A CRYSTAL GRID FOR NOW

I’m finding myself lost for words right now as our world - my world - your world - not the world of a few cruel and disconnected egomaniacs - feels more and more dangerous. But this crystal grid arrived and it feels right to share, so I’ll try to describe it as best as I can.

I protect myself from much of the news, because it is more than I can process. But I don’t believe in totally disengaging - we can only consider that from our position of privilege. And in any case, we can’t actually disengage. If truly We Are All One, then what happens affects us, no matter what. We might not listen to endless news bulletins but we are in the huge web of planetary energy all the time.

What can I do? I can listen to the birds, enjoy the river and the trees, stay present to the best of my ability, hold space for those I love, share what I’ve learned over my 70 years. And I can cry, grieve, rage, mourn, lament - not avoiding the feelings but allowing them to flow and release. And I can create crystal grids for their magic.

 
 

It feels like this grid has been coming into being for a while. The Obsidian Arrows have been poking me since I saw them.

I do not ‘think’ grids like these. They exist in and of themselves, unformed, a blueprint somewhere, until I can receive and understand enough to ring them into being. There is no thought, though once they are made I can think about why certain crystals are present.

At the centre of this crystal grid is a beautiful Moss Agate Dragon. Some of you have seen this beauty before in photographs of our Sacred Journey in England and Wales in September 2023.

Moss Agate is a beautiful form of quartz chalcedony that has tree or fern like inclusions or dendrites which give the name. The base of Moss Agate is clear Quartz and the dendrites are mainly green and created by the inclusion of various metals. There is no organic matter in the stone.

It brings a wonderful healing energy, which is quite slow and gentle, but deep acting, combining spirituality with the natural physical world, connecting and balancing above and below, and also left and right, within our being. They remind us that we are Nature herself – Life expressing herself through each and every one of us – and can thus support us to remember our true spiritual Beingness. In doing so, and thus understanding our place in the world, we can step away from ego, become more grounded in our lives and more healthy on all levels, with stronger immune systems and better relationships with ourselves and others. I absolutely love this stone, and fully appreciate her beauty and magic.

You may also see two small Dragons at the side of the grid. These, along with the small skulls, are made of Preseli Bluestone and Sarsen Stone. The larger outer circle of Stonehenge is of Sarsen Stone and the inner circle is of Preseli Bluestone from West Wales.

The Dragon is the heraldry symbol of Wales, but Dragons are found in many ancient stories and are part of the deep mythology of the land. Dragon lines are the energy lines of Earth that weave and interweave around the planet, and many of our ancient rituals include weaving dragon dances.

Dragonfire refers to a high frequency spiritual energy that is very pure and perceived as an inner light. It can be fed through being out of doors, in the natural world and in natural light.

Working with dragon energy can help us to discover, allow, tend and share our true power so that we can live our spiritual purpose. It must never, however, be allowed to run amok if true service is confused with desire – thus the stories of containment.

Surrounding the Moss Agate Dragon are 6 Herkimer Diamonds - Diamond Light - bright, clear, awakening, uncompromising and 6 Golden Fluorite. All Fluorite is highly spiritual and very transformative. It brings order to chaos, especially mental chaos ,and transforms negativity. The gold awakens our spirit at the crown chakra and brings the warmth of the sun into the heart centre.

Next are Quartz Sceptres and Kunzite.

Sceptre Quartz have a central crystal ‘rod’  with a larger crystal formation at one end, grown around the rod.

The Sceptre is one of the symbols associated with Sovereignty. At this time on Earth, when there is such polarity, every thought, word and deed is important in determining what will follow. It is important that we do not give away our power, but step fully into our own sovereignty and take responsibility for all aspects of our lives. We cannot keep looking to others to do what’s needed. Each and every one of us is responsible for our own circle of Being, and how we impact on the Whole.

These crystals are a reminder of who we truly are – each and every one of us the Queen/King/Chief of our own lives.

Kunzite is a stone of the heart, opening us to Divine Love. It can connect heart and mind and encourage heart centred connection and communication. However, it is not a soft touch! It has a ruthless compassion and will cut through anything that is untrue or not in alignment.

