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Gemstones and Crystals.
...In every stone there sleeps a crystal....
This is your journey into cyberspace gem magic. Gemology is the study of the history of mineral or organic substances known as gems. It has been said that each of us has deep within the knowledge of all things. And when we ready ourselves to remember this, then the knowledge is there to be known. This wisdom is from the Dead Sea Scrolls. In ancient times forgotten, man's very existence was governed by magic. He believed that tools of the earth could attract the appropriate powers to create the desired effect. He believed, and that was the magic. Positive energy creates our very dreams. You once visualized the very thing you have recently acquired, that was magic. Add the earth elements to your visualization and believe in your dreams because... all things are possible.
Here is a guide from which ancient man existed by without question. He believed that transformation is the essence of magic, and stones help us achieve this by lending their powers and providing focal points for our own energies. Many of us are awakening to the fact that we have become estranged from the earth. Old ways are once again accessible to all who desire to use them. We need not forget the privileges that the present day technology offers us all, but remember we are a part of a living planet. When a stone calls to you to pick it up whether lying in a riverbed or on a velvet pillow, you have just come in contact with your inner self. This is the self you must call up when visualizing your dreams, clutch the stone in your hand while your heart feels that dream...this is your formula for your very own magic.
The powers of the stones will call to you. When have you ever been able to pass a jewelry store or crystal craft table without your gaze being caught by a shining stone? Young children will gaze in amazement and fall under the spell of a stone as soon as they gain sight. How can a few rocks change your life? How could they not! Man has five thousand years of documented stone magic. The fact that our species has survived is evidence in itself. Stone magic is simple, believe the powers in the stones are available to you, they are earthly treasures, and does not the Earth sustain your very existence? You have your answer.
I will alphabetically arrange some of the major stones, which you can purchase without great expense or difficulty. Each stone has an association to a certain power, magic and lore. The magic of the stone may enhance your life.
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AGATE - Brownish-layered swirl.
The best stone for healing serpent or scorpion bites. Aids strength and courage. Compels truth, promotes good manners, happiness, intelligence,
Prosperity, longevity, fertility, and good health. -Brownish-layered swirl. The blood red agate lends strength, courage, longevity, love, healing,
Protection and is good for gardening. In general agate increases your plant's fertility. In ancient times it was utilized to ensure the earth be plentiful. Use it in love spells for purity and to ensure purity of our blood. It would be a good stone to carry to protect us all from the AIDS virus along with today's standard protective practices. Agates come in various colors; each color lends to you its energy. Banded agate increases energy and eases stress. Black agate offers courage and success in competitions. Black and White agate guards against physical dangers. Blue Lace agate relieves stress and reduces family quarrels. Brown or Tawny agate was once worn by ancient warriors in battle and is a wealth talisman. Green agate is worn to improve the health. Moss agate due to its curious markings like trees or moss is a gardener’s talisman. It is also used for spells for riches, happiness and long life. Red agate was worn in Ancient Rome to guard against insect bites, heal the blood, and promote peace.
AMBER --Golden yellow stone
It is an aid to furthering ambitions, and for healing throat disease. Magnetic. Electrically alive with solidified golden light. Emits powerful amount of heat and light. Powerful healing stone with large amount of organic energy. In ancient times, it was ground to a powder and mixed with honey or oil of roses for various physical problems. Filters germs and infections and has the power to disinfect. Worn around the neck to help fight infection and respiratory diseases. Lifts the spirits.
