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November Birthstones

TOPAZ We usually think of topaz as yellow but it can be colorless, blue, orange, pink, purple, and brown, sometimes red.  Most blue topaz is heat-treated colorless topaz.  Imperial Topaz is deep orange.  Ancient Greeks thought topaz brought strength.  In middle ages Europe, it was said to protect from magic spells and to dispel anger.

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Cleansing/Clearing your Crystals by Jill

Cleansing/Clearing your Crystals I was all set to write about one of my favorite stones, labradorite, or maybe double-terminated quartz crystals, but in the last week I’ve heard variations on the following too many times to ignore:  “I read that you have to wash your crystals in salt water to cleanse them.”  “I heard you

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Cleansing/Clearing your Crystals by Jill

Cleansing/Clearing your Crystals I was all set to write about one of my favorite stones, labradorite, or maybe double-terminated quartz crystals, but in the last week I’ve heard variations on the following too many times to ignore:  “I read that you have to wash your crystals in salt water to cleanse them.”  “I heard you

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Working with stones by Jill

Welcome to my very first blog ever!  Yep, I’m nervous.  I’ve never been in blog before (extra points to those of you who know what song that’s referencing).  I was told not to teach, necessarily, but to write about my experiences with the stones.  Okay…. Crystals and stones have energy and vibrations.  Many people pooh-pooh

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Cleansing/Clearing your Crystals by Jill

Cleansing/Clearing your Crystals I was all set to write about one of my favorite stones, labradorite, or maybe double-terminated quartz crystals, but in the last week I’ve heard variations on the following too many times to ignore:  “I read that you have to wash your crystals in salt water to cleanse them.”  “I heard you

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August birthstones: Peridot, Sardonyx, Spinel

First: how did birthstones get chosen for each month?  It’s said that it can be traced back to the bible, to the breastplate made for Aaron, the High Priest of the Hebrews.  It contained twelve precious gemstones, representing the twelve tribes of Israel.  Later, the stones got linked to astrological signs, and then to the

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Pajama Day Sale!

24% OFF ON Pajama Day (Xmas Eve)! If you come in our front door on the 24th wearing pajamas or an actual nightgown (READ THESE RULES–NO, REALLY, READ THE RULES), you get 24% off regularly priced merchandise (consignment items, sale items, classes, gift certificates, and readings/healings/consults not included). We have been asked, “But what if

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Everything you might want to know about Moldavite

MOLDAVITE! People are saying “it’s the most powerful crystal on earth.”  (I have an image of clear quartz saying “Hold my beer….”) It is a powerful stone.  Some people find it too energetic to deal with at all.  Others love the vibrations, and drape themselves in it.  As it a combination of heavenly and earthly

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July birthstone, the ruby

July Birthstone: Ruby

July Birthstone: Ruby “You have no need to travel anywhere—journey within yourself.  Enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendor of your own light.”  Rumi “For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.”  Proverbs “Who can find a virtuous woman?

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June Birthstones: Pearl, Alexandrite, and Moonstone

June babies have a choice of birthstones!  Pearl, Alexandrite, or Moonstone. PEARL “The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens.”  ~Author Unknown “All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.” ~Federico Fellini Pearls are gemstones but not minerals, as pearls are formed by living organisms: mollusks. A mollusk will form

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