A pendulum has been in use as a divination and dowsing tool for as long as 8,000 years.  A pendulum combines a simple appearance with a mystical function.  By responding to your body’s own energetic field in conjunction with your higher self and intuition, it provokes jerk reflexes in your arm and wrist that allow the pendulum to move in a certain direction to answer your questions.

The muscles in your arm move by subconscious activity in your brain. So by asking your question, your energy field is responding to what your inner self already knows subconsciously. However, consciously you are unaware because you are so conditioned to closing off intuition and instead of listening to your rational mind.  The idea that the pendulum swings as an extension of spirit has its fair share of skeptics.

Pendulums are simple to operate and anyone can use them. They are beautiful and mystical, and they draw people in who are curious about how they work. You don’t need any special qualifications to use a pendulum. People from all walks of life can pick up the practice. A pendulum is small, as well as compact and affordable. You can be use it anywhere.

There are so many different types of pendulums out there, and it can be a little overwhelming to choose one. There are different shapes, crystals, metals, string options, lengths, added embellishments, and more – and all with different meanings and added energy properties. At the end of the day, you need to choose one that you resonate with. Try not to choose a pendulum just because you think it is pretty. You must resonate with it, or it will do you no good.

If you would like to purchase a book about pendulums, follow this link to my product page for “A Little Bit of Pendulums” https://suegranzow.com/product/pendulums/

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Cinnabar stone, mercury sulfide (HgS), is the chief ore mineral of mercury. It is commonly encountered with pyrite, marcasite, and stibnite in veins near recent volcanic rocks and in hot-springs deposits. The most important deposit is at Almadén, Spain, where it has been mined for 2,000 years.

Cinnabar stone increases persuasiveness and assertiveness in selling, and aids in prospering in one’s endeavors without inciting aggression. It also assists organization and community work and business, as well as finance. Cinnabar is helpful when you want to enhance your persona or change your image, as it invests a person with dignity and power. It also makes the outward demeanor aesthetically pleasing and elegant.

Healing Traits of Cinnabar Stone

Mentally, cinnabar imparts fluency to the mind and to speech. At a spiritual level, it connects to the acceptance of everything being perfect, exactly as it is. It releases energy blockages and aligns the energy centers.

Cinnabar heals and purifies blood. It imparts strength and flexibility to the physical body, stabilizes weight and enhances fertility.

Caution

If you tumble this stone, use caution as it can become toxic. Hence, be sure to wash your hands after handling cinnabar.

Since this stone attracts abundance, keep it in a cash box.

Here is information about cinnabar from wikipedia:

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Turquoise, the Protection Stone, is a phosphate mineral that ranks anywhere from 5 – 7 on the Mohs hardness scale. The color ranges from translucent to opaque blue, blue-green or green, and sometimes veined. Turquoise can be easily obtained in the US, Egypt, Mexico, China, Iran, Peru, Poland, Russia, as well as other countries.

This stone is a very efficient healer by providing solace for the spirit and well-being for the body. Known as a protective stone people have been using turquoise for amulets for centuries. While it may be true, some believe it changes color to warn of danger of infidelity. Turquoise promotes spiritual attunement and enhances communication with the physical and spiritual worlds. It associates with the third eye and throat chakras.

Healing Traits of Turquoise, the Protection Stone

This stone dispels negative energy and clears electromagnetic smog, as well as providing protection against pollutants in the environment. Without a doubt, this stone is empathetic and balancing. It promotes self-realization and assists creative problem solving.

Psychologically, it is a strengthening stone. Mentally, turquoise instills inner calm while remaining alert. Emotionally, it stabilizes mood swings while bringing inner calm.

Turquoise enhances the physical and psychic immune systems. Since it is, anti-inflammatory and detoxifying, the stone helps heal the entire body..

