Description

Obsidian

Obsidian is a powerful, protective volcanic glass known for its ability to reveal truth, cut through illusions, and ground spiritual energy into the physical world. It has been used for centuries by shamans, healers, and warriors alike for protection, shadow work, and deep transformation. It is a crystal that comes in several forms Black Obsidian, Snowflake Obsidian, Mahogany Obsidian, Golden/Silver Sheen Obsidian and Rainbow Obsidian but all of these forms share many common properties and benefits. Different colours are associated with different Chakras but all Obsidian is linked to the Root Chakra which offers grounding, stability and survival instincts.

Obsidian is believed traditionally to have physical benefits such as helping the body release physical tension and energetic congestion, particularly from stress and trauma. It is said to support detoxification and dismiss stagnant energy. Many use it to help relieve pain and inflammation, especially stress-related and it is thought to support circulation and digestion. It can also offer shielding from chaotic or polluted environments such as EMFs and emotional toxins.

Emotionally Obsidian is deeply transformative, raw and honest. It helps you face the parts of yourself or your past that you might avoid. Healers often use Obsidian for energetic cord cutting, to help the body and spirit release what’s no longer serving. It can bring subconscious emotions to the surface and help shed anger, grief, shame, or fear. Obsidian can identify and dissolve toxic emotional patterns and assist in breaking unhealthy attachments or codependent patterns. It offers a sense of protection and emotional containment when feeling vulnerable and is considered a go-to stone for shadow work, confronting the hidden or repressed aspects of the psyche.

Obsidian is a spiritual mirror—cutting through illusion to reveal deeper truths. It’s especially powerful for those on a path of personal mastery, healing, and truth-seeking. It acts as a spiritual cleanser, clearing psychic debris from the aura. Obsidian is often used in protective amulets, scrying mirrors, and shamanic journeying and protects against negative energies, psychic attack, and energy vampires. It is a crystal that grounds spiritual insights into practical reality, enhances truth-seeking, discernment, and personal integrity while been able to aid past life recall, ancestral healing, and karmic release. It is especially helpful in rituals of release, especially during waning moon phases or dark moon work.