ORE FEATURES
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VOL 6: Issue 3, December 1, 2004
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ORE'S FEATURED GEMSTONE: Opal (part 2) The Opal family of gems is a diverse as the colors that dance from this Quartz crystal. This rainbow of siblings share common characteristics that developed under very uncommon circumstances. I've gathered a list that includes as many different Opals as my research could uncover. There may be some names that I have overlooked and some Opals can have more than one name. These first Opals listed are the "primary" Opals, referring to very specific physical traits within the crystal. Common and Precious Opal Crystal Opal Milk Opal Black Opal Fire Opal Thunder Eggs Yowah Nuts Prase Opal Andean Opal Cachalong Opal Potch Opal This secondary list of Opal names are derived from the crystal's coloring or patterns. For instance, a Black Opal could also be a Harlequin Opal because of how its' colors are arranged. Harlequin Opal Girasol Opal Honey Opal Cat's Eye Opal Wax Opal Agate Opal Leopard Opal Opal has been part of the human culture for several thousand years. Even this long list is not complete and a lifetime could be spent studying the variations of this gem. However, there is one more Opal that needs to be mentioned and I was unsure where best to place it. It is the Opal fossil. Fossil Opal For more information on fossils, visit this article in the ORE FEATURES archives: Watching the colors flash when light dances with an Opal gemstone leaves you with little doubt that this is a powerful Quartz crystal. Even those who have never heard a crystal sing or felt a stone dance in their hand will respond to the enchantment offered by the Opal. It won't take you long to discover the many ways this gemstone can enhance your life. Opal is an amplifier. It turns up the power in everything. Adding this gemstone to any prayer pouch or creative work will turbocharged your intention. In everyday life, it turns up your emotions, heightening your experience. Take heed, this is true of both joyful and sad emotions. I do not recommend Opal for everyone as a full-time companion gem. There are days when we are just not prepared to feel the full effects of life. Those are the days to keep your Opal packed away. Humans and Opals have a vital link, we both depend on water. Humans need water to survive, Opals need water to dance with the light. This connection allows mineral and animal to bond easily and resonate with the same ambitions and goals. You can ask your Opal to assist you with almost any aspect of your life, money, happiness, companionship, let your Opal ignite your heart's desire and make your wishes come true. Are you bored with the same old same old your life can be? Opal can re-ignite your interest in living. Helping you see more imaginative solutions to mundane problems. It illuminates your greatest possibilities, encouraging you to walk your life as a participant instead of a spectator. Australian and North American native Shamans used Opals in important ceremonies like Dreamtime and Vision Quests. Use your gemstone during meditations to connect with your Totem and Spirit Guides. You will achieve your meditative state quicker and your visualizations will be brilliantly vivid. Milk Opals and those with blue flashes are the best for this type of work. If you use crystals in divination, you may want to keep or wear an Opal while working. This crystal will enhance the results of Tarot, Rune or other types of readings, but its vibrations work best with Quartz to strengthen intuitive skills. The rainbow spectrum exhibited in individual gemstones make Opal the perfect Chakra tool. Its healing colors help to mend the physical injury caused by emotional trauma. Releasing these blocks allows your Kundalini to awaken and move freely through your Chakra. When this energy flows uninhibited, your body, spirit and mind are healthier. Opal's playful sparkle is suppose to be very beneficial for your eyes, promoting sharper vision and preventing disease. As a Quartz crystal, it may aid in building immunity and has been recommended for infections and cleansing the kidneys. It may assist in insulin production. Fire Opals have a reputation for reversing sexual dysfunction or awakening the interest of an aloof partner. An ancient Egyptian tradition advises placing an Opal on the naval of a woman in labor to ease the pains and ensure the health of her baby Pictures of Opal --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- SUBSCRIBER'S SPECIAL: FREE Exra Small Opal! Receive an extra small Opal with any purchase from Ozark Rock Exchange. You can shop on line at https://www.ozarkrockexchange.com/cart You can also place your order by email at stephanie@ozarkrockexchange.com or send your telephone number for a phone appointment. Discount will be taken at the time of purchase. You must be a subscriber as of December 1, 2004 to be eligible for the Subscriber's Special; the Subscriber Special is not valid with other offers (unless otherwise stated). Only one special per subscriber, please. The Subscriber's Special will expire December 1, 2004. Remember you never pay extra for shipping at Ozark Rock Exchange! --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- SKY NOTES Fourth Quarter Moon, Saturday December 4 7:33 pm ET -+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- Cherokee Prophecies (part 2) In the First World War the airplane came into wide usage for the first time.. That was that bug moving into the sky. And so they knew something very important would happen. There would be an attempt to make peace on earth on the west coast of this land, and so the elders began to watch for this. They began to hear that there was going to be a League of Nations in San Francisco, so the elders gathered in Arizona around 1920 or so, and they wrote a letter to Woodrow Wilson. They asked if the Indian people could be included in the League of Nations. The United States Supreme Court had held that a reservation is a separate and semi sovereign nation, not a part of the United States but protected by it. This became a concern because people didn't want the reservations to become more and more separate. They didn't