Is this really amethyst …

I work with crystals. Crystals and tuning forks. I give crystals to clients with Dear Universe Intention Sprays depending on the chakra inspiration of the spray. Higher Love, the Intention Spray for the crown chakra, is accompanied by an amethyst (a very high healing violet/purple crystal).

And if I can order from a vendor directly, one that I have come to know, I will do so. But for the amethyst order, I have yet to make that connection. So it’s a bit of a gamble, a bit of a blind order. Always. But exciting to unpack. 

I like an untumbled, slightly rough stone, not all smooth and shiny, but more of a natural feel and look, that will fit nicely in the hand that will hold it. And the last order looked promising in the picture of the crystals. So much so that I ordered two 1 pound bags of them. 

Both bags arrived at the same time. And as I unpacked them, I discovered that they were unexpectedly rough and very, very untumbled.  I had to search for the amethyst, examine each stone closely to find the violet. To find the purple. To find the crystal. 

Some clients call crystals “rocks”. I prefer to use “stones”, at least, if not crystals. But the amethysts that I unpacked, were, decidedly, rocks. Basically, all of them. 

But no doubt they were MY rocks. All two pounds of them. And I treated them like I do all of my crystals. I put them in a bowl and covered them with sea salt to sit in the designated window for 3 days and 3 nights, in the sun and the moon. And then I rinsed them and placed them on a white paper towel to dry. And when dry, I put a Reiki symbol into each one of them.

They were all ready to go and, still, were very, very much rocks. I just kept looking at them, examining them; finding a few with red spots, several with a great deal of white sediment and most a mixture of a brown, dusty roughness with only a smidge of violet or purple. If you looked closely.

And I hadn’t put them away yet. In the Reiki cabinet. And then I realized why one morning. I needed to make peace with my newest amethysts. Because they must have something to tell me? Right?! Something?

They are very earthy amethysts. Lots of earth. Lots of ground. Reminding that, perhaps, all that searching skyward crown chakra energy reach for inspiration needs a great deal of grounding and rooting. In this moment. At this time. At this time in our world. Feet planted firmly, roots from them extending deeply below the surface.  Mother Earth is calling, loudly, and asking for our attention. And kindness. And love. For all of her children. 

Oh. 

Suddenly, my eyes filled and spilled with tears and my heart caught its breath. And I acknowledged, out loud, that her message was received. “I hear you Mother Earth.”

I still haven’t put them away. I still examine them. Searching for the crystal, the violet and the purple. Finding more of it. But mostly, I am now thoroughly and giddily and deeply rootedly in love with my amethyst rocks.

And they are, without a doubt, very high healing amethysts.

💜 Cindy

2B in Brooklyn