There are many ways to healing in this day and age, where traditional medicine and alternative are beginning to join forces.  I can't emphasize enough though that this is only in the very beginning stages.  Some doctors are now embracing herbal medicine and incorporate it into their everyday practice.  Chinese traditional medicine is also gaining more acceptance in the Western world of medicine.  It will still be many years before we manage to change the way Western Medicine is practiced on a large scale.  If the Pharmaceutical world has it's way, this won't happen unless they figure out a way to profit from treating holistically.

What I want to talk about now, though is quite a ways from gaining mainstream acceptance.  Mother Earth has much to teach us about healing, and has much to give us.  The plants that heal have gained a fairly wide acceptance in the modern world.  What many don't know about is the healing effect of the stones that make up a large part of this world.  The metaphysical properties of the stones of the Earth are many and only talked about by a few.  There is Melodie's "Love is in the Earth", a wonderful and greatly detailed book that lists more stones than the average person is ever likely to meet.  Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian wrote "The Book of Stones", another wonderful book that includes photos.  Melodie's book has a companion book that is all photos of the stones she talks about in "Love is in the Earth".  There are a few other books on the metaphysical properties of stones, and many more that detail the physical properties of the stones only.

This entry is the beginning of what will be a daily blurb about some of the metaphysical properties of stones.  Some, I'm sure you will be familiar with, others are somewhat rare.  I will be going through the stones alphabetically.  Please don't hesitate to ask questions about any stone at any time, though I might wait to do an in-depth when that stone comes up alphabetically.  So, here goes!  I hope you find this blog interesting and enjoyable.  :D