Stone: Amethyst Cat Cameo
The Cat embodies the instinctive side of Nature, it is a free and independent animal.
In many cultures, the cat was revered as a sacred being.
In Egypt Bastet, represented with the body of a woman and the head of a Cat, was the goddess of health and protective deity of fertility, motherhood and earthly joys (dance, music and sexuality).
In his left hand, a sacred amulet in the shape of a cat's eye was often depicted, the utchat, which had magical powers, as it protected against theft, disease and accidents, and was given to the spouses as a gift for many children.
During the period of the Inquisition, however, above all the black cat, which recalled the cat of Lilith, the first rebellious and free woman, was associated with darkness and assumed a nefarious reputation, considered animal of the devil and friend of witches, then burned alive together with the his mistress.
The cat is considered an empathic animal for its sensory abilities including that of capturing the negative energies of the environment and catalyzing them on itself, for this reason it is considered therapeutic for humans.
The Cat is a silent and meditative animal, it instinctively knows the secrets of well-being and harmony, in fact the Zen monks believed that it was able to "show the Way".
Much of its exceptional qualities depend on the senses. A super fine hearing, a prodigious sense of smell, a sight that works even in the dark, are "tools" so sophisticated that they allow this feline to "see" a much wider reality than what is within our reach, even in the darkness of the subconscious. .
Symbol of the bond that exists between the human world and the spiritual world, sensitive, intuitive, magical.
The cat is often associated with the most indomitable and elusive aspects of the female soul.
Cunning, mischievous, sinuous, insidious, mysterious, seductive, independent.
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The name Amethyst derives from the Greek word ametusthos, which means "not intoxicated" and derives from an ancient legend.
The god of wine Bacchus, angry at having always been rejected by the goddess Diana and determined to take revenge for it, decreed that the first maiden he met on his way would be devoured by his tigers. The wild beasts leapt at a young and beautiful virgin named Amethyst, who was just going to pray in the sanctuary of Diana.
She prayed for the protection of the goddess and was saved by transforming herself into a clear and white crystal moments before being torn apart by the beasts.
Bacchus, regretting his cruelty, knelt in front of the slender petrified body of the young woman and began to cry. Her tears mixed with the juice of her grapes, poured as a sign of offering on the crystalline stone, transformed it, giving it a purplish color.
Throughout history, the special virtue of amethyst has been to prevent drunkenness.
Ancient Greeks and Romans regularly dotted their chalices with amethyst, believing that wine drunk from an amethyst cup was ineffective in poisoning, and a stone worn on the body, especially at the navel, had the ability to mitigate excessive passion. .
The Amethyst awakens his own spirituality by increasing the knowledge of a reality beyond matter. Therefore, it helps to perceive the spiritual aspect that lies behind the events, reworking the sorrows with the ability to mitigate sadness, as it perceives beyond the present, beyond the material reality.
Furthermore, it increases the sense of justice, humility and honesty.
It reduces the selfish instinct and strengthens the ability to love. It is an effective soothing for the mind, which promotes concentration and calms confused thoughts. Amethyst has the ability to relieve feelings of guilt, strengthening self-confidence and decreasing inferiority complexes.
