Power Medicine Stones
For thousands of years, ancient civilizations have utilized power stones or medicine stones to release mental, physical and spiritual blockages, thus facilitating the free flow of energy throughout the body.
Alternative healers all over the world use gemstones even today for their emotional and healing properties.
If you have a spiritual practice, incorporate medicine stones, also known as power stones, into it.
Anything with an inherent harmony can act like a tuning fork to our poor patterns and challenge us to retune ourselves to return to the original organic natural patterns of energy that belong to our bodies.
Chakras are the seven power points of life force in the body.
Chakra means wheel of light in Sanskrit. The Chakras are the seven power points in the human body that circulate energy or the life force also known as prana. They are vertically aligned in the center of the body close to the spine.
If the Chakra are unbalanced - not properly aligned or blocked - it can affect physical and mental health. Spiritual development is also connected with the good health of the Chakra.
In this category, you will find articles about the most commonly used precious and semi-precious gemstones, and their metaphysical symbolism, healing properties and powers, and spiritual meaning. Find the perfect medicine stone for yourself or to give as a gift.
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Amber (pronounced AM-bur) is 50-million-year-old, fossilized tree sap (resin) from prehistoric pine forests. The pine trees are thought to have released the sap as a defense against fungus and insect infestation. The molecules in the sap cross-linked, eventually forming the natural “plastic” we know as amber today.
This amazing gemstone has been growing in popularity even as it becomes harder and harder to find.
Amethyst (pronounced AM-eh-thihst) is one of the most common and popular gemstone materials. This variety of quartz ranges in color from deep purple to pale lavender depending on the presence of manganese and iron.
Amethyst is a naturally-occurring macrocrystalline (meaning large crystal formations) variety of quartz that usually grows on the inside of agate geodes. Geodes containing amethyst crystals are formed when clay, silt, sand or gravel are deposited and compacted by running water.
Ametrine is a combination of amethyst and citrine, which are both a variety of quartz. Amethyst is clear quartz with the presence of manganese, making it purple. Citrine is clear quartz with the presence of iron, making it golden yellow.
Quartzes (such as amethyst, citrine, ametrine and others) have been around for years and make up approximately 12% of the Earth’s crust.