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Sodalite

Sodalite brings order and calms the mind. It encourages rational thought, objectivity, truth, and intuition, along with the ability to verbalize feelings. Sodalite brings emotional balance and calms panic attacks. It enhances self-esteem, self-acceptance, and self-trust. Sodalite balances the metabolism, boosts the immune system, and helps its wearer to overcome calcium deficiencies. It combats radiation damage by soaking up electromagnetic smog. Sodalite treats the throat, vocal cords, and larynx and helps with hoarseness and digestive disorders. It cools fevers, lowers blood pressure, and stimulates the absorption of body fluids. Sodalite can also help to prevent insomnia. It is a stone of wisdom and healing, and it is a great aid for meditation. Prayer/Meditation for Sodalite May I live this day...

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Snowflake Obsidian

Because Snowflake Obsidian is obviously a form of Obsidian, it carries the same healing properties of Obsidian.  However, Snowflake Obsidian is special not only because of its unusual color but also because of its additional properties.  Snowflake Obsidian is calming and soothing. It teaches you to value mistakes as well as successes. A stone of purity, Snowflake Obsidian provides balance for body, mind, and spirit. It helps you recognize and release wrong thinking and stressful mental patterns. Snowflake Obsidian promotes dispassion and inner centering. Snowflake Obsidian empowers isolation and loneliness, aiding surrender in meditation. Snowflake Obsidian aids in disorders of the veins and the skeletal structure. It improves circulation and alleviates muscular aches and spasms. It is used to treat...

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Smoky Quartz

Smoky Quartz is one of my favorite stones, and it has so many uses. It activates your survival instincts which makes it a great stone to carry when you are struggling with difficulties.  It brings strength and stability. Throughout history, Smoky Quartz has been known as a Stone of Power. In many cultures, it is known to guide souls to the afterlife and serves in shamanistic rituals and tribal ceremonies, and is utilized in magic and scrying to connect with spirits. Smoky Quartz’s phenomenal power lies in its ability to protect and ground one physically and spiritually to this world and to absorb and transmute significant amounts of negative energy and release it into the Earth to be neutralized naturally....

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Slate

Because Slate is created by heat and pressure, it is a balancing stone. As Slate changes texture and colour in water, it is often used in conjunction with water (and in fountains), particularly in visual meditation techniques and in the procurement of visions. It is also used in fountains and sculptures, again as a base, but also as a balancing element to keep sculptures grounded. Its use as a medium of communication from prehistoric times to today has also led it to being used as a healing stone to mend broken communication links, especially within families. This makes sense as this is just another case of an imbalance being healed. There is also a record from ancient Wales of ground...

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Silver

Whereas gold is the metal of the sun, silver is the metal of the moon. Like the moon and water, silver is reflective and used to mirror the soul bringing people calm and balance. Silver is used to draw down the moon during lunar ceremonies, giving the wearer the use of the moon's energy and protecting them from negativity.  Another aspect of silver is that wearing this jewelry brings the wearer more in tune with the vibrations and flow of the universe. It is the metal of emotions, love, and healing. Silver's properties are strongest during the new and full moon.  It is used for the manifestation of wealth, riches, and health. It improves quality of speech and brings eloquence...

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