| Hands turning metal,
as an Artist dreams
Beyond the fettle...
slow magical streams
Delicate fingers,
both graceful and sure
the Magic lingers...
inspiration pure
Seeing with the mind,
shaping with the Heart
Gifting soul to bind...
vision becomes Art
Magic to be held,
beauty to be seen
Art and Artist meld...
no diff'rence between
written for me
by The Huntsman
Bristol Renaissance Faire |
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Gemstone Meanings &
Folklore
 Amber
gives a soothing, light energy that is both calming and energizing at
the same time. It can help manifest desires and heighten intellectual
abilities, clarity of thought, and wisdom. It cleanses its environment
by drawing out negativity, and relieves physical pain the same way. It
brings the energies of patience, protection, psychic shielding,
romantic love, sensuality, purification, balance, healing and calmness
to those who wear or carry it. It is considered a good luck charm for
marriage. Amber is excellent for inner child work and past life work.
Amber is associated with the solar plexus chakra and sometimes the
sacral chakra. Physically it is beneficial for purifying the body, bone
problems, heart problems, circulation, ears, hearing problems,
endocrine system, fibromyalgia, intestinal/digestive disorders, kidney,
bladder, lungs, and general healing purposes.
 The
birthstone of February, Amethyst
is called the "healer's stone," "stone of spirituality and
contentment," and "stone of meditation." Amethyst enhances one's own
creative energy and healing power, by assisting the mind's surrender to
higher spiritual energies. It soothes and calms the mind for meditation
and inspired dreams. The stone has remarkable influences enhancing your
mind, your intuition, and your insights concerning practical things.
When wearing an amethyst, you won't be tempted to overindulge,
particularly in drinking, and when held in your hand or worn around
your neck, you can use it as an aid to get in touch with your inner
self.
 Apatite
stimulates the thoughts and ideas. It increases intellect, imagination,
and intuitive awareness. It can help you maintain focus, learn,
concentrate effectively, and think clearly. Apatite also
improves communication. Apatite
can be used to enhance the energies of other crystals and stones.
Having Apatite
near you can bring harmony on all levels, and brings inner peace.
Physically Apatite
assists with nail problems, allergies, arthritis, bones, muscles,
nervous system. Apatite
is primarily related to the throat chakra.
 The
birthstone of March, Aquamarine
is a stone of courage and fortitude. It assists with quick intellectual
response. It gives peace, and shielding for the aura. Aquamarine
assists with calming communication issues. It is attuned to the sea,
and protects travelers on water, and sailors.Aquamarine is associated
with the throat chakra.
 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.
 Black 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.
 The
birthstone of June, Black
Pearls
help to develop an even temperament as well as aid in healing, in
giving strength and developing purity. Pearls are beneficial in
meditation for some people. Wearing pearls at night stimulates
dreaming. Pearl is the symbol of the moon and is an emblem of purity,
innocence and peace. Pearls represent truth, knowledge and power,
celestial and spiritual knowledge, faith and clarity.
 The
birthstone of October, Blue
Opal represents
purity and intensity. It assists in
emotional and mental balance, calms the inner soul. Facilitates
actualization. Excellent stone for progress, expansion, and
development. Helps one connect the consious and subconscious, providing
for a clearing understanding of oneself. Facilitates communication
between the Earth plane and the star people of this world and other
worlds. Clears and brightens tha aura, stimulates healing. It has been
used to access spiritual guides and animal guides. It can be used in
medicine-wheel ceremony to stabilize energy.
 The
birthstone of July,
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.
 The
birthstone of June, Champagne
Pearls
help to develop an even temperament as well as aid in healing, in
giving strength and developing purity. Pearls are beneficial in
meditation for some people. Wearing pearls at night stimulates
dreaming. Pearl is the symbol of the moon and is an emblem of purity,
innocence and peace. Pearls represent truth, knowledge and power,
celestial and spiritual knowledge, faith and clarity.
 The
birthstone
of November, Citrine
is known as a "success" stone because it promotes success and
abundance, especially in business and commerce. It enhances mental
clarity, confidence, happiness and will power. Citrine brings good
fortune, sometimes in very unexpected ways. Citrine is also a good
general protection stone. It can alleviate depression and self-doubt,
and diminish irrational mood swings due to the effect of mental clarity
it has. It can aid the digestion and eliminate nightmares that disturb
one's sleep. It is associated with the solar plexus chakra.
