 Hello people, I'm Ginny Metherill and I'm a fourth generation witch. We're going to look at some crystals today and I want to do my personal top three and how I use them because I think it's actually a really important part of witchcraft to indulge yourself in crystals and I let's face it indulge myself quite a lot with crystals but I wanted to tell you how and why and where I might use these three crystals which I consider to be an absolutely integral part of my path. So this is the crystals I use for spellcraft and magic. Before we get started I just need to tell you about today's sponsor resincrete. Today's sponsor is resincrete, an eco-friendly crafting solution. So what it is it's basically a mould it's a plaster of paris type mould but this is made from pure minerals so it doesn't have any of the toxic noxious fumes that you get with actual resin and is therefore safe to do with your children. It makes a wonderfully smooth finish so you can easily paint on it. 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So what are my top crystals that I use? Well of course we all use different crystals and we're all drawn to different crystals but the one that I'm drawn to possibly the most and the one that I'm going to talk about the first is the humble yet beautiful Carnelian. Carnelians are bloodstones they're sunset stones they are full of protective fire and energy. The Egyptians believe that the Carnelians would absorb the sun's magical energy and then impart that to the wearer. In fact ancient warriors would wear Carnelians around their necks in order to absorb bravery strength and courage as well as protection from them. I love Carnelians I find their particular energy very vibing with mine so it's quite vibrant it's quite strong it's quite dominant. Other cultures thought they were excellent healing stones now I'm no healer let's just get that out there I have plenty of people I know who are healers I'm not one of them it's because I'm too lay so fair I think you have to be very concise and dedicated and careful as a healer and that is not me I can help generally not particularly but if I needed healing I would use a Carnelian stone they're particularly associated with blood and we did mention they're called the blood stone that's because they're beautiful red colour. The way it works with Carnelians is that they impart energy into the blood flow so they increase your blood flow through their energy and this will give you magical healing throughout all parts of your bodies so they're sort of a master healer if you like. Many many years ago I got my very first Carnelian as a thank you present and it was after I unwound some fairly intense dark magic that had been made several centuries ago and was having an ongoing impact into the area that this magic had been cast and at the end of it I was given a particular present which is this Carnelian here and the guardians of the place that we did this curse breaking essentially gave me this Carnelian it is an absolutely beautiful one and it is in fact the cornerstone of my Carnelians now now you all may know that one of my main jobs as a witch is to deal with demonic entities and these Carnelians are what protect me against them so I would place them in a pentacle format I stand in the middle of the pentacle and when I'm dealing with demonic entities they are protecting me from the psychic attack that I'm likely to suffer whilst doing this work they are a strong protective crystal and then when I was doing my warding for this house I think I've got them dotted around the wards as far as I remember it's very difficult to remember I'm you know I'm old and I can't remember what I use but I'm pretty sure that Carnelians were involved so for me the Carnelian is one of my most prized stones but should you ever be dealing with darker forces please consider using Carnelians to protect you against them they have one last point which they're well known for the noble art of Feng Shui will use Carnelians in the south eastern corner of your home in order to attract positive energy my second stone is the clear quartz clear quartz is possibly the communist gemstone in this world I think you can walk outside the door and find a quartz lying around which will have clear quartz in it however clear quartz is known as a master stone so what this essentially means if you are doing some spellcraft that calls for say tourmaline or hematite or adventurine or something along those lines and you don't have it you can always substitute clear quartz it is a master stone as well because it amplifies everything that you do now those of you that know me well will know that I have this beautiful pendulum which is a clear quartz pendulum which I received many years ago I use it almost hourly throughout the day it's one of the first things I reach for in the morning one of the last things I put down at night I find it as an amplification of everything that I need it to be now let's say for example that I wish to talk with a spirit this clear quartz pendulum will amplify their voice so I can hear them better will amplify that intuitive feeling that I'm trying to you know tap into and so I can understand it it is why they are used as crystal balls and have actually been since history time immemorial