Crystal Healing Properties
There are numerous crystals around but for the purpose of keeping it simple we
are going to focus on the most commonly used crystals in healing. Crystals heal
on all 4 levels: Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual. Crystals can be
chosen for the stones specific healing property of a physical illness, disease
or disorder or they can be chosen for their healing properties on a Mental,
Emotional or Spiritual level. In addition crystals can be selected purely on the
basis of their colour. Colour Therapy and Colour Healing is very effective and
Crystals can also be used in this way.
The Main Crystals used in Crystal Healing
Agate - Agate is good
protective energy stone, especially for children, and is very
calming and soothing. It also can help strengthen the body's
connection to the earth. It can give courage, energy, strength, and
dispels fears, all of which increase self-confidence. It can also
lessen feelings of envy by grounding the emotions. It is a stone of
harmony, and by bringing the elements of one's being into harmony it
greatly enhances healing. Agate also enhances creativity and
stimulates the intellect. Agate is considered a stone that brings
good luck. It works with chakras according to stone colour. Agate is
said to help with issues of the teeth and gums.
Amazonite - Amazonite is a mint
green to aqua green stone of truth, honour, communication, integrity
and trust. It is said to enhance intuition, psychic powers,
creativity, intellect, and psychic ability. Amazonite is often
associated with the throat chakra, and as such, can be beneficial to
communication. It aligns the physical and astral bodies. It can
lessen stress and self-defeating behaviours by calming and building
self-esteem. Amazonite can assist with peacefully making the
transition out of this life. Amazonite is said to heal emotional
disturbances and the after effects of emotional trauma. It is
reputed to have spiritual energy healing powers of preventive energy
that's good for one's health in general, decreasing heart problems,
benefiting the muscles, helping the nervous system, lessening tooth
decay and osteoporosis.
Amethyst - Amethyst has long
been called the "sobriety stone." In ancient Rome, crushed amethyst
was added to wine cups to prevent drunkenness. It is said to assist
with healing alcoholism, compulsive behaviours, and addictions of all
kinds. Amethyst brings energies of stability, peace, calm, balance,
courage and inner strength. It has been used to protect against
psychic attacks. On the spiritual level, amethyst can help open to
communication with angels, telepathy and other psychic abilities. It
is an excellent stone for meditation or dream work, past life work,
and can help you see your path. It has also been used to help ease
the pain of grief, and promote happiness. Amethyst is reputed to be
beneficial when dealing with legal problems, and money issues, which
can lead to prosperity and abundance. Amethyst is also used as
protection for travellers. Physically amethyst is said by spiritual
healers and mystical lore to heal the withdrawal symptoms of any
sort of addiction, help with headaches, insomnia, arthritis, pain
relief, circulatory system issues, endocrine system problems,
chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, immune system deficiencies, and
general healing. Amethyst is associated with the brow and the crown
chakras.
Apatite- Apatite connects one
to a higher level of spiritual guidance and eliminates negativity
and detachment. It is extremely useful in the expansion of
knowledge. Apatite helps to raise Kundalini energy, inner clarity,
and creates a sense of oneness with the higher-self and assists one
in reaching deeper states of meditation. It helps to harmonize,
balance, and bring together the physical, intellectual, emotional,
and spiritual bodies. Apatite is useful in inspiring the development
of clairvoyance, clairaudience, and clairsentience - having
paranormal or psychic feelings and can present one with access to
past-life insights and extrasensory perceptions. It can also balance
the male and female (yin-yang) energies.
Aragonite - Aragonite is a
reliable earth healer and grounding stone, attuned to the Earth
Goddess. This stone transforms geopathic stress and clears blocked
ley-lines. With its ability to centre and ground physical energies,
it is useful in times of stress and stabilises the Root and Earth
Chakra. It gently takes you back into childhood or beyond to explore
the past. Psychologically it teaches patience and acceptance, it
combats over-sensitivity, encourages discipline and reliability, and
develops a pragmatic approach to life. Mentally it aids
concentration and brings flexibility and tolerance to the mind.
Emotionally it combats anger and emotional stress, it provides
strength and support. Physically it's a stone that makes you feel
comfortable and well within your own body. It strengthens the immune
system and regulates processes that are proceeding too fast.
