“National Fossil Day”
October 12
National Fossil Day was established in the United States to promote the scientific and educational values of fossils. My focus is how to use crystals, minerals, rocks, gemstones, and metals in your everyday life based on metaphysical principles. The word metaphysical pertains to that which transcends the physical. In other words, metaphysics encompasses what the physical and scientific world cannot define, but we know exists.
Looking at “National Fossil Day” from a metaphysical standpoint, I thought it would be helpful to look at some fossils for their mental, spiritual, emotional and physical properties.
Jet is fossilized wood that has turned to coal. Jet quiets your mind. Use it to decompress and release the pressure on your mind. With this stone in hand, you can release any anxiety you are feeling and allow your affairs to unfold with ease. It helps you ignite the fuel for your mind to conjure creative thoughts: it also provides solutions outside the norm.
Cobra Jasper is composed of fossilized snail shell and palms. It is a grounding stone that also helps you stay focused. It gathers your thoughts and synchronizes them, and thereby you, with the rhythms of the earth. Use this stone to become aware of mental patterns or repetitive thoughts to determine if they are in alignment with the vision you have for your life.
Petrified wood teaches you that much of what you need to realize, understand, remember, or know is buried deep within your body, mind, and soul.
I know the truth in the center of myself. All the answers lie within. Ancient knowledge and wisdom are available to me. I recall my dreams when I wake and use them as tools to help guide me in my waking life.
Ammonite is a fossil from an extinct group of invertebrate marine animals. The spiraling structure of this fossil provides a tool for spiraling into the center of your consciousness through various means like dream work, meditation, spiral dance, and walking a labyrinth or a medicine wheel.
Here’s to using Mother Nature in new and exciting ways.
With love and gratitude,
Margaret Ann Lembo