Most crystals( in this case including gems, rocks, precious stones, semi-precious stones, and simple stones) are of mineral origin. Crystals, like amethyst, come out of the ground naturally faceted and don’t need to be changed in anyway. Diamonds, for example, come out of the ground equally as rough, but are usually polished and cut into intricate styles.
For many years, crystal have been used as a tool to aid spiritual healing, psychic development, and meditation.
~ How can I incorporate Crystals into my everyday life?
You can carry around your crystals. This way you can feel your crystals energy when needed. Place them in a little sachet or pouch and they are ready to go!
Infuse your water with your clean crystals. This is a fast way to feel your crystals energy.
Decorate your magickal space and/or surroundings with crystals.
Meditate with your crystals.Just spend a minimum of 30 seconds with each crystal. Hold it in your hands, close your eyes, and feel its energy soaking into your skin.
How Crystals Can Help You
Agate
~Banded: help you feel grounded, remain focused, and banishes fears.
~Blue Lace: helps you adjust and adapt.
~Moss: refreshes spirit, brings peace of mind, helps to develop intuition.
~Tree: aids meditation and clear thinking, reduces stress.
Amazonite ~ soothes the nervous system, increases self-esteem and confidence.
Amber ~ relieves depression and lifts your spirits.
Amethyst ~ the great healer of mind, body, and spirit. helps the development of psychic abilities and intuition.
Apache Tears ~ brings good fortune and positive energy.
Apatite~aids in motivation and communicative powers.
Aquamarine ~ helps you during hard decisions and times. promotes compassion and empathy.
Azurite ~ relinquishes harmful beliefs.
Bloodstone (aka Heliotrope) ~ calms fears, and dispels confusion and obsessive ideas.
Calcite ~ boosts energy and provides amazing psychic protection.
Carnelian (aka Sard) ~ banishes jealousy and inspires courage. aids perception.
Celestine ~helps with communication and good thoughts.
Chalcedony ~ balances emotions and lifts your spirits.
Chrysocolla ~ eases stress and promotes self-confidence.
Citrine ~ helps steady emotions and give inspiration.
Coral ~ strengthens and protects emotions.
Desert Rose ~ promotes love and stability in relationships.
Diamond ~ assists in your connection with the universe.
Emerald ~ strong healer with both physical and mental problems.
Fluorite ~ helps with rationality and combats anxiety and worries.
Garnet ~ protects against melancholy and depression. encourages perseverance and patience.
Hematite ~ helps with psychic development and building self-esteem.
Jade ~ a very useful healing stone for both the body and spirit.
Jasper ~ aids with stress relief and grounding. promotes tranquility.
Jet ~ keeps evil spirits at bay and strengthens character.
Lepidolite ~ great for relieving stress and dispelling negative emotions.
Malachite ~ used for healing when dealing with negative emotions.
Moonstone ~ restores harmony and emotion balance.
Obsidian ~ helps you to focus on the paranormal, used for protection and a scrying tool.
Onyx ~ instills a protective psychic shield.
Opal ~ helps with rationalizing emotional states.
Pearl ~ aids self-respect, stability, and self-esteem.
Pyrite ~ opens the mind to new ideas.
Quartz ~ channels and aids in meditation. a powerful healing stone.
Rose Quartz ~ aids in anything love-related. instills comfort, relieves grief, and promotes harmonious relationships.
Rutilated Quartz ~ releases energy blockers.
Rhodonite ~ helps with assurance and confidence.
Ruby ~ purifies love, promotes spiritual knowledge and to be realistic about situations.
Sapphire ~ aids in mental clarity, clearing your inner eye, and bringing good fortune.
Smoky Quartz ~ filters out negative thoughts and emotions. helps with telepathy.
Sodalite ~ heals damaged emotions, and aids in restful sleep.
Tanzanite ~ helps you to accept change.
TIger’s Eye~ a powerful aid in those seeking knowledge about past or future lives. promotes persistence and protection.
