This edition also includes an index of the stones’ healing and energetic properties, making it easy to find the stone best suited to your needs. They help one to see the deeper truth of the suffering of others in a way that leads inevitably to compassion.

As objects they communicate through the various ways they respond when being held, when they’re being handled. Such an alignment is particularly helpful for achieving one’s ‘heart’s desires’--the aspects of life one longs for but which may seem impossible to realize. For those of us who lament that they don’t much like the Earth and they want to go home, Fire Agate is an ideal remedy. It activates the psychic centers in the brain, enhancing ESP, lucid dreaming, mediumship and other paranormal abilities. Well it was a insightful book I will give you that and it was quite depressing and amazing about the haunted story at the Maitland property and the church.At the end of the novel when she tells Garnet her "big secret" that's really nothing, she keeps insisting that if Garnet knew the truth about her he'd "break-up with her". The entries conclude with summaries of the spiritual, emotional, and physical healing qualities of the stone, and an affirmation for evoking its potential benefits. Offering an illuminating alphabetical journey through the mineral kingdom, this comprehensive reference guide takes you deep into the world of crystals and their uses for spiritual awakening and self-healing. It could be considered a protective stone because of its ability to sustain one in the face of negativity, but it is not a stone for building walls or keeping others out.

Meditation with Stones Perhaps the single best means to learn to ‘feel’ crystal energies is to hold a stone or several stones during meditation.Next comes a description of the crystal structure, hardness, history, and known locations of each mineral, plus any relevant legend or lore from the past. In her new book Stones, author Oldershaw shares some of the surprising and fascinating facts, myths and stories to reveal the importance of stones in our history and culture. Fire Agate harmonizes with Diamond, Chrysocolla, Anandalite, Crimson Cuprite, Mystic Merlinite, Agnitite and Agni Gold Danburite. It is not that they repel negativity, but that they vibrate so positively that there is no resonance with negative people or situations.