The beautiful Obsidian Arrows protect the centre. I wrote about these only a couple of days ago:
We can use arrowheads for many purposes.
We can use them for cutting through negativity and chaos to find clarity and focus.
In challenging times, especially when we need to make difficult decisions, arrowheads can help navigate the path forward.
They can help hone discernment so we can step forward with clarity and confidence.
They can also be protective, helping to shield against negativity on physical, mental, emoltional and spiritual levels.
Black Obsidian itself is also protective, so Black Obsidian arrows are particularly useful.
Right now, maybe we all need an Obsidian arrow to help us deal with the dreadful things we are exposed to daily and the shocking events in our world.

Looking on are two beautiful crystal skulls in Preseli Bluestone and Jade. Quietly observing, they bring a calm and deep strength and wisdom.

The skull is uniquely human and can remind us of the true nature and purpose of human life – to be an integral part of the whole, in right relationship with Mother Earth and all who live on her. They can remind us of our sacred blueprint and the potential for us to embody a high consciousness. They also remind us of our commonality – that whatever our perceived difference, we are all of the tribe of Human.

with humility and prayers for peace

NEW MOON, STILL WINTERING, PETRIFIED WOOD AND CRADLE OF HUMANKIND STONE

As you know, we have been closed since Winter Solstice. Mary and I are in a planning meeting today and we will open the shop and send parcels tomorrow. Thankyou for keeping the orders coming in. We are really grateful for your support.

Mid January opening is sooner than usual for us. Generally, we wait until the second New Moon after Solstice, which happens to be Chinese New Year, but since that would take us to mid-February this year we have decided to open a little earlier.

We will be sending parcels from tomorrow, and we truly thank you for your support and patience, but will not yet have any open days, online sales or new courses yet.

So why, when there is so much focus on to setting goals and leaping into the new year, do we not join in? Why is it so important to go into retreat at Solstice and not rush out on 1st January

The 'New Year' is simply a calendar date - based on the Gregorian Calendar. It is a human construct, introduced in the sixteenth century and adopted in many parts of the world, but it has no basis in the reality of natural cycles. While we are encouraged to set resolutions then get out there and start being active, Mother Nature is still resting. It isn't yet a new year for her. When we align with natural cycles of Sun, Earth and Moon, life becomes much easier. When we don't, it's like swimming against the tide.

CITRINE

CITRINE

At last! We've found some Citrine crystals with a lovely bright colour.

We know that lots of people are a bit snobbish about these and like to call them burnt Amethyst. It's true that they have been heat treated and are not 'natural' Citrine. And It's true that we don't stop many crystals that have been altered by human hand - but we do love these and believe they definitely have a place in any healing kit.

Citrine is a member of the quartz family. It forms single crystals and clusters, and is also found in massive form. Unlike Clear Quartz and Smoky Quartz, which often have long parallel sides, Citrine crystals tends to be more stubby.

Natural Citrine is rare and is a pale lemony colour. Most of the Citrine we will experience is Amethyst or Smoky Quartz that has been heat treated. Often people say that only Natural Citrine can be used in healing. If this were the case, then few people would ever encounter Citrine, and it is certainly my experience that many people have benefitted from the yellow crystals that came out of Mother Earth a different colour.

BLUE CALCITE - GENTLE HELPER

BLUE CALCITE - GENTLE HELPER

Yesterday I was photographing beautiful Blue Calcite in the sunshine in the garden. Uploading them today made me think that I could write a little about this wonderful, gentle helper.

Here at Sue Weaver Crystals and Cornwall School of Crystal Healing we do not subscribe to the idea that ‘this crystal does this’ for everyone in any situation. The way that we work is always specific to each person because they are much more than a set of presenting symptoms - everyone is different – totally unique.

However, when we do not have the luxury of working individually with a client, and all that we have to go on is a generalisation, there are some conditions and situations where one crystal will present itself as a good option that is worth trying.

BELTAINE & THE BLESSINGS OF MAY

In our ancient past, the link between our lives and the natural world was much more obvious than it is today. Beltaine was the time when the herds were moved from close to the homestead to summer pastures. Community rites and rituals grew to protect animals, crops and people, to bring fertility, abundance and good harvests.

May is my absolute favourite time of year. In the past, Marcus has planned Sacred Journeys in May. While I understand that he cannot control the Cosmos, I’ve made it clear that I do not ever intend to leave Cornwall in May!

