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Stones and Gems

Written and Compiled by George Knowles

Since the first time man struck two stones together causing sparks to create fire (a magickal act to primitive man), stones have been viewed as possessing magickal powers and influences.  In times of old stones were carried as talismans when traveling or going on journeys; they were believed to hold a connective source of power back to the homeland.  (See “Charles G. Leland” and the 'Black Stone of the Voodoos' as an example.).  This tradition eventually evolved into the wearing of amulets and rings decorated with stones and gems. 

Stones have a long association with witchcraft being used by witches for many magickal purposes.  Stones, gems and crystals contain their own unique powers and energies that can be used to influence differing occult functions.  Many contain healing properties; some are used for protection and to ward of evil, while others are used for divination and spiritual communication.

Below is a list of stones commonly used for magickal purposes.  For other associations and correspondences see:

Incense /  Candles /  Colours /  Magickal Days /  Tools of a Witch /  Elements and Elementals

Amethyst - is a spiritual stone, it brings serenity in times of grief and stress, and is a good aid to meditation.  As a calming stone, if placed against the forehead it can ease headaches, and if place under the pillow can aid in restful sleep.  It can be used to strengthen commitment, and as an aid to chastity.  Amethyst stones have a violet and purple hue, and are associated with the birth signs of Sagittarius, Aquarius, and Pisces.   

Aquamarine - is a water stone, it is used for calming the nerves, strengthening the spirit, and as an aid to healing internal organs.  When used to aid communication, it helps calm and relax the overactive mind.  If used in conjunction with meditation, it inspires love, peace, serenity, and greater self-awareness.  Aquamarine stones are associated with the birth signs Virgo and Aquarius. 

Bloodstone - is a healing stone, and is helpful in clearing energy.  It is used with blood related disorders and to strengthen blood circulation, as it is thought to toughen and oxygenate the bloodstream.  Women may find bloodstones helpful in the regulation of the menstrual cycle, and for painful periods.  Bloodstones are also used to stimulate physical strength, and are revitalising and balancing.  Bloodstones are green with red flecks and are associated with the birth sign Aries. 

Carnelian - is a healing stone, it vitalises the blood and aids tissue regeneration.  It is used to aid concentration and helps to open the heart bringing joy, sociability and warmth.  It is also used as a protector from evil.  Carnelian stones are orange in colour, and are associated with the birth sign Virgo. 

Celestite – is a peace stone, it reduces stress and provides a sense of relaxation, bringing with it peace of mind.  It is also used as an aid to creativity, and clarity of words and thoughts.   

Citrine – is a healing stone, believed to be of great benefit to sufferers of diabetes.  It also aids tissue re-generation and is especially efficacious to the digestive system.  Used to improve self-confidence by encouraging self-esteem, it enhances friendships and relationships in general.  Citrine stones have a pale to deep or smoky yellow colour, and are associated with the birth sign Gemini.  

Clear Quartz - as a healing stone, it is physically good for the heart and spine.  As a protective stone, it is a generator and activator of energy that repels negativity on all levels.  As such it is beneficially used to aid self-confidence, and against real or imaginary slights and injustices.  Also used to bolster courage and as an aid too peaceful sleep.  The milky or opaque quartz has a receptive feminine aspect, while the clear quartz have a stimulating male force. 

Fluorite – is a healing and spiritual stone.  Associated with the strengthening of bones and teeth, it also aids knowledge, spiritual growth, and unconditional love.  Fluorite is a variable coloured stone often containing purple, white and green. 

Garnet - is a peace stone.  Used to balance sexuality and soothe emotional disharmony, while encouraging love and compassion.  Its healing properties protect from infection and aids with mental fatigue.  Garnets are a deep red in colour, and are associated with the birth signs Scorpio and Capricorn.   

Jade - is a healing and protecting stone.  Red jade serves to stimulate the emotions; it aids friendships while promoting prosperity.  Green jade serves to calm and soothe.  Both have a general influence on the inner motivations and urges.  Jade is associated with the birth sign Taurus.

Lodestone - is a metallic and magnetic stone with both drawing and repelling properties.  It helps to draw out and alleviate illness and pain from the physical body, and eases emotional trauma by increasing resistance to stress and disease.  It provides protection when around people or in places that impart feelings of depression or agitation, it repels these feeling and helps you grow strong.  Black in colour, its energies are clearing and building.

Moonstone – is a spiritual stone used to draw the aid of the noon’s spirits and the favours of the noon goddess.  They are also used to aid the development of the subconscious and psychic mind.  Moonstones have a watery white, pearly sheen that is supposed to open the heart to giving and receiving love, and when exchanged between lovers, arouses passion.  Moonstones are associated with the birth sign’s of Cancer and Pisces.

