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CRYSTALS
AND THEIR PROPERTIES
Chemical
Composition:
CaSO4-2(H2O)
Crystal System: Monoclinic Hardness: 2
Habit: Tabular;
bladed or blocky crystals with a slanted parallelogram outline; long thin
crystals; massive; fibrous
Colour: Usually white, colourless or grey, but can also be shades of red, brown
and yellow
KEYWORD: REMEMBERING
Gypsum is a hydrous calcium
sulphate, when well crystallised producing excellent transparent monoclinic
crystals, which are often twinned in swallow-tail forms. Such crystals of gypsum are called selenite, for the crystals tend to
show moon-like iridescence from the cleavage surfaces.
It is usually formed by the
evaporation of an enclosed sea basin, or may be deposited from desert lakes.
The massive rock-like variety of alabaster was known from the days of the
Phoenicians, Assyrians and Egyptians, who made it into all kinds of beautiful
vases and amphorae, and who were also the first to find out and use its
splendour as a medium of direct and indirect lighting. The delicately wrought alabaster vases that were found in the tomb of
Tutankhamen were used to illuminate the temples in the land of the Pharaohs.
Since it forms easily from
saline water, gypsum can have many inclusions of other minerals and even trapped
bubbles of air and water. The word
selenite comes from the Greek for moon and means moon rock.
Selenite is a stone of
communication and communion with the past and present; this includes
communication with our guides and Angels. It
aids telepathic links with others and contains all sacred knowledge; it often
has the appearance of sacred markings on its surfaces to remind us of this fact.
It is used for the
remembering of past lives and will help dream and meditation recall. Selenite works by recording information pertaining to all knowledge of
all time; this is held within its crystalline structure via its formation by
water and evaporation.
The theory goes that nothing
can be dis-created, only changed. The
water that was on the planet at its formation and the same water that nurtured
the early forms of life is the same water the dinosaur drank, which is the same
water the ancient peoples drank and it is constantly circulated around the
planet by the rainfall and evaporation. So
the water that is in you and me has been in everyone and everything. The water sustains and records all the life it touches; nothing on the
planet can live without water.
To access the information accumulated by the selenite,
you hold your piece of selenite in your hand of preference and ask the Deva,
Angel, Spirit or Guardian of the selenite to access the information contained
within its structure. You then
allow yourself to be open to the subtle thoughts, feelings and emotions that
begin to flow through you. When
truly connected you should get impressions and insights. Remember, these have to register on different levels of your being.
Some people experience them through feelings; others experience them as
knowledge, or pictures. There is no
right or wrong way. When you go
into a meditative state in this way you will experience the information first at
the cellular level, then at the feeling level, then eventually on the mental
level. So you would probably take a
minimum of three sessions to work with a specific crystal, to extract its
information into the level of consciousness in which you know it, not just feel
it or sense it.
Selenite brings light and
healing to every cell in the body. It
is a very high vibration stone and crown chakra activator. It will heal all fluid functions of the body.
It clears the spinal column of energy blocks via the spinal fluid and
gives a flowing healing energy to all it touches. Emotionally it lifts the spirit, bringing Divine joy and playfulness into
our lives to enhance the world’s light energy.
Affirmation: I am awake to the
possibilities of infinite space and time; Divine understanding flows through me
and radiates out to all I meet.
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