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MOONSTONE
I have been drawn to working with moonstones for some years. They have a fine quality of healing and protection that I find unique in my practice.
The Moonstone Eggs I primarily use are made of jagged pieces of moonstone that are hand rolled on rock slabs with wet sand. Those of you who have been to some of my full & new moon events meditations over the last decade will have met some of them. They are little gems containing magic that just keeps magnifying.
I got these moonstones eggs from an importer who works directly with the hill tribe people of Myanmar (Burma) that make them. As a young man this gentleman travelled to Burma (now Myanmar) and ended up being trapped there due to civil war. He lived with the hill tribes and became fluent in their language and immersed in their culture. He went on to become a negotiator for the UN and was knighted by the King of Thailand and revered by the local communities he worked with.
Upon leaving the UN he set up a business exporting from the regions in Asia he was connected with. His business supported communities at their grass roots.
He told me he was one of the few companies able to export these moonstones out of Myanmar. I bought moonstones from him in batches of 27 at time for many years. I bought them home and cleansed, blessed and charged each intake with great love .. and felt great joy as they moved from my care into new hands.
One day when I went in to purchase moonstones he told me he had sold his business as he was ready retire. When I expressed my sadness that my moonstone conduit was moving on he offered to sell me his remaining stock. As there was again civil unrest in the region he said he couldn’t get any more out of there.
My beautiful man Cam thought me a little crazy wanting to invest my nest egg of savings in a moonstone collection. But he’s used to me now. So the rest is history. I have them in storage and get out 108 at a time to cleanse, bless and charge using a multi step ritual. They bathe under the full moon and we race home if there is a thunderstorm to get them out there to charge.
It’s how we roll.
The Making of these Moonstones?
It takes months and many hours to form each moonstone orb into an egg shape. They start as jagged pieces of rock. They then spend time in a crate under a waterfall to start taking shape. Then they are hand rolled in the river on rock slabs using river sand and banyan tree gum (the tree Buddha sat under when he reached enlightenment).
The tribes believe they are healing stones and use them to cure sickness and disease. They place them in babies cribs for protection. They charge them by placing them outdoors in thunderstorms and the energy of the full moon. They are luminescent and in storms charge with the energy emitted from the lightening becoming illuminant in order to provide healing energy.
Sphere shaped stones are representative of new beginnings, the universe and every possibility contained within it.
Each of the stones I use and sell are cleansed, blessed, anointed and charged using a 12 step ancient traditional shamanic practice that was passed on to me. This process takes 21 days. The process includes the use of purifies water, burning sage, contact with earth elements, sun and moon, sound and mantra, blessings and prayer. I have seen how these work in a group space and have had many stories back over the years I have been working with them about the support they have given individuals in their healing and life journey. How they have reminded should of their inherent wholeness, power, strength and light. How they have bought them home to themselves.
I personally use them as a tool for healing and to deepen into meditation. I put them in the corners of a room to set a d hold spaces and I like to hold one in each hand in meditation. I love to pass them on as gifts to friends in need.
You can order Myanmar Moonstone Orbs HERE while stocks last.
Introduction to Meaning and Uses of Moonstone
As ancient as the moon itself, Moonstone holds the power of mystery. Its secrets are locked beneath a pearly veil, and with them, our own hidden truths. Only within its reflected light can we begin to understand what it has to teach us. Moonstone is foremost a talisman of the inward journey, taking one deep into the self to retrieve what is missing, the parts of the soul left behind or forgotten, then brought to light. [Simmons, 267]
Since earliest times, Moonstone has been a tangible connection to the magic of the moon - an amulet of protection for travelers, a gift of lovers for passion, a channel for prophecy, and a path to wisdom. Our ties to the moon are strong. As it waxes and wanes in cyclic perfection, it creates the tides and rhythms of our mother, Earth, and influences our behaviors, emotions and spiritual growth. Moonstone calms and encourages, teaching us the natural rhythms of life.
