Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 3 , Issue - 3, September 2018 | Page 24

Sunday, 5 August 2018
Blue Lace Agate
Blue Lace Agate has a soft, soothing
elegance; like sky-blue waters released
from winter's grasp. Its graceful, circular
design has a stimulating, positive effect
on emotions and attitude. It is not a stone
of protection, but rather of
encouragement and support. Its circular
flowing energy calms, uplifts and
elevates. [Mella, 70]
Blue Lace Agate is a stone of
communication, helping those who have
difficulty being heard by others, or who
need confidence and articulation to share
their truths. It provides clarity of thought
and unwavering intent in regards to what matters most. [Simmons, 6]
Blue Lace Agate is a Stone of the Diplomat, assisting communication
in situations were angry words must be avoided, but clear
understanding is necessary. [Ahsian, 7]
Blue Lace Agate is a variety of banded Chalcedony, a mineral of the
Quartz family. It is usually banded in layers of predominantly light
blue, striped with brighter blues, whites, and even brown threads of
color. Agate is sometimes called the earth rainbow because, in its
various forms, the concentric bands in nature form nearly every color
the earth can produce, including a colorless form.
Historically, Agate has been discovered with the artifacts of Neolithic
people, and was used as healing amulets and ornamentation dating
back to Babylon. Its medicinal uses continued through the ancient
Greek and Egyptian civilizations, and spread throughout Africa and
the Middle East into Russia. Agate sparked a world renowned
stonecutting and polishing industry in Germany that flourished from
the 15th to the 19th century, and exists today. [Simmons, 6][Mella,
67-68]
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