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Welcome to my blog about crystals, rocks and how to use them. This is a place that you can get tips, tricks and ideas about how to use your crystals as well as what they mean in your life. I am always looking to expand my own knowlege of crystals and learn from them and this blog is all about that!

So Enjoy and thanks for taking a peek!

And be sure to visit my online "rock" shop! www.RocksAndReiki.com
Namaste, Starlene

Friday, November 27, 2009

Metaphysical Healing Properties of Cavansite

Metaphysical Healing Properties of Cavansite

Cavansite is a beautiful blue color that ranges from turquoise blue to deep blue. The components of Cavansite are calcium and Vanadinite. It is a fairly new, known stone that was found in the 70s.

Cavansite is a wonderful stone for someone who wants to become a channel or connect with the spirit realm. It's strong connection to the third eye chakra allows one to develop their intuition and psychic abilities. People that are mediums, or do things such as remote viewing can also benefit from using Cavansite, because it allows one to step aside, letting the truth flow freely without doubt.

Cavansite is known to help one view their past lives, and see the lessons that you have learned. By doing this Cavansite allows one to joyfully release those lessons so that the person can move forward into the future with grace. Cavansite is also very helpful for someone to feel excited and hopeful about the future or new projects they are about to undertake.

Because of Cavansite's beautiful color blue and being associated with the throat chakra, it isn't communication, especially in written form. This stone is a great stone for writers for teachers as they can assist in one having a clear and concise communication of their intended message. Cavansite is also helpful with opening communication of one's creativity, so if you are in need of tapping into your creative side, then Cavansite may be helpful for you.

Physically Cavansite can help to stimulate the endocrine system, in particular. It works with the pituitary and pineal glands. Condensate is also helpful with migraines and headaches, in particular ones that are caused from stressful situations. This mineral has also been used to treat disorders of teeth, the blood, and disorders of the eyes.

You can purchase this type of crystal (and 100's of others) at my online rocks and reiki shop.

www.rocksandreiki.com

Namaste, Starlene Breiter

Friday, November 20, 2009

Metaphysical Healing Properties of Scolecite

Metaphysical healing properties of Scolecite

Scolecite is a very peaceful and calming stone, it emanates a deep and relaxing peace that travels throughout one chakras system and aura. This stone helps to promote a very relaxed and uplifted feeling, it is a wonderful stone to use in meditation, or someone looking to open there third eye chakra.

Scolecite is said to be one of the stones that will help you connect with extraterrestrial beings, if you want to. Aside from the connecting with extraterrestrial beings, scolecite can also help you connect with inter-dimensional beings, such as angels, spirit guides, fairies and the like. Scolecite is helpful in accessing the Akashic records, it allows you to get information on ancient knowledge from past and even future civilizations.

Some of the beauties of scolecite is its gentle awakening of your third eye and higher mind. Scolecite works by mildly opening and cleaning your chakras allowing the Light to shine through them. This stone is a wonderful stone for someone that is looking to communicate through their heart chakra, and this communication can be toward humans, spirit, or any other sentient beings. Scolecite helps to keep in mind that we are all part of the same energy manifested in a different way, therefore, it lends a little heart to everything you do!

On a physical level, scolecite is a helpful mineral that brings peace and calm when someone is having a distressful time. It is also said to help support proper serotonin levels in the brain.

My personal experience with scolecite, is that it is a very powerful higher chakra stone that blends the heart with the higher chakras. I have felt ungrounded when using this stone on a regular basis. That being said, there is a time when I want to feel ungrounded and ethereal, such as when I meditate or open myself up intuitively. I would follow up using a piece of scolecite with using black tourmaline or some other stones to help me get my feet back on the ground or doing some other sort of grounding exercise. This helps me keep the balance with the high vibration of scolecite and my desire to remain grounded and centered.

Scolecite is connected to the astrological zodiac sign of Capricorn.

