TYPE 4

healing with gemstones

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HEALING WITH GEMSTONES 1.

Adapted from the Newcastle Guide & other sources, by Pagan of Coven of the

Wheel.

* Our thanks to Pamela Louise Chase, Jonathan Pawlik, Amalthea, Ursula

Markham, Ray Buckland, Melody, Scott Cunningham, Edgar Cayce, Phillis

Galde, Wabun Wind, Anderson Reed, Dorothee L. Mella, Edmond Harold & all

those who requested these notes.

Anyone who has had a pet knows the pure trust & love that a animal so freely

shares. We often take this love for granted, not fully understanding how we

are being served in this way. Nevertheless, we have been loved, healed, &

cheered on by the devot ion of our pets.

It is time for us to understand that all living things have a consciousness

that gives & receives compassion, & that we are intimately connected with the

Kingdoms of Nature through our mutual service to each other.

Our aim in these lessons is to help you deepen your connection with Nature

for ours is a Nature based religion, like all Shamanic type religions, we

see & find Divinity through observation of Nature, & a melding with the

Earth's Forces, through Esbat rites & the cycles of our 8 Festivals

/Sabbats.

We hope that you will see stones as friends & guides rather than inanimate

objects to be taken for granted.

When we admire the beauty in all things, including stones we are also

affirming Nature, the Goddess & God who created all.

In order to understand the wisdom of stones, you need to begin to perceive

all life as different frequencies & forms of energy.

This energy can be experienced at the physical, emotional, mental & spiritual

levels.

Everything in Nature consists of Life -Force energy vibrating at different

levels.

On the physical level, life force energy is consciousness expressed as

qualities such as courage, joy & compassion.

Life-force energy is known to have healing qualities & it is these qualities

that we seek in the stones.

Your thoughts also have varying amounts of life-force energy depending on how

positive they are.

When you combine the life-force energy in conscious positive thoughts or

affirmations with the life- force energy of stones, the healing potential is

greater than the energy of either the thoughts or stones separately.

Your body is a complex energy system.

The aura or energy field surrounding your body is composed of several layers

or subtle bodies.

Our working system roughly defines 3 layers, which corresponds to the

physical, emotional-mental & spiritual levels of development.

We combine the emotional-mental levels together, as they both influence the

creation of conscious beliefs.

The physical layer is usually called the etheric body & extends out about

one-quarter inch to 2 or 3 inches from the physical body. Being the densest

layer, it is the easiest to perceive & is sometimes seen as a thin band of

white or greyish light. When you place stones on your body you are directly

affecting the etheric body, which serves as a blueprint for the physical

Surrounding the etheric body are the emotional & mental subtle bodies.

We sense these layers from 3 or 4 inches to 12 inches above the body.

These fields are often seen clairvoyantly as shimmering, changing colours

that indicate the emotional & physical state of a person's thoughts.

The spiritual subtle body extends from about 12 inches to 3 feet from the

physical body.

This is the level where you merge with your Higher Self & are connected with

the reality beyond your conscious awareness.

Your subtle bodies are highly sensitive to thought forms.

When a thought form enters one of your subtle bodies, the structure of that

body changes to resonate with the thought.

Depending on the nature of the thought, the subtle body either becomes more

stable, structured & filled with life-force energy, or more disorganised,

disturbed, & life-force starvation takes place & in the long term, leakages

occur causing disease. This process happens quickly & spontaneously with

your passing thoughts.

That is why clairvoyants often see many colours, including predominant

overtones, as well as various changing colours.

Your very being is structured by thoughts. Therefore, you can use positive

thoughts to affect your sensitive energy fields to bring about balance.

In addition to serving as both blueprint for the body & a record of your

experiences, the subtle bodies also serve as transducers of life-force

energy.

As you receive life-force energy from a variety of sources, including

thought, it is stepped down at each level & made into grosser or denser form

that your body can use.

The Chakras form another component of your energy system.

The Chakras are energy vortexes, or " Wheels of Light " [ Wheels of Energy]

which both connect the subtle bodies & act as transducers for life-force

energy.

The 7 major Chakras are associated with the major endocrine glands, & they

represent the physical, emotional, mental & spiritual levels of development.

As you evolve in understanding both your interdependence with others as well

as the Oneness of all life, your chakras receive more life-force energies at

increasingly higher frequencies.

The levels of development represent each chakra, & their locations on the

human body. [ * See lessons on the Chakras & Chart.]

The Thymus gland, a less understood component of the human energy system,

receives & directs life-force energies. It is located in the middle of the

chest between the breasts & the hollow of the throat.

The thymus gland was originally thought to have no function at all because it

seems to atrophy in many people after the age of 13.

It is not generally known that the thymus gland shrinks during serious

illness & severe physical stress.

The thymus gland is more clearly understood in terms of its spiritual

function.

It is a very sensitive gland & is activated by positive mental attitudes.

Apparently, it remains largely dormant unless you consciously practise giving

& receiving Unconditional Love, with the realisation that your thoughts

affect your body & the bod ies of those around you.

However, once you welcome Unconditional Love in the form of positive thoughts

& spiritual understanding into your life, the thymus gland is activated to do

two things.

First, it acts as a sensor that detects where an imbalance of life-force

energy is occurring in the body.

Second, apparently it can transduce the life-force energy of thought & direct

it for re balancing the physical body.

Thus, it monitors & regulates the body's immune system when the mind body

connection is understood.

Just as you learn to perceive life-force energy in your own system, you can

learn to perceive life-force energy in the Kingdoms of Nature, as above, so

below.

All of Nature exists in physical forms that you experience with your 5

senses, as well as in the Spiritual Forms, which are part of a larger

reality.

The Kingdoms of Nature can teach you about the Spiritual Dimensions of

physical reality & the Divine source that is present in all life.

Just as you have a Higher Self that is able to share universal wisdom & guide

you in ways that you can understand, each mineral also has a Higher Self

called a Deva. Contact with such a Deva can be made through meditation or

through working with & we aring / carrying, crystals, gemstones & various

metals.

BLESSED BE.