KANSAS BOJI STONES AKA KANSAS POPROCK
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Kansas Pop Rocks is known for their energy healing properties, but
because of the marcasite in them careful measures must be taken to care
for your jewelry. Do not use water or liquid jewelry cleaner to clean
marcasite jewelry, as the glue securing the stone can dissolve with
repeated exposure. Lightly buff each piece with a soft, dry cloth and do
not use an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner. To remove any negative energy
from your stones you will need to move them through the smoke of sage,
or my sacred sage incense blend which has the same effect. Sage is known
for banishing and removing negative energies, and entities. Beware of
any cleaning products that contain sulfuric acid; pyrite and marcasite
react violently to this chemical, and contact with it can result in
serious damage to your jewelry.
Chakra: "All"
Lore: Kansas Pop Rocks (AKA Boji Stones which is trade name),
also called “Energy Stones,” are used for auric healing and
chakra balancing. They generally have either smooth (female) or
bumpy (male) surfaces. The two “sexes” may be used together or
separately to balance or emphasize chosen polarities. Kansas
Pop Rocks provide good grounding of high energy states.
Geology: Kansas Pop Rocks are pyrite concretions. Bridging
organic and inorganic worlds, they are crystallizations of pyrite
over a nucleus of fossilized seashell.
Locality: Western Kansas
Kansas Pop Rocks AKA Boji Stones:
Kansas Pop Rocks are the common name for the stones
that are sometimes trademarked as Boji Stones®. They
come from the same place, at the base of a natural
pyramid mount in the center of the continental USA, and
are the same type of rock, having the same properties.
Kansas Pop Rocks usually come in pairs, a smoother
In
order to separate fact from fiction, or hype from reality, we need to
look at the basic composition of this rock. By understanding its
composition and geology, we can begin to build a metaphysical picture of
this stone and its uses. Kansas Pop Rocks are concretions of either
iron sulfide, i.e. pyrite and marcasite, or in some cases jarosite,
which are found in outcrops of the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the
Niobrara Formation within Gove County, Kansas. The way they got their
name,”pop rock,” is that they would explode if thrown into a fire.
Also, when struck or hammered, they produce sparks and a distinct sulfur
smell. The fact is that these Pop Rocks at Smoky Hill Chalk
Member were created by the precipitation of iron sulfides leaking in
with dead marine animals in what is called a “calcareous
(calcium/sedimentary) ooze” after it accumulated and before it had
lithified into chalk. At the time Kansas Pop Rocks were created, Kansas
was a vast inland sea during the Cretaceous period. These rounded or
oblong concretions then formed over millions of years. Nowadays
geologists and amateurs and professionals alike go to this area to hunt
for ancient shark teeth and shark skeletons. The “pop rocks” just
happen to be
stone which has Yin or female energy and is referred
to as the female, and a rougher stone that has Yang or masculine energy
and is referred to as the male. Kansas Pop Rocks are excellent for
balancing energy and polarities of all kinds. They are used a lot in
energy healing and psychic healing to release blockages. They are also
used a lot to balance the chakras and align them. They are also
excellent for grounding excess energies, grounding people who are
feeling "spacey", and for shielding. In the both the household plant
pots and out in nature, Kansas Pop Rocks are used to promote plant
growth. Kansas Pop Rocks are also used in healing arthritis, back pain,
general healing, regeneration of cells, adrenal glands, chronic fatigue,
and physical energy.
there intermixed among the more sought
after fossilized extinct shark and other marine animals and shells. In
the Smoky Rive area of the chalk region of northwestern Kansas fossils
and shells lay exposed. This inland sea is a continuing research into
the reptiles and other animals who swam in this sea and have left their
footprints in the chalk. The concretions contain iron sulphides and
Palladium. Fossilized invertebrates (such as sea creatures, underwater
plants and plankton from the Cretaceous period died, they fell to the
ocean floor and collected). A concretion occurs in sedimentary (ocean)
rock in which a mineral cement fills the the spaces between the sediment
grains. Concretions are often ovoid or spherical in shape, although
irregular shapes also occur. The primary ingredient is Pyrite (iron)
which gives their “sparkly” appearance. Palladium is a secondary
ingredient and resembles platinum (but is not). It is found in copper
and nickel ore deposits. These same stones were are marketed under the
“Boji” name by the above people. The chalk monoliths of Kansas in
Gove County are amazing. They have been sculptured by weather and
erosion and is collectively known to be part of the Smoky Hill Chalk
Member of the Niobrara Chalk. Cobra Rock is among the state’s most
distinctive geologic features are the chalk monoliths of Gove County.
