Alexandrite
Healing Overview
Key Attributes: Spiritual Development and Expansion, Psychic Gifts, Love, Higher Consciousness, Transformation and Rebirth.
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Alexandrite was first sourced from Russia and named after Tsar Alexander II because it was discovered on his birthday in the Emerald Mines near the Ural Mountains in the 1830s. Since then, small quantities of Alexandrite have been found in Brazil, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, India, and Sri Lanka. It is unique in that it has colour-changing properties- green like a raw emerald in the morning light and then changes to purple at night time by the fire. It carries an energy of mystery that fascinates those blessed to see it and hold it. Alexandrite is a rare, exquisite stone, highly coveted by both collectors and metaphysicians, and one of the rarest gems on earth. It is also one of the hardest on the MOHS scale (second to the diamond.)
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Metaphysical Attributes
Metaphysically, Alexandrite is a deeply spiritual and transformative crystal for the mind, body, and spiritual energy fields. It offers new beginnings by raising a person's light vibration, which extends to emotional life and to how we think and feel about events as they occur. When working with Alexandrite, remember the ‘as above, so below’ principle: what happens at one level will occur at other levels or realms. As we raise the energy vibration, life experiences of love, happiness, and joy also increase, with better relationships, inner peace, and harmony.
Spiritual
Abundance: Attracts abundance in all its forms- love, opportunities, and finance.
Anchoring: Use with Black Tourmaline to promote reconnection to Earth energies and to activate the Base Chakra
Angels/Celestial Beings: Promotes connection to
Astral Travel: Promotes - place under pillow at night when sleeping
Aura: Aligns the layers of the Aura (emotional and mental bodies)
Brow Chakra and Crown Chakra: Activates and opens; unites to help the person identify reality from illusion and find universal truth.
Chakras: Clears blockages, activates, aligns, and recalibrates for new beginnings.
Creativity: Amplifies
Dreams: Promotes prophetic dreams and conscious recollection of events occurring in the dream state, such as spirit visitation and messages
Good Luck and Fortune: Believed to attract good luck and good fortune
Grounding and Stability: Anchors the aura in a vibration of love and stabilises the aura.
Guides and Guardians: Activates and promotes connection to, and enhances communication.
Heart Chakra: Opens and activates, removes blocks and barriers, enhances shielding to allow for the giving and receiving of love.
Intuition: Activates and Enhances
Love: Promotes and connects to Universal love and higher consciousness
Manifestation: Enhances goal achievement, invigorates passion and works toward completion
Nature Kingdom: Promotes connection to the Earth Elementals, nature sprites, devas, and animals.
Protective Talisman: Shields against Psychic Attack
Psychic Gifts: Enhances Clairs (particularly clairvoyance) and spirit communication
Purification: Purification and Transformation of the aura, to remove negativity and replace it with the vibration of love
Soul Growth and Development: Expands the light body, and raises vibration
Spiritual Awakening: Spiritual Transformation and recognition that there is a divine purpose, and motivates the desire to find and walk the purpose for this lifetime.
Spiritual Awareness: promotes recognition that we are all beings of light, on our individual journeys but connected at core. Spirit is eternal; the human is temporary. Earthly challenges and blessings align with the Divine Idea and Plan.
Spiritual Growth: Expansion of the soul, and expanded awareness
Spiritual Transformation: Raises light levels and transmutes lower energies to higher ones (metamorphosis). Spiritual Rebirth.
Stagnancy and Rebirth: Promotes overcoming blockages, breaks through to allow for the new cycle and new beginnings. Especially spiritual
Wisdom: Connects to and amplifies Divine Wisdom
Physical
Brain: Balances hemispheres and promotes the construction of new neural pathways for new beginnings.
Glands: Promote and support the health of the pineal and Pituitary Glands
Immune System: Supports healthy function.
Inflammation: Soothes and Calms
Leukaemia/Cancer: May assist with recovery from cancer and leukaemia and symptom management.
Muscle and Tissue: Supports regeneration at a cellular level.
Muscles: Anti-inflammatory and alleviates muscle tension.
Nervous System: Promotes healthy function and balance
Organs: Promotes Adrenal, pancreas and Spleen Health
Tissue and Muscle: Promotes regeneration and renewal for recovery from disease and illness.
Thoughts/Beliefs
Anxiety and Nervous Tension: Calms and soothes
Centring and Grounding: Promotes living in the 'now"
Decision making: Enhances problem resolution, solution finding, and healthy decisions, especially financial ones.
Flexibility: Release rigid thinking patterns, punitive thoughts and behaviours
Gratitude: Fosters an attitude of gratitude and capacity to see and appreciate blessings (especially people)
Identity: Supports knowing 'who you are' and finding your 'path'
Mind Chatter: Soothes and calms the mind.
New Beginnings: Promotes fresh starts,
Perspective: Balances and helps you see different perspectives, especially in arguments, as part of creating harmony and positive solutions for all. Promotes seeing both sides of an argument or conflict to allow for successful resolution.
Self Respect: Promotes respect for and appreciation of self, and self-value.
Trauma: Helps you recover from trauma, rebuild self-confidence, and feel empowered.
Emotions
Balance: Stabilises emotions and brings inner peace. +
Change and Adaptation: Encourages emotional balance during times of change, and promotes adaptability and going with the flow of life.
Communication: Enhances, especially during conflict and romantic relationships
Creativity: Boosts and stimulates the imagination
Emotional Regulation: Helps to balance and regulate emotions and impulse control
Fear and Anxiety: Calms and soothes, especially during challenging times
Happiness: Promotes joy and happiness and encourages you to seize and take pleasure in the moment.
Joy: Promotes happiness and the capacity to feel joy in life.
Love: Integrates heart and mind, enhancing discernment, rationality, passion, acceptance and compassion.
Optimism: Promotes hope and faith and an optimistic outlook in the most difficult of times
Relationships: Harmonises conflicting ones (especially romantic partnerships)
Romance: Attracts new relationships or fosters romance in existing ones that have become 'stale'.
Self Esteem and Self confidence: Promotes, builds and restores
Self Love: Promotes through self-acceptance, and improved self-esteem and value
Transformation: Turns negative feelings such as isolation, loneliness, fear, anger, and bitterness into positive feelings and emotions that motivate and inspire healthy decision-making.
Trauma and Emotional Wounds: Heal, soothe, and calm; supports recovery from abuse.
Crystal Care
When caring for Alexandrite, aim to keep its optical properties and lustre safe. With a hardness of 8.5 on the Mohs scale, it is very durable; however, it is rare and extremely expensive. Because it is usually found in jewellery settings, the temptation is to clean it in an ultrasonic cleaner, which may compromise the gemstone's integrity. If you choose to self-clean, the safest method is to use an organic cleaner and tepid water; if any scrubbing is needed, use a soft baby toothbrush. Avoid any chemicals and harsh methods such as steam cleaning. Rinse it well with tepid water, then dry it with a soft cloth. Avoid wearing your Alexandrite while swimming in pools or the ocean (to avoid chlorine), and remove it when you shower to prevent contact with shampoo and soaps. When not in use, place your Alexandrite in a soft pouch or keep it away from other crystals to protect it from damage, and keep it out of harsh, unfiltered sunlight, such as outdoors in Australia, which can cause colour discolouration. Better recharging options after wear include recharging in the moonlight and resting it in or on polished selenite bowls and charging plates.
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