Gemstones for Psychic Abilities
Psychic abilities and psychic protection can be developed and enhanced by the use of crystals and gemstones. They, like all elements, contain energetic properties. Their powerful energies have the ability to heal our bodies and heighten our spiritual lives by correcting unbalanced vibrations in the body. Listed below are some of the more common crystals and gemstones used by psychics and those who want to achieve a higher consciousness and thereby open up communication with the spiritual realm. Other gems or crystals can be used in conjunction with those on the following list or you may find some of your own choosing that work just as effectively for you in these areas.
Azurite: This stone vibrates at the level of the “third eye”, which helps enhance clairvoyance and a greater sense of intuition. It also has the ability to resonate up to the crown chakra and can aid and assist in heightening spiritual connections. The stone vibrates to the throat chakra to enhance psychic communication. It is a deep azure blue color, which correlates to the indigo blue associated with the brow chakra. It is one of two basic copper carbonate minerals.
Amethyst: This stone enhances psychic abilities of all types, including clairvoyance, clairaudience and telepathy. It also works as a great psychic protection tool. It vibrates to the frequencies of the third-eye and crown chakras and is also a catalyst to opening the heart chakra. Amethyst is also a great meditation tool when used in preparation for psychic readings. It is a violet purple color and a member of the Quartz family of minerals.
Bloodstone: This stone heightens psychic abilities and intuition. It is a grounding and centering stone and vibrates to the frequencies of the root chakra. Many psychics consider this powerful gem to be magical. It is believed to give protection from evil. It also is used to release blockages within the subtle body. It is a dark, shiny green in color with markings of red resembling spots of blood.
Calcite: All of the many colors of calcite contribute to the enhancement of psychic abilities. This gem allows for a higher consciousness to open and can assist in channeling, astral travel and out-of-body experiences. This stone has properties for healing, purification and balancing all of the chakras.
Carnelian: This stone can help with learning to trust your intuition and developing your psychic gifts. In fact, it is used to enhance clairvoyant and clairaudient abilities, as well as those of dowsing and psychometry. It is also used for psychic protection. Carnelian is believed to help transition the living to the spirit realm and vice versa. It has also been used in healing and in balancing the root and sacral chakras. It is an orange-red stone and is a form of Chalcedony quartz.
Chrysocolla: This stone aids in the connection between the physical and spiritual realms. It can heighten psychic awareness and continue to develop it further. It is also useful in inducing dream states. This stone can be used to re-energize all of the chakras. When placed at the brow chakra or third-eye chakra, it strengthens the power of second sight. Chrysocolla is a bright blue-green in color and is usually found nearby copper.
Emerald: This stone enhances psychic abilities, assists in the knowledge of future events and aids in achieving a higher consciousness. It also offers strong psychic protection against evil or negative energies. It is connected to the heart chakra and it allows the upper and lower chakras to flow into balance. Emerald is the green variety of the mineral beryl.
Fluorite: This stone comes in many colors; however, violet and purple are the most common ones. This stone offers strong psychic protection from psychic vampires or negative energies. It enhances intuition, psychic abilities, spiritual connections and spirit guides. It can open the third eye and aids in achieving a higher consciousness. It is also very good to use during meditation before giving a psychic reading. These stones can also be used to effectively cleanse human auras and the chakras.
Herkimer Diamond: This stone is known to have magical properties and aids in psychic abilities, in particular, clairvoyance, telepathy, connecting with spirit guides and accessing past life information. It can energize all of the chakras and promote balance and spiritual flow through them. It is a stone of attunement and is a wonderful stone to enhance the energy and powers of all other stones placed near it. It is a clear, bright form of quartz.
Iolite: This stone aids in increasing clairvoyance (psychic visions). It allows for any untapped psychic powers to awaken and emerge. It can stimulate the third-eye or brow chakra and can also help balance the auras. Its energies are an effective tool for use by tarot readers, astrologers, empaths and psychic mediums. It is also helpful for those trying to get more in touch with their own spirituality. It is translucent and violet in color. Other names for the stone are “water sapphire” and Viking’s compass.