This slender spire—geologists call it a hoodoo—is Cobra Rock. It’s
located in the chalk badlands south of Castle Rock, a landmark on the
old Butterfield Overland Despatch stagecoach route. Sculpted by erosion,
these formations are part of the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the
Niobrara Chalk. The Smoky Hill was the focus of great paleontological
activity in the late 1800’s, producing fossils of sharks, turtles, fish,
mosasaurs (large swimming reptiles), and pterosaurs. These fossils were
deposited at the bottom of the large inland sea that covered most of
western North America during the Cretaceous (about 80 million years
ago). The Pop Rocks are a 7.4 on the Moh’s scale of hardness,
although they
have been known to spontaneously disintegrate.
More on that in the Spiritual section. What makes these interesting
is that they are found in Kansas. If you’ve ever driven through Kansas
it’s about as flat as a pancake. Yet, where these peculiar rocks are
found, there is an actual white chalk butte rising out of the plain.
A lot of information has been written by the above people who have
the trade mark of “Boji Stones.” I want to move away from their
channeled information and move into the realm of the way I work with a
stone. These rocks are formed from Sedimentary forces. This
means that the oceans of millions of years ago, formed them. Tiny sea
creatures lived and died in these oceans. And when they died, they
collected at the bottom of the ocean. Over time, billions of them
accumulated and more mineral ingredients covered them. The pressures
and other minerals that were around in that ocean eventually created Pop
Rocks. Originally they were sedimentary (and still are) but the
minerals changed in the sea water and seeped into and accumulated within
each stone. This is what a concretion stone is. And that is how it is
formed. Geologists have noted that some of the Pop Rocks possess
magnetic qualities. Most do not. If you happen to get one that does,
you’re lucky. Iron is easily magnetized, which is why some of them have
this particular energy. ASTROLOGY RULER Mars is the planet that
rules these interesting rocks. It has been seen that Pop Rocks, after
being utilized energy wise, will sometimes disintegrate. This is a
typical martian energy--they go at the speed of light until they
figuratively or literally, “burn out.” (Or burn up, in this case).
My guess is that the rocks give their energy away to the wearer and are
therefore exhausted, and dissolve into grains instead of maintaining
their shape.
Mars also rules Iron and these stones, when
struck by a metal instrument, can emit sparks. Much like Vulcan’s
forge. This assertive Mars energy, however, can and does work on our
behalf. This is the “little engine that could,” kind of rock. Pop
Rocks are power packed. Some few are actually magnetized because of the
amount of Iron contained in them. Even those that aren’t, still work
with a person’s energy fields, their chakras and physical body.
ASTROLOGY TRANSITS AND PROGRESSIONS WITH Pop Rocks With any Mars
transit or progression, Pop Rocks can be utilized to keep us more in
balance and harmony as we go through a hard aspect time. When our feet
are put to the “fires” of Life, these stones can be best friends to you.
If you feel exhausted, this is a sign that your Mars energy is being
blocked. When it goes retrograde once every 22 months, your stone
helpers can pinch hit because Mars energy weakens leaving all of us
feeling more tired than usual. SOUTH WEST DIRECTION This is the
direction of fire and water. The fire energy of the south is combined
with the water energy of the West. This is a ‘steamy’ position, to say
the least. This minor direction is the most unstable of all of them.
Fire and water, when combined, create steam. Steam can power things or
it can burn you. Gemstones of this direction are powerful, vigorous,
and their energy is not to be trifled with. The South brings the
creativity and the West stamps its approval because all of it will run
through our powerful emotions. A direction of cleansing from the inside
out, whether chakras, auric fields or our physical body. The
Southwest is the direction of the Kachina, those sacred beings (gods and
goddess archetypes) for the Hopi and other Native American nations
living in that area of the USA. This is the position of pressure,
stress and
transforming it. Like the planet Pluto and the
Uranian planet, Hades, there is a ‘breakdown before there is a
breakthrough.’ This is high intensity energy to cleanse one’s body,
emotions, mental reality and spiritual beliefs--and get them aligned in
harmony. HOW TO WEAR A KANSAS POP ROCK If you are in a pressure
situation where stress is evident, simply wearing them in your pockets
will be enough to transmute some of the energy and give you a breather.
