Live True To You » Episode 21. Unearthed Crystals Part 2 - energetic bruises, Moldavite madness, high vibe crystals & more!

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Welcome back to it's Okay to be. spiritual.
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I'm Lori and I'm Helen.
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I'm Pete.
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And we're at Unearth Crystals, and we're going to do a bit of a show and tell. We've got some questions for Peter. Um, Helen, why don't you start?
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All right. Well, I've got a couple of things. So in this, you know, in the previous episode, I kind of. I don't know if I actually fessed up to kind of never being that drawn to crystals. That's fine. However, I've just been playing in your beautiful shop and discovered these.
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Petrified.
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Wood. I've been drawn to petrified wood since the dawn of time. Perhaps. Yeah, I've always loved it. Yeah, I've got big chunks of it in my garden. Yeah, I cut it around from place to place. And you've never been into crystals? That's right. Can you. You're a liar. Okay, well, I was going to ask for debunking, but you don't. Straight up lying. You're not in.
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The beginner's circle anymore. We've moved you along. If you're carrying it around with you, you're in. Oh.
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Well, I don't, like, put it in my pocket. They're too big, but, like, big chunks of it in my guard. And they're definitely coming with me when I move. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, mum always had them on the veranda. She loved them, too.
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There's a lot of it in Australia where I leave.
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It all through the ground.
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So is there the same vibrational properties that come with this as other crystals? No no.
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No.
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No no no no. So because okay, so we'll start on the science on how it became this. Right. So it was wood. And then it gets overtaken by minerals and silica. So it gets like reclaimed by the Earth per se. Right. Instead of growing from it, it's now part of um. So that's why it's rock. Now you can cut it open, you can polish it and like, yeah, you can do that with wood too. But it like it splinters and stuff like that. That's not going to splinter. The coolest thing about the bits of rough that we've got is you can still see the bark, all those striations on the outside of you. That's the actual bark formations. There was one I picked up yesterday that I had on the story that still had the knot in the wood.
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Oh, wow.
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Yeah. And I've got a piece at home in my personal collection, which is just a little nodule, and you can see the rings that would would have been in the wood, but they're, they've replaced with opal.
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Oh that's special.
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Yeah. Which is why it doesn't come out. It's one of my pops ones. So, um. Yeah. So it's like.
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Maybe a photo of.
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Me or maybe.
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Um, but. Yeah. So it's just it's been reclaimed by minerals. Um, and. Yeah. So because of that, it's turned to stone. So. Yeah. And it happens with everything like fossils and stuff like that. It's turned to stone and reclaimed by minerals. So. Yeah.
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Wow. And why do people buy these pieces now? Like I've always found them.
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Hmm.
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So what's the draw? What? What do people feel? Or.
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They're super grounding. They're like that. Return to Earth. You know, when, like, you can't take your shoes off and walk through the grass. That's when you need that. That's. This is the soft way to do it. It is like a lower vibrational energy. So you have high vibe, medium low. Then there's a whole heap in between. But low vibe is that chill out reset feeling. Um, which is probably why you have them in the garden. Because you would go out there for that chill out reset. It's your home. It's, you know, that peace feeling that you get. Yeah. It's that bit in a rock that used to be wood.
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Yeah, yeah. Ah. I'm not a beginner.
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You're into it. You didn't even.
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Know. Exactly.
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All right. This this show and tell. Yeah. Is, um. These were my great grandmothers, and I don't know anything about them. Other than that.
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Okay. Well, there are all types of agates. So you've got, like, the red ones here are carnelian. Types of agates. You've got agates and chalcedony. So Chalcedonian is just before agate because it's a pseudo morph. So it moves into quartz and stuff like that. Again, science. Um, so this one here has mineral deposits in it which make it the different colours. Right? Um, so think of everything as, like wall paint all starts off white. And to add other things. Right. So. Yeah. So, um, yeah. So you've got these interior carnelian and you can see the banding of like how it grew. And if you were to put that under a microscope, you'd see even tighter banding again. Um, and then you've got it. Looks like you've got some jaspers in there. This is like a natural what they call a natural agate. So you'll get like those. This is like a creek. So they'll take in, like the minerals that come through the water and the creek. Lots of carnelian. There's some more, there's some more. And then there was. Yeah. So you've got some. There's chloride included where you get the green. So it's not like it's not plant matter. It's a it's a thing called chloride. It's a tough mineral on screen. Um, you see it in moss agate which there is a few pieces of that. This here is actually fuchsia and quartz. You see how it glitters? Mm. So fuchsia is a chloride based mica. So mica is what your eyeshadow is made from.
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Oh yes it is too.
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Yeah. And a lot of like metallic like paints and stuff have mica through it. That's also how we colour our twinkle mess. We use mica so it doesn't stain anything because it's just little tiny, tiny pieces of rock. Um, but yeah, that's a mosaic right there. So you see how it looks like there's moss growing through the stone. Yeah. Yeah. So that's the chloride growing in strings through it and it to give the illusion of moss, which is how it got its name.
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It's really pretty colour.
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Yeah. Moss gates, one of my favourites. And it's very much like back to Mother Earth fields. But, um, yeah, you have a lot of carnelian. Like I would suggest. All of these beads, um, came out of a riverbed. Oh, wow. Or a creek bed. Because that's where you'd find a lot of these, even in Australia. So, yeah, you would have had the person who made it would have either collected these stones or the person who put this, like, made these stones, collected them, cut them, tumbled them and drilled them.
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And and at the end of that.
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Yeah. And that's how jewellery was made. They just whatever they found, they'd make, they'd polish it into the shape that they want and then they'd wear it.
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So given it's my great grandmother's, it probably did come from one.
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Yeah. One source, it would have been an artisan that made it.
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But a lot of.
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Things because, yeah, a lot of those are from same regions. Wow. So yeah, where you find one, you'll find the others.
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That's amazing. Yeah. I don't even know if it was real.
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No, it's definitely real. You can tell.
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By the way it sounds So, um. Yeah. You have distinct sounds when it comes to stone versus resin. And also Stone's always cold resonance.
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Not oh, yeah, it's cold. Yeah. Especially in. Yeah.
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And glass is lighter.
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Oh, yeah.
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So it's quite heavy.
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What are the properties of it in general.
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In general. Well the carnelian is like that fiery kick you in the butt, make you do stuff thing. But. And it was known as the, um. Like a warrior stone. Like a courage stone. It's really good. Like, carnelian is really good for people that, um, have, like to take with them when they're doing something new and they need a little. They need, like a sidekick with them to tell them it's all okay. Um, really good for especially little boys starting school. Um, or like kids that are being bullied because it gives them enough confidence to be like, set boundaries and things like that, but also carry on their way and not take too much in, um, because it is also protective. And then you're like, you're river agates and things like that. They're like a soft, grounding, protective stone. A lot of our gates are protective. Um, and then, like, like I said before, with the moss, you've got that that link to, like, it's got that Mother Nature feel to it. So yeah. And then you've got, like, your white gates and stuff in there. It just usually the colours of a stone usually speak to a chakra and you think of what's associated with that chakra. It'll normally blend like lead you to what that stone is used for.
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I actually think, Helen, you should carry that around for a week or two and report back on how you feel.
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That's not a bad idea. What about my great grandma's energy in here?
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Well, it depends if you liked her. You're good.
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Basically.
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Now the time to fess up.