Kyanite: This stone can immediately align and heal all of the chakras and align the auras. It increases mental telepathy and clairvoyant abilities and aids in lucid dreaming and astral travel. It is also useful in making connections with your spirit guides. Channeling abilities can be enhanced with this stone, along with psychic abilities and intuition. The stone is most commonly a cornflower blue color. Black kyanite is used for strengthening psychic protection.
Labradorite: This stone increases psychic abilities and heightens intuition. For that reason, it was given the name the Wizard’s stone. It is also a very powerful stone for connecting with your spirit guides and with precognition. It can bridge the gap between the physical and spiritual realms and fosters psychic responsibility so that no harm comes to anyone involved in a reading. It offers very strong psychic protection.
Lapis Lazuli: This stone aids in the contact of spirit guides and angels. It is a great stone to prevent unwanted psychic attack, which is especially important for psychics who open themselves up during a reading. It is a powerful stone and is not to be used without caution, particularly when using it in the area of the third-eye or brow chakra. It will develop intuition, enhance psychic powers and increase clairvoyance. It works through the throat chakra to enhance psychic communications. The stone brings psychic protection and is believed to allow access to ancient wisdom and truths. It is a blue colored stone.
Malachite: This stone is used to enhance psychic visions, especially when combined with Azurite. It balances all of the chakras, but in particular, the heart chakra. It has a high spiritual energy, which aids in prolific dreaming. It can also be used for aura cleansing. The stone color is bright green and it is one of two basic copper carbonate minerals. It is also known as the “peacock stone”.
Moonstone: This stone aids in communicating with spirit guides and assists in heightening abilities. For those who use divination tools, such as tarot cards, rune stones, crystal balls or pendulums, this stone is a good one to possess. The stone enhances intuitiveness and is thought to be a wish granting stone, as well. It also brings in balance to those who wear it. The stone color is white, milky or creamy. It is also known as the psychic’s gemstone.
Quartz: This stone is one of the most powerful for expanding psychic abilities. It enhances psychic vision or clairvoyance when placed on the third-eye chakra and has extraordinary psychic protection powers. It can also be used to balance all of the chakras. The stone is associated with the Crown chakra and because of this it is excellent for use in communicating with and understanding the messages from the spirit world. It has potent and strong healing properties and increases and amplifies the energies that surround it. The stone is also known as the “Universal crystal”.
Snowflake Obsidian: This stone assists in increasing the psychic ability of clairaudience and other psychic powers. It can be used as a tool when scrying. It is good for calming the mind’s chatter before and during meditation and can be used to balance the mind, body and spirit. It helps in channeling spirits and with psychic protection, by blocking psychic attacks. The stone is black with white snowflake patterns and is a natural volcanic glass.
Sapphire: This stone helps to open up the lines of communication with the spirit world, as well as to assist in providing clarity for the messages they send. It aids in developing psychic powers, the third eye or second sight, telepathy, precognition and out-of-body experiences. It can also be used for heightening intuition. It brings spiritual enlightenment and psychic protection. The most common color of the stone is blue; however, it comes in many other hues.
Sugilite: This stone is an excellent one for healing and offers psychic protection from negative energies, entities and attachments by creating a protective shield. It can stimulate channeling and automatic writing. The stone holds Divine energies and assists in spiritual grounding and awareness. It opens the third-eye, crown, soul-star and other etheric chakras. It also aids in the development and use of psychic abilities. The stone is a purple violet color and is also known as the healer’s stone.
Turquoise: This stone is an excellent enhancer of clairaudient and clairvoyant abilities. Stronger psychic powers will emerge when carrying and working with it. It is associated with the throat and third-eye chakras. It can be used to cleanse the body’s energy centers and balance and open all the chakras. The stone heightens communication with the spirit world and increases spiritual attunement. It is a good stone for psychic protection and will help keep any negative energies at a distance.
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