Magical Crystals And Gemstones | |||
Many Wiccans and Pagans use crystals and gemstones in workings, because every stone is connected to some aspect of other debilitating diseases, blood disorders * Magical uses: A great stone for grounding and the human experience. Different traditions attribute various therapeutic and magical properties to each stones, but you centering after a ritual, also used to bring luck and good fortune can learn which correspondences work best for you. While this is by no means a comprehensive list of every stone in Lapis Lazuli existence, you can use this as a reference point and add to it in your own notes. Write down any workings you do in your * Common Name: Lapis Lazuli Book of Shadows so you can keep track of your results later on. * Also known as: Lazurite * Appearance: Shades of blue, from pale to deep; usually Agate spotted or banded * Element(s): Water * Common Name: Agate * Healing powers: Used to treat depression and lift the spirits, also connected to brow chakra and brain disorders * Appearance: Brown or gold, sometimes found banded, or in greens or blues * Magical uses: Workings involving altered consciousness, trance work, meditation, connection with the * Element(s): Earth * Healing powers: Connected to brow chakra and matters divine of the mind; used in workings related to energy, depression, mental health Moonstone * Magical uses: Brings about truth and new perspectives, memories and healing, overcoming loneliness or sadness * Common Name: Moonstone * Also known as: Cylon Opal * Other Info: Various forms include Moss Agate and Lace Agate * Appearance: White to colorless, sometimes found in pale blues; looks a bit like Opal in some cases Amber * Element(s): Water * Planetary connection: Moon * Common Name: Amber * Deity connection: Any goddess with a triple aspect - Diana, Selene, Hecate * Appearance: Light yellow to orange, sometimes found in shades of green * Healing powers: Anything related to female reproduction, childbirth, menstrual cycles * Element(s): Fire * Planetary connection: Sun * Magical uses: Can be used in workings related to wisdom and intuition, Goddess-focused rituals * Healing powers: Used to treat eyesight disorders, afflictions of the throat Obsidian * Magical uses: Provides clarity and confidence, strength and protection * Common Name: Obsidian * Other Info: Amber is not truly a stone, but a resin * Appearance: Glassy and black, shiny to smoky along edges Amethyst * Element(s): Fire * Healing powers: Draws toxins from the body, * Common Name: Amethyst * Appearance: Purple/violet form of quartz crystal particularly the liver; can be used in energy work at the base of the feet to pull toxins downwards; also protects * Element(s): Water * Astrological connection: Aquarius, Pisces soft or gentle people from abuse and harm * Magical uses: Excellent for use in scrying and * Healing powers: Connected to the crown chakra, used in treatment of depression and anxiety, stress relief intuition, also for workings involving women's mysteries or the subconscious self * Magical uses: Use in rituals for sharpening the mind and enhancing intuitive powers; also can be an aid in Opal cleansing and clearing sacred space * Common Name: Opal Bloodstone * Appearance: Found in many shades, ranging from opaque and pale to dark grays or blues, usually speckled with * Common Name: Bloodstone * Also known as: Heliotrope multiple colors * Element(s): All four * Appearance: Green, speckled with reds and golds * Element(s): Fire * Healing powers: Because it contains many of the colors found in other stones, opal works as a substitute for other * Planetary connection: Mars * Healing powers: Connected to matters of the blood, crystals; usually used in emotional and spiritual healing rather than physical such as hemorrhaging, menstrual cycles, circulatory system * Magical uses: General healing, but also used in * Magical uses: Protection, enhancing magical workings, opal absorbs the energy around it, whether positive or workings related to money and abundance, fertility negative Carnelian Quartz, Rose * Common Name: Carnelian * Appearance: Red/orange to brown, often streaked with * Common Name: Quartz, rose * Appearance: Pale pink, usually opaque white * Element(s): Grounding * Element(s): Air * Healing powers: Connected to heart chakra, issues of * Healing powers: Associated with treatment of impotency and infertility, also believed to stop nose bleeding or love and relationships * Magical uses: Any workings related to love and hemorrhaging * Magical uses: Use in magical shielding, or as a friendship, both giving and receiving love; relief of emotional issues talisman against psychic attack * Other info: Rose quartz will fade over time if left in the sun Diamond Quartz, White * Common Name: Diamond * Appearance: Colorless or white, sometimes streaked * Common Name: Quartz, white with yellows * Element(s): Air, Fire * Appearance: Clear to opaque white * Element(s): All * Planetary connection: Sun * Healing powers: Can be used for fertility issues, * Healing powers: Because it's clear, white quartz can disperse light in any color, which connects it to all seven reproductive health, sexual dysfunction * Magical uses: Use for rituals involving meditation and chakras * Magical uses: Use in any healing ritual, connecting intuition, scrying, astral travel with the Divine, workings related to intuition or spiritual growth and development Garnet * Other info: Sometimes called the "Ice of Eternity" * Common Name: Garnet * Appearance: Deep red to purple Sapphire * Element(s): Fire * Deity connection: Persephone * Common Name: Sapphire * Appearance: Various shades of blue, from pale to dark, * Healing powers: Connected to the root chakra, garnets can be used in healing of reproductive disorders and sometimes found in white or yellow * Element(s): Water regulating the menstrual cycle * Magical uses: Strongly tied to women's bodies, the * Planetary connection: Mercury * Astrological connection: Libra garnet is associated with moon magic; also used in rituals to balance the spiritual with the physical body * Healing powers: Connected to throat chakra, disorders of the respiratory system and breathing problems * Other info: In some traditions, a garnet obtained through deceit brings a curse upon the person who possesses * Magical uses: Use in rituals involving prophecy, contacting spirit guides it, until returned to the legal owner Tiger's Eye Hematite * Common Name: Tiger's Eye * Common Name: Hematite * Also known as: Paint ore, Iron rose * Also known as: Bull's Eye * Appearance: Brownish-tan or gold with black banding * Appearance: Silvery-gray, shiny black to brown * Element(s): Fire * Element(s): Fire * Planetary connection: * Planetary connection: Saturn * Healing powers: Connected to healing of inflammation * Healing powers: Enhances overall energy, general physical health and blood disorders, treatment of infection and fevers * Magical uses: Use for workings involving protection, * Magical uses: Use for courage and protection rituals particularly of home or property; also an excellent stone for willpower and confidence, problem solving, psychic Turquoise awareness * Common Name: Turquoise * Appearance: Various shades of blue, often speckled or Jade banded in black * Element(s): Water * Common Name: Jade * Also known as: Tremolite * Healing powers: Treatment of stomach disorders, eye ailments, broken bones; use for chakra alignment * Appearance: Pale green, sometimes white, pink or gray * Element(s): Earth * Magical uses: Brings about wisdom, intuition, and healing * Healing powers: Connected to healing of the internal organs such as the kidneys or spleen; also used to balance Zircon the humors of the body and promote longevity * Magical uses: Symbolic of pure love, serenity, * Common Name: Zircon innocence and truthfulness * Appearance: Colorless to white, pale orange, pink or yellow Jasper * Element(s): Fire * Planetary connection: Sun * Common Name: Jasper * Also known as: Egyptian marble * Healing powers: Sexual energy, overall healing * Magical uses: Use in rituals involving beauty, love, * Appearance: Usually a brownish-red color, often contains streaks of white peace and relationships * Other info: Because it is similar in appearance to * Element(s): Earth * Healing powers: Can be used in therapy for cancer and diamonds, some traditions use zircon as a substitute in workings | |||