 The
birthstone
of April, Quartz
is called the "stone of power" because it awakens you to the cosmic
forces, balancing the chakras and enhancing your healing ability. It
serves as a cosmic filter and magnifying glass. Quartz amplifies,
focuses, stores, and transforms energy. It allows for a profound
altered state of consciousness, by bringing the energy of the stars
into the soul and transferring thoughts into sound. Quartz helps you to
recognize the origin of a disease; it has been used in diagnostic
healing, by raising the consciousness toward the enlightened state.
Quartz increases intuition, social awareness, confidence, and power.
 The
birthstone of May, Emerald
is one of the most prized gems in the world. Fine emeralds come from
Columbia, Brazil, the Urals & Southern Africa. Emerald heals
and
activates the heart chakra, enhancing love energies. It is said to
eliminate negativity, to enhance meditation, to bring prosperity and
harmony into one's life, and to inspire oneself and others to positive
actions.
 The
birthstone of January, Garnet
is known as the "stone of commitment and health". It enhances one's
resolve and creativity. It helps by toughening one's mind to negative
thoughts and increasing one's ability to focus internally. Garnet
promotes warmth, wisdom and understanding. It is also thought to be
very beneficial to newborns by providing a protective influence and a
calming effect.
 Gold
can balance energy fields, and is beneficial for opening and balancing
the third eye and crown chakras. It can also balance the heart chakra.
It can remove negative energy from the chakras and bring in the
positive from the stones it is with. It has been used to bring wealth,
happiness and good feelings. Gold is a mineral of spirituality,
understanding, and attunement to nature. It attracts positive energy
and is a great healing mineral.
 Hematite
is found all over the world, however, the iridescent Rainbow Hematite
is only found in Brazil and in Italy's Elba Island. It is the stone for
protection against, and the transformation of negativity. It balances
the yin/yang energy. Hematite improves memory, allows for innovation,
and enhances technical prowess. It allows the owner to "reach for the
sun". It also facilitates a quiet meditation by attracting "kind love"
and peace, enhancing self-control, and bringing inner happiness. As a
power stone, Hematite is closely tied to Mother Earth. This makes it a
perfect Base Chakra gem, aligning your physical energies with those of
the Earth. Hematite can help create a calm environment, allowing you to
sort out mental conflicts. It will aid in removing self imposed limits,
helping you reach for the sun while staying grounded in your
expectations. Use this gem to transform harmful energies into loving
ones. Brings about your own inner peace, happiness and self control,
making it easier for you to love others.
 Labradorite
is an astonishing stone. It seems to be a modest, ordinary, dull, dark
gray rock without any remarkable qualities; then in handling a piece,
one tilts it just the right way, and suddenly it is aflame with the
shimmering blue iridescence of a tropical butterfly wing or the sparkle
of gold dust. This stone symbolizes and reminds us of the hidden beauty
that can be found in improbable-looking places, or the spiritual
richness that can be concealed in apparently uninteresting aspects of
everyday life.
 The
birthstone of September, Lapis
brings strength to the body and makes the body more sensitive to higher
vibrations. Lapis gives off an emanation or vibration of the elements
that give vitality, strength and virility. It removes blocks and opens
up the third eye center, helps meditation and encourages clairvoyance.
Lapis is a very spiritual rather than physical stone... it enable the
wearer to tune the etheric body to the vibrations of opening of the
many chakras. Lapis has a fine energy vibration; it effects the heart
centers and is very useful in helping discover the qualities of another
person. It is also a stone used for the image of truth, worn by the
chief elders, and is an amulet of the goddess of truth.
 Malachite
is the "Stone of Transformation"; by clearing and activating the
Chakras, it clears the path to ones desired goals thereby increasing
prosperity. It brings fidelity in love and friendship. Malachite
encourages tolerance, flexibility, and patience, creating a stabilizing
influence. It moves energy from the higher planes and grounds it into
the green earth. When used in meditation or focused concentration, it
brings out the true reality of the subject to the person, helping one
to pursue the correct path.
 Sometime
used as the birthstone of October, Opalite
is a man-made glass resin that is fused with metal to create an
opalescent effect. Holding a piece of opalite, or having it somewhere
nearby, can remind us of the need to slow down, both our thoughts and
pace of life, and to gain stabilization. Its calming air makes it a
useful stone to have around if you're in an environment where tempers
flare, or somewhere where life or work can be stressful. It is also
often used in conjunction with meditation or healing. In particular,
it's a useful tool for enhancing the abilities of the crown chakra,
removing blocks and stagnant energy, and opening up a clearer psychic
vision.
 The
birthstone of August, Peridot
is often used for healing, and is believed to contain the power of the
sun. It can prevent personal darkness from your fears and guilts. If
you become depressed or fearful, a peridot can aid you in changing your
attitude, for it may just radiate the sun's energy as an additional
resource to guide you.