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If you inherit something that's like being along the family lines. If the person you inherited from wasn't necessarily a nice person. Just remember, because I like to take everything at face value. Just remember that when you met. Like if you met your great grandmother, I know I have. Wow. Yeah. She's not around now, but I have. Um. And you're seeing them in there like they're older. You don't know what they were like when they were younger. They might have been really lovely and then just got fed up, you know. Or the other way around. Or they used to be really cynical and something happened, and now they're like, sweet as pie. Or they've always been sweetest pie. Don't know. But if you've inherited something from someone and you don't particularly like the energy on that, you can cleanse it.
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We just talked about that. Yeah.
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You can clean it from that energy and then you make friends with it. You claim it as your own and you impart your energy on it. Um, and. Yeah. And if you don't. Like I said, if you don't particularly like something, you no longer want it. Just give it back to the earth. Yeah.
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I shall take you up on your challenge. But first I'm going to choose my method of a little clan. Yeah.
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Very wise.
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We can throw it in the big singing bowl later if you like.
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Yeah, I love that. Actually, I've got.
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I can do a frequency cleanse on it.
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Yes, let's do that. She lost a child and never recovered from the loss. Grief?
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Oh, that's good, because the big ones, the heart bowl.
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Yeah, we just did that.
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And that's all the carnelian might be. Hey, through that.
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The carnelian would have given her the courage to keep going every day. Yeah, yeah. Because, like. Yeah. Losing jobs, no easy feat. Yeah.
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So not in that. Yeah. No, it was terrible.
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Yeah, yeah.
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The witch one. Next.
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Uh, what more do you have to do? No, that's the ring.
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Oh, yeah. The ring.
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Okay.
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Is this the story?
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Yeah, this?
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Yeah. I've been waiting for this for, like, a month and a half.
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So she tells you that? Yeah.
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She popped in when there was a good story to tell you, but I can't tell you. You're gonna do my podcast. I was like, well, guess I have to now because I want to know what happened.
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Good work. Good work.
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Sorry. This is the whole reason I've con Peter into doing this podcast. So I popped in and told her I had a story. That is, I can't find anyone to explain it for me, so I just. I'm just going to throw it past you and we'll see what happens.
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Yeah. Brain dump. Go for it.
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Uh, so I opened up in March 2023. It was a massive, like, crack open awakening. You're here. Like, thinking things. Things are happening. Energy was soaring through my body. Had to go into a crystal shop. Had that experience where I walked in, the energy hit me. It's in an episode. We'll link it. Um, and then I pretty much was just shaking. Couldn't take the energy was given cell and I went home and started to understand that there was bigger things than me. Things were going on. When you crack open, if you don't have anyone to support you, you can get a little lost. And I definitely, I definitely got lost on the way. So a month later, I was really starting to freak out. Yeah, I was like, thinking I was seeing things. I was black things kind of following me ran. So I was starting to panic a little. So you say you're not. You're so in tune with this. You know exactly what I'm talking about.
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Exactly what you're talking about.
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Yeah. So this is all the first month. So I went into the local crystal shop, into Walmart, in my usual tiers. The girl said, well, like, they know me very well. It's no longer there. But I was very well known in this shop because of these teases. I'd walk in and I walked past this, which is a young guy.
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Yes.
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Um, and so I wanted protection, I wanted clearing, I wanted things to bounce off me. I wanted, you know, I wanted all these things to go away. I wanted to feel safe. I was really, really terrified as it was all unfolding. So I took got this. I went home, sat on the couch, put it in my. I didn't cleanse. So there might be my first issue. I didn't think to cleanse.
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I shouldn't have that issue.
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Okay, perfect. Went home, put it in my leggings pocket. Yep. SAT on the couch for half an hour and then stood up and it was itching. So I want to show you the photos of what happens after I itched.
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So it sounds like you've activated. Yeah. Okay.
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Sorry.
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Whoa. I love how you drew around it. Like you couldn't see it.
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No, because.
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No, I cannot see this. They'll be able to see that from there.
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We can put some photos up on this because this is this gets big. Right? So I was itching. It was much bigger than the stone. So the stone is what, like two centimetres by two, maybe at most. So that's the first day. Then it shifted to this.
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You haematoma yourself.
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And see like the little key. Like that. Do you think those black dots are like an energy?
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Do you want to know the science part or the other part?
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Well, that's.
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Because.
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I want both.
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Okay, that's where it goes. And it almost like takes a face at this point.
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Yeah.
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And so at seven days. Post this. I started having a bruise come out of my arm as well, like I'd been injected. Like, you know, when you get an immunisation and your arm gets really weird. So I had a bruise come out weird.
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Not not so not achy. Just weird. Just weird.
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And this was really weird. So day seven, it starts looking like that. Then the bruise on my arm comes out. I went back to the crystal shop at this point going, help me, help me, what the hell? This thing is growing like it gets bigger, right? And she did like an entity removal. Um, got me back. Feeling safe, reprogrammed some subconscious programming, and then it gradually starts to fade. And so I also went on. I took myself to the Gold Coast on a healing retreat amidst all this absolute meltdown and had, like, a lomi lomi massage, really got grounded, really started to tap into it. And that's how it ends up. So what do you reckon? Went on?
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I just want to point out, I think it's actually quite funny that instead of seeing a doctor like we're all programmed to do. You went straight back to the Crystal shop and was like, hey! Yeah.
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And she did tell me to put it in a plant, which you mentioned in our other episode. Yeah. So that was the first thing I did. So it was back into a plant and then what the f is going on?
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Yeah. Yeah, there's a lot of, um. Yeah. What the fuck's that happen? Um, especially as you dive. I warned you, I would swear I'm sorry. Um, as you dive in deeper, considering. Do you know what actually intrigues me more about this than the photos? Is the fact that you had a crack awakening where it was everything at once? Yeah, that doesn't usually happen. They trickle feed it to you. Yeah, right. So everything will sit dormant, and then you trickle feed, because otherwise you get scared and you shut it down. Right. Um, you also either didn't want to or couldn't shut it down. Otherwise you would have. Especially if you started seeing the shadows and things like that. Yeah. Shadows aren't bad, by the way. That's why I was laughing.
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Okay.
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That's just it. That's just your friends following you around. It's fine. It happened to you? Um, yeah. So I would say, because I. I would say that it's definitely like a purge of some sort. Like, you don't have big thighs. This is huge.
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Yeah, yeah, it looked like.
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It looked like someone caught you.
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Yeah, yeah, it looks like a big horse and kicked me. Yeah. And it just. But the thing, the thing that terrified me was it kept growing.
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Yeah, it kept coming out like that. Like spreading. So usually. So this is like like your main point. And it's funny that you said it was a crack opening because that looks like a crack. Mhm. Um, listen I, I don't, I don't know if I believe in bad versus good entities. Um, only because I like, I like to think of, I only like to pay attention to the good in the world. So. Otherwise, I'd spend a lot more time watching the news. I don't even do that. So I think that this was a purge of some sort, whether it was drawing out. This could be almost like a shadow work thing, where it's drawing out parts of you that was trying to hold back whatever you were trying to download at the time. But yet this is this is weird.
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Isn't.
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It? Yeah.
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It's next level. Rod.
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Yeah. Like, I've seen, I've seen like I've heard some stories. I've seen quite a few things, but nothing like this.
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I told you it was worth waiting for.
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Yeah.
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Holy shit.
