With Samhain being round the corner, it is time to gather our energies and focus on this time where the veil between the world of the living and that of the dead is at it's thinnest.
Whether you'll be celebrating the Sabbath on your own, or with like minded individuals, crystals can very well play a major role in your process.
Here are a few Crystals that are appropriate to use for the occasion, as well as a brief explanation as to why. (Oh, by a few, I mean 30).
1) Fluorite
Fluorite allows the mind to flow freely, thus making it an excellent crystal to use during this time of the year, where the so called veil between the world of the living and that of the dead is at its thinnest.
2) Obsidian
Obsidian is associated with magickal activities such as scrying, and is a great stone to be used for protection and grounding.
3) Smoky Quartz
Looking through Smoky Quartz feels like one is looking through smoke to see what's on the other side. It is an excellent stone to use in meditation around this time of the year, and can help connecting with the spirit world be an easier process. It is also a good grounding stone. You might be noticing a pattern already - grounding is crucial in day to day workings, but even more so at some a highly energetic time. Unless properly grounded, it can become a very overwhelming experience, very quickly.
4) Hematite
Hematite stimulates concentration and focus, enhancing memory and original thought.and - you guessed it - is an excellent grounding stone. The shiny nature of this black crystal makes it also ideal to use for scrying.
5) Labradorite
Labradorite is associated with divination and intuition, and is also an excellent tool for those of us who might still be dealing with the trauma of loss. It is a good emotional healing crystal.
6) Howlite
Howlite is associated with communication, patience and helps to
eliminate rage, pain and stress. A calming stone, Howlite facilitates awareness and encourages emotional expression.
7) Botswana Agate
Botswana Agate is a comforting, protective stone that can bring comfort to those of us dealing with loss. It is sometimes called a 'Stone of Change', and is a great tool to use for grounding and to help release repressed emotions to allow room for healing.
8) Rhodonite
Rhodonite is a stone of compassion and balance. Around this time of the year, it is particularly useful as it allows those of us dealing with the aftermath of losing a loved one to acknowledge and deal with our emotions, whilst still functioning and forging ahead in our mundane lives.
9) Rose Quartz
Not the crystal you were expecting to find here, right? Most commonly known for its associations with romantic love, many seem to forget that Rose Quartz is primarily a stone for self love. It is an excellent emotional healing stone, and is provides us with comfort.
10) Unakite
Unakite is a stone of vision, opening the third eye and useful for scrying - not as a scrying mirror, but to lend its energies to help make it happen.It is therefore of little surprise that this crystal is very much sought after around this time of the year. And, guess what? It is also a great emotional grounding tool too!
11) Amethyst
Besides from being a healing stone, and very pretty [an irrefutable opinion], it is also a stone of calmness and levelheadedness. It is a very useful stone to use in meditation, and it is said to alleviate sadness and grief.
12) Angelite
Angelite is said to be a very high vibrational stone that activates and aligns our
throat, third eye, and crown chakras. As a consequence, Angelite helps attune
oneself to a higher frequency, which is useful for connecting to one's guardian
angels and spirit guides.
13) Apophyllite
Apophyllite is also linked to the higher chakras, and particularly useful to help connect with the spirit world. It is a crystal that is particularly useful to help develop one's Clairs - that is, clairvoyance, claircognizance, clairaudience, clairsentience, clairalience, and clairgustance.
14) Apatite
Apatite is said to clear away confusion, apathy or negativity, and to stimulate the intellect to expand knowledge and truth. It is also a great stone with work with when dealing with the aforementioned Clairs, especially clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience. Apatite also can help expand the awareness of past-life experiences.
15) Aventurine
Aventurine is a stone of compassion and empathy, and stimulates feelings of wellbeing. Aventurine comes in a variety of colours, but the three colours that work best for Samhain are Green Aventurine, Yellow Aventurine and Red Aventurine.
Green Aventurine is a comforter and heart healer, and assists with past life work.
Yellow Aventurine helps balance emotions and alleviate grief.
Red
Aventurine helps one be more open to receiving other people’s
suggestions and creative feedback, and help incorporate these new ideas
into one's expanded consciousness.
16) Emerald
Emerald is said to enhance psychic abilities,
specifically Clairvoyance. Emerald is also associated with the eighth planet Mercury in the Solar System.
Lord Budha (Devanagari: बुध ) (Tamil: புதன்) is considered as the god
of the planet Mercury. According to Hindu mythology Lord Budha is
considered as one among the nine Navagrahas.
He represents green color and gemstone emerald. He is also the god of
merchandise and protector of merchants. He is of Rajas Guna and
represents Communication. as well as the Navagraha.
17) Kyanite
Kyanite is an excellent stone for meditation and attunement. It is a stone that is said to align all chakras and subtle bodies instantly., providing balance of yin-yang energy and dispels blockages, moving energy
gently through the physical body.
Its blockage removal properties make it a great stone to use to allow channeling and mediumship to take place.
