Springtime. The first warm day.
Warm enough to go outside and lie on the Earth for the first time in far too long. You
lounge here, feeling like you can finally breathe again after another winter of
shadows, darkness, and depths. This one was difficult…will every shadow season grow
darker than the last? No matter – your body is calling for your complete
presence here, reminding you that nothing exists other than this moment.
There is nothing to do at this time. Nowhere to be.
Right here, right now, you are needed.
You tune in to every sensation: the gentle sun warming your skin, the cool breeze
making the hairs on your arms stand up, the stiff pale grass beneath you that will soon
be vibrant green and lush. You close your eyes and sink deep into your body, and your
body sinks deep into the Earth. This sinking is true grounding. You are being
infused with pure Earth energy, the chaos of your ever-changing energetic field
beginning to mirror the calm and stable vibration of the planet. Heart rate and
breathing slow. Muscles release tension. Every part of your body relaxes into Gaia as
she holds you in this moment of peace.
Welcome to sweet relief in the realm of Septarian, stone of the Earth. This
crystal is a microcosm of our wonderful planet, a true vessel of both peace and
transformation. It radiates potent life force energy and unconditional love, opening
gateways to penetrating heart healing and high spiritual knowledge, all the while
teaching us that beauty can be born from tragedy, and life goes on after endings.
Septarian has a glorious story to tell, and once you hear it, you will never
see this seemingly unassuming rock the same way.
Potent Life Force from the Core of the Earth –
Long before humans existed, the elements ruled the Earth.
Volcanic eruptions sent lava cascading into the seas, where ancient sea
creatures became attracted to the light and warmth it brought to the underwater world.
These creatures traveled to the new sources of life in the depths of their home, tragically
perishing upon arrival due to the extreme heat. Their bodies sank to the seabeds, where
sediment began to accumulate around them. Over time, minerals crystallized around the
fossilized organisms, creating the structure of these golden-green stones. As
crystallization took place, the stones experienced extreme pressure, developing the
unique cracks and fractures in Septarian that inspired its name, derived from the Latin
word septum: partition, divide, or crack.
Each step in the process of Septarian’s formation contributes to potent life
force energy within the stone. Every piece of Septarian holds the residual energy of
its journey, remembering the fiery eruptions of its beginning, the cooling of lava in
ancient seas, the organisms that remain within it, the crystallization that created
unexpected beauty from death, and the pressures of the final changes before it was
finally left to rest peacefully in the Earth.
Earth is alive and breathing in Septarian, and every part of its journey is an
opportunity for alchemical embodiment work. We can use the experiences of the
stone of the Earth, as well as its ancient vitality forces, to connect to our own passion
and rage, cooling and calming, endings, alchemy, and transformations. We can be as
limitless is our planet, utilizing this crystal’s energy for absolutely anything relating to
the root chakra: grounding, safety, security, stability, vitality, and motivation. And
these are only the most basic root chakra aspects Septarian aligns with. It
will always take us as deep as we are needing to go, bringing deep healing also to the
realms of fear, detoxification, addiction, trauma, and grief.
When we hold Septarian in our hands, we are holding a piece of Earth’s history. We are
holding a tragic and marvelous journey that began millions of years ago. All
of Septarian’s healing capabilities begin here with this message:
On Earth, you are never alone.
An unexplainable comfort is felt when holding this crystal – it is to be reminded that
everything we experience in our lives is universal, felt not only by billions of other
humans, but by animals, rocks, land formations, and the Earth itself. Septarian is an
extremely versatile stone, allowing us to connect with many different frequencies due to
its complex creation and vast wisdom. If the Earth has experienced it in any
manner, Septarian can walk us through it, because it has been exactly
where we are.
It has loved and transformed, just as we do.
It has desired, created, and been broken.
It has ended and begun again.
Gaia’s Vessel in Stone –
Septarian aligns us with the vibration of Earth: calm, steady, unconditional
love and support. This is the essence of Gaia: Goddess of the Earth and Mother
of All Creation. Gaia is the embodied goddess of our beautiful blue planet, offering
powerful healing portals for the root and heart chakras. She brings integrated nervous
system healing, penetrative heart healing, higher love and compassion for self and
others, and evolution for the world beyond the self.
Gaia is master healer of the mother wound. As mother of creation in an endlessly
changing universe, she births for the sole purpose of expansion, allowing her every
creation to live as it desires. To change, to transform, to evolve however it may once it
leaves her nourishing core. She holds no control or judgement over any life on Earth –
through her, land and sea shift, continents sinking and new rock rising from the depths
all the time. We are always changing, and Gaia watches in awe, in total support of this.
Her purpose is to create life and provide nourishment for the life that
exists; her energy burns on always in the core, a primordial force of
feminine nurturance, allowing life to take whatever form it ends up in. She
loves every part of life, no matter what, and offers her unconditional love to us for as
long as we exist on her land.
The love of the Earth will never cast judgement on you, or attempt to change
or control you in any way. It is here for you exactly as you are – literally
beneath your feet – forever.
When we are in need of Gaia’s motherly love and healing, Septarian pulls us straight
into her haven of light. It is almost as if Gaia resides in the flesh, deep within
the Earth, and has sent us Septarian as a way to come home to the core.
A vessel for her love.
There is No Death; There is Only Transformation –
Spirit has known since the beginning of time and science now accepts:
everything is energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed.
Nothing is ever truly gone – rather, things are transformed. The existence of Septarian
serves as physical proof of this in the material world, and the deep Earth energy it
radiates serves as healing in the emotional and energetic realms.
This energy makes Septarian an incredible supporter during times of
transformation. No matter the size or nature of the change – from relationship
changes, personal growth, and internal transformations to rites of passage, grief, and
death – the stone of the Earth acts as an anchor to reality, a weight holding the soul still,
and a reason to keep going. It sits with us patiently as caretaker, protector, and sage,
forming a healing bubble around us as we move through painful experiences. Septarian
does not tell us that what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. It offers that while we are
strong, we must accept we are not immune to tragedy. And tragedy is not
always lessened by assigning a silver lining to it. Our deep inner strength
and love for life on this Earth is what will carry us through even our darkest
moments.
Septarian aids us in aligning to our true nature as creatures of the Earth. This is not
surface-level love and light healing. This is wild divine healing, deeply grounded in
raw truth and experience, rooted in the instinctual and undeniable desire of all
beings to continue living – no matter how difficult the metamorphosis may
be.
Wise Septarian knows good and well the devastation that is brought on by the most
intense transformation we will ever experience: death. At the same time, it softly
emanates a law of the universe we often don’t dare to speak – death is an illusion.
The perceptions of life and death as well as the attachments we have as
humans are insignificant in the broader scheme of the universe. While we
battle with loss, the universe smiles – not from apathy, but from the higher
knowledge that the ones we love are still here with us in different forms we
cannot see.
It takes us a very long time to take refuge in this universal truth, and sometimes we
never fully accept it. Septarian sits with us all the while, never rushing the healing
process, still supporting us wholeheartedly even if we never quite complete it.
Septarian is one of the most patient crystals, knowing what it feels like to
take millions of years on the journey through grief.
Septarian, stone of the Earth, may have the most heart-wrenching legend of any crystal.
Its story tells of the power of desire, the urge to expand, the craving for transformation,
and the need to persevere. Every human being can relate to the wild journey of
this diamond in the rough, and that poetic relatability makes it a powerful crystal
ally for anyone.
There is something for everyone in this marvelous piece of Earth’s history.
If you find yourself in need of Earth support, pick up a piece of Septarian. It
is always ready to be your rock.
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