 Rainbow
Moonstone seems
magical with its shimmering glow and
flashes of brilliant color. The Romans thought that moonstone was
formed out of moonlight. Fine moonstone is becoming increasingly rare,
and is mined out of Sri Lanka and Southern India. Rainbow Moonstone can
also be found in Madagascar. Moonstone is one of the birthstones for
June. Moonstone can bring flashes of insight, increase intuition, and
enhance one's creativity, compassion, endurance and inner confidence.
It is said to enhance the power of the feminine, and to awaken the
rainbow body of Light.
 Rhodochrosite
is a rich rose pink gemstone, often with pale pink or white patterns.
The name comes from the Greek word for 'rose red'. In Argentina
Rhodochrosite has formed in stalagmites in the silver mines of the
Incas since they were abandoned in the 13th century. Rhodochrosite is a
'stone of love and balance,' which can assist one in attaining an
ecstatic state during meditation. Wearing the stone is said to bring
the vibration of joy into one's daily life.
 Rose Quartz
is called the "stone of gentle love." It is known for its calming and
cooling effects that help to remove negativity and reinstate self love.
It also is balancing and rejuvenating, enhancing your receptivity to
art, music, and the written word. Rose Quartz brings healing, emotional
balance, and channels universal love. It also helps heartbreak and
childhood pain. It is especially good for balancing the love emotions
of the upper four chakras - heart, throat, third eye and crown.
 The
birthstone of July,
Ruby is a stone which can enhance our courage & passion. It is
said to initiate the Kundalini & to increase one's supply of
life-force energies. Ruby is recommended for clearing blockages, for
arousing sexual energies, and for transmuting them for spiritual
purposes.
 The
birthstone of September, Sapphire
can enhance one's intuition, bringing joy and peace to the mind. It is
said to bring prosperity and the fulfillment of one's dreams. It can be
used to enhance psychic ability and to help one to develop increased
mental powers.
 Seraphinite
is an unusual stone that is primarily a deep green color, with feathery
inclusions of silver colored iridescent formations making intricate
internal patterns. It is thought to be among the most important stones
yet discovered for connecting with the higher energies. It is a
purifier, & cleanses the aura, chakras & energy
meridians. Seraphinite is centering & energizing, integrates
the heart & crown chakras, a powerful tool for developing
compassion, & a premier healing stone. It brings the physical
body in line with Light energy.
 Silver
is a mineral that is said to mirror the soul, strengthen the connection
between astral and physical bodies, and enhance intuitive and psychic
energies. Silver is mystically considered to improve speech, bring
eloquence. It is also purported to attract, enhance and store the
energies of gemstones, as well as draw out negative energies. Silver is
related to the moon, and moon energies.
 Smoky 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 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.
 Sugilite
is a deep purple gemstone from South Africa, and is found thousands of
feet below the surface of the earth, in manganese mines. It stimulates
the 'third eye', the energy center in the center of the forehead, for
enhanced inner vision. It is also said to protect from negativity in
one's environment and to assist in efforts to heal yourself or others.
 Sun Sitara,
also known as Blue Goldstone, is a beautiful, sparkling manmade stone
of the darkest blue black with tiny crystalline clusters. The stone is
believed to possess the power of deity. Sun Sitara may foster romance
in the wearer’s life or it may provide mental clarity and
confidence. Healers have used Sun Sitara to calm nerves and alleviate
sleeplessness.
 Tiger Eye
is a popular gold and brown gemstone, named for the iridescent flicker
of its colored bands, which bring to mind the yellow eyes of the tiger.
It is found in South Africa, Australia, India & the USA.
Intuitive sources say Tigers Eye is a stone for increasing one's
physical energy, stamina, mental clarity, will power, strength and
decisiveness. It is said to activate the third chakra, and to increase
one's personal power & ability to manifest one's desires.
 The
birthstone of December, Turquoise
is a stone of wholeness, promoting the sense of unity of the self and
oneness with all that surrounds us. It is said to make one feel at home
in both the physical and spiritual worlds.
 White Jade
is a stone of the heart. As such it is related to the heart chakra and
has a beneficial effect on all heart chakra related issues, and all
love relationships. It is also considered to be good for emotional
balance and stability. Jade of all kinds 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 the
crystal healing of the physical heart, and kidney problems.
 The
birthstone of June, White
Pearls help to
develop an even temperament as well as aid
in healing, in giving strength and developing purity. Pearls are
beneficial in meditation for some people. Wearing pearls at night
stimulates dreaming. Pearl is the symbol of the moon and is an emblem
of purity, innocence and peace. Pearls represent truth, knowledge and
power, celestial and spiritual knowledge, faith and clarity.
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