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heatherkorn26 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:53:01 -0800

Healing Properties of Gemstones: Crystal Quartz (also known as Onyx)

heatherkorn26 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:36:49 -0800

According to crystal healers and New Age believers, crystal and gem healing is an art and practice, done on a metaphysical level, that is being rediscovered because of the power of the earth's energies that have been absorbed by these sacred objects that, in turn, inherit vital healing powers used to heal many types of ailments. They believe that crystals have physical, spiritual, spirit, crystal energy, tranquility, spiritual awareness, zodiac, powers that can be used for Eastern Medicine treatment of everything from pain, stress, depression, therapy and feeling in the Mind, Spirit and Body.

Mental Healing: Onyx has served as a worry stone and material for rosary beads for centuries. Crystal healers believe that it has the ability to soothe fears and worries, to control to overwhelming emotions. They say it can help a person maintain a positive outlook while awaiting the result of a source of anxiety. They also recommend it for improving concentration and devotion, calming sexual tension and ending marital disputes.

Physical Healing: New Agers use Onyx for treating glaucoma, epilepsy, hearing problems, heart trouble, ulcers and cell damage. They also recommend it for athletes, who should wear it on a necklace that reaches the Solar Plexus to increase vigor, strength and stamina. It also works on the structural and epidermal systems including bones and teeth, bone marrow and aching feet, and soft-tissues fingernails, skin and hair.

Symbols: There are many associations in Astrological symbols and symbolism of Astrology, Ayurvedic, Hindu Astrology, Lucky Charms that are associated with gemstone or crystals, crystal healing, spiritualism, new Age, gems, minerals, mining, spirits vibrations and Chakra, as well as mystical numerology and psychic supernatural investigations. It is rare in Cherokee, Medium but is elegant and found often in crucifixes.

Birthstone
February

Shaman Birthstone
Scorpio

Astrological Birthstone
Capricorn or Leo

Planetary Astrology
Mars or Saturn

Elemental Symbolism
Fire elemental

Numerology
6

Roman Astrology
July

Marriage
The 7^th year anniversary

Time of Day
Onyx symbolizes the midnight hour.

Names
Onyx is beneficial for men named Oliver.

Dreams: Some Gemstones, gems, crystals and minerals have been believed to be a sleep aide, to have an effect on dreams, sleeping, dreaming, insomnia, sleeplessness, nightmares, foretelling, rest, resting, psychic development, consciousness and mental energy. Others have been said to work in the unconscious mind and the spiritual plane and seem to bring mental, ESP, emotional, physical, sleep transition, soothing to the spirit and can sometimes stop sleep disorders such as Sleep Apnea, snoring, tossing and turning, stress relief, energy, disturbed sleep or sleep walking.

Onyx is one of the few stones to which many sleeping and dreaming myths refer. Spiritualists believe that when worn by people with exceptional Extra Sensory Perception (ESP), their dreams will be frightful but if the wearer is able to keep himself or herself from becoming too frightened, the dreams will reveal secrets of the future. These nightmares can lead to a deep melancholy in weak individuals. One myth says that reaming of Onyx heralds happiness in marriage.

Mythology: The ancient mythology beliefs, crystal mythology, and references to crystals, minerals, metals, semi-precious stones and rocks in Greek, Roman, Native American, and Egyptian Mythology are many. There are also Mineral Legends, mining folklore, heroes in mining, myths about jewelry, stories of buried treasure, Vedic Myths, and more.

There is an ancient Greek myth behind the origin of the word Onyx or onux, the Greek word for fingernail. The legend says that Eros (Cupid) clipped the goddess Venus’ fingernails while she was sleeping and scattered them on the beaches of the Earth. Seeing what had transpired, the fates turned the fingernails to stone. These stones became the chalcedony stones that the Greeks called Onyx. Centuries later, the Romans applied the term to black and dark brown chalcedony.

