A great crystal for motivation and self-esteem, Carnelian is wonderful for creativity and for manifesting your own desires, for individuality and also courage. It will also rejuvenate skin tissue and re new cells so is popular in essence form and then applied to the skin to remove and minimise wrinkles etc and is excellent in healing dermatological ailments such as psoriasis and acne. Carnelian can also help with grief, anger and fear, calming and removing any sorrows that are stopping you from moving forward in your life. It is a perfect crystal to help with rheumatism pains, colds, gall stones, pollen allergies and also kidney stones. It is also believed to be quite a good stone for luck and is also said to attract the opposite sex to you for romance. Carnelian is a great choice of crystal for meditation and can also help with astral travel, lucid dreaming and the recall of past lives. Perfect for menstrual cramps, fertility issues and other problems associated with the lower abdomen. Egyptians used this stone to ensure protection of the dead and even today some cultures use Carnelian to protect the dead in the afterlife and also to protect us in this life from negative influences, evil and is also said to protect from psychic / telepathic attacks.