Healing and magical properties of stones: amber

Precious stones are such a wonderful gift of nature that you can admire just like the stars in the sky, the flame of fire or running water. Our ancestors knew not only beauty, but also medicinal, and also magic properties of stones. Amber is among them. That's what we'll talk about in this article.

It is believed that in very old times on the Earth grew giant plants. Because of global warming, trees began to allocate a huge amount of resin, which eventually turned to stone and is still preserved on the territory of Ukraine, the Baltic Sea. So this mineral was formed.

Amber is a sunny stone, it has a resinous shine and one of many natural colors: golden yellow, colorless, orange, and also shades from red to black. Amber can be completely or partially transparent. It can contain air bubbles, leaf particles and even insects. Such a variety is the most valuable. Detect the gem can be in the form of careless pebbles of different sizes. It consists of resins, succinic acid, compounds of carbon and oils. More precisely, 11% of oxygen, 10% of hydrogen, 78% of carbon and 1% of impurities.

Magic properties of stones: amber and its connoisseurs

Ovid considered amber to be the tears of Heliad, the daughters of the sun, and this is how he explained the cause of the radiation of heat and light and a delightful aroma in the burning. In ancient times, the Italians from this material created New Year's gifts in the form of different fruits or animals. Still from amber were made rosary. In the East and in Russia it was customary to wear amber jewelry on the bride. It was believed that such a relic will give the newlyweds happiness and longevity. The most famous work is the Amber Room (room), made for the Prussian King Frederick the First by master Gottfried Tussauds. The son of Frederick the First gave it to our tsar - Peter the Great. Unfortunately, this treasure was not saved: during the Second World War, he was abducted by the Germans from the palace of Catherine. Since then, nothing has been found.

Healing and magical properties of stones: amber

This stone-healer is able to help with cardiac and respiratory diseases, migraine, angina, myopia, eye diseases. He "drives away" diseases of the kidneys and liver. There is an opinion that this mineral is able to facilitate the birth of a pregnant woman who wears it. The value of amber stone today is also great for the church. It is used for sacred rites.

Amber oil is used for colds, dizziness, inflammatory processes, bleeding and female diseases. Previously, on a shredded solar stone, a tincture of various medicines was made and even taken internally for the treatment of diseases.

It is believed that, in addition to healing, there are also magic properties of stones. Amber is not deprived of this feature and is a very powerful symbol of the sun, health, well-being and love. It was believed that he protects from dark spirits and evil eye. Gem can become a talisman for those people who seek to learn the secrets of the past, that is archeologists, anthropologists, teachers and connoisseurs of history. Ornaments made from solar stone will suit any sign of the zodiac except for the Taurus.