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And all. So I. I've never. And this is the good thing to point out. I've never been into crystals in my entire life. I would never have walked into a crystal shop. I never picked up a deck of cards. And then suddenly I was just like, I have to go to like you with your.
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I have to just know.
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I have to go to a crystal shop, have my initial meltdown, then I'm like, all this stuff happen. I have to go back there and get some protection. And then this happened. Yeah. And so I don't like so it's not. And then at that point I just thought, well these things are bloody real aren't they. You know okay. No one's making this stuff up anymore.
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Yeah. To be fair. Um, so shunga is, uh, high density carbon, right? It's what's used in carbon filters to filter your water system. It's literally scientifically proven to draw out impurities. And it's done exactly that on your leg. Um, whether the impurity is metaphysical, it could be emotional. Coming through is like a physical thing as well.
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Highly likely it was that, I think.
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Yeah, yeah. Especially considering we went from break down to bruised. Yeah. Um, that's a really good shirt breakdown. Um, but yeah. So yeah, I think it was definitely like, it's definitely done that drawer out thing, which is also why it took so long to go down.
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Yeah, about two weeks in the.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Did it hurt?
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It was itchy. And I only had it on me for half an hour. Yeah.
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It's like.
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It's like.
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It's like I've had bruises before. Like, if you poke them, they don't hurt. They're weird. It's like a irritation thing.
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The itchiness would match a door out.
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A door out.
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Yeah.
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So is it normal to be bruised by crystals?
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To be fat? Not unless you fall on them. Yeah. Um, to be fair. How much did you itch it?
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Not a lot.
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Because if you. If you were dig itching in your sleep, you could have done some of this, but. Yeah. Listen, it definitely looks like an impurity being drawn out. The way bruises work is, it pushes the blood up to the surface of the skin in order to give it extra white blood cells in order to fix it. Right. So if you're drawing out an impurity and it's being like on day one here, ripped through the skin.
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Yeah.
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Your body is going to go, oh, there's been an attack and put as much blood into that area as needed in order to fill the void. Mhm. So this is why I'm thinking it's more of an emotional pull that's come through physically, which can which is definitely a thing that can happen. I've seen that happen. Yeah. It's like when they talk about heartbreak right. Yeah. It's an emotional feeling. But you physically feel it. Yeah. So yeah. And Shanghai is known for drawing out, um, impurities. Yeah. Not saying you were impure before.
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But we are saying you're more pure now. Yeah.
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I'm saying there was there was something in there, but yeah, it's definitely out, but yeah. That's crazy. That is crazy. I haven't seen a bruise like that. Not like inflicted by something.
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Yeah.
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Physically. But yeah that's not. But yeah I would, I would my take on it would be that it's definitely drawn something out. I don't know what the something is because like I said I know.
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I probably prefer not to know. Right. Look at it.
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It's gone now.
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Yeah. Well evidently.
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I always.
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Say, show me a.
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Leg.
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And it was my left leg, which is like the feminine two, right? And I had pockets on both sides, but I instinctually just put it in the left side.
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That's weird, because I always put stuff in my right side.
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Yeah, yeah. And I'm right handed. Yeah, yeah.
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That is very strange.
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Weird, right?
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Yeah. Because it's weird to get it out of your car.
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Yeah, well, I did have my daughter at home on this side, you know, like she was on.
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Yeah, but still, you would. You would still just do the shuffle and.
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You're sitting on the couch and. Yeah. Yeah. You're right.
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Yeah. So obviously I would take this as your intuition has done something like has guided you somewhere um, through the breakdown to, to this, but um, yeah. And it's never happened at the end.
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No. So now we're friends. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we're good mates. And I actually carry a sugar in my phone case daily. Yeah, yeah. So I'm not. Yeah. So I'm not scared of it anymore. I was terrified of this small stone for a very long time, thinking that was going to happen at a much larger scale. And the thing was, when I saw I pick crystals by vibrations so I can run my hand over them and feel what one is resonating with me. And so this was just vibrating like no one's business. So it was definitely what I take. That is that's what I needed. Yeah. I just didn't know I needed that in that form.
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Yeah.
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But you know, we've lived and learnt. So if anyone ever doubts Crystal's power, I think that just proves a whole nother level of what's going on with these little, little rocks.
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Yeah. And like, it's one of those things where, like, you could probably find somebody eventually that could make it make sense, but, like, I don't want to. I think this is this is amazing. Yeah. That's really cool.
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Yeah. So that's the story of the shunga. And I was known as Shunga girl in the shop for a long time after.
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Wow.
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That's my nickname.
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But no, that's crazy.
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So that's the story? Yeah. Story of the Rock.
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Of the Rock.
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But let's talk about more rocks. Let's get on to Maldive art. Yes, because I feel like that level of intensity is associated with Maldive art. You know, like, cracks, you open rocks. Your world brings in all the stuff. Let's. What's your take on Moldovan?
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Yeah. About that. Um, no, I will state, first of all that I. I'm neurodivergent for ADHD. So high vibe crystals are, like real chill and nice for me. They don't they don't. They affect me differently to other people. Okay. But in saying that I have a piece of mould of art that is my own, and it's in a ring that doesn't match any of my other rings, it's completely different. But it was the piece. And when when you find mould, I don't go out and buy it just because it's cool or because TikTok said so. And also don't listen to TikTok. But, um, yeah. So when you're ready for it, a piece will draw you to it. Right. So, I mean, like, I was standing in a big warehouse and I didn't even know there was mould in the place. And I got this pull from, like, the centre of my chest. And I just walked over to this cabinet and, like, beeline for this ring, that it's actually a very masculine ring, so it doesn't match any of my other stuff. It's not something I'd normally wear. Right. Anyway, I was like, can I can I try that on please? The minute I picked it up, I felt like I got picked up really quickly, you know, like a slingshot and then placed very firmly back on the ground, not dropped. Just really stuck her down there. And then I, of course bought it. And, um, I only ever wear it on my right hand because it's a shield thing for me. And, um, I had tingles all up my right arm and heart palpitations for about 45 minutes afterwards. And then I've never felt the feeling again Sense.
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Right?
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Yeah. Because once they change you, they go a bit hot and then that's it.
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That's fair because I've touched mould of. I like a piece in a necklace. I did what you did at that shop up the sunny Coast, and I went in and was like, I have to try that on and same thing. Put it on, spun like I was spun around in the room a thousand times, sucked up really high, and then went, oh no, I need to get back down. Bang. Yeah, exactly the same thing. Yeah. And then went, thank you. You can put that back on the shelf.
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Because you weren't ready for.
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It. Yeah. Yeah. And so I love that you say it does that. But then it just.
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It.
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Chills out and then it's yours right.
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Yeah. Yeah yeah it's mine. It's like it's side side quest for a second. Fun fact about Moldova. It is. And you would have heard Matty and I talking about this before it disappears. Right? It disappears. It's like a lore about it. Everyone thinks it's bullshit until they've got their own piece, and then they lose it, and then they lose their minds thinking this very expensive piece of green glass has gone missing, and I can't explain to my husband why I need another one. So don't worry, it comes back okay. It comes back the longest. I've lost mine for a year.
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Oh, that's a long time.
