December 1, 2011
A note on the healing/support properties of beads
There are a lot of available sources on the healing/support properties of precious and semi-precious stones. A little bit further down, I'll provide a list of my favorite resources and websites. I use them along with information I receive from my spirit guides during shamanic journeying.
My best advice to clients and buyers of my ready-made pieces is this: wear the piece for a while to discover what you feel when you wear it. For example, after I finished a necklace largely of Tibetan Turquoise and Carnelian which, when I put it on, provided me a sense of deep warmth and contentment (felt in my chest), ease of lower back pain, and awareness of being comfortable in my own power. The color combination or turquoise and orange turns out to be pretty potent as Howard Johnson's certainly knew way back when.
After you've worn a new piece for a while, felt all you can from it, I'd love to hear from you about what else (besides the properties listed in its description) it may have set in motion in your body and life. So, relax and enjoy.
References I've found helpful:
1. The Crystal Bible: A Definitive Guide to Crystals; Judy Hall, (Hampshire, Great Britain: Godsfield Press), 2003.
2. Crystall Prescriptions: The A-Z guide to over 1,200 symptoms and their healing crystals; Judy Hall, (United Kingdom: O Books), 2005.
4. Love Is In The Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals - Updated, Melody, (Wheat Ridge, CO: Earth-Love Publishing), 20th printing, 2005.
5. The Book of Stones: Who They Are & What They Teach, Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian with contributions by Hazel Raven, (East Montpelier, VT: Heaven and Earth Publishing), 2005.
Bead and Color (glass beads) Properties: stuff that seems to hold universally true
Agate grounds, balances and transforms negative energy, cleanses Fire Agate connects with the Earth and protects from negativity Red Agate balances, grounds and transforms negative energy
Carnelian energizes, stablizes and protects; cleanses other stones; good for back problems
Citrine regenerates, warms; protects by absorbing, transmuting, and dispelling negative energy
Copper harmonizes the connection of physical and astral bodies; enhances blood flow; relieves arthritis and rheumatism
Garnet
Glass
Gold Glass opens the solar plexus; provides compassionate self-empowerment
Jasper
Green Jasper sustains and supports, aligns chakras, opens the heart chakra, facilitates shamanic journeys
Sunstone clears chakras; brings light into the heart; stimulates self-healing; reawakens joy
Tiger's Eye
Turquoise relieves geopathic stress; alleviates cataracts; brings the sky down to earth