Wicca 101, July 5, 1994 Topic- Crystals & Gems teacher- Cerridwen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IRC log started Tue Jul 5 22:04 Cerridwen First off, let it be known I am NO expert at this. This is just a listing of Crystals/Gemstones that can be used to heal, draw energy from etc. I will list those off first then discuss their uses. Now a bit of history on gems/stones. Gems and stones carry the living force, or energy, just as you do. For centuries, various religions have integrated use of them into their practices. Many believe that the amethyst brought forth visions and revelations. Often, gems and stones would be placed on tools of war for protection - such as an arm band. The differences between stones, gems, and crystals: Gems and crystals are the same thing. I use them differently because most people think of them as one or the other. I simply took the most common theme. Crystals are those substances which for a geometric crystalline structure ,usually the clear faceted ones. Stones tend to be opaque or translucent at the most. They are usually common. Crystals are (on the average) much more rare than stones, and thus, much more expensive. Just wanted to clear that up first. :) In Native American practices, gems and stones were collected and utilized for their healing, protective, and scrying properties. Gem power was, and still is, an actual belief and not a legend or story to them. Gems and stones were also revered for their spiritual properties and considered as aids in enhancement and growth. Stones are commonly classed as "precious" and "semi-precious". Precious stones are those that get are hard to get, such as rubies, diamonds, emeralds, and sapphires. All other stones are considered semi-precious. For example, if the world's supply of quartz crystals suddenly became difficult to obtain, clear quartz would then become a precious stone. OK, here is a list of Gems/Stones... CRYSTALS AND GEMSTONES FOR HEALING AGATE - Good for transmutation, helps with the emotion of acceptance, gives a mellow, blended aspect, beneficial in stomach area. Colors vary. AGATE/BOTSWANA - Use with high-pressure oxygen therapy, smoke inhalation. Typically white with green. AGATE/FIRE - Master healer with color therapy, enhances all essences, grounds and balances, sexual & heart chakra binder, burns energy. Typically white with red. AGATE/MOSS - Emotional priorities, mental priorities, colon, circulatory, pancreas & pulses, blood sugar balance, agriculture. Typically white with moss inside. AGATE/PICTURE - L & R brain imbalances, i.e. epilepsy, autism, dyslexia, visual problems, blood circulation to the brain, apathy is eased. ALEXANDRITE - Low self-esteem & difficulty centering imply need, central nervous system disorders, spleen & pancreas. AMBER - Memory loss, eccentric behavior, anxiety, inability to make decisions, thyroid, inner ear & neuro-tissue strengthener, activates altruistic nature, realization of the spiritual intellect. Typically yellow or orange. Amber is excellent for stress. AMETHYST - Headaches, blood sugar imbalance, brain imbalances, edginess, facilitates healing, inner peace, psychic insight, stimulates third eye, aid for meditation, spiritual opening & internal surrender. Typically transparent or purple. AQUAMARINE - Fluid retention, coughs, fear, thymus gland, calms nerves, problems with eyes, ears, jaw, neck, stomach, teeth, mental clarity, meditation. ATACAMITE - Genitals, VD, thyroid, parasympathetic ganglia. AVENTURINE - Eliminates psychosomatic ills, fear, skin diseases, nearsightedness, promotes positive attitude, creative insight. Typically green. AZURITE - Arthritis & joints, surfaces psychic blocks that form physical blocks, helps one let go of old belief systems, dissolves fear & helps transform it into understanding. AZURITE-MALACHITE - Skin diseases, anorexia, calms anxiety, lack of discipline, powerful healing force to physical body, emotional release.. Azurite-malachite is blue and green BERYL - Laziness, hiccoughs, swollen glands, eye diseases, bowel cancer. BLOODSTONE/HELIOTROPE - Circulation, all purpose healer & cleanser, stomach & bowel pain, purifies bloodstream, bladder, strengthens blood purifying organs. Typically very dark green with red and orange streaks. CARNELIAN - Grounding, stimulates curiosity & initiative, focuses attention to the present moment, use with citrine on lower 3 chakras, digestion. Typically translucent red or orange. CHALCEDONY - Touchiness, melancholy, fever, gallstones, leukemia, eye problems, stimulates maternal feelings & creativity. release. Typically a reddish color. CHRYSOCOLLA - Emotional balancer & comforter, alleviates fear, guilt & nervous tension, facilitates clairvoyance arthritis, feminine disorders, eases labor & births, thought amplifier. CHRYSOLITE - Inspiration, prophecy, toxemia, viruses, appendicitis. CHRYSOPRASE - Gout, eye problems, alleviates greed, hysteria & selfishness, VD, depression, promotes sexual organ strength. WonkoSane-- azurite