Turquoise is very popular among the Native Americans of the Southwest, Arizona and New Mexico desert areas. On a trip to Arizona and the Grand Canyon several years ago, I remember seeing vendor stands alongside the road, wherever there was a place big enough to set up their tents. Most of them were showing turquoise jewelry, as well as belt buckles, hair barrettes and other turquoise products made by the Indians. These Indians usually combine their turquoise jewelry with silver, in the form of silver beads or silver chain. It is a beautiful combination.

Here is a great articles about the meaning and properties of turquoise: https://meanings.crystalsandjewelry.com/turquoise/

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The Aquamarine is a type of beryl that rates 7.5-8 on the Moh’s hardness scale. Its color is greenish blue to blue. This crystal is found in Brail, Pakistan, China, Burma, and the US. This calming and soothing stone has been a good luck talisman since ancient times. Associated with safe travels, especially over water, sailors would carry this stone with them as a talisman against drowning. In addition, it enhances the Throat chakra and helps with communication, especially the fear of speaking in public. Aquamarine brings clarity and wisdom to thoughts and their expression in speech.

Aquamarine is a stone of courage, as well as having calming energies reduce stress and quiet the mind. It harmonizes its surroundings. Psychologically, it has an affinity with sensitive people. In addition, it has the power to invoke tolerance of others. Also, it encourages taking responsibility for oneself.

This crystal calms the mind, removing extraneous thought. It filters information reaching the brain and clarifies perception, sharpens the intellect, and clears up confusion. With its ability to bring unfinished business to a conclusion, Aquamarine is useful for closure on all levels.

Spiritually, Aquamarine sharpens intuition and opens clairvoyance. A wonderful stone for meditation, it invokes high states of consciousness and spiritual awareness.

It shields the aura and aligns the chakras, clearing the throat chakra and bringing communication from a higher plane. This stone also aligns the physical and spiritual bodies.

It is useful for sore throats, swollen glands and thyroid problems. Aquamarine strengthens the body’s cleansing organs, and aids the eyes, jaw. teeth and stomach. It calms overreactions of the immune system and autoimmune diseases such as hay fever.

Here is an article about how the aquamarine relates to Feng Shui: https://www.thespruce.com/aquamarine-stone-properties-calm-and-peace-1274364

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Sapphire crystals come in many different colors, including blue, green, black, white (clear or colorless), yellow, pink, grey as well as the star sapphire. This crystal rates a 9 on the Mohs Hardness scale. Sapphires are found world-wide, including the US, South America, Scotland, Australia, Germany, Slovakia, Cameroon, as well as Pakistan and Cambodia.

The Sapphire crystal is the birthstone for the month of September. Also known as the “Stone of Wisdom”, each color stone has its own particular wisdom. This stone is also associated with the Throat and Third Eye chakras.

Healing Traits

Sapphire not only focuses and calms the mind, it also releases unwanted thoughts and mental tension. Bringing peace of mind serenity, Sapphire crystals align not only the spiritual, mental and physical planes, but also restores balance within the body.

The sapphire calms overactive body systems and regulates the glands. It heals the eyes, removing impurities and stress. It treats blood disorders and alleviates excessive bleeding, strengthens veins and improves their elasticity.

Each color of sapphire has its own unique attributes in addition to the generic qualities.

Black Sapphire is protective and centering. The Blue Sapphire is a seeker after spiritual truth, traditionally associated with love and purity. The Green Sapphire improves vision, both inner and outer, and improves dream recall. Pink Sapphire acts as a magnet to draw into your life all that you need in order to evolve. The Purple Sapphire awakens and is helpful for meditation. The White, or clear or colorless, Sapphire has an extremely pure energy. It opens the Crown chakra. The Yellow Sapphire attracts wealth to the home, therefore placing it in cash boxes to increase prosperity and earnings is an excellent idea. The rare Star Sapphire has a five-pointed star-shaped formation in its depths. This rare stone draws you into its depths and opens intuition, brings about centering of your thoughts and aids in anticipating the intentions of other people.

