Gemstone Information
healing / metaphysical propeties & geological gemstone information
Amethyst
Amethyst is a member of the Quartz family with a trigonal crystal system and a hardness of 7. Its colour, which varies from pale to deep purple, is derived from the combination of trace amounts of iron and aluminium, plus natural or applied irradiation. Amethyst crystals and gem rough are found in numerous locations throughout the world including Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, Africa, Canada, Russia, the USA and Europe.
Amethyst has been prized for its beauty and its legendary energies for thousands of years. Neolithic people in Europe used it at least as early as 25,000B.C., and in ancient Egypt it was made into beads and amulets. Early as Greek and Roman societies placed high value on Amethyst, and it has long been viewed as a stone of royalty, utilized in crowns, sceptres and the rings of bishops. Amethyst is said to have been the ninth stone in the breastplate of the high priest of Israel, and one of the ten stones upon which the names of the tribes of Israel were engraved. Amethyst’s name comes from a Greek word meaning ‘not drunken’ and an ancient Greek myth explains its derivation: The God Bacchus, angry because of an insult, decreed that the first person he met would be eaten by his tigers. The unfortunate person happened to be Amethyst, on her way to worship at the shrine of Diana. When the tigers sprang, Diana transformed the girl into a clear, transparent crystal. In remorse, Bacchus poured the juice of his grapes over the stone as an offering, thus giving the gem its beautiful purple colour. The Greeks believed that Amethyst would prevent intoxication, calm, anger and relieve frustrated passion.
Amethyst's Healing Powers by Judy Hall
ATRIBUTES Amethyst is an extremely powerful and protective stone with a high spiritual vibration. It guards against psychic attack, transmuting the energy into love. A natural tranquilizer, Amethyst blocks geopathic stress and negative environment energies. Its serenity enhances higher states of consciousness and meditation. Amethyst has strong healing and cleansing powers, and enhances spiritual awareness. Traditionally, it was worn to prevent drunkenness and has a sobering effect on overindulgence and physical passions, supporting sobriety. It overcomes addictions and blockages of all kinds. Used at a higher level, Amethyst opens to another reality.
Amethyst is extremely beneficial to the mind , calming or stimulating as appropriate. We\hen you meditate, it turns thoughts away from the mundane into tranquillity and deeper understanding. Mentally, it helps you feel less scattered, more focused and in control of your faculties. It enhances the assimilation of new ideas and connects cause with effect.
This stone facilities the decision-making process, bringing in common sense and spiritual insights, and putting decisions and insights into practice. Mentally, it calms and synthesizes, and aids the transmission neural signals through the brain. It is helpful where insomnia is caused by an overactive mind and protects against recurrent nightmares. Amethyst enhances memory and improves motivation, making you more able to set realistic goals. It can help you to remember and understand dreams and facilities the visualization process.
Amethyst balances out highs and lows promoting emotional centering. It dispels anger, rage, fear, and anxiety. Alleviating sadness and grief, it supports coming to terms with loss.
Amethyst balances out of the most spiritual stones, promoting love of the divine, giving insights into its true nature, and encouraging selflessness and spiritual wisdom. It opens intuition and enhances psychic gifts. This is an excellent stone for meditation and scrying and can be places on the third eye to stimulate it. Sleeping with Amethyst facilities out-of-body experiences and brings intuitive dreams. It transmutes “lower” energies to the higher frequencies of the spiritual etheric realms.
HEALING Amethyst boosts production of hormones, and tunes the endocrine system and metabolism. It strengthens the cleansing and eliminating organs and the immune system. An excellent cleanser for the blood, Amethyst relieves physical, emotional, and psychological pain or stress, and blocks geopathic stress. It eases headaches and releases tension. This stone reduces bruising, injuries, and swelling, and treats hearing disorders. It heals dis-eases of the lungs and respiratory tract, skin condition, cellular disorders, and dis-ease of the digestive tract. It is beneficial for the intestines, regulating flora, removing parasites, and encouraging reabsorption of water. Amethyst treats insomnia and brings restful sleep.
At a subtle level, Amethyst balances and becomes the physical, mental, and emotional bodies, linking them to the spiritual. It cleances the aura and transmutes negative energy, and stimulates the throat and crown chakras. It is helpful for people about to make the transition trough death. Amethyst can stabilize psychiatric conditions but should not be used in cases of paranoia or schizophrenia.
POSITION Wear or place as appropriate, especially as jewellery. Clusters and geodes can be placed in the environment and single points are used in healing. Place the point in toward you to draw in energy, and away from you to draw off energy. Amethyst is especially beneficial worn over the throat or heart. For insomnia or nightmares, place under the pillow. Amethyst fades in sunlight.
Source: 'The Crystal Bible' from Judy Hall.
