secrets of gemstones
I love stones. I love rocks. I love gems. They can be smooth, raw, polished, chunky, pointy, round, faceted, and carved. I love them all. My house is full of stones. Rose quartz, citrine, calcite, amethyst, labradorite, and turquoise. I have fossils, agate pyramids, moldavite, and sea glass.
In addition to using gemstones to create beautiful healing jewelry and as decorations in my home, I work with them in my healing practice. The energy is powerful and can help to release emotional blockages, align the chakras, and aid in meditation. There are many uses for gemstones and you don’t need to be a gemologist to appreciate their purpose.
In my book CHAKRA POWER! How to Fire Up Your Energy Centers to Live a Fuller Life, I offer a bonus section called ABALONE TO ZIRCON, The Meanings of the Stones You Wear. I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorites with you, as well as some of my own jewelry designs.
Quartz Crystal is the Most Powerful Healing Stone! It brings about clarity, focus, and connection to one’s Higher Self. It amplifies the energy of all other stones, and brings about spiritual healing, peace, intuition, creativity, balance, perceptiveness, and understanding. Quartz Crystals can help find what was lost, whether in a material sense or an emotional sense. It helps to dispel negativity and depression, and to solve problems. For those who often feel cold, or experience numbness, quartz crystal may be a perfect antidote. It also helps with the yin and yang of the brain by supplying energy where it is most needed. A must for your Stone collection!
Rose Quartz is the most soothing stone; a stone of gentle love bringing about peace and calm. It is a stone of friendship, and angelic connections. It can bring in romantic love, self love, self confidence and beauty. Rose quartz shares its sensual qualities with the owner, and aids in the areas of the heart, blood circulation, sexual issues and fertility. It is recommended to always keep a chunk of Rose Quartz near your computer or electronics to balance out the energy. Rose quartz is pink in color, ranging from very pale to deeper hues.
Amethyst is the Royal Stone. It is the link between our human self and our spiritual self. Supporting our journey of faith and spirit, amethyst is an all around healing stone. Great for meditation, too! Amethyst helps control addictions, stimulates inspiration, promotes inner peace, and honesty. This purple gem aids healing in the areas of the ears, bones, lungs, digestive system, respiratory tract, and skin. Amethyst also encourages sobriety, and relieves headaches.
Amber is the ultimate healing stone. Before there was penicillin, there was amber oil which was used as a cure all. Dating back to the dinosaurs, amber ranges in color from yellow to honey to green. It purifies and cleanses the aura, promotes balance, brings good luck, raises confidence levels and optimism, and supports your journey to enlightenment. It also aids healing in the areas of the stomach, gall bladder, kidneys, teeth, and joints.
Carnelian can help pull you out of a rut by promoting action and courage. It helps to stop confusion, lift your emotions, and protect you from fear and envy. As it cleanses and purifies your sacral chakra (located just below the belly button), carnelian helps to sooth menstrual cramps, support kidney function, and help battle infertility. This beautiful stone ranges in color from light red to deep brown, and helps to stimulate the absorption of vitamins.
Turquoise is an Artist’s stone promoting creativity and self expression. It helps to connect to one’s muse as it takes intuition and inspiration to new levels. It can bring good luck, foresight, spiritual grounding, and is a mood balancer. It brings about peace of mind, and loyalty. Turquoise aids healing in the areas of acid vs. alkaline, stomach and gout problems, and helps to fight against viral infections. It also creates warmth, and relaxes cramps.
For many more stones and their meanings, please visit www.CharityClarityJewelry.com or add CHAKRA POWER! How to Fire Up Your Energy Centers to Live a Fuller Life to your library. It is available on www.HarrietteKnight.com, Amazon.com and at your local Barnes & Noble Bookstore.
Harriette Knight is a Master Healer, Psychic-Medium, and Author of CHAKRA POWER! How to Fire Up Your Energy Centers to Live a Fuller Life. For life changing healing sessions, healing jewelry, and workshops, please visit www. HarrietteKnight.com or call 661-254-4747.
