OBSIDIAN

6/8/2006

CHAKRA(S): Base / Root and Stone Color

VIBRATION: Number 1

ZODIAC: Sagitarrius

ATTRIBUTES: Obsidian is lustrous volcanic glass, a molten lava that cooled so quickly it had no time to crystallize. It is a stone that has no boundaries or limitations, as a result works extremely fast and with great power. It is truth-enhancing, merciless in exposing flaws, weaknesses and blockages - nothing can be hidden. It points out how to ameliorate all destructive and disempowering conditions, impels us how to grow and lend solid support. It needs careful handling and best used under a qualified therapist as it can bring negative emotions and unpleasant truth rushing to the surface. Under skilled guidance, it provides deep soul healing, facilitates going into past lives to heal festering emotions or trauma that has carried forward into the present. Obsidian is a strongly protective stone, forming a shield against negativity, provides grounding cord from the base chakra to the center of the earth. It absorbs negative energies from the environment, blocks pyschic attacks and removes negative spiritual influences. Placing an Obsidian the bed or under the pillow can draw out mental stress and tension, and may have a calming effect, but it can also bring up the reasons for that stress, as it is effective in soaking up negative energies, it is essential to clean the stone under running water each time it has been used this way. Obsidian brings clarity to the mind, confidence and ease, anchors the spirit into the body and stimulates growth on all levels.

HEALING: This mineral's greatest gift is insight into the cause of dis-ease. It aids the digestion of anything that is hard to accept and promotes physical digestion. It detoxifies, dissolving blockages and tensions in the physical and subtle bodies, including hardened arteries. It reduces the pain of arthritis, joint problems, cramps, injuries, warms the extremeties, ameliorates pain and stanches bleeding. It can be used to shrink enlarged prostrate and an elixir use is beneficial to shock. Obsidian can be used as a ball or mirror for scrying.

BLACK OBSIDIAN: is a powerful, creative stone that grounds the soul and spiritual forces into the physical plane. It promotes self-control and forces facing up to one's true self, taking you deep into the subconscious mind. This stone brings imbalances and shadow qualities to the surface for release. It magnifies all negative energies to be fully experienced and then released, this healing effect goes back unto past lives and can work the ancestral and family line. It reverses previous misuse of power, teaching that to be empowered is not to wield personal power but rather to channel the power for the good of all. This stone is very protective, repels negativity, disperses unloving thoughts and facilitates release of old loves providing support during the change. Black Obsidian has the gift of prophesy and have been used in shamanic ceremonies to remove physical disorders. The Black Obsidian Balls are powerful meditation and scrying aids but should be used those who can consciously process what they see and use it for the highest good. The Clear Quartz helps ground and articulate what is revealed. When used in healing, a Black Obsidian placed in the navel grounds spiritual energy into the body, held briefly above the third eye breaks trough mental barriers and dissolves mental conditioning.

BLUE OBSIDIAN: aids astral travel, facilitates divination, and enhances telepathy. It activates the throat chakra and supports communication skills. It opens the aura to receive healing energy, treats speech defects, eye disorders, Alzheimer's, schozophrenia and multiple personal disorder.

BLUE-GREEN OBSIDIAN: opens the heart and throat chakras, facilitates speaking one's truth and understanding from the heart. It aids Reiki healing; balances the mind, body and spirit. This stone improves the assimilation of Vitamins A and E, and ehances night vision.

ELECTRIC-BLUE OBSIDIAN: is an intuitive stone, facilitates divination, trance states, shamanic journeying, psychic communication and past-life regression. This stone opens the third eye and assists in inner journeys. It accesses the roots of difficulties and balances energy fields. This stone enhances radionic treatment and is effective as a pendulum for dowsing. This stone makes a patient more receptive. It treats spinal misalignmnet and impacted vertebrae, circulatory disorders, growths and spasmodic conditions. As an elixir, it heals the eyes.

GOLD-SHEEN OBSIDIAN: is effective for scrying, it takes you into the future, the past and deep into the core of the problem. It shows what is needed for healing but will require other crystals needed to achieve healing. This stone eliminates sense of futility or ego conflict and imparts knowledge of spiritual direction. In healing, it balances energy fields.

MAHOGANY OBSIDIAN: has a gentler energy than Black, resonating with the Earth, it grounds and protects and gives strength in times of need. This stone vitalizes purpose, eliminates energy blockages and stimulates growth on all levels. It is a stabilizing stone that strengthens the aura and restores the correct spin to the sacral and solar plexus chakras. Worn on the body it has been known to relieve pain and imporves circulation.

RAINBOW OBSIDIAN: is one of the stone of the gentler obsidian with strong protective properties. It teaches about your spiritual nature, cuts the cord of old love and gently releases hooks that others have left in the heart, replenishing the heart energy. When worn as a pendant, it absorbs negative energy from the aura and draws off stress from the body.

RED-BLACK OBSIDIAN: raises the kundalini energy. It promotes vitality, virility and brotherhood. This stone treats fevers and chills.

SILVER-SHEEN OBSIDIAN: enhances meditation and is the perfect crystal for crystal gazing. This stone provides a mirror of inner being, brings advantages throughout life and imparts patience and perseverance. It is a helpful stone when journeying out of the body, as it connects with the astral body with the physical body thus brings the soul back into physical incarnation.

APACHE TEAR: is a form of Black Obsidian but much gentler in effect. It brings out negativity slowly so it can be transmuted. This is an excellent stone to absorb negative energy, aura protection, grounds and cleanses the earth chakra. According to legends, Apache Tear is named, believed to shed tears in times of sorrow. Apache Tear comforts grief, provides insight into the source of distress and relieves long-term grievances. This stone stimulates analytical capabilities, promotes forgiveness, removes self-limitations and increases spontaneity.

SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN: is a stone of purity, providing balance for body, mind and spirit. It helps recognize and release "wrong thinking", stressful mental patterns, promotes dispassion and inner centering. With the aid of this stone, isolation and loneliness become empowering, aiding surrender in meditation. When placed in the sacral chakra, this stone calms, soothes and puts one in the right frame of mind, to be receptive before bringing attention to engrained patterns of behavior. This stone treats veins, skeleton, and improves circulation. An elixir can be used for the skin and the eyes.