Malachite

I received a beautiful malachite heart from my mother and father for Christmas this year—how I treasure it! Malachite has always been a connection to the Divine, especially divine inspiration. Malachite, named for the Greek word mallow (green herb), is formed from copper ore and frequently occurs in conjunction with chrysocolla and azurite. Malachite is a lovely green blue in color and has endless patterned bands. No two pieces of malachite are ever alike. Malachite was associated with royals and high priests and priestesses in ancient times. They loved to adorn their bodies, their homes, and their temples with this special stone. They would have entire tables and chairs and altars. One would certainly feel like a king of queen when dining from a malachite table! Even still, some of the largest sheets found in South Africa, Zamia, Zaire, Russia, and Romania are fashioned into small boxes, bowls, and obelisks.

Malachite can help you connect to your place in the Divine Plan. Malachite draws out old patterns and thoughts. It will aid in clearing away the deadwood from your life and your psyche. It offers psychic protection, too. This green grounding stone will also get you more in touch with the earth and more grounded as a person—more stable. As with most green stones, it has to do with prosperity, abundance, and money. Malachite will awaken your creativity. If you are allowing others to benefit from your creativity, this stone will help stop that draining in its tracks. Malachite requires extra care in its use because it amplifies whatever energies are already there. If anger, suffering, and deceit are present, these qualities could inadvertently be increased by malachite. Basically, malachite is really useful only for people who are typically helpful and happy. It is best for children, really. One theory is that malachite is still evolving and is becoming a master key for the future.

Malachite helps with maintaining boundaries and comes highly recommended for that purpose by many healers. Malachite can help restore anyone who is suffering from burnout. Those who do psychic work and healing are among those who are affected by this most severely, so they need to keep malachite nearby for rejuvenation. Malachite opens the heart and throat chakras and rebalances the solar plexus, enabling realignment of the psychic and etheric bodies. Malachite is best used as a ring on your right hand. Malachite is used to ward off insanity and has been used both as an eye remedy and as a cosmetic by the unstoppable Egyptians. I shudder to think of the Egyptian elixirs involving malachite, many recipes for which they left behind on papyrus; they are likely extremely toxic. Please avoid any malachite elixirs!

Amazonite

Resembling the light green color of its namesake river, the Amazon, this potash feldspar, or microcline, is found in Russia, North America, and, naturally, Brazil. Green stones are frequently associated with the nervous system, and so is amazonite. This mentally stimulating crystal has the marvelous property of making the wearer more intuitive, smarter, or at least more clever: it provides focus. Amazonite should be held to your forehead to open your third eye for greater psychic ability. This is a stone for artists and is especially helpful for men.

Colors and Shapes—Crossing the Rainbow Bridge

The colors of stones, gems, and minerals have great meaning and are clues to the power lying within the crystalline structures. Color is one form of energy with individual vibrations. It is becoming common knowledge that the color is in our work and home environments can affect our moods, calm us down, make us more energetic and more romantic, and promote any number of desired states of being. Decorators have to study psychology now! Whatever the case, anyone using color is, consciously or not, tuning in to the vibrational frequency of color.

The color system springs from seven basic vibrations, the same ones at the foundation of our chakra system and also the musical scale. The “heaviest” vibrations are at the bottom, and the “lightest” vibrations are at the top. Each of the seven basic colors relates to one of the seven chakras. Highly skilled psychics can read your aura and see the energy radiating our from your body as colors.

You can use color management on the simplest level each day of your life. If you wake up feeling depressed, wear yellow to raise your energy level. If you are having a big business meeting, do wear red, the power color. If you have a meeting with some folks and you want to put them at ease, by all means wear the earthy colors of brown or green and you will see them relax with gratitude. When I need inspired ideas, I wear blue. And, like many other similar-minded folks, I wear purple when I want to be at my most spiritual.

Following is a guide to colors. Don’t be afraid to really let go and work with a multitude of hues. Have fun, and remember how you feel while you are learning and experimenting. Find your soul colors!

RED relates to the root chakra and corresponds to security and survival issues. On a soul level, red is passion and intensity. On a healing level, it is warmth and fights cancer.

Sub-colors of red are rose red (corresponding to issues regarding mother, home, grounding, and money; soul-wise, it is love), clear red (corresponding to the sense of smell; soul-wise, it is anger), and red orange (corresponding to
sexual passion).

