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Mystical Tools:
Gemstones and Crystal
for Daily Use
by Margaret Ann Lembo
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The human is multi-dimensional with subtle bodies which
are the mental, emotional, and spiritual body. Even
though you can’t see your thoughts, feelings and your
spirit, you do know they exist. The energy body consists
of seven chakras —the crown, the third eye, the throat,
the heart, the solar plexus, the navel, and the root,
each associated with a specific color which relate to
the rainbow of gemstones available to use for balance.
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The Energy Body
The lower three chakras are
related to the physical part that
connects you with the more
mundane aspects of living here
on planet Earth – food, shelter
and water. The upper three
chakras are the spiritual
chakras helping you remember
your Divine connection with
your spiritual nature or the
heavenly connection. The
heart chakra is the bridge
between the upper three and
the lower three chakras,
bringing Heaven to Earth and
Earth to Heaven.
Everything we think and feel,
both positive and negative, is
contained within this energy
field, whether you are
conscious of your energy field
or not. When you make it your
intention to consciously clear
away negative thoughts and
feelings and replace it with
positive energy you will
increase well-being and bring
about balance.
Gemstones and Crystals
as Mystical Tools Gemstones are powerful tools,
which guide you toward
personal understanding. They
make a perfect tool to help
you connect with your inner
mystic. The mystic is one in
pursuit of communion with the
Divine through insight, intuition,
and experience. The colors and
shapes of the stones offer you
an avenue to receive
messages that motivate and
activate your awareness.
Crystals and gemstones have
elemental energy of earth
spirits. These earth spirits, the
Gemstone Guardians, maintain
the intention, use, color, and
integrity of the stone.
Try using beautiful colored
stones on and around your
body to help you awaken to
your life purpose and fulfill your
soul’s agreements. Crystal
alignments are a perfect tool to
realign the energetic body to
restore balance mentally,
emotionally, physically and
spiritually. The experience of
laying on of stones as
additional energetic assistance
to rebalance and realign the
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body, mind, and emotions to
hone and reconnect with your
inner spark of the Divine.
Much like a chakra balancing
crystal alignment, a crystal grid
is a method of placing crystals
in geometric formations on or
around a person and their
space or larger location to
achieve a formed intention
within the space or person.
Crystal grids can be combined
with crystal alignments with
larger groups of people at
sacred sites. A crystal
alignment is the use of crystals
placed on an around the body
to clear, balance, and align
the chakras.
Chakra Balancing
Crystal Alignment You can experience an
amazing healing meditation by
placing gemstone on and
around your body. Try this for
yourself. Gather your
gemstones and place them on
or near you as start from the
bottom and work your way up
as make your intention clearly.
Use black, brown, gray or
metallic stones at your ankles or
below the soles of your feet.
Use Black Tourmaline or
Hematite by your ankles for
grounding, protection and
release of negativity.
Use red gemstones by your hips
for your root chakra to activate
vitality, good health, motivation
and more passion for life. Ruby
or red garnet works well placed
next to each hip.
Orange stones at your navel -
also known as the sacral
chakra – will help activate the
courage to give birth to your
creativity. This center helps you
to take action and move
forward with your ventures and
ideas. Carnelian or orange
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calcite on your belly is my
suggestion.
Yellow stones at your solar
plexus like citrine or amber on
your solar plexus are used to
amplify self-confidence and to
help you remember your
magnificence.
Choose pink and green stones
for your heart center. This
center is your bridge between
the lower three chakras and
the upper three chakras. Rose
Quartz and Green Aventurine
at your heart are my all-time
favorites.
Pastel blue and turquoise
colored gems are perfect at
the throat to aid in your ability
to know your truth, live your
truth and then speak your truth.
A piece of angelite or
amazonite works well at your
throat chakra.
Place dark blue or purple
crystals on the center of your
forehead for your third eye
center. Use amethyst or lapis
lazuli as well as clear stones like
apophyllite and clear quartz.
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Clear, white and purple gems
are good above your head at
the crown chakra. Amethyst,
elenite or clear quartz above
your head activates your halo
and connection with the
Divine.
Place a large clear quartz point
or selenite wand in either or
both hands.
Allow yourself to go into quiet
contemplation or no mind
meditation with these stones on
and around you. You can stay
in this state from 20 minutes to
an hour depending on your
goals and intentions. As you
relax your mind, body, and
spirit, you will find yourself filled
with love and well-being.
Upon your return from the
chakra balancing crystal
alignment meditation
experience take notice of your
heightened state of awareness.
This is a perfect time to access
you the oracle within.
The Inner Oracle Oracles have been used in
many cultures, religions,
political and spiritual arenas for
centuries. In ancient Greece,
oracles were priests and
priestesses that brought
through divine messages in
response to specific inquiries.