there are some so famous crystal balls out the empress daughter shishi I think she's pronounced she's got this beautiful crystal ball held in the pen museum there is john d's crystal ball who was the magician associated with Elizabeth the first court he was obviously a christian witch or a protestant witch at least he had various show stones our ancestral Celts would use a crystal quartz sphere as a healing stone because how it works is the crystal sphere amplifies positive healing energy through whoever the healer is so for example I have said already that I'm a terrible healer but if I use a quartz ball I can direct my energy through the quartz crystal ball which will amplify it and really make that healing successful they were sometimes known as knowledge keepers and you can see this in the crystal ball the druids crystal ball which is in the Scottish septer which is part of the Scottish crown jewels now this beautiful druid crystal ball was said to hold the knowledge of the druids they are used throughout every single culture I think in the pacific ocean they're particularly used as rain crystals to call in the rain now what I like about a quartz crystal is that they have their own energy they produce and I don't know the physics of it but you'll know this if you've got a quartz run watch they produce everlasting energy as far as I can see which goes into your watch and makes it run I have no idea how it works I'm not a physicist let me know in the comments below if you are but this energy can be harnessed and this is what we're tapping into each crystal has its own type of energy but the quartz is the clearest of them all and the most easily accessible so how do I use crystal corpses in my every day obviously I use it in a pendulum to help amplify everything from speaking with spirits to understanding my intuition to divination so if I'm using tarot cards I will use my crystal pendulum to help me understand what I'm looking at I do think that crystal quartz I know it's called the master stone but I think it actually might well be because you can use it for everything protection healing amplification divination understanding anything it's difficult isn't it thinking about it I don't know whether I would go for a clear quartz crystal this particular one or I would actually choose this carnelian I don't think I can choose between them actually especially this one it's particularly strong carnelian and finally we come on to my last essential crystal which is the wondrous rose quartz for me rose quartz is the most beautiful and the most calming I love the fact that Cupid gave it to the human race and the reason why he did is because the Greek goddess Artemis was trying to rescue her lover Ardonis from Ares the god of war as Artemis went to rescue him she cut herself on a briar rose and the thorns of the briar rose drew her blood so Ardonis's blood and Artemis's blood mingled together and fell onto a clear quartz and this stone therefore took on a pink hue and represents love keep them by your bedside to ensure that you're bringing attraction into your life it's a really good one for children as well because it's quite a calming stone so I used to put it in my children's bedrooms in order to help bring them calm energy at night it's great for them to sleep with if you use rose quartz especially with rose petals or rose essence in your love spells then you are going to really amplify that love spell and get the results that you're after it does have the benefits of this emotional well-being and an emotional stability energy coming from it and that is something that I very much need I need a bit of emotional stability all the time otherwise I'm off of the fairies quite literally anyway emotional stability is a great gift that this stone has teenagers when they are all over the place if you gave them a bracelet of rose quartz or rose quartz to wear that will help soothe those boiling eruptions of emotion and it's a wonderful calming energy to keep with you at all times I give a lot of rose quartz to my family but also to my friends in order to ensure that our friendship is always attractive I can't decide whether clear quartz or carnelians is my number one or number two but my rose quartz is definitely number three the essential gemstone to use in your spellcraft I would love to hear what you use these crystals for and do you have any particular rituals that you like to involve with them because as I keep saying we learn from each other and it's really important for me to learn from you as much as you learn from me otherwise please don't forget to go to patreon because my cover meeting is coming up next week and you might like to join us we will be doing I don't know what I haven't written it yet but we'll be doing something fun we always do come along and join us otherwise please like and subscribe so I can make these videos for you every week you know because if I don't get enough subscribers I have to go and do something else like I don't know become a cook again it's like going work in the local pub which I know I would hate I would literally hate that but you know we've all got to earn a living so please like and subscribe and I will see you very soon 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