Moonstone has been used in Roman jewelry for nearly two thousand years, even longer in the Orient. It has always been a sacred stone in India with a special significance for lovers, and is a traditional wedding gift there. It was a popular choice for jewelers in the Art Nouveau period, and in Europe was believed to reconcile estranged lovers and to cure sleeplessness. Moonstone is known as the Traveler's Stone for the protection it affords, especially at night, and because of its uplifting quality of hope, has long been worn as a talisman to enhance the personality. [Ahsian, 267][Mella, 91]
Named for its moon-like sheen, Moonstone is a Feldspar mineral exhibiting a soft, watery opaqueness and a silvery-white reflection called chatoyancy that moves as a line across the surface as light varies. Moonstone occurs in delicate shades of peach, blue, gray, white and a prismatic variety known as Rainbow Moonstone. In addition to the general properties of all Moonstones outlined in this article, the following crystals have additional focuses.
Blue, or Cat's Eye Moonstone, promotes clarity of the mind and inner vision, keeping one focused while in a meditative or altered state of awareness. It is particularly helpful in seeing emotional patterns and life lessons, and in balancing yin and yang energies.
Gray Moonstone is a stone of perceiving beyond the veil - useful to the clairvoyant and shaman, and in moving one into unseen realms. It is called the "New Moon Stone" and carries the mysteries and powers of the new moon, where all things exist as potential.
White Moonstone carries the energy of the new moon at the height of its power, stimulating psychic perception, vision and dream work. It can magnify one's emotions, activating the kundalini energy in women and emotional balance in men, and is supportive in children to drive away nightmares or insomnia.
Peach or Yellow Moonstone supports the heart as it stimulates the mind, soothing worry or anxiety, and bringing out the best in people. Its loving energy promotes the Divine in all situations, and is an emotional support for intuitive or sensitive children.
Rainbow Moonstone acts as a prism, diffusing energy throughout the aura. It provides psychic protection, clearing the mind and senses, and aids in lucid dreaming and calm sleep. It deflects negativity and eases emotional trauma. Aligned with the Goddess, Rainbow Moonstones connect with the energies and spirits of Nature, from plant devas to galactic consciousness.
[For more information on these specific gemstones, see The Book of Stones by Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian, and The New Crystal Bible by Cassandra Eason.]
Moonstone Uses and Purposes - Overview
Legendary as the Traveler's Stone, Moonstone is especially protective of those who travel by night or upon the water when the moon is shining. Frequent travelers should keep one in the glove compartment for safe night driving and as protection against road rage. [Mella, 91][Eason, 42]
Moonstone opens the heart to nurturing qualities as well as assisting in the acceptance of love. It is an excellent crystal for first or new love, and is a comforting talisman if love must be kept a secret. It was also believed to be able to reunite loved ones who had parted in anger. [Mella, 91][Eason, 43]
Moonstone is also the stone of love and eroticism, stimulating the kundalini energy and carnal desires. It is the ultimate fertility crystal. A Moonstone necklace worn during lovemaking at full moon harmonizes the body into the natural lunar cycle. [Megemont, 128][Eason, 145] Or, for fidelity or fertility, make a grid of thirteen Moonstone crystals with a circle of the twelve months around a bedroom, and one centered under the bed. [Eason, 40]
As a professional support stone, Moonstone aids dancers and artists in their self-expression, inspires the heart and feeling in executives, and helps educators in sharing activities. It enhances self-acceptance in waiters and waitresses, and promotes sensitivity in psychologists and secretaries. [Mella, 129-133]
Peach Moonstone is particularly consoling to anyone who feels helpless because of weight problems, and should be worn to encourage one to love and value themselves for who they are, as is, and to assist in separating food from emotional needs. [Eason, 99]
Moonstone Healing Therapies - Overview
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Moonstone Physical Healing Energy
Moonstone helps in attuning to the normal rhythms of the biological forces of one's body and to utilize natural energy cycles. It powerfully affects the female reproductive system, enhancing fertility and promoting ease in pregnancy and childbirth, alleviates menstrual problems and change-of-life, balances the hormonal system and eliminates fluid retention. [Melody, 417][Hall, 191]