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Yeah, yeah, because when it's not needed, it just goes. I don't know where it goes. It does all the stuff. But I remember distinctly taking the ring off because I don't wear it very often these days. Taking the ring off, putting it in my jewellery box. And then it would have been like four months later I went to go get it and wasn't there. So of course I searched the whole entire house. Nowhere to be found. It's like it's a big ring. It's like this. It's not hard to like to find. Yeah. And then, yeah, year later, we were out camping and I felt I was like, I just felt really, like, off kilter, which is normally when I get it back because it grounds me. So um, and I was like, oh, I wish I had no more. Anyway, I get in the car to go drive up to the shower block, and it's right there in my centre console.
00:27:13
No way.
00:27:15
Yeah.
00:27:15
Are you kidding?
00:27:17
I'm like you there. And when I took you off, I had a different car. So, like, there's no reason for you.
00:27:27
To.
00:27:27
Be there. So, um. Yeah. And I've spoke to other people like Maddie. Lost hers for about nine months once, and it showed up hanging up in her wardrobe, and she was like, okay. But yeah, a lot of people will say this, and I hope anybody in the comment like comments on this and says, like, if they've experienced this too, because it's like a fact of like guardians will all know that it's around when it wants to be. It's the laziest worker out of all of your crystals. Um, it only does what it wants to do. But in saying that, that's why its energy is so potent. So if you're not ready, you force yourself into mould for whatever reason, and you actively start working with it. Um. It will. It's literally like the fool card of the tarot deck. Yeah. But in a stone, it will just push you off the cliff. Whether you're ready or not. It's taking you to where you need to be, and it's going to hurt because it's going to drag you through all the thorny vines all the way there, and then plunk you where you're supposed.
00:28:24
To be, because that's what you asked for, because you just you had.
00:28:27
To want it. You didn't wait for it. There was no patience. You've decided. So because of that, it's like, well, all right, come on. And it's like literally, you know, rip the Band-Aid off. Same thing, rock form. And it's not even a rock. It's a glass. But, um, yeah. So the stories are true. It is volatile. It can be smoothed out and balanced out using Herkimer diamond, which I know that it's going to ask you about, that. It gets paired with that a lot. And yes, I have paired like my ring if I'm doing if I'm like needing to regroup myself but don't want to wear my ring, um, I'll put it in my bed. I've got a little bow bedside table with my herky because it's just a smoother ride. Um, um. And. Yeah. And. Yeah. Brilliant. If you're ready. Just don't force it.
00:29:16
Mm.
00:29:16
And do you think it comes back when something's going to shift in your life, like a big transition, or does it just come back because you need it for a little bit?
00:29:24
Both I think. Like whether I, whether I realise I need it or not, it knows I mean it. We're on its time schedule. Okay. So. Yeah. Um, and to be fair, like doing this for ten years, I've lost pieces of motorbike before that are part of our stock. I still they've never shown up. Never. And because they went on. So they're not going to come back to me, but I hope they found to where they needed to be. Um, but yes, it's just like, yeah, mould of art is a crazy, crazy world and it will turn all, I think, all non-believers eventually. Yeah, because you can touch a hundred pieces and all of it, but they'll only be they'll only be a couple that will speak to you.
00:30:05
Yeah. Yeah, I love that. I like that insider knowledge too.
00:30:09
I was like, having my own one. Yeah.
00:30:11
You've worked with this, right? It's not hearsay like you guys are working with this.
00:30:15
Yeah, but this is exactly why. Like, we have the Moldova incense for someone who wants to try it out. Use the incense. It's 15 minutes, so if it makes you feel sick, it's only 15 minutes. Yeah. It's not stuck with you forever. And it doesn't cost as much, but, um. Yeah. So it's because, like my sister gym, who also works here, she can't touch it makes a filial. Yeah, yeah, she goes the shakes and the sweat. Yeah. And it's not, it's not a good time. Yeah. Um, so yeah. And people that a lot of people that have like PTSD and stuff like that where their body is still trying to like trickle feed trauma to deal with it, I wouldn't recommend it can make you feel very ill because it's too much, too hard, too fast. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go something a bit softer like black obsidian.
00:31:01
Yeah. Not a beginner crystal. No, by any stretch of the imagination.
00:31:05
I'll give you one arm. But yeah, the whole thing where people are like, oh, but ruined my life. No. It didn't. It didn't. You're getting to where you need to be. You're just.
00:31:13
Doing.
00:31:13
It the hard way. Yeah, because you didn't want to wait.
00:31:17
Yeah, yeah. You're foreseeing divine timing. Yeah. I can't do that. We know this. Yeah, but we don't listen sometimes, you know.
00:31:24
Because it's pretty. And I want one.
00:31:26
Yeah.
00:31:27
Well, actually, that's the perfect leading to this. Um, I went to Canada late last year and met someone I've never met before and didn't have a lot in common. Until I looked down at her fingers and instead of a massive diamond. No. I'm kidding. She had a mould of eye ring on. Yep. And I, like, looked at the ring. Looked at her. Thought about everything I knew about her so far. And thought these two things don't go together, don't they? Well, so I say to her, what do you know about your ring? Oh, I just saw it in a shop and I thought it was pretty.
00:32:07
Mhm.
00:32:07
Okay. Do you think it's small to bite? I was sure it was small to bite. I think that's what they told me it was. Yeah. My God, that's interesting. Anything happened since you got that ring? Oh, no. Like, she's not. She's not an in June person at all. Yeah. Um, I should be careful what I say, shouldn't I? No. It's okay.
00:32:32
Um, there's no rules. No.
00:32:35
And the the the the piece of mould of. I had this massive dark spot in it that wasn't there when she bought it.
00:32:44
Mhm.
00:32:45
Um, and she, and I said oh what happened here.
00:32:50
Mhm.
00:32:51
Because I'm curious. She doesn't know anything about mould. And she says oh yeah I don't know what that is. I want to take it to a jeweller and get it cleaned. And I thought I don't think a jeweller is going to get that mark out. That's something you know. Was it in the rock? Yeah.
00:33:05
Yeah.
00:33:05
And, um, you know, she's not living on her path.
00:33:11
She's she's fighting everything.
00:33:15
On.
00:33:15
Every step of the way.
00:33:16
Yeah. And, um, not honouring her body. Not honouring her soul. And I just thought. Oh, well, I've never seen that before.
00:33:26
No, it's very rare that you'll see crystals change, but it has happened. Not to me. I haven't had any of mine change for, like, the unbeknown reasons, but, um, I've spoken to a lot of people that they're like, oh, this will happen if I have this around. Or like, they'll notice, like their quartz go cloudy or something like that. So I don't really know what to think about it because like I said, all white does its own thing.
00:33:58
Yeah. And to. I don't have a picture. Yeah. Maybe. What? Maybe it wasn't mould of art. Maybe it was a really good imitation.
00:34:05
Yeah, it could be. Yeah. There's a lot of imitations out there. Oh, yeah.
00:34:10
Because there's mould getting hard to find.
00:34:13
It's always been hard to find. So it's only from one place, right? Yeah. Which used to be Moldavia. It's now called other things. Or is it used to be Czech Republic anyway? Um, so, yeah, I will tell you the fun fact of why Moldova is green, though.
00:34:29
Yes, please.
00:34:30
When the meteor hit, it actually hit a peridot deposit. So when the when it hit.
00:34:37
Wonder I love it.
00:34:37
Yeah, it melted the silica with the peridot, which is why you have green glass.
00:34:42
Oh.
00:34:43
Yeah. That's why it's green. And the tektites are, you know, black and greys and. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:34:50
That is a super fun fact.
