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Lithotherapy, commonly known as the art of using stones and crystals as an energy healing therapy, is an ancestral practice founded on the belief that stones have very specific vibrations and frequencies that can treat illness, unlock chakras, trigger auras, and attract positive energies. Whether obsidian, amethyst, tanzanite, or simple quartz, multiple stones have been recognized for their emotional and physical healing properties.
Still, nowadays, this practice has remained fairly common and become even more detailed and elaborate. The frequency of specific quartz, stones, and gems can now be determined making it easier to uncover the real meaning of Lithotherapy by selecting the right artifacts tailored to your needs or your desired outcomes based on their curative properties.
But how does Lithotherapy work? How can I benefit from Lithotherapy? The process begins with introspection. Take the time to identify what is missing from your life before looking at the properties of a thousand stones. Once you have analyzed the areas of your life you wish to improve, find the right stone or stones to help achieve these goals. Based on your desires, specialists can easily guide you toward the stones which will best contribute to your healing, protection, nourishment, and more.
From Greek Lithos: “stone” and therapeuein, “Treat”, lithotherapy finds its roots in Mesopotamia and other ancient civilizations where stones and medicinal herbs were used for their therapeutic virtues since stones can transfer positive energies depending on their specific properties.
Thus, people have used stones for generations to attract positive vibrations and outcomes by wearing the gems as pendants, rings, and bracelets or simply by placing them at specific locations around their houses, workplaces, and more.
Litho-therapeutic stones have been associated with a multitude of benefits ranging from curing physical ailments, improving sleep, reducing stress and anxiety, boosting confidence and emotional wellness to increasing blood cell counts, improving the skin, and even helping intuition and fortune.
Since the old ages, numerous witnesses have attested to the healing and protective powers of Lithotherapy. Aristote, Pine The Ancient, Dioscorides, and even later, Marbode, Albert the Great, and Conrad von Megenberg, all corroborated the miraculous treatment and prevention of some diseases to the properties of stones.
Under the power of the church in Europe, these powers were abandoned to avoid association with Paien practices. However, the educated Abbess Hildegarde de Bingen (1098 - 1179) reiterates, in her book Physica, the powers of Lithotherapy and encourages more people to benefit from its effects. The book covers the character and curative attributes of about 24 gemstones. According to her, the creation of the stones, involving fire and water, infuses the gems with the properties of both these powerful natural elements.
While most stones, quartz, and gems have a long history of lithotherapy, Tanzanite is a fairly new addition to the practice for the simple reason that it was only recently discovered.
First found at the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro in Mererani in 1967, the Tanzanite stone is among the latest rare precious stones discovered and is expected to run out in the next few decades giving it incredible collectible value.
Despite its youth, Tanzanite has little to envy other stones. Already well-appreciated for its intense blue, red, and violet hues, Tanzanite is also well-known in the lithotherapy practice for its wholesome properties due to the incredibly rare mineral, geological and thermal combination required for its creation.
The physical benefits of the Tanzanite stone cover a wide range of problematic areas. To benefit from all its properties, the Tanzanite stone is best worn on yourself as a ring, pendant, bracelet, or earring. When worn, the stone is known to have a favorable effect on eyes and ears, as well as promote the activation of the brain for a sharp and agile mind.
The mineral also helps by facilitating the work of your kidneys and increasing circulation to the nervous system. It is recognized to stimulate cell regeneration leading to noticeable benefits to the skin and bones.
On a more psychological level, the Tanzanite is known to stimulate imagination and creativity making it a trusted ally for artists. When in search of inspiration, Tanzanite has been praised for helping in the manifestation of art in all its forms including painting, music, and writing among others.
A stone for self-fulfillment and renewal, Tanzanite also influences curiosity and the courage to fight for one’s ideas. By drawing on one’s personality, the mineral stone pushes you to surpass yourself by digging deeper into your positive inner traits and most idealistic dreams and aspirations.
The stone of spiritual elevation, Tanzanite acts as a soothing companion guiding you on the path of wisdom and enlightenment. The stone helps develop intuition and sensory perception to gently push you through daily obstacles and hurdles. Some varieties are even associated with the heightened ability to find light in the darkness through foresight and clairvoyance.
While scientists have a hard time quantifying the effects of Lithotherapy, it is often linked with the ‘Placebo effect’. According to research, even the use of placebos (inert medicine) can get the mind to trigger the body’s healing properties by making it think that it took medicine that will cure it. Similarly, above lithotherapy and its properties, some of its effects can be attributed to the Placebo effect. Lithotherapy and its multiple gemstones and minerals thus act as the catalyst that kindles the growth of healing substances in the body and the realignment of the mind offering a new perspective, intuition and hope for the future.
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