| Crystals and stones are sacred magical tools | | | | - Aphrodite: salt |
| which help us to enhance rituals and magic. They | | | | - Ceres: emerald |
| are gifts of the Goddess and God. Some ways of | | | | - Coatlicue: jade |
| Earth Magic with crystals and stones are: | | | | - Cybele: jet |
| Preparing The Circle | | | | - Diana: amethyst, moonstone, pearl |
| We can use the stones to mark our circle instead | | | | - Freya: pearl |
| of using herbs. We begin and end at the North | | | | - The Great Mother: amber, coral, geodes, holed |
| point, laying 7, 9, 21 or 40 quartz crystals around | | | | stones |
| the circle, either inside the cord or in place of it. | | | | - Hathor: turquoise |
| The points of the quartz crystals are placed | | | | - Isis: coral, emerald, lapis lazuli, moonstone, pearl |
| facing outwards for a usual spiritual or magical | | | | - Kwan Yin: jade |
| nature, or facing inwards for a protective nature. | | | | - Lakshmi: pearl |
| Candles can be used to mark the four quarters | | | | - Maat: jade |
| of the magic circle in place of the large stones, | | | | - Mara: beryl, aquamarine |
| but ring each candle with one or more of the | | | | - Nuit: laps lazuli |
| following stones: | | | | - Pele: lava, obsidian, peridot, olivine, pumice |
| - North - Moss Agate, Emerald, Jet, Olivine, Salt, | | | | - Selene: moonstone, selenite |
| Black Tourmaline | | | | - Tiamat: beryl |
| - East - Imperial Topaz, Citrine, Mica, Pumice | | | | - Venus: emerald, lapis lazuli, pearl |
| - South - Amber, Obsidian, Rhodochrosite, Ruby, | | | | Stones of the God |
| Lava, Garnet | | | | Usually orange and red stones are used. Stones |
| - West - Aquamarine, Chalcedony, Jade, Lapis | | | | related to the Sun and Mars, Fire and Air ruled |
| Lazuli, Moonstone, Sugilite | | | | stones: |
| An Altar From Stone | | | | - Aesculapius: agate |
| The best way to make an altar from stone is to | | | | - Apollo: sapphire |
| scour the dry river beds and seashores for a | | | | - Bacchus: amethyst |
| selection of smooth stones. You could | | | | - Cupid: opal |
| alternatively buy from a rock shop. Create the | | | | - Dionysus: amethyst |
| altar with 3 large stones, 2 small ones as the base | | | | - Mars: onyx, sardonyx |
| and a longer flat stone on top. Place 1 stone on | | | | - Neptune: beryl |
| the left to represent the Goddess. You could | | | | - Odin: holed stone |
| choose a stone of the Goddess. | | | | - Poseidon: beryl, pearl, aquamarine |
| Place a stone to the right to represent the God, a | | | | - Ra: tigers eye |
| longer club shaped rock or choose a stone of the | | | | - Tezcatilpoca: obsidian |
| God. | | | | Cairns |
| Place a smaller stone in between the Goddess and | | | | Throughout the world , people used to build piles |
| God with a red candle to represent the element | | | | of stones to mark a historic event. These cairns |
| fire, and the devine energy from the Goddess | | | | had ritual significance. Cairns are places of power. |
| and God. | | | | Cairns are connected to the ground and face |
| Place a flat stone in front for offerings of wine, | | | | upwards to the sky to represent the connection |
| honey, cakes, flowers, fruit and semi precious | | | | between physical and spiritual. |
| stones. | | | | Commonly during outdoor circles, a small cairn of |
| If you can find a small cupped stone, place to the | | | | 9 or 11 rocks were fashioned at each point of the |
| left of the offering stone and fill with water to | | | | Circle of Stones. |
| represent the element. | | | | Visualize the Power of Stones |
| Place another flat piece of rock to the left of the | | | | Sit in a lonely place where there are lots of |
| offering stone and pour some salt on to it to | | | | stones. Visualize a magical need. Still visualizing, |
| symbolize the element Earth. | | | | grab a stone. Feel the energy. Place on the |
| You could place another flat stone in front of the | | | | ground. Pick up another and visualize the magic |
| offering stone to use as an incense burner. | | | | need and feel the power of the stone. Place next |
| Use a long quartz crystal as a wand and a flint or | | | | to the other stone on the ground. Keep visualizing |
| obsidan arrowhead for use as the magic knife. | | | | and adding stones to your pile until you feel a |
| Place any other tools required on the altar. | | | | vibration from the Earths energy and power |
| All Wiccan spells can be performed with this altar. | | | | within these stones. Place the last rock on top |
| Stones of the Goddesses | | | | affirming your ritual intent. Place your hands either |
| Stones related to the Moon or Venus, Water and | | | | side of the pile and visualize your energy passing |
| Earth stones should be used. Usually pink, green | | | | to these stones. Leave your cairn to do its work. |
| and blue stones. | | | | |