00:34:51
That is a super fun fact. Yeah. So that's why it's green. Um, but also like, I've, I've held pieces of mould as big as my hand before and like, nothing I couldn't even explain to you what goes on in your mind when you're holding one that large because you're like, this can't be real. You feel like a little bit like this. And then the last thing you want to do is ask how much it is. Do not ask that question. Just accept your time with it and move on. Um, but because any crystal that is hard to find is is generally faked. Like malachite. Stuff like that. You see a lot of fakes. Yeah, and there's different ways to spot them. Um, but with malachite and so with Maldive art, there is nothing about it that is symmetrical. It it's literally it's born from chaos. It's born from violence. Like, literally this thing came down and smacked into the earth. So you've got that the bruise. And then all of this is like the shards left behind. That's what we're finding. And it's like. So none of it.
00:36:00
It's sort of has that rippled look, doesn't it? Like from the heat and the.
00:36:04
Yeah, cause it's the glass.
00:36:05
Kinda like lava. Like dried. Yeah. Peridot glass lava. Yeah.
00:36:10
Well, you'll see the same thing in raw obsidian. The same ripple. Yeah, because it's the same thing. It's was molten and now it's not. But Moldova, it's in a lot smaller. And then they get like actual chunks of it where it's like these little molten blobs. Um, but yeah. So it's like, that's your biggest thing if you're trying to. And also if it's too cheap, just move on. Mhm. Yeah. If they want, if they want like $30 for a piece that's no no no no that's glass. Yeah.
00:36:40
So wait for it to find you. Yes. Be aware of imitation. Yes. And be ready.
00:36:46
Yeah.
00:36:47
You're going to go on this journey.
00:36:48
Yeah. To be fair though, if it's found you, you're ready. You already got a foot in the door. It's going to guide you, and it's not going to be ripping bandaids off or running you through like bramble bushes, like you're. You're good. Um, it's just going to make you do the thing. You know that there's always one thing that we don't want. It's going to make you do that thing. Yeah.
00:37:11
I think too, holding it and, you know, really choosing the piece that's right for you.
00:37:16
Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's why. That's why we opened up to everyone being able to come in like we've always intuitively chosen things. And from the feedback. We do pretty good at it. Yeah. But, um, yeah, we do have people like, oh, I like to come in and hold it, so. Yeah. So when we opened up, like we had a lot of, like our locals that would shop online. Um, be like like, I know you're good. Can I just come touch it? I'm like, yeah, man, go for it. No problem. Um. And. Yeah, but it's it's I like I like watching people experience new crystals because I've got, like because there's so many different ones. Like, you have some of the, um, beginner not beginners like, won't know, like amethyst in all of its forms and things like that. And then you'll have like, you're more like intermediate to like, I guess, expert.
00:38:07
Users.
00:38:08
That haven't seen things like Big Spike before, which lives in my drawer. Um, so and things like that where I'm just like, hey, have you heard of this? Or like, no, I'm like, let me get some. And, um, yeah. And that's that's like, that's really cool to watch. But I think like, yeah, just honestly like watching anybody just go through their journey. Like whether they've ripped off band aids with mould of it or they're just skipping through the bushes happily, like, it's so much like it's so fun to just watch people go through it. So. Yeah.
00:38:37
Yeah. Cool. Do you want to talk about text tight with us?
00:38:41
Yeah, I've got some tactile, so this is my favourite thing. Yeah. Okay.
00:38:46
So I'm so.
00:38:47
Ready. I was told by a medium clairvoyant. Okay. Years ago, like, years and years ago, that apparently I'm. My soul is not from this particular honour. Surprise, surprise. And to be fair, like made a lot of sense because whenever I would be stressed in high school and stuff like that, I'd go lay out in the driveway and just watch the stars. Um, it's also why I live in the middle of nowhere, because I like stars and you can't have them if you live other places. So I normally wear a piece of mould, um, not moulded by, uh, meteorite around my neck, but I've taken it off at the moment because I'm not sleeping well, so I'm just I'm experimenting with a few things. Um, but I feel really lost without it, so. Yeah, I've got this one here. This is actually a piece of meteorite. So this is a Russian meteorite. It's been sliced. So that metal, like metal is, um, it's like a nickel iron, but it's not from this world. Like there's other elements in that metal that are not from this world. And then you've got like these little they almost look like, um, Amber. Um, and they're not, they're like a almost they're like a hard, like quartz. Um, but yeah. So that's an actual slice.
00:40:12
So it's like quartz wedged into metal.
00:40:16
Yeah. It's well, it's, it's something wedged into something else because they're not, not, they're not from here. So I think that one there was found.
00:40:24
So do you think this is an impact thing or this is the way it.
00:40:28
This is a meteor from space. They actually found the median and sliced it up. That's the actual thing that fell in space.
00:40:34
So different from mould of art in terms of we were talking about it. Yeah. Something created from an impact.
00:40:39
That is that's the problem. That one. That's the one that caused all this. Yes. Yeah. Because we have to start at the beginning.
00:40:46
So yeah. Yeah. But this, this wasn't created through impact. No. So that's the big difference.
00:40:52
Yeah. That's the one that made the impact. So these guys here are responsible for all the tektites in the world. Also tektites tektites is the impact glass.
00:41:02
Okay.
00:41:02
Yeah. So yeah.
00:41:04
So this is really pretty.
00:41:06
So that's the.
00:41:06
Meteor. Yeah.
00:41:08
Very rare too right. Like not many people are ever going to sit with a piece of that in their hand.
00:41:13
Oh my God, I love it.
00:41:15
And here I am with a whole basket. Yeah. And my mom's like, are you gonna sell them now? No, I did have an option a few years ago to buy, like, because they slice them all up in the lab, and there was, like, the butt end, and it was like 10,000 us. And I was like, do you think my husband be mad if I, like, sold his truck to buy this meteor?
00:41:40
To buy the body of the medium?
00:41:41
Yeah. I don't have the medieval. He still has a truck. Yeah, I was talked out of it.
00:41:46
Yeah.
00:41:47
I'm still sad.
00:41:48
He sold my wheels for a bot.
00:41:50
Yes. But yeah, they're really, really cool. So I have a few.
00:41:57
A few pieces.
00:41:58
In my personal.
00:41:59
Collection. Oh. It's beautiful. Yeah.
00:42:02
Just on your personal collection. What else is in that that people would be interested to hear?
00:42:08
I actually have the smallest collection out of everybody in my family.
00:42:12
Do you?
00:42:13
Yeah, because I don't gift myself stuff, do I?
00:42:17
Know to family?
00:42:18
Yeah. My mom, Charlie, the one with the massive desk out there completely covered in crystals. Yeah, yeah. So, um, she's got the largest collection. Yeah. She has 17 boxes in her spare room that haven't been unpacked. Oh, wow. Yeah. I have no idea what's in them. A lot of big pieces came over wrapped in towels when she moved. But, yeah, I keep saying her, I'm like, you can't have anything new. Not until you unpack the boxes. You can't have anything new. And she's like, I don't have a cabinet. I'm like. Same problem if you get new things. Yeah, but, um. Yeah. No, my personal collection has a lot of small, what I call weirdos in it. So there's a lot of tektites. There's a lot of, um, there's a lot of things that don't quite look like it should or has like strange inclusions. And because of that, large pieces can be quite expensive. So I just collect little things. A lot of my stuff can fit in a drawer. Um, and then I do have a select larger pieces throughout the house which just keeps the harmonious energy flow going. Yeah. So yeah, my personal collection's not that. Not that exciting. Yeah.