Gemstones, too, have been
used in a variety of ways from
jewelry to healing elixirs and
amulets.
Messages from the angels have
become an ordinary
occurrence now. These divine
messengers brought revelations
and messages through saints
and prophets throughout time.
Divine messages also come
from the angelic realm to
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guide you and guard you
during this lifetime.
Everyone has this gift of the
angelic realm available. Ask for
Divine guidance from angels
and guides to inspire you to
select the highest and best
course of action. Stay focused
on love, compassion and
integrity. Then take action to
clear out the negative energy
of doubts, fears, low self-
esteem, unmet expectations,
abandonment, and betrayal
and so on.
The Gemstone
Guardians The Gemstone Guardians
speak to us just as the angels
do. The color, origin, mineral
compounds and shape offer
insights to the stone’s meaning.
Divine messages come through
the crystals when used with
your intention.
Using crystals and gemstones
for readings came to my
awareness after years of
assisting customers pick
gemstones in my own retail
store in Florida, The Crystal
Garden. Customers often want
to know what stone will bring
them love, or which crystal will
clear negativity from their lives.
My recommendation is to stand
before the jewelry counter or
the display of tumbled
gemstones. Then allow your
eyes to gravitate to what is
drawing your attention. Try it.
Go to your local jewelry or
metaphysical store and ask
yourself, “What pieces are
attractive to me in this
moment?”
Once you’ve chosen all the
stones you are attracted to,
look up the meaning of the
gemstone in one of my books,
The Essential Guide to Crystals,
Minerals and Stones. Chakra
Awakening, or Color Your Life
with Crystals. Read further
about what you have chosen.
You might be astonished at the
accuracy of what that stone
represents. Deeper
understanding of yourself aids
in awakening your
consciousness and the mystic
within. The process of self-
discovery using this process is
also fun.
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I was so inspired that I created
The Angels and Gemstone
Guardians Cards to provide
guidance and positive
thoughtforms to transform
reality in an easily accessible
way for everyone.
The combination of these tools
– angels, gemstones, and the
oracle - brings a powerful trio to
the intuitive readers table and
beyond. These tools are for
everyone because everyone
has the ability to connect with
the Divine and receive intuitive
insight to guide each person on
their path. The power of
positive thinking has been
proven time and again. All
these components are found
within The Angels and
Gemstone Guardians Cards.
How to use the The
Angels and Gemstone
Guardians Cards Start by asking your angels and
guides to be part of the session.
Open your heart, mind and
spirit to receive the information
that will help at this moment. It
is best to have a specific
question or request for
guidance on a particular area
of your life. There is no question
to mundane or esoteric when
using The Angels and
Gemstone Guardians Cards.
Shuffle the deck. As you shuffle
keep your attention on your
intention and notice if there are
any cards that are either
“jumping” out or revealing
themselves to you by the way
they blend back in the deck.
Pull one to three cards per
question. Usually the answer
arrives within the first card.
On the front side of each card
is the divination. On the back
side, the angel of that area of
life offers positive thoughtforms
to repeat and affirm to shift
your consciousness to focus on
what you do want vs. what you
don’t want. That’s the
transformational aspect of
using this deck. Remove what
isn’t working and use your
imagination and action to
create the reality you really
want in your life.
Let’s say you want to know if it
is safe for you to speak your
truth in a matter of importance
in your life. You shuffle the deck
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and the amazonite card
comes out of the deck.
The front side of the card says:
“Amazonite Are you holding
back something you need to
say? The truth about a certain
matter needs to be spoken.
Honesty is important at this
time. Have the courage to
speak up with grace. Loving
words have the power to heal
or improve a situation.”
Then when you flip over the
card the Angel of Truth and
Honesty provide this positive
thoughtform:
“I live my truth and honestly
communicate what is on my
mind with ease. I effortlessly find
the words to express my truth
and speak eloquently and
lovingly. I surround myself with
people who are not afraid to
honestly express themselves.”
Everyone can always benefit
from more love. “You are love.
Your true essence is love. Be
aware that you are love in all
you do, say, think, feel, smell,
taste or know, and you will be
happy and healthy all the days
of your life.” Margaret Ann
About the Author Margaret Ann Lembo is the
author of The Angels &
Gemstone Guardian Cards;
Color Your Life with Crystals;
Chakra Awakening; and The
Essential Guide to Crystals,
Minerals and Stones and a CD
coming in 2015 Chakra
Balancing Crystal Alignment.
She is a spiritual entrepreneur
and practitioner,
aromatherapist, creator of
Smudge in Spray along with
many favored aroma-
energetic sprays, and the
owner of The Crystal Garden—
a book store, gift store, and
spiritual center since 1988.
MargaretAnnLembo.com
Photo credit to Andy Frame
Photography