The Women's Book of Healing by Diane Stein

Author:Diane Stein [Stein, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-78374-5
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Published: 2011-03-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

BEGINNING GEMSTONES:

THE ROOT CHAKRA

The woman who has bonded and worked with clear quartz crystal knows most of the techniques for using colored gemstones in healing. Clear quartz is more versatile than any single gemstone, but colored stones are more specific, go directly to the heart of dis-ease, and change it in the etheric double and the chakras. Work with gemstones is based on work with colors and chakras, and their energy is the energy of color healing intensified. Clear quartz crystal sends all colors; gemstones send their own. Clear quartz is programmed; gemstones come with set programming. In some ways gemstones are simpler to use and in some ways more complex, but they are as powerful for their uses as is clear quartz. In using clear quartz, the direction for healing comes from the healer’s hands and aura through the stone—and this is also true in gemstones. In using colored stones, the skill is in the healer’s ability to analyze and assess auras and chakras to choose the correct gem energy. Many of the techniques for healing and self-healing (once analysis is made) are the same as in using clear quartz crystal.

Gemstones are minerals found in the Earth, with the exception of the few gem materials that are of marine, plant, or animal origin (coral, pearl, jet, amber, ivory). Any ornamental stone is a gemstone, and the line between precious and semi-precious gemstones is a fuzzy one. In general, stones that are used faceted in jewelry work are considered precious gemstones. These are powerful for healing, but so are the less expensive semi-precious stones. Semi-precious stones are cheaper and more easily available, and are the basis for most women’s gemstone healing work. Faceted gemstones are crystalline in form and many semi-precious stones are crystalline, while other healing gemstones are not. Mineral gemstones (gemstones of non-organic origin) are formed by volcanic action, intense pressure, heat, and melting, or by sedimentation affecting chemical properties. Crystalline gemstones all involve heat formation, as do most that are noncrystalline. Found underground, most gemstones are mined from surrounding rock structures, brought to the surface for sorting, grading, polishing, cutting, tumbling, or faceting. Hardness, designated by the Mohs’ scale that grades from one to ten, is a factor. The harder the stone, the less fragile it is, and the more cutting and working it’s able to withstand. The softer the stone, the more likely it is to break in preparation, carrying, or in use. Notice the hardness designations and be prepared to protect from crumbling, chipping, or breaking stones with low numbers. Precious or semi-precious, soft or hard, gemstones are living Be-ings from the Goddess Earth, and are beautiful, positive, powerful healing tools.

Colored gemstones contain piezoelectric energy, but most bond to a specific chakra frequency rather than to the entire aura. Healers make use of the chakra affinity and the stones’ color transmission. Gemstones are healing-specific: a stone great for headaches can be ineffective for indigestion or ovarian cysts. A stone that calms is not the same one to use for energizing.

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