Amethyst, gem of the month of February
The name "amethyst" derives from the Greek amethystos, which means "remedy against drunkenness", a benefit long attributed to the stone. Due to its wine-like color, ancient Greek mythology associated the gem with Bacchus, the god of wine. It was also believed to keep the wearer shiny and shiny both in battle and in business.
Earrings with cabochon amethysts and multicolor sapphires
In crystal therapy it is used as a sedative, to restore mental balance in states of agitation, tension and stress.
It stimulates a higher vision of one's emotions and feelings, promotes relaxation, imagination, artistic creativity and practice in spirituality.
It is strongly harmonizing and rebalancing. It acts in very deep stages of being helping us in the evolutionary path.
The bearer of universal love, balance and justice, amethyst is the gem of those who want to cultivate the mystical aspect of life.
According to these practices, the amethyst teaches humility, helps to free us from self-pride to open the threshold of the realm of knowledge and wisdom.
It is called "the stone of the soul" and guides to introspection.
According to oriental culture, the violet ray that corresponds to the musical note SI, has a vibrational entry into the 7th chakra (top of the head and pineal gland) where the thought of purity, concentration, rationality, knowledge and connection with the whole universe.
With the emanation of the amethyst one learns to see with the eyes of the intuitive mind receiving the impulse of how and when to move or stop waiting.
The suffering that it can cause in the "awakening" of the consciousness of the Self, in seeing oneself for what one is, has given this crystal the heavy reputation of a sad and negative stone, but its action leads to an equally positive end: to know oneself.
Amethyst takes away the consciousness of self-centered thoughts, drawing the mind towards a deeper understanding.
Until the XNUMXth century, the main source for the extraction of amethysts was Russia, subsequently large deposits were also found in Brazil, Africa and South America. Brazil is still a major producer notably thanks to the Rio Grande do Sul region, although mined raw amethyst tends to be lighter in color than amethyst found in other countries.
Amethyst is the stone that is usually given for the sixth wedding anniversary.
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