Amber is perhaps the oldest substance used for human adornment. Its projective forces bring luck, healing, strength, beauty and love. It is not a stone but fossilized resin of coniferous trees of the Oligocene epoch. Beads and pendants have been found in gravesites dating back to 8000 B.C.E. It was once a living substance (sap that sustained a trees life) it was believed to contain the very essence of life itself. Amber has been utilized for nearly every purpose in magic. Wiccans and Shaman always wear amber necklaces combined with Jet. Those born in November will be drawn to its topaz like color. See also: fossils and jet
AMETHYST--Purple ranging from light to dark:
It is a sacred stone to Venus. Assists those to maintain faithfulness, gives wearer the gift of tongues, Increases spiritual awareness, has calming and soothing influence, has ability to transmute negative into positive, very effective as a healing stone. Has ability to prophecy, and wards off drunkenness. Warmed and placed on the forehead and temples, it is good for headaches. Has the ability to draw through it forces directed towards the body and repels vibrations which the body doesn't need, thus releasing only the energy patterns beneficial to the body. Best worn in healing near the heart center. Calming and protective, aids meditation,. aids in purification and regeneration on all levels of consciousness. Calming, grounding, a cleanser and spiritual stimulator, strengthens heart, cleanses liver of toxins, excellent for lung problems. It a stone used in spiritual journeys. Visualize and send your pain to the stone, as your hand releases the stone release all hurt as well, know that it is gone from you, and that is the magic. The earth will absorb the hurt, leaving your amethyst free. See also: geodes and quartz
APACHE TEAR
The apache tear is projective and will protect and bring luck. It is a
Translucent obsidian and carried for a good luck charm. The Native American Indian Shaman held this stone in great esteem.
AQUAMARINE--Light blue clear stone
Assists inspiration, favorable for travelers; helps to protect against accidents. Calms nervous tension. Calming effects of the sea. Used to help banish fears and phobias. It is Soothing and cleansing, and a powerful aid to happiness in marriage.
ADVENTURINE.-Green Layered
Increases perception and creative insight. Stimulates opportunity and
Motivation. Soothes emotions, used for the heart and heartache, for acceptance of self and others, for inner peace.
AZURITE
Powerful healing stone, invokes spiritual guidance, opens psychic eye. Good for dreams and improving psychic ability.
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BERYL
Beryl is receptive and is used in healing and promoting energy. Dr. Dee, a fifth-century scryer in Ireland, had a sphere of beryl which is now housed the British Museum. Ancient peoples utilized beryl in rituals designed to bring rain. Beryl is used to send energy into the body. Wear it during study to increase your retention of information. See also: cat's eye
BLOODSTONE
A favorite for healing and strength. Soldiers of old wore it in battle, believing it had the power to stop bleeding. Stimulates flow of energy for healing blood circulation, stops hemorrhaging. Removes emotional blockages. It is a talisman for warding off all accidents and disease, especially suitable for men. --Red stone
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CARBUNCLE
Worn to increase the feeling of self-confidence and the ability to fight through difficulties.
CARNELIAN
This stone is projective and is a red form of chalcedony. Ancient Egypt believed it could promote peace and harmony and to dispel depression, healing, courage and sexual energy. Carnelian was worn to prevent skin diseases and as a general health-inducer. This stone may be worn to stimulate the sexual drive. See also: diamond and onyx
CAT'S EYE
The cat's eye is projective and is used to promote wealth, beauty, healing and again is good for gambling. The Ancient Asian cat's eye was a form of chrysoberyl. It is worn to increase beauty and preserve youthfulness. Those born in August will be drawn to this stone. The Cat's eye can dispel depression and gives pleasure. See also: chalcedony
CHALCEDONY
Chalcedony is receptive and promotes peace, protection and is good for
Nightmares. It is common with other stones in that it banishes fear, depression and sadness. In the 16th century magicians prescribed it to dissolve illusions and fantasies. Italian mothers wear beads of chalcedony to increase lactation. See also: bloodstone and carnelian
CHRYSOPRASE
Emits steady serene flow of light. Tranquilizing. Soothes emotions, will help tranquilize many forms of neurosis, used to absorb or deflect unwanted energies. --Translucent apple green stone
CITRINE
Enables self-esteem. Stimulates openness and awakening of the mind. Aid
To the digestive system. Helps eliminate toxins. Encourages tremendous
Healing on the emotional and mental levels, helps unblock subconscious
fears, and serves as a natural relaxant. -Pale yellow clear stone
CORAL
Promises a long and happy married life, protects a child from evil influences, and safeguards the teenager during the highly emotional period. Balances physical energy and relaxes tensions. Carries the creative vibrations of the sea. --Various colors
CORNELIAN (or carnelian)
Wish Stone is highly favorable to health, long life, and good fortune. It's special virtue is the fulfillment of one's wishes if the stone is worn near the heart.
