A DETAILED LOOK AT AMETHYST

Amethyst is both popular and powerful, a symbol of inner peace, truth & forgiveness, spiritual protection, divine love, divine intuition, peace and wellness. Amethyst works with the Third Eye, and Crown Chakras.

This beautiful violet stone is one of the most beloved by many crystal enthusiasts. Why so many choose this as their first crystal is unusual, but maybe not surprising once people realize that besides just being a beautiful stone, working with amethyst supports the spiritual awakening journey. Popularity and preciousness of this stone have even been traced back to that of ancient Egypt and Neolithic times.

PROPERTIES

In the ranks of crystals with metaphysical properties, few are as famous or as distinctive as Amethyst.

One of the very few stones with a unique purple colouration. Amethyst is a purple or violet variation of Quartz. Chemically speaking, its makeup is that of silicon dioxide or SiO2, just like Clear Quartz but, the purple colour that makes it specifically an Amethyst is created by the combination of aluminum and iron deposits, along with some natural irradiation in the quartz.

- Its hardness on the Mohs scale is 7 and comparable to Quartz

The color saturation in Amethyst varies greatly, from a deep dark purple to a very faintly tinted purple hue. There are also many unique variations of amethyst with multiple mineral deposits included in the stone, some of which are rarer. These include but are not limited to Brandenburg Amethyst, Ametrine, Super Seven, and Auralite.

Amethyst is connected to the spiritual being Saint Germain, and is associated with his healing violet flame. This is one of the reasons amethyst is also considered a stone for divine spiritual protection as it creates a shield around the auric field of the body. This powerful purple essence is what we visualize when one calls upon the violet flame of Saint Germain for assistance.

This crystal can be found in a variation of many forms, as well. There are beautiful clusters, geodes, flowers, wands, towers, and even single or double terminated specimens. Of course, this crystal is made into stunning jewellery which we have a fantastic selection of in our shop

BIRTHSTONE

Amethyst is the birthstone of February, the month of purification, as well as the birthstone of Aquarius.

This zodiac sign is very intellectual and places great importance on the clarity of the mind. That is why it makes perfect sense that Amethyst occupies this kind of role.

BENEFITS OF USING AMETHYST

Amethyst is a calming and soothing crystal, working on the emotional, physical and spiritual planes to promote calmness, balance and peace. Helping you to ‘switch off’ negative and disruptive thought patterns, this stone can aid meditation practices and support deep restful sleep.

By opening and activating the Crown Chakra and Third Eye Chakra, Amethyst can enhance intuitive and psychic powers, connecting you on a deeper level with your spirituality.

In working with the Third Eye Chakra and Crown Chakra, Amethyst helps sooth the soul with clarity and calmness, allowing your mind to relax and enter a peaceful night's sleep.

A natural stress reliever, Amethyst encourages and supports inner strength. The strong healing energy of Amethyst can transmute lower vibrations to higher frequencies, transforming negative energy to love energy.

Amethyst opens and activates the Crown Chakra, allowing easier access to the divine. Amethyst enhances spiritual awareness and spiritual wisdom, promoting a higher state of consciousness.

Amethyst assists in seeing the highest truth in any situation; higher truth is what divine love is all about. Divine love is the truth of the infinite self and its connection with all things.

Amethyst clears and repairs holes in the aura and draws in Divine energy, as well as aligning and fostering cooperation between the energy bodies.

A support stone for those that experience depression, anxiety and mental illness. Helping one come to terms with loss and alleviates sadness.

Another healing property that Amethyst offers is its ability to aid in releasing bad habits, breaking negative patterns, and aids physical addictions as well as addictive relationships. Amethyst is known as the “stone of sobriety”. Sobriety is believed to be attributed to this stone because the word amethyst in Greek translates to 'not drunk.'

It makes sense to use amethyst in this way as it supports the higher mind and living in greater spiritual alignment. Amethyst connects the physical plane with the higher realm, making it a good choice when working with the Third Eye Chakra.

Amethyst provides a wonderful peaceful energy for meditation. It is known for being a magnificently calming stone, enhancing peace of mind and helps with developing intuition and psychic abilities. It can awaken you to higher wisdom and connect you to guidance from beyond the physical world. It also helps to unlock creativity associated with the intuitive self.

Amethyst can be just as effective as a stone for physical healing too.

As well as soothing headaches and joint pain, Amethyst also has an aura of tranquillity about it, which makes is a great crystal for stress relief, and for stopping your mind from disrupting sleep and concentration.

Amethyst is often called 'the soul stone' as it assists in understanding and connecting to the eternal existence of the soul and initiates one’s own deep soul experiences. It is an ideal crystal to hold or meditate upon during the death experience, of another or oneself, allowing the release of the temporal physical body with more ease, assuredness and peace.

Because Amethyst has a wonderful effect on the mind, place it where you do any work with your brain. Whether that’s by your bookshelf where you read, by your working desk, or even next to your bed. Sometimes you do your best thinking right before falling asleep (many of us do!)Amethyst also has a long tradition in medicines and is said to ease the stress that blocks recovery from almost any ailment.

