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Crystal Terminology

Below is a list of helpful terms to know when working with gems and minerals. It includes terminology on various crystal shapes and forms. Terms specific to mineral shapes have “(form)” next to them for ease of reference.

Abundance (form): An abundance crystal consists of one long quartz crystal with many small crystals clustered around its base. Its function is to attract wealth and abundance.  

Adamantine Luster: A particularly brilliant shine as shown by a specimen such as a diamond.

Amorphous (form): Amorphous crystals, such as obsidian, have no particular shape. Energy flows rapidly through and amorphous crystal as it has no rigid internal organization.

Aura: The subtle bio-magnetic sheath that surrounds the physical body, providing a protective zone that extends for about 18 inches to 3 feet from the body and contains information about a person’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual state of being. 

Aura Crystal: A crystal specimen, usually of the quartz variety, that has been coated with metal (i.e. gold, titanium) in a vacuum chamber resulting in an iridescent sheen.

Ball (form): Balls are usually shaped from a larger piece of crystal and may have planes or flaws within them. They emit energy in all directions equally. 

Barnacle (form): A barnacle crystal has many small crystals covering a larger crystal. 

Bridge (form): A bridge crystal grows out of another larger crystal. It assists in bridging gaps and bringing things together.

Carat: The standard measure of weight for precious stones and metals. A carat is equal to 0.007 oz (0.2g).

Cathedral Quartz (form): Cathedral quartz may appear to be composed of several convoluted pieces, but these are in fact all part of the main crystal which has multiple terminations with at least one point at the apex.

Channeler (form): A channeling crystal has a 7 sided facet at the front of the termination and a triangular face on the opposite side. It channels healing energy or information from higher sources. 

Cleavage: The way a mineral or rock breaks along a certain plane, or in a certain direction.

Cluster (form): A cluster has many points bedded, but not necessarily fixed, into a base. The crystals may be small or large. 

Companion (form): A companion crystal has two crystals entwined and partly growing in each other, or a small crystal that grows out of the main crystal. 

Cross (form): A cross formation has one crystal at right angles to another, usually larger crystal. 

Crystal: A naturally occurring substance whose atoms are arranged in a regular manner. 

Crystal System: The systems in which crystals are grouped based on their symmetry. There are 6 crystal systems: cubic, monoclinic, triclinic, trigonal/hexagonal, orthorhombic, and tetragonal. 

Diamond Window (form): Flat faces at the top of crystals are called windows. A diamond window is large and connected to the apex and the base.

Double Terminated (form): A crystal with two naturally faceted ends. 

Dull Luster: A shine that reflects very little.

Earthy Luster: A non-reflective mineral luster.

Egg (form): A crystal cut in the shape of an egg. 

Elestial (form): An elestial has many natural terminations and folds over a multilayered crystal. 

Etched (form): An etched crystal that looks as though hieroglyphs or cuneiform writing has been inscribed on its faces. 

Faces: The External flat surface that make up a crystal’s shape.

Fault Line: An inner flaw or break in a crystal that refracts light and appears to divide the crystal into sections. 

Fluorescence: The optical effect whereby a mineral appears a different color in ultraviolet light than in ordinary daylight. 

Fracture: The distinctive way a mineral breaks.

Friable: Minerals that easily crumble are referred to as friable.

Gemstone: A mineral, usually crystal-like, which is valued for its color, rarity, and hardness.

Generator (form): A generator crystal has six facets meeting equally in a sharp point. 

Geode (form): A geode is contained within an outer form. When opened, it is hollow with many crystals pointing inward. 

Geologist: A scientist who studies the Earth and its structure and composition.

Gridding: The placing of crystals around a building, person, or room for protection or enhancement energies.

Habit: The general shape of a mineral.

Inclusion: Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, often producing a rainbow.

Iridescence: A play of colors that looks like oil on water that occurs when light reflects off internal elements of a rock or mineral. 

