Amethyst Crystal ~Violet Flame Stones

Potent For Healing and Intense Spiritual Growth

Amethyst crystals are some of the most well-known of the quartz crystals, and they are widely sold in many retail outlets. If you are wondering why Amethyst is so popular, it is the metaphysical properties that make it a stone of choice. It is a potent stone for spiritual healing and growth... and to aid you to beat addictions.

Amethyst Pendant

To really understand why it is so loved, you need to look at the Amethyst facts in more detail.

This beautiful purple quartz crystal is one of the stones that embody the energy of the violet flame. This is a potent spiritual healing method using a powerful energy, overseen by the Ascended master, St Germaine.

Facts About Amethyst... Amethyst Meaning

Its name comes from the Greek word 'amethustos'... meaning non-drunk. One of the interesting facts about Amethyst is that the ancient Greeks made cups from the purple stone as they believed it could prevent you from becoming inebriated.

This Amethyst meaning has been found to be true ... as healers use it today as it assists you to beat addictions.... and this was also believed by the ancient Greeks.

If you have addictive habits such as smoking, drinking or drug addictions you may be assisted by using Amethyst crystals... and other violet flame stones... including Purpurite, Tanzanite and Sugilite.

Why Would You Use Amethyst Crystals

Why is it so admired... and why are people keen to use it? It is a beautiful stone to have in any part of the home ... as its energy is so helpful. Having a piece in the bedroom will promote restful sleep and peaceful dreaming.

Any person may benefit by having this stone close by... as it is also a highly protective crystal. Amethyst crystal is common and comes in a variety of forms... and has many good and valid reasons for it to be the stone of choice.

As I mentioned above it is a quartz crystal and all quartz crystals are strong amplifiers of energy. When it comes to their healing energy the properties of all quartz crystals are very impressive.

More than any other crystal it will quieten the mind ... allowing you to more easily make contact with spirit. It is very easy to obtain and natural crystals should be able to be bought very easily at crystal shops, gift shops, on the internet and at a wide variety of other retail outlets... as its popularity is high.

Healing With Amethyst, Powerful Violet Flame Healing

Looking at the deep purple color in the Amethyst picture above... you can see why this stone is so admired. These purple stones are the most well known crystals for carrying the violet flame healing vibration... yet the color is only an indication of the level of heat that the particular stone endured while in the ground.

Although most pieces of Amethyst are purple... all colors of Amethyst carry a strong healing vibration. Prasiolite (the Green Amethyst) has amazing healing aspects... as do the pink, lavender and of course the violet and purple stones.

Many of the darker yellow Citrine Crystals were made from Amethyst crystals through a process of heating them... and they too carry a strong healing vibration.

The Amethyst may also help with healing sadness and grief... and will assist you with inner child healing, as it will allow you to let go of built up melancholy and depression based in the past, as well as dissolving anger, fear and anxiety.

All colors of these stones have a useful energy that will cleanse negative energy from your auric field. You can see that it will be a great advantage in the overall growth of your spirituality and health.

They are excellent to keep on you as they have a strong psychic protection vibration and they are easy to buy. So just remember to keep the energy close to you for best results.

Where does it come from

This stone has been found in a large number of locations... including Europe, Russia, India, Sri Lanka, East Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia the USA and Canada. The lovely purple stone is the most common, and it is very popular.

Amethyst comes in a range of colors... including Prasiolite... also called Green Amethyst, as well as the highly favored deep purple stone and the pink, violet and pale lavender crystals.

Although the lovely Purple crystals are the most talked about... as they embody the energy of the violet flame, all colors of this stone are powerful healing stones.

Amethyst does not need to be purple to heal... and you will find slightly different healing outcomes for different colored stones. Both the Pinkish stones and the Green Amethyst (Prasiolite) stones have the added advantage of also resonating within the heart chakra.... as well as having all the aspects of the violet stones. Amegreen also carries this same heart based energy.

History Of Amethyst

Amethyst clusters are easy to buy... and are a powerful asset to any room. One of the beautiful Amethyst geodes placed anywhere in your environment... is powerful to bring through a wonderful healing vibration.

This is one of the reasons why the Amethyst has been prized throughout history... as well of course for its beauty. It is historically believed to have been the ninth stone on the Breastplate of the High Priest of Israel. The history of Amethyst goes right back to ancient times.

In Egypt it was used to make beads and amulets. It has been continuously used throughout history as its vibration is recognized to be so beneficial for many reasons. For many centuries people have used these beautiful purple stones... as they believed they had amazing healing powers.

It is clear that these ancient people could feel the vibration of the lovely crystal energy that these purple stones were emitting. This energy is recognized even today, as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church wears a ring with this stone in it.

How Will Amethyst Crystals Help You

The Amethyst is a crystal with a vibration that is highly useful to assist meditation... as it will calm the emotions. These powerful stones vibrate within the third eye chakra, the crown chakra, the soul star chakra and the etheric chakras right up to the fourteenth chakra.