Topaz ~ allows you to transmit your visualizations as universal messages. an aid in telepathy.
Tourmaline ~ repels all negative energy and is a powerful stone for protection.
Turquoise ~ an aid in luck, love, money, and protection.
Unakite ~ heals the psyche, helps you realize your higher self.
Crystal Care Tips
Some crystals shouldn’t be left in direct sunlight. These include: Amethyst, Ametrine, Aquamarine, Celestite, Citrine, Fluorite, Kunzite, Opal, Rose Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Topaz, and Turquoise.
Some crystals shouldn’t get wet. These include: Celestine, Desert Rose, Lapis Lazuli, Lepidolite, Malachite, Selenite, and Sodalite.
12 The Hanged Man – Surrender, new perspective, enlightenment; Reversed: Stubbornness.
13 Death – The end of something, change, the impermeability of all things; Reversed: Limbo
14 Temperance – Balance, moderation, being sensible; Reversed: Impatience
15 The Devil – Destructive patterns, addiction, giving away your power; Reversed: Freedom
16 The Tower – Collapse of stable structures, release, sudden insight; Reversed: Control
17 The Star – Hope, calm, a good omen; Reversed: Darkness
18 The Moon – Mystery, the subconscious, dreams; Reversed: Paranoia
19 The Sun – Success, happiness, all will be well; Reversed: Failure
20 Judgment – Rebirth, a new phase, inner calling; Reversed: Regrets
21 The World – Completion, wholeness, attainment, celebration of life; Reversed: Incomplete
Suit of Swords
• Other Names: Staves, arrows, spades
• Element: Air
Attributes: Active, male
Astrological Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
• Direction: West
Season: Pagan – Spring / Esoteric – Autumn
• Self: Mind, thoughts, intellect
Jungian Function: Thinking
Body Part: Head
Qabbalistic World: Yetzirah – the Formative World
Air is seen as the intellect, logic and reasoning. An active element, Air circulates and so cleanses; it carries your thoughts and dreams; is also expansive when hot and is said to be expressive. Your mind or thoughts can be seen as clear or clouded; speech requires breath, which requires air.
Swords represent logic, the mind and your thoughts. They deal with problems and troubles, planning, communication, ideas, your intellect and how you use it. They represent your daily and life struggles, problems in general. The very nature of a sword is aggressive and warlike. Combined with the swiftness of air, the combination can see situations arise quickly. The ability to see clearly means resolution is quick also. Swords people are great thinkers. You will find them in study, research, academia, the sciences, law courts and libraries. They love to learn and live to do it in any capacity.
Keywords: decisions, worries, problems, issues, tension, communication, intelligence, disagreements; arguments, logic, reason, cognition, ideas, inspirations, balance, equilibrium, the mind, mentalism, thinking, facts and figures, definition.
Reversed: vicious, ruthless, manipulative, cold, unemotional, spite and malice, accidents, inertia, indecision, confusion, mental blockages, biased, illogical, mental health issues, negative life changes.
Suit of Cups
• Other Names: Chalices, Grails, Cauldrons, Hearts, Vessels
• Element: Water
Attributes: Passive, female; cold, wet
Astrological Signs: Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio
• Direction: East
Season: Pagan – Autumn- / Esoteric – Summer
• Self: Emotions, love, receptivity
Jungian Function: Feeling
Body Part: Heart
Qabbalistic World: Briah – the Creative World
Water is seen as the emotions, your feelings, and your intuition. Considered passive, water can be deep or shallow; you like the ocean, are responsive to the moon; your tears can rise and fall; out of control, your emotions flood;
Cups represent your emotions, feelings, your subconscious, intuition and psychism. They deal with love affairs, all relationships, inner expression, your reactions or responses and the pursuit of happiness. Generally passive and not outwardly extrovert, creativity through expression are some of the traits of this suit. Careers are usually in the arts or creative pursuits, they are, poets, painters, florists and designers, nurses, social workers and care-givers. Cups people are happy in the background doing their own thing, though they are often actors distinguishing the limelight from private time like no others.