Layered (form): Plate-like crystals such as lepidolite are referred to as layered. 

Luster: The way in which light reflects of the surface of a mineral.

Manifestation (form): One or more small crystals are totally enclosed by a larger crystal. 

Matrix: The bedrock on which crystals are formed.

Metallic Luster: A shine like that of polished metal.

Mineral: A naturally occurring solid with specific characteristics, such as a particular chemical composition and crystal shape.

Mineralogist: A scientist who studies minerals.

Mohs Scale: A scale of hardness used in classifying minerals. It runs from 1 to 10 using a series of reference minerals, and a position on the scale depends on the ability to scratch minerals rated lower.

Occlusion: A mineral deposit within a crystal, which usually shows up as cloudy patches, spots, or a ghostlike image depending on the color of the material.

Opaque: A substance or material that does not let light pass through it.

Ore: A rock or mineral from which metal can be extracted

Phantom (form): A phantom crystal appears ghostlike within the body of a larger crystal. 

Pleochroic: In a crystal, appearing to have two or more different colors or shades of color, depending on the angle from which it is viewed. 

Point (form): Points may be natural or artificially shaped. A single crystal point has a faceted pointed end and the other end tends to look ragged where it has been separated from a cluster base. 

Prism: A solid geometric figure with a set of faces parallel to one another.

Pyramid (form): A crystal with four sides on a base, but the base itself may be squared off if the crystal is natural (i.e. apophyllite) rather than artificially shaped.

Record Keeper (form): A record keeper crystal has clearly etched pyramid shapes on its side or sides. 

Resinous Luster: A shine like that of resin.

Scepter Quartz (form): A scepter quartz is a large central rod around one end of which another crystal is formed. 

Seer Stone (form): A seer stone is a natural, water polished stone that is cut to reveal an inner world. 

Specific Gravity: The ratio of a mineral’s weight compared to the weight of an equal volume of water.

Square (form): A square crystal consolidates energy within its form. It’s useful for anchoring intention and grounding. 

Streak: The color of a mineral’s powder. It is less variable than the color of the mineral, so is a more reliable identification tool.

Striation: One of multiple, usually parallel grooves or scratches on a rock surface, produced by abrasion associated with glacial movement, stream flow, a geologic fault, or meteoric impact.

Tabular (form): A tabular crystal has two wide sides resulting in a flat crystal which may be double terminated. 

Transmitter (form): A transmitter crystal has two seven-sided facets with two perfect triangles between them. 

Tumbled (form): Refers to stones that have been polished in a large drum with grit, resulting in a smooth and often shiny stone.

Vitreous Luster: A shine like that of glass.

Vogal Wand (form): A crystal with specially created, indented facets with specific angles down the sides of a quartz wand. 

Wand (form): A crystal in the shape of a wand, either naturally occurring or artificially cut. 

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Revised 30 September 2017

Please rb this if you’re a witch?

Especially if you:

🌻 are not Wiccan

🌻 are a green witch

🌻 are a kitchen witch

🌻 are a lunar/solar witch

🌻 are a pop culture witch

🌻 are LGBTQ+

🌻 do divination

🌻 do tarot

🌻 are looking for more witchy pals

🌻 like musicals

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The Vibes different types of Witches give me

(This is all from personal experience. I have been or dabbled into these types of Witchery at some point)

Divination Witch:

- I feel like they would like jazz

- Though that might just be because of that “Friends on the Other Side” song

- Probably a (not so secret) Harry Potter fan

- Very good at taking criticism (because they keep getting called out by playing cards)

- Believes in fate

- Appreciates the artwork on very pretty cards

- “Is this my intuition, or am I just anxious?”

- Probably likes Messy Buns

- Aloof when nervous, but very excitable and fun once they’re comfortable

- Incredibly Existential, probably has really deep conversations at like 3 am

- Very motivated, but so damn tired

- May or may not get paranoid a lot

- "You don't choose your deck/pendulum/runes. They choose you."

