my new favorite stone.........pietersite

This year was my first year going to the lincoln Gem and Mineral show, this was my husband's second year. We found some great stuff on of the best findings was a piece of merlinite but my favorite is pietersite, mark found it for me in a pendent. Metaphysical properties:




Scientific Properties:Mohs Hardness of 5 with a trigonal crystal structure.
Currently there are only two known sources of Pietersite; China and Africa. These two forms of Pietersite, are similar, but still somewhat different from each other. The Chinese Pietersite's fibrous mineral is a magnesium-rich alkalic amphibole. The African (Namibian) variety is mainly crocidolite.
The China form of Pietersite is said to have been discovered in 1993 but did not come to market until 1997. This China Pietersite exhibits slightly different color variations from Mr. Pieter's original mineral, but both are beautiful and are now universally recognized as Pietersite.
The material found in China was formed from a mineral very similar to crocidolite, named torendrikite. Chinese Pietersite has striking combinations of gold, red and blue color segments which sometimes also includes a deep golden brown color. Regardless of the source, Pietersite will always have brecciated, fibrous bands of blue, gold and/or red tiger eye type fibers in quartz.
The fibrous structure in Pietersite has been folded, stressed, even fractured and/or broken apart via the earth's geologic processes. The fibrous materials have then been reformed and naturally re-cemented back together by quartz. Stones and crystals that go through this process are referred to as brecciated, creating a finished product with multiple colors, hues and superb chatoyancy.
While Pietersite has the lovely chatoyancy of tiger eye, it is not found in continuously structured bands or fibers, more in swirls, swathes and fibrous (sometimes linear) segments. Thus the structure of the fibrous streaks in Pietersite may appear rather chaotic, and can flow or exist in many directions side-by-side like bold paint strokes.
Colors include various blues, golds and reds, that may appear together or alone. Blue is the rarest color, followed by red. The blues range from a baby blue to dark midnight hue. Golds can be light to very deep and rich, sometimes having a reddish hue. All fibrous color variations will have a superb and striking chatoyancy, the bright and subtly changing shimmer of color that moves along the surface of a gemstone as it is viewed from varying angles




Mystical Properties:Pietersite helps us to accept and embrace that which appears to be chaos, but is in fact order. It aids us in extending our boundaries of acceptance and tolerance of others and of life.
Working with pietersite brings with it a particular calm and joyous peacefulness which is quite uplifting and helps to dissolve confusion and fear about what lies ahead in life. It will help you relax and release limits placed on your creativity and allows you to recognize your divine potential.
The stone actually exhibits a conductive energy that will assist you in the actualization of the loving characteristics of the brotherhood of humanity, promoting loyalty to the self and to the ultimate experience of life
General Gemstone DetailsPietersite was discovered by Sid Pieters in 1962 while he was prospecting farm land in Namibia, Africa. After his discovery, he registered the find in the mineral records of Britain. His discovery was published in 1964, and the material was named Pietersite.
There has been some confusion on this stone as it is often called the Tempest Stone, Eagle's Eye, and said to truly be a mix of blue and gold tiger's eye quartz which has then been folded in the earth.
Pietersite gemstones crystallize in the form of masses, the structure is a result of inclusion in jasper. The Pietersite stones mineral exhibits an energetic quality like the quartz.
Pietersite gemstone beads have been said to contain the "keys to the kingdom of heaven," dispelling illusion and assisting one in the recognition of the beauty of the soul.













Mystical Properties:Pietersite helps us to accept and embrace that which appears to be chaos, but is in fact order. It aids us in extending our boundaries of acceptance and tolerance of others and of life.
Working with pietersite brings with it a particular calm and joyous peacefulness which is quite uplifting and helps to dissolve confusion and fear about what lies ahead in life. It will help you relax and release limits placed on your creativity and allows you to recognize your divine potential.
The stone actually exhibits a conductive energy that will assist you in the actualization of the loving characteristics of the brotherhood of humanity, promoting loyalty to the self and to the ultimate experience of life.