and malachite are almost the same stone... not quite... so they're often found together They're the "stone" you get when you happen to find them I the same place... it's a mixture of the two. Dart-- it's not the same stone, and if you've ever seen it, you .can. tell the difference. CITRINE QUARTZ - Heart, kidney, liver & muscle healer, appendicitis, gangrene, red & white corpuscles, digestive tract, cleanses vibrations in the atmosphere, creativity, helps personal clarity, will bring out problems in the solar plexus & the heart, eliminates self-destructive tendencies. Typically a reddish yellow. CLEAR QUARTZ - Transmitter & amplifier of healing energy & clarity, balancer, channeler of universal energy & unconditional love, all purpose healer, programmable. DIAMOND - All brain diseases, pituitary & pineal glands, draws out toxins, poison remedy. Clear or milky white. DIOPSITE & ENSTATIATE - Organ rejection, heart, lung & kidney stimulation, self-esteem. ELIAT STONE - Tissue & skeletal regeneration, detoxification, antidepressant, karmic life acceptance. EMERALD - Radiation toxicity, all mental illness, circulatory & neurological disorders, transmits balance, healing & patience, increases psychic & clairvoyant abilities, meditation, keener insight into dreams. Dark green. FLOURITE - Bone disorders, anesthetic, hyperkenesis, ability to concentrate, balances polarities, 3rd eye center, mental capacity & intellect. Varied, green, blue, purple, or blue-green. GARNET/RHODOLITE - Capillaries, skin elasticity, protection from pre- cancerous conditions. Red. GARNET/SPESSARTINE - Bad dreams, depression, anger, low self esteem hemorrhages, hormone imbalances, inflammations, sexual disease. Red. HEMATITE - Blood cleanser & purifier, low self esteem, augments meridian flows, aids in astral projection. Typically Silver. HERKIMER DIAMOND - Enhances dream state, helps alleviate stress, draws toxicity from physical form, balances polarities, increases healing ability, develops ability to "give". My colors aren't always correct, so bear with me :) dart-- hematite, which is an iron ore, is THE grounding stone, and will rarely help with projection. :) JADE - Kidney, heart, larynx, liver, parathyroid, spleen, thymus, thyroid & parasympathetic ganglia healer, strengthens body, longevity. Green. JASPER/GREEN - Constipation, ulcers, intestinal spasms, bladder, gall bladder & general healer, clairvoyance, balances healer's auric field. JASPER/PICTURE - Skin, kidneys, thymus & their neurological tissues, betters the immune system, past life recall, overactivity in dream state & hallucinations show a need for it. White, Yellow-brown. JASPER/RED - Liver, stomach troubles & infections. JASPER/YELLOW - Endocrine system tissue, thymus, pancreas, sympathetic ganglia stimulation, ethereal body alignment. JET - Feminine disorders, teeth, stomach pain, glandular swelling, fevers, hair loss, alignment of lower spine. KUNZITE - Alcoholism, anorexia, arthritis, epilepsy, gout, headaches, colitis, retardation, memory loss, schizophrenia & manic-depression, phobias, emotional equilibrium, thyroid malignancy, gums, pain, self-esteem. LAPIS - Neuralgia, melancholy, fevers, inflammations, penetrates subconscious blockages, throat chakra, sore throat, energy focuser for teachers, lecturers & speakers, mental & spiritual cleanser, used on 3rd eye for meditation, eliminates old & negative emotions, use with other healing stones, thought form amplification, helps in creating mantras. Blue or green. LAZULITE - Frontal lobe stimulation, hypertension, liver diseases, immune system. MALACHITE - Draws out impurities on all levels, balances L & R brain functions, mental illness, co-ordination and vision, radiation eliminator, evil eye protector, all purpose healer, especially in solar plexus & good for healers. Blue or green. MOONSTONE - Soothes & balances the emotions, helps eliminate fear "feeling", encourages inner growth & strength, aids peace & harmony & psychic abilities, aligns vertebrae, digestive aid. Varied, pink, white, blue, or green. MORGANITE - Larynx, lungs, thyroid, parasympathetic nervous system, major muscle tissues. NATROLITE - Color, lower intestines, thyroid, sciatic nerve, parasympathetic nervous system. OBSIDIAN - Protects the gentle from being abused, stabilizer, stomach, intestine & general muscle tissue healer, bacterial & viral inflammations. Black. ONYX - Objective thinking, spiritual inspiration, control of emotions & passions, help eliminate negative thinking, apathy, stress & neurological disorders, also used as a heart, kidney, nerve, skin, capillary, hair, eye and nail strengthener. Black. OPAL/CHERRY - Red corpuscle & blood disorders, depression, apathy, lethargy, intuition & joy. OPAL/DARK - Reproductive organs, spleen & pancreas, filters red corpuscles & aids white corpuscles, bone marrow, depression, esp. of sexual origin, balances, amplifies creative & intuitive thought, grounds radical emotional body. Typically Red. Cherry Opal