Thanks for the link!

I guess I took lucid dreaming the wrong way. I thought it meant having more control over one's dream. I'm not having bad dreams..exactly. Just bizarre ones. Like kissing someone and they turn into a balloon filled with shampoo. Stuff like that.

I have a couple friends that I'd rather not talk about religion with.

I like a good wine with my meal now & then.

That makes sense.
I've noticed that with different scents,too. Rose Otto is a very calming and relaxing scent to me. To my friend, however, it gives her a headache. Just depends on the individual's vibration levels.
....I hope that came out right, lol. My dirty mind immediately went off in another direction after I typed that.
(sidenote: I've been doing a little googling today on quartz crystal and it's fascinating to see all the uses for it in modern technology. It's better for timing than a tuning fork. It alters it's shape slightly when it comes into contact with electricity. If it's compressed or bent, it actually generates voltage.)
I'm gonna have to buy some selenite & see what it will do for me. I'd love it if it could aid in more lucid dreaming. Most of my dreams....I end up waking up thinking wtf?

(edited for spelling)

I get such a kick out reading this thread.
Thanks for the laughs, Lex.

The occasional night out with friends. The rest goes into savings. I'm saving up for a scooter & a plasma screen tv.

I like that wand. Saw one like it when I was last in the esoteric shop up in the cities.
I have a wand that I shaped from a fallen branch I found when I was out walking last spring. It's pretty plain. The only thing I added to it was a pointed quartz crystal on the tip.

Beautiful pictures!
What's selenite usually good for enhancing? Can it also be used to help with communication? (runs to look through the book)

That's a great idea, too, on a crystal configuration for the chakras.

What she said.

I've noticed that, too. Something I read in another thread (a while back,lol) was "The only common denominator in all your failed relationships is you." That phrase comes to mind a lot when I read the "oh woe is me" type of threads.

Blink-and-you'll-miss-itville

Sorry to hear that happened! What a jerk.

...use crystals & other stones to augment spells & healing, etc.?

I'm fairly new, and don't know very much about the different stones(and their individual properties) yet. I've mainly been using herbs & EOs these last couple of years. Amethyst, carnelian, quartz crystal, obsidian, and jade are pretty much the only ones I've used so far.
I ran across a book the other day that got me excited about using stones more. It's called "Crystals and healing stones" by Judy Hall.

I'm interested to hear what you do with crystals & stones. Got any favorites?

No, you're only setting yourself up for heartache. Not to mention what you'd be doing to another person's marriage!

Sometimes a change in scenery helps. I went up north for the weekend the last time it happened.

Lol, yep! Those are fun dates to be on.