Bloodstone: This mineral is an intense healing stone and a "stone of courage". It can be used to awaken and to introduce uniformity within the vibrations of energy in the base, navel, sacral, and heart chakras. It helps one to accept the change in energy fields, and to recognize the beneficial aspects of turmoil prior to perfection. It also provides for the revitalization of love, relationships, and friendships.

Blue Lace Agate: This mineral can help one to reach extremely high spiritual spaces. It contains the qualities of flight, air, movement, and grace. It is a highly inspirational influence when used for inner attunement. The energy of this mineral is most useful at the locations of the throat, heart, third eye, and crown chakras. Blue lace agate is especially suited to gentle people with shades of pale blue in their aura.

Botswana Agate: It can be used to stimulate the exploration of the unknown and to furthur ones quest toward the enlightened state. It enhances creativity and helps one to release the emotional nuances which have been repressed. It also allows one to look toward the solution, rather than dwell on the problem.

Bustamite: This is truly a stone for the new age. It is a powerful stone for initiation, movement, and stabilization of energy. It has been used successfully in the removal of energy blockages and in realigning the energy channels to their proper locations. It can be used to both activate and clear the heart chakra, and to provide calming action during stressful activities. This is truly a stone for powerful energy work!

Calcite: This mineral is an energy amplifier. It is said to help the mind and body remember - the mind to remember information brought to bear during astral travel and channeling experiences; the body, to remember the state of perfection during dis-ease in order to return to the natural state of flawless-ness. Calcite is a world teacher for all humanity, facilitating awareness and appreciation of the creative forces of nature. It is an excellent stone when studying the arts and sciences.

Carnelian: This mineral stimulates analytical capabilities and precision. It provides for perceptiveness to situations and awakens ones talents. It protects against envy, fear, and rage and helps to banish sorrow from the emotional structure. It can help to increase physical energy, personal power, creativity, and compassion.

Celestite: This mineral can promote a pleasant disposition. It can provide access to information from the purity of the angelic realms. It assists in clairaudient endeavors, affording lucid, distinct, and articulate verbalization of the messages received. It is a "bright hope" in days of despair, bringing calmness and harmony to ones life, and providing for increase in ones advocation.

Chalcanthite: This mineral can be used to eliminate the feeling of abandonment and restraint and to assist one in continuing toward ones goals without confinement. It has also been used to assist one in the selection of choice - the energy of Chalcanthite tends to reflect the choice of preference which will further ones objectives and desires.

Chalcedony: This mineral symbolizes benevolence and goodwill, stemming from the nuturing energy of the stone. It alleviates hostilities, irritability, and melancholy. It enhances generosity, responsiveness, and receptivity.

Charoite: This is a mineral for this age. It provides for transmutation of negativity, and for grounding to the spiritual self. It can be useful in cleansing the auric body, filling the chakras with a loving spiritual emotion of purity. It enhances ones "giving nature" and is a stone for transformation. It enhances creative ability and helps eliminate indecision.

Excerpts from "Love is in the Earth" by Melody and reproduced with kind permission from Earth/Love Publications.