chakra Phenacite

third eye stimulation Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite; Phenacite

‘thousand-petaled lotus’ Magnesite

thrift Strontianite

time stream of the future Nirvana Quartz

time travel Benitoite; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Sphene

total union, see samadhi

toxins, clearing Hanksite

tranquility Adularia; Adularia; Angel Aura Quartz; Angelite; Petalite; Scolecite

trance states Sodalite

transformation Cerussite; Covellite; (Metal): Platinum; Moldavite; Quartz (Clear); Tugtupite

transition Lemurian Jade

trauma, emotional Cuprite; Lepidolite

trickster Stibnite

trust Nirvana Quartz

truth Agni Gold Danburite; Ajoite; Aquamarine; Jasper, Red; Purpurite; Tanzanite; Turquoise

truth of the heart Kyanite

UFOS Sichuan Quartz; Smoky Quartz

unconscious (Metal): Silver union of heart and will Prehnite; Vesuvianite

unworthiness Rhodolite Garnet; Hiddenite

verbal communication Shattuckite

vertical dimension Agate, Holly Blue

vibrational level Tektite

victory Spinel

viewing, distance Rhodizite

Violet Flame Sugilite

visionary ability Dumortierite; Iolite; Iolite-Sunstone; Jade, Lavender; Rhodizite

visionary experience Beryllonite; Danburite; Dream Quartz; Herkimer Quartz ‘Diamond’; Heulandite; Natrolite

vitality Agate, Fire; Amber; Adventurine, Green; Bixbite; Bustamite; Calcite, Red; Carnelian; Clinochlore; Eudialyte; Golden Labradorite; Iolite-Sunstone; Jade, Red; Marcasite; (Metal): Gold; (Metal): Titanium; Pyrite; Ruby; Sphalerite; Strontianite; Tiger Eye; Tiger Iron; Titanium Quartz; Tourmaline, Green; Turquoise

Void of Potential Spider Jasper

vulnerability Sapphire, Pink; Stilbite; Tourmaline, Pink

walk-ins Astrophyllite; Goethite; (Metal): Platinum; Pallasite Meteorite

warmth Amber; Peridot wealth Agate, Moss; Alexandrite; Cinnabar; Emerald; Rutile; Yellow Sapphire

well-being Apatite, Green; Calcite, Pink, Opaque; Healer’s Gold; Peridot; Spider Jasper; Staurolite

White Light Phenacite; Satyaloka Quartz

white magic Black Andradite Garnet

wholeness Calcite, Pink, Opaque; Seraphinite; Tanzanite; Tourmaline, Green; Turquoise

will Agate, Fire; Amblygonite; Golden Labradorite; Heliodore; Opal, Owyhee Blue; Pietersite; Yellow Sapphire; Sphene; Tiger Iron; Topaz, Golden; Tourmaline, Golden

willpower Marcasite; Onyx; Pyrite; Scapolite

wisdom Agate, Dendritic; Alexandrite; Jade, Red; Sphene; Sunstone; Tanzanite; Turquoise

Wisdom Eye Natrolite

work Vanadinite

worry Agate Purple Sage; Almandine Garnet; Gel Lithium Silica; Lepidolite; Opal, Common; Tourmaline, Pink

wound, emotional Moonstone, Rainbow; Obsidian, Mahogany writer’s block Rutile

Yang polarity Malachite

Yin energy Gel Lithium Silica

zest for living Agate, Fire; Sapphire, Padparadsha

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Robert Simmons has been a student and investigator of many spiritual paths since a spontaneous mystical experience during his first year at Yale changed the course of his life. Fifteen years later, his encounter with Moldavite shifted and expanded his horizons yet again. In 1986, he married Kathy Helen Warner, and together they established their company, Heaven and Earth, which began as a crystal shop specializing in Moldavite, and expanded into a mail order company offering over 2,000 stone, gem and jewelry items to both individuals and stores. Robert and Kathy are co-authors of Moldavite: Starborn Stone of Transformation.