WHO SHOULDN’T WEAR A KANSAS POP ROCK? Anyone who is in perfect
balance and harmony. SPIRITUAL CONSIDERATIONS Pop Rocks works
with our root chakra. This is the chakra that tethers us to the Earth
to do our duty down here. Saturn, too, is the Lord of Karma and is also
about grounding. When there is a strong, unbroken connection with our
planet, there is energy GIVEN to us. Mother Earth considers all of us
her ‘children’ and she gives us not only physical sustenance, but also
energy nurturance as well. The bad news is if we aren’t in our body
and therefore ‘ungrounded,’ we don’t get that energy. I often see this
with people who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome--they are way out of
their body, astrally speaking. And they don’t get any extra ‘juice’ in
the form of energy from Mom Earth because they are partially
disconnected. Extra energy to help us can come from one of two
directions--either from the Cosmos through our crown chakra, or up from
the planet we live upon via our root chakra. Either way, the energy is
light, healthy, loving and positive. All things we desperately need in
our lives. And throughout our life. When things get grim, wearing
Kansas Pop Rock can send a signal to Mom Earth that we need more energy
than normal. And Pop Rocks, like the Earth, are
slow but sure
and something that can be counted on when its darkest before our
personal dawn. When you feel exhausted, think of Pop Rocks. They just
may ‘pop’ you back on your feet! When I analyze a stone I’ve not
worked with before, I ask many questions. Among the first is: How was
it formed? There’s only three ways, geologically, a stone can be
created. Sedimentary rocks are formed when igneous rocks are eroded by
weather and other forces (they are turned into soil or gravel or sand)
and they become sediment under the sea. Fossils are often found in
accumulated layers along with them. Together, they form sedimentary
rocks. Examples are limestone, chert, chalk and sandstone.
Igneous rocks these are stones that solidified directly from molten
silicates, which geologists call magma. Examples are: granite, basalt,
pumice and flint (which is a form of quartz). Metamorphic rocks
are made up of igneous and sedimentary rocks of all ages which have been
subjected to intense pressure. Examples are: slate, marble and
quartzite. Pop Rocks are sedimentary creations. That means they
come from the element WATER because they were formed within the womb of
Mother Ocean. Water equates directly with human emotions. Some of our
greatest healers of our wounded emotions are sedimentary rocks. Like
cures like. Pop Rocks also have metal in them; specifically, Iron.
This is from the fire element. So, our stone is primarily the water
element with a secondary element of fire. Water and fire create STEAM.
Our Industrial revolution was based upon STEAM, to give you an idea of
the power of this elemental combination. From this standpoint, Pop
Rocks then have the potential ability to use the “fire” of its energy to
dig into the wounds or “water” of our emotions. This is a nice
combination because it hints at it’s power to address our complex
emotional system. As my analysis of a rock goes, I see what it
looks like. And what color(s) it possesses. Pop Rocks are found in two
types. One is usually oval or ovoid
and the other is also ovoid
but has metal fragments sticking up and out of it here and there across
its form. You have TWO different body types on the SAME rock. They
remind me of a set of ovaries. The number ‘2’ is about the balance
between male and female energy. Fundamentally, however, it is about
feminine energy, the mother, or any other woman in our lives. It
goes back to logic that the one Pop Rock with Iron fragments sticking up
and out of it brings to mind a more fundamental, straight ahead kind of
energy. Sort of “in-your-face” kind of energy. And the only energy
that can do that is male energy. Male is forthright, assertive,
aggressive and this would fit the roughened Pop Rock personality type of
stone. It is the “fire” element as the primary force within it. Its
energy is far more palpable than in the female stone. The other
type of Pop Rock is much smoother and although it too contains iron,
it’s not sticking up and out of it like a porcupine. This stone has
INTEGRATED it’s iron so that its has seamlessly become a part of it.
The only energy that can do that is FEMININE energy. Female energy is
inclusive (not exclusive like male energy). This energy brings all
elements together so that it is homogenized, blended and gets
along--like a good cake recipe. This one symbolizes the “water” element
as the primary force within it. In other words, this stone can help a
person integrate the disparate and wounded emotional parts of themselves
toward more harmony. Knowing what we know now, based upon
geological information and observation of what the Pop Rock looks like,
we can now move into possible applications of how it might work with us
to heal us. Since the smoother ovoid Pop Rock is female energy, the
rough one is more bristly is the male energy. We too, have male and
female energy within us, too. If I were to draw a line down the center
of our body from head to feet, we would have a left and right half. Our
LEFT side is symbolic feminine energy. We are receptive on this side
and we absorb from the left (anything, energy, people’s thoughts, their
emotions, ect.) Our RIGHT side is symbolic male energy expression. We
send OUT energy from ourselves, our thoughts, emotions, ect., from this
side of our body.
Many of the Pop Rocks are a black
color. But a few are rainbow colored ones, too. Some are a dark gray.
Black is the color of a woman’s womb, which hints at the creativity
that this stone carries. Gray is the color of balance between black
(feminine) and white (male). So this is about achieving balance and
harmony. The rainbow colors would address the individual chakras