WORKING WITH AMETHYST

PHYSICAL HEALING

Amethyst is said to be an excellent crystal to enhance physical vitality, especially after chemotherapy, radiation, or pharmaceutical treatments.

It’s an energizing healer on a physical level. Because it can strengthen the adrenal glands, the reproductive organs, and the heart. It can aid in the treatment of disorders that affect the lungs, pancreas, and spleen. It can also stimulate fertility and help in the treatment of conditions related to the reproductive system.

Amethyst can work in strengthening the immune system. It can also help you achieve a speedy recovery from a severe illness.

It can be effective when it comes to cell regeneration. Natural amethyst is well know as a stress reliever and can also detoxify the body.

WEALTH

Amethyst is an excellent crystal to have when you’re serious about building your personal wealth. It will help with growing your business or sharing your abundance with the people you love. Amethyst will foster creative output, brilliant ideas, and dedicated work. It’s the ideal crystal to put on your work table or office desk so that your productivity will be high. Purple has long been considered a color of nobility and royalty. This is because purple was not an easy color to come by in ancient times. A good, rich deep purple Amethyst has connotations of wealth, status, and prestige. Amethyst promotes clear thought, which is why Amethyst can help you consider whether the career move you are contemplating has long term potential. This kind of foresight and financial intelligence can also help you to recognize a good deal, or it can help distinguish a good investment from a bad one. It also helps you gain a clear perspective and an eye for details and fine print. Amethyst will invite harmony in your professional relationships and prosperity in your financial life.

LOVE, EMOTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

Amethyst can help manifest your true self rather than be influenced by others to conform to other people’s expectations. This is one of the greatest of its benefits listed here – and an important one! Belief in your own ideas and looking beyond what others think is an incredibly valuable quality. It’s unrealistic to expect that we will be perfect partners at all times. But our loved ones still deserve our best. Even if it means they also have to put up with us at our worst! Deep and searching conversations with your partner can leave you both feeling a little vulnerable and uneasy. It’s always good to keep an Amethyst close by for this reason. The same holds true for meditation and self-reflection. Sometimes you feel uncomfortable with yourself. Amethyst can help you get rid of the shame and disappointment to get to the heart of the issue. It will also help you identify root causes or old hurts that lead to ways of behaving that you don’t like about yourself. And help you heal and grow. It’s not always easy, but Amethyst can ease the journey. You will realize that only when you’re honest with yourself will you experience genuine happiness and satisfaction. This crystal’s energies will help you understand your own needs, wants, and desires in your relationship. You will know what truly makes you happy and just how you want to be loved or taken care of. Amethyst will stimulate your heart and open yourself up to more love. It will break down your walls, and it will release all your fears and worries about love. It can eliminate destructive actions and ideas and replace them with only affirmative, empowering, and uplifting ones. You will be more confident in sharing how you feel, and you will be looking forward to the future more. Amethyst can help you remove the lethargy in your relationship. With hard work and commitment, you will be able to restore what was lost. And it will also let you rekindle the passion that has been missing. It will get rid of grief, despair, anger, or defeat. It will soothe emotional wounds and alleviate the pain that comes with emotional trauma. So many people turn to amethyst crystal healing for this reason. In times of heartbreak, keeping a clear head can feel impossible. Those stifling, choking, overbearing feelings can feel as though they will entirely consume you. And just holding a piece of amethyst and sinking into meditation can help mobilise energies, and it can inspire ideas that will resolve these difficulties. In a relationship, communication is everything. And yet, so often it’s hard to find the courage to say what needs to be said. We fear pushing our partner away, or we feel as though our own needs are created by so much insecurity that they don’t warrant mention. Amethyst and the meditative lessons it can offer, help you to realize that your needs are always important. However petty you think they might be! You’ll understand that there’s no need for fear. That your partner has your back, and that you will find the right words to say in the moment and the right ideas to work together towards a solution. The rich, inspiring purple hue of amethyst can’t help but stir up love and affection within you. Embrace it! Amethyst can help you confront your emotional issues and overcome them. It can bring your hidden or suppressed feelings to the surface so that something positive will take place.

You will have a more honest communication, and you will be surrounded with compassionate energies.

There will be more passion and engagement in your relationship. You will be feeling adored, admired, and appreciated. Just like Selenite and Sunstone, Amethyst energies can give you comfort when you need it. You will never feel alone. Because you will find a way to be happy and content even if you are alone. You will know what to do when the hurt becomes unbearable and you will know how you can stand up and move forward. Amethyst will help you demonstrate strength of heart and mind. You will not be deterred by a few bumps on the road and by the mountains that you will need to climb. You will let your spirits be lifted up, and you will allow yourself to be happy. You will not dwell on the sadness and the hurt. But rather you will focus on the things that you want to manifest in your relationship. Amethyst will support your growth as a person and as a partner in life. It will reassure you that there’s no fear in endings or beginnings. Because after all, they are all just a part of living and loving! Amethyst is also known to promote better relationships on an intellectual, cerebral level. Sometimes you feel like your relationship is physically fulfilling. But that perhaps you aren’t connecting with your partner in every way that you would like to. In this case, you can use Amethyst to develop a stronger mental relationship. This will very quickly translate to a better emotional relationship, since sharing thoughts and sharing emotions intimately go hand-in-hand.

