Healing with Crystals: Amber

Amber has been a sacred stone to Eastern Indians and Native Americans for thousands of years and was used by ancient tribal healers and shamans during fire ceremonies. It was burned as an incense to cleanse, or clear, the environment of negative energy. It was considered a symbol for the renewal of marriage vows and promises made. Amber was used in the breastplate of the high priest.

Amber has been called a kind of "time capsule" that holds the early history of life on earth. It is a fossilized resin that is normally golden to yellow-brown in color and although it is not mineralized it is considered to be an organic gemstone. Specks of red, blue and green have also been found in samples of amber. Most specimens found today are between thirty and ninety million years old and commonly contain and preserve insects, spiders, frogs, plant-structures, fruits, and other small organisms. The value of amber increases with the rarity and precision of whatever object in entraps.

About ninety percent of the world's extractable amber is found in the Kaliningrad region of Russia on the Baltic Sea. It is widely distributed and also extends over a large portion of Northern Europe. Amber that is used in the making of jewelry usually comes from the Baltic Sea or the Dominican Republic. Specimens that come from the Baltic region are generally older and more valuable, but those that come from the Dominican Republic are more likely to contain inclusions. In addition to jewelry it is also used extensively for beads, ornaments, cigar holders, and the mouth-pieces of pipes.

Metaphysical Properties of Amber

-Different colors of amber used on the appropriate chakras to open, cleanse, and heal the body's energy centers.

-Helps to calm the nerves and transforms negative energy into positive energy providing for the centering of the emotional body.

-Stimulates the intellect and helps to strengthen the memory.

-Aids in opening and activating the crown chakra.

-Encourages the art of manifestation by helping one to bring that which is desired into a state of reality.

-Believed by the ancients to bring good luck to warriors.

-Balances the electro-magnetics of the physical body.

-Aligns the ethereal energies to the physical, mental, and emotional bodies.

-Used in purifying birthing and re-birthing rooms, as it is believed to cleanse the environment in which it remains.

-Purifies ones mind, body, and spirit/soul.

Healing Properties of Amber

-Used to treat goiter and other diseases of the throat.

-Helpful in the treatment of disorders of the kidneys and bladder.

-In ancient times amber, used in the form of an elixir, was utilized as a penicillin type of medicine.

-Dispels pain by absorbing negative energy and allowing the body to rebalance and heal itself.

-Useful in alleviating stress.

-Soothes pain and aching associated with the joints.

-Assists in treating disorders of the stomach, spleen, liver, and gallbladder.

-Helpful in revitalizing tissue and strengthening the mucus membranes.

The astrological sign for amber is the sun sign for Taurus, Leo, and Aquarius. Amber vibrates to the number three.

Sources

www.emporia.edu

www.bernardine.com

www.addmorecolortoyourlife.com

www.gemstone.org

Melody. (1995). Love is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals. Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Earth-Love Publishing House.