Especially
around the winter solstice, the stone of light glows and shines. The
northern hemisphere has remarkable dark days around this time, being one
of winters’ characteristics. We have the desire to be festive and
decorate our homes with fresh green fir trees with accents or
commemorate with a candle ceremony.Phosphorus is the light we need
around this time of the year.
Light and the color green makes people relax and gives a feeling of trust and hope. People daydream because they truly believe that one day their wish will come true. Sparkles of light will make a dreamer calmly smile while he travels through his world.
There is an old saga that says, the archangel of light, Lucifer, once one of the favored angels, wanted to be like God. But when he tried imitating God, he fell from heaven. When he fell, a stone broke from his crown which fell to earth, and it looks like what we know as the Emerald. For this reason some, call this stone the philosopher’s stone or a light that came to earth. The saga also states, this may be why Lucifer has no light for himself in the underworld.
The vital green stayed on earth and replaces the darkness. Many different cultures have their different interpretations of green and the emerald, yet all of them agree on the power of light.
Eastern medicine believes that the fourth chakra represents the heart. Located between the upper three chakras, and the lower three chakras, the heart is said to be the intermediation between heaven and earth. When a heart is dark, it can only be healed with light. Darkness can be expressed with depression, which sometimes can be seasonal, or even caused by a great loss and other triggers. Hence, old practices believe that an emerald placed on the heart chakra will bring back the light to those who have lost it, or the ones who want to keep the flame of light and happiness glowing.
The emerald keeps us lighthearted and youthful. In ancient Greece similar color assignations were made. The goddess Artemis was closely related with the color green and associated with a spring of everlasting youthfulness. Interestingly, Artemis is both the goddess of hunt and also the patroness of virgins.
It is pleasing to have a precious stone like the emerald as a guide of light, especially around the time of winter. It reminds us of how nature needs a rest to be able to reveal its full beauty in spring time again.
Light and the color green makes people relax and gives a feeling of trust and hope. People daydream because they truly believe that one day their wish will come true. Sparkles of light will make a dreamer calmly smile while he travels through his world.
There is an old saga that says, the archangel of light, Lucifer, once one of the favored angels, wanted to be like God. But when he tried imitating God, he fell from heaven. When he fell, a stone broke from his crown which fell to earth, and it looks like what we know as the Emerald. For this reason some, call this stone the philosopher’s stone or a light that came to earth. The saga also states, this may be why Lucifer has no light for himself in the underworld.
The vital green stayed on earth and replaces the darkness. Many different cultures have their different interpretations of green and the emerald, yet all of them agree on the power of light.
Eastern medicine believes that the fourth chakra represents the heart. Located between the upper three chakras, and the lower three chakras, the heart is said to be the intermediation between heaven and earth. When a heart is dark, it can only be healed with light. Darkness can be expressed with depression, which sometimes can be seasonal, or even caused by a great loss and other triggers. Hence, old practices believe that an emerald placed on the heart chakra will bring back the light to those who have lost it, or the ones who want to keep the flame of light and happiness glowing.
The emerald keeps us lighthearted and youthful. In ancient Greece similar color assignations were made. The goddess Artemis was closely related with the color green and associated with a spring of everlasting youthfulness. Interestingly, Artemis is both the goddess of hunt and also the patroness of virgins.
It is pleasing to have a precious stone like the emerald as a guide of light, especially around the time of winter. It reminds us of how nature needs a rest to be able to reveal its full beauty in spring time again.
Everyone needs a little
rest once in a while – we wish you a wonderful holiday with your family
and friends – The Agas and Tamar Team New York. Have a look at our beautiful stones of light and perhaps surprise one of your loved ones with one of them…
Sources:
Andreas Wenath, Gralstein der Stein der Weisen, Verlag Zeitenwende 2011
P.M. History Collection No.1
Octavian Buhociu, Die rumänische Volkskultur und Mythologie, Komission fuer Geistesgeschichte des oestlichen Europa, Wuerzburg
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