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Kyanite – Stone Of The Month

The name Kyanite is derived from the Greek word Kyanos, literally meaning blue. It is a form of Aluminum Silicate (Al2 SiO5 ) that forms in blade crystals and has a hardness rating between 4.5 to 6.5 on the Mohs Scale.
It is a typically blue silicate mineral, commonly found in aluminum-rich metamorphic pegmatites and/or sedimentary rock. It occurs in various locations around the world, but the best quality of Blue Kyanite is mined in Nepal and Tibet.
Other colors include Indigo (India/Nepal), Green (Pakistan), Black (from Brazil), and Orange (found recently in Tanzania) and more rarely in White, Gray, Pink, and Yellow varieties.
Occasionally it contains enough clean gemmy material to be cut into beads and polished pieces.  Since it falls into the rare polymorphic group – one that displays varying hardness within one specimen – these polished pieces are rather uncommon.  Much like Diamonds, Kyanite has perfect cleavage in one direction, this combined with its varying hardness makes Kyanite quite a challenging gem to cut and polish.
I will concentrate on the most readily available colors.

 

Orange, Black, Blue, and Green Kyanite

Orange, Black, Blue, and Green Kyanite

Kyanite’s message is one of cleansing and alignment.

All the colors effect the entire system, but they also influence their individual chakras strongly.  They are all well known for their ability to align the chakras and open the energy centers. This occurs without the user needing to direct it by thought.  Just carrying a piece will help bring the energy centers into alignment, but if it is consciously directed, its effects will be greatly magnified.
Additionally, the stone does not accumulate negativity and can be used continually without needing a cleansing period. It is particularly beneficial for recovery from injuries, re-aligning the subtle energies that were disrupted.
Using it at the beginning of a meditation session allows the user to begin with chakras opened and aligned.  It also helps to calm the mind and to achieve the meditative state more easily.

The Blue and Indigo varieties resonate most strongly with the throat and third eye, facilitating the opening of the third eye during spiritual work and the throat chakra for communication of the information gleaned during the session. They are also very beneficial for working with group energies, whether these be in a healing or prayer circle or in a business meeting, kyanite helps the co-creative process flow more smoothly and lessens conflicts.

Black Kyanite resonates strongly with the root chakra.  It deepens our connection to the physical, natural world. It brings power and strength, relieving fears associated with the physical existence here on Earth and shields from psychic attack.
Much like Jet, it offers protection and a retreat, the safety of being hidden from your enemies. It is excellent for acessing childhood memories and helping to relieve the effects of early trauma, facilitating healing form our past.  Additionally, it amplifies grounding energies, supports environmental healing, connecting with those who are pulling pollution out of the earth and assisting the evolution of the planet. It is a fine stone to include in grids to rid areas of negative or malignant energies – like hauntings – since low frequency entities cannot tolerate it.

Green Kyanite focuses on the heart chakra. It helps one to see where another’s “heart” lies or what the truth is when working with others.  Carrying it with you can help when in the company of others of whom you are unsure, by helping you to look within the heart of that person to see their true motives behind any statement or action. It also helps to overcome depression by offering hope and support for the internal adjustment and growth needed to bring about positive physical changes.
It can be used to facilitate communications with the Devic realm and nature spirits.

And lastly, Orange Kyanite resonates with the sacral chakra, bringing its uplifting and optimistic energy to the user.  It encourages us to bring light and high vibrational energies to our creative pursuits and to explore our passion for life. It may also be benificial for those seeking fertility, both physically and spiritually.

Kyanite is a beautiful stone and packs quite a powerful punch in any of its forms.

See you at the Fair!

Indigo Gabbro – Stone of the Month

Indigo Gabbro is a stone that is one of the best facilitators for energy transference.

Gabbro in general is a igneous stone, and the Indigo variety is mined mainly in Madagascar with some material coming from Alaska.  It is formed of silicate [SiO2, or quartz] that is rich in magnesium and iron. It has a chemical equivalent to basalt, but with decidedly different energies.
Indigo Gabbro contains a combination that can include feldspar, chlorite, serpentine, muscovite, pyroxene, hercynite, and magnetite in a charcoal colored matrix; it may also contain small amounts of olivine, chrome garnet, actinolite, and biotite; It can also contain valuable amounts of chromium, nickel, cobalt, gold, silver, platinum, and copper sulfides. The material that I have obtained shows a lovely iridescent sheen across the chocolate colored parts of its surface.

Slab showing crystalline structure of Indigo Gabbro

 Indigo Gabbro is said to amplify the energy channeled by various forms of Lightwork such as Reiki, Color Healing, Earth Healing, Gridding etc. This is facilitated by holding a piece of Indigo Gabbro in each hand during the work.  The stone grounds you firmly into the Earth’s “battery” and opens the spiraling gates for both the energies of Heaven and Earth to move through the practitioner into the subject at a greatly accelerated rate.  It further anchors the vibration of intention into the healer/practitioner and the Earth while helping the practitioner move into harmony with their greater or Soul’s purpose.
It seems amplify and adjust the energies of any other stones being used during the treatment.  I particularly like its interaction with selenite, nuummit, and covellite.  I am experimenting with this further as of the writing of this column.
It is said to adjust the energies of “hot” stones such as Moldavite, Phenacite, or Danburyite so that the user may more easily adjust and resonate with the stone, easing the vibrational “oomph” caused by the rapid rise in frequency- all without moving the subject out of balance due to overload.  This is said to allow the subject to more fully access the information of the stone.
It is believed to work to open the Third Eye, facilitating the training of psychic and intuitive abilities and increasing the user’s sensitivity to the “unseen”.  It has been said to facilitate communications with the spiritual realm and with the natural world – plant, mineral, and animal.
It is also said to help clear the aura and remove energy attachments, entities, and implants by the application of the stone to the base of the skull for 15 to 30 minutes while focusing energy on clearing the subject’s physical and etheric bodies.  The stone works to vacuum the energies out of the subject.  Keeping the stone in close  proximity to the body while meditating or sleeping is said to work to maintain the freedom from energy implants, negative entities, and drainers.
The stone should be cleansed after use by placing in a container of salt that is reserved solely for the cleaning of stones and crystals, for at least 24 hours – up to two weeks for really nasty removals.
This has been a very fun stone to research and experiment with, and I look forward to sharing my future findings and the findings of other practitioners with you as the information becomes available.