Moonstone can act as a growth stone for children and teenagers, and has been thought to slow the degeneration of the elderly. It may also alleviate degenerative conditions of the skin, hair, eyes, and the fleshy organs of the body. It is useful in treating insomnia and creating beneficial dreams. [Megemont, 129][Melody, 417]
Moonstone may also be used to enhance the assimilation of nutrients, eliminate toxins, and treat disorders of the digestive and elimination systems. [Melody, 418]
Moonstone Emotional Healing Energy
Moonstone has long been known for its calming, soothing qualities on the emotional body. Its energy is balancing and healing, assisting in the mastery of emotions by bringing them under the control of Higher Will, rather than expressing or repressing them. It also helps identify emotional patterns that are stored in the subconscious, and serves as a guardian to contain explosive passions, and to stimulate confidence and composure. Moonstones can be placed at the center of the chin (the Moon Center) to create this balance. [Raphaell, 149][Megemont, 128]
Moonstone bestows a depth of feeling, a gentleness within the self that brings happiness to the environment in which it resides. Associated with the feminine, it enhances the intuitive side of the mind. To women, Moonstone reveals their feminine power and abilities of clairvoyance, and gives rise to the kundalini energy. Moonstone helps men become more in-tune with the feminine aspects of their nature, and stimulates the right side of the brain, encouraging nonlinear thinking and emotional balance. [Gienger, 59][Melody, 417][Ahsian, 267]
Moonstone is especially calming to children. It soothes those away from home at night, drives away nightmares and encourages sleep. It is also used to treat sleepwalking. [Eason 145][Gienger, 59]
Moonstone Chakra Healing and Balancing Energy
The white crystal energies present in all Moonstones have an association with the Crown Chakra and our spiritual center. They represent personal identification with the Infinite, and oneness with God, peace and wisdom. [Raphell, 164]
The Crown Chakra is located at the top of the head, and is our gateway to the expanded universe beyond our bodies. It controls how we think, and how we respond to the world around us. It is the fountainhead of our beliefs and the source of our spirituality. It connects us to the higher planes of existence and is the source of universal energy and truth. When the Crown is in balance, our energies are in balance. We know our place in the universe and see things as they are. We are unruffled by setbacks, knowing they are an essential part of life.
Moonstone cleanses and dispels negativity from all the chakras, and provides supplemental energy and support in balancing the physical, emotional, and intellectual bodies. It provides spiritual nourishment and sustenance to assist one through all changes. It is also a useful tool in radionic analysis and treatment to help pinpoint problem areas. [Melody, 368, 417]
Moonstone Spiritual Energy
Always sacred in India, Moonstone was the stone of the gods and goddesses, of hope and spiritual purity through denial of the ego. It combats materialism and strengthens the faith of religious people in all cultures. Hermits, monks and other contemplatives withdrawn from society for spiritual reasons, find a special affinity for Moonstone. [Megemont, 128]
Moonstone opens the mind to hoping and wishing, inspiration and impulse, serendipity and synchronicity. It brings flashes of insight, keeping one from negatively banishing possibilities. Yet it grants intuitive recognition and allows one to absorb that which is needed from the universe and not necessarily what is wanted. [Hall, 191][Melody, 416][Gienger, 59]
Moonstone Color Energy
Moonstones carry white colour energy, the embodiment of cleanliness, purity, unity and innocence. The timeless, natural powers of the white rays are those of the moon, the color we see when the moon reflects the sun's light to us. It is the color of natural cycles, birth, and regeneration - the feminine gender, manifested as the Goddess in many cultures. Just as the moon is our only illumination in the dark world of night, white talismans are of the spiritual world that is sensed but not seen, the guides to understanding and knowledge we don't even know exists.
Meditation with Moonstone
Meditating with Moonstone takes one deep into the self. Often it reveals the missing piece or pieces of the puzzle of one's life, parts of the soul that have been left behind or forgotten. It is also ideal for past-life regression. [Simmons, 267]
Moonstone is a great stone to meditate any time but is often used specifically in the light of the new and full moons. To use your moonstone in meditation here are some suggestions:
1. Choose your location. Inside you may chooser to set up an alter and burn sage or incense or light a candle. Outside you may choose to aknowedge features of the surrounding area.
