Amethyst

I can't believe I have written a post about Amethyst before now.  What on earth have I been doing?  Oh well, I'm finally getting around to it.

Amethyst is one of the most powerful protection stones. It protects its wearer from all kinds of harm, including but not limited to electromagnetic stress and negativity from others. One of the things I like best about Amethyst is that it is a natural tranquilizer. it relieves stress, soothes irritability, balances mood swings, and dispels anger and anxiety. It is a great stone for helping you to overcome sadness and grief. Amethyst also stimulates spiritual awareness, opens intuition, and enhances psychic abilities.  Amethyst encourages sobriety, having a sobering effect on overindulgence of alcohol, drugs, or other addictions. It calms the mind, helping you focus and improving motivation. Amethyst is a great sleep stone to give relief from insomnia.  Put Amethyst under your pillow to help with sleep. My favorite use for Amethyst is to use it as a stone of peacefulness and tranquility.  

Prayer/ Meditation for Amethyst

Make me a channel of peace within myself. Where there is self-hatred, let me sow self-love. Where there is hurt and injury, let me feel pardon. Where there is self-doubt, let me develop faith in myself. Where there is despair, let me see hope. Where there is darkness, let my light shine. Where there is sadness, may I ever find joy. Grant that I may not only seek to console others, but to find consolation within. Not only understand others,but to understand myself. Not only to love but to know that I am love. For it is in realizing my worth that I find peace. It is in receiving love from others that we learn to give love. It is in pardoning ourselves that we learn to pardon others. And, it is in dying to the bonds of guilt that we are born to eternal joy. -- The White Witch Parlour