Not All Vampires Sparkle…

I know Halloween isn’t until next month but I felt the need to talk about Vampires. I’m not talking about the broody, sparkly vampires of Twilight, but about those vampires that appear in our lives everyday. Those Energy Vampires show up in our lives not to drain us of our blood but of our energy.

Energy Vampires come in all shapes and sizes, but they have one thing in common. They use their stories to take energy from us. Have you been around someone who has drama in their lives constantly? Even a broken fingernail is a reason to plunge them into negativity. There are also those Energy Vampires who are very passive aggressive. They still have an undercurrent of negativity in their lives. Often for them it is the “poor pitiful me”.

You might ask if they are aware that they are Energy Vampires. I can honestly say from my experience that the majority are unaware. Most people are really unaware of their energy or where it is flowing and what it is doing. I think they just recognize that they feel better after talking or engaging with people. Of course, those who they have engaged with feel drained.

We will always come in contact with Energy Vampires. Although a necklace of garlic might keep people away, a true Energy Vampire will still find a way into your energy. How do you handle an Energy Vampire without seeming uncaring. One thing is please do not feed into the Energy Vampires story. If they say their world is coming to an end then simply reply that you are sorry. Don’t add more fuel to the story by asking them to explain more. Change the subject to something more positive. If they won’t let up then you will want to set a boundary. Let them lovingly know that you want to help them focus more on the positive so that you both feel better. Sometimes they may try to pull you into situations that are not yours to deal with. In that case you may want to tell them that you don’t feel comfortable with that and then change the subject or remove yourself. It can all be done lovingly.

Energy Vampires can literally have you feeling anger, frustration, depression, and even physically drained. And it’s not even your issues! We are all at risk of Energy Vampires and we are at risk of being Energy Vampires ourselves. So let’s check how we are interacting with others. Are we draining the energy of those around us or are we encouraging and inspiring those around us? Please note that it is OK to vent and share your positive and your negative stories with those who love you but be aware of how much energy you give to those stories and try to quickly change your perspective about the story. Don’t continually tell the story and not do anything to try and change it to a more positive tale.

Take care of yourself and take care that you don’t become an Energy Vampire yourself!

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Peridot – August’s Gemstone of the Month

August’s Stone of the Month

Peridot is a green crystalline stone ranging in color from bright lime to emerald,  called Olivine when the color shifts to a more yellow or the stone is of lower quality and clarity, and known to the ancient Egyptians as “The Stone Of The Sun” and the Greeks as Chrysolite, and even found in meteorites and called Pallasite meteor.

Pallasite – Meteoric Peridot

Mined in antiquity from wide range of sites from Hawaii, where it is associated with the Goddess Pele, to parts of Africa, Sri Lanka, China, Aztec Mexico, and the oldest known mining site in the ancient world in Egypt, it has always been a highly sought stone.
Though it is found worldwide, 80%-95% of the available gems are mined here in the USA, from Peridot Mesa on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona.  It is (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 and its hardness runs 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale making it suitable for pendants, earrings, and for the more careful – rings.

Peridot’s metaphysical message is as multifaceted as it’s crystal structure.  Most of our knowledge comes from the Arabs, Romans, and Greeks who tell us that it was used to lessen the pain of childbirth and speed delivery, to ward off evil when worn on the left side, and to dispel “Terrors of the Night” when worn set in gold.  Beads of Peridot were said to be particularly effective and prized by our ancestors.

It has also been associated with the energy of the Archangel Raphael for those in need of healing, wholeness, and unity.

Melody reports it as acting on all the organs of the torso with a strong healing, protective, and cleansing action.  Its protective action is believed to be so strong in fact that she recommends removing peridot jewelry when receiving energy work so that the practitioner can better access the patient’s field.   Then, after the session, the stone will protect the wearer’s newly aligned energy from outside influences.  Any internal influences must be addressed by the wearer.  Labradorite or Tourmilinated Quartz would be well paired with Peridot for protection.  For the brave, it could be paired with Obsidian for facing and exorcising any internal emotional issues.

Further, she states that Peridot helps us to recognize detrimental patterns in our lives and helps us to release them and move on.  It is a healer of emotional wounds, helping us to let  go of hurt feelings, bruised egos, and heartbreak.  It reminds us to be more open and accepting in love relationships as we all come with baggage. For this, I would pair it with Rose Quartz for its gentle self love and acceptance.

It is considered a stone that is lucky for prosperity, business, and for bringing in money.  I would keep it in the cash box and pair it with Citrine for holding on to that cash and using it wisely.

Finally, Peridot is associated with finding lost items, so it couldn’t hurt to hold it while you say St Anthony’s prayer to find that lost item!

Peridot’s energy is gentle and uplifting, suitable for people of all ages and mental states.  Truly a gift to humanity.

See you at the Fair!