Presentation :

Names) : 

• Obsidian / Volcanic glass.

Etymology: 

• Obsidian: Named after the Roman Obsius, who is believed to have discovered this stone in Ethiopia.

Group, Family: 

• Natural Glass Family.

Color : 

• Black.

Chandelier: 

• Glassy.

Origin : 

• United States, Mexico, Japan, Hawaii.

Crystal system: 

• Amorphous.

Chemical composition: 

• SiO2 (66 to 72% + Oxides of Ca, Na, K, etc. Basaltic glasses are about 50% SiO2).

Transparency: 

• Translucent to Opaque.

Density : 

• 2.33 to 2.42 | 2.70 to 3.0 for basalt glasses.

Hardness: 

• 5 to 6.

Cleavage: 

• Null.

Break: 

• Perfect conchoidal.

Line color: 

• White.

Impact resistance: 

• Fragile (Very brittle).

Heat resistance:

• Weak.

Protector:

• It is a powerful shield against negative energies and the most harmful influences.
• Absorbs negative energies from the environment and strengthens when necessary. Very effective against geopathic stress or for absorbing environmental pollution.

Properties and virtues in lithotherapy:

Virtues on the physical level:

• Clears energy blockages and relieves tension.
• Promotes the elimination of toxins throughout the body.
• Treats arthritis and osteoarthritis and relieves pain.
• Treats joints and relieves pain.
• Treats muscles and relieves cramps and aches.
• Relieves pain from injuries.
• Stops bleeding.
• Supports the prostate and treats prostatitis.

Virtues on the psychological, emotional and mental level:

• Anchors the mind in the body, stimulates growth on all levels.
• Promotes intellectual clarity.
• Promotes self-control.
• Promotes healing of old emotions or trauma.
• Helps to let go of old loves.
• Promotes compassion and strength.
• Calms stress by highlighting the causes (brings the individual face to face with their dark sides).

Virtues on the spiritual level:

• Promotes connection to planes of consciousness.
• Promotes healing and soul elevation.
• Protects against occult attacks.
• Protects from the evil eye.
• Drives away negative energies.
• Promotes vision of past lives.
• Protects from entities and dissolves implants.
• Promotes grounding during meditation.
• Balances Yin-Yang polarities.

Chakras:

• Muladhara root chakra (1st chakra, base chakra, earth chakra) Muladhara is the anchor point with the earth and material reality. It is the seat of vital energy and the adrenal glands. The colors of the 1st chakra are red, brown and black, black obsidian is a stone designed to harmonize and balance it.

Cleaning, recharging, reprogramming:

• Clean with clear spring water or filtered water (never add salt to the water. Salt alters the structure of the mineral and the abyss). Soak the mineral overnight in an unmarked glass container, then take it out in the morning to rinse it with fresh spring or filtered water.
• Direct charging on a crystal or amethyst druse, in a crystal or amethyst geode. You can also place a dozen laser crystals or rocks in a circle (like a time dial), points towards the center, and place your minerals in the center to charge them. Another method is to place your minerals in a singing bowl: Tibetan or crystal bowl, (on a cotton cloth to avoid bowl/mineral vibrations), then ring the bowl to fill your minerals with this sound energy. Last method is to place your minerals on a disc (wood or mineral) engraved with the flower of life or the seal of Solomon or any other form of sacred geometry.
• Reprogramming: Reprogramming is not about telling your mineral what to do or not to do, but about putting the mineral in resonate with you to ask it to do what it needs to do, for you. Reprogramming must be done after each cleansing and must remain simple. Example of reprogramming: "I ask this mineral to bring me all the virtues and benefits on the different levels, for my greater good as well as for the greater good of the people around me."

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