Does your child collect rocks? Does he or she seem drawn to
gemstones and you don’t know why? Or maybe they haven’t been introduced
formally to the mineral kingdom but may want to learn more about them. Most kids are attracted to the colors, shapes, sizes and
overall physical appeal of gemstones, not knowing there is a lot more to these
beautiful rocks.
On a scientific basis, many of these stones are used in
technology, such as computers, quartz watches, MRI units as well as for
medications. We even have crystals in our brains!
At this point, if you haven’t experienced the power of
gemstones for yourself, you’re probably thinking I’m off my rocker. Let me
explain it in another scientific way. Our bodies need vitamins and minerals to
survive and to be healthy. Gemstones belong to the mineral kingdom. If you have
ever had a craving for certain kinds of foods, often it is a vitamin,
mineral, or other component that your
body is needing, thus the craving. It is the same with gemstones. You are often
attracted to a gemstone because of its unique characteristics.
Want to understand more of how they work? Try this
experiment. Put a clear quartz in one glass of water, a rose quartz in another
glass of water and an amethyst in a third glass of water. Leave in the
refrigerator overnight. In the morning, take a sip of each one and taste the
difference. They are all from the quartz family, yet each one of them works in
a different way and so taste different as well.
I was a lot older when I started exploring the metaphysical
end of the mineral kingdom. As a child and even a young adult, I would often
find myself looking at specimens of rocks, not jewelry or fine cut gemstones,
but the raw, unpolished version. I would walk away wondering what would I do
with the stone and why did I want it in the first place!! I did some research,
collected some gemstones from a metaphysical store and started experimenting
for myself to see if what I was reading was true.
Not long after, I found that the gemstones worked for me, but
was it because of my preconceived notion or what I had read? When a co-worker
at the private daycare asked me if there was something I could do for her older
dog that was going deaf and blind, I made up an elixir of a combination of
gemstones to see if that would help. About a week after she had started putting
the elixir in the dog’s water, she saw an improvement in the dog. The dog was
able to hear the car pull up in the driveway and would meet the owner at the
door - something it had not done in a long time. It also was able to see treats
being handed to it instead of having to sniff out where it was. That made a believer out of me
because the dog certainly didn’t know there was anything different in its water!
I also found out how curious children can be about anything
new or different. On a particularly tough day in the daycare, some of my
students were arguing with each other and not listening to instructions to
quiet down or to stop arguing. I happened to have a chalcedony in my pocket and
remembering it was a stone of harmony, I took it out, laid it in my palm and
starting talking to it, telling the stone that it wasn’t doing its job since
the kids were fighting with each other. The students heard me and stopped
fighting, trying to figure out why I was talking to the stone. They asked me
about the stone and soon I was showing them all the stones in my pocket and
telling them about each one and for what it was supposed to be used. Every day
after that, the kids would ask me what stones I had in my pocket and would want
to see and touch them. One particularly interested student could remember each
stone’s name and what it was for, and he was only 5 at the time.
One day as I took out a new stone, he asked what it’s name
was and what it did. I told him the name of the stone and asked him what he
thought it was for. Having never seen this stone, I thought for sure he would
never even guess it uses, but he fooled me! He came right out with what he
thought it did and he was correct! He loved the stones so much, his grandmother
would take him to the metaphysical store every once in a while so he could
start his own collection. In fact, that year every student received a couple of
stones as part of their graduation present.
So how do you get started. My suggestion is to bring the
kids into the Herb Corner (or a new age store near you) and
let them look and touch the stones. Let them decide which ones they are
attracted to and then look up what the properties for those stones are on the
cards we provide or in a book about gemstones. Most of the time you can identify which characteristic(s) of
the gemstone that is needed or desired.
Or perhaps you have a specific need to address. Maybe your
child is having nightmares. A “pet rock” can help your child calm their night
terrors. I would first recommend using Prehnite, but you can also try a
Charoite, Black Kyanite, Howlite, Mookite, or even a Salt Lamp. Why so many
choices? Because each of us has a different chemistry or energy and we may not
harmonize with one stone that is for a certain condition. Just because Prehnite
is the best stone for nightmares, it doesn’t mean everyone would find it works
the best for them. They may do better with a Charoite or Mookite or even a
Lepidolite that aids sleep and combats insomnia. (Dreamcatchers also work to
keep nightmares at bay and you could add on of the aforementioned gemstones to one!)
There is a stone for almost everything that ails us,
energetically, physically, mentally, emotionally or intellectually. Whether we
place it beside the bed, under the pillow, in our pocket or make an elixir out
of it, these stones are here to aid us in almost any situation.
Start exploring the mineral kingdom. You can
collect the stones and do experiments for yourself to see how they work. You
can go find places that do Geode breaking or Gold mining. This is a way that
both you and your children can learn about something that is as old as the
earth and yet new, at least new to you both.
Look into the how stones have been used throughout history -
they are mentioned over 200 times in the Bible and through many history books. Indigenous cultures around the world used
them for tools, scrying, healing and much more. Find out how are they being used in
science and technology today and which ones are used in the medical fields.
Or may
just collect them for fun and decoration! Happy collecting!
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