is reddish, also Fire Opal. there is also a white opal :) dark opal is kinda blue as well as black, kinda mixed. OPAL/JELLY - Spleen & abdominal diseases, cellular reproductive problems, helps absorb nutrients, minimizes wide mood swings, mystical thought amplifier. Typically Orange. OPAL/LIGHT - Balances L & R brain hemispheres for neuro disorders, stimulates white corpuscles, helps bring the emotions to mystical experiences, aids abdomen, pituitary & thymus problems. Typically Yellow. PEARL - Eliminates emotional imbalances, helps one master the heart chakra, aids stomach, spleen, intestinal tract & ulcer problems. Typically White or cream. PERIDOT - Protects against nervousness, helps alleviate spiritual fear, aids in healing hurt feelings & bruised egos, incurs strength & physical vitality, aligns subtle bodies, amplifies other vibrational energies & positive emotional outlook, helps liver & adrenal function. Typically Green. PYRITE - Helps purify the bloodstream and upper respiratory tract, upper intestines, digestive aid, nervous exhaustion, grounding. Gold. QUARTZ/SOLUTION - Lymphatic cancer & circulatory problems, helps the psychologically inflexible. RHODOCHROSITE - Narcolepsy & narcophobia, poor eyesight, extreme emotional trauma, mental breakdown, nightmares & hallucinations, astral body, kidneys, clears solar plexus of blocked energy, unconditional love & forgiveness, evil eye protection, helps one utilize the creative power of the higher energy centers. Pink and white. RHODONITE - Inner ear, alleviates anxiety, confusion & mental unrest, promotes calm, self worth, confidence & enhanced sensitivity. RHYOLITE - Balances emotions, self worth, enhances capacity to love, aligns emotional & spiritual bodies, stimulates clarity of self expression. ROSE QUARTZ - Heart chakra opener, love & self-acceptance healer for emotional wounds, dissipates anger & tension. Pink. Again my colors may be off here :) ROYAL AZEL (SUGALITE or LUVALITE) - L & R hemisphere balance, opens crown chakra, heart expression, increases altruism, visions & general understanding, protects against negative vibrations, helps one gain power to balance the physical body. RUBY - Heart chakra, balances love & all spiritual endeavors, self-esteem, strengthens neurological tissues around the heart, prevents miscarriages. Red. RUTILE - Alleviates blockages within the psyche from childhood pressures. SAPPHIRE - Spiritual enlightenment, inner peace, colic, rheumatism, mental illness, pituitary, metabolic rate of glandular functions, anti- depressant, aids psychokinesis, telepathy, clairvoyance & astral projection, personal expression, also for pain. Blue. SARDONYX - Mental self control, depression, anxiety & especially for grief. Deep blue. Rhodonite is also excellent at maintaining phy, strength. SMITHSONITE - Eases fear of interpersonal relationships, merges astral & emotional bodies, balances perspective. SMOKY QUARTZ - Stimulates Kundalini energy, cleanses & protects the astral field, draws out distortion on all levels, good for hyperactivity & excess energy, grounding. SODOLITE - Over sensitivity, helps intellectual understanding of a situation, awakens 3rd eye, cleanses the mind. Deep blue. SPINEL - Leg conditions, when worn on solar plexus, powerful general healer, detoxification aid. TIGER'S EYE - Mind focuser, helps purify the blood system of pollutions & toxins, psychic vision, grounding. Honey-brown. TOPAZ - Balances emotions, calms passions, gout, blood disorders, hemorrhages, increases poor appetite, general tissue regeneration, VD, tuberculosis, reverses aging, spiritual rejuvenation, endocrine system stimulation, releases tension, feelings of joy. Typically orange or blue. TOURMELINE - Dispels fear & negativity & grief, calms nerves, concentration & eloquence improve, genetic disorders, cancer & hormones regulated, raises vibrations, charisma, universal tranquil sleep. TOURMELINE/BLACK - Arthritis, dyslexia, syphilis, heart diseases, anxiety, disorientation, raises altruism, deflects negativity, neutralizes distorted energies, i.e. resentment & insecurity. TOURMELINE/RUBELLITE - Creativity, fertility, balances passive or aggressive nature. TOURMELINE/GREEN - Creativity, opens heart chakra, immune system, psychological problems with the father, blood pressure, asthma, balancer, eliminates conflict within. TOURMALINE/BLUE (INDICOLITE) - Lungs, larynx, thyroid, parasympathetic nerves. TOURMELINE/WATERMELON - Heart chakra healer, imparts sense of humor to those who need it, balancer, eliminates guilt, nervous system, integration, security & self-containment. and Yellow (most common ) :) TURQUOISE - Master healer, protects against environmental pollutants, strengthens anatomy & guards against all disease, improved absorption of nutrients, tissue regeneration, subtle body alignment & strengthening. Baby blue, with some green. Gem Energy The energy force of gems and stones can be absorbed into the human body. They can be used in spells and hands-on