Lepidolite Masquerade Mask [1k1016]

Lepidolite is a lithium rich stone from the Mica family.  Lepidolite can be pink, purple, red and rarely, yellow.  

Lepidolite is associated with your third eye chakra and is widely considered to be a deeply spiritual stone.  Due to the high lithium content, Lepidolite is also considered to be a stone for matters of mental health.  In deep meditative practice Lepidolite can assist you to connect to a higher consciousness for spiritual guidance, and can help clarify issues where multiple options are causing confusion and indecision.  Lepidolite can help you to be more precise in your thinking, as well as soothe tensions and anxiety.

This particular carving is of a skull wearing a masquerade mask.  Why would a skull wear a masquerade mask you ask?  In our human experience we wear many masks and have many roles depending upon our individual circumstances.  Our circumstances can dictate and demand more from us than we think we have to give.  Very much along the lines of the skull wearing a mask, we too can put on a mask to help us deal with certain situations.  This does not make us a fraud, this simply means sometimes we need outside help to manage in such cases.  The symbolism of this carving concerns the necessity of having to wear a mask and providing the requisite strength in certain situations, but also a reminder that a mask is simply that, it is a tool we use but it is not permanent and it can be removed when you feel it is right to do so. 

Stone carved into the human skull form is a tool that can be used with meditative practice to expand your consciousness.