00:43:21
My shop collection is exciting.
00:43:23
That's that's exciting. And I do have one of those at home, but it lives in a drawer. Um, but I do have some tektites. This is the colour of tektites normally, so it's actually like a brown grey black. I brought a couple in. These are bigger ones. So these are like your little nodules of what used to be molten silica.
00:43:44
That does feel like it was molten.
00:43:45
It does. Yeah. And this is the ripple hitting that you'd see in Moldova. Yeah, yeah, same sort of thing. And yes, I've broken these up and put them under magnifying glasses. Like my microscope and stuff like that. And. Yeah, because I like to do stuff like that. But um, yeah. So they have like these bubbles and these ripples continue throughout the whole piece.
00:44:06
It's lighter than I thought though, you know. I thought it would be heavy.
00:44:10
Yeah, yeah. No.
00:44:11
I think it's quite light big.
00:44:14
Compared to sugar. It's definitely going to be lighter because there are bubbles in it. Yeah, yeah. So, um, yeah. So this is like, this is what I would call this beginner Moldovan. You start off with a plain old tech type, okay. Because it's that same it's a, it's a high vibrational stone. It's still out of this world, but it's a lot gentler. And it's it'll get you used to that spacey vibration before you jump into the big one. So yeah, usually like my first tech type wasn't my motorbike. It was one of these. And that was by accident or nothing's by accident. But you know what I mean. Yeah. So you just kind of you warm yourself up to it subconsciously. So. Yeah. But yeah, this is a good way to start.
00:45:04
Good tip. And are these readily available? Yes. Yeah.
00:45:07
Yes yes yes. Because these are from all sorts of impacts throughout the world. So there was a really big one, um, like in Arizona and stuff like that. And they make these massive craters and this is all through there, and they just find them. And then they put them in a bag, like, I literally have bags of these.
00:45:23
Wow. Yeah. So nothing needs to happen. They're like found just like that. Yeah. Yeah.
00:45:28
Oh I've seen when they facet mould of it and I'm like, blaspheme.
00:45:34
What do you mean you're making beads? What'd you do with the leftovers? Like, just take it out. What is.
00:45:40
And enjoy.
00:45:41
It.
00:45:42
Um.
00:45:42
So.
00:45:43
Yeah, I'm. I'm not one.
00:45:44
For faceting tektites.
00:45:46
But, um. Yeah. So I. Yeah. This is a definitely I'd start with these. They're not they're not pretty to everybody. Mhm. But yeah they're a bit of fun when you're not used to them.
00:45:58
Yeah I love them. I love the texture. Yeah.
00:46:01
Oh yeah.
00:46:01
They're like fun fidgets. Yeah.
00:46:03
You probably like it because you resonate with the wood. You know like these real.
00:46:06
That same ripple.
00:46:07
It's kind of like opposite. That's wood. And this is from space.
00:46:10
Yeah. You got both.
00:46:11
Technically, it was created by something from space. This isn't from space. This is part of the Earth. Oh. So the thing, the silver thing down there hit the Earth and created these. That's why you have the energy of the meteorite and the space. But in an earthly mineral.
00:46:27
Yeah. That's why I was trying to specify for the recording that the other one wasn't created from an impact.
00:46:33
No.
00:46:33
This was.
00:46:34
Yeah.
00:46:34
That makes a lot of art. Yeah, yeah.
00:46:37
Yeah, that's why they call it impact glass.
00:46:40
So what did this one react with?
00:46:42
Oh, this one would have been like just Slavic materials like ashes, sand, whatever could have hit coal. I'm not entirely sure. Most all the other ones around the world are this colour. So it's like the same thing as how like obsidian is black. It's not actually black. You can see through it if it's thin enough. It's this colour.
00:47:02
Yeah, right.
00:47:03
Oh.
00:47:05
If you take really thin pieces of like if, if I was to go out and get a shard and shot it up to the light, you can see through it.
00:47:11
Wow.
00:47:12
Yeah.
00:47:12
Because it's.
00:47:12
Glass.
00:47:13
Yeah.
00:47:14
So yeah. Any sort of like silica based glass like this. Yeah. You know check tactical. They're my favourite. But you guys get to keep those ones.
00:47:24
Oh, really?
00:47:25
Well, thanks.
00:47:26
Thanks.
00:47:27
Awesome.
00:47:27
Mine's got a little stress spot. Did you.
00:47:30
Just.
00:47:30
Make that in there? Yeah.
00:47:32
Well, I'm listening to this.
00:47:36
This won't rip any Band-Aids off. This won't hurt. Yeah. Okay. Oh, this is a nice. The nice one. Yeah. It's a good twin. Good twin.
00:47:44
Good twin. Good twin. Sit on my shoulder. Thank you.
00:47:48
No worries. Do you have any other questions about Moldovan? Because I do know some stuff. I don't know what else we haven't covered, though.
00:47:56
Um.
00:47:57
No, I think that's. Do you have any? I think, like, I think we're just important to say, like, it's not a beginner thing, but.
00:48:03
It's definitely around me. And also don't listen to TikTok. Yeah. No, it won't ruin you. You ruin your life. No, no. Just don't.
00:48:10
Yeah. No. And I like that you wait for it to find you.
00:48:13
Yeah.
00:48:13
Because I went moulded like mad for a bit. Yeah. And I because I'm once, once I fully embraced what was happening to me a couple of months later, I'm like, right, well, let's just do it again. Like, let's go hard this time.
00:48:23
Yeah.
00:48:23
Oh.
00:48:24
How'd you go with that?
00:48:25
No, I didn't buy any because I was like, I went into that shop and did that spin thing and I'm like, yeah, no, right. I get it now. Yeah, I understand, I think I've, I've done a lot in a year.
00:48:33
And.
00:48:34
That's.
00:48:34
Probably okay. Don't need to do much more.
00:48:36
I'll just take a second.
00:48:37
I am very impressed with your like sort of self control..
00:48:41
It's not like me at all.
00:48:42
No.
00:48:42
To be fair, though, like, I've had people that are, like, actively chasing Moldova. And they'll come in the day after I've sold my last piece. Yeah. Like it won't allow itself to get into the hands, like, except for the ones that are, like, really brazen. Then it's like, all right, Buttercup, let's strap on in. Um, but to be fair, like when someone comes in looking for it, even whether I've got it or not, I always give them the whole. Have you used it before? Have you used anything to do with moonlight oil? Incense? Like anything. And if the answer is no, I'll start there and then we'll talk about it.
00:49:15
And why do you want to use it? Right. You know, because there's generally you're trying to you're trying to make something happen.
00:49:23
It's kind of like for me it's very grounding. And I think I've.
00:49:25
Sort.
00:49:26
I sorted out all that reason. Yeah. Yeah. So and a lot of like people with like ADHD or like, you know, neurodivergent seek that grounding that we can't make ourselves. And that's why high vibes work really well with us. That's why, like, you'll normally find me like, walking around with, like, cords. Because it is a recreational store. Um, Super Seven's like, I, I next of my bed. Most people wouldn't be able to sleep with this. Next to my bed is. And it's been there for years. So it's not the reason I'm not sleeping now because I've taken it out to test. Is a smoky amethyst double like twin point in hydro? That's three and a half kilos. It's about this big. It's bigger than my head. It's 18 moving bubbles in it. Oh, wow. That's a lot of energy. Yeah. And I'm like everyone. Like, how do you sleep with it? I was like a baby. How cold? Um. But yeah. So high vibes bring me mellow. And a lot of people with ADHD, it will do that. They'll be seeking out those high vibes and they won't be interested in the other stuff. Unless you want to perk ourselves right up. And then we're running for, like, Sunstone and Carnelian and, um, yeah, bit of citrine.