Spiritually stabilises spiritual development, restores balance and
prepares for meditation by raising vibrations and bringing energy
into the physical body. Aragonite can be placed on a map to heal
stress lines in the earth.
Aventurine - Aventurine is said
to benefit one in all areas of creativity, and imagination, as well
as intellect and mental clarity. Lore says that it enhances
prosperity and brings career success. It is a gentle stone
energetically that gives a sense of calm and balance and enhances
happiness. It also helps one to see alternatives and potentials in
all situations, giving a positive outlook, courage and inner
strength. It is also said to bring luck, especially in games of
chance. Green Aventurine is also a mystical stone of prosperity.
Aventurine bring friendship to one's life. It is also a stone of
protection energies. Folklore and metaphysical lore say that
physically it is beneficial for blood, circulatory system,
headaches, general health, and sleep disorders. Aventurine is
associated with the heart chakra.
Aquamarine - Aquamarine has the
calming, soothing energy of the sea. This is the stone of courage.
Tranquilizing, uplifting, openness, innocence, light heartedness,
creativity, communication, self-awareness, confidence, purpose.
Throat, Spleen, Heart Chakra. Used for protection on journeys,
especially those who travel on water. Affects etheric and mental
levels. Helps stabilize and harmonize unsettled surroundings. Helps
reduce fears. Has an affinity with sensitive and mystical people.
Increases creativity and sharpens intuition. Excellent stone for
meditation. Helps one attune to nature. Quiets the mind and reduces
stress. Helps bring about a tolerance toward others. Recommended as
a purifier of the throat and helps sore throats. Clears blocked
communication and aids the user in verbal expression. This stone
allows us to find our individually and be ourselves. It is helpful
to those who wear it, in regards to finding love, promoting fidelity
and smoothing out differences between others.
Black Onyx - Onyx is associated
primarily with the root chakra. It assists with challenges in life,
especially those caused by a drain of energy. It prevents the
draining away of personal energy and can be used for protection from
such. It also helps with grounding and controlling or eliminating
excess or unwanted energies. It has been used for wound healing,
childbirth and to increase stamina and self-control. Black onyx and
red onyx are associated with the base (root, first) chakra. White
onyx is associated with linking the base and crown chakras to have
balanced energy throughout the chakra system.
Black Tourmaline - Black
tourmaline, also known as schorl, is associated with the root or
base chakra, and is excellent for grounding excess energy. It is a
well known as a purifying stone that deflects and transforms
negative energy, and thus is very protective. It can transform and
remove negativity from an individual or an environment. It is often
used as an aura cleanser, and can help one attain higher levels of
awareness. Black tourmaline is also used for repelling and
protecting one from black magick, and is often said to return the
negative spell to the sender. Some claim that black tourmaline
deflects all kinds of energy, but my personal experience is that
it's not so. It is possible that the black tourmaline's effect of
grounding excess energy gives this impression. Black tourmaline has
also been used to deflect radiation energy from tv's and computer
monitors. Emotionally, black tourmaline is excellent for dispelling
fears, obsessions, and neuroses, bringing emotional stability.
Physically, black tourmaline can strengthen the immune system, help
with heart disease, arthritis, and gout.
Bloodstone - Bloodstone is the
stone associated with courage, abundance, purification and good
fortune. Helps one to accept change and overcome anxiety, depression
and melancholy. Renews relationships and love life. Provides
vitality, boosts talent, organizational abilities and charitable
instincts. Cures psychosomatic illness (one with more emotional
roots than physical) and pains. Purifies blood, detoxifies organs
especially liver, kidneys, bladder and spleen.
Blue Howlite - Howlite is a
very practical mineral. It allows us to be calm in our
communications, increase our awareness and express our emotions. It
is a spur to achieve our goals, eliminating inaction and gives us a
desire to learn and increase our knowledge. Physically it is said to
ease pain, stress and rage. It can calm and dispel criticism and can
also bounce off negative energy back to the sender! It is said to
balance calcium levels in the body and is therefore good for the
treatment of teeth and bones. Please note that blue howlite is not
natural and is therefore dyed.