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DIAMOND
A symbol of bravery and strength, and also one of the emblems of innocence. An antidote against pestilence. Legend has it that the first diamond that Europeans found was in the pouch of an African Shaman. The projective powers of the diamond touch the spirituality in us all. It is protective and affords us courage and peace. It is the symbol by which many of us promise our devotion to one another. Today, the world's supply of diamonds is carefully monitored to maintain an artificially high price and make them so coveted. It is the stone of April. See also: carnelian and onyx
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EMERALD
Helps women attract a true love, and men to attract a loving wife. Promotes creativity, stimulates perception and insight, and strengthen memory. Beneficial effect on the eyes. Also an excellent preservative against decay, arrests dysentery, and heals bites from venomous animals. The emerald is considered the most expense stone on our planet. It is representative of our planet. It is receptive and promotes the powers of love, money, protection and eyesight. Throughout the world the emerald was worn or utilized in magic for protection. In India it was once believed to halt nocturnal emissions. This stone is for those born the month of May. --Green clear stone with a hint of blue
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FLUORITE
Considered a good luck piece. Also called Fairy Gem. Manifests innermost
wishes. Promotes well being. Enhances concentration and meditation.
Powerful spirit guide. Opens and softens the way for the use of other stones. Excellent used in aquariums-provides needed minerals. Charge on windowsill at night.--Varies in different shades of purples and greens. Identified by the bands of color seen within the stone.
FOSSILS
Fossils are the remains -- or the negative impressions -- of ancient creatures and plants that perished millions of years ago. Fossils have been found in neolithic burial sites in Europe. The ritual uses of fossils are ancient. They are the power tools of the Shaman used to amplify energy. As they are timeless they are worn to increase the lifespan. Amber and Jet are two other fossils I have included because of their magical powers. See also: amber and jet
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GARNET
Wards off inflammatory diseases, promotes healthy and cheery disposition. Balances hormones, good for mental depression, enhances self-esteem, alleviates bad dreams, and encourages success in business. Thought to assist in seeing into past incarnations. Will ensure consistency in friendship and love, preserve health, and is generally fortunate. Vitality and passion. Stimulates happiness, peace, balance, patience, inspiration, persistence, good for rebirthing, menstruation and life passages, disorders, fertility, eases arthritis pain. -Ranges from orange-red to pink-red
GEODES
Geodes are hollow concretions containing crystals. All quartz crystals form within these geodes. When sliced open or halved they reveal a pattern made of ancient minerals. Amethyst geodes are some of the most wondrously beautiful objects on this planet. They somehow recall Merlin's crystal cave the legendary enchanter, who showed us the ways of the wizard pass all understanding. See also: amethyst and quartz
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HEMATITE
Very strong stone; absorbs negativity. Gives optimism and courage. Calming to the emotions. Worn as an amulet confers strength and procure favorable legal judgments. In Egypt, used to reduce inflammation and treat hysteria. Considered to be a grounding stone. Helps maintain balance between body, mind, and spirit. Use for fevers, alleviates worry and anxiety as it allows for mental clarity, known as the "worry stone". --Heavy black metallic stone.
HERKIMER
Balancing special variety of quartz crystal. "Diamond" works with yin/yang energies, known as the "Dream Crystal", aids in bringing teachings of the dream state into conscious awareness, very highly attuned spiritually.
HOLEY STONES
That's not a typo -- I'm talking here about stones with holes in them. In Eddas, Odin transformed himself into a worm and then slipped through a stone to steal the mead of poetry. This myth gives holey stones the name Odin Stones. Stones with naturally occurring holes produced by erosion are highly protective objects. In ancient Britain holey stones were tied with red ribbons and hung on bedposts to prevent nightmares. They are receptive and promote psychism, health and protection. To assist in healing, charge a holey stone and wear it around your neck. Another use of the holey stone is to enhance psychism. To look through a holey stone is said to improve eyesight.
