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Red Jasper From Northern Ontario – A peek into Lapidary work from Wicked Stones

Published on October 14, 2015May 13, 2022 by wickedstones1 Comment

Vikki Soros and a few pieces of Red Jasper from Wicked Stones — A few pieces of Red Jasper from Wicked Stones

Today is Red Jasper day in the Rock Lab

It’s Cold outside.. brrr.. but Rob is still out there in the Lapidary shop working away on pieces of red Jasper that he picked up in his travels in Northern Ontario.

We’ve gone from the bare rough rock, all the way to polishing it to a gleaming shine (it’s sooo pretty!). The pieces you see in the photo above are about half way through the polishing process. Here he is working on the buffing wheel to try to give it more of a shine.

Rob working in the Lapidary shop with Red Jasper at Wicked Stones

Here’s a picture of how it’s coming along.

Red Jasper from Northern Ontario by Wicked Stones

It’s turning out really amazing so far!

Red Jasper is naturally this colour – no dye has been used to create these rich powerful hues of red, black and white. If you are drawn to this gem, it’s good for helping to combat against exhaustion and for maintaining physical stamina. In Teutonic legend, the hilt of the magical sword of Siegfried (the dragon slayer and ill fated lover of the mystic Brunhild) was inlaid with red jasper to give him courage. I find that it also helps to pick me up (mentally) when I’m feeling low and blahhhh….

Red Jasper has a stabilizing effect on the wearer’s energy keeping them calm and balanced – now who can’t use a little of “THAT” these days!?…

It gets you going on days you need a little extra boost and the ability to stay focused no matter what the day throws at you.

Want to recall your dreams? Try putting this gem under your pillow at night.

Red Jasper is a powerful protection stone against psychic and physical threats and will return negative energy to the sender.

I hope you enjoyed this wee peek into our rock shop…

Cheers!

Coupon Code for Wicked Stones (deals!)

Published on October 14, 2015 by wickedstonesLeave a comment

I know it’s still early for Christmas and Yule shopping.. but I wanted to get this coupon code posted so that if you were looking for something? You could get a few dollars off your orders.

http://wickedstones.com/coupons-discounts-at-wicked-stones/

The coupon code to use on my site is 10OFF and that allows you to get 10% off everything in my shop until December 31.

Enjoy!

Amber – Metaphysical Properties and Healing info

Published on May 15, 2015June 4, 2018 by wickedstonesLeave a comment

Amber healing properties... — Healing Amber from Wicked Stones

I have to say, that personally, I’m a big Amber fan. This love affair started years ago when I found my very first piece at a friends house. She’d offered me some huge chunks that were found on the beach of the Baltic Sea (that a photo of the piece below).

Amber is extremely light and certain types are intensely rich with colour. You can use it for healing if you wear it in a piece of jewelry or have a stone you can hold or carry with you.

Here’s a bit of info on Amber and its healing properties

Amber is not technically a gemstone – it’s an ancient tree resin that has solidified and turned into a fossil. Because of this, Amber has very strong connections with Mother Earth and is an excellent grounding stone.

In ancient times, people believed that Amber was formed by the setting rays of the sun. The Vikings called Amber the “tears of Freyja” after their goddess of love.

Amber was used by the Roman gladiators as a protection amulet against danger and fear – it was said to be a stone of courage that helped you face your fears.

Amber is also known as the Mother Goddess Stone due to the fact that insects, plants and even tiny animals were found petrified inside its crystals.

Amber is:

a powerful healer that absorbs negative energy and swaps it for positive
stimulates your healing process
protection
uplifting energy
helps to clear depressive thoughts
wisdom
decision making (school and work)
self expression

May your journey with Amber be fruitful, filled with light energy and healing.

Cheers!

Find Peace in your daily life with Yoga and Meditation Stones

Published on May 6, 2015June 28, 2018 by wickedstonesLeave a comment

A few years ago I went to my first Yoga class and I have to say, I was hooked from the start!

