Showing posts with label cats and crystals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cats and crystals. Show all posts

Monday 26 April 2021

Love To Colour? Colouring with Cats #122 ~ Getting Your OM’s on with Mandalas on Mondays ~ Crystal of the Week PLUS **Your Crystal Questions Answered** What Is Spirit Quartz Good For?

Turquoise Mandalas on Mondays Banner 2020 ©BionicBasil® getting your Om's on and unleash Your Zen Harmonies

Supurr  greetings gorgeous furiends

Welcome to another fabulous Monday at BBHQ, and many thanks for joining us as we continue our crystal journey today, and this week, we've got a lovely gemstone to share as Lizzie asked us; what is Spirit Quartz good for? 

Crystal of The Week

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What is Spirit Quartz good for?

Spirit Quartz is a lovely looking stone, usually a candle, aka a long crystal covered in tiny clusters which make it look like a cactus, and at many shows in the U.K. we've been to, a lot of sellers do call it Cactus Quartz.

It comes in a variety of colours; amethyst, citrine, white/clear quartz or smoky quartz. Though we can say, we've never seen a smoky quartz one yet. And can be a mixture of all the aforementioned, though today's crystal is a combination of amethyst and citrine.
Colouring with Cats ©BionicBasil® Crystal of The Week - Spirit Quartz

Our Spirit Quartz at BBHQ is a stunning pale lilac colour on the amethyst side and a deep orangey-yellow on the citrine side. It's a nice size and has lots of larger spikes covered in tiny clusters, we can't remember when the P.A. purrchased it, but it's been sitting on the sideboard in the kitchen for at least a decade or more. We do have a couple of smaller pieces that are like the tip of one of the spikes on this particular piece, although they are in the crystal room at the moment.

Colouring with Cats ©BionicBasil® Crystal of The Week - Spirit Quartz - Both Sides

Let's hop right in and tell mew a little about the gem lore surrounding this interesting crystal. it has all the qualities of regular quartz; see the link above. Though as its name suggests, it is purported to be an exceptionally spiritual stone that has an immense vibration, really high, and aids in meditational journies such as out of body experiences - OBE - and assists in enhancing clairvoyant and metaphysical gifts, so if these are areas mew are looking to raise, this stone could supposedly be of great benefit.

Melvyn was purrticluarly curious about it, and after an initial inspection, he actually tongue-tested it, and his findings were, "Dudes, I know why they call it Cactus Quartz, that's a really prickly crystal!" MOL
Colouring with Cats ©BionicBasil® Crystal of The Week - Melvyn Inspecting the Spirit Quartz

It is also said this stone can encourage a deeper dreaming state, so if mew're looking to engage in dream exploration, keep a piece under your pillow and see what spiritual realms or new dimensions mew can journey to.

We've also read that it can aid in self-forgiveness, and as it's a stone of duality, it can bring balance and harmony, or yin and yang.

Spirit Quartz is also supposedly very effective for increasing heightened psychic awareness as it can appurrently raise the vibration of the crown chakra; this is located above the head, and it is also suggested that it can assist with a mind/emotional detox; so if your head is full to bursting aka racing thoughts and won't quiet down, this might be a crystal to sit with and gently explore the reasons why.

We think Spirit Quartz is a beautiful stone that emits a lovely vibration; not only is it visually stunning it has bucket loads going for it. And it can also be used on the third eye chakra, aka in the middle of the forehead, and the solar plexus, located between the ribs and belly button.

There are other colours which mew can get, some are enhanced to make them more visually purrleasing, although that doesn't detract from the purrported properties, and the different colours have different additional qualities. These are lilac, aqua aura, citrine, smoky & flame aura.

So on that note, we'll let mew decide if this is a crystal mew'd like in your collection. We know we wouldn't be without one or two, well purrhaps three at BBHQ!  MOL


Many thanks for contacting us Lizzie, and we hope that answered your question.

 If mew have any crystal questions; email us, DM us or ask us in the comments below.

To check out last weeks Crystal of the Week, click the link: Garnet.

(disclaimer; we are not health or medical practitioners, all crystal info is purely for entertainment purposes only.) 