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JACINTH (or hyacinth)
Renders the wearer extremely fascinating and strengthens the heart. Used
for melancholy.
JADE
A most sacred stone and a symbol of divine revelation. Brings good fortune and health to its owner. Stimulates practicality, wisdom, and universal attunement. Thought to provide a link between the spiritual and the mundane. Most revered by the Chinese. --Creamy green stone
JASPER (all)
Safeguard personal independence, said to bring inspirational warnings
when there is danger of unfair domination from others. Balance emotions and stress. It aids and comfort during periods of female distress. One stone worn around the neck, and another around the waist are powerful healers.
In ancient Assyria one of the oldest civilizations Gug, or Jasper carvings, have been found. It comes in numerous colours. It has healing powers and can protect health and beauty.Red jasper is projective and was used to protect and guard. It sends negativity back to its source. Green jasper is receptive and is a healing stone. It can be worn to promote sympathy to others with emotion or mental problems. Brown jasper is receptive and is used for grounding and centering ones own self. If you live with your head in the clouds, wear brown jasper to ward off danger. Mottled jasper is projective and is worn for protection against drowning. If a cross is carved on it, then you will be protected from the four elements.
JET
Jet is the Wicca’s receptive tool used for luck, divination, protection and health. Black and glasslike, Jet is actually fossilized wood that is millions of years old. Because it is black it is associated with the earth elements, but because of its organic origins it is also related to the Akasha. Jet shares with amber the ability to become electrically charged. When worn, it is believed to be absorbing part of the wearer's soul. Ancient Greek worshipers of Cybele, goddess of growth and plants, wore this to obtain her favor. Jet is a marvelous stone, but beware: much of what is sold today is actually just black glass. Jet has a very ancient history as it maintains proper energy, therefore avoiding ill health. See also: fossils and amber
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LAPIS LAZULI
Prized for its prophetic virtues. Stimulates wisdom, truthfulness, & psychic experiences, healing and strengthening when worn next to the skin. Strengthens mind and body to spiritual awareness. --Royal blue in color with flecks of real gold.
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MALACHITE
Called a magic stone, favorable for travelers, missionaries, and other
Adventurers. Used as a child's talisman to sleep soundly & protect from bad dreams. Stimulates clear vision and insight, represents hope and inner peace, believed to protect from danger. Increases abundance in all areas of life. This stone supposedly has equal amounts of negative and positive forces, thereby adding to the balance of physical and spiritual life. Used to release repressed emotions and for physical detox. --Brilliant shades of green, very apparent in bands of shades
MOONSTONE
Aid in bringing forth memories of past lives, carried as a good luck piece. Brings good fortune. Reflects the wearers being and feelings. Promotes unselfishness. Opens the heart to humanitarian love and hope. Good for protection while traveling on water. Gives clarity to spiritual understanding. Good for pre-menstrual symptoms and balancing to the reproductive system. Used to ease childbirth. Sometimes called the Queen of the Heavens stone. Calming effect on emotions. Eases menstrual pain, alleviates many degenerative conditions in the skin, hair, eyes, and body fluids (tears, digestive juices). --Translucent milky stone with color tints ranging from white-yellow to blue. -Gray
MOSS AGATE
Assists in making and keeping friends, helpful to farmers and those interested in growing plants. Moss Agates considered being most powerful. Aid in restoration of energy, used in healing, and believed to bring wearer happiness, wealth, health, and long life. Increases ability to ward off self-induced anger and inner bitterness. Moss green-balances emotional energy. Moss red-balances physical energy. Blue lace gives tranquility. --Translucent stone with flecks of green.
MOTHER-OF-PEARL
This receptive stone is lustrous and opalescent. It is the product of living creatures, the exterior skeleton of sea mollusks. Collect it in streambeds and ocean shores since commercial mother of pearl is obtained by killing the animal. It is related to the fifth element, the Akasha. In many parts of the world, seashells were once the medium of exchange.