00:50:37
I love that that you touch on ADHD because there's obviously like medication. But then there's also another way to support yourself. And you can just bounce between the two and see what you like. Yeah.
00:50:48
It depends what you're doing that day basically. Yeah. Anybody with ADHD will, you know, say the same thing, especially if they've chosen to be Medicaid or chosen not to be. They bounce between it and crystals and oils and like meditation is off the cards for most of us. Like I, I can't meditate to save my life. Literally, you could put a gun to my head and be like, meditate or else. And I'm not happening. It's really not happening. Um, so yeah, it's it's very like like normally I have a lot of people. We get drawn together.
00:51:22
Yeah.
00:51:23
And so I've, I've been here on a Saturday with Maddie, who also has ADHD. And every single person that's walked in that day is Otto is also ADHD. There's a lot of energy in here and one day. But like it went so quick. But it's good because you have a lot of people seeking those things. And I feel like I can help you. I understand, and I'm like, you want to sit there and stim while we talk? No problem man, you do. You and we'll just carry on with life. And I think they don't feel so weird here. And I think that helps because I feel less weird here. Yeah.
00:51:56
This is a great place. Just go and do whatever you want here. Yeah, yeah. Basically not weird.
00:52:00
Yeah. I've had people come in and be like, can I eat my lunch? I'm like, yeah man. Yeah, yeah, I enjoy it. So yeah. But it's um, yeah, I think, I think ADHD and spirituality kind of almost go hand in hand.
00:52:14
Oh yeah.
00:52:14
Because we, we look at the world differently and we tend to come from a perspective outside the box because we don't know there's a box there. So um, so we see things completely differently and we're more open to things because we have to be. Yeah. And these social norms that have been programmed into generations of us. We're like, why? Why do you make eye contact when you talk? Why do you shake hands? Like, why can't we just wave em? Like, these are normal things, right? So I guess, you know, with crystals, the same thing. They. They find their people. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:52:55
That's lovely.
00:52:56
Yeah.
00:52:58
I have to say, it's the. You have created a beautiful welcoming. Thank you. I just felt at home instantly. Yeah. This morning and. Well, I thought I wasn't into crystals.
00:53:10
I know you came to Disneyland and everyone takes a prize home from Disneyland, right? You can't come in.
00:53:15
Not definitely.
00:53:17
But let's also just touch on your calendar because I think advent calendar. Yeah, I think that's great. Just to let people know about because it's a very unusual I don't know anyone else that does a calendar or to the level and quality that you do.
00:53:31
I've seen a few pop up over the years.
00:53:32
Okay.
00:53:33
Yeah. Sorry. I'm putting my TikTok down because it's making me a bit.
00:53:35
No.
00:53:35
That's fine. Yeah.
00:53:37
Did you. How did you come up with the idea? How many years have you been doing the calendar?
00:53:41
Okay, so true story. I was laying in bed. It was 11:00 at night, and I was one of those days where I was just like. I'd like to try something new. This is what's happening in my head, right? Anyway. And I was like, because I love Christmas, I love Christmas. I always had an advent calendar, like filled with chocolate. And I was like, chocolate is meant to be bad for you. Um, and then I called out my sister, who was my business partner at the time, and I was like, I've got this idea. And she's like, all right, shoot, because she's a night owl. She's always awake. Didn't even question it. And I was like, okay, advent calendar are here, but with crystals, how are we gonna pull that off? I don't know. That's your that's your department. I'm using your ideas, man. She's like, all right, well, let me think about this and we'll talk about in the morning. I was like, all right, no worries. Hung up. Went back to like went to sleep Next morning. She's like, all right. So I'm like, what about if we do like this? And I was like, I've been searching. No one does it. Look at this. I like went Google, Etsy, Amazon like like anywhere that you maybe find one. And no, I think the closest I had was someone who had like a pre-made, you know, like little stocking ones. Yeah, yeah. And yeah. And she'd sell that with a collection of tumbles. And that was over in the UK. Yeah. Um, so I was like, okay, well, like, maybe there's no market for it. We almost didn't do it.
00:55:02
Oh yeah.
00:55:04
So imagine.
00:55:05
Yeah.
00:55:06
So 2018 was the first year we did it.
00:55:08
Oh wow.
00:55:08
So it's been a while.
00:55:09
Yeah yeah. And so this year I saw Christian Hull picked it up.
00:55:28
Right. That was wild.
00:55:30
So wild. Amongst the cheese and the fishing. And the boy. Up pops your calendar. And I couldn't stop watching. And he'd put the things back in the wrong spot.
00:55:40
Yeah, just to mess with people.
00:55:41
Yeah, yeah. What was that? Did you know he was doing it? Did you reach out in any way?
00:55:46
He just bought one. Like, literally when I got tagged in that, um, that particular story. Yeah, from one of our customers. Because normally I like. I'm a fan of Christian Hall. Yeah, I watch his stuff to have a good giggle, like to wind down. Hilarious. And I hadn't watched his new stuff that day. And then I got tagged and it was like. Like I think it was. He might have been like in the off, like mid afternoon or something. No, it was at Night-Time about 8:00 at night. And I'm like, oh. And I was like, what is this? And I look and I was.
00:56:13
Like, oh. And I like full fangirl.
00:56:15
My husband had no idea what was going on because I woke him up. Yeah. Um, and I had no one to tell because I, like, messaged my mum and I was like, look at this. And she's like, who's that? And I was like, oh, you did it look, Jasmine, he.
00:56:29
Needed Lori's number.
00:56:31
I when I saw that, I just thought you guys have hit it, right? This is so good.
00:56:37
Yeah. It was, like, epic. And then I, like. I then was like, did he order it himself? So I put his name in to us. He did? Oh, if I wanted to, I could stalk him. I'm not going to. It's okay. Um, but. Yeah. No, he just ordered it himself. He's just. I don't know how he found it. To be fair, I probably should have asked because I did chat to him, like, briefly.
00:56:57
Yeah, right.
00:56:58
Um, but. Yeah. And then the whole time, because we can make them right the whole time. Like when he's bringing one out each day for that first seven days before he went on hiatus. Yeah. Um, like, we were all stressing, like I'd watch for them every day because I'm like, what if he gets what if it's like, broken transit because he's just opening it, like, blindly? I'm like, what if it's the wrong one in the wrong day? Because, like, sometimes we're human. Sometimes these things happen. Yeah. So it was so stressful. But watching him react to everything and, um, yeah. And then obviously I get a lot of messages being like, oh, have you seen the video of today's one? And um, yeah. So it was it was really, really cool. And the fact that he gave us like full on shout outs. Yeah. Like especially on like day two, he's like, these guys are great. Like. And I was like, well, thanks. You don't need to get two days in. It gets a little bit off.
00:57:52
Yeah.
00:57:54
We like ease you into it with our advent calendars. So, um. Yeah, but he ended up loving it. He messaged us at the end. It was like, put me down for one next year. Oh, yeah. So yeah. So that was really cool. Um, but yeah, because he opened all of it at once, I couldn't share it because, oh.