Malachite - is an inspirational stone used to aid eyesight and visionary powers by raising hopes and expectations.  It helps to combat fear by understanding its source, and assists us to back free from limitations by increasing courage and determination.  It is also good for arthritis and is thought to attract prosperity.  Malachite is an opaque green striped stone, and is associated with the birth sign Sagittarius.

Peridot  - is a healing and spiritual stone used in divination.  Peridot is a semi-precious stone and known as the “stone of the seer”.  It counteracts negativity and aids the development of inner vision by attracting occult powers to the seer.  It also enhances feelings of inner joy and lightness and opens you to giving, receiving, and expressing this joy.  Used in healing, it has a beneficial affect on cleansing the liver when “charged” in water.  It accelerates personal growth, resonates well with the heart, and aids in reducing stress.  Peridot is light green in colour, and associated with the birth sign of Leo.

Rose Quartz  - is a feminine love stone.  Used to draw positive energies, it increases fertility, friendships and brings contentment to the aged.  Placed over the heart area, it filters and harmonises energies passing through it in either direction.  It is a very comforting stone that promotes tenderness and sweet things, joyfulness and peace.  It also soothes heart pain.  Rose Quartz as its name suggests, has a pinkish rose colour.

Sodalite  - is a calming and balancing stone.  It alleviates fears and strengthens the metabolism.  It is a slightly sedative and grounding stone that lowers blood pressure and aids sleep.  It also clears and calms the mind bringing clarity, enhanced communication, and creative self-expression that widens the perspective.  Sodalite is a bright blue stone, often criss-crossed with white lines and flecks; these symbolise the spiritual light that comes with a balanced mind.

To Be Completed.

Sources

 An Insight into the Magical World of Crystals  

(A pamphlet issued by Rainbow Crystals)

E-mail  richardnjo@rainbowcrystals.fsnet.co.uk

Encyclopedia of Wicca & Witchcraft  - By Raven Grimassi

Wiccan World - http://www.WiccanWorld.co-inc.net

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Animals in Witchcraft (The Witches Familiar and Totem Animals) /  Antelope /  Bats /  Crow /  Fox /  Frog and Toads /  Goat / Honeybee /  Kangaroo /  Lion /  Owl /  Phoenix /  Rabbits and Hares /  Raven /  Robin Redbreast /  Sheep /  Spider /  Squirrel /  Swans /  Unicorn /  Wild Boar /  Wolf /  Serpent /  Pig /  Stag /  Horse /  Mouse /  Cat /  Rats /  Unicorn

Trees:

In Worship of Trees - Myths, Lore and the Celtic Tree Calendar.  For descriptions and correspondences of the thirteen sacred trees of Wicca/Witchcraft see the following:  Birch /  Rowan / Ash /  Alder /  Willow /  Hawthorn /  Oak /  Holly /  Hazel /  Vine /  Ivy /  Reed /  Elder

Sacred Sites:

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Rocks and Stones:

Stones - History, Myths and Lore

Articles contributed by Patricia Jean Martin:

Apophyllite  / Amber /  Amethyst /  Aquamarine /  Aragonite /  Aventurine /  Black Tourmaline /  Bloodstone /  Calcite /  Carnelian /  Celestite /  Citrine /  Chrysanthemum Stone / Diamond  /  Emerald / Fluorite /  Garnet /  Hematite /  Herkimer Diamond /  Labradorite /  Lapis Lazuli /  Malachite /  Moonstone /  Obsidian /  Opal /  Pyrite /  Quartz (Rock Crystal) /  Rose Quartz /  Ruby /  Selenite /  Seraphinite  /  Silver and Gold /  Smoky Quartz /  Sodalite /  Sunstone /  Thunderegg /  Tree Agate /  Zebra Marble

Wisdom and Inspiration:

Knowledge vs Wisdom by Ardriana Cahill /  I Talk to the Trees /  Awakening /  The Witch in You /  A Tale of the Woods /  I have a Dream by Martin Luther King /

Articles and Stories about Witchcraft:

Murdered by Witchcraft /  The Fairy Witch of Clonmel /  A Battleship, U-boat, and a Witch /  The Troll-Tear (A story for Children) /  Goody Hawkins - The Wise Goodwife /  The Story of Jack-O-Lantern /  The Murder of the Hammersmith Ghost /  Josephine Gray (The Infamous Black Widow) /  The Two Brothers - Light and Dark

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Biographies

A "Who's Who" of Witches, Pagans and other associated People

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Remembered at Samhain

(Departed Pagan Pioneers, Founders, Elders and Others)

