Discover Lapis Lazuli
Benefits:
- Stone of Universal Truth & Wisdom
- Stimulates objectivity, clarity and encourages creativity.
- It brings harmony and deep inner self-knowledge
- Encourages self-awareness, allows self-expression and reveals inner truth.
- Inspires confidence.
- Releases stress, bringing deep peace.
- A stone of protection that may be worn to guard against psychic attacks.
- Beneficial to the throat, larynx, and vocal cords.
- Helps regulate the endocrine and thyroid glands.
- Overcomes hearing loss and other problems with ear and nasal passages.
- Alleviates insomnia and vertigo, and overcomes depression.
- Relieves general pain and inflammation and is especially effective against migraine headaches.
- Aids the nervous system and brain disorders and is believed to help with attention deficit disorder, autism, and Asperger’s syndrome.
Goddess:
- Hera - Greek Goddess of Marriage & Queen of all Gods & Goddess
- Inanna - Sumerian Goddess of the Underworld
- Nuit - Egyptian Goddess of Heaven & Sky
- Venus - Roman Goddess of Love
- Aphrodite - Greek Goddess of Love & Beauty
- Dana (Danu) - Celtic River Goddess
Chakras: Throat & Third Eye Chakras
Element: Water
How to use
- Wear to tap into inner wisdom.
- Place in your home for protection.
- Put in your office or working space to assist with communication.
- Locate close to your bed or beneath your pillow as you sleep to alleviate insomnia and assist in dream work.
- In Feng Shui it is used in the areas of knowledge and helpful people with the energies of wood and metal.
Lapis Lazuli works well with...
Mantras:
- I am aligned with my deepest truth.
- I trust my Intuition to guide my communication with ease.
Essential Oil:
- Stress - Ylang Ylang, Lavender, Vetiver, Lemongrass
- Peace - Roman Chamomile, Patchouli, Copaiba, Siberian Fir
- Self-awareness - Juniper Berry, Copaiba
- Honesty - Black Pepper, Geranium, Lavender
- Compassion - Rose, Geranium
- Confidence - Bergamot, Cassia, Spearmint, Lavender
- Dream Work - Rose, Helichrysum, Sandalwood
- Harmony - Lavender, Lemon, Sandalwood
- Insomnia - Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Sandalwood
- Pain - Copaiba, Peppermint, Frankincense
- Meditate with lapis lazuli to access vision, higher awareness and regain knowledge of ancient civilizations.
- Use lapis lazuli with yoga poses such as bound angle, baby wild thing, puppy & fish.
Interesting Facts
- Its name comes from the Latin lapis, "stone," and the Persian lazhuward, "blue."
- Lapis Lazuli is obtained from the oldest mines in the world, worked from around 4000 B.C., and is still in use today.
- In ancient times Lapis Lazuli was most highly regarded because of its beautiful color and the valuable ultramarine dye derived from it.
- Lapis Lazuli, named chesbet by the Egyptians, was used in many amulets to be placed on the body, including the tet, a mason’s table symbol placed on the neck for protection. It could only be reunited with the body after being weighed in the balance of the underworld.
- Ancient Egyptians believed the soul existed in the mind and was housed in the brain, and Lapis blue was a mental healer and soul purifier.
- The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamen was richly inlaid with Lapis, as were other burial ornaments of Egyptian kings and queens. It was used extensively in scarabs, pendants, and other jewelry, and ground into powder for dyes, eye shadow, and medicinal elixirs.
- Lapis Lazuli ornamented the yellow girdles worn by Chinese emperors of the Manchu dynasty for the services in the Temple of Heaven.
- In ancient Persia and pre-Columbian America, Lapis Lazuli was a symbol of the starry night.
- In medieval Europe, Lapis Lazuli, resembling the blue of the heavens, was believed to counteract the wiles of the spirits of darkness and procure the aid and favor of the spirits of light and wisdom.
