Healing Stone Meanings

The healing stone meanings have been gathered throughout the centuries... in many cases since ancient times. While we do not know for certain exactly when their meanings were discovered... we do know that healing stones have been in use for a long time.

How Did They Discover Their Meanings

The healing stone meanings did not just become apparent at one time... but over many hundreds of years. It was the beauty of many of the stones that first drew peoples attention. Once they began to use the stones... and had them in their homes they became aware of their healing qualities. Natural crystals then came into everyday use in their lives.

How Did They Use The Healing Stones

In ancient times these stones were used for quite a few different purposes. Many of them were used as dyes. They were ground to a powder and were the one of the methods available to color clothing and textiles. Some ancient textiles have been found to be colored using common crystals. And some were ground and painted on the skin...for religious or shamanic ceremonies.

We do not know for sure how they came to understand the meaning of crystals for healing purposes. Perhaps they found that their health improved after having some of these stones in their vicinity for long periods of time.

Healing stones were also commonly grouped according to peoples month of birth. These have come to be called birthstones. These stones have been historically used in jewelry ... given as gifts at special times such as birthdays and christenings. Beautiful gold and silver crystal jewelry... including birthstone rings and pendants.... is often created using the birthstone gemstones.

History of Healing Stone Meanings

Many lovely crystals that we now know to be healing stones have been reputed to have been used in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. One in particular that was of consequence to the Egyptians was Lapis Lazuli Polished Lapis Lazuli stone . From ancient writing it has been discovered that this stone was very important to them.

They believed that it had the qualities of evoking wisdom and feelings of inner peace. Beautiful pieces of jewelry made from Lapis Lazuli stones have been discovered in the tombs of the pharaohs in Egypt.

Archaeologists have found many crystals of a healing nature in ancient tombs. It is clear from the way that the stones were stored ... that they were deemed essential by the people. It is believed that they must have known the healing stone meanings... as many of them were saved with such items as food... for the person's use in the after life.

How Can We Use The Healing Stone Meanings

By knowing the healing stone meanings... we are able to make better decisions about how we can put them to use in our lives. We recognize their beauty and find their presence in our lives is beneficial to us.

We are aware that having them in our vicinity... on our body... or just in the room, may contribute to creating a better healing outcome. The vibration of some stones is very strong... including quartz crystals.... and can be incredibly useful to have close to you.

How Can We Use Healing Stones

The stones with stronger crystal energy... with higher vibrations ... will aid you if your goal is to be more spiritual.... or if you wish to develop your psychic powers. An acceleration of gifts commonly termed 'psychic abilities' may be assisted by certain stones.

Any natural crystals that are third eye chakra stones, stimulate the pineal gland... and will aid those whose desire is to seek psychic employment. These healing crystals may intensify the birthing of specific gifts such as those of psychic clairvoyants. Crown chakra and soul star chakra stones will be of benefit in the spiritual area.

If you are not sure exactly what chakras are there is more information outlined in a page on the chakra meanings

For a general improvement in your spirituality and health all crystals may assist you. Each chakra of the body has different areas that it may assist.

If you wish to improve your overall abundance and prosperity or to manifest money... different chakra stones may help you. There are specific chakra stones that will help you to make improvements in each individual area.

There are many uses for the healing stones, and in particular having one in your hand during meditation is very helpful. By knowing the healing stone meanings, you can make a better choice about which stones you think will benefit you.

Which Stones to Use

If you have an interest in birthstones... there are two different pages you may like to look at.

The Birthstone List page contains a Birthstone Chart with a list of each months birthstones. The Zodiac Birthstones page contains a Birthstone chart with the Astrological Birthstones on it.

To go to Birthstone List Click here

To go to Zodiac Birthstones Click here

I have compiled a list of most of the stones from other parts of this site and a brief description of their meanings. On these pages some stones may be highlighted with a link indicating that they are covered in more detail. Click on any of the links to go to the specific page to learn more. They are listed in alphabetical order on four different pages.

To go to Healing Stones and Crystal Meanings A Click here
To go to Healing Stones and Crystal Meanings B-C Click here
To go to Healing Stones and Crystal Meanings D-H Click here
To go to Healing Stones and Crystal Meanings I-M Click here
To go to Healing Stones and Crystal Meanings N-R Click here
To go to Healing Stones and Crystal Meanings S Click here
To go to Healing Stones and Crystal Meanings T-Z Click here

In Summary

The healing stone meanings may have been originally discovered by accident but these days solid knowledge on them is widely available. If you wish to improve your health make use of the information.

Look at the meanings of different crystals and use your intuition to choose the right stone. You might make a difference to your life. Give it a try!

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