HEALING CRYSTALS

This collection incorporates sterling silver with various semi-precious crystals and gems in cabochon, nugget, chip or bead form. For centuries, it has been traditionally believed that crystals possess certain healing energies that can affect the entire body and be beneficial to the wearer. Crystals represent the unity of the four elements as they are formed in the earth and contain earthly minerals. Each crystal vibrates at a different rate, and therefore affects the body in a different way. It is believed that crystals can strengthen and protect the body, reduce stress, and help treat various physical problems, or they can be used in a more metaphysical way. Gemstone therapy is thus an alternative technique for supplying the body with positive natural energies, as well as resolving issues and patterns.
Below is a brief list of the healing properties of the gems used in the current collection:

Agate: considered a very powerful stone: fosters love, abundance, and wealth, increases courage and has a stabilizing effect

Amazonite: inspires truth, sincerity, communication and trust, and enhances sense of self-worth

Amber: absorbs and transmutes negativity, beneficial when placed over areas of pain or imbalance, grounds and stabilizes, promotes happiness and provides one with a soothing, light energy that is both calming and energizing

Amethyst: divine stone with high vibration, stimulates intuitive consciousness, calms the mind and enhances visualization, meditation, and psychic abilities, develops spiritual awareness

Aventurine: increases confidence and gratitude, promotes tranquility and positive attitudes, helps release fear and anxiety, enhances creativity

Azurite: develops mental control over emotions and reactions, unblocks the psyche, offers spiritual guidance, great for meditation

Citrine: soothes emotional distress, symbolizes light-heartedness and joy, uplifts and augments happiness, prosperity, and success

Carnelian: brings strength, protection and determination, promotes peace and harmony, increases energy level

Coral: quiets the emotions, and promotes inner peace, also facilitates intuition, imagination, and visualization

Cultured pearls: signifies faith, charity, and purity, and enhances personal integrity, and brings clarity and truth to situations

Freshwate pearls: symbol of sincerity and honesty, signifies faith, charity, and purity, enhances personal integrity, brings clarity and truth to situations, and enables one to accept love

Fluorite (rainbow):calms the nervous system, enables you to maintain a centred meditative space, improves memory and concentration

Hematite: a good healing and grounding stone, strengthens the body and improves resistances to life's stresses, also good for headaches

Howlite: relieves insomnia, extremely calming stone, stills the mind and is excellent for sleep or meditation

Jade: a passionate and active stone with a very energetic vibration: releases tension, stimulates the emotions and helps one face and come to terms with them

Jasper: associated with Mother Earth, promotes relaxation, compassion, nurturing, and harmony

Lapis Lazuli: increases mental clarity, associated with truthfulness, openness, inner power, love, intuition, and positive magic

Lemon chrysoprase: isoothing stone for those suffering from heartache, helps to release emotional tension and stress, said to be a problem clarifier, and works well with other stones by increasing the other stone's healing properties

Malachite: extremely powerful, known as the "stone of transformation," draws out deep feelings and clear subconscious blocks, clarifies emotions and facilitates emotional healing, all purpose healer (particularly good for menstrual cramps)

Onyx: reduces stress and increases emotional stability, provides strength and support in difficult or confusing situations, balances masculine/feminine polarities (yin-yang), increases concentration

Quartz-clear: a pure and powerful energy source, stimulates brain functions and activates all levels of consciousness

Quartz-rose: the "love stone": promotes love, self-love, inner peace, forgiveness, self-esteem, compassion, fidelity, emotional healing and balance, attracts and increases love, opens up the heart chakra

Quartz-smoky: efficient grounding and anchoring stone, alleviates fear, lifts depression by dissolving negative energy, intensifies awakening process, enhances awareness of dreams

Turquoise: a crystal healing master stone; considered sacred and stimulates peace, serenity, tranquility, wisdom, friendship, and kindness- also a stone of communication: encourages one to be articulate, honest, open, and loving

Here are some interesting links:

Healing Crystals

Information about reiki

Information for lightworkers

Divine messages

Vipassana Meditation

Information on meditation (for beginners)

A metaphysical directory and information source

The transfigurative and esoteric art of A. Andrew Gonzalez