Spiritual Awareness

Eighty-one pieces grouped by their place in meditation and ritual practice: amethyst, clear quartz, labradorite, selenite and others, as bracelets, towers, palm stones and pyramids.

What this collection actually is

These are the stones most often used as focus objects — held, or set in front of you, or kept on an altar — in modern crystal practice, which itself draws on much older traditions. In the chakra system that practice borrows from tantric and yogic tradition, violet and clear stones are the ones associated with the upper centres, which is how amethyst and clear quartz ended up in this grouping.

A focus object is a real and old technique. Having something specific to rest attention on is used in contemplative traditions worldwide, and it works as a practice whether the object is a stone, a candle or a breath. The stone is not the mechanism; the attention is. We think that is a better reason to buy one than anything we could claim about the mineral.

Choosing from it

To hold during practice: a palm stone or tumble. To set in front of you: a tower, pyramid or sphere. To wear as a reminder through the day: a bracelet. Clear quartz is the usual starting point because it is the most versatile and the hardest-wearing.

Care

Amethyst fades in prolonged sunlight. Selenite dissolves in water and must never be washed. Labradorite chips along its cleavage planes. Each product page carries its own care note — worth reading before the first clean.

What this is, and what it isn't

These are natural stones traditionally used as focus objects. Crystals have a long place in tradition and in ritual practice, and that is the spirit in which we sell them. There is no peer-reviewed evidence that any stone opens a chakra, affects intuition, treats a medical condition, or alters the physical energy of a room. Nothing on this page is medical or psychological advice.