Colour |
White, pink, black, beige, blue, yellow, brown, orange,
red, green, purple |
Appearance |
Clear or milky, iridescent and fiery, or vitreous without fire, often
small and polished. |
Rarity |
Easily obtained, although gem opals are expensive |
Source |
Australia, Mexico, Peru, South America, Britain, Canada, United States,
Honduras, Slovakia |
ATTRIBUTES
Opal is a delicate stone with a fine vibration. It enhances cosmic consciousness
and induces psychic and mystical visions. Stimulating originality and dynamic
creativity, it aids in accessing and expressing one's true self. Opal is
absorbent and reflective. It picks up thoughts and feelings, amplifies them,
and returns them to source. It is a karmic' stone, teaching that what you
put out comes back. Opal is a protective stone in that, when properly programmed,
it makes you unnoticeable or invisible. It can be used when venturing into
dangerous places, and in shamanic work where stealth is required.
Psychologically, Opal amplifies traits and brings characteristics to the
surface for transformation. Enhancing self-worth, it helps you to understand
your full potential Mentally, Opal brings lightness and spontaneity. It
encourages an interest in the arts.
Emotionally, Opal has always been associated with love and passion, desire
and eroticism. It is a seductive stone that intensifies emotional states
and releases inhibitions. It can act as an emotional stabilizer, but the
stone may scatter energy and the user needs to be well-centered before using
Opal to explore or induce feelings, or to have other stones standing by
to aid integration. Opal shows you what your emotional state has been in
the past, especially in other lives, and teaches how to take responsibility
for how you feel. It encourages putting out positive emotions. Wearing Opal
is said to bring loyalty, faithfulness, and spontaneity, but may amplify
fickleness where the propensity is already present. Opals can be used to
send healing to the earth's energy field, repairing depletions and reenergizing
and stabilizing the grid.
HEALING
Opal strengthens the will to live. It treats Parkinson's disease, infections,
and fevers and strengthens memory. Purifying the blood and kidneys, Opal
regulates insulin, eases childbirth, and alleviates PMS (use dark colors).
This stone is beneficial to the eyes, especially as an elixir.
POSITION
Place as appropriate, especially on the heart and solar plexus Wear on little
finger.
SPECIFIC TYPES AND COLORS
In addition to the generic attributes, the following colors have additional
properties:
Black-Brown-Gray Opal resonates
with the sacral chakra* and the reproductive organs. It is particularly
useful for releasing sexual tension that arises from an emotional cause,
and for processing and integrating newly released emotions.
Blue Opal is an emotional soother
that realigns to spiritual purpose
It resonates with the throat chakra and can enhance communication, especially
of that which has been suppressed through lack of confidence. It is useful
when past-life experiences or injuries are affecting the present life, as
these can be healed through the etheric blueprint*.
Cherry Opal aids in cleansing
and activating the base and sacral chakras. It promotes a feeling of being
centered. At a spiritual level, this stone activates clairvoyance* and clairsentience*
It is particularly helpful for healing headaches that arise from a blocked
and unopened third eye. It promotes tissue regeneration and heals blood
disorders, muscle tension, and spinal disorders, and ameliorates menopausal
symptoms.
Chrysopal (Blue-Green) opens
to new impressions and encourages openness to others. It helps you to observe
the world with new eyes. A mood-enhancing stone, it alleviates emotional
burdens, often through crying, and liberates feelings. It detoxifies and
regenerates the liver and relieves feelings of constriction from heart and
chest.
Fire Opal (Orange-Red) is an
enhancer of personal power, awakening inner fire, and a protector against
danger. It is a symbol of hope, excellent for business, and an energy amplifier.
This stone facilitates change and progress. Used in situations of injustice
and mistreatment, Fire Opal supports through the resulting emotional turmoil.
Fire Opal is said to magnify thoughts and feelings, returning them threefold,
and can release deep-seated feelings of grief even when these stem from
other lives. It is a wonderful stone for letting go of the past, although
it can be explosive in its action when bottled-up emotions are suddenly
released.
Fire Opal resonates with the abdomen and lower back and the triple burner
meridian. It heals the intestines and the kidneys, balancing the adrenal
glands and preventing burn-out, and stimulates the sexual organs. This is
an excellent stone for reenergizing and warming.
Green Opal is a cleansing and
rejuvenating stone that promotes emotional recovery and aids relationships.
With the ability to filter information and reorient the mind, it gives meaning
to everyday life and brings about a spiritual perspective. In healing, Green
Opal strengthens the immune system and alleviates colds and flu.
Hyalite (Water Opal) is a
wonderful stone for scrying. Its watery depths stimulate connection with
the spiritual realms. A mood stabilizer, it connects the base chakras with
the crown, enhancing meditative experience. Hyalite helps those making the
transition out of the body. It teaches that the body is a temporary vehicle
for the soul.