Edgar Cayce's Sacred Stones: The A-Z Guide to Working with Gems to Enhance Your Life and Health - Shelley Kaehr 2015

Opal
Sacred Stones
Part Two

Found in: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, USA

Named for: Opal is derived from úpala, the Sanskrit word for “precious stone.”

Birthstone: October

Chinese astrology: Snake = opal

✵ Bible ✵

There are no references to opal in the King James Version; however, scholars from the Temple Institute in Jerusalem believe that opal is the actual identity of one of the stones in the breastplate of the high priest.

and in the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst; Exodus 28:19 (Darby Bible Translation)

✵ Cayce Readings ✵

Opal is mentioned forty-five times in twenty-three documents.

Cayce described a costume someone wore in a prior incarnation and then warned against wearing the opal:

. . . serpent headgear but with the sunburst of opal . . .

Q: Any special jewelry I should wear?

A: . . . not opals, however. Though these appear in the seal, they are—as self—sometimes fickle.

2522-1

Q: Will wearing opals by one who does not have them as a birth stone signify ill omens for that person?

A: No, opals will be helpful if there is kept the correct attitude, for it will enable the entity to hold on to self or to prevent those who would be angry from flying off the handle too much.

4006-1

. . . Also in the land now known as Abyssinia . . . in the upper lands of the river Nile, there were those mines of precious stones . . . opal . . .

294-153, Report #2

There are many readings about mineral rights near Yuma, Arizona, including this one:

Q: Give exact location and depth below surface.

A: We have given the exact location, you see, here on the ridge . . . in North and Easterly direction . . . opal . . .

195-7

Q: What stones have a beneficial effect on body?

A: Opal . . .

276-5

Hence the colors that will influence the developing years for the entity will be blue and yellow, or shades and tones of these particular colors with the opal . . .

314-1

Q: To what musical notes and colors do I vibrate?

A: To colors opal and opalescent. To notes C. and G.

845-1

Q: What in me has such a strong relation to particular colors?

A: . . . Egyptian influence . . . especially given to be servants—and services—in the temples of that period. These colors as we find, are especially those that tend towards those of the opal . . .

2120-1

More on Opal

Opals have a bad reputation, which began with the publication in 1829 of Sir Walter Scott’s book called Anne of Geierstein. Readers came to believe that a character was a victim of a cursed opal. In fact, Scott did not intend to represent the opal as unlucky.

In actuality, opals have had a stellar reputation through the ages. The ancient Greeks believed opals gave prophetic abilities to their owners, and in the East, opals were seen as the embodiment of the Spirit of Truth.

In reviewing the readings, the Source was also asked about this unfortunate reputation and confirmed that opals can help with your own anger or anger that is directed at you by other people.

Fire Opal

The fire opal is mentioned seven times in six documents.

The readings give a clear differentiation between regular opals and the fiery versions of the stone.

Today, the most common opals are the Australian variety, which appear in the typical traditional colors of pinks, blues, and greens. In Mexico, however, there are bright red, fiery opals that are quite remarkable.

Recently, a gorgeous piece of fire opal surrounded by a pale pink agate caught my eye. A friend noticed my fascination and bought it for me for my birthday. I regard it as one of my very favorite stones. As mentioned previously, my sun sign is Aries. Therefore, I imagine that the Source might not approve of my choice. Nevertheless, sometimes it is important to use your intuition. In this case, there was something about that piece that immediately resonated with me.

I believe that there are powerful energies in the area of what is now Mexico. Those areas were once Lemuria and Atlantis, and I believe many people who are drawn to the Cayce readings were incarnated there at one time or another. I feel that the fire opal captured my imagination because of those energies.

Let’s look closer at some of the readings that refer to the fire opal.

In the first readings, Source acknowledges the idea of fire as a purification tool as well as the passion of fire and the ability of this stone to awaken passion in the user:

. . . fire opal would be of the stones that should be about the entity; for the holding of that fire, that vigor, that understanding that makes for purification, even though the fires of the flesh must be burned out that the glory of self may be made manifest in being a channel for the glory of the living truths to be known and experienced among others.

1193-1

It will be found that the odors of henna, with tolu and myrrh, create an influence of ease, while the fire opal . . . brings great passion, intenseness, the abilities to lose emotions through the very center of the body for the closer association of the spiritual with the activate influences of mental self.

