Wolfsong
October 24th, 2007, 11:37 PM
Last night at one of the classes I give a person brought up an interesting question I would like to share here...
She asked how I treat the properties of larger cabinet size combination pieces (mineral specimens which contain 4 or 5 or more different minerals). This actually made me think for a minute as there are two definate approaches to this train of thought...
The first is the idea that you treat the piece just as you would the individual pieces and then combine the properties of all the minerals. At first this made sense and it is the logical first thought for most people I think but as I let the individuals discuss this idea I started thinking specifically about how I treat such specimens and so I forewarded a second idea for everyone to ponder...
For me these pieces are most always used as energy pieces for a room or environ... not only for their energies but also for their looks and how they effect an eviron on all levels. Lets take a hypothetical example.. a specimen who`s dominant mineral is Flourite but also hosts some Quartz and Hematite all situated on a matrix of Bismuth. My approach to a specimen such as this would be to focus on the Flourite and learn from it. What this does for me is give me the energies of the dominant mineral which in this case is Flourite after being subjected to the energies of the other minerals. In other words focusing on the energies of the flourite and how it`s energies are effected by the other minerals.
It`s my belief that the energes of the dominant mineral will be exactly that.. dominant. To try and focus on the Quartz or any of the other minerals and their energies and incorporate them exclusively does not, in my opinion, do justice to the enegies of the specimen as a whole and these are the energies we should focus on.
Anyways...needless to say this developed into a lively conversation which lasted way longer than any of us expected... over 3 hours :p . In the end about 80% of my class agreed with me and 20% thought it more effective to keep the energies and properties seperate and focuss on them all and use as many as possible. No one was right and no one was wrong as is always the case in situations like this but it was enlightening for everyone.. including me so I thought I would share it with you all to hopefully, at least, give everyone something new to think about when working with combination pieces....
She asked how I treat the properties of larger cabinet size combination pieces (mineral specimens which contain 4 or 5 or more different minerals). This actually made me think for a minute as there are two definate approaches to this train of thought...
The first is the idea that you treat the piece just as you would the individual pieces and then combine the properties of all the minerals. At first this made sense and it is the logical first thought for most people I think but as I let the individuals discuss this idea I started thinking specifically about how I treat such specimens and so I forewarded a second idea for everyone to ponder...
For me these pieces are most always used as energy pieces for a room or environ... not only for their energies but also for their looks and how they effect an eviron on all levels. Lets take a hypothetical example.. a specimen who`s dominant mineral is Flourite but also hosts some Quartz and Hematite all situated on a matrix of Bismuth. My approach to a specimen such as this would be to focus on the Flourite and learn from it. What this does for me is give me the energies of the dominant mineral which in this case is Flourite after being subjected to the energies of the other minerals. In other words focusing on the energies of the flourite and how it`s energies are effected by the other minerals.
It`s my belief that the energes of the dominant mineral will be exactly that.. dominant. To try and focus on the Quartz or any of the other minerals and their energies and incorporate them exclusively does not, in my opinion, do justice to the enegies of the specimen as a whole and these are the energies we should focus on.
Anyways...needless to say this developed into a lively conversation which lasted way longer than any of us expected... over 3 hours :p . In the end about 80% of my class agreed with me and 20% thought it more effective to keep the energies and properties seperate and focuss on them all and use as many as possible. No one was right and no one was wrong as is always the case in situations like this but it was enlightening for everyone.. including me so I thought I would share it with you all to hopefully, at least, give everyone something new to think about when working with combination pieces....