Thank you http://cliparts.co/free-yoga-clipart for the use of this image — Thank you http://cliparts.co for the use of this image

I loved how I felt during the class and the amazing feeling of calmness that I had for days afterwards. It was at that point that I started working with healing stones to help enhance and make a deeper meditative connection to this healing process. (I wont be posting a photo of me doing Yoga here anytime soon as I’m about as graceful as a ostrich in a mud puddle and you’d just laugh yourself off your chair.) 🙂

Once the class was over, I noticed that my stones carried a residual energy of my experiences… it was lovely!! So I decided to being hand crafting a line of jewelry to pass that potential feeling along to you.

Here are a few ideas of gemstones you could wear to help you during your Yoga and meditation practices.

Amethyst: During meditations Amethyst helps to turn thoughts away from the mundane into tranquility and deeper understanding. It is a stone of new ideas.

Quartz Crystal has an enlightening effect on all the Chakras and helps to eliminate negative energy. Often used as a “cleansing” stone to restore positive energy and used in meditations. It raises energy and aids concentration. Some use this stone for divination, building psychic abilities and helping during meditations. It also amplifies any innate psychic or healing powers and is used to increase the power of prayer (especially for healing).

Carnelian: During meditation it can help to remove extraneous thoughts and sharpen your concentration. It calms anger, emotional negativity and replaces it with a love of life. It is a grounding stone that anchors you in the present reality and stabilizes with high energy.

These are just a few ideas and I’ll be posting more as my blog grows larger and larger…

Please note though.. if you are going to wear a stone pendant you should consider using a shorter necklace length so that the stone does not hang down in front of your face during some Yoga poses.

Lemurian Seed Crystals – A little knowledge goes a long way

Published on May 5, 2015June 28, 2018 by wickedstonesLeave a comment

Today I want to sit down and have a little chat about Lemurian Seed Crystals.

A Lemurian Crystal is a type of stone that has quite the history behind it. These types of crystals are said to be “seeded” stones that have been encoded with ancient knowledge and left to be found by future generations (hey, that’s us!)

Legends tell us that this particular type of stone were planted by an ancient civilization called Lemuria in a grid pattern over the surface of our planet. This civilization was similar to what Atlantis brings to mind when we think of how people lived but a bit more peaceful and spiritual.

When Lemuria’s time was coming to an end, the people (or Lemurians) programmed special crystals to teach their messages on healing and one-ness that would be revealed with the energy on Earth was ready to receive them.

When you find one of these stones, it helps you to connect to the energy it contains as well as the associated Grid. It’s quite interesting because I have spoken with some of my past clients who can pick one of these particular crystals out of several and sense the powerful energy it contains.

Lemurian’s have a particular pattern to them that you can often see and feel with your fingertips – they often have strong horizontal banding across the surface that can feel like etching depending on how dense the bands are. You may also have to turn the stone in the light to see these patterns.

So what does the Lemurian have to offer you? If you are a healer, this is a particular stone that can help you to access ancient knowledge to work with this peaceful energy. They are an excellent protection stone as well as a gem that helps to diffuse negative energy and alter it to positive waves.

Each Lemurian is unique on our site and Natural. No saws or polishing machines have ever touched these gems. With that in mind, you will always find that Mother Nature leaves nooks and crannies, marks, inclusions and other discoveries for you to explore.

If one of these calls to you, perhaps you could take a peek at our Lemurian Crystal section of Wicked Stones. In case you are reading this post further down the road and you don’t see the same crystals, fear not! As I’m always adding more crystals to my shop 🙂

Finding the Artist inside of you! Gems for Creativity

Published on April 19, 2015September 7, 2022 by wickedstones1 Comment

Yes, in my secret world beyond this computer screen, I’m an artist.

I spent several years of my life in College here in Northern Ontario and met some amazing people who helped me to be able to reach inside of myself and bring out my creative side. Being creative is an incredibly healing way of letting your inner thoughts be released into the universe!

An artist is not just one who paints or draws, an artist is someone who writes, or speaks.. or works with various medium that might seem non traditional to others. It might be photography, crafting, working with clay, telling stories, singing, dancing… there are no limits to what lays inside of you that you can tap into for expression.