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OBSIDIAN
Black- Used to sharpen both the internal and external. Teaches one the truth of oneself in relation to ones ego, depicts the contrasts of life-day and night, darkness and light, truth and error. It grounds spiritual energy to physical plane. Absorbs negativity. --Black stone with lacy highlights of white
ONYX- a deep black color.
It preserves against the bites of snakes and venomous insects, and assists in bringing marital happiness. When certain persons wear it, may bring on terrible shapes to a dreamer, from which the future can be divined. Will ground spiritual energy to physical plane.
OPAL
An unlucky stone which can interfere with love and marriage unless one
was born between September 23rd and November 21. To these people it will
give second sight, or clairvoyance, and prevent contagion from the air.
--Generally white but various color range depending of variety. Identified by brilliant sparkling effect
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PEARLS
Worn as a necklace, make the wearer chaste. Stimulates feminine qualities, used to focus attention, helps pull together mental and spiritual forces, peace of mind. Represents purity, modesty, & gentleness. It is a very lucky stone for those born in June.
PERIDOT
Dispels fears, guilt, and depression. Used to counteract negative emotions and healing of the spirit. Once worn as a means of gaining foresight and divine inspiration. Protection, prosperity, emotional calming, purifies, balances. --Light green clear stone
PETRIFIED WOOD
Petrified wood consists of ancient trees that eons ago fell and were covered with mineral-rich water. The water dissolved the wood and replaced it with various minerals. It is receptive and promotes longevity, past life regression, healing and protection. Because of its great antiquity, it can be carried to increase enjoyment of the evolution within our present day lives. Petrified wood is also carried as a charm against drowning.
PHANTOM
A clear Powerful tool for the New Age. Used to ground and center while
Attuning to higher spiritual energies, in healing work used to disperse
Congested energies.
PYRITE
Enhances mental capacity and attracts money to owner. Has protecting,
Shielding aspect for physical, mental, emotional levels. Shields from negative energy, strengthens circulatory system, clears oxygen in the blood. --Also known as fool's gold
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QUARTZ
Amplifies healing energy. Used to help draw out pain. Able to tap into energies of the universe. Good stone for meditating on. Very potent and often worn to protect from negative vibrations. Cleanse regularly. Rudilated-rutile needles help focus attention.
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RAINBOW PYRITE
Strengthens will. --Same as Pyrite in rainbow coloration
RHODOCHROSITE
Adds courage, will, and passion to the loving heart vibration. Represents love of God. --Milky pink stone with definition
RHODONITE
Used to activate love. Attracts or keeps a loving partner. --Pink stone with black highlights -very defined
ROSE QUARTZ
Worn or carried for love, fidelity, peace, and happy marriage. Aids intuition and emotional balance. Reduces stress and tension - cools hot tempers. Vibrations of universal love & inner serenity. Comforts heart from all wounds, helps heal emotional pain, enhances love, self-love, positive outlook, joy and oneness. --Light to medium milky pink color
RUBY
The stone of freedom, charity, dignity and divine power. Increases vigor, renews vitality and cleanses the blood. The stone of courage. Helps banish grief for those in mourning. --Generally deep red with orange or pink undertone
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SALT
Salt is receptive and is used for purifications. Salt has long been a sacred substance. It can be mined from the earth or collected from shallow water basins. Salt is necessary for life, yet overabundance can cause death. It is related to the earth elements. It is used to purify gemstones. You bathe your stones in salt to remove all negative energies. Salt is a mineral of crystalline structure, and if you look at it through a microscope you will see that it is composed of regular, six-sided cubes.
SAPPHIRE
The sapphire is receptive and promotes psychism, love, meditation, peace, healing, power and money. The Greeks identified the sapphire with Apollo. His stone is worn to stimulate the third eye for expanding psychic awareness. Its soothing deep blue hue is worn during meditation. Its defensive magic stretches back to antiquity. It is the birthstone of September Star sapphires are considered to be particularly potent and magical.