I choose upward in consciousness.........an everyday meditation

http://spiritofmaat.com/mar09/holon_of_ascension.html

As your realities simultaneously dissolve and re-create themselves, and by that we refer to the economic challenges you are facing, and the ecological and social challenges you are facing some of you may experience very difficult times. But never lose sight of the fact that you are the creator of your life, and you can re-create it at any moment, regardless of the circumstances. Those who manipulate you do so through fear and perpetuation of cultural limitations - the belief that your life is dependent upon certain external fac

This particular Holon is based upon a disc. It is much like a top, if you played with such toys as a child. You place yourself inside this disc. The top of the disc corresponds with the location of the BA, where your two hands would touch were you to extend them above your head. The lower part of the disc is the base of your spine if you were to sit cross-legged. If you do this standing or sitting in a chair, then your feet would be at the base of the disc. The center line that goes through the top of the head, through your body, and through the perineum is the central axis of the disc.

In your imagination, you spin the disc around the central axis. For most people the natural direction would be to spin it to the right, but it can be to the left - which ever feels right to you is the correct direction. The size or diameter of the disc is immaterial. You can make it as large or as small as you wish. The color of the disc also does not matter, but if you are a visual person, then we suggest experimenting with making the disc white. This movement of the disc in the imaginal world... the world of your imagination...creates a vortex.

Once you start the disc to spin, your attention goes to the BA above your head and you send appreciation to the BA - the feeling of appreciation. There will be response of some kind from the celestial soul, the BA.

At this point you move your awareness to the base of your spine, to the root chakra, as this is the ground that pulls the celestial energy into the KA body. Then, for the next five to ten minutes, you simply reside inside the disc, allowing it to spin with your awareness at your BA and at the base of your spine. There will be a flow of energy from the BA into the physical body and down to the base of the spine. At times it will be a very light sensation. At other times it will be like a laser light or a column of fire or a stream. It may take many forms.

And as this energy descends from the BA into the base of the spine, it radiates into the KA body, energizing it. You can do this as many times as you wish. We suggest at least once a day. There is a caution: if you practice this too often, or for too long a period of time, you can experience a healing reaction. This is caused by the celestial energies flowing from the KA into the physical organs of the body and causing them to release negativity, toxins and other negative material that constrains their life force. As the KA body becomes more energized over a period of time, it will be able to incorporate the solarized particles from the solar stream and this will greatly accelerate your ascension. This is the basic method. And as we suggested, once a day, five to ten minutes is all that is required, so long as your intention is clearly to move upward in consciousness.

For those who are new to the idea of Holons, I would strongly suggest you go to Hathor Archives, click on the messages dealing with both the Holon of Balance and the Holon of Healing. These two geometric forms are highly beneficial and quite easy to utilize.

In this diagram, the figure is sitting cross-legged, which means that your rump will be at the bottom of the disc. Please note that there is no requirement to sit cross-legged when doing this. If sitting in a chair is more comfortable, then the base of the disc would be at your feet. This would also be true if you chose to do the Holon standing up.

The size of the disc is personal preference. You can have a short stubby one or an elongated, elegant one. Personally, I make the radius of my disc about 25 feet in diameter, giving it a total diameter of 50 feet across. I also imagine it to be a luminescent white color, but there is no need to make it any particular color, or even to see it in your mind at all. Just sense this disc in whatever ways feel natural to you. Looking at the disc from above or from below, it would, of course, appear as a circle.

After you establish the disc in your imagination, start to spin it around the central axis (which passes through the crown at the top of your head, through the center of your body and out the perineum - a point midway between your genitals and your anus). I usually spin mine in a clockwise direction and change it from time to time for variety sake. Most people, according to the Hathors, will naturally spin it clockwise. But spin the disc in the direction that feels right to you. This spinning motion sets up an energetic vortex in the subtle realms and facilitates the movement of celestial energies from the BA into the KA.

Once you have a sense that the imagined disc is spinning, you are ready for the next step.

Move your attention to the BA point (above your head at the top of the disc). Direct feelings of appreciation or gratitude to the BA, as this opens the gate for the flow of celestial energies. It is the actual feeling of appreciation or gratitude, not the thought of appreciation that activates the flow from the BA.

As you continue to send appreciation/gratitude to the BA, you will sense a downward movement of energy from the BA in response. It could take a few moments for this response to occur or longer, if you are new to sensing subtle energies. But eventually you will feel a response from the BA to your directed appreciation. When this occurs, move your attention to the base of the spine.