• King – Repression of deep feelings, possible alcoholism; Reversed: Selfishness
• Queen – Emotionally nurturing, intuitive, sensitive; Reversed: Ignorance
• Knight – Romantic, adventurous, following one’s heart; Reversed: Pessimism
• Page – Creative, inspired, learning artistic skill; Reversed: Gloomy
• Ace of Cups – emotional fulfillment, joy; Reversed: Indifferent
• 2 – Partnership, mutual attraction, compatibility; Reversed: Abandonment
• 3 – Celebration, fun with friends, laughter; Reversed: Jealousy
• 4 – Boredom, dissatisfaction with what is being offered; Reversed: Avoidance
• 5 – Dwelling on the negative, self-pity; Reversed: Alienation
• 6 – Sentimentality, kindness, help; Reversed: Discouraging
• 7 – So many choices, indecision, getting lost in fantasy, wishing and dreaming; Reversed: Lethargic
• 8 – Abandoning something in search of something better, vision; Reversed: Sacrifice
• 9 – Indulgence, self-satisfaction; Reversed: Disintegration
• 10 – Emotional bliss, happiness, attainment; Reversed: Disruption
Suit of Wands
• Other Names: Batons, Staves, Rods, Clubs, Staffs, Scepters
• Element: Fire
Attributes: Active, masculine; hot, dry
Astrological Signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
• Direction: South
Season: Pagan – Summer / Esoteric – Spring
• Self: Will, actions, desire
Jungian Function: Intuition
Body Part: Genitals
Qabbalistic World: Atziluth – the Archetypal World
Fire is energy and action, passion, drive and ambition. An active element, it can cause permanent change; is expansive; can be aggressive; is pro-active and undeterred.
Wands represent creativity, energy, passion and action. They cover your spiritual pursuits, your career and creative projects. Leadership, self-growth and general optimism are some traits of this suit. Careers are usually in business, they are leaders, entrepreneurial & sales focused. Wands people like to get ahead and are generally pro-active in all their activities. With an unrivaled healthy vitality, they are often accomplished sports people.
Keywords: intuition; creativity; vitality; sexuality; spirituality; vision; energetic; outgoing; impulsive; motivational; pro-active; spirit and spirited; optimistic; enterprise; commerce; business; careers; opportunities; the thrill of the chase; competitive; growth; personal development; inspirational; enthusiastic; sexual; passionate; action; movement; initiation.
Reversed: rash; impetuous; ruthless; greedy; narrow-minded; hyperactive; brash; manipulative; conniving; mean-spirited; overly optimistic; risk takers; heartless; aggressive; selfish; misleading; sadistic; distrusting of others.
• King – Career focused, mature, passionate; Reversed: Impostor
• Queen – Confidant, focused, has zest for life; Reversed: Fatigue
• Knight – An adventurous risk taker who follows his passions; Reversed: Apathy
• Page – newly inspired, excited about life and work; Reversed: Passive
• Ace of Wands – New beginnings, creative spark, fertile ideas; Reversed: Unpromising
• 2 – Contemplation, assessing one’s life direction; Reversed: Dispute
• 3 – Reaping the rewards of your efforts; Reversed: Idleness
• 4 – Celebration, safety, the home; Reversed: Discord
• 5 – Competition, minor struggles or disagreements; Reversed: Timidness
• 6 – Success, accolades and achievement; Reversed: Disapproval
• 7 – Feeling defensive and on guard; Reversed: Yielding
• 8 – Speed, things manifesting quickly; Reversed: Stagnation
• 9 – Pessimism, gearing up for the worst; Reversed: Weakness
• 10 – Feeling oppressed, exhaustion, too many responsibilities; Reversed: Impractical
Earth is seen as the material, the physical & the sensual. A Passive element, Earth allows growth & production; promotes prosperity; is the foundation on which anything is built.