Red is the most physical of the colors and is also a strong emotional color. Red gems and crystals are the ones to aid you in matters of the body. Jasper, amber, and agate in shades of red can help people who have a hard time with shyness to feel stronger. It is of great interest to me that I am seeing a huge resurgence of interest in red coral. This stone is a great help to skeleton and bones. I think people need to feel their vitality more than ever. Red coral is also a boost to the lungs, and there has been an increase in influenza, tuberculosis, and asthma such as we have not seen since the Depression era.

For the Chinese, red rice symbolizes immortality. In the tarot, the hermit, the high priestess, and the empress wear red beneath blue robes, symbolizing the great hidden knowledge they hold. Dark red relates to female mysteries and the source of all life.

PINK is a sweeter color and has a calmer vibration than the reds. Where red is passionate, pink is nurturing. Pink is the esteem-boosting color and can direct love to the self, which is very important in this day and age when people are so directed by others. Pink pearl will also make your intuition about love and romance more accurate. Those of us who pick the wrong people, could do well to sport a pink pearl ring or pendant. Pink coral makes for a sweet, upbeat, and more genuinely loving attitude. Rose quartz will help in self-enhancement and directing positive energy toward the self. Rhodonite, rhodochrosite, or a big pink diamond will help build an unconditionally positive regard within and without.

ORANGE relates to the sacral chakra, or abdominal region, and corresponds to physical urges such as hunger and sex. Soul-wise, it is ambition. For healing, it helps with sexual issues, increases potency, and builds stronger immunity. Orange is great for stimulation and motivation; it hones and builds focused energy. Orange is also great for lucidity and orderliness. Carnelian, in the family of orange crystals, is the stone to wear if you are embarking on a new exercise regimen or training for a sporting event. Any orange stone will help keep the physical and emotional self in balance. Some parents have reported great effects after giving a child who was a finicky eater a carnelian to wear. If you are feeling a bit depressed or missing some of your general lust for life, do wear an orange stone. You will snap out of it right away!

The saffron orange robes of Buddhist monks reflect divine life, as do the orange velvet crosses of the Knights of the Holy Ghost. Roman brides wore vials of orange to indicate the eternalness of the wedding vows.

YELLOW relates to the solar plexus chakra and to personal power, freedom, control, fire, and the eyes. Soul-wise, it rules the intellect. For healing, yellow is clarity. If you are in a career that necessitates good communication, place a big chunk of yellow quartz on your bookshelf in your office; this will create a cheerful energy and kindle your desire to be in contact. You should wear citrine, topaz, or yellow zircon to improve your ability to speak clearly and with ease. Or, if you are shy, yellow amber will help you to open up and share. These yellow stones will also make life more enjoyable, for they are harbingers of happiness. Yellow is also a color that encourages honesty. Wearing yellow crystals as jewelry during your working day will help you and your coworkers on a daily basis.

GREEN relates to the heart chakra and to relationships, the heart and lungs, the element of air, the sense of touch, and the will for life. Soul-wise, it is the caring nurturer and the healer. In healing, it helps with balance and general, overall health and well-being. Green stones are among the most beloved, and it is easy to see why because they offer so much emotional soothing. Emerald and green jade bring security, prosperity, and protection. Other green stones, such as chrysocolla and malachite, calm the mind, and green-flecked bloodstone is a stress buffer.

Alchemists taught that the light of the emerald revealed the most closely guarded of all secrets. In medieval times, physicians wore green cloaks as they worked with greens—herbs and simples—for curing. It is still the color preferred by pharmacologists. Green is the color associated with the wood element in Chinese astrology. For Muslims, green is the emblem of salvation. In medieval times, painters portrayed Christ’s cross in green, as it was the instrument by which the whole human race was regenerated through his great sacrifice. Green stones have a large role in the Arthurian and Holy Grail legends. BLUE relates to the throat chakra and to communication, intuition, listening, and the ears. Soul-wise, blue is the teacher. For healing, it maintains calm and protects the aura. I have to admit to a preference, above all, for blue stones.

I don’t like them because I know blue is a mental color; I just have a natural attraction. We all need to pay attention to such affinities, as they express much about our psyches. Blue is the color of creativity and mind control. To embark on any creative and intellectually demanding project, try wearing a lovely ring or pendant of blue lace agate. If you are feeling like you might be obsessing over something or overly influenced by someone else’s thoughts and opinions, try sodalite, one of the stones relegating independence of mind. Beautiful blue sapphire is also great for making personal declarations of independence and for feeling good about yourself while you make them.

