Frog's Pawn is a single piece sculpture carved from a stunning specimen of Mozambique agate from Mozambique, Africa. A beautifully colored and detailed frog sits astride this Skullis Super Realistic crystal skull carving with amazing skull features. This specimen of Mozambique agate offers deep shades of gray with blue overtones and dark solid reds which give way to lighter tones of the same. A stark white paints the face of the skull and shows an array of orbicular formations in a field of orange, and the left hind leg of the frog gives an amazing translucent contrast to the intense colors behind it. The Frog's Pawn Mozambique agate crystal skull and frog sculpture is a choice piece among the many wonders Skullis has created. This magnificent work of art measures 4.0 x 2.5 x 4.0 inches (102x63x101mm) and weighs 1.13 pounds (515g).

The Frog's Pawn inspires our closer connection to Mother Nature and reminds us of our responsibility to, and our position of stewardship of, our Earth. We are encouraged to see the Earth and all life as something worth caring for and preserving. The frog's sensitivity to changes in environments give us an indication that something about our behavior must be addressed. The Frog's Pawn crystal skull encourages us to examine our behaviors and attitudes involving pollutants, natural resources, and conservation.

The Frog's Pawn crystal skull challenges us to consider a greater world outside of our own concerns for ourselves, and reminds us that while we are responsible for our own lives, and that our actions do affect our world as we experience it, we are also guardians of the natural world upon which we depend. We are encouraged to work toward creating a world of plenitude, prosperity, and joyful beauty. Frog's Pawn emphasizes the importance of our awareness that our current behaviors will have an exponential affect on the children of the future. The Frog's Pawn Mozambique agate crystal skull and frog sculpture inspires us with the reassurance that we possess an unlimited power, and the knowledge that each of us has the ability to decide what we will manifest for the future.

Frogs allow for the easing of rough life experiences and changes. They bring reassurance when experiencing new places and situations, and assistance for enhancing intuition and one’s connection with the spirit world. Frogs are a useful symbol for addressing growth pains, physical and otherwise, and stress that comes from change, helping one to find acceptance and patience during the process of the experience. Frogs also symbolize luck, purity, healing, dreaming, and opportunity.

Frogs can represent the process of clearing negativity, old habits, beliefs, and thought and behavior patterns by allowing one to gain alternate perspectives of one’s life and current situations. Frogs can encourage a rethinking and reorganizing of beliefs and opinions, helping one to understand and grow when faced with unfamiliar concepts that differ from one’s accepted values and comfort level. Similarly, one may gain insight regarding how one relates to others, regarding one’s emotional actions and reactions, and regarding one’s physical health as it is affected by one’s choices.

In ancient Rome and Egypt, and other cultures, frogs were connected with the cycle of life; fertility, death, resurrection, and rebirth. Venus, goddess of love, was often depicted with an accompanying frog, and the Egyptian goddess of birthing was the frog headed Heket. Native American traditions consider the frog to be connected with rain and useful in the manipulation of weather. Celtic symbolism holds the frog as lord over all the earth, and the frog represented healing power. In China the frog is a symbol of the yin energy and symbolizes good fortune, bringing happiness to family life and encouraging child birth. In Japan frogs are considered good luck, especially for the traveler, and they are particularly esteemed for ensuring a safe journey when crossing water, and for seeing a traveler return home in safety. Frog symbols are also used to prevent the loss of money.

In many ways frogs represent connections between worlds and realities. Frogs are obviously associated with water and the Earth, being at home in both realms. Frogs are symbolic guides for exploring other realms, leading one from the physical to the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of existence. Frogs are also considered to be a link between the living and the dead.

Frogs symbolize metamorphosis, transformation, transition, and adaptability. The frog brings assistance to the person experiencing changes in their life, be it spiritual growth or changes in one’s physical life situations, helping one move forward with ease and grace.

Frogs are associated with the moon and lunar energies, night time, intuition, feminine energies and the elemental and nature related aspects of magic. Frogs and toads have had a long history of being related to the witch’s craft, and they have been associated with mystic knowledge and acquiring wisdom of that which is unknown.