Here is an article about the healing properties of sapphires https://www.charmsoflight.com/sapphire-healing-properties

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There are many types of agates – blue lace, dendritic, fire agate, moss agate, just to name a few. Agates also come in many colors – blue, green, gray, pink, white, brown, as well as clear or milky white. One of the attributes of the agate is the banding which is caused during formation, when microscopic crystals of quartz are laid down in bands. This makes the agate a very stable crystal. Agates are grounding stones, bringing about an emotional, physical and intellectual balance. They aid in stabilizing and centering physical energy.

Healing Traits

Psychologically, agates gently facilitate acceptance of one’s self, which builds self-confidence. It aids self-analysis and perception of hidden circumstances, bringing to your attention any dis-ease that is interfering with your well being. Agates enhance mental function as they improve concentration, perception and analytical abilities, leading to practical solutions. Also Agate’s love of truthfulness encourages speaking one’s own truth.

Emotionally, this crystal overcomes negativity and bitterness of the heart. This crystal heals inner anger, fostering love and the courage to start again, therefore it is useful for any king of emotional trauma. It creates a sense of safety and security by dissolving internal tension.

Spiritually, agate raises consciousness and links into collective consciousness and awareness of the oneness of life and because of that it encourages quiet contemplation and assimilation of life experiences, leading to spiritual growth and inner stability.

Agate stabilizes the aura, eliminating and transforming negative energies. Its cleansing effect is powerful at the physical and emotional levels and when placed on the heart, it will heal the emotional dis-ease that prevents acceptance of love. Placed on the abdomen or taken as an elixir, agate stimulates the digestive process and relieves gastritis. It heals the eyes, stomach and uterus; cleanses the lymphatic system and the pancreas; as well as strengthens blood vessels and heals skin disorders.

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For more in-depth information about agates, check out this website. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate

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The tiger’s eye crystal is banded, slightly shiny and usually tumbled. It rates a 6.5 – 7 on the Mohs Hardness scale. You can find tiger’s eye crystals in the USA, Mexico, India, as well as in Australia and South Africa. The color is usually brown-yellow, although it can also be pink, blue and red.

When placed on the Third Eye Chakra, tiger’ eye enhances psychic abilities in earthy people and balances the lower chakras. Tiger’s eye is a protective stone that was traditionally carried as a talisman against ill wishing and curses. It is a grounding stone and facilitates manifestation of the will. It anchors change into the physical body.

This crystal is useful for recognizing your needs, as well as those of other people. It also differentiates between wishful thinking about what you want and what you really need.

Healing Traits

Mentally, the Tiger’s Eye crystal enhances practical perception. It aids in collecting scattered information to make a coherent whole. Psychologically, it heals issues of self-worth and self-criticism, as well as blocked creativity. It aids in recognizing one’s talents and abilities, and, conversely, faults that need to be overcome. It supports an addictive personality to making changes. Emotionally, this crystal balances yin-yang and energizes the emotional body, as well as alleviating depression and lifting moods.

This crystal treats the eyes and aids night vision, heals the throat and reproductive organs and dissolves constrictions. It is helpful for repairing broken bones.

Blue Tiger’s Eye is calming and releases stress. Although it aids the overanxious, quick tempered and phobic, i also slows the metabolism, cools an overactive sex drive, as well as dissolves sexual frustrations.

Red Tiger’s Eye is a stimulating stone that overcomes lethargy and provides motivation. In healing, it speeds up a slow metabolism and increases a low sex drive.

Gold Tiger’s Eye aids in paying attention to detail, as well as warning against complacency. It assists in taking action from a place of reason rather than emotion. Gold Tiger’s Eye is an excellent companion for tests and important meetings.

Here’s an article I found with some additional information on this crystal.

