In crystal therapy , despite the name, not only crystals are used . Sometimes we see in the hands of the therapists or on the stalls of the markets even simple rocks (often tumbled), various fossils such as amber or fossil wood or other particular materials.

The latter include the pearl, a spherule of aragonite naturally tumbled by some molluscs.

Biologically speaking, it is the product of a defensive mechanism typical of some molluscs , especially the oyster, which covers a foreign body with concentric and successive layers of mother-of-pearl, or lamellar aragonite and biopolymers, so as to isolate it and render it harmless.

This natural defensive mechanism becomes in our eyes a real art , as the resulting object is of extreme beauty and very captivating to human eyes, since very ancient times.

Used mainly in jewelry , however, the pearl has a metaphysical role also in the world of crystal therapy.

Various types of pearls

Pearls differ in shape, size, color and surface quality .

The most perfect have a spherical shape, some have a regular ovoid shape, while others are decidedly irregular.

The color is very variable : it ranges from pearl white to orange, passing from candy pink, to black, blue, green, gold and mother-of-pearl iridescence.

There are also natural pearls and cultured pearls , the former are made of 100% mother of pearl, while in the cultured ones we find a large artificial core that is inserted as a foreign body inside the mollusk.

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The pearl in ancient and modern mysticism

The relationship between the pearl and the man is of very ancient date. We find it already mentioned as a gem and remedy in the ancient Ayurvedic texts, in the old testament and in some apocryphal gospels . Famous is the Hymn of the Pearl in the Gnostic gospel called Acts of Thomas .

In the most modern crystal therapy the ancient mystical qualities of the pearl are well summarized.

It is thought to be able to bring deep calm and rebalance after energy imbalances , after all the pearl is an extreme form of order around a center of pure chaos.

It is considered the ideal stone for developing knowledge through experience ; in fact the pearl helps to review our acts and to discern the good and the improvable.

It therefore helps to learn from one’s mistakes in complete calm and lucidity, understanding what to let go of and what to hold back to build a new energy structure.

Not infrequently the pearl is also connected to feminine charity and generosity .

Connections between the pearl and the body

On a physical level, the pearl is often connected with the digestive tract , it would therefore help digest and keep the most used muscle groups in shape.

In many cultures it has been and still is used to improve female fertility and to wish a pain-free birth .

Even the menstrual cycle seems to be able to become more painless thanks to the therapeutic use of the pearl.

The pearl in relationships

It is considered a stone capable of consolidating love relationships , thus acting as an official seal even in the case of engagement.

The pearl, it is not a mystery, has a similar appearance to that of the moon, and seems capable of stimulating the hormones naturally stimulated by the moonlight , therefore in relation to its cycles.

This also means energetic alignment between the individual aura and the energies of the moon, or reduction of torque frictions .

After all, the pearl represents nothing more than the art of the mollusk to create something magnificent starting from an irritating element .