Rock Specks

Color: Black

Type of stone: Basalt aka Lava Rock

Hardness: 2

Chakra: Crown and Higher Crown Chakras

Element: Fire & Earth

Planet: Earth

Numerological Number: 1

Astrological: Taurus & Cancer

Magickal Uses: Dream work, Enhancing Creativity, Communication, Cleansing Negativity

Volcanic Lava Rock 

Mother Earth has indeed gifted us with many treasures. But there’s one stone that stands tall, simply because it’s a part of the earth’s womb, itself. And that is the volcanic lava stone. Once it arises to the surface and cools it is used and designed for fashion and spiritual use. The black lava stone has been around for centuries and various indigenous tribes and communities have used black lava stone beads. Although not as attractive as jewelry made from precious stones, a volcanic stone bracelet makes up for their earthy appearance with their spiritual mystique.

So, you may still ask yourself, what is lava stone? To break it up to you, lava stone or volcanic beads as we use them are precious stones that now a day are mostly used either as volcanic rock jewelry or as talismans, and are quite popular as accessories.

There’s a special bond between the black lava rock beads and our beloved planet. Knowing the fact that it comes directly from Earth’s core, the lava beads meaning is of grounding and connecting with nature. Native Americans would wear a piece a lava mineral before war for where it is believed lava rock energy would bring them courage and strength. Thus why, it’s more common to see mens lava stone bracelets.

Lava Rock Properties

It’s believed that emotional and spiritual lava healing properties can be obtained by each person that wears a real lava stone bead bracelet, because of their strong association with the Earth. Due to this earthly connection, volcanic rock beads are seen as symbols of fertility, endurance and strength. From a spiritual perspective, a lava gemstone is great for grounding the root chakra and starting your day off with a slight pump into some mindfulness meditation. For better absorption of their lava stone healing properties, it is recommended to wear volcanic lava beads close within the skin.

Moreover, they are considered as healing stones to bringing peace into the mind and spirit. It’s believed that wearing an authentic black lava stone bracelet will allow the wearer to access energy freely, allowing a clear flow and use of lava stone healing to nurture themselves physically as well as spiritually. Furthermore, some cultures also believe that lava stone energy offer stability and courage during troublesome times, since they strengthen the wearer’s relationship with that of the planet.

Lava Stone Benefits

Traditionally, lava bead jewelry is said to have lava rock healing properties and they keep people warm in cold climates. These volcanic stones have made their journey, straight from the earth’s core, they are associated with spirituality and universality. However, they offer more than just an aesthetic lava bead bracelet beauty; this stabilizing effects of a real black lava stone bracelet extends into the emotional and spiritual spheres by eliminating strong negative emotions, providing clarity and offering hope during difficult and emotional times.

Most people use these lava stone bracelet benefits for their anxiety and mood swings, lava rock beads really help each person ground themselves and control their excessive thinking.

Whereas gold is the metal of the sun, silver is the metal of the moon. Like the moon and water, silver is reflective and used to mirror the soul bringing people calm and balance. Silver is used to 'draw down the moon' during lunar ceremonies, giving the wearer use of the moons energy and protecting them from negativity.

Silver's connection to the spiritual life is mostly seen in traditional cultures where people live in union and deep respect for the earth. For example, the Tibetans spiritual silver jewelry is often combined with gemstones and crystals which then resonate their healing vibrations more strongly. Another aspect of the silver natural healing belief is that wearing this jewelry brings the wearer more in tune with the vibrations and flow of the universe. It is the metal of emotions, love and healing. Silver's properties are strongest during the new and full moon.

Silver Metaphysical Properties and Silver Mystical Properties

• manifestation of wealth, riches, and health
• improves quality of speech and brings eloquence to conversations
• calming and balancing
• reflects away negativity and evil intentions
• brings the wearer more in tune with the flow of the universe
• like the moon and water, a mirror to the soul
• increases strength of perception
• awakens and increases psychic and intuitive capacities
• provides strong connection between physical and astral bodies
• increases the strength of gemstones and crystals, particularly Moonstone, Amethyst, Quartz, and Turquoise
• high malleability (ability to be shaped), enables the user/wearer to bend energies, creating vital energy centers
• placed on your forehead, activates and opens your Third Eye Chakra
• astrologically associated with Cancer and Aquarius, the element Water, and direction West
• increased Perception, increased intuition and increased Recovery.

Silver in Healing

Wearing silver jewelry is said to help heal and calm the mind, to help clear the lungs and throat, to increase circulation and purify the blood, to balance hormones and to slow the progression of degenerative brain diseases. Just wearing silver is said to help draw negative energy from the body to make way for positive energy.

Any stone used for healing will benefit from being set into silver.

Silver is a great conductor of energy, including magic. Any stone set in silver will be amplified and its energy more easily directed.

The Power of Colors:

Silver:

Feminine divinity, stability, psychic awareness, intuition, dreams, victory, meditation, communication, moon magick, gambling luck.

Develops psychic abilities to neutralize the situation, repels destructive forces, working with the powers of goddesses. The Moon rules silver. House and the immediate vicinity, imagination, memory, mental awareness / dreams, spirituality, meditation. For psychological purposes, meditative / hypnotic. The Moon rules silver. Silver rules the third eye.

Black:

Grounding, wisdom, learning, protection, safety, reversing, uncrossing, unhexing, repelling black magick, banishing negativity, releasing, shapeshifting, defense, scrying, pride.

Black absorbs and hides and creates confusion and chaos, new beginnings, knowledge of hidden things, is the container of light, one of the most powerful color. Use black for the self-control, time and patience. Black is also a good color to use to bring discord and confusion within the enemy. It can also be used for protection, wrap negative energy, breaking barriers and blocks, reverse and destroy negative thought forms. It’s better if applied to others. Black controls the base chakra, the planet Saturn, the earth element and the original religions, it means new beginning. Satanic alchemy, black represents the step into the void of meditation and transformation.

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