Spirituality: For those who follow the Wicca, New Age or believe in the Spirit World, Crystals, Minerals, Rocks, Semi-Precious Stones and metals can have powers for Astral Travel, Aura Cleansing, Channeling, Cosmic Awareness, Crystal Healing, ESP, Meditation, Psychic Communication, Psychic Energy and Transcendental Meditation. They also believe a crystal can have crystal magic that gives it the ability to connect to spirits, spirit guides, spiritual energy and help with channeling spirits and increase cosmic awareness.

With its powers effective in all Chakras, Onyx is a very spiritual stone. Its primary function for spiritualists is as a grounding stone that strengthens the connection of the person with the earth during meditation and astral travel to provide guidance. They also say that it can make powerful memorial jewelry that can heal the spirit during mourning. It is in tune with the Earth’s energies, balances Yin and Yang, but does not respond well to energy programming.

Protection-The spiritualists believe it can protect against venomous snake and insect bites, divine the future through dreams and offer general protection in times of conflict. It is a defensive magick stone.

Hebrew- Onyx was one of the twelve stones in the Hebrew High Priest Aaron’s breastplate. It is associated with the Gad Tribe of Israel and the guardian angel Gabriel. Onyx is also the Hebrew stone for July.

Vibration-#7 vibration

Onyx is found worldwide in large and small deposits. Important locales include Mexico in the state of Oaxaca. Other deposits exist in Brazil, Madagascar, India, Algeria and Pakistan.

The Temptations: "Just My Imagination"

heatherkorn26 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:56:22 -0800

Love Poems: "Symptoms of Love" by Robert Graves

heatherkorn26 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:55:30 -0800

SYMPTOMS OF LOVE

Love is a universal migraine,

A bright stain on the vision

Blotting out reason.

Symptoms of true love

Are leaness, jealousy,

Laggard dawns;

Are omens and nightmares-

Listening for a knock,

Waiting for a sign:

For a touch of her fingers

In a darkened room,

For a searching look.

Take courage, lover!

Could you endure such grief

At any hand but hers?

-Robert Graves (1895-1985)

'2012' Trailer HD

heatherkorn26 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:42:00 -0800

We have all head of the Mayan Calendar coming to an end in 2012. That the earth will align with the rest of the solar system, something that only occurs around every 5,000 years. Now Hollywood is cashing in on the big idea. And cashing in BIG. But just ask NASA, a blue ribbon organization who has been studying our sky with the most advanced technology on our blue planet and they will project otherwise.

8 Sequin Style Ideas for Fall & Winter 2009

heatherkorn26 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:07:04 -0800

Go in your Grandmother's Closet
Try Sequin Inspired Earrings
Check your local Vintage Stores
Get Sequin Leggings
Invest in Sequin vest or jacket
Buy an amazing sequin dress
Wear sequin with Silk
Accessorize with Sequin Scarf, Gloves or Headbands

My favorite celebrity Stylist, April Steiner, says sequins are all the rave for Holiday 2009. Looking around I see H&M 's new Jimmy Choo line with oversized sequin tanks and celebrities on the red carpet like Lindsey Lohan and Jennifer Lopez all wearing sequins this season. Does sequin ever really go out of style? if you are a vintage lover, try your local vintage stores, great ones in Los Angeles are Wasteland and Crossroads (off Melrose Ave). I found the most amazing black all sequin tank top a few years ago and it has worked every winter with jeans and heels. Another great way to find amazing sequin finds is your mother's or grandmother's closet. Look for an oversized sequin blouse or a fitted jacket, belts, gloves with sequin at the wrists. The possibilities are endless!

Cocktail Rings for Any Occasion!

heatherkorn26 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:53:10 -0800

Topaz Gemstone

"Lagoon"

COCKTAIL RINGS

"MYNT"

The Quartz crystal is said to stimulate: communication, wisdom, clarity of thought, is used for general healing, memory, meditation, awakening, pureness of heart, intention, higher conscious, positive thoughts, harmony and love.

"Peony"

Topaz is said to promote individuality, while providing self confidence in your own decisions and activates the laws of attraction.