SERPENTINE
This stone is projective and promotes protection. Seals in ancient Assyria were made so the gods and goddesses would send double blessings. Its other use is to ward off poisonous creatures. Think about the fact when we leave our artificial environments we are subjected to nature in all its manifestations, including stinging creatures. Wearing serpentine you can prevent the misfortune of being stung.
SMOKY QUARTZ
Good for calming the mind. Eases depression, fear and panic.
SODALITE
Alleviates fears, Clears the mind. --Blue with white flecks
STAUROLITE
These stones are twinned crystals, which form into equal-armed crosses or x-shapes. At least three presidents of the United States carried these, including Roosevelt, Wilson, and Harding. Staurolite crystals are thought to protect and guard against negativity. They are also worn to draw wealth and energize the sexual drive.
SUNSTONE
There are at least two stones with this name. One if a form of translucent quartz, which is orange, the other is a form of feldspar, which comes from India. This stone is projective and has long been associated with the Sun because of its orange-gold sparkling colors. Unfortunately the sunstone's use in magic seems to be largely forgotten. If you find a sunstone, treasure it.
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TIGER EYE
Calms emotions, protects against external stresses. To restore physical energy & quiet emotional nature. This projective stone promotes protection, courage, and energy, luck and is good for divination and money spells. This is a warm stone and promotes energy flow through the body. Roman soldiers wore tiger's-eyes engraved for protection during battles.
TOPAZ
Will make melancholy vanish when worn or carried in the left hand. Calms
Emotions, protects against external stresses. To restore physical energy & quiet emotional nature. Protects against insomnia and depression, mood elevator, revitalizes, stimulates creative thinking processes, eases death. --Clear gold stone (deeper color than amber)
TOURMALINE
Supercharged with magnetic and electric energy. Lifts fears and negative conditions. Causes the wearer to be flexible, understanding and more objective in purpose and reason. Electric and magnetic properties. Works as protective shield, consumes negative energy without releasing into atmosphere, has to do with visions and "seeing" with compassion, teaches to expand limited concepts of thinking, relates to aspirations for higher love, very complete stone.. --Various shades of pink and green. Some stones will have both colors.
TURQUOISE
Self-love stone. Helps ward off danger and clears one's path of pitfalls. Protector against evil. Primary holy stone of Native Americans. Vibrates calming radiations, protective, and restores healthy mental attitude. Stone of friendship. Balancing and healing. Great strength and vitality. Takes on characteristics of the wearer. It is unwise to wear a turquoise formerly worn by one who has died. Excellent for both Spiritual attunement and healing of the energy centers and the physical body, valuable for grounding as well as for vision quests and astral travel, purifies all levels of being and is capable of handling strong negativity, also used for wounds and for damage to bones. --Shades of blue, ranging from deep sky blue to greenish Chinese turquoise.
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ZIRCON
Zircon is projective and is a somewhat confusing stone. It is found in many colours, but some of them have been artificially produced. Clear or White zircon is a magical substitute for diamond. It clears the thinking process. Yellow zircon is worn to increase sexual energy or to attract love. Carry it to drive away depression and to increase alertness. Orange zircon is worn to increase beauty. Carried during travel it guards again injury. Set in gold, it is doubly powerful. Red zircon increases riches and guards against injuries. A protective stone, it vitalizes and heals the body. Brown zircon is used for grounding and centering and is employed in wealth and money spells. Green zircon is used in money spells.
Afterword
The earth is thought to be some 4.6 billion years old. Rocks are natural aggregates or combinations of one or more minerals. The Earth is in constant transformation.
Gems are constantly being formed and are part of a living planet. Man has long been drawn to stones and has utilized them for adornment, worship and powdered them for their pigment and healing properties. We are now only rediscovering what has long been known.
Magic is simply transformation and transformation is magic; all magic is change; and all change is magic. Always remember that nature is our teacher.
Listen to the stones, wind, fire and water, listen and learn for they do speak to us that are ready to listen.