Rocks, Stones, Gemstones--Metaphysical Purposes

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Bit

I love, love love peridot! Much more than my stone, which is aquamarine---and I've also often wondered about those lists. The green stones call me, peridot, emerald, malachite.

Of course, tourmaline, amethyst, and azurite all call me as well... and Peacock Copper! Love that!!

There are a number of gemstones and semi-precious stones that I feel connected and drawn to and they are usually NOT my birthstone, the emerald. In fact, most of the genuine emeralds I see look fake to me. Maybe it's because they are fabricated but that shade of green just does not look normal.

I love, love, love sapphires. I have other stones that I lean toward but the dark, deep sapphires, they call me.

[Arwen]

A favorite stone of mine is the aventurine. I have ...somewhere... a piece of blue aventurine with a small window of quartz.

I need to get to a fish store so I can stock up on raw rose quartz. It's one of the cheapest places I've found it.

[Bit]

Originally Posted by foxyshaman

I too love peridot and it resonates much more to me than aquamarine. We must both be March babies bit. Are you a Pisces? I am a cusper so some day I am soooo Aries and other days I am Pisces. I am much easier to deal with in Pisces.

{{{{{{{{{{{Foxy}}}}}}}}}} Oh so good to talk with you again! yes, darlin, March 12--totally a dreamer and a Water Priestess.

Come to think of it, the color this post is in will look much closer to peridot than teal on my screen--I must REALLY love that stone, lol....

[foxyshaman]

<<<<<BIT>>>> Mar 12... oohhh so were you born in a "three" year too??? That would explain some of your empathic abilities.

I am glad we are both here to chat away...

So, Miss Water Priestess do you also make and use moon water?? Arwen are there some stones you think would go better with magical water than others?

Gotta go, I have a mountain of work and fire dragons breathing down my neck. Which is kinda nice cause my office is pretty cold... but the sulpher smell is worse than a

[Arwen]

Hello FoxyShaman.

To your question about magical waters, I think any--well nearly--stone can be used. There are ones that would dissolve and there are others that would poison so I would be cautious about which ones I used.

Personally I like to do healing waters in the appropriately colored bottle as well. It's been another lifetime since I've made healing waters or hung herbs or made tinctures. I think it's time to get back to that part of myself.

I used to make a decent catnip tincture. Would deal with a headache or menstrual cramps in a heartbeat but boy did it taste bad! LOL

[Bit]

Originally Posted by foxyshaman

I am glad we are both here to chat away...

So, Miss Water Priestess do you also make and use moon water??

I'm glad too! The more, the merrier!

Moon water... do you mean charging water under the full moon? Normally what I charge under the moon is me... although it's been a long while since I was able to do so effectively, because it's been a while since I was able to empty all the way out. I guess I've always held stress and pain in my body--not just mine, everyone's--and without being able to drain it all away, I can't take in as much moon energy as I used to. Gonna have to fix that.

I think one reason I love Wichita is that I live within the influence of two big rivers, plus numerous canals and small creeks. The abundance of the water here soothes my soul.

The water I use in healing work is deep underground and may be a metaphor for energy--I tend to see it as water and energy both at once.

[foxyshaman]

Arwen, I know some stones cannot be immersed in water. But I don't always remember which ones. What are the ones you would recommend not to use in water because of that? Please refresh this old foxes memory

Yes Bit I do mean making moon charged water. I make both full and new moon. For healing work where I take something out I ask my patients to drink full moon water. I see the rays of the moons light filling the places. New Moon water I ask the patient to drink if we have returned something. The new moon being a time of potential.

Sorry to hear that you hold other's stuff in your body. That is sad and very taxing. I do that sometimes, but I think your empathic abilities run different than mine. You seem to be more physiologically challenged by your healing abilities than I am. I feel for you. I have had to change things over the years to help me to not take on other's pain and suffering. As an example I would very often suffer sore wrists and other oddiites in my arms when working with a patient. I started to wear bracelets, and have made different ones over the years. I find that they act as a barrier between the ick coming out and what ick stays on me. I currently have a thick carnelian one and a bone and antler one. They seem to work very well for me. My wrists have not been bothered once since I started to use them.

<insert sigh> thanks for the mini vacation, going back to work now...

[Bit]

Bracelets... how come I never thought of that?

Truly, Foxy, I am so mentally geared in this and it's gotta be that I lived for SO LONG with people who were either uncomfortable with or downright hostile to my being Pagan. I have trouble just making the simplest gestures! and I don't use tools much anymore either... it's all mind work for me and I suspect I might be coming on time to break out of that restriction.

Maybe I need to wear a stone that's really absorbent, let it accumulate everything and then cleanse it.... hm...

[Arwen]

Originally Posted by foxyshaman

Arwen, I know some stones cannot be immersed in water. But I don't always remember which ones. What are the ones you would recommend not to use in water because of that? Please refresh this old foxes memory

Selenite and Halite are the two I can think of off hand that will dissolve or so I remember. There is also one that has arsenic or is arsenic...I simply can not remember which! Sorry.

[Passionaria]

Originally Posted by foxyshaman

Yes Bit I do mean making moon charged water. I make both full and new moon. For healing work where I take something out I ask my patients to drink full moon water. I see the rays of the moons light filling the places. New Moon water I ask the patient to drink if we have returned something. The new moon being a time of potential.

I started to wear bracelets, and have made different ones over the years. I find that they act as a barrier between the ick coming out and what ick stays on me. I currently have a thick carnelian one and a bone and antler one. They seem to work very well for me. My wrists have not been bothered once since I started to use them.

<insert sigh> thanks for the mini vacation, going back to work now...

Hi Foxyshaman, Awren and Bit,
I love the moon water idea, I do the same with rain water from a Thunderstorm when there is lightning involved, saving it in jars for times when more energy is needed.

I practice Medical Qi Gong and Acupuncture and we have Taoist visualizations for "pulling down the Moon" to increase yin, calm emotions, connect with the divine feminine. We channel the moon when giving treatments as well. Adding Moon water is a wonderful idea, for making yin tonic herb formulas with as well, thanks. I like that.

I use obsidian when I need to block energy. I have been known to tape it to me even, lol back of my neck, solar plexus, over my heart to block......stuff. Red silk works great as well. A silk slip can take on a whole new purpose energetically. I agree with the use of bracelets to keep patients energy from traveling up your arms. Protection is one of the first things we learn.........

Great convo, I'll be back Pashi

OH some of my favorite stones? Snowflake Obsidian, Hercimer Diamonds, Moonstones, Rubys.