Lady Gaga: And the making of Important Art (Not Fame)

heatherkorn26 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:24:00 -0800

From fashion saint to guido godess. Style enthusiasts can't get enough talk about Lady GaGa. One minute shes in a Kermit the frog get-up in a german televison studio, then next she's wrapped in leotards on Miami Beach for her V magazine shoot. The New York native formerly known as Stefani Joanna Angelina Germanotta flaunts the cover of this month's Flare Magazine spouting :

“I went through periods where I was very sexy, then I became a hippie girl with ripped jeans and then went into a leopard tights and leotards phase… which I’m still in,” she laughs quietly. “Fashion saved my life,” she later admits. “When I was young, I was laughed at in school because I dressed dramatically.”

Being a girl who can relate to dramatic dresssing, I'm impressed by the 23-year old's sense of couture meets pop artist and I love that she is waiting to start her own line right away...

“At some point, I will,” she says. “Right now, I’m more concerned with using my fame to promote young designers such as Gary Card, an artist who designed a piece I used on stage.”

Go Gaga!

BreakThrough: A Conscious Documentary

heatherkorn26 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:56:41 -0800

BreakThrough Trailer from Michal Abney on Vimeo.

BreakThrough: Film Project Proposal

By Michal Abney

BreakThrough: Ordinary People Having ExtraOrdinary Conversations

Director: Michal Abney

Camera: Mike Chesworth

Sound: Mike Chesworth

Editor: ReInvented Media

Producers: Becky Schoenig

Writers: Michal Abney

Maria Benning

1. Working Hypothesis

Dictionary.com defines breakthrough as: any significant or sudden advance, development, achievement, or increase…that removes a barrier to progress. Our film by the same name, BreakThrough, will weave through a tapestry of interview subjects who have created opportunities for many others to remove barriers to personal happiness and peace.

Dr. Wayne Dyer has said: “When you change the way you are looking at something, the something that you are looking at changes.” Each of the individuals interviewed in our film has helped others to question their seeming reality, to realize that all is not as it appears, to understand that there is a way out of pain and suffering, and to break through stuck patterns of behavior and thinking by sharing processes and insights which affect true and lasting change.

Director Michal Abney serves as the interviewer, leading ordinary people through a set of extraordinary conversations. Deeply impacted by his own personal journey of pain and limitation into healing, and recognizing that he was assisted by a number of mentors and teachers along the way, he and the film’s team offer concrete glimpses into the stories of teachers who have successfully helped others break through to the other side.

Each mentor being interviewed shares commonalities they see in the individuals they work with, and what happens to their lives after they apply the processes and take the actions that are recommended. For example, many people have experienced the frustration of leaving a bad relationship only to find that they have recreated strikingly similar dynamics in the next one. Insights are given into how to do things differently in a healthier, more aware manner, so that what is lacking in an individual is healed. Now, instead of attracting partners based on what is missing and seeking fulfillment in another (which can only result in pain), the possibility is created for a joining of equal partners who realize that they are complete, in and of themselves.

Borrowing from (among others) eastern philosophies about karma (life lessons) and dharma (life’s purpose), BreakThrough is about freedom from pain. Illustrated beautifully by Mariane Parisi, one of the film’s interview subjects, the conversation between her and the director reveals ways in which a person can safely and fully release from pain so that is it never recreated.

Encompassed within the ten hours of footage already in the can, Michal Abney allows himself to be led through a number of different processes and reveals, on camera, how easily it is to be freed from past limitations through the gentle guidance of a trusted teacher.

Love is the most Powerful

heatherkorn26 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:22:54 -0800

“

love is the most powerful and still the most unknown energy of the world

”Chardin.

Led Zepplin- Going to California

heatherkorn26 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:03:20 -0800

Find a Queen without a King, they say she plays guitar and cry's and sings...