Pentacles, represent all things material and physical, what you experience using your senses. They deal with your money, business deals, material possessions, your job, arts, crafts, your home & garden. Working hard & getting the job done are attributes of this suit. Pentacle people don’t mind getting their hands dirty whether that’s working with the land or in a factory. Strong & dependable, often found in the trades, removals, farming, landscaping & homemaking.
I was walking down the road, covered in mud and with a basket of plants in my hand. My grandma happens to be driving by and she rolls down the window, says she’ll see me at home, and drives away. This is the life of a green witch
In witchcraft, you will see a ton of herbs that people will claim you will need. While for the most part, this is true, some of you may feel the need to grow these herbs yourself and collect them. This can actually make the herb more connected to you, but some of you may not feel that way and that’s perfectly okay! This lesson will be going over how to gather and collect certain types of herbs many of us witches and herbalist may find ourselves wanting to collect when we’re out and about!
Before I continue, please consult a medical professional before deciding to take any botanical drug(note: all herbs can be considered a drug as they all usually have medical purposes as well as cooking purposes). No WebMD does not count. Go to an actual doctor. Also, please check legality laws in your area about distributing if that is your goal with this part of the lesson. This lesson will also go over shipping these items for the herbalist who wishes to have a shop.
Let’s Start the Lesson!
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Each part of a plant for its herbal purposes will have a different method of gathering it. You wouldn’t collect bark in the same way you would collect roots. So, let’s go over that, shall we?
Collecting Leaves:
The weather should be clear and dry,
Should be collected when the plant is in bloom(Mature at this time)
Clip off undamaged leaves(no wilting or insect-eating holes)(this is pruning the plant and not at all important you can leave them if you want.)
Take the leaves in good condition(Not all of them only what you need.)
Wash the herbs in water
Pat them dry from the water
Spread the leaves out on a drying rack(or in a place where drying can occur
Shift the leaves ever so often to keep from clumping and accumulating dampness
When leaves are dry, store them in a sealable bag or jar to keep as fresh as you possibly can.
Collecting Flowers:
Flowers should be in full bloom
Don’t take every flower, only what you need
Wash the flowers in water
Pat dry
Place in a dry place and let dry out(You may have a better result if you hang them upside down)
When dry, clip off extra stems(if any) and store inside a sealable bag or container.
Collecting Bulbs
When the leaves start to wilt and die is when bulbs should be collected.
When brought from the ground, the outer layer should be removed
Wash the bulb and pat dry.
You can use artificial heat(nothing over 100 degrees) or let dry naturally which could take longer.
Collecting Bark:
Collect in fall or spring
Scrape off or peel off the bark(as a witch, id be apologizing constantly and if you’re the type, leave an offering ;^;)
Wash the bark off in water
Pat dry
Let dry in sunlight
Collecting Roots
The one thing that wasn’t in my book was how to collect roots, so here’s a quick little guide.
Collect when the plant dies(Aka will not come back to life)
Separate the thinnest roots from the thickest
Use the thin roots as a fertilizer for other plants
Take the thicker roots and wash them
Pat dry with a towel
Let dry out in the sunlight
Collecting Seeds:
Seeds should be gathered when the plant produces them and they are ripe
Bigger seeds should be dried out
Smaller seeds should be used to make more plants if needed
Dry out in the sunlight
Shipping and Selling Botanicals
Shipments should be made with an order, never before(even if you know they will need it, do not do this because you do not know the quantity they need until you get their order).
Make sure all products are dried out and dry before shipping for they could mold and you’ll get an angry customer
Shipments should either be in plastic containers or plastic bags for travel
Every shipment should be marked clearly with your name, the buyers name and where it needs to be shipped to as well as other important information the post office needs.
Be sure to contact the buyers when their shipment has been sent out so they can expect it.
Tracking numbers would also be great to send out as well.
Always remain in contact with a buyer until their shipment has arrived and even after just in case.
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And that is the end of this lesson. My next lesson will actually start going over herbs, their uses, and associations! Be safe my Sprouts and please join me for my next lesson!