Blue Lace Agate - Blue lace agate is a gentle,
calming stone that engenders tranquillity. It assists in flight,
grace, reaching higher Spiritual planes, communicating with angels
and activates the throat chakra. It can ease the harsh edge off
communication in difficult times, enhance public speaking, and
smooth discussions. It is an inspiring stone that can assist in
inner attunement, and has been used to perform miracles. As with all
agates, it is a protective stone. Physically it has been used to aid
with arthritis, headaches, digestive issues, growth, and bones. Blue
lace agate is related to the element of Air.
Blue Tigers Eye - Blue Tigers Eye, which is also
known as Hawks Eye, enhances integrity of communication and
practical communication. It can help find courage to recognize
thoughts and ideas, and the willpower to carry them into the
physical realm. Blue tigers eye can be used for protection,
especially of the upper chakras. It is also said to bring good luck
to one who wears or carries it. Blue tigers eye is associated
primarily with the throat chakra.
Carnelian - Carnelian is an agate class of
chalcedony that is a stone of creativity, individuality and courage.
Like all agates, it has protection energies. It can aid memory,
including recall of past lives. It can assist one in finding the
right mate. It is also a stone of protection in general and from
anger, jealousy and fear. In addition it can help with manifestation
of one's desires, and brings good luck. Carnelian can help ease or
remove sorrows. It also helps stabilize energies in the home. It is
sometimes called the "actor's stone". Carnelian is associated with
the root and sacral chakras. Physically, carnelian has been used to
heal open sores, rejuvenate tissues and cells, rheumatism, kidney
stones and other kidney problems, gall stones, colds, pollen
allergies, and neuralgia.
Citrine - Citrine is known as a
"success" stone because it is said in folklore to promote success
and abundance, especially in business and commerce. Its lore also
says that it enhances mental clarity, confidence, happiness and will
power. Citrine is purported to bring good fortune, sometimes in very
unexpected ways. Citrine is also a good general protection stone
according to crystal healing lore. It is said to alleviate
depression and self-doubt, and diminish irrational mood swings due
to the effect of mental clarity it has. In traditional folklore and
crystal healing lore it is said to aid the digestion and eliminate
nightmares that disturb one's sleep. It is associated with the solar
plexus chakra.
Clear Quartz - Clear Quartz is a power stone that
harmonizes and balances. It enhances energy and thoughts, and
purifies the spiritual, mental, and physical. It is also a
powerfully protective stone, bringing the purified energy in.
Historically this crystal has been used to counter black magic, to
perform diagnostic healing, and to communicate with spirits and
other worlds. Clear quartz, as opposed to coloured quartz, is
associated with the crown chakra, but also works well on all
chakras. Clear Quartz is considered to be the only crystal that can
clear other crystals. You can place your other crystals on top of
the Clear Quartz and this will cleanse them of any negativity.
Fluorite - Fluorite promotes
spiritual and psychic wholeness and development, truth, protection,
and brings peace. It protects psychically and in the physical realm.
It helps one meditate and learn to go past the "chatter" that our
minds tend to generate when first learning to meditate. It can help
get rid of mental blocks and similar mental issues. Physically it
helps general health throughout the body's main skeletal and
muscular systems. All colours are also good for auric cleansing.
Mixed colours bring enhanced protection in the areas enhanced by all
combined types. Clear fluorite guards against psychic attack and
strengthens consciousness. Blue fluorite has the quality of
protecting the emotions and restoring emotional balance. Purple
fluorite strengthens mystical insight, psychic awareness, and can
open the third eye. Green fluorite is an excellent all purpose
healing stone that promotes healing on all levels. It also promotes
self-love.
Fuchsite - Fuschite is
sometimes called the "stone of health" in part because it can help
access information on health. Fuschite can also help one bounce back
after emotional or physical problems. It can also help get
information on daily routine, stress, pets, and career. Fuschite
also can bring friendliness, compassion, and lightheartedness. It is
said to speed deep healing by assisting with recovery and immunity.
It also increases energy transfer when multiple stones are used for
healing.
Goldstone - Goldstone is a man-made stone, just a
type of glass with glittery metallic material in it. It is a valid
classification, as it has many properties of natural glasses, such
as obsidian which are modified by its being man-made and having been
doped with additives. Originally created when alchemists were
working towards creating gold. Gently uplifting, mildly helpful to
Solar plexus Chakra to reduce stomach tension, protect centre of
body.