Deity / Spirit Work Witch:

- “Teacher, (Y/N)’s chanting ancient hymns in class again!”

- Tired eyes

- Peoplewatching, probably studies humans a lot despite being one of them

- Wise beyond their years

- Has a hard time making friends because few people are “on their level”

- The type of person that people are either intimidated by, or everyone looks up to

- Making playlists for your Deities

- Has that bigger-than-life energy that attracts many people, for better or for worse

- Very respectful and knows how to not lose their temper easily

- History and/or Culture enthusiast

- Probably has a fascination with a certain part of the world or culture

Pop Culture Witch:

- That fan who refuses to accept that their favorite character died

- Honestly tired of having to explain and justify their craft

- Probably has an Online Grimoire

- Almost definitely writes fanfiction (or at least reads a lot of it)

- I feel like they’d enjoy Buzzfeed Unsolved or other paranormal series (Gravity Falls, Paranorman, Over the Garden Wall, etc.)

- Stans like 12 different characters

- Enjoys Glamour Spells

- Daydreams a lot

- Owns too many books (or not enough)

- Very intuitive and has a good sense for what herbs/crystals go with a certain character

- Kinda got into Witchcraft by accident (like me)

- Very heavily influenced by their favorite series and such

- Probably likes Gay-coded Music (Mother Mother, Hozier, Lil Nas X, etc.)

Hedge Witch:

- Very vivid dreams

- Very interested in Astral Travel

- Often attracts random animals and children because of their “good energy”

- Talks to their home, the trees, spirits, everyone

- I feel like they’d have very cool looking but functional shoes

- A lonely (but not alone) soul

- Has a good morning routine, probably a morning person

- Any day where they can watch the sunrise is a good day

- Really likes folktales

- Big reader, but probably collects more books than they read

- Really wants an herb garden

- Constantly researching new practices, their book of shadows is huge

Storm Witch:

- Has really good intuition for the weather. Can pretty much feel when it’s going to rain

- Always has jars on the windowsill or pack porch to catch rainwater

- Enjoys the sound of thunder

- Really good at whistling (whistling up a wind)

- Probably really into Hopepunk or other punk subcultures

- Genuinely annoyed when it’s too sunny

- Either really outgoing or incredibly aloof. May be an Aquarius

- Angry 99.9% of the time, but does a decent job at not showing it

- Has a specific outfit for taking walks in the rain

- Has no volume control and accidentally talks to loud

- Very protective over loved ones

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Deity Work: Respect vs. Honor vs. Devotion

When deciding to add a religious component into your practice, there’s a lot of factors to consider. 

What practices are closed to me? 

What kind of relationship do I want to build with the Divine? 

How do I practice a religion that most believe to be long gone? 

Have I dealt with any negative experiences/beliefs/mindsets that may be hard to let go of from my old religious practices? 

While all of these are important, I want to focus on a simple but crucial distinction within deity work- what it means to respect or honor a deity compared to devotion to a deity. 

Respect:

Respecting a deity is basically extending common courtesy towards Divine entities that you are not directly involved with. Speaking of them with respect and engaging in discussion of theological differences without deliberate contempt or ridicule. 

Why? Well, for one, I think it’s a good idea not to antagonize a being I can’t even comprehend, even if I don’t believe in them. But primarily, it’s an extension of my respect towards those of different faiths. It’s important to note that respecting a deity doesn’t mean respecting people or organizations who use their faith as justification to harm others. It doesn’t mean agreeing or supporting every aspect of a religion’s theology. 

My common courtesy does not extend to religious leaders within the Catholic church that have refused to apologize or take responsibility for the decades of abuse of Indigenous children. 

If you live in the U.S. or Canada- go to this website and learn what Native land you’re living on. If you can, make a donation to a local or national Indigenous organization to start making a dent in these injustices. 

Respect is simply having good manners. It’s how we want others to treat our deities, symbols, and traditions.