healing, or they can enhance you personally, i.e., taken with you on a trip in a pocket. They can also assist in meditation. Since we absorb the energy of gems and stones an overload can occur. If you begin to feel uncomfortable with any gem or stone, cease use and experimentation for a moment. Later, you can try to determine if it was the gem/stone or another factor. Although gems and stones have overall properties and meanings amassed through the years, each person interacts differently with them due to individual spiritual and physical chemistry. You will find special stones that just seem to "feel" right for you, these are usually the best stones to use in magick. Color should be an important factor when using gems with stones. For example, the color pink is for loving, healing, and soft emotions. Therefore, we know this stone has something to do with these principles, though we just can't pinpoint all the details immediately. don't pick a stone only for the color :) Birthstones January-Garnet February-Amethyst March-Aquamarine April-Diamond May-Emerald June-Pearl July-Ruby August-Peridot September-Sapphire October-Opal November-Topaz December-Onyx Using Gems and Stones All gems and stones should be cleansed and empowered. note: empowered simply means to instill some of your own energy into the stone. This means sit with it in your hand and envision what you wish from the stone or what you will use the stone for at some point. To cleanse the stone it is best to either place the stone in a stream of natural water from a lake or simply hold them under a faucet. Moonlight and sunlight are the best cleansers. Wear gems and stones as close to the body as possible. Place them in a pocket or wear them on a string around your neck close to your heart. Always remember the size of the stone is not important. Gems and stones can also be placed on magickal tools, as well, with glue or wire. Some beautiful pieces can be made such as goblets, Tarot boxes, wands, baskets, and herb containers. Astrological Correspondences Aries-Carnelian, Garnet Taurus-Malachite, Hematite Gemini-Citrine, Moonstone Cancer-Moonstone, Blue Lace Agate Leo-Amber, Citrine Virgo-Lapis, Moss/Tree/Agate Libra-Rose Quartz, Opal Scorpio-Garnet, Onyx Sagittarius-Red Jasper, Tigers Eye Capricorn-Yellow Jasper, Smoky Quartz Aquarius-Amethyst, Citrine Pisces-Turquoise, Bloodstone Crystals I use crystals in magick workings, which is why they are last. when you pick up a crystal imagine that you are plugging in into your energy system, much like plugging in a television. Crystals have a variety of uses. They can enhance psychic powers, aid in vision quests, and be worn as protective shields. they are used for prophecy, energizing, and thought storage retrieval. They are excellent projectors. Crystals are unique in that they can be programmed by yourself. This is done by holding the crystal and using your third eyes, as mentioned earlier. A crystals power is enhanced by the direct moonlight. Crystals are often used as a dream tool, by placing it under your pillow. Crystals can also be used to heal, by placing the right crystal on the area that needs to be healed and saying a simple chat for that area, one can cause miraculous events. Keep your crystals in pouches to prevent cracking or chipping. Also remember to keep a journal of your discoveries. This will assist you in your future workings with them. Most of the information is from : "Crystal Enlightenment, Vol.I", by Katrina Raphael "Crystal Healing, Vol.II", by Katrina Raphael "The Complete Crystal Guidebook", by Uma Silbey "Gem Elixirs & Vibrational Healing I", by Garudas "Healing With Crystals & Gemstones", by Daya Saral Chocron "Spiritual Value of Gem Stones", by Richardson & Huett "To Ride A Silver Broomstick: New Generation "Witchcraft", by Silver RavenWolf I can also give you some more on correspondences if you want? :) I suggest all the above works for further information. Also I do believe that Scott Cunnigham has a book on crystals, unfortunately I lost my copy. *sigh* Any questions ? I would at another time also like to do classes on BOS, journals, and healing herbs. So Ham when you can't find a teacher, just let me know in advance a bit, if you need me and I'll be glad to gather some notes together, provided that I taught anyone anything *THIS* time... Hamachi-- Q: do you use the 3rd eye to empower ALL the stones, even though they may be more for other chakras? Mal-2-- The book by Scott Cunningham, for any interested parties, is titled Crystal, Gem and Metal Magic. Cerridwen-- Hamachi: they can be empowered by any chakra, that just usually works best :) Hamachi-- and can you use 3rd eye as well as others? Cerridwen-- Mal-2 thank you Hamachi-- I mean.... well I'm not really sure, but solar plexus energy sometimes feels different from 3rd-eye energy so maybe I'd wanna fill it with a bit of each kind Cerridwen-- perhaps, yes if you like -------------------------------------------------------------------------------