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The Emerald Gem Stone is a member of the beryl family. It rates a 7.5 – 8 on the Mohs Hardness table. You can find the Emerald globally, including Colombia, Brazil, Egypt, Austria, Afghanistan, China, Russia, Australia, as well as the USA. The name “emerald” originates from the Greek word smaragdos, meaning “green gem”. A fine emerald has a high degree of transparency.

Characteristics

The Emerald is known as the “Stone of Good Luck and Beauty”. The Incas and Aztecs regarded it as sacred and it has always been associated with royalty. The Emerald relates to the heart chakra. It brings vitality, as well as creativity and infinite patience. It heals distress of the heart, as well as bringing wisdom and insight.

The Emerald gem eliminates negativity, it therefore brings in positive actions. In addition, it enhances psychic abilities and opens clairvoyance.

Healing Traits of the Emerald Gem Stone

Psychologically, it gives the strength of character to overcome the misfortunes of life. It also enhances the ability to enjoy life to the fullest.

The Emerald imparts mental clarity, strengthens memory, inspires deep inner knowing and broadens vision.

It aids recovery after an infectious illness. The Emerald gem stone treats sinuses, lungs, heart, spine and muscles, as well as soothes the eyes. In addition, it improves vision and has a detoxifying effect on the liver.

Here’s a link to what Wikipedia has to say about the Emerald gem stone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald

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Peridot is the birthstone for the month of August. It is usually olive-green to yellowish-green and rates a 6.5 – 7 on the Mohs Hardness Scale. It is transparent to translucent, and a clear crystal when it is faceted and polished. This gem stone is usually quite small. The crystal is found all over the world, including USA, Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Kenya, Mexico, Burma, Norway, Pakistan and South Africa.

In ancient times, Peridot kept away the evil spirits and is still a protective crystal for the aura. This gem stone is a powerful cleanser. It opens, cleanses and activates the heart and solar plexus, and releases “old baggage”.

Peridot is the “Stone of the Clear Mind”. In order to appreciate the real power of this gem, one must have a clear and calm mind. It can subtly break up mental blockages, fixed ideas, long-standing resentment and difficult obstacles in relationships and this visionary crystal helps you to understand your destiny and spiritual purpose.

Psychologically, Peridot alleviates jealousy, resentment, spite and anger, and reduces stress. Mentally, it sharpens the mind and opens it to new levels of awareness and with Peridot’s aid, you can admit mistakes and move on and it helps you take responsibility for your own life, especially when you believe it is “all someone else’s fault”.

Wear Peridot at the throat or place as appropriate, especially over the liver in contact with the skin.

The GIA, Gemological Institute of America, is the world’s foremost authority of diamonds, colored gemstones and pearls. This Institute has been in existence since 1931 and I have added a link to their information on Peridot.

Here is an article about this gemstone: https://meanings.crystalsandjewelry.com/peridot/

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The more you understand about crystals, and crystal background, the more effective they are.

Dedicating and programming your crystals helps them to work more efficiently. It is part of the ritual of working with crystals. As crystals are powerful beings in their own right, you need to approach them with respect: and they will be only too happy to cooperate with you. Many people like to have a “crystal day” when they cleanse their crystals and then meditate with them to attune more strongly to their energy. Doing this regularly enables your crystals to talk to you and to show you how you can use them to enhance your life and well-being.

Taking the time to cleanse your crystals is extremely important. Crystals are efficient absorbers and transmitters of energy. One of their functions is to cleanse and transmute negative energy. If you leave your crystals to this without regular cleansing, most become saturated and unable to do their work. However, there are a few that are self-cleaning.

This is an excerpt from a wonderful book I highly suggest you purchase if you want to know more about crystals. It’s called The Crystal Bible, by Judy Hall, and published by Walking Stick Press. The book talks about over 200 crytals. I will soon have this book, and more by Judy Hall, in the near future.

That’s it for this entry about crystal background. Check back next week for more crystal information.

Follow this link to read more about healing crystals: https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/guide-to-healing-crystals

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