Robert has been writing and teaching about the metaphysical properties of stones for over twenty years. He is the author of the award-winning visionary novel Earthfire: A Tale of Transformation. He collects stories of individuals who have undergone profound spiritual experiences with Moldavite, with other crystals and minerals, or with no stones at all. He is co-founder of The Crystal Conference (www.thecrystalconference.com), an annual four-day weekend of seminars in which teachers and students from around the world gather to explore the energies of the mineral realm.

Robert sometimes travels to present workshops and talks on stone energies, spiritual evolution and other topics he enjoys. To contact him regarding a workshop, or to share your story of spiritual awakening, send an email to heavenandearth@earthlink.net.

Naisha Ahsian is an author, healer and teacher who has worked with thousands of people worldwide through her workshops, phone consultations and private healing practice. She is the author of The Crystal Ally Cards: The Crystal Path to Self Knowledge, The Little Book of Infinite Abundance, and co-author of The Book of Stones. She is the creator of the Crystal Resonance Therapy and Primus Activation Healing Technique spiritual healing modalities. Naisha is the director of Crystalis Institute for Personal and Planetary Evolution, an educational organization offering training and certification for Light workers worldwide.

Naisha offers a distance learning certification course in Crystal Resonance Therapy, as well as private readings and consultations utilizing the Crystal Ally Cards. In addition, she teaches workshops all over the world. To contact her regarding her course, a private consultation or a workshop, send an email to info@crystalisinstitute.com.

PHOTO CREDITS

JOHN GOODMAN 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 11.1, 11.1, 11.3, 13.1, 14.1, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 19.1, 21.2, 21.3, 23.1, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 25.1, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 30.1, 30.2, 30.4, 30.8, 30.8, 30.10, 30.10, 30.12, 30.14, 30.14, 30.17, 30.17, 30.18, 30.20, 30.21, 30.23, 30.23, 30.23, 30.25, 32.1, 32.1, 35.1, 38.1, 38.1, 40.1, 40.2, 41.1, 42.1, 42.2, 44.1, 44.3, 44.4, 44.5, 44.6, 44.8, 44.8, 44.10, 44.11, 44.1, 46.1, 47.1, 48.1, 48.2, 49.2, 50.1, 51.1, 52.1, 52.1, 53.1, 54.1, 55.4, 56.2, 58.1, 58.2, 59.3, 60.2, 61.1, 62.1, 63.1, 64.1, 64.2, 66.1, 67.1, 67.2, 69.1, 69.2, 71.1, 72.1, 76.1, 77.1, 78.1, 79.1, 82.1, 83.1, 84.1, 84.2, 85.1, 85.2, 87.1, 87.1, 88.1, 89.1, 90.1, 90.2, 91.1, 93.3, 93.4, 93.5, 93.6, 93.8, 94.1, 95.1, 96.1, 98.1, 98.1, 99.1, 100.1, 101.1, 102.1, 103.1, 105.1, 105.2, 105.3, 106.1, 107.1, 108.1, 108.1, 110.2, 110.3, 112.1, 112.2, 113.1, 114.2, 115.1, 116.1, 116.1, 117.1, 118.1, 119.1, 120.1, 121.1, 121.2, 121.4, 121.5, 121.6, 122.2, 122.3, 122.4, 122.6, 123.1, 125.1, 126.1, 126.3, 126.3, 127.1, 128.1, 128.2, 129.1, 129.2, 130.1, 132.1, 132.1, 133.1, 134.1, 135.1, 135.2, 136.1, 137.1, 138.1, 140.1, 140.1, 141.1, 142.1, 142.2, 143.1, 145.1, 146.1, 147.1, 148.1, 148.1, 148.2, 149.4, 149.5, 149.6, 150.1, 150.2, 151.1, 151.3, 151.5, 151.7, 151.7, 151.8, 152.1, 154.1, 154.2, 154.6, 158.1, 158.1, 160.1, 161.1, 161.2, 162.1, 163.1, 164.1, 164.6, 166.1, 166.1, 167.1, 167.2, 167.5, 167.7, 167.8, 167.10, 167.11, 167.12, 168.1, 169.2, 171.1, 172.1, 172.2, 173.1, 174.1, 174.6, 174.6, 176.1, 176.1, 177.1, 177.2, 177.2, 180.1, 180.1, 181.1, 182.1, 182.2, 182.6, 182.7, 182.9, 182.11, 182.13, 183.1, 184.1, 185.1, 186.1, 187.1, 187.2, 189.1, 190.3, 190.3, 191.1, 192.2, 193.1, 193.1, 194.1, 197.3, 197.6, 197.7, 197.8, 197.8, 199.1, 200.1, 202.1, 203.1, 203.1, 205.1, 205.1, 206.1, 207.1, 208.1, 209.1, 211.1, 211.1, 212.1, 213.1, 213.4, 215.1, 215.1, 216.1, 217.1, 218.1, 218.2, 219.1, 220.1, 220.1, 221.1, 223.1, 223.2, 224.1, 226.1, 228.1, 228.1, 230.1, 225.1, 232.1, 233.1, 235.1, 235.1, 236.1, 237.1, 239.1, 239.2, 240.1, 240.2, 240.8, 240.8, 240.11, 241.1, 242.1, 243.1, 243.2, 245.1, 246.1, 247.1, 248.1, 249.1, 250.1, 251.1, 254.1, 254.3, 254.5, 256.1, 257.1, 257.2, 529