To Tibetan Buddhists and to the Egyptians, the color blue has represented transcendent wisdom; it is truth. For Christians, blue and white are the colors of Mary, our Lady, and of detachment from the material world. In Poland, the houses of brides-to-be are painted blue.

INDIGO relates to the third eye and to intuition. Soul-wise, it represents the urge toward the spiritual. For healing, it opens the third eye and promotes clear headedness.

VIOLET relates to the crown chakra and connection to all else in the universe. Soul-wise, it is the deep connection to spirit. For healing, it works on deep tissue and helps rid oneself of deep pain. Gentle purple amethyst is good for issues of sensitivity. Many people drink too much because they are sensitive to environmental noise and are trying to block out some of the overstimulation. Another reason for substance abuse is the longing for an ecstatic spiritual experience. Amethyst helps in all such instances and keeps your energy from draining out of you. The purplish agates will also guard the receptive nature and act as ballasts for stability and contentment. Violet is associated with secrecy, the veil behind which transformation takes place.

BROWN, GRAY, BLACK, WHITE, SILVER, and GOLD are not chakra colors but certainly exist in the world of crystals and stones. Ancient Romans and the Catholic Church regarded brown as the color of humility and poverty—thus the brown robes for monastic orders. Brown is a color representing safety and the home. Brown gems and rocks are great stability stones for grounding. Agate, jasper, and petrified wood all act as agents of security.

The ancient Egyptians regarded gray as the color of fertility. The color symbolized resurrection in medieval times, and the artists of that era depicted Jesus at the Last Judgment in robes of gray, the color of grief and mourning. Gray, however, is the first color the human eye can perceive in infancy.

Black is about protection and strength. If you are surrounded by psychic vampires who rob your energy, wear jet or onyx or obsidian. This color also girds your personal energies and gives you more inner authority. In North Africa, black symbolizes the color of the life-giving rich earth and of nourishing rain clouds. Christians and Muslim clergy wear black robes to proclaim their renunciation of all vanity and show their faith. Sufi dervishes see the progress of the inner life as a ladder of color, starting at the lowest rung of white and ascending to the highly evolved black, the absolute color to which all colors lead.

White represents purity, peace, patience, and protection; silver relates to communication and greater access to the universe; and gold is a direct connection to God and facilitates wealth and ease.

Combining your gems and crystals with certain medals is very meaningful. The metal mounting of your jewelry is a vessel that contains and supports the energy of the stone. There are five metals commonly used—gold, silver, and platinum are the precious metals, and brass and copper are the semiprecious metals 

Darning Your Aura

We have all encountered psychic vampires, whether we know it or not. The problem is, your aura will know it because psychic vampires tear away little pieces of your chi, or life force, leaving holes in your aura. You can identify the places that need patching because they will become noticeably cold as you pass a crystal over them. Pick your favorite stone from amethyst, citrine, or any quartz and run it all around you at a distance of about 3 inches. Make note of the cold spots and lay the crystal on those places for about five minutes, until the spot feels warmer. You will have repaired the holes in your etheric body and should being to feel a pleasant sense of renewed wholeness once again.

Here’s another technique: crystal combing. It sounds odd, but you will become an aficionado immediately after you have felt the wonderfully soothing results. The beautiful pink kunzite is amazing as a mental management crystal. Take the crystal and brush it in gentle, slow, downward strokes from the top of your head, the crown chakra, to the bottom of your feet. The next time you feel overwhelmed by anxiety, try this and you will feel more relaxed and in control afterward.

Crystals have very mild and serene ways of tranquilizing negative energy and releasing the pain. In my case, I ever so gently rub the crystal across my ankle. (Carnelian works well because it is said to be good for healing bones, but quartz can also serve the purpose.) The stone feels cool and calming as the pain dissipates. I can also visualize the pain going into the crystal, and the crystal forming a prism that contains the pain. At first, this was very frightening for Kunzite is also a heart mender, touching upon the heart chakra to bring inner peace, clear away old romantic wounds, and get rid of emotional baggage. You can place a chunk of kunzite upon your chest, meditate with it, and feel the healing energy flow in.