00:58:10
Yeah.
00:58:10
The spoilers.
00:58:11
Let every.
00:58:12
Yeah, because we don't tell anybody what's in it. Yeah.
00:58:15
And because it did it all at once and it was like early. I was just like I was like, well, I should probably put a warning on this one. He messaged me and he was like, oh shit, sorry, I just won't tag you in the other ones, but now I'll tag you afterwards. I was like a cool. Thanks, man. Um, and you want to pop it up on people's feeds and then they ruin this because I, we do have people that get them, open them all at once and then pack it back away until December because they're like, it's okay, I forget. So it's fine. I was like, oh.
00:58:39
To be honest, that's what I would 100%. Yeah, yeah that's me.
00:58:42
Yeah, I would just.
00:58:43
I'd open them all.
00:58:44
Up next. I need to see it.
00:58:45
Yeah.
00:58:45
And then I'd be sad it was over. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't get to play with everyone else each day.
00:58:50
Yeah, yeah.
00:58:51
So you obviously put a lot of work there. Very unique. The things that pop in these calendars are like you don't see them every day at unearthed, right? That's the point. Yeah.
00:59:01
To be fair though, I'm not going to take credit for what goes into those calendars because a few years ago, my little sister Jim. Yeah. So I want to do the advent, right, because she really enjoys it. So each year since she'd taken her, I've, I personally choose two pieces that go in there and I don't stick to budget. This is why I'm not allowed to do it. I don't stick to budgets. I get whatever I want and they usually like the last one off being carved or something. Um, and yeah, so I, I don't know if I'm allowed to play next year according to Jim, but we'll see. Um, but yeah. So Jim puts like I mean, like, she's already thinking about it.
00:59:40
I was going to say, I imagine it takes a lot of planning.
00:59:42
It does. Yeah.
00:59:43
Yeah. Basically like once, once finished, we start again.
00:59:45
Yeah.
00:59:46
So and they're, they're honestly they're a labor of love. Um, and like because they're, they're hand-rolled. Each piece in there is like checked over like quality checked and then rolled up and then put a sticker on it and then put it into another box. So when all of those are done, we then get out the boxes of the actual advent boxes, and then we have to fill them up one by one. And yeah, so it's a lot of work. And like there are places that offer like, you know, like in China and stuff like that. They offer pre-filled. No, I'm not going to do that ever. Yeah. No, it's not our style we like. I don't. I don't even sell anything that's not here. Yeah, I have to physically have it in my hand. Yeah, because I'm like, what if it's not right? Yeah. We can do pre-orders for stuff and like, some of the pre-order stuff we do, we send them photos and everything. We won't even take their money until it's here. Mhm. Because we have to check it over. So yeah you can imagine like with advent with 25 pieces going to hundreds of people and maybe Christian whole like panic, who.
01:00:50
Knows who else next year right.
01:00:52
Yeah. Well I've got, there's quite a few people that were like where do I get these with this hold out. Yeah. Can I buy one for next to you? Now I'm like, no, but, um, yeah, I, we only make so many. So once they're gone, they're gone. So we'll see who gets one this year.
01:01:07
Yes. That is a good point to make.
01:01:09
Yeah. I can't make more than what I can.
01:01:11
Yeah. If you do want one, you need to get in very quickly. When they come up.
01:01:14
We need to be on your email list. Right. Or something.
01:01:17
Yeah, ma'am. So email us get. So our email list gets a heads up just before pre-sale. Um, and. Yeah. And then usually I call it the people that are paying attention. So email us and people that like actively watch our stories and stuff. They'll know the minute it goes live and just get in then. Um, because even though we open up pre-sale, you can choose to wait until they're done, but I can't guarantee there'll be any left. Mhm. So yeah we have like our die hards like the people that have had them for six years running. Like they'll be there the minute the pre-sale opens. Yeah. Um and they'll be like go wait. And I'm like all right, five months to go. So yeah, but it's a big workup for us too. We have like because we know what's in it. We start shopping like in like March, May, April ish. So we start like buying things and organising things by the time it comes to them. But we've forgotten some of them. And then everything arrives and we're like, oh, it's so much better than I thought it was going to be. And we started doing everything so early because if something arrives and it's not right, we redo it. Yeah. Which is why sometimes we'll end up with like, a lot of something that's ended up in the store. And it's just like, it just wasn't advent. It wasn't right for advent. Mhm. Um, but that's something happened like twice in six years. So yeah. But it's a lot of fun.
01:02:41
Yeah. The events are amazing.
01:02:43
Thank you.
01:05:25
Give me a.
01:05:25
Calendar.
01:05:27
That's so.
01:05:28
Cool. I told you you'd like it.
01:05:30
I knew I'd like it.
01:05:32
She's super chill. She's super chill. I've drugged him.
01:05:36
He was telling.
01:05:37
You.
01:05:38
Tell him.
01:05:40
It's true. You feel real chill, don't you?
01:05:44
Yeah, yeah. You look kind of stoned. Yeah.
01:05:51
I'm Helen.
01:05:52
Next question.
01:05:54
The shop will do that. Walking through.
01:05:55
It.
01:05:58
Yeah, you can.
01:05:59
Wrap it up.
01:06:00
You sure you.
01:06:00
Don't want it? No.
01:06:04
I'm just kidding.
01:06:06
Well, that brings us to the end of all that questions we have for Peter. Thank you for everyone sending in the questions that you had. We hope we've answered them for you. Helen has discovered that she is into crystals. Turns out, and we'll be going home with that rock in her hand. I haven't left her hand yet, so.
01:06:26
We're thrown on the floor.
01:06:27
Yeah, we.
01:06:28
Can't handle them. But Helen is absolutely loving.
01:06:31
Loving it.
01:06:33
So we'll catch you next time. Don't forget to follow unearth crystals. Keep an eye on the advent calendar when it comes out, and also support this beautiful business because you can see a lot of heart, soul, and responsible sourcing and very intuitive women here as well. So if you want support choosing a crystal, this is absolutely the place to come. And you don't need to be in person either. You do online, you can do support online.
01:06:58
Yeah, we get people call me sometimes I'll be like, hey, I'm online right now, what do I need? So yeah, we're here to help. And if I'm not available to help with the time, then it's okay.
01:07:08
Oh, one last question. No. Why do you think it's okay to be spiritual and like, do this type of thing and be open to crystals and, you know.
01:07:16
Receive.
01:07:17
She said we had to not be spiritual.
01:07:19
We're born spiritual.
01:07:20
And then everything else changes and then they're like, oh, you can't go back. You can't go back to them. No no no no no no. What we're doing is we're just going. We're just reconnecting with that which we already know, which is why it's okay. Mhm.
01:07:34
Yeah.
01:07:34
Perfect answer.
01:07:36
Perfect answer.
01:07:37
That's pretty much exactly why we created the podcast. Thank you Peter for sharing all your knowledge. Oh thank you and all your you know the way you welcome in.
01:07:49
Yeah. It's just I don't know it either.
01:07:55
Yeah. No I really appreciate it. Thank you.
01:07:57
No worries. Thank you very much.
01:07:58
And we'll catch you next time.
01:08:00
Bye for now.

Episode 21. Unearthed Crystals Part 2 - energetic bruises, Moldavite madness, high vibe crystals & more!

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