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Gorgeous Smoky Quartz Points, public domain   A Rare Beauty Smoky quartz is underrated. It may not be as flashy as rubies or emeralds, but it's one of the most elegantly beautiful crystals and gemstones around. Maybe I'm biased because I love the color gray, but smoky quartz proves that gray can be beautiful. It's also one of my favorite healing stones as well as an excellent meditation stone for staying calm, centered and connected to the present moment. Learn more about the healing properties of smoky quartz and how you can tap into those energies for your well being. Crystal healing is an experiential alternative healing method. I'm not a professional crystal healer. I share my research along with personal experience. Nothing in this article is meant to replace medical advice. But if you're an energy healer in a system like Reiki or are sensitive to the energies of stones or just interested in becoming more sensitive, then you may find this information us

Psychic Self-Defense Do terms like psychic attack and psychic self-defense frighten you? Or do you think that it's all a bunch of rubbish imagined by a group of paranoid new-agers? While these terms do suggest that there is an imaginary battle waging on the astral plane, in actuality, as someone who practices banishment and/or psychic shielding I believe that true psychic attack is very rare. Why then would there be a need for such protection? Magic practitioners among others believe that there is a spiritual plane of existence. We are just as affected by what happens there as we are by what happens on the physical plane. Both planes react to each other. If we are weakened on the physical plane then our astral body will be weakened and vice versa. Incubus by Charles Walker, 1870 .  An incubus was believed to be a male demon that preyed on sleeping women.  A succubus is the female equivalent. Psychic Vampires Every day stresses of our own can cause such weakness as mu

I'm still considering website hosts but in the meantime I'm reposting some of my old articles here just as a temporary parking measure.  Many of them were originally published at either BellaOnline or Squidoo and were later republished on HubPages.  Thanks for your patience. © Trish Deneen