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Amber is not a stone it is (usually) a golden-brown coloured fossilized
resin from pine trees. Melody (in her book "Love is in the Earth") advises that the healthful properties of amber include the ability to self-heal by the
conversion of negative energy to positive energy. Amber can cleanse the environment it is in, balance
the body’s electro-magnetics, and when worn about the body it purifies the mind, body and
spirit. It has been used to ward off witchcraft, attract love and bring luck to
those in battle. Amber has piezoelectric properties, meaning that under
pressure it produces an electrical charge.
Historically
Amber is one of the earliest materials used by man for
amulets and medicines. It was a very popular in the Roman world and as an object
of trade along the Baltic Coast. One early name for amber was “lyncurius” as it
was thought to be the solidified urine of the lynx. Medicinally, Pliny asserted that if amber was crushed into honey and consumed it would relieve both toothache and headaches; that amber could be used topically on the eye to improve
vision; and that if amber was crushed, added to water and consumed it would cure stomach upsets.
Mythology
Ovid and other Greek poets tell us that Phaeton died after
trying to drive his father Helios’ chariot (the sun) across the heavens. Phaeton’s sisters, the Heliades, mourned his loss
terribly and each turned into a poplar tree along the banks of the Eridanus, with
their tears turning into amber.
Other associations:
Amber should be worn by those of the Zodiac
sign Leo or anyone born on the 1st, 10th, 19th and
28th of any month.
Very interesting Danielle, my Grandma gave me a couple of pieces of amber when I was young. My family are Austrian and amber is a big deal in Austria. So thanks for educating me about it. x
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