Hematite - Hematite is known as a "stone for the
mind". It brings mental organization and is very grounding and
calming. It helps with original thinking, logical thinking, and
mathematics. It decreases negativity and can help balance the
body/mind/spirit. Physically it has been used to keep the body cool,
to decrease blood disorders, nervous problems and insomnia, as well
as align the spine and mend broken bones. Hematite is associated
with the root (base) chakra. Hematite
is good at grounding out excess energy and acting as a stabilizing
force.
Kyanite - Kyanite is a stone of channeling,
altered states, vivid dreams, dream recall, and visualizations. It
gives protection during these states. It brings loyalty, honesty and
tranquility, and diminishes anger and confusion. Kyanite does not
retain negative energy and never needs energetic cleansing. It does
align and balance all chakras, often very suddenly. Kyanite can
remove energy blockages. Blue kyanite is associated with the throat
chakra and is a boost to meditation. Black kyanite is also a boost
to meditation, and is associated with the root chakra. Black kyanite
is also very protective and deflects negativity.
Labradorite - Labradorite has long been a Shaman's
stone - meaning it has very magical, transformational and etheric
qualities. It is one of the best grounding stones to accompany
astral travel/higher chakra work. It truly helps to maintain
connection to Earth, whilst its light-reflectivity helps to explore
higher vibrations. This 'holding your ankles whilst you fly' effect
- ensures that you are able to bring down and integrate into
physical life whatever you learn working in higher realms. If you
practice meditation (or would like to), focusing on labradorite can
help you enter and maintain the meditative state. Labradorite is
known to have healing properties for mental confusion and indecision
which allows the wearer of the stone to have self-understanding on a
deeper level. It is also believed to strengthen the human immune
system.
Lepidolite - Lepidolite is a soft lilac coloured
stone with extremely high vibrations. It is believed to work on the
brain’s pain centres helping to alleviate drug addiction and bipolar
disorder and helping to stabilise mood swings Lepidolite is said to
be excellent for the menopause, stress, depression, despondency,
obsessive thinking and confusion. It is also said to stimulate the
intellect and to help you to focus on what is important. Placed
under your pillow, or by the side of your bed, Lepidolite is said to
help overcome insomnia. Placed directly on the body Lepidolite is
said to ease joint problems, to numb sciatica, to relieve allergies
and to strengthen the immune system. It is also said to be
beneficial in treating illnesses caused through ‘sick building
syndrome’. Lepidolite activates the Throat, Heart, Brow and Crown
Chakras bringing cosmic awareness and aiding deep meditation by
clearing unwanted debris from the mind.
Mookite - Mookite is a stone of the here and now.
It can help one balance the internal and external and acceptance of
change. It helps with living meditation, where one makes a
meditation of any act one does. Mookite is a very protective stone,
and is particularly good as an emotional protector. In the physical
realm it is said in crystal healing lore to stabilize health and
fortify the immune system. Mookite is associated with the lower
chakras.
Orange Calcite - Orange Calcite is the stone of
creativity and confidence. It is a calcium carbonate and is found in
a range of colours from pale yellow/orange to deep orange. White
inclusions can also occur within the crystalline structure. The
frequency of Orange Calcite connects to the sacral and solar plexus
chakras. It allows one to be creative in one's thoughts and ideas,
and to have the confidence to bring them into manifestation. It
brings crystalline "sunlight" onto one's energy fields helping to
clear blockages within the sacral and solar plexus chakras which
allows for creativity, sexuality and increased confidence. It helps
to overcome shyness and depression by balancing one's energy fields
and the physical body.
Opalite - Opalite (aka Tiffany Stone, Opalized
Fluorite, Opal Fluorite, Bertrandite, Ice Cream Opalite, Purple
Opal) is a highly energetic but subtle stone. Psychically it helps
with communication and interpretation of psychically received
information of all kinds, including telepathic, channelled,
clairaudience, clairvoyance, and others. It is excellent for
removing energy blockages of the meridians and chakras. Tiffany
Stone is helpful emotionally by assisting transitions during changes
of all kinds, engendering persistence and emotional strength, and
verbalizing hidden or secret feelings. Opalite is also beneficial
for business and business success. Physically, Opalite boosts the
sex drive and can enhance sexual experience, and is an all-around
healing stone. Opalite is associated primarily with the third eye
chakra.
