Hematite, a “stone for the mind”, 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 is used to keep the body cool, to decrease blood disorders, nervous problems and insomnia, as well as align the spine and mend broken bones. Associated with the root (base) chakra; Hematite is good at grounding out excess energy and acting as a stabilizing force.
Herkimer Diamond, the “stone of attunement”, is actually quartz that often resembles the sparkling clarity of diamonds. It can be metaphysically programmed to attune one to an environment, a situation, a quality, or most anything. Said to assist with balance on the mental, emotional and physical levels. Can be used effectively to clear and open any chakra. Professed to relieve tension and thereby promote peace of mind. Psychically, useful for auric cleansing and dream recall. Physically, used to heal addictions and remove toxins. Associated with the crown chakra.
Holey Stones, also called Holed Stones or Odin Stones, are stones that have one or more nature-made holes in them. These are considered powerful protection stones that can be worn as jewelry, hung at doorways or windows to protect a home or business, or even hung near a pet’s sleeping place to protect the pet. To prevent nightmares, these stones are placed in the sleeping place. Holey Stones are also said to be bringers of high psychic powers when one looks through a hole in the stone to see visions and non-corporeal entities and beings. Excellent for meditation and creative visualization. For health, Holey Stones are helpful for healing disease and maintaining general health. They are also said to improve eyesight. Holey Stones are related to the water element.
Hypersthene is a problem-solver. It helps release crankiness and irritability and allows you to become non-judgmental. Hypersthene teaches us about self-respect, without allowing pride or ego to interfere. It allows you to perceive true morality and act from pragmatic clarity. It is very useful in business and personal relationships. Hypersthene enhances psychic abilities; especially clairaudience and claircognizance.
Howlite decreases an overly critical state of mind. It can help to dissolve selfishness, stress, pain, and rudeness. It increases subtlety and tact. It helps bones, teeth, calcium levels and leg cramps. It also heightens creativity. Often dyed and sold as ‘Turquonite‘
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Iolite is one of the best stones to use in psychic, healing, and spiritual activities. It can open one to psychic talents and expand them, and is excellent for use on the 3rd eye and crown chakras. It can also enhance curiosity; an excellent stone for meditation and astral travel. It helps one grow spiritually in a gentle fashion. Iolite is considered a very strong “Shaman” stone, and can stimulate visions. It is very helpful when dealing with addictions, including alcoholism. Said to help build relationships of all kinds and assist in detoxification as well as maintaining sobriety. In the physical realm, iolite is used to help heal sore throat, varicose veins, and blisters.
Jade is a stone of the heart and has a beneficial effect on all heart chakra related issues. It can attract and enhance love of all kinds and promote fidelity and generosity. It is also considered to be good for the physical heart and for emotional balance and stability. Green Jade is a stone of abundance.
Jade of all colors is a very protective stone and is particularly good protection for children against illness, and for psychic protection. It has energetic clearing properties, and is useful to keep with other stones. Physically, nephrite jade is used in healing of the physical heart, and kidney problems, to heal lung problems, and to counteract immune system weakness, PTSD, and nervous system overwork.
Jasper is a stone of gentleness and relaxation. It enhances one’s ability to relax and brings tranquility, comforting, wholeness, and healing. Sometimes called the nurturing stone. Psychically, jasper is used to assist with astral travel. Physically, jasper is used for the liver, gallbladder, soothing the stomach, and balancing yin/yang energies.
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Black Jasper has a highly protective and healing energy. It is said to bring good luck to the bearer in a fight (of any type). Physically, black jasper will be helpful in relieving pain, stomach ailments, foot and hip problems. It is related to the root chakra and sometimes called blackstone.
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Brecciated Jasper enhances organizational abilities, relaxation, and brings a sense of wholeness. It is occasionally used to assist when dowsing. It aligns the chakras and balances the physical, and emotional. It is used in particular for protection during astral travel. Brecciated jasper encourages attunement and communication with animals and can help with animal allergies and other allergies. It brings happiness and a good outlook on life and eases stress. It can help increase physical endurance and is also good for grounding oneself. Associated with the root chakra.
Dalmatian Jasper is a stone that lessens or removes disillusionment. It helps one to see their strengths and weaknesses, and encourages grounding both with the Earth and in reality. Dalmatian Jasper increases loyalty and is beneficial for long term relationships. It brings a sense of fun to one’s life. Physically it can help purify the blood. It is a stone of protection from nightmares, depression, and negative thinking. It is also particularly beneficial for healing people who have trouble relaxing and having fun.
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Leopard skin jasper is a stone of shamanic journeying. It helps discover and connect with one’s animal totems and makes it easier for one to take responsibility. It is a protective stone that may help with visualization. Physically it helps eliminate toxins and decease body odor. Associated mainly with the root chakra but is also said to help in protecting the third chakra.
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Mookaite (also called Australian Jasper) is a powerful healing stone that helps provide stability and perspective. This can help to make the right decisions based on objective knowledge. Mookaite connects one to the energies of the earth, allowing for a deeper connection to the eternal instinct of the spirit in human form. Working with Mookaite during meditation can help to connect with ancestors’ spirits, bringing an intuitive understanding of the natural evolution of the spirit. As a blending of the red and yellow jaspers, Mookaite balances the Root, Solar Plexus, and Third Eye Chakras, and can improve the flow of energy between these chakras. This stone can be used to access genetic memory to help awaken innate capacities.
Mookaite may assist in helping to slow the aging process by changing internal beliefs regarding that process, and by reminding one that the spirit is eternal. Mookaite can assist during pregnancy, encouraging healthy development of the fetus. It is also a wonderful stone to use in a supportive role when working with animals. It is a rainmaker stone, which can aid dehydrated and dry climates by bringing in moisture.
Ocean Jasper helps to love one’s self as well as others. It brings a soothing peace to the mind and helps with an increase of patience. It can help us realize that we are interconnected with each other and the cyclical patterns of nature. Physically Ocean Jasper is beneficial for digestion, digestive organs, removing toxins and decreasing body odor. It is related to the heart chakra.
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Picasso Jasper has strong properties of grounding and calming. It promotes weight loss and assists in developing creativity as well as strength and self-discipline.
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Picture Jasper can help to reveal hidden thoughts, messages, fears, and hopes to create harmony and positive things. It is a good emotional/psychological healing stone.
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Red jasper is called a stone of fairness and justice because helps in unfair situations. It is also said to enhance responsibility, choice, and compassion. Used in dream work to enhance dream recall. Associated with the first and second chakras. It is purported to have a stabilizing effect, and to help in all areas of survival. Red jasper may be used to help control one’s own passions.
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Yellow jasper helps one be strong and balanced in the social arenas and protects one’s social welfare. It is associated with the solar plexus (belly) chakra. Yellow jasper is a protective stone that particularly gives protection during travel, both physical and spiritual. It also shields one from negativity, and can protect from depression.
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Jet is also known as black amber, although it is fossilized coal. It was considered a stone for alleviating and bringing grief to the surface to be healed. It has also historically been used as a protection stone and is said to have very powerful protection energies to ward off evil, negativity, and psychic attacks. It is also said to protect finances and protect from depression. Jet is related primarily to the base chakra, but when used on the upper chakras it helps kundalini move to the crown chakra. Considered a stone of sympathy, healing grief, calming, and helpful for treating epilepsy, migraines, stomach pain, colds, glandular problems, and lymphatic problems
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 aligns and balance all chakras, often very suddenly. Kyanite can remove energy blockages.
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