You can find this stone (and many others) on my website www.rocksandreiki.com

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Crystals to use with our Animal Friends

This article was written by Summer Lane, shes my assistant and she works with Animals, Crystals and Animal Spirits. She wrote this article for our newsletter for November and I thought I'd share it here :)

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Crystals to use with our Animal Friends

Fluori
te for training problems, low vitality, anorexia, arthritis and rheumatism.

Rose Quartz for healing the heart, past abuse, rescued animals, cruelty, fear anger and aggression and stress related asthma.

Carnelian for depression, weakness during illness, training problems, poor apatite, low energy, lack of focus and sad or elderly animals.

Amethyst for grief, fear, disorientation, panic attacks, longing for, separation anxiety and bereavement.

The above stones are helpful for your animals and the symptoms that are given. Next month Sami will be sharing some gemstone and crystal animal healing charms to share with everyone so stay tunes for those. In the meanwhile if you would like to contact her about getting a specific charm for your fur baby, email her at summerlane3@gmail.com to inquire.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

How to Make a Crystal Elixir

Crystal Elixirs

This article will explain what crystal elixirs are and how to safely make a crystal elixir with any stone!

Crystal elixirs are good when you want to absorb the energy of the crystal into your physical body. They are helpful at restoring the emotional, physical and spiritual bodies helping you obtain new levels of consciousness. Crystal elixirs help attune the physical body with the spiritual realms. By making a crystal elixir and then rubbing it onto your body or even drinking it, you can connect more fully with the energy of the crystals used to make the elixir.

Elixirs prepared in this way, are easy to make and requireonly very basic equipment. All you need to make a crystal elixir is a glass bowl (or two), distilled water, a patch of sunlight (or moonlight) and your crystal or crystals.

First set your intention of the elixir, for instance, I want to make an elixir to help me heal something on my body. I can choose a crystal that helps reduce pain or swelling or I also like to use quartz crystals if I cannot think of a certain stone for the purpose that I want it. Quartz can be programmed to do whatever you want it to do so that is a good one to choose. You can use any type of crystal or gemstone though.If you are using a gemstone other then quartz, you must do some research and figure out if that crystal is poisonous or not.

If it is one of the poisonous crystals that you cannot consume (like malachite, azurite,vanadinite, galena) or a type of crystal that shouldn't be in water (like selenite) then you can use the indirect method to make your elixir. By using the indirect method of making an elixir you simply place a smaller glass that has only the gemstone in it, inside the larger glass with the water that you are charging to be the elixir.
If you are using quartz or another stone that you know is safe to consume, you can just put the stone in the glass with water and put it in the sun/moonlight for however long you wish.

Creating an elixir can be done creatively, you can add herbs or essential oils to them too, just be sure that if you consume them or put them on your body that everything you use in the elixir is non-poisonous!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Metaphysical Healing Properties of Ocean Jasper

Ocean Jasper, also known as orbicular jasper is of the earth element and is known as the Atlantis stone. Ocean jasper was discovered in Madagascar and that is said to be connected with Atlantis.

This circular patterns of ocean jasper symbolizes the connection of us all and reminds us that nature is it cyclical, fluid and rhythmical.

Ocean jasper helps to bring unresolved emotional issues to the surface so one can accept responsibility for oneself. It also assists one in acquiring and learning patience.

Physically ocean jasper helps to stabilize the hormones in one body and had a calming and soothing feel to it
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Ocean jasper is a high-spirited stone that helps lift one's mood and brings joy to the user or one call to working with it. It helps one to be more positive about life and let go of depression or stress related energies.

Ocean jasper is a stone of cooperation, by using it or carrying it into any group situation, meeting, party, etc.

Ocean jasper will bring a relaxing and cooperatives energy forth. I personally like to have Ocean jasper in my office when meeting clients it helps to have a high-spirited energy and calm atmosphere around when giving readings or attunements.

Carnelian is also associated with the astrological sign of Leo & Capricorn.

Friday, July 31, 2009

Crystal Shape - Power Stones



Power Stones are large stones that can be polished on all sides, or can be in raw form. The purpose of having a power stone is to bring you a lot of energy of that particular type of gemstone that it is created out of, to you or your environment. You can use your power stones in healing or in meditation. Also power stones fit nicely in the whole of your hand, not just the palm like a little stone would.