So now let’s tie my two passions together shall we? Yes, you can use gemstones to help you to reach inside of yourself to find that creative spark!

How does that work exactly? Well, its tricky since I can’t really see inside of your brain to see how you are personally wired 🙂 So I’ll try to simplify things for you. Gemstones are again, like Trigger tools (like I talked about in my previous post about dealing with stress here in this blog). Working with crystals and gems is an ancient art that has been used for many rotations of our planet.

Gems emit an energy that you can connect to and depending on the stone type, this energy can help work with an area of change you are seeking. In this case, we’re talking today about creativity. Over time, those who have worked with gems have recorded their findings – even my own clients have gotten back to me over the decades to talk to me about how individual crystals work with them and benefit their lives.

Working with healing stones at Wicked Stones

People, just like you, have connected with particular stones for their needs and found that they do help. It has been used for so long now that others have written books about these findings and they are now being used by the masses as reference points to use for gemstone healing.

So how do I use them?

Because stones emit an energy that helps to connect (or align) with your creativity, the best method is to begin wearing a particular type of stone that really calls to you. When I say “calls to you” I mean, that emotionally you get a feeling of “OOOAHH” when you see it and you just know you want to have this in your life.

Let the stone connect with you and be a part of your creative process and be aware that it is with you on this journey. After a time, you and your stone will develop a sort of kinship or bond that you may find will help uplift your mind and spirit to connect with those energies you need for creative thinking.

We are all individuals and a stone that might work for person (a) may not work for person (b). So when choosing YOUR gem, don’t let others try to tell you what you should have. Use your instincts to pick your healing stone, do your research on what a stone can do and then, go with your hearts desire 🙂

Be Creative!
Be Inspired!

You can do it…. 🙂

And ps.. I use gems personally when I am suffering from writers block as well as when I’m working with paints and other artist’s media.

Got stress? How to work with gemstones for stress and anxiety

Published on April 18, 2015June 4, 2018 by wickedstones1 Comment

Today I want to talk about Stress and gemstone healing…

I’m going to come clean here a bit.. I suffer from stress. Yes indeed I do. I think we all have trigger points and aggravating moments in our lives that cause us to grit our teeth, clench and hold our breath and take in far too much negative energy that we don’t really need in our lives.

Vikki Soros Yes I get stressed too! — Yes I get stressed too..

That’s me, feeling stress? Can you see it? LOL…Yes I get cranky, moody, and quite frankly, sometimes just miserable to be around because I let stress get to me. I let little things bother me that in the grand scheme of things, I should not. Sound familiar? Okay then, lets read on together shall we?

Using Gemstones to help deal with your stress

Let’s start by making a statement that I think is important to understand. Using gemstones for healing purpose (in my OPINION) is not an instant fix. Most can’t put on a stone and then turn on a dime and go “OH I feel AWESOME!” For the most part, gems are not items that suddenly, magically and immediately fix problems – they can help you to achieve your goals in a matter that works with you personally and at your own speed.

I do have clients who I’ve worked with over the decades that have told me that they feel an immediate response to their stones but for the average person it takes a bit of time to get to know your stone and feel its beneficial effects.

So how do you work with them so they can help you?

Since we’re talking about stressful situations today, we’ll focus on how to work with stones and this particular issue. Let’s say you have found a stone you want to work with and you are anxious for it to begin helping you to get rid of that negative energy that’s been plaguing you. Here’s the first few steps you should take in starting this journey with your healing gem.

