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Traditional gifts for Father’s Day include socks, sweaters, or the ever popular necktie. This year, I’m choosing to celebrate Father’s Day by giving my dad one of our Mango Wood Bowls filled with our top crystals for men. My father humors me about my crystal obsession and agrees that they are nice to look at. They will beautify his home while filling it with beneficial, healing energy. Onyx, Mahogany Obsidian, Green Tourmaline, and Hematite are grounding and protective; they will help him feel protected as he has protected others throughout his life. Turquoise helps promote heartfelt communication, which is essential in all relationships. Blue Sapphire is a stone of wisdom, and that in itself reminds me of my dad. Malachite and Lemon Quartz are healing and purifying, to help keep him physically healthy. Brecciated Jasper and Golden Tiger Eye will help fill him with optimism, strength, and vitality.

Father’s Day is an emotional day for many people, but there is quite a spectrum of emotions that can come up with this annual tribute to dads. Whether you will be honoring an inspiring dad, mourning a dad who has passed, or longing for an unknown father, your crystals can be helpful in your observance of the day.

The History of Father's Day

In most countries around the world, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June each year. It originated here in America when Sonora Smart Dodd decided that fathers should have a designated holiday, just as mothers do. Mrs. Dodd and her five siblings were raised by their father, which I’m sure contributed to her admiration for him. Her idea was apparently not so popular with the fathers that she spoke with though, as they felt that they would essentially be paying for their own gifts for this crazy new holiday! Nonetheless, she persevered with her idea, going to local shops and government offices, as well as her local YMCA and churches to draw attention to her cause. Her idea was successful and, on July 19, 1910, the first Father’s Day was celebrated. It has been celebrated since that date but it wasn’t until 1972 that then-President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation declaring Father’s Day to be a national holiday.

Crystals for Fathers

If your father appreciates crystals (or like some dads, tolerates them), a crystal gift like Black OnyxTurquoise or Black Obsidian in a strong shape like a tower might be appreciated. Alternatively, our Father's Day Mix is the perfect gift bag to get a dad. A child could even add a “World’s Best Dad” card to it to make it a crystal trophy of sorts.

Crystals for Fathers Needing Strength and Protection

For fathers who are in need of strength and protection while they serve the Armed Forces, sending them Hematite or meditating with Hematite to send them strength and protection energies would be fitting.

Crystals for Remembering our Fathers

If you are remembering a father who has passed on, Rose Quartz may help you with your grief. Programming Rose Quartz to send love to your father and leaving it at his graveside is a way to give the gift of healing and love that can reach him through time and space. You could also create a grid of crystals that make you think of your father’s personality and send love to him through that grid. Remember that crystals can cross boundaries of time and space. Trust that your loving intentions will be received.

Crystals for Fatherly Energy

Some of you may long for the ideal fatherly energies of strength, wisdom, and protection that you may not have received as children. Petrified Wood combines the energy of ancient trees with the energy of Quartz which slowly replaced the organic material of the tree as it fossilized over millennia. This energy is grounding, protective, and simple but powerful.

 

However you choose to Honor your father this Father’s Day, be kind to yourself and to him. Walk in love and gratitude for the lessons you’ve learned and the ones yet to be learned from your connection to this man. I wish you a Happy Father’s Day! I will leave you with a poem by Dinah Craik which I think suits this day perfectly:

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. - Dinah Craik

 

Article By Deborah Elaine and Stephanie Tingle



Posted on May 15, 2013
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