Power stones are a perfect way to have the energy of that particular stone overflowing in the room! They tend to radiate energy outward from the center when placed in a room. Power stones are helpful at creating a shield of energy in any particular area. They are great placed on your desk or on or around your healing room as they radiate energy in a bubble around them.

I particularly like power stones because they are a nice size and can be used in many different ways. I also like that they are not easily misplaced like the little stones can be! Power stones also look beautiful sitting on the shelf. To me a size of a stone is not the most important thing about the stone, but since power stones tend to be larger they have a very amplified energy to them and when I charge one with Reiki it just seems to pour out from the stone in an almost palatable way.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Focus & Grounding Stones

I haven't been writing as much as I usually do the last couple months. At first I thought maybe it was just Mercury going retrograde and then that passed and then I thought wow, maybe I have writers block! I don't think thats it, as much as I have been sooooo attracted to these high energy stones. Stuff like scolecite, optical calcite and even this amazing clear obsidian stone that I found.. (I know for me that's a weird one) I have been carrying them around with me and sleeping with them, no wonder I am so flighty lately, I need some earthy energy!

Anyhow, I think I figured it all out.... It wasn't an outside influence over me, but rather these high energy stones helping me (who needs no help at this anyhow) live in my head even more. I really truly love the higher thinking and awareness of it all, it really helps me sort out things, but for writing purposes and focusing it isn't very productive!

So for today's blog I will be describing some of the stones that I love to help me through this weird transit of my life that I have been going through and help me get my feet back on the ground (as well as becoming more organized again!)

For starters one of my all time favorite stones that I use to help keep me grounded and feet firmly embedded into the surface of the earth is black tourmaline. Now I have heard someone tell me that they did NOT like black tourmaline, so this may be something you have to play with, but I personally LOVE it. I used to wear something black tourmaline CONSTANTLY, and now that I think about it, duh, the last couple months I haven't... I think that should tell me something as well as how floaty I have been.

Other really good stones to help you remain grounded, if black tourmaline isn't for you, are, snowflake obsidian and melanite which is a type of garnet, but its black (good stuff there) Snowflake Obsidian is great at bringing an earthy peaceful energy around, and melanite helps you be "real" to yourself and others, in that it helps you ground and then face stuff. Sometimes we can get grounded but not want to work on our stuff, just focus on the negatives instead of the positives.. Well melanite helps one to face that stuff in a grounded-healing sort of way!
I wouldn't suggest that you use just plain black obsidian (and of course this is my opinion), but to me black obsidian feels "too" earthy, if there is such a thing. It almost brings me down too much, just to a state of being boring-ish. Being the very airy person I typically am anyhow, this is something that makes me just feel too blah.. Of course others may have a different opinion on black obsidian, this is just mine.

Also, since my focus has been a little off, not only does that correlate to being ungrounded and having to do with being in love with the higher energy stones, it means I have too much floaty energy around me right now... So what I want to do is put to use some of that "over" energy and focus into an area for myself. The best stone for me to do this is fluorite. It is a great stone to have with you when you need your attention on something. For me, my attention is usually a computer, and well, fluorite also helps eliminate the EMF that comes from computers, so its specifically good for that! Which leads me to remembering to bathe my stones in the moonlight tonight!

I do have to be somewhat careful with fluorite, as not to actually sleep with it on me (I have lots of fluorite in my jewelery) because it gives me weird and vivid dreams. When I am writing or focused in an area, fluorite is the one to help me stay on task, but when I am asleep its too much for me. It is actually one of my biggest sellers in the store too. I think probably because of its beauty but I also think intuitively people know what they need and radiated towards that! (except me with the scolecite LOL)

So,,,,, I wonder, what are other peoples stones to use to focus and ground? I would love to hear....

With feet firmly planted on the ground and in some focused-lunar-eclipse-energy.... Starlene