18) Malachite
Malachite clears and activates the chakras and attunes to spiritual guidance. It is a crystal that is said to enable you to absorb and process information, release negative experiences and old traumas, and stimulates dreams. It is of no wonder that it is an excellent stone to work with during this time of the year.
19) Ruby Zoisite a.k.a Anyolite
Ruby Zoisite is said to help create an altered state of consciousness, and stimulate
psychic abilities. Anyolite
instills joy, spontaneity, laughter and courage, bringing passion and a
zest for life.
20) Citrine
Citrine is found both in its natural form, as well as in a heat-treated form. In the photo above, you can very clearly distinguish which one is which - naturally formed Citrine tends to be more of a pale to lemony colour, whereas heat treated Citrine is more of an amber-orangey colour. Heat treated Citrine is made in a lab environment where amethyst is, quite literally, treated with heat, to change its colour. If you'd like to read more about the process, you can check out
this very sciency article here. Citrine and Amethyst, together with Prasiolite, tend to often form in the same areas, and the mineral inclusions in them as well as the heat under which they form determines the end result. Some people, like myself, don't mind whether the Citrine is natural or heat treated, whereas others like to solely use naturally formed Citrine.
Naturally formed Citrine is somewhat uncommon to come across and therefore tends to be pricier than the other 2 aforementioned crystals.
Citrine is an excellent crystal for interpersonal relationships. It
smooths family or group problems and promotes solutions and cohesiveness. Citrine healing properties can help with physical, emotional, and spiritual balance and issues. Its foremost energy is to aid in manifestation.
21) Sunstone
Sunstone provides a source of strength if you are dependent on others
emotionally, or have suffered the sudden loss of a partner. Sunstone instills good nature, heightens intuition and allows the real self to shine through happily. It dissipates fearfulness
22) Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli is one of the most sought after stones in use since man’s
history began. Its deep, celestial blue remains the symbol of royalty
and honor, gods and power, spirit and vision. It is a universal symbol
of wisdom and truth.
A stone of truth, Lapis encourages honesty of the spirit, and in the
spoken and written word. It can be used for all forms of deep communication.
23) Selenite
Selenite is said to provide clarity of the
mind, helps with expanding one's awareness of
the self and of ones surroundings. It is also said to open the crown
and higher crown
chakras and accesses angelic consciousness and higher guidance. It is a
stone that can be used for past life regression and is an excellent
stone to use in meditation and psychic workings.
24) Moonstone
A stone for “new beginnings”, Moonstone is a stone of inner growth and
strength. It soothes emotional instability and stress, and stabilises
the emotions, providing calmness. Moonstone enhances intuition.
It is said that in Hindu legend, the belief was that Moonstone is made of solidified moon beams.
This stone is sometimes compared to a moon hiding behind clouds, and is brilliant to bring out that which is hidden, shining its light to break through the darkest moments. It is therefore a good stone to use during this time of year, as it helps bring respite from melancholy and feelings of loss.
25) Dragon's Blood Jasper
Dragon Blood Jasper is said to contain properties that
manifest themselves in the form of great courage and adaptability. It is said that Dragon's Blood Jasper helps awaken the
kundalini, which once activated, it allows the soul and mind to persist through hardships by
becoming more resilient and adapting to ever-changing circumstances.
26) Black Tourmaline
Black Tourmaline is an excellent stone for protection and grounding - which when doing any ritual work is always good to have, but during this time of the year, things can get very intense very quickly, therefore having Black Tourmaline handy is.. well.. very handy indeed.
27) Red Jasper
Red Jasper is reported to increase emotional focus and balance. Red Jasper can also be used for increasing memory of dreams.It is an exceptional grounding stone that helps one better engage with the world around them - both the physical and the spiritual.
28) Carnelian
Carnelian is believed to help timid speakers become both eloquent and bold - thus helping with communication. Carnelian lends the courage needed to help overcome difficulties. It improves concentration and removes irrelevant thoughts in daydreamers, and during meditation.
29) Bloodstone
Bloodstone - also known as Heliotrope - heightens intuition and stimulates dreaming. It is a grounding and protecting stone. Bloodstone is regarded as a gem of noble sacrifice and
can offer courage and solace to all who are called to give of themselves
for the good of others. Heliotrope was called "stone of Babylon" by Albert the Great and he
referred to several magical properties, which were attributed to it from
Late Antiquity. Pliny the Elder (1st century) mentioned first that the
magicians used it as a stone of invisibility. Damigeron (4th
century) wrote about its property to make rain, solar eclipse and its
special virtue in divination and preserving health and youth.
30) Black Onyx
Black Onyx is a great stone for protection and shielding from negative energies, and is a good stone for grounding. It is said to assist in facing one's shadow side with courage and learn important lessons so that old patterns and traumas can be released. It is therefore said that Black Onyx can help banish grief.
All of the above crystals are in stock at
Fata Morgana in varying amounts.
I hope that this list of sorts has been helpful! Feel free to get in touch should you wish to claim any of the above-mentioned crystals.
Until next time,
Ros