Imbolc is a time of awakening, of the first stirrings of life, of renewal

Imbolc is a time of awakening, of the first stirrings of life, of renewal

Lunar Imbolc, white candle, white, flowers, white crystals

Imbolc, also now known as Candlemas, has come to be associated with the Gregorian calendar dates of 1st/2nd February, but at Heaven & Earth Community we prefer to work with natural cycles rather than relatively recent calendar dates and so choose to honour Imbolc with the second New Moon after Winter Solstice - the same date as Chinese New Year.

Each year, we cease courses and close the shop at Winter Solstice and reopen at Imbolc, allowing ourselves to align our own rhythms with those of Earth, Sun and Moon - retreating to rest and dream in winter - gathering energy for longer days.

LUNAR IMBOLC FAR FROM HOME

As we wake up this morning far from Bridie's land, the clock on this laptop tells me that at home it is already afternoon.

For someone who seldom leaves home, the changing of times has not been easy on my body. It's yet another reminder of how rooted we are in our own land.

Ever since I started to align myself consciously with the turning of the wheels of Earth, Moon and Sun about 35 years ago, my life changed. The more I feel and know myself to be part of the land and cosmic cycles - not affected by them, but an intrinsic part of the Whole - and organise my life to flow with the energy, the more beautiful it becomes.

MAIDEN BRACELETS

Beautiful, unique Maiden Bracelets for girls on the cusp of womanhood

Following the success of my Menopause Bracelets, quite a few women have asked if I make bracelets for girls who are approaching womanhood and beginning to experience the effects of female hormones.

I thought this was a very good idea, and so with the beautiful weather enabling me to work outside in the garden, I decided to make a start.

polychrome jasper, ocean jasper & other questions

The other day I posted a collage of some rather lovely Polychrome Jasper hearts and someone asked me:

“How can you tell this Jasper from the Ocean Jasper? Sometimes it's hard to know what we're getting out there (not speaking about you!!). Thanks.”

I love questions! They make me think, and when I answer them lots of people usually say that they had had the same, or similar, questions.

I thought about how to answer this question and realised that there was actually more than one question and there wasn't a simple answer - so here are some of my thoughts on the question of it being hard to know what we're getting out there. Later I’ll address the question of how do you tell the difference.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

I’ve been thinking about International Women’s Day next week. We’re inviting women and girls to join us in a short online ceremony and I’ve been making a few bracelets with some of the crystals that are in our Goddess Bundle.

Moonstone

Moonstone is a pearly white feldspar that helps us to align with, and flow with, all the cycles of life. It has a strong affinity with the emotions, and is calming and soothing.

It is excellent for women at all stages of life, balancing hormonal upsets, helping with ‘PMS’, painful menstruation, infertility and the challenges of pregnancy, easing birth, for post birth support and for menopause. Moonstone reminds women of their divinity – that all are goddesses.

A BIT ABOUT SOME BLUE CRYSTALS

As we approach Valentine’s Day, I thought we’d show you some of the lovely hearts we have in stock. The first that popped up to be photographed were all blue and I was pretty sure I’d written about blue crystals earlier. If I did, I can’t find it now, so here goes . . .

In this photograph you can see four different blue crystal hearts - Sodalite, Dumortierite, Angelite and Lapis Lazuli.

WHY DOES FLUORITE COME IN DIFFERENT COLOURS?

I’ve been asked the above question quite a lot recently. It may be because we’ve had some particularly lovely Fluorites lately.

I thought I’d take a moment to explain a bit about colour in crystals.

Some crystals are always the same colour, e.g. Malachite is always green; Azurite is always blue; Peridot is always green; Cinnabar is always reddish. These minerals are called ideochromatic and the colour causing elements which are essential to their chemical structure. Copper is responsible for the green colour in Malachite - Malachite is composed of copper, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen Cu2(CO3)(OH)2. Iron is responsible for the green colour in Peridot - Peridot is composed of magnesium, iron, silicon and oxygen (Mg, Fe)2SiO4.

WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES

WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES

Last night I created a crystal grid to support a group of people who are making a pilgrimage along the Michael/Mary line. It’s been an interesting process, and I thought those of you who love crystals and crystal grids might be interested to hear about it.