Peridot- Peridot is one of the
joy stones, Peridot brings the energies from in the aura to the
physical body. Helps in understanding the changes in one's life and
provides a protective shield around the body. Can be used to cleanse
and stimulate the Heart and Solar Plexus chakras. Attracts occult
powers to the user. Also used in treating emotional states such as
anger or jealousy. Inspires healing, renewal, purification, rebirth
and growth. Heals hurt feelings, helps mend damaged relationships.
Peridot, as well as being recommended as a cure for insomnia, is
said to aid the digestion, placate the nervous system, reduce
temperature, improve bruised eye, and alleviate anger, jealousy and
irritation. It is associated with stress reduction, relaxation,
health vigor, recuperative abilities, comfort and intuition.
Especially good for healing the healers.
Pyrite- Pyrite is a stone of
intellect and protection. It enhances intelligence, mental
stability, logic, analysis, creativity, memory, and psychic
development. It can help you tap your own latent mental talents and
abilities. Pyrite is a powerful protection stone, and is very
grounding. Pyrite is also known as Fool's Gold and Healer's Gold.
Red Jasper - Red jasper is called a stone of
fairness and justice because mystical lore claims that it decreases
unjustness and helps in unfair situations. It is also said to
enhance responsibility, choice, and compassion. Used in mystical
dream work, it can enhance dream recall. It is said to assist in
protection and rescue from danger. Red jasper is associated with the
first and second chakras. Metaphysically, it is purported to have a
stabilizing effect, and help one take all one's energy and use it in
a balanced manner. It is also said to be a stone that helps in all
areas of survival, and is a very protective stone. Red jasper said
in gemstone lore to be a stone of controlled passion and used to
help control one's own passions. Crystal healing lore says that
physically it assists in healing by maintaining positive movement
with all types of disorders and disease.
Rhodonite - Rhodonite is a stone of grace and
elegance. It decreases anxiety while increasing attention to detail.
It works beneficially on the heart chakra, opening one to
unconditional love and increased service to mankind. It is also a
calming stone. Rhodonite is also a stone of contrasts. The bright
pinks indicate energy that enhances passionate love. The shiny black
indicates grounding energy. This stone can help one have a
passionate love that is also grounded. Physically it has been known
to help with emphysema, joint inflammation, light sensitivity, strep
throat and heart disorders.
Rose Quartz - Rose quartz is a stone of
unconditional love. It opens the heart chakra to all forms of love:
self-love, family love, platonic love, and romantic love. Rose
quartz has excellent protection energies during pregnancy and
childbirth. The elevated energy of quartz gives rose quartz a
property of enhancing love in virtually any situation. It also
brings gentleness, forgiveness, and tolerance. Rose quartz is also
said to be helpful with weight loss. Rose quartz is associated with
the heart chakra.
Selenite - Selenite is one of a very few minerals
with the specific metaphysical capabilities/properties that make it
capable of clearing and re-charging other crystals. Not only is
Selenite useful for clearing negative or unwanted energies from
crystals and stones, it may also be used to effectively clear ritual
and ceremonial tools, jewellery, tarot cards, even the surroundings.
In addition to a multitude of other metaphysical attributes,
Selenite has a calming and uplifting quality similar to Fluorite.
Comprised of some of the lightest elements on earth (calcium,
sodium, oxygen, and hydrogen), Selenite vibrates to a very high
frequency, and for this reason, is an extremely powerful light
working tool. In addition, it is a natural form of fiber optic,
making it especially useful for transmitting white light, and
coloured light. Selenite is a crystalline form of Gypsum. The
beautiful Satin-Spar variety is bright white, opaque, and light
refractive (light shimmers on its surface). The Gem-Ice variety is
crystal clear, allowing it to absorb and emit light. Both forms are
exceptionally energetic, and versatile, making Selenite an
outstanding tool for use in crystal work Selenite does not ever need
to be cleared. It is self-clearing, and self-charging. It is also
important to note that Selenite should never be placed in or near
liquid, as it is water-soluble, and will dissolve over time.