JEFF SCOVIL 2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.3, 11.2, 11.3, 15.1, 15.2, 21.1, 30.1, 32.1, 32.1, 34.1, 39.1, 44.9, 49.1, 55.1, 55.2, 55.4, 57.1, 57.2, 58.2, 63.1, 66.1, 69.1, 74.1, 74.1, 76.1, 80.1, 82.1, 89.1, 89.4, 93.1, 93.1, 93.7, 105.1, 109.1, 109.2, 110.1, 111.1, 112.2, 113.2, 114.1, 121.7, 130.1, 146.1, 149.1, 149.2, 150.3, 154.1, 154.6, 155.2, 156.1, 159.1, 164.2, 164.2, 167.6, 169.1, 169.2, 192.1, 192.2, 194.1, 197.1, 197.1, 197.3, 213.1, 216.2, 222.1, 227.1, 229.1, 239.2, 240.3, 240.5, 240.6, 204.7, 245.1, 245.1, 249.1, 253.1, 254.3

ROB LAVINSKY 20.2, 34.1, 36.1, 44.2, 51.1, 55.2, 124.1, 149.2, 167.8, 197.4, 199.2, 226.1, 240.4, 252.1

Grateful acknowledgements are made to the following for the generous loans of minerals and gems to be photographed for this book.

DANIEL DEARDORFF     Ellensburg Blue Agate

LEHIGH MINERALS     Shattuckite

BOB ISAAC \ CERIDWEN’S     Tugtupite

DIMITRY BELAKOWSKI     Lepidocrosite in Quartz, Nickle-Iron Meteorite, Eudialite Cab, Chondrite Meteorite

DONALD K. OLSON     Cassiterite, Spessartite Garnet, Rhodolite Garnet, Holly Blue Agate, Smithsonite Cabs, Picture Jasper, Blue Chalcedony, Bustamite, Fire Agate

BILL GANGI \ MULTISENSORY ARTS     Fire Opal, Pink Thulite

GEM-FARE     Yellow Chrysoberyl, Chrysoberyl Crystal, Scepter Quartz, Star Ruby, Pink Sapphire Crystal, White Sapphire Crystal

DEREK LEVIN \ GEM MAKER     Burmese Lavender Jade

STEVE ROSLEY \ ROSLEY’S ROCKS AND MINERALS     Bustamite, Thulite

BOB ONNE     Titanium Quartz

CARNIVAL COMPANY     Clear Quartz specimen

ALLAN BROOKS     Merlinite

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