The Bead Store

Last night, I took my daughter to voice lessons in Capital Hill. So as it would have it, I had an hour to loiter around the shops and look at all the weird people and have all the weird people look at me because apparently I looked too normal for the norm. Anyhow, up comes the bead store. I love, love, love, love, little shiny, sparkley things. I knit, so spending money on beads is no big. So I lounge through the small store, waiting for something to karmically reel me in. Finally I see it. A string of beads, the Amazonite stone. I must have it. I must, I must I must. So I then spend the next hour putting together "the look" "the feel" of the wearable art that I must own and wear with pleasure. Here is what I found on the Amazonite stone. No wonder it drew me in. So last night during the first episode of Battlestar Gallactica, I made the necklace and inserted my own style and it's gorgeous. I shall bask.

Folklore, Legend, and Healing Properties:

Enhances creative expression, aligns astral bodies, unity with life. Improves self worth. Amazonite is considered a soothing stone that offers confidence and works on the throat chakra. It is called the "hope stone" because it inspires confidence and hope. One source says it is useful to activate lazy teenagers.

A semi-opaque stone that was used extensively by the Egyptians it is called the stone of courage and is said to be named after the Amazon women warriors. Some archaeological evidence suggests that the Amazonians were a matriarchal society during the Bronze Age.

Another legend says the name Amazonite comes from the belief that it was found in the Amazon river.