Smokey Quartz - Smokey Quartz is a grounding and
stabilizing stone. It brings calm and centering, lifts depression,
enhances practicality, and generally removes negative energies,
bringing happiness. Smoky quartz is also a good luck stone. It can
also assist in tapping subconscious wisdom. Smoky quartz is a
protective stone, particularly for physical protection, protection
from negativity, and psychic protection. Physically, smoky quartz is
helpful for kidneys, abdomen, pancreas, reproductive organs,
menstrual cramps, fertility issues, water retention. Smoky quartz is
associated with the root chakra.
Snowflake Obsidian - Snowflake Obsidian is calming
and soothing. It teaches you to value mistakes as well as successes.
A stone of purity, Snowflake Obsidian provides balance for body,
mind and spirit. It helps you recognise and release “wrong thinking”
and stressful mental patterns. Promotes dispassion and inner
centring. Snowflake Obsidian empowers isolation and loneliness,
aiding surrender in meditation. Snowflake Obsidian aids in disorders
of the veins and the skeletal structure. It improves circulation and
alleviates muscular aches and spasms. Treats joint pain (arthritis)
and hardening of the arteries. The blackness of this stone enhances
the ability to reach your inner self. It is one of the earliest
known stones to be used for scrying (seeing into the future).
Sodalite - Sodalite is a stone of logic,
rationality, and efficiency. It is helpful for work in groups and
stimulates thought. Sodalite is a stone that is good for healing
breaches in communication. It is a stone of truth, and brings this
to all communications. It can help end arguments or other
disagreements. It is particularly useful for honesty of emotions. It
increases intelligence, knowledge and learning, and can unite the
logical with the spiritual. Physically it is beneficial for the
glands, digestive system, relieving insomnia, and decreasing calcium
deficiency. It can also be useful for quicker healing of head colds.
Sodalite is associated with the throat and brow chakras.
Tigers Eye - Tiger's Eye is a stone of protection
that is also very grounding. It enhances integrity, willpower,
practicality and correct use of power. It is a stone that enhances
good luck, and brings prosperity, often in the form of money.
Tiger's eye is also a very protective stone which is especially
protective during travel. It can also help one see clearly without
illusion. Tiger's eye brings a special boost to the solar plexus
chakra and to one's personal power.
Tourmaline - Tourmaline comes in various colors
and hues. Balances, protects, calms, gives self- confidence and
cheerfulness. Useful for meditation. Attracts inspiration, goodwill
and friendship. Protects wearer against misfortune and anemia.
Prevents lymphatic disease. Grounds high-frequency energies. Black
or Green Tourmaline strengthens nervous system, regulates blood
pressure. Deflects negative energy, attracts prosperity. Blue
Tourmaline cures all throat problems, thyroid and speech
impediments. Promotes clear verbal expression, dissolves mental
friction, emotional constriction. Carries a high electrical charge
and if rubbed briskly one end becomes positive and one negative, the
energy can then be directed wherever peaceful energy is required.
Watermelon/Pink Tourmaline is a heart balancer. Promotes
understanding of self and emotions. Enhances flexibility, happiness,
objectivity, compassion, serenity, balance, positive transformation,
healing, strength, tolerance, and understanding. Excellent
channelling stone for communication with higher forces.
Turquoise - Turquoise is a very sacred stone used
for centuries by the Native American's in all healing work. This is
a stone of peace, serenity and tranquility. Increases protection,
meditation energy, wisdom, balance, honest communication, strength,
friendship and love. Shields the wearer from harmful influences,
attracts friendship. In healing this stone connects the spiritual
bodies with the other levels: the physical, emotional, and
intellectual. It is said that turquoise will grow pale on a sickly
person and recover its colour when returned to a healthy person.
Overlaps the heart and throat energy centres and connects the three
upper and three lower chakras. Beneficial for the entire body,
especially the respiratory and immune systems It is good for
laryngitis and nervousness in speech Can strengthen entire anatomy
and helps improve all diseases. Colour varies from Blue to Green.
Yellow Jade - Yellow jade is believed to aid a
poor digestion. When used close to the body, Yellow Jade is thought
to provide protection from one's enemies and can be used to protect
one on long journeys. Also to attract good luck, for wisdom, for
long life and a peaceful death. Helps to control dream content or
focus. In ancient China and ancient Egypt it was widely used as a
talisman to attract good fortune, friendship and loyalty.