2. Have an intention to have an expanded energy field. You may choose to mark this field with stones or crystals - a circle or 3 or 4 stones (triangle or square). I use 4 white marble eggs but a simple yet deliberate intention is also fine.
3. Deliberately ground to earth. Have a sense of yourself as earth breathing. Tune into stillness. Spend some time feeling into your breath and how this connects you to earth. Imagining earths energy and unconditional love breathing into you and you returning your love to earth on exhale.
4. Hold your moonstone in your left hand. Your hand for receiving. Grounded to earth, centred in stillness, connected to your infinite self, protected and held in the highest of divinity and light. Feel the light and energy of the earth, of the heavens, of your guardian angels and guides holding you and loving you. This force field growing.
5. Feel into your intention. What it is that you wish to create. Allow your thoughts to ponder this. Feel into this as if its already happened. Know that all matter responds to the energy of our thoughts an feelings. That we are constantly manifesting through thoughts and feeling. Choose conscious creation. Marinate in this feeling.
6. State your intention internally - positive and present. I AM - I HAVE - I FEEL - I CREATE
7. Give thanks for this. Feel grateful for he future manifest now. Matter responding to thought and feelings.
8. For an additional blessing and to embed this meditation to your moonstone - hold it up to the moon or sky with your left hand. Ask the Goddess of the Moon to bless your stone and imbed the intention within it. There are many names from different traditions for this energy - you may wish to use one or you may wish to just feel in with findness to this energy. Some names of Godess energy from different traditions include Cerridwen, Hanwi, Nyx, Diana, SeleneLevenah, Luna, Hecates. Imagine moon energy in a silver ray leaving the moon and pouring into your moonstone. Stay with this for a least a minute or until you know intuitively that this process is complete. Gives thanks.
9. Conclude your meditation with thanks. You may wish to leave your moonstone out to bathe in the full moon (3 days before and after its peak). All crystals can be charged and blessed this way along with intention.
Have a look on my You Tube Channel for a Moonstone meditation.
Moonstone Goddess Crystals
Moonstone honors Cerridwen, the Welsh Goddess of Inspiration and Knowledge. She rules the gifts of prophecy and magic, and powers death and rebirth. She is the guardian of spiritual transformation.
Moonstone honors Hanwi, The Sioux Moon Goddess. Her name means "Night Sun" and she guards her people during the night, protecting them from harm and from evil spirits.
Moonstone honors Nyx, the Greek Goddess of the Night. She is usually seen riding in a chariot, trailing stars and painting the night sky.
Moonstone honors Selene, the Greek Moon Goddess, depicted wearing a crown of the crescent moon, long robes, and carrying a torch. She travels the sky to guide and protect those in the dark. Women in particular associate with Selene, seeing in her the mystery and romance of the evening.
Moonstone also honors Diana, the Roman Goddess of the Moon, and Protector of Animals.
Moonstone Amulets and Talismans
Known as the Traveler's Stone, Moonstone has been an amulet of protection since antiquity. It is thought to be most powerful at night and especially on the water when the moon is shining. [Mella, 91]
As a gem, Moonstone signified hope to ancient man. Because of this uplifting quality it was a popular talisman or amulet for enhancing the personality. [Mella, 91]
Moonstone is a powerful barrier filter. Barrier crystals have incredible abilities to help us focus and amplify our efforts to keep undesirable elements out of our lives. Its crystalline structure gives it strength in all directions, allowing it to provide barriers to attack from all directions simultaneously. Crystals with the earth power of a Filter, absorb positive energy flow but work to keep negative energy away from us. They help us view the world in a "glass half full" outlook, to see the best in others, the beauty in life, and the good in humanity. They keep us focused on the positive in situations and to not be overwhelmed by the negative. In our technological world, Filters also work to keep harmful electromagnetic transmissions from sapping our energy and health.