Honor: 

Honoring a deity is when you believe in a deity, you engage in practices with/for/associated with them but you do not have a personal commitment to a relationship with them. 

For example, I honor all of the deities of the Hellenic pantheon. I might make offerings on days of significance or participate in specific festivals but I don’t have a dedicated altar space or have a committed practice of worship. And I also don’t honor all of the Hellenic deities in the same way or with the same frequency. I honor Artemis and Dionysus more than others because of personal connection. 

I think it’s important for polytheistic pagans not to feel pressured into honoring every single deity within that pantheon. Setting aside the 12 Olympians, there are dozens of deities within the Hellenic pantheon. Learning and feeling confident enough to work with 1 deity is already challenging, so please be kind to yourself. 

Devotion: 

Devotion is making the commitment to a personal relationship with a deity. It takes a lot of time and emotional energy to devote yourself to a deity, lots of learning and understanding of them and their traditions. 

There’s no framework for how to devote yourself or if you should become devoted to a deity. It’s a very personal journey and it’s impossible for anyone to tell you exactly what to do if you’re interested in a deity. I can offer advice about my experience with Apollo, but your experience with Him will be completely unique to you. 

Devotion to a deity as a practice also looks very different. I have a dedicated altar, I pray, I make offerings and celebrate festivals. But if your relationship with a deity doesn’t include any of that? That is okay. Especially if you’re a solitary practitioner and learning on your own- the Divine are patient and understanding. We’re human and I really believe that the Divine prefer you at your most genuine rather than perfection. Especially if that fear of not being “good enough” is what’s keeping you from establishing that relationship in the first place. 

I hope that helps clarify the differences. You can always send a message or an ask with questions on deity work or other witchy topics. Just know that with deity work in particular, it’s hard to get specific answers because of how personal that journey is. 

How do you perform deity work? What’s something you love about your particular path or pantheon?

Brightest blessings! - Kate

🐇 Eros Deity Information 💘

Eros

Modern - Cupid (Cherub)

Blindfolded - ‘Love is blind,’

    •Figures of 3

        •Eros

        •Himeros

        •Pothos

Son of

    •Aphrodite & Ares

        •Possibly just Aphrodite’s servant

    •Isis & Zephyrus

    •Nyx & Erebus

    •Gaia & Tartarus

    •Poros & Penia

        •Aphrodite’s birthday

    •Chaos

God of

    •Love

    •Lust

    •Hetero

        •Protector

    •Homo

        •Protector

    •Fertility

    •Athleticism

    •Sexual Power

    •Art

Family

    •Wife

        •Psyche

    •Brother

        •Anteros

    •Daughter

        •Hedone

Ancient

Spring festival (w/ Aphrodite)

4th day of every month (dedication)

    •Offerings

        •Plants & flowers

        •Oils

        •Wine

        •Jewelry

        •Sacrifices

            •Personal objects

            •Candles

            •Shadow work

Offerings

    •Fruit

        •Apples

        •Grapes

        •Quince

        •Pears

    •Flower/plants

        •Roses

        •Lilies

        •Clover

        •Myrtle

        •Sandalwood

    •Symbolism

        •Rabbits

        •Bow & arrows

        •Rams

        •Torches

        •Doves

    •Eggshells (fertility)

    •Shells

    •(Pink) Stones/gems

        •Rose quartz

        •Morganite

        •Pink petrified wood

    •Drawings

    •Sweets

        •Tea

        •Food

        •Chocolate

        •Candies

    •Devotion - Love

        •Relationship exploration

        •Recounting old love

        •Shadow work

    •Winged sandals

    •Palm branch

    •Copper

    •Colors

        •Red

        •Pink

        •Gold

        •Silver

    •Cinnamon

    •Vanilla

    •Candles

        •Fruity

        •Floral

        •Pink

        •Sweet

    •Personal

        •Alter/shrine

        •Playlist

    •Archery

    •Lyre