So this is an elestial Smoky Quartz crystal
from Brazil, and the elestial crystals
have many tiny crystals
all along their faces. So there's lots and lots of little
crystal points all the way around the crystal.
These formed in very soft clay,
or mud, or some people think that some of them
even formed underwater. They were able to form complete crystals because of
this, complete meaning that they're double terminated. So they have a point on either
end, and this is because they were able to
as they were forming, push their way through that soft clay, or that
mud, to make room for both of these terminations.
So often when we see most crystals, they're more like
the Amethyst where there's a host or parent rock or matrix which
is like this here. And the crystals just sort of grow off of
that. But in these elestial crystals, they formed in such soft material that they
were able to form
all the way to completion and they didn't need, they didn't get bumped up against that
host rock or parent material on the one side. So
for that reason they're very special. They're great at moving energy through the
field and
these are excellent stones for astral projection and astral travel.
The reason is that the elestial formation
is fantastic for this, but especially with the Smoky Quartz, the
Smoky Quartz helps to keep you grounded and connected to your physical body
while you are astral projecting. This is very important because,
you know, we find that through doing dream work and astral travel,
we're a little bit more vulnerable because our energetic field
isn't within and around our physical body.
It's sort of out traveling without that guard of the physical body.
So the Smoky Quartz helps to create that really strong connection
between our physical body and our astral body so that if we do
encounter something negative or uncomfortable while we're in the astral plane,
we have this sort of instant connection or way to get back to our physical body
where we can be more safe and grounded and secure. So I really like this
Smoky Quartz for that. So when I was trained to do shamanic journeying,
we did not use grounding stones because we were in a very
safe, protected space with someone watching
over our guided journeys. We had someone
to sort of keep an eye on us energetically who was actually an amazing seer.
So she was really watching out for our energy bodies. If you're doing this
somewhere where you're maybe not in a sacred space, or someone's not there
holding the energy, then you do want to use caution
and use a grounding stone for protection.
Because again you're creating that link between your astral body and your
physical body. You're giving that astral body a way to return to the physical
immediately if something negative comes up.
So you might not be able to go as
deep into the journey as you would without the grounding stone, but you're sure to be
protected.
If you're working with someone who is an experienced teacher in shamanic
practices, then there shouldn't be a need to use the grounding stone.
You should be in sacred space with someone
holding that energy. Now Smoky Quartz is also really good for removing negative energy
from the body.
So what I like to do is actually do small counter-clockwise rotations starting
close into the body,
small circles, and getting bigger and pulling out from the body. That will actually remove
negativity from the physical body or energetic body.
Similarly you can actually just place the stone on the body and intend
that the energy
flow our of the termination or point of the crystal. And again you want to make
sure that you're always
cleansing your stones before and after use. So especially if you're doing
something
like removing stagnant energy or negative energy,
you want to make sure that those crystals are being cleansed thoroughly
afterward.