APATITE

COLOR: Yellow, green, gray, blue, white, purple,
brown, red-brown, violet
APPEARANCE: Opaque, sometimes transparent, glassy,
hexagonal crystal, various sizes, often tumbled
RARITY: Blue readily available, yellow rare
SOURCE: Mexico, Norway, Russia, United States
ATTRIBUTES: Apatite has inspirational properties. The interface point between consciousness and matter. It is a stone of manifestation and promotes a humanitarian attitude, inclining toward service. Apatite is attuned to the future, yet connects to past lives. It develops psychic gifts and spiritual attunement, deepens meditation, raises the kundalini, and aids communication and self-expression on all levels.

Psychologically, Apiatate increases motivation and builds up energy reserves. it induces openness and social ease, encouraging extroversion, dissolving aloofness and alienation. It draws off negativity about oneself and others. it is helpful for hyperactive and autistic children.
Stimulating creativity and the intellect, Apiatate clears confusion and helps to access information to be used personally and for the collective good. Apatite expands knowledge and truth and eases sorrow, apathy, and anger. it reduces irratability and overcomes emotional exhaustion. By releasing energy in the base chakra. It clears frustration and endorses passion without guilt.

HEALING: Apatite heals bones and encourages formation of new cells. It aids absorption of calcium and helps cartilage, bones, teeth, and motor skills and ameliorates arthritis, joint problems, and rickets. This stone suppresses hunger and raises the metabolic rate, encouraging healthy eating; heals the glands, meridians, and organs; and overcomes hypertention. It balances the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies, and the chakras, eliminating overactivity and stimulating underactivity. Used with other crystals, Apatite facilitates results.

POSITION: Wear on skin over affected part, or place as appropriate

SPECIFIC COLORS: In addition to the generic attributes, the following colors have additional properties.

Blue Apatite connects to a very high level of spiritual guidance. It facilitates public speaking, enhances group communication, opens the throat chakra, and heals the heart and emotional dis-ease.

Yellow Apatite is a great eliminator, especially of toxins. It activates the solar plexus and draws off stagnant energy. Yellow Apatite treats CFS, lethargy, and depression, and overcomes lack of concentration, inefficient learning, and poor digestion. It removes cellulite and treats the liver, pancreas, gallbladder and spleen--At an emotional level, it neutralizes stored anger. Yellow Apatite elixir is an appetite suppressant.

From: The Crystal Bible by Judy Hall
Walking Stick Press

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