![]() Ummm.Fluorite, Rose Quartz, Quartz, Ruby, Topaz, Malachite, Azurite, Rhodonite, Aquamarine….The majority of the most popular crystals we know today, form abundantly in South Africa, Madagascar, Namibia, and other southern African countries.Amber and Copal jewelry was worn to invoke pride, strength, and positive character in the wearer (Mali).Red/Pink Coral beads are a common favorite amongst women for its ability to stimulate blood flow and assist in healthy fertility (Nigeria).Gold was used as adornment for rites of passage and Bridal ceremonies, from The Ivory Coast to Angola further south.Used “Neb” (Gold) for crafting sacred funerary masks and deity sculptures, not currency.Embedded crystals into our spiritual tools (scepters, thrones, crowns) to activate and balance the KHAT, KA, and BA energies within our bodies.Created colorful eye-makeup out of Lapiz Lazuli to promote psychic vision and clarity.Used powdered Red Carnelian in drinkable elixrs to heal the body.Wrapped and buried loved-ones with Quartz over the third eye to assist with after-life navigation.In addition to building monumental pyramids out of Granite and limestone, our Ancestors also: The Ancient Kemetians (“Egyptians) were not shy about showing their spiritual connection to crystals. They were sacred, precious minerals to be mined, crafted, and used with spiritual intention. OUR ancestors knew that metals and gems like Gold and Lapiz Lazuli were not commodities to obsessively steal and/or hoard. And like every other westernized “thing”, it comes with the capitalistic, objectifying, pharmaceutical mentality that often pervades western culture. ![]() The white western discovery of the medicinal powers of stones, came like waaaay after everyone else. The Yoga Industrial Complex, "yer chakras", "american tribal bellydance", fuckcetera). "New Age" is an often culturally-appropriative "movement" of white folks in america, that involves poaching another culture’s ancient spiritual beliefs and practices to use as their own financial and spiritual gain (i.e. Why is there this unspoken idea that healing with crystals originated in the “New Age movement"? Melanated People have BEEN using the inherent beauty in Mother Nature's minerals to adorn ourselves. We used our ancient bling to represent our connection to deities, spirits, our homelands, and the tribes that bore us (it’s still a tradition on my paternal side, to give all of the new babies “gold nugget” rings). My point? We show off our style with brilliant bird-feather headdresses, we jingle with musical cowrie shells and metal beads, we carve sacred tusks and bones into jewelry as expressions of our beautiful, natural lives.
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