"Shamanic Shifting, Dreaming, Drumming, & Foolish Wondering" - 5 new articles
Shamanic, symbolic meaning of crystal glasses and glass
Clear, green, and brown bits of glass are the easiest to find. Blue, red and pink are rarer treasures. Interpretations of color meanings are easy to find on the Net. I like to add "in the moment" meanings, as I am guided by spirit and spirits. The tiniest fragments, including the sparkly jewels of car window safety glass, intermingle with red and black chunks of lava. I place larger glass chips sharp-side down, well out of the way of paws and feet, on either side of a meeting place for fancy, multicolored river stones and plainer gray to pale limestone and agate street-found rocks. Broken or shattered containers remind me of alchemical processes finishing up and releasing new energy flows and patterns into the universe. Next, I remember and wonder over the Big Bang (or Bounce or Shift) itself. Also, I am attracted to brokenness for the openness it brings--and for the damage to any pretense of perfection it assures. Yesterday, another kind of broken glass presented itself. I found broken green, purple and clear lead crystal goblets scattered around a dumpster! Cups have always carried deep meanings. Again, the shattering of them is usually creative and re-creative. I am keeping these sharp, intensely scintillating splinters hidden within a covered baking pot in the sanctuary, while I shamanic journey and dream on their mythic or symbolic meanings. I shall reflect a while, then wait and watch for clear or refracted messages to shine or glint. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=16f1f5ae-9e45-416d-939d-4a3d1d0a5d2a)  Shamanic and other uses of Yellow Root
What healing help can Yellow Root give? Yellow Root is part of the Buttercup Family and has, according to Drugs.com (and clinically speaking) no proven effectiveness in treating any ailments. Taking Yellow Root internally during pregnancy is even cautioned against because one of its active components, the alkaloid berberine, might stimulate uterine activity. In folk medicine 2g of the Yellow Root rhizome is made into a tonic or antibiotic and immunostimulant medicine for mouth and throat infections. It is used frequently to remedy childbirth and uterine troubles--when contractions were desired--and given as a sedative, hypotensive and choleretic. Sometimes Yellow Root was used to treat diabetes. But Yellow Root is another name for Goldenseal--which contains berberine also, and is used by herbalists to treat most of the same conditions and more. On my follow-up shamanic journey I was guided to know that the plant I had met in my dream was the low-growing subshrub with purple flowers, going by the scientific name of Xanthorhiza simplicissima and growing along shady riverbanks. Yellow Root's namesake yellow roots can be chewed for tonic effect but are usually boiled into a strong, bitter tea then sweetened with honey. The spirit of this Yellow Root had grown across my life and this dream to help me heal and transform several strong, bitter childhood memories of betrayal that were growing out of proportion and becoming troubling. Whenever my shamanic assistance is requested around a topic I suppose that whatever is challenging my visitor is living within me too, and I begin by dreaming on that. Shamanic uses of Yellow Root, or any plant, might or might not match or overlap other uses in alternative and folk medicine. Always, I notice resonances between ordinary and non-ordinary uses. I brewed, sweetened, and sipped the transformational tea in non-ordinary reality, shamanizing for myself in order to help the person who had come requesting spiritual assistance. I felt soothing strength in my throat for telling new stories of deeper understandings of past events, then abdominal pulsing, as if old shapes were flexing and dancing out of me. I will do my best to connect with the plant in this world soon, too. Yellow root is brightening up my life today and I am wearing a yellow shirt to ground and activate the shift. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=8b11faec-d7db-43e1-a979-d68a6abd7d8f)  What are the healing properties of Chalcopyrite crystals?
Chalcopyrite crystals are credited with diverse healing properties in folklore, metaphysics and alternative medicine, though medical science attributes reported improvements from crystal healing to the placebo effect. Features The metallic mineral Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2 or Copper Iron Sulfide, also known as Bornite) is commonly called Peacock Ore because its dark golden or brassy luster often shines with purple and green iridescent highlights. Chalcopyrite belongs to the tetragonal crystal system but occurs most often in massive form. It is an important source of copper. Folklore In folk medicine Chalcopyrite is suggested for hair loss prevention and as a remedy for throat, bronchial, lung, and brain ailments.
Metaphysics In metaphysics Chalcopyrite is associated with developing and deepening inner vision, freeing stuck spiritual and vital energy patterns, and grounding meditation, prayer and exercise. Alternative Medicine Healing properties of Chalcopyrite in alternative medicine include fever and inflammation reduction, DNA repair, and the protection of crystal and energy healers during sessions. Alchemy The elemental components of Chalcopyrite reveal a restorative alchemical process. Copper, associated with Venus, female energies and creativity, joins iron, the symbol of Mars, male energies and strength. Both are acted upon by sulfur, representing fusion within the Sun, radiant expansion of life and the soul’s transcendence of opposites. Etymology Chalcopyrite comes from the ancient Greek words khalkos (meaning copper) and pyrites (meaning fire striking stone). This etymology points to additional life transformation processes–containing, conducting, and igniting. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=56d9ac83-7f26-4397-a029-073743d7e217)  Where does the healing power of gems come from?
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