Anyhoo, we do hope mew've all have a totally pawesome weekend, and that mew're ready fur the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now...  but if mew've furgotten, stop what mew're doing fur a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:

Breathe in
Breathe out

Breathe in
Breathe out

Breathe in
Breathe out

Smooch is here again to offur mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.



Don't mew feel better already?  I know we do!


All the mandala's featured are created & designed by us, aka The B Team.


Here's this weeks mandala.

Mandalas on Monday ©BionicBasil® Colouring With Cats Mandala #122 Downloadable Image
Right-click the image to save and/or print the mandala.

And here's our finished version... this week, we used a combination of greens, purples and pinks with a splash of royal blue. We really love the finished effect.

Mandalas on Monday ©BionicBasil® Colouring With Cats Mandala #122 coloured by Cathrine Garnell

Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma, this time we chose the effect - huawei.



Don't furget mew can download** our free Colouring with Cats here:- Books One, Two, Three and Four.

Colouring with Cats Book One ©BionicBasil®Colouring with Cats Book Two ©BionicBasil®Colouring with Cats Book Three ©BionicBasil®
Colouring with Cats Book Four ©BionicBasil®

Colouring With Cats Book IV


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So on that note, we'll say bye for now and hope to see mew on Wednesday when we're back with Part 5 of our epically exciting adventure; Fast, Furry & Dangerous, and if mew've missed any episodes so far, here is last weeks which has all the links in up to date.

Until then


Keep Calm and Colour OM!


Supurr  chilled purrs


Wing Commander Basil & The B Team xox






Free Lockdown Activities

And don't furget while we're all on lockdown, we The B Team have got your six and can entertain mew fur weeks; there are oodles of colouring pages to download and not furgetting the colouring books too.  There's a page full of crafting projects to keep your mittens making stuff, and if books are your thing, check our Amber's Book Reviews fur your next pawesome read! 

There are some epically exciting adventure stories too, so read our thrilling tales episode by epic episode.




We've also added some new Brain Training posts, just to keep your little grey cells in tip-top condition. And we’ll be adding extra jigsaw puzzles to the puzzle page.

If mew want to see more of what's been happening at BBHQ, check out our Instagram feed where mew can see exclusive pics and videos that we don't put here on the blog.



Don't furget to subscribe and never miss another mandala! 

Graphics created with paid licence www.canva.com & www.befunky.com

Monday 8 March 2021

Love To Colour? Colouring with Cats #116 ~ Getting Your OM’s on with Mandalas on Mondays ~ **Your Crystal Questions Answered** What is Apophyllite For, And Basil Shows Off The Crystal of the Week

Turquoise Mandalas on Mondays Banner 2020 ©BionicBasil® getting your Om's on and unleash Your Zen Harmonies

Supurr Monday greetings beautiful furiends

Here's hoping mew had an epic weekend, and if mew missed Smooch's Desktop Selfie, click here and purrhaps do the puzzle too.

We're continuing our crystal journey today, and this week, we've got a lovely gemstone to share as Naomi asked us; what is apophyllite good for?

Crystal of The Week

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What is Apophyllite good for?

Apophyllite is such an interesting gemstone. Not only is it visually fascinating, like an icy mountain range in miniature, and the colour range is quite amazing too. Its colours range from completely ice clear, to a milky translucent white, some have peach tones, others can have green or yellow tones, so it's not a definitive one colour stone. In fact, the clear and white varieties could quite easily be mistaken for clear quartz 
Colouring with Cats ©BionicBasil® Crystal of The Week - Apophyllite

We have a triangular-shaped cluster as modelled by yours truly below, this photo was taken way back in 2008 when I needed a bit of extra healing as I had a bit of conjunctivitis in my left eye - now I'm not saying this cures anything but I did spend quite a few hours sleeping with my head on it.

Mandalas on Monday ©BionicBasil® Colouring With Cats Mandala #116 Basil's Healing with Apophyllite

So let's tell mew a bit about the gem lore regarding this stone; apophyllite is reputed to be an excellent stone for Reiki healing in facilitating a deeper state of chillaxation. It can purportedly also assist with calming and releasing suppressed feelings, worries, fears and anxiety.

