====== Chalcedony ======
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energy_tags: Receptive
gender_tags: 
planet_tags: Moon
element_tags: Water
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Peace, anti-nightmare, travel, protection, lactation, luck
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===== Magical Uses =====
Chalcedony, in common with many other stones, banishes fear, hysteria, depression, mental illness, and sadness. It also promotes calm and peaceful feelings when worn or held in the hand.

In the sixteenth century, it was prescribed by magicians to dissolve illusions and fantasies. For this purpose, it was pierced and hung around the neck.

Worn to bed or placed beneath the pillow, chalcedony drives away nightmares, night visions, and fear of the dark.

As a protective stone, chalcedony guards its bearer during times of political revolution and while traveling. It is also used to ward off psychic attack and negative magic. Chalcedony prevents accidents if worn.

In Renaissance magic, the chalcedony was engraved with the figure of a man with his right hand upraised. This was worn for success in lawsuits as well as for health and safety.

The stone is used for beauty, strength, energy, and success in all undertakings, and in Italy, mothers wear beads of white chalcedony to increase lactation.

An arrowhead carved of chalcedony is worn or carried for luck.</ifauth>