Flowers in her Hair: Mother of Pearl and Leather

heatherkorn26 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:37 -0800

MORE INFO:

Across the universe there is a girl with flowers in her hair. Are you that girl? This One-of-a-Kind mother-of-pearl flower lays on a triple braided leather band, clasps behind the flower securely and is accented with Swarovski crystals and mother of pearl that dangles at the ends. Made in USA. Comes in a silk organza pouch. Free shipping to the continental United States.

"Someone told me, there's a girl out there...with Love in her Heart and Flowers in her Hair..." Led Zepplin

Nothing is Unique

heatherkorn26 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:57:53 -0800

“

There is that nothing one says that is Unique. It's the package that is Unique.

”chinese proverb

JAMES PERSE WOMEN RIBBED COWL NECK

heatherkorn26 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:02:31 -0800

You know how it feels to put on a piece of super soft cotton and angora and have that feeling good vibe. The JAMES PERSE WOMEN Black RIBBED COWL NECK TOP Blouse insights that feeling. Having had purchased this top in an earlier version, I am amazed at how I pull this out every winter and find new ways to incorporate it into my personal style. Have fun and share the love.

The Latest Online Store Deals!!!

heatherkorn26 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:15:28 -0800

Hockey on KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic

heatherkorn26 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:30:52 -0700

Angel Alley

heatherkorn26 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:10:00 -0700

4 days ago...on Oct 27... at 1:26pm:

"Angel Alley" (with Revelry by Kings of Leon on)

The city streets call you

Lights stay up all night

Girl forget to be

Boy your lost in the light

As haze in darkness

turns to thick smoke

do you hear the whisper

Of your fears that joke

It's been long time comin'

Your real dreams last

the hum of guitars strummin'

Sounds of lover's past

The debt of rhapsody

do we all die in vain

Leaves capture me

I call my peeps

I can't hear a sound

Of the hummingbirds singing

They usually hum so loud

I wake up from my dream

It's a quater past five

It's the dawn of the century

We've already survived

Cars block the way

Trees line the way

Smoke drifts away

Buy your here to stay

Callin' out to ya girl

I'm gonna be lazy

cause I'm so glad your home

Vote for your favorite MTV "WOODIE OF THE YEAR" here:

heatherkorn26 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:13:56 -0700

2009 mtvU Woodie Awards

Denim Trends for 2010

heatherkorn26 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:37 -0700

DENIM 2010

DISTRESSED WORN RUFFLED LIGHT BOOTCUT TUCKED BELTED BOOT ACCENTS BLOUSED

PROJECT PEP - YOU, YOUR SHOES AND 72

heatherkorn26 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:18:13 -0700

Jimmy Choo and the Elton John AIDS Foundation have launched the Project PEP collection to support the Simelela Rape Centre.

Help raise awareness for this worthy cause by entering our photo competition. Upload a photo based on the theme 'You, Your Shoes and 72'. You could win exclusive prizes and have your work exhibited at the Project PEP launch event at Selfridges London at the end of October.

hi Sunglasses

heatherkorn26 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:46:34 -0700

James Perse WOMEN Fleece Dress

heatherkorn26 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:16:33 -0700

Getting ready for winter requires comfy pieces that withstand the chill factor. This
JAMES PERSE WOMEN Olympic HOODED A-LINE FLEECE DRESS is my favorite winter dress for the week. Hooded, comfortable, and A-line! Wear this dress with your favorite fishnet tights and knee high boots and be warm in style!

Vera Wang Bridal : 2010

heatherkorn26 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:09:58 -0700

"A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes."

"As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that."

"I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman."

Very Vera, and yet the touch of noir seems majestic to the bridal line for 2010. In the world where anything goes, back to black is where Vera Wang wants to be. And i'm loving it!

Einstein on the Beach

heatherkorn26 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:39:18 -0700

“

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you anywhere.

”Albert Einstein

Quote of the Day:)

heatherkorn26 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:35:33 -0700

“

The idealists and visionaries, foolish enough to throw caution to the winds and express their ardor and faith in some supreme deed, have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

” -Emma Goldman, social activist (1869-1940)