Amethyst
Chakra: Brow/Crown
Zodiac: Aquarius/Pisces
Element: Air
Birthstone: February
To Charge: Moonlight
A.K.A. "The All-Healer" or "The Soul Stone"
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Amethyst has vastly effective healing powers & is often referred to as the 'all-healer'. It is beneficial for people, animals & even plants! Amethyst is perfect for absent healing & can even recharge other crystals!
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Emotionally, Amethyst provides balance, giving quiet to an overactive mind & relieving psychological pain. Amethyst brings over-worked, over-stressed people back to center, helping them to feel less scattered & more focused. It helps the wearer remain calm, minimizing stress & anxiety.
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One of the most powerful & protective stones, Amethyst can protect you from unhealthy environments, psychic attack & lower energies. It has the ability to transmute negative energy into love. Amethyst cleanses one's energy field of negative influences, banishing all negative thoughts, impatience, sadness, anger, rage & fears. It also blocks against geopathic stress & harmful electromagnetic waves like computers, cellphones & microwaves.
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Amethyst has many names within many worlds. By Saint Valentine, it was said to be the stone of faithful lovers. It is the stone of the Buddha, encouraging selflessness & spiritual wisdom. In Northern Africa, it is the rain-making stone. Worn by Egyptian soldiers in battle, it is the stone of courage & integrity. Within the Roman Catholic & Christian Churches it was the gem of purity & is associated with bishops.
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A powerful psychic enhancer, Amethyst opens you up to psychic gifts & higher states of consciousness, enhancing spirituality, enlightenment & soul connections to complete self illumination. It stimulates intuition, clairvoyance & psychic dreams. Wearing Amethyst gives the wearer deeper personal insight, encouraging creativity, perception & self awareness. If worn to bed or kept under the pillow, Amethyst can prevent nightmares & insomnia. It can even help you remember & understand your dreams!
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Physically, this stone boosts the metabolism & immune system. Known as the stone of purification, Amethyst detoxifies the blood, endocrine system, intestines, kidneys & eliminating organs. It treats skin conditions, cellular disorders, hearing disorders & dis-ease of the digestive tract, lungs & respiratory system. Amethyst can improve heart function & regulate blood oxygen levels. It also relieves pain, swelling, bruising, headaches, neural impulses, eyestrain & tension.
This stone is extremely beneficial for addictions of all kinds. It was traditionally used as a stone to prevent drunkenness! Now it is considered one of the best crystals to control & overcome addictions, thanks to its sobering effect! In Greek, Amethyst means "not" "intoxicate". Amethyst has a long and well documented history of being used in therapy.
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Amethyst can be extremely useful in the grieving process, promoting a calm state of mind while the wearer mourns & lets go of their loved one.
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At work, Amethyst can promote abundance & wealth. It can also ease work related stress.
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For a more energized meditation, wear your Amethyst bracelet on your left wrist!
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FUN FACT: Amethyst is actually a type of Quartz!