Pagan Pioneers:  Founders, Elders, Leaders and Others

Abramelin the Mage /  Agrippa /  Aidan A Kelly /  Albertus Magnus - “Albert the Great” /  Aleister Crowley - “The Great Beast” /  Alex Sanders - “King of the Witches” /  Alison Harlow /   Allan Bennett - the Ven. Ananda Metteyya /  Allan Kardec (Spiritism) /  Alphonsus de Spina /  Amber K /  Ann Moura /  Anna Franklin /  Anodea Judith /  Anton Szandor LaVey /  Arnold Crowther /  Arthur Edward Waite /  Austin Osman Spare /  Balthasar Bekker /  Biddy Early /  Barbara Vickers /  Bridget Cleary - The Fairy Witch of Clonmel /  Carl " Llewellyn" Weschcke /  Cecil Hugh Williamson /  Charles Godfrey Leland /   Charles Walton /  Christopher Penczak /  Christina Oakley Harrington /  Cornelius Loos /  Damh the Bard - "Dave Smith" /  Dion Fortune /  Dolores Aschroft-Nowicki /  Donald Michael Kraig /  Doreen Valiente /  Dorothy Morrison /  Dr. John Dee & Edward Kelly /  Dr. Leo Louis Martello /  Edain McCoy /  Edward Fitch /  Eleanor Ray Bone - “Matriarch of British Witchcraft” /  Eliphas Levi /  Ernest Thompson Seton /  Ernest Westlake /  Fiona Horne /   Frederick McLaren Adams - Feraferia /  Friedrich von Spee /  Francis Barrett /  Gavin and Yvonne Frost and the School and Church of Wicca /  Gerald B. Gardner - The father of contemporary Witchcraft /  Gwydion Pendderwen /  Hans Holzer /  Helen Duncan /   Herman Slater - Horrible Herman /  Heinrich Kramer /  Isaac Bonewits /  Israel Regardie /  Ivo Domínguez Jr. /  Jack Whiteside Parsons - Rocket Science and Magick /  James "Cunning" Murrell - The Master of Witches /  Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone /  Jean Bodin /  Jessie Wicker Bell - “Lady Sheba” / Johann Weyer  / Johannes Junius - "The Burgomaster of Bamberg" /   Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim  -  the “Hexenbrenner” (witch burner) /  John Belham-Payne /  John George Hohman - "Pow-wow" /  John Gerard /  John Gordon Hargrave and the Kibbo Kith Kindred /  John Michael Greer /  John Score /  Joseph “Bearwalker” Wilson /  Joseph John Campbell /  Karl von Eckartshausen /  Lady Gwen Thompson - and "The Rede of the Wiccae" /   Laurie Cabot  - "the Official Witch of Salem" /  Lewis Spence /  Lodovico Maria Sinistrari /  Ludwig Lavater /  Madeline Montalban and the Order of the Morning Star /  Margaret Alice Murray /  Margot Adler /  Michael Howard and the UK "Cauldron Magazine" /  Margaret St. Clair - the “Sign of the Labrys” /  Marie Laveau - " the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans" /  Marion Weinstein /  Martin Antoine Del Rio /  Matthew Hopkins - “The Witch-Finder General” /   Max Ehrmann and the "Desiderata" /  Michael A. Aquino - and The Temple of Set /  Monique Wilson /  Montague Summers /  Nicholas Culpeper /  Nicholas Remy /  M. R. Sellars /  Mrs. Maud Grieve - "A Modern Herbal" /  Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and Morning Glory /  Old Dorothy Clutterbuck /  Old George Pickingill /  Olivia Durdin-Robertson - co-founder of the Fellowship of Isis /  Paddy Slade /  Pamela Colman-Smith /  Paracelsus /  Patricia Crowther /  Patricia Monaghan /  Patricia “Trish” Telesco /  Paul Foster Case and the “Builders of the Adytum” mystery school /  Peter Binsfeld /  Philip Heselton /  Raven Grimassi /  Raymond Buckland /  Reginald Scot /  Richard Baxter /  Robert Cochrane /  Robert ‘von Ranke’ Graves and the "The White Goddess" /  Rosaleen Norton - “The Witch of Kings Cross” /  Rossell Hope Robbins /   Ross Nichols and the " Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids" (OBOD) /  Rudolf Steiner /  Sabrina Underwood - "The Ink Witch" /  Scott Cunningham /  Selena Fox - founder of "Circle Sanctuary" /  Silver Ravenwolf /  Sir Francis Dashwood /  Sir James George Frazer and the " The Golden Bough" /  S.L. MacGregor Mathers and the “Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn” /  Starhawk /  Stewart Farrar /  Sybil Leek /  Ted Andrews /  The Mather Family - (includes:  Richard Mather, Increase Mather and Cotton Mather ) /   Thomas Ady /  T. Thorn Coyle /  Vera Chapman /  Victor & Cora Anderson and the " Feri Tradition" /  Vivianne Crowley /  Walter Brown Gibson /  Walter Ernest Butler /  William Butler Yeats /  Zsuzsanna Budapest /  

Many of the above biographies are briefs and far from complete.  If you know about any of these individuals and can help with additional information, please contact me privately at my email address below.  Many thanks for reading  :-)

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