want them to be considered nations. So they did not write back, and the Native people were left out of the League of Nations so that circle was incomplete. In the League of Nations circle there was a southern door, the yellow people; there was a western door, the black people; there was a northern door, the white people; but the eastern door was not attended. The elders knew that peace would not come on the earth until the circle of humanity is complete, until all the four colors sat in the circle and shared their teachings, then peace would come on earth. So they knew things would happen. Things would speed up a little it. There would be a cobweb built around the earth, and people would talk across this cobweb. When this talking cobweb, the telephone, was built around the earth, a sign of life would appear in the east, but it would tilt and bring death (the swastika of the Nazis). It would come with the sun. But the sun itself would rise one day, not in the east but in the west (the rising sun of the Japanese Empire). So the elders said when you see the sun rising in the east, and you see the sign of life reversed and tilted in the east, you know that the Great Death is to come upon the earth, and now the Great Spirit will grab the earth again in His hand and shake it, and this shaking will be worse than the first. So the sign of life reversed and tilted, we call that the Swastika, and the rising sun in the east was the Rising Sun of Japan. These two symbols are carved in stone in Arizona. When the elders saw these two flags, they knew that these were the signs that the earth was to be shaken again. The worse misuse of the Guardianship of the fire is called the gourd of ashes. They said the gourd of ashes will fall from the air. It will make the people like blades of grass in the prairie fire, and things will not grow for many seasons. The atomic bomb, the gourd of ashes, it was the best kept secret in the history of the US. The elders wanted to speak about it in 1920. They would have spoken of it and foretold its coming if they could have entered into the League of Nations. The elders tried to contact President Roosevelt to ask him not to use the gourd of ashes because it would have a great effect on the earth and eventually cause even greater destruction and a the Third Shaking of the Earth, the Third World War. So they knew after the Second Shaking of the Earth when they saw the gourd of ashes fall from the sky, there would be an attempt to make peace on the other side of this land. And because the peace attempt on the west coast had failed, they would build a special house on the east coast of this Turtle Island, and all the nations and peoples of the earth would come to this house, and it would be called the House of Mica, and it would shine like the mica on the desert shines. So the elders began to see they were building the United Nations made out of glass that reflects like the mica on the desert so they knew this was the House of Mica, and all the peoples of the earth should go to it. So they met and talked about this. They said that in the 1920's they had written and they had not been responded to, so they said this time we'd better go to the front door of the House of Mica because things might get a lot worse. So elders representing a number of tribes drove to New York City. When the United Nations opened, they went to the front door of the house of Mica and they said these words, 'We represent the indigenous people of North America, and we wish to address the nations of the Earth. We're going to give you four days to consider whether or not we will be allowed to speak. They retreated to one of the Six Nations Reserves in New York State. Four days later they came back, and I believe the nations of the earth heard that the Indians had come to the door. And they voted to let the Indians in. They wanted to hear what they had to say. But the United States is one of five nations of the United Nations with a veto power, and still they were concerned because this time the Native sovereignty was even stronger. And I believe they vetoed the entrance of the Native people. So then they knew other things would happen on the Earth. So they retreated to the Six Nations Reserve, and they talked about this, and they said the time is really getting close now -- 1949. They said, "We're going to divide the United States into four sections, and each year we're going to have a gathering. We're going to call these the White Roots of Peace Gatherings." They began to have these around 1950. And they authorized certain people to speak in English for the first time about these prophecies. One that I used to listen to many times, over and over, was Thomas Banyaca. He was authorized to speak in English about what was on the stone tablets, and he has dedicated his life to doing this. And they began to tell us at these gatherings, "You're going to see a time in your lifetime when the human beings are going to find the blueprint that makes us." They call that now DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid. They said, "They're going to cut this blueprint." They call that now genetic splicing. And they said, "They're going to make new animals upon the earth, and they're going to think these are going to help us. And it's going to seem like they do help us. But maybe the grandchildren and great-grandchildren are going to suffer." The elders said long ago, "They will release these things, and they will use them." This is going to be released not too long from now. They are making new animals. The elders talked about this. They said, "You will see new animals, and even the old animals will come back, animals that people thought had disappeared. They will find them here and there. They'll begin to reappear." They said, "You're going to see a time when the eagle will fly its highest in the night, and it will land upon the moon. And at that time, many of the Native people will be sleeping," which symbolically means they have lost their teachings. We're at that time now. The Eagle has landed on the moon, 1969. When that spaceship landed, they sent back the message, "The Eagle has landed." Traditionally, Native people from clear up in the Inuit region have shared with us this