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Let's get started. The first crystal that I wanted to talk about tonight
is Dentritic Agate. So for those of you who aren't familiar,
agate and other stones, especially quartz based minerals, will often have
dendrites in them. And they're called dendrites because they actually look like
little tree branches.
And they're usually made of magnesium, but they can really vary in the
different types of materials.
So
what I want to show you,
first of all and I'm hoping you'll be able to see this clearly on your screen,
here we go - if I can get the light just right.
This area right here, sorry over here on this crystal,
this is actually a dendrite.
And so you can see it sort of branched, it has this little branch-like structure
and it is
in an
agate geode.
And this was actually a gift to me from my brother-in-law quite a few years ago
and I just love this piece.
But the dendrites, because they have that connection with trees and that branching
structure,
they're really great for helping you to
communicate with
trees. So for those of you who maybe have never tried this or it sounds a little
bit silly,
give it a try because there's nothing
like just spending time with trees. They are so wise and have such an amazing
energy.
And they can really help you
transform things in your life, they can help you process your emotions. Many
shamanic practices and shamanic traditions will actually
recommend, you know,
really bonding with one
particular tree to process,
you know, different emotional states that you may be dealing with, or
to work through problems in your life.
Because the trees represent this idea of
stability,
balance,
grounding,
protection, and that's exactly how this Dendritic Agate can be used.
When we talk about communicating with the tree spirits,
there's other ways that you can do this. You can actually hold
a Dendritic Agate
over your Throat Chakra
so that you're able to really
speak what you need to speak. A lot of us have deficient energy in the
area of the Throat Chakra
because we're sort of afraid to speak up or
it's something that we haven't really cultivated. It's not a practice that we're
familiar enough with. So sometimes it helps to speak to the trees. And I really
mean this because things that are difficult for us to say to people that
we may need to say them to
still need to get communicated somehow to prevent energy blockages from
happening.
So if you sort of go into the woods or maybe there's even a great tree in your yard
that you would feel comfortable working with,
hold your
Dendritic Agate over the Throat Chakra and say what it is you need to say.
Even if that person is never going to hear it, it's sort of like that practice
of writing a letter and not mailing it.
It does the same thing.
But what happens is because you have that
natural transformative energy of the tree
and the Dendritic Agate at your Throat Chakra,
it really helps you process some of the
underlying causes for where this communication arises from and maybe how
you can work toward actually communicating with the person that you
need to say these things to.
It also helps you connected beings in the fairy realm.
So if you want to use the Dendritic Agate to communicate with beings in the
fairy realm,
you can actually place a piece over your Third Eye Chakra.
And what that will do
is enhance your intuition, stimulate your psychic awareness, and help you
work through this process of communicating with these fairy beings. Now
many people out there feel a very strong connection to the fairy realm and
sprites, elves, whatever it may be - so this stone can really help you with work
with that type of energy.
So I did want to show you another type of Dendritic Agate.
And this is in a slab formation, so this is actually
just a cut and polished piece - a slab -
and you can see all of the dendrites
that are within this piece.
And this piece is actually from Mexico,
but a lot of really great Dendritic Agate
comes from Montana in the United States. And it's also called sometimes
Sweetwater Agate or Sweetwater Moss Agate,
but basically you're just looking for some sort of crystal formation with these
dendrites
and you'll find that works really well.
Because it has a slightly different subtle energy but a Moss Agate
technically
those are dendrites that you're seeing in the Moss Agate,
so you can use those as well.
Oh! You have a nice Quan Yin Moss Agate! So it sounds like maybe it's carved in
the shape of Quan Yin Goddess.
Which, for those of you who aren't familiar, Quan Yin is the Goddess of
mercy
and compassion and empathy.
She's also the protector of mothers and children.
So that would be a fantastic thing to help
promote some of that really gentle, nurturing communication.
So that sounds beautiful. Will my Moss Agate work for this?
Yes it will, because it has a slightly different subtle energy but a Moss
Agate,
technically
those are dendrites that you're seeing in the Moss Agate,
so you can use those as well.
Oh! You have a nice Quan Yin Moss Agate! So it sounds like maybe it's carved in
the shape of Quan Yin Goddess.
Which, for those of you who aren't familiar, Quan Yin is the Goddess of
mercy
and compassion and empathy.
She's also the protector of mothers and children.
So that would be a fantastic thing to help
promote some of that really gentle, nurturing communication.
So that sounds beautiful.