Cleansing helps to remove any negative energy that may be on your stone upon arrival AND energy that you have built up in your stone after wearing it for a time.
Start wearing your stone – yes this is a simple step but it’s the first in really getting to know how your gem is going to feel as you begin working with it.
Since we are dealing with stress and anxiety, when you begin wearing your stone visualize calming energy coming from your gem and surrounding you as you go about your day. It can be a mental image of soft clouds, a colour, a pattern, sun’s rays.. everyone will have their own mental pictures of what “calmness” means to them. Personally for me? I visualize the energy of the sun coming from my stones, the heat, the warm and it’s peaceful energy surrounding me.. it really helps!
Take a few minutes out of every day that you are wearing your stone to STOP! Stop what you are doing when things get far too stressed and full of worry and get away from the situation at hand (if you can and do it safely – if you are stressed while driving your car this is a different matter all together. Take a few moments and breathe! When our bodies and minds are stressed we forget to do this very simple thing and hold our emotions and muscles with tension. This builds after time and you need to learn how to release it. Hold your stone with your hands and make a connection between healing breaths, good energy and releasing the tension you can feel inside of you body.
A quick form of meditation is to take deep cleansing breaths, in and out, and imagine the stress leaving you and good healing energy coming back to you. IN combination with your healing stone, the minerals in your gem can help you to connect with this action and after time, your stone will become a trigger point to help you to release build up stress and anxiety -it can become your go-to tool to help let go of things that are bothering you.
There is no time limit or schedule on how long you will have to do this – everyone will be different. Regardless of how long it takes, even taking those few moments to breath may really be helpful to the situation you are in. You and your gem should begin to bond in friendship after a time. On a personal note, I wear a particular gemstone anklet during times I feel stressed and I do feel better only moments after I begin wearing it as I have built up a connection between calmness and this piece of jewelry.
Research other types of meditation and grounding exercises that you feel good about and make them a part of your daily routine if possible. Just like jogging, running and other forms of daily exercise, this type of action can assist you to feel mentally healthier and stronger.

Gemstones are a partner to your personal healing path and just like new friendships, your relationship needs time to learn and grow.

May your path be filled with joy and good energy!

Playing in the fossil patch…

Published on April 13, 2015June 28, 2018 by wickedstonesLeave a comment

This past weekend I was playing in my fossil patch.. this is a neat little corner of my shop that I horde the pretty ancient creatures to make into jewelry (at some point in time)..

I get nitter nattered a lot though as I have been hording some of these nice little pieces for wayyyy too long..

So without further adieu.. today I’m sharing one of the pieces I’ve just posted.

It’s a Brachiopod (or Brachiopoda) which is a small invertebrate marine critter that was around in the Cambrian Period (oh about 570 Million years ago)… This fossil is really unique as you get a three dimensional view of what this animal was really like..

I’ve wrapped it using sterling silver wire and it comes ready to wear…

Cheers!!

Shark Totem – Authentic Shark tooth necklace (fossil)

Published on April 12, 2015May 13, 2022 by wickedstonesLeave a comment

OOO I found some beauties tucked inside of my cupboards recently….

What you are seeing in the photo is an authentic fossilized sharks tooth.. this little guy is incredible! I have worn shark’s teeth before and I’ve often found them to be light and difficult to feel as you are going throughout your day. THIS one has some super great weight to it and you can really feel it around your neck.

If the Shark is your totem? Here’s a little info for you on that..

If you have the Shark totem in your life, you are a busy or active person. Some might even call you a work-a-holmic at times.

You seem to accomplish the most impossible tasks that impress those around you (and yourself some days!) You are wise and trust your instincts.

The Shark is a strong protective totem.

I’m not sure how long this particular wire wrap will be available as they are one of a kind items, but you can click here to view it on my website.

Wicked Stones – Talent North Magazine Feature!

Published on April 10, 2015May 8, 2015 by wickedstonesLeave a comment

Well this is very exciting!! This afternoon I spent a few hours with a few people from the Talent North magazine here in Sudbury! I had an awesome time and am going to be included in their upcoming magazine in the next few months!! I’m excited and nervous all at the same time 🙂 Here’s a little bit about their magazine…

At Talent North, we are focused on providing the local talent in Northern Ontario with a way of sharing and promoting their special and unique talent that would otherwise not get noticed.

We are committed to engulfing our readers with short colourful stories. Talent North is proud to represent the extraordinary talents that are widely diversified that have gone virtually unnoticed. We are proud to be part of Northern Ontario and all of its beauty, that we get to witness daily. I’m super delighted to have been invited to be a part of one of their publications! I can’t wait to see it when it comes out… Wicked Stones

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