Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 2, Issue 4 October 2017 | Page 10

Peridot: Uses and Purposes • Associated with the sun, Peridot has been prized since the earliest civilizations for its protective powers to drive away the forces of darkness. • Set in gold and worn around the neck or bound to the left arm, it was used as a charm against sorcery and magic, evil spirits, night terrors, and madness. • It cured cowardice, calmed anger, as well as brightening the wit. • Peridot is still celebrated for those virtues, protecting the aura, purifying the physical and subtle bodies, and alleviating emotional burdens, guilt and obsessions. • It is particularly beneficial for overcoming fear, depression and other psychological disturbances, as well as releasing jealousies, resentment and spite in order to move forward. • Peridot promotes responsibility and forgiveness, instilling confidence in one’s own abilities and reestablishing a sense of self-worth. • A powerful generator of the frequency of increase, this lovely talisman may be utilized to manifest abundance in all areas of one’s life: wealth, health, happiness and love. [Fernie, 163][Kunz, 67][Hall, 212-213][101 Hall, 150][Simmons, Ahsian, 299][Eason, 282] • • • • • Peridot is highly beneficial for attuning to and regulating the cycles of one’s life, such as physical cycles, mental or emotional phases, as well as intellectual progression. It also helps dissipate negative patterns and old vibrations that play over and over, keeping one from realizing they are deserving of success. By working with Peridot one can remove those blockages and move forward quickly, opening the heart and mind more fully to receive from the Universe with grace and gratitude. A stone of transformation, Peridot is excellent for use in recovery from tobacco or inhalant addictions More importantly, it is a wounded healer stone, serving as a vital guide in facilitating healing processes that help others