Agate from Mozambique and Botswana share similar metaphysical properties, engendering and radiating the perfect and unchanging energy of universal love, as well as the joyful experiences of contentment, happiness, and playfulness, bringing the assurance that all is as it should be in one's life and all that is required is to be loving and grateful towards others. These agates facilitate one's efforts of growth and the progression toward enlightenment, increase one's natural resourcefulness, inventiveness, and ingenuity, and assist one to maintain one's integrity and morality.

These agates encourage one to increase one's knowledge pertaining to that which is mysterious and unexplained. They dispel illusion and deception, and act to activate one's conscious awareness and promote the recognition, consideration, and understanding of, and reaction to, the entire perspective of a challenging situation or issue.

When faced with situations that require foresight, caution, and careful consideration, Mozambique and Botswana agates inspire principled honesty, diligence, and dedication, encouraging one to act based on one's inner sense of what is right and what is wrong. These agates assist one to function independently of emotional aspects which may interfere with one's ability to determine optimal resolutions without prejudice or bias.

Mozambique and Botswana agates act to unify the energetic and physical bodies, bringing one's spirit, aura, mind, emotions, and physical aspects into alignment. They vitalize and activate the crown chakra and the energetic bodies.

These agates are used to remove toxins from the body and they have been used at the physical, mental, and emotional levels to neutralize poisons, also helping to relieve stress, depression, and negative thinking patterns. They can be used for treating disorders of the nervous system, issues affecting the skin, the skeletal system, muscle tension and soreness, and to bring order to the function of the brain at the cellular level.

Agate has long been used as a stone of protection, to stimulate analytical capabilities and precision, for providing for perceptiveness to situations, and for awakening ones inherent talents and adroitness. It is also used to avert, and protect from, lighting and stormy weather (physically and metaphysically), and it is considered to be very effective for the protection of children, especially protecting children from falling.

It has also been used to produce inspiration from, and connectedness to, the spiritual worlds. Agate raises one's consciousness, builds self-confidence, and assists one in choosing one's friends carefully. Agate provides strength, helps us to have patience and courage, and its calming effect allows for finding inner peace.

Agate has been used to promote marital fidelity and stability within ceremonial activities, for balancing body, mind, emotions, spirit, and yin/yang energies, and as a stone of harmony and unification of all people. Agate symbolizes benevolence and good will, with these originating from the nurturing energy within the stone. Agate can alleviate hostility, irritability, and boredom, while enhancing one's generosity, responsiveness, and receptivity. Agate is often used as a gazing tool for divination and meditation. It assists in examination of the self and the learning situations that bring about growth. Agate also assists in abating stress and anxiety.

Agate is used to bring prosperity on all levels, and is considered an excellent stone for artists and students, as it amplifies creative and intellectual thinking.

Agate heightens and intensifies energy, sharing it when it is required, and storing energy when it is not needed, enhancing one’s durability and endurance. Agate gives one emotional strength, alleviates fears, and dispels envy and desire through the grounding of emotions. Agate teaches acceptance of one's thoughts and feelings which helps one to overcome the emotions one desires to be free of. Agate's nature of bringing harmony allows for removing and releasing bitterness, resentment, ill will, and the desire for vengeance and retaliation, teaching one to learn and practice forgiveness. In this way, agate heals and improves relationships.

Agate transforms negative energy to harmonious energy which cleans and balances the aura. It harmonizes the energy of the body with the energy of the Earth, grounding and strengthening one's connection with the planet.

Agate stimulates the digestive system and relieves gastritis, the inflammation of the lining of the stomach. Agate is used to strengthen sight, promoting a state of good health for the eyes, and has also been used to diminish thirst. It is connected to the optimal health of the hollow organs such as the heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, and uterus, and is used to heal skin disorders. It has been used to alleviate itching caused by insect bites. Agate assists the heart and blood vessels, strengthening the heart and also healing emotional discord that may be blocking one’s ability to accept love. Agate has been used to cure fever and reduce the symptoms of epilepsy, and may help some people with somnambulism. Agate is also used to cleanse the lymphatic system and the pancreas.

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