SOBRIETY

Ancient Greeks also claimed that wearing amethyst near the navel prevented drunkenness or intoxication. So if you happen to be going to a party but don’t want to get too drunk, wear an Amethyst on a belt buckle, in your front pocket, or (if you’re daring) as a navel piercing will promote that effect. Remember, however, to take precautions if you are drinking, and not to drive while under the influence of alcohol. Even if you have Amethyst to help you!

TRAVEL

Amethyst is also a great crystal of travelers. Carrying a piece with you when traveling is a wonderful way to harness its energy for protection and safety. Preferably, you should carry it on your person to protect you, rather than letting it in your luggage. Unless, of course, you decide your luggage’s safety is more important than your own.

This connection with travelers makes sense with many of the other more broad interpretations of Amethyst crystal meaning. After all, traveling without a clear goal in mind is often a recipe for disaster and in today’s world it takes a clear head and accurate planning to get it right. Yet beyond the connotations of a clear head, Amethyst also symbolizes luxury and status, as we have discussed and of course, many of us travel to treat ourselves, or as a way to beat the stress and pressures of home. It makes sense that Amethyst would represent this kind of pleasure in both the journey and destination alike and of course, some of the most beautiful places in the world are where Amethyst can be naturally found. You may well find that your crystal’s vibrations seem all the more pronounced if you’re journeying to these kinds of places. But many spiritual minds agree that Amethyst stones almost seem pleased to be out and about, wherever you take them and when coming home. Amethyst can ensure jetlag and fatigue don’t prevent you from bouncing back into your working life.

CLEANSING AND CHARGING AMETHYST

When And Why To Cleanse Amethyst

Every crystal lover knows that their crystals have to be cleansed and recharged. But how do you know when your Amethyst needs cleansing?

Amethyst needs cleansing if it seems to have lost some of its shine, or has dulled within in some way. The weight of the stone in your hand is another good pointer. Amethyst that has absorbed a lot of negative energy will feel slightly heavier and duller.

A crystal in need of cleansing feels different than the smoother, almost tingly newness of a revitalized, cleansed crystal. That tingling in your hand is what to expect when your Amethyst crystal is at its very best. This is when it can instill a feeling of energy and excitement within you.

A cleansed Amethyst will provide you with more powerful and profound insights if used as a meditation aid. It will allow messages that come to you during these moments to reach you in clearer and more identifiable ways.

Every crystal is different and works on people in different ways. Crystals have different purposes, and like people, they need to be recharged and cleansed regularly.

Any particularly tense, stressful, or difficult moment that you choose to use your Amethyst for, also lodges it with bad or difficult energies. You need to make sure that these energies are removed before you use your crystal again for another purpose. Otherwise, your Amethyst stops being effective and only recycles the negative energies within it.

Don’t be intimidated with crystal rituals. You don’t need to be an expert to do them properly.

The trick is to strongly visualize the negative energies and unwanted thoughts and feelings being cleansed away from the crystal and from your environment.

And as you deepen your work with your Amethyst crystal, you will also most likely discover your own special rituals.

Whenever you’re in doubt, open your heart and mind to light, love, and positivity. You will know what to do next.

How to Cleanse Amethyst

Crystals need cleansing and Amethyst is no exception!

Water

Water is an excellent cleanser for your Amethyst. You can simply hold your Amethyst under water to cleanse it. It’s recommended that you bring your crystal to a pure spring or river. Ocean water is most ideal. However, you may not live near a body of water. So running your Amethyst under tap water and visualizing it washing away all the disruptions and impurities will also work. Your crystal will be ready to help you in any way you see fit. And you may notice that it might even feel different when holding it. While water is the best method to cleanse your Amethyst crystal, there are other methods that you can use, too.

Salt

Salt Cleansing: grab some sea salts and lightly brush your Amethyst with it. Afterward, wash it again with water to cleanse the salt away.

Moon

Moon Cleansing: the energy of the moon is most purifying to your Amethyst crystals. And you can actually clear, cleanse, and program your Amethyst for extra vitality. Simply place it directly under the moonlight for several hours. To get the most potent frequency, wait for a new moon.

Snow

Snow Cleansing: placing your Amethyst in the snow is also a quick and powerful way to cleanse it. This also helps you program your intentions and make them long-lasting!

Earth

Earth Cleansing: burying your Amethyst in the earth will get rid of any lingering energies present in it. Going back to the place where a crystal originated also is an effective and powerful way of cleansing it.

Smoke

Smoke Cleansing: just like how it clears and cleanses the energies in your home, smoke can do the same with your crystal. You may choose to use sweetgrass, copal, or sage to achieve cleansing with your Amethyst.

Sound

Sound Cleansing: the gentle but strong sound of a bell can remove all the impurities and lingering energies. Even the sound of your voice and the use of chants will achieve the same results.

Remember that when you acquire your Amethyst crystal, you will need to cleanse it first before using it. It absorbs energies as it works and as it is handled by different people which is why you should cleanse it first before you begin working with it.