Crystals - Chakra Stones - Free Information

General information on crystals:

• The word crystal stems from the Greek language and stands for 'ice'.
  It was the belief that such a stone was only water frozen into this solid form, now beyond melting.
  This early idea was kept alive as late as the 18th century.
  Even then some scientists maintained clear rock crystal
  being fossilized ice!

• Precious stones have been on the trading markets of the word
  for more than 5000 years now.

• The New Millenium has shown an increasing interest in Spirituality.
  With this the interest in crystals, gem stones, precious stones
  and also particularily the stones'
  meanings or rather their usages
  and more precisely their energy and powers,
  has grown essentially as well.

• Using the power and energies of crystals
  can be a way for empowerment in your personal lives.

• Don't miss out!
  Empower yourselves now!

Crystals for Chakra healing/clearing:

• Chakra has a Sanskrit orign and its meaning is 'wheel'.
• There are 7 primary chakra points in our bodies.
  They are located on an imaginary vertical line,
  also called spriritual energy channel,
  which runs from the top or our heads down to the bottom of our spine.
• The chakra energy points are actually spinning wheels.
• Chakras support our mental, emotional as well as our physical state.
  But as they can also become blocked, diseases can be caused by this.

Following a brief outline of those 7 main chakras:

• *Crown Chakra (Sahasrara):
  Location: top of the head
  Associated with: spiritual energy
  Open: will make you feel content, it's the gateway to wellbeing
  Blocked: confusion, depression, boredom
  Gland/organ: pineal gland
  Colour: violet
• Crystal: Charoite, Kunzite, Rock Crystal

• *Brow Chakra or the Third Eye (Ajna):
  Location: centre of the forehead, between eyebrows
  Associated with: psychic abilities, dreams, memory, spiritual intuition
  Open: raised vibrational frequency, improved memory
  Blocked: feeling of disharmony, headaches or migraines, recurring nightmares, sleeping disorders, depression, anxiety, blurred vision
  Gland/organ: pituitary gland
  Colour: purple (indigo)
• Crystal: Amethyst, Lepidolite, Purple Fluorite

• *Throat Chakra (Visuddha):
  Location: inside the throat
  Associated with: communication & self-expression, self-worth
  Open: ability to speak from the 'heart', self-confidence
  Blocked: sore throat, stiff neck, hearing problems,
  feeling shy, speech defects
  Gland/organ: thyroid gland
  Colour: blue
• Crystal: Sapphire, Sodalite, Turquoise

• *Heart Chakra (Anahata):
  Location: middle of the body/chest
  Associated with: love
  Open: giving and receiving love, feeling joy, kindness,
  happiness & contentment because of this.
  
  Furthermore, this particular chakra has the ability to increase the frequencies of the 3 lower chakra
  
  Blocked: low and high blood pressure
  Gland/organ: thymus gland, immune system, circulation of blood
  Colour: green
• Crystal: Aventurine, Emerald, Jade, Malachite

• *Solar Plexus or Navel Chakra (Manipura):
  Location: navel
  Associated with: creativity, will power, child bonding, parents
  Open: ability to go beyond materialistic issues towards spiritual ones
  Blocked: emotional insecurity, indigestion, panic attacks, phobias
  Gland/organ: pancreas gland, digestion
  Colour: bright yellow
• Crystal: Iron Pyrites, Rutilated Quarz, Yellow Amber, Yellow Topaz

• *Sacral or Pelvic or Polarity Chakra (Swadishthana):
  Location: in the lower abdomen
  Associated with: conception, psychological sexual maturity
  Open: feeling 'sexy'
  Blocked: lower back pain, confusion, mood swings
  Gland/organ: pancreas, immune system
  Colour: orange
• Crystal: Sunstone, Tiger's Eye, Orange Jasper

• *Root or Base Chakra (Muladhara):
  Location: base of the spine
  Associated with: foundation of our entire being of living
  Open: feeling of satisfaction, similar to the feeling after a workout, acting wisely and focused
  Blocked: anxiety, fearfulness, bladder problems, constipation, weight problems
  Gland/organ: adrenal gland, kidneys, colon
  Colour: red
• Crystal: Carnelian, Dragon's Eye, Garnet, Ruby

• As you will have seen the chakra energy points can be blocked and generally can do with a booster.
• Thus placing the appropriate crystal on the according location on the body can already enhance the energetic qualities of the stones.
  Combined with meditation, it can help even more.

How to store & keep crystals:

• Usually crystals don't require more than a bit of dusting.

• To charge a crystal with some talismanic energy
  it helps to carry the stone on or with you,
  when you engage in the activity for which it was bought.

• It will be your personal choice whether to display crystals
  in a bowl, in a jewellery box
  or keep them constantly with you either as jewellery
  on you or in a silk pouch, for you to take out and handle
  whenever required, to use their energy.

• Crystals are believed to store certain healing energy.
• But they also soak up energy from their environment
  and this energy might be negative one.
• Therefore it's a good idea to purify your crystals.

• You can use Air, Earth, Fire or Water
  for this purification process.

• By creating your own 'cleansing stones',
  you will have your own in-house cure for this task.
• Simply scatter around any stone that needs purifying.
• In our email guide:
  **how to purify your crystals
  we give you instructions on how to create your own cleansing stones.

Crystals for Astrology/Star Crystals:

Below you will see a list of signs of the zodiac
with their connected stones: