Energy Protection 101

BLACK TOURMALINEThis stone is known for its ability to positively transform and “cleanse” negative energy. Black Tourmaline is considered to be one of the most powerful protectors in the crystal world since it repels negative energy from the receiv-er and gives it back to the sender. Tourmaline can also remove energy blocks or stagnancies, including anxiety, fear, and stress. It corre-sponds with the base (root) chakra, so keep it close to the lower half of the body to help ground your energy. This is a great stone to place near electronics, as well, which can sap energy. The transmutative properties of Black Tourmaline are very intense, and it is one of the most highly sought-after members of the Tour-

maline family.

BLACK ONYXThis smooth, dark crystal is known to protect its owner from harmful spirits, psychic attacks, and black magic. It’s theorized to capture and ground negative influences, acting as a shield of sorts. Black Onyx resonates with the root, solar plexus, and third eye chakras; helping to ground energy, increase confidence, and

enhance intuition.

Place it on or near the forehead during medita-tion to enhance the experience, strengthen the third eye and further protect it from attack. Wear it on a necklace that reaches to the stom-ach to help heal ego-based fears and actions. This stone can ease environmental stresses and prevent the body from being drained of person-al energy. This is a great stone for Reiki mas-ters, energy healers, and lightworkers to keep

around the massage table.

JETAlthough Jet is technically ancient petrified wood, it has powers of its own. This stone holds intense grounding properties. It can help its owner release unhealthy attachments, disconnect energetic cords, grudges, and ease grief. Jet protects against another’s negative thoughts, by preventing negative energy from infiltrating our own energy system. It’s associ-ated with the root chakra due to its connection with wood; imbued with the ability to ground energy, ease anxiety, clear the mind, and ward off depression. This should be your go-to stone when you’re around people who you don’t get along with. It protects you from their negative energy and acts as a conduit to repair bad, draining, energetic connections. Some people place it underneath their pillow to encourage

pleasant dreams and deep sleep.

SMOKY QUARTZThis enchanting crystal grounds and removes negative energy from the aura, and resonates with the base chakra. It can help protect your material objects and valuable possessions, such as money, vehicles, jewelry, etc. from theft or misuse. Smokey Quartz essentially absorbs negative energy and gives it to the earth, which eases burdens and anxiety. When put in a fear-ful position, hold this crystal in the palm of your hands, visualize giving it your heavy fears and burdens, and then place it on the dirt for transmutation. Some people like to pepper a few pieces of this crystal in their office or workspace since it discourages gossip and office drama while creating an ideal place to

collaborate.

Crystal Protection

“Negativity that invades my sacred space.I banish you away with the light of my grace.

You have no hold or power here. For I stand and face you with no fear.Be gone forever, for this I will say.

This is my sacred space and you will obey”

by: @LoveandLightAll

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HEMATITEHematite stones are known to create a protective environment around the body; a sort of reflective shield around the person who wears them. These stones are conve-nient for meditation since they can block out distractions and other focus disrup-tors. Crystals for negative thoughts like hematite create shields that reflect negative energies, thoughts, and feelings back to their source. And – you guessed it – this stone is beneficial for issues surrounding the root chakra. Irrational fears, worries

about survival, and feelings of unsafety can be eased by this powerful stone.

Essential Oils

Lavender is pretty much everyone’s fave when it comes to clearing out bad energy. "It's safe, effective, most people love the smell, and it's relatively inexpensive," Some research has shown that in large quantities, lavender can be a skin irritant and even an endocrine disruptor, so use sparingly.

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To Calm Down

Eucalyptus’ benefits are wide-ranging: A small study in 2013 pub-lished in Evidence-based Complementary Alternative Medicine found that eucalyptus essential oil was effective in reducing pain, swelling, and inflammation in people who’d undergone knee replacements, while a 2019 review of studies in Molecules found it even seemed to have "immune function enhancing properties."

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To Wake Yourself Up

The essential oil of this lime-green orange to brighten a dark mood. “The deep, earthy scent of Bergamot helps get the mind into the present.” Bergamot has a mild sedative effect and impacts your brain’s limbic system, which regulates emotions and memory.

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Grounding

If it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year, we suggests Ylang Ylang, a flowery scent you might recog-nize if your mom wears Chanel No. 5. Ylang Ylang works for grief or sadness related to a situation in the present. “The sweet, floral scent is a great pick-me-up but one's tolerance for the fragrance and its effects may be temporary.” Like bergamot, ylang ylang has been shown to be calming, lightly reducing anxiety and improving self-esteem in a small, 2014 study by Brazilian researchers.

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Revitalize

Burning sage, or smudging, is widely associated with clearing neg-ative energy. It is also a traditional ritual sacred to Native communi-ties, whose ability to access this plant has been hampered by its sudden trendiness. Since it’s white sage that’s most often used for smudging, however, you can turn towards clary sage essential oil, from a similar but different plant. A 2019 review of studies, pub-lished in the Journal of Caring Sciences, found that clary sage aro-matherapy helped people with anxiety during labor.

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Clean Space

You might remember frankincense from church around Christmas time. It’s still used in religious ceremonies today to purify spaces for rituals, but the peppery, fruity scent is also a go-to for relaxing. “My favorite yoga teacher used to spray frankincense oil around the room before starting class and I remember feeling such a difference in the air and energy of the space. In a 2019 study on rats, published in Journal of Oleo Science, the essential oil was found to aid in relieving sleep debt, thereby reducing stress.

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Purification

A 2019 study in Journal of Pain Research of 80 patients undergoing a stress-inducing medical procedure found enough evidence to rec-ommend peppermint essence to help patients relax. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health says peppermint oil is a common supplement to calm IBS, as well as to relieve head-aches, muscle aches, and itching.

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Freshener

The herb is perhaps best known for its role in your go-to pre-bed-time tea, but chamomile essential oil gets some strong destressing points, too. Chamomile (as well as frankincense, lavender, and pep-permint) was also found to be effective in reducing anxiety during labor in that 2019 Journal of Caring Sciences review. And a ran-domized, double-blind clinical trial, published in 2020 in Journal of Medicine and Life, found that a combo of music therapy and cham-omile-lavender aromatherapy helped lower anxiety for nurses.

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Nourish The Spirit

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Burning HerbsBurning These 7 Herbs Can Ward Off Negative Energy In Your Home

Sage, especially the white sage, is the most common herb used to ward off negative energy.

Salvia Apina, also known as California White Sage, is a herb that is used to bless, heal, and purify any person or object.

The white sage is continuously in demand, and while that proves its effectiveness, it is starting to raise concern that it might become extinct. Thankfully, many other herbs are just as useful!

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Cinnamon is commonly used to spice food and pastries, but did you know that it holds cleansing qualities when burnt?

Burning a cinnamon stick promotes a clean space, and enhances a person's psychic ability while raising their spiritual vibrations. It is also believed to promote healing, love, success.

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Lavenders smell very lovely when burnt, and they are known to have therapeutic effects like relaxation, calmness and generally, boost your mood. It is also believed that Lavender can help heal trauma, grief, and relieve anxiety and depression.

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This common houseplant is easy to grow, can be used to spice food and even better, can ward off negative energy from your home. Need any more convincing? The rosemary is said to improve memory!

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Cedar is commonly believed to promote love, good health, power and longevity. If burnt, it can be used to cleanse and purify a place or specific objects.

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When burned, Juniper can protect against accidents and theft. It also promotes calmness and wards off negativity.

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Last but not least are bay leaves which are commonly used for a smoke cleanse. They harbour the power of removing negativity, evil spirits and can create psychic visions. It is also said that they can relieve anxiety.

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4On a final note, remember to practice fire safety when performing a smoke cleanse.

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Protection Prayer

The Judgment call of Jesus the Christ, they shall not pass

In the name of The “ I am that I am ”, I invoke the electronic presence of Jesus Christ,

they shall not pass, they shall not pass, they shall not pass

by the authority of the cosmic crust of white fire it shall be that all that is directed against the Christ within me, within the Holy innocents, within our beloved mes-sengers, within every son and daughter of God is now turned back by the authori-ty of the Alpha and Omega by the authority of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, by the authority of San German I am that I am within the center of this temple and I declare in the fullness of the entire spirit of the great white Brotherhood that those who then practice the black arts against the children of the light are now bound by the house of Lord, do now receive the judgment of Lord Christ within me, within Jesus and within every Ascended Master, do now receive then in full return multiplied by the energy of the Cosmic Christ the consequences of their nefarious deeds which they have practiced since the very incarnation of the word,

they shall not pass, they shall not pass, they shall not pass.

Evil Eye Protection Symbol

A quasi-universal symbol of protection, the evil eye is referred to as μάτι (mati) in Greek. The concept and the significance of the evil eye is especially prominent

in the Mediterranean and West Asia.

The evil eye is a “look” or “stare” that is believed to bring bad luck for the person at whom it is directed for reasons of envy or dislike. The perception of the nature of the phenomenon, its causes, and possible protective measures, varies between tribes and cultures. The evil eye is a talisman that is meant to protect you from

these evil spirits

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Saint Benedict MedalThe Saint Benedict Medal is a Christian sacramental medal containing symbols and text related to the life of Saint Benedict of Nursia, used by Roman Catholics, as well as Anglicans, Lutherans, and the Western Orthodox, in the Benedictine Christian tradition, especially votarists and oblates.

The reverse side of the medal carries the Vade retro satana ("Begone, Satan!") Sometimes carried as part of a rosary, it is also worn separately.

The exact time and date of the making of the first Saint Benedict Medal are not clear. The medal was originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of St. Benedict.

At some point medals were struck that bore the image of St. Benedict holding a cross aloft in his right hand and his Rule for Monasteries in the other hand. Then a sequence of capital letters was placed around the large figure of the cross moline on the reverse side of the medal. The meaning of what the letters signified was lost over time until around 1647 an old manuscript was discovered at the Benedictine St. Michael's Abbey in Metten. In the manuscript, written in 1415, was a picture depicting St. Benedict holding in one hand a staff which ends in a cross, and a scroll in the other. On the staff and scroll were written in full the words of which the mysterious letters were the initials, a Latin prayer of exorcism against Satan. The manuscript contains the exorcism formula Vade retro satana ("Step back, Satan"), and the letters were found to correspond to this phrase.

The exorcism prayer is found in an early thirteenth century legend of the Devil's Bridge at Sens, wherein an architect sold his soul to the devil and then subsequently repented. M. le Curé of Sens, wearing his stole, exorcised the devil, driving him away with holy water and the words, which he made the penitent repeat.

Medals bearing the image of St. Benedict, a cross moline, and these letters began to be struck in Germany, and soon spread over Europe. Vincent de Paul (†1660) seems to have known of it, for his Daughters of Charity have always worn it attached to their beads, and for many years it was only made, at least in France, for them. The medals were first approved by Benedict XIV on 23 December, 1741, and again on 12 March, 1742. The medal in its traditional design was in use for many decades and is still in use today.

In Gabriel Bucelin's 1679 Benedictus redivivus, he recounts several incidents in which St. Benedict's Medal was viewed as efficatious in addressing illness or some local calamity. In the 1743 Disquisitio sacra numismata, de origine quidditate, virtute, pioque usu Numis-matum seu Crucularum S. Benedicti, Abbatis, Viennae Austriae, apud Leopoldum Kali-woda, Abbot Löbl, of St. Margaret's Monastery of Prague, recommended recourse to the medal as a remedy against bleeding. Prosper Guéranger relates several incidents of reli-gious conversions which he attributes to the intercession of St. Benedict through the pious use of the medal.

The Jubilee medal was struck in 1880, in remembrance of the 1400th anniversary of St. Benedict’s birth. The initials of the Vade retro satana formula have been found on Saint Benedict Medals at least since 1780.[9] The Jubilee medal continues to be the most popular design.

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On the front of the medal is Saint Benedict holding a cross in his right hand, the Christian symbol of salvation, and in the left his rule for monasteries. To Benedict's right, below the cross, is a poisoned cup, a reference to the legend that hostile monks attempted to poison him, and the cup containing poisoned wine shattered when the saint made the sign of the cross over it. To his left, below the rule, the raven that carried off a loaf of poisoned bread. From this is derived the tradition that the medal protects against poisoning.

Above the cup and raven are the words Crux sancti patris Benedicti ("The Cross of [our] Holy Father Benedict"). Surrounding the figure of Saint Benedict are the words Eius in obitu nostro praesentia muniamur! ("May we be strengthened by his presence in the hour of our death"), since Benedictines regarded him as a particular patron of a happy death. Below the icon of St. Benedict, it is written 'EX SM Casino, MDCCCLXXX' and it means 'Found out from the Casino mountain in 1880.

On the back is a cross, containing the letters C S S M L - N D S M D, initials of the words Crux sacra sit mihi lux! Numquam draco sit mihi dux! ("May the holy cross be my light! May the dragon never be my overlord!"). The large C S P B stand for Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti ("The Cross of [our] Holy Father Benedict").

Surrounding the back of the medal are the letters V R S N S M V - S M Q L I V B, in refer-ence to Vade retro satana: Vade retro Satana! Numquam suade mihi vana! Sunt mala quae libas. Ipse venena bibas! ("Begone Satan! Never tempt me with your vanities! What you offer me is evil. Drink the poison yourself!") and finally, located at the top is the word PAX which means "peace"

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Latin Abbreviation

PAX

CSB

CSSML

NDSMD

VRS

NSMV

SMQL

IVB

Latin Text

PAX

Crux Sancti Patris Bene-dicti

Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux!

Non [Nunquam] Draco Sit Mihi Dux!

Vade Retro Satana!

Numquam Suade Mihi Vana!

Sunt Mala Quae Libas.

Ipse venena bibas!

EnglishText

Peace

The Cross of [our] Holy Father Benedict

May the holy cross be my light!

"May the dragon never be my overlord!""Let the devil not be my leader."

"Begone satan!" "Step back satan"

"Never tempt me with your vani-ties!" "Don't persuade me of wicked things."

"What you offer me is evil." "What you are showing me is bad."

"Drink the poison yourself!" "Drink your poisons yourself."

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Use of the Medal

The medal is not a talisman and has no par-ticular intrinsic power in itself. The use of any religious article is intended as a means of reminding one of God and of inspiring a willingness and desire to serve God and neighbour. The medal represents a prayer on the part of the user to invoke God’s blessing and protection through the inter-cession of St. Benedict. There are no spe-cial rules prescribed for its use. It may be worn on a chain around the neck, carried on one's person, placed in one’s vehicle, home, or in one’s place of business. It is sometimes incorporated into a crucifix to

create a "St. Benedict's Cross".

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