1580-1

The next person, who was born February 2, 1923, is Aquarius. Source believes the fire opal would be helpful, perhaps to balance other elements in the chart:

Hence the opal that is called the change . . . should be . . . about the body or entity oft. Wear the fire opal as a locket about the neck. This would be well. Not upon the hands nor upon the wrists, but about the neck.

1406-1

Next, Source describes how fire signs might fade the color from opals:

There being, then, individuals who when wearing a fire opal would be hard individuals to deal with when it came to sex . . .

. . . those which indicate the fire signs in the aura of such should never wear opals, and they will even fade flowers when worn on their bodies. But the more delicate, as would bring the nature, is preferable.

5294-1

I find this idea interesting. In ancient times, people believed that opals could change colors, becoming brighter when success and fortune were about to happen and similarly fading out when something unlucky was pending. It seems that once again, the Source was tapping into some universal knowledge.

Another reading describes the passion of the fire opal:

. . . as if looking at a fire opal—as a burst of enthusiasm, or burst of purpose, or individuality that would be indicated.

5746-1, Report #2

The following report is one of my personal favorites:

My husband and I are owners and constant wearers of matched fire opal pendants about our necks.

Only recently we were blessed to meet the owners of the ’Opal Queen’ Fire-opal mine here in Virgin Valley in Nevada . . .

From 3 P.M. until after 9 P.M. I handled hundreds of uncut gems worth a countless amount of money . . . after several hours (I was still holding one in my fingers), I suddenly was seized with a burning sensation in my solar plexus region. I became slightly nauseated—burned up—then chilled—and next completely weak and near fainting. Being a nurse, I excused myself . . . lowered my head to my knees . . . Shortly I returned to the opals—and the minute I began handling them once again, the same thing occurred, almost immediately . . . the owner of the mine, Ed Mitchell, told me he cannot view or handle precious opals for any period of time without the exact same thing happening to him . . .

Now, can you shed any light on maybe why this takes place with opals (fire opals)? No other gems seem to affect us.

1193-1, Report #4

The member received a letter back from Robert O. Clapp, Director of A.R.E. Membership Services:

. . . opal was a control for anger and . . . as a means of purification.

There doesn’t seem to be anything in the readings to support your reaction to opals . . . What your experience does indicate is that gem stones do have an effect upon the body . . .

1193-1, Report #5

Mr. Clapp summarized this idea perfectly. Some of my students have experienced harsh reactions to stones in the past. If that happens to you, try to allow the stone to work through the energy fields until the negative charge balances out. Your frequency will shift until the energy transforms. Often when significant changes occur, they can be frightening because they are so powerful. In the end, the energy shift will be an improvement.

Yucatan Firestone

Yucatan firestone is mentioned three times in three documents.

In my last exploration of this topic in the Edgar Cayce Guide to Gemstones, I discussed the ambiguity of the term firestone. In that book, I suggested that this term might be synonymous with fire opal. The theory made sense to me because those kinds of opals are prevalent in the American Southwest and Mexico where Cayce traveled during his lifetime.

I have since revisited this theory. Now, I am more inclined to believe firestones may indeed be another version of the Tuaoi stone of Atlantis. If not exactly that same stone, perhaps the firestone somehow powered the machines of destruction in Atlantis.

The following reading gives our best clue to the true identity of the firestone and suggests this may have been a destructive force from Atlantis, which when used improperly would have devastated humanity:

Q: Give an account of the electrical and mechanical knowledge of the entity as Asal-Sine in Atlantis.

A: . . . About the firestone that was in the experience did the activities of the entity then make those applications that dealt with both the constructive and destructive forces in the period.

440-5

In the following reading, Source seems to use the term firestone synonymously with the word opal, which makes me believe that Source is describing the fire opal from the Yucatan region:

Before that we find the entity was in the Persian land . . . dealing in the linens of Egypt . . . the opal, the firestone . . .

5294-1

My conclusion is that perhaps Source was describing two distinct things in these readings and just happened to use the term firestone when describing a destructive force in Atlantis as well as the fiery opals found in Mexico.

If you decide to work with opal, allow the stone to reveal itself to you over time. You will reap the benefits.