In some books we've read it's linked to the third eye placement in chakra healing, so if mew have a small piece mew could place it in the middle of your forehead, just above your eyes for a deeper meditation purractice.  

Apophyllite is also supposedly helpful as a transmitter for enhancing vibrational energies in the home or wherever mew place it. And it can also act as a gateway-connector between the conscious physical realm and the spiritual realms during deeper meditational purractices, in other wurds it's a supurr spiritual stone.

Appurrently, it's a really great grounding crystal too, so if mew feeling a little disconnected or floaty, purrhaps get a small piece to keep with mew and see how mew go.

It's thought that the green apophyllite has extra properties, and being connected to the heart chakra, can be used for energy absorption and transmission, in other wurds; supposedly, by placing a stone on the heart chakra site it would absorb universal energies which would then be transferred to the lightbody/aura facilitating deeper healing and a more energised state of being. Obviously, this reaction/state is entirely down to the individual and is in no way guaranteed, wurking with crystals is a highly purrsonal experience, and like many new age purractices may not suit a lot of people. 

We've always loved crystals and have been collecting for about 3 decades and our purrsonal collection is quite vast now, and in recent years the P.A. has noticed a large growth in interest especially when she visits Spiritual Fayres and New Age events etc... each time she goes somewhere it's busier than last time. 

So anyhoo, in summary; apophyllite can supposedly help reach deeper connections in meditational purractices, help connections between the realms, calms, and enhances vibrational energies, so it's a purretty nifty stone to have in your collection.


Many thanks for emailing us Naomi, and we hope that answered your question.

 If mew have any crystal questions; email us, DM us or ask us in the comments below.

To check out last weeks Crystal of the Week, click the link: Smoky Quartz.

(disclaimer; we are not health or medical practitioners, all crystal info is purely for entertainment purposes only.) 


Anyhoo, we do hope mew've all have a totally pawesome weekend, and that mew're ready fur the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now...  but if mew've furgotten, stop what mew're doing fur a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:

Breathe in
Breathe out

Breathe in
Breathe out

Breathe in
Breathe out

Smooch is here again to offur mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.



Don't mew feel better already?  I know we do!


All the mandala's featured are created & designed by us, aka The B Team.


Here's this weeks mandala.

Mandalas on Monday ©BionicBasil® Colouring With Cats Mandala #116 Downloadable Image
Right-click the image to save and/or print the mandala.

And here's our finished version... this week we used red, white and blue, and are really loving the finished wishy-washy watercolour effect.

Mandalas on Monday ©BionicBasil® Colouring With Cats Mandala #116 coloured by Cathrine Garnell

Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma ios app, this time we chose the effect - Surf.



Don't furget mew can download** our free Colouring with Cats here:- Books One, Two, Three, and Four.

Colouring with Cats Book One ©BionicBasil®Colouring with Cats Book Two ©BionicBasil®Colouring with Cats Book Three ©BionicBasil®
Colouring with Cats Book Four ©BionicBasil®

Colouring With Cats Book IV


[**see our download policy here]
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So on that note, we'll say bye fur now and hope to see mew on Wednesday when we're sharing our last Pet Parade Blog Hop as co-host.

Until then


Keep Calm and Colour OM!


Bestest chilled purrs


Wing Commander Basil & The B Team xox






Free Lockdown Activities

And don't furget while we're all on lockdown, we The B Team have got your six and can entertain mew fur weeks; there are oodles of colouring pages to download and not furgetting the colouring books too.  There's a page full of crafting projects to keep your mittens making stuff, and if books are your thing, check our Amber's Book Reviews fur your next pawesome read! 

There are some epically exciting adventure stories too, so read our thrilling tales episode by epic episode.




We've also added some new Brain Training posts, just to keep your little grey cells in tip-top condition. And we’ll be adding extra jigsaw puzzles to the puzzle page.

If mew want to see more of what's been happening at BBHQ since the lockdown began, check out our Instagram feed where mew can see our daily diary and exclusive videos that we don't put here on the blog.



Don't furget to subscribe to our blog and never miss another post. 

Graphics created with paid licence www.canva.com