prophecy, clear down to the Quechuas in South America. At this time you're going to see that things will speed up, that people on the earth will move faster and faster. Grandchildren will not have time for grandparents. Parents will not have time for children. It will seem like time is going faster and faster. The elders advised us that, as things speed up, you yourself should slow down. The faster things go, the slower you go. Because there's going to come a time when the earth is going to be shaken a third time. The Great Spirit has shaken the earth two times: the First and Second World Wars to remind us that we are a human family, to remind us that we should have greeted each other as brothers and sisters. We had a chance after each shaking to come together in a circle that would have brought peace on earth, but we missed that. Tonight they were talking on the news about the sign for the Third Shaking of the Earth. They said they're going to build what the elders called the house in the sky. In the 1950's they talked about his: they will build a house and throw it in the sky. When you see people living in the sky on a permanent basis, you will know the Great Spirit is about to grab the earth, this time not with one hand, but with both hands. When this house is in the sky, the Great Spirit is going to shake the Earth a third time, and whoever dropped that gourd of ashes, upon them it is going to drop. They say at that time there will be villages in this land so great that when you stand in the villages you will not be able to see out, and in the prophecies these are called villages of stone, or prairies of stone. And they said the stone will grow up from the ground, and you will not be able to see beyond the village. At the center of each and every one of these villages will be Native people, and they will walk as hollow shells upon a prairie of stone. They said hollow shells, which means they will have lost any of their traditional understandings; they will be empty within. They said that, after the Eagle lands on the moon, some of these people will begin to leave these prairies of stone and come home and take up some of the old ways and begin to make themselves reborn, because it's a new day. But many will not. And they said there's going to come a time when in the morning the sun is going to rise, and this village of stone will be there, and in the evening there would just be steam coming from the ground. They will be as steam. And in the center of many of those villages of stone, when they turn to steam, the Native people will turn to steam also because they never woke up and left the village. They say there's going to be the Third Shaking of the Earth. It's not going to be a good thing to see, but we will survive it. We will survive it. And when we survive it, there's going to be another attempt to make a circle of the human beings on the earth. And this time the Native people will not have to petition to join but will be invited to enter the circle because they say the attitude toward us will have changed by then, and people will let us into the circle, and all the four colors of the four directions will share their wisdom, and there will be a peace on earth. This is coming close. The prophecies are always either/or. We could have come together way back there in 1565, and we could have had a great civilization, but we didn't. Always along the path of these prophecies, we could have come together. We still could. If we could stop the racial and religious disharmony, we would not have to go through this third shaking. The elders say the chance of that is pretty slim. It seems to me like it's pretty slim, too. But they say what we can do is we can cushion it so it won't be quite as bad. How do we do this? We do this by sharing the teaching that will reunite us. -+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: New Year Contest! As we enter the last month of the year, it's time to dust off our keyboards and get ready to win an Amethyst cluster from Ozark Rock Exchange! To get your name entered in the New Year Contest and have the chance to win, you need to answer these three simple questions: Where do you get your news from? Send your answers to webmaster@ozarkrockexchange.com and you will be automatically entered in the New Year Contest with the chance to win an Amethyst cluster! Entries must be received by Tuesday January 4 at midnight to be eligible for the New Year Contest drawing. Winner will be notified by email and announced in the January issue of ORE FEATURES and at the website. Pictures of the prize and details on the contest are available at: -+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- What's Happening At Ozark Rock Exchange? GEMSTONE PENDANTS: A brilliant collection of unique gemstone pendants have arrived just in time for the holidays. Ruby, Lapis Lazuli, Moonstone, Garnet, Labradorite are just a few of the new pieces. Each one handcrafted to perfectly highlight the gemstones! SPIRIT BODY & SOUL FAIR IN KC: My last trip with Gypsy Wind for 2004 is in Kansas City this weekend. The Spirit, Body & Soul Fair are Saturday and Sunday at the Best Western at 501 Southwest Boulevard. Hours are 11 to 7 on Saturday and 11 to 6 on Sunday. I have a lecture on Saturday at 3:30 called "What Do I Do With These Rocks?". All the lectures are free. ORE FEATURES ARTICLES: Lady Niteshade, owner of the MSN group, The Witches Tea is now sharing ORE FEATURES articles with her group. SHOP OZARK ROCK EXCHANGE: The Bead Gallery in Springfield Mo now carries gemstones and crystals from Ozark Rock Exchange. Visit the Bead Gallery on Glenstone, just South of Grand (next to Papa John's pizza). NICKEL DEALS: Ozark Rock Exchange is celebrating our Fifth Anniversary all year long with Nickel Deals! The last Nickel Deals are: purchase a gemstone spiral for only five cents when you purchase any 7 small gemstones; or purchase a gemstone strand for only a nickel with any $50 purchase. Details on December's Nickel Deals are here: https://www.ozarkrockexchange.com/cart/index.php?cPath=34 WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OZARK ROCK EXCHANGE? The answer is at MOBILE ORE STORE Spirit, Body & Soul Fair |
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