Moonstone Feng Shui
Moonstone utilizes mental energy, the energy of intelligence, contraction, healing, and creativity. It is the energy of togetherness and crystallization - of ideas, concepts, and groups. It is hard, sharp, and often destructive, yet an essential element in all lives to find our way without being a victim of others.
The metal element brings the power of concentration and determination to our lives and our dwellings. Use white crystal energy to enhance any space that you use for concentration, gathering strength, or working with a group. Metal energy is traditionally associated with the northwest and west areas of a home or room. It is associated with the Helpful People and Blessings, and Travel area of your life and dwelling, and with the Creativity and Children area. Its energy of crystallization will solidify your efforts and determination.
Moonstone in Ancient Lore and Legend
An Asian myth declares the best Blue Moonstones are washed up by the tides once every 21 years. [Eason, 237]
The Romans believed the much treasured Moonstone enclosed the image of Diana, the Moon Goddess, who could endow love, wealth, victory and wisdom upon the possessor. Other legends declared it contained the gifts of prophecy and second sight, claiming Moonstone could clear the mind and allow the wearer to reach wise decisions, and keep heart and mind in touch with each other. [Mella, 91]
Moonstones have been known to lose their silvery luster if their owners continued to hold within themselves a lot of anger. [Mella, 91]
In ancient lore, Moonstone was considered to be a talismanic gem of winter, and in Oriental culture was known as a "phenomenal gem" to be worn on Mondays. Phenomenal gems exhibited a moving line, star, or changes on the surface as the light varied, and was considered to bring good fortune to the wearer. [Kunz, 326, 333-334]
In observance of wedding anniversaries, Moonstones were considered the gift of choice on the thirteenth year. For this number, and for succeeding multiples of thirteen, the gem was believed to counteract the evil influence of the number. [Kunz, 337]
Moonstone is the object of special veneration in history as a sacred stone of India. According to earliest traditions, the stone had been set, from the beginning of time, in the forehead of the four-handed god of the moon. Partly from its color, and partly from the influence of the deity it represented, it grew and lessened in luster simultaneously with the waxing and waning of the moon, gaining it the name it still bears, "The Moon-Stone." [Fernie, 334-335]
As a sacred stone in India, Moonstone is believed to bring good fortune and is never displayed for sale there except on a yellow cloth, as yellow is an especially sacred color. It has a special significance for lovers, believed to arouse tender passion, and allowing them the power to read the future, good or ill, that is in store for them. However to gain this knowledge, the stone must be placed in their mouths while the moon is full. [Kunz, 97-98]
Footnote References
The symbols [ ] enclose the author's name and a page number for a reference cited from the following books:
[Ahsian, pp.] Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian, The Book of Stones (Berkley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2007).
[Eason, pp. ]Cassandra Eason, The New Crystal Bible (London: Carlton Books Ltd., 2010).
[Fernie, pp.] William T. Fernie, The Occult and Curative Powers of Precious Stones (Blauvelt, NY: Rudolph Steiner Publications, 1973).
[Gienger, pp.] Michael Gienger, Healing Crystals (Scotland: Earthdancer Books, 2009).
[Hall, pp.] Judy Hall, The Crystal Bible (Cincinnati, OH: Walking Stick Press, 2003).
[Hall 2, pp.]Judy Hall, The Crystal Bible 2 (Cincinnati, OH: Walking Stick Press, 2009).
[Kunz, pp.] George Frederick Kunz, The Curious Lore of Precious Stones (New York: Dover Publications, 1971).
[Megemont, pp.] Florence Megemont, The Metaphysical Book of Gems and Crystals (Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press, 2008).
[Mella, pp.] Dorothee L. Mella, Stone Power II (Albuquerque, NM: Brotherhood of Life, Inc., 1986).
[Melody, pp.] Melody, Love Is In The Earth (Wheat Ridge, CO: Earth-Love Publishing House, 1995).
[Raphaell, pp.] Katrina Raphaell, Crystal Enlightenment (Santa Fe, NM: Aurora Press, 1985)
[Simmons, pp.] Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian, The Book of Stones (Berkley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2007).