Many such journeys have been ‘on hold’ for quite some time now, including those we thought we had planned! It brings to mind “Mann Tracht, Un Gott Lacht” - an old Yiddish adage meaning, “Man Plans, and God Laughs.”

This group of people have come from USA with our dear friend Aluna Joy and Marcus went to meet them in London last Sunday. From London they travelled to Bury St Edmunds then visited many sites along the energy lines. They are currently staying in Glastonbury and we’re expecting them here in Cornwall tomorrow.

MENOPAUSE SUPPORT

Last weekend we were at the Healing Light Festival and I was asked so many times about crystals to bring support during menopause. It’s clearly a huge issue! I’ve worked with lots of women over the years and found that good crystal healing treatments can be really helpful. However, not everyone can access regular treatments over a period of time and so this led me to think about creating Menopause Support Bracelets for self help.

The way that I work is always specific to every client. It’s very unlikely that two women with the same symptoms will need the same treatment – because they are much more than a set of presenting symptoms - every woman is different – totally unique.

Winter White & Clear Crystals

Winter White & Clear Crystals

Last week I wrote about clear/colourless Quartz and how I liked to work with it in the period between Winter Solstice and the first stirrings of new life. I said I’d share my thoughts on some more clear/white stones, so here goes!

Moon/Girasol Quartz

‘White’ Quartz varies from being totally clear to milky to opaque white. I wrote about clear/colourless Quartz last week. Milky Quartz is much less intense that Clear Quartz. It has the same properties but in a much softer way.

In early crystal writings, the very clear was considered to be masculine and the more milky was feminine, and it was often recommended that you find a pair - one for each hand. Maybe try that and see what you find.

A special kind of milky Quartz is Girasol or Moon Quartz. It comes from Madagascar and has a truly beautiful and quite magical opalescence. Moon Quartz is both gentle and powerful, with a subtle, quiet strength. It is very feminine and connects with Moon energy and cycles of creativity. It aids intuition and deep knowing and is a great dreaming stone.

Quartz

Quartz

‘I COME INTO ALIGNMENT WITH MY TRUE AND DIVINE PURPOSE’

As we begin to emerge from the rest and retreat time of deep winter, there’s a time of opening up the dreaming that we’ve been holding through the dark times. It’s a time when we examine our values; a time of planning and looking forward to what we wish to manifest. It isn’t yet time to act, but it is time to open up our mind - to examine known possibilities and expand into new ones.

I find the clear/colourless/white crystals to be especially helpful at this time, and today I’m writing about Quartz.

New Year and New Moon

Each year, when I open the door to the crystal barn after the winter rest, I walk into a space with an amazing sense of peace. The windows are still covered and the barn has been in complete darkness since our Winter Ceremony; the remains of the altar stand untouched; all is quiet and very still.

At Samhain, my intention is always to begin the process of withdrawal – moving from the outer to the inner world. There is a sense of becoming more inward – of connecting more to the Earth element – but it can be hard to fully realise this in a world that becomes ever more focussed on being busy and I find that my actions usually lag behind my intention.

Little by little as the days become even shorter and the nights even longer, nature withdraws, the trees lose their leaves and my chickens stop laying. As our Solstice Ceremony approaches, my need for hibernation becomes quite desperate until it is utter bliss to sit with like-minded souls in quiet stillness and complete Darkness until we witness the tiny spark that begins the return of the Light.

New Moon, Solar Eclipse and prayers for wisdom, peace and kindness on Mother Earth

Today the Horse Drum spoke to me. Told me off is more accurate!

(If you’re uncomfortable with the thought of being spoken to by a drum, maybe don’t read this blogpost 🙂.
If you want to read more about the Horse Drum, please scroll down to earlier blogposts.)

Over the past week, as we approached the New Moon/Solar Eclipse that’s due tomorrow, I’ve had many thoughts of creating a crystal grid. Here in Cornwall we are very aware of the gathering of ‘world leaders’ for the G7 meeting that is supposed to address ‘tackling climate change and preserving the planet's biodiversity’ and the New Moon/Solar Eclipse creates a powerful opportunity for releasing old ways and choosing a new way forward.

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