For crystal meditation it is one of the premier stones to use... as it will aid your mind to relax. It supports you to strengthen and bring through increased spiritual gifts... and aids your psychic communication abilities. Learn easy meditation techniques so you can to slip more easily into the deep relaxed state needed for best results.

The amazing energy that is embodied within these purple stones will open the third eye. This aids the awakening of psychic visions and clairvoyant abilities that are related to the third eye chakra. This is one of the most popular crystals... and this stone has even been carved into Amethyst crystal skulls. This is another wonderful way of using its lovely energy.... as stones made into crystal skulls attract the presence of powerful spiritual energy.

As you have read there is a long list of different reasons for using Amethyst crystals. Amethyst's ability to work on helping you to learn to be psychic is very powerful. It's action in developing intuition is a real asset... so use it in a psychic meditation and it will also aid you to enhance your psychic abilities.

For your meditation to be effective your brain waves need to slow, and their rhythm needs to change from the beta wave of your normal day to day activities, to the slower alpha wave. There are two specific areas of the brain.... the Amygdala and the Anterior Cingulate Cortex... that are said to be connected with developing any type of psychic abilities including developing intuition.

Using Isochronic Tones is effective to assist you to develop your intuition, because it encourages these areas of the brain to entrain with the new rhythms that are introduced. As you still your mind, and you go deeper into meditative state... you may find that these gifts develop more easily.

Wearing Amethyst Crystals

It should be reasonably easy to buy Amethyst birthstone jewelry... as these lovely purple stones are one of the Zodiac Birthstones. They are an Aries birthstone, and a Pisces, Sagittarius and Aquarius birthstone.

Earrings, rings or an Amethyst pendant necklace or other jewellery made from this purple crystal is readily available and it is very beautiful.

Amethyst crystals are powerful stones to keep on your body... as the strong vibration has so many metaphysical properties that will aid you.

Lovely Purple jewelry made from these stones is easy to buy... and wearing an Amethyst pendant keeps the energy close.

It is a powerful stone for psychic protection... and this is an excellent reason for keeping it within your aura. What better way to do that than wearing lovely jewelry made from it!

Amethyst Facts

Amethyst crystals emit a strong field of vibrational healing energy... so they are marvelous tools for self healing. This is one of the Amethyst facts that is immediately apparent when you stand in front of one of them, and experience the feeling that resonates from them... as the field of light that they emit is so strong.

If you have addictive habits such as smoking, drinking or drug addictions you may be assisted by using an Amethyst stone... and other violet flame crystals.

An easy way is help yourself if you have any of these problems... to put an Amethyst tumblestone or other piece of this lovely stone in your pocket.

You can combine them with any of the stones mentioned above to help you to beat addictions.

Ensure that those crystals that are on you every day, are regularly cleansed. Quartz crystals may be cleaned easily... but if you are cleansing other varieties of crystals... or large geodes use one of the other methods of cleansing your crystals.

Combining It With Other Stones

Amethyst also combines well with many of the other high vibration stones. Stones whose crystal energy is most potent are powerful allies for this stone.

White Scolecite is a high vibration stone that has a beautiful calming energy, and combined with Amethyst will assist your meditations to go to a purer and more spiritual level.

Specific high vibration stones that are recommended would be Moldavite, Tremolite, Yttrium Fluorite, Natrolite, White Azeztulite and Phenacite.

To accentuate the Amethyst vibration within Super Seven stones... use them together for amazing metaphysical healing within all chakras.

Combine Purple Amethyst with Purpurite, Sugilite, Tanzanite Crystals and Amegreen as they are also stones of the violet flame. Combining it with Iolite Stones, Sugilite, Dravite aka Brown Tourmaline, Unakite and Pink Thulite is very powerful... as together they create a stronger healing outcome.

Along with Amethyst... these stones work on healing the third eye chakra, the crown chakra, the soul star chakra and the etheric chakras right up to the fourteenth chakra.

Combining Moldavite with Amethyst crystals will raise your body's frequency to such a high level that no negative entities can enter your auric field.

This level of psychic protection is very important if you do any sort of psychic work. This combination will bring both increased psychic abilities and other healing gifts to improve your overall spirituality and health. White Topaz, Tourmilated Quartz, Gabbro, Shamanite Black Calcite, Rainbow Moonstone, Aqua Aura Quartz, Ascension Stones and Stichtite are also good combined with Amethyst.

In Summary

If there was only one stone that you were able to choose to have in your environment, this would be the one. It is certainly the pre-eminent stone for all sorts of reasons. And the fact that it is easily available is a very good reason to get one for yourself.

Once you have a piece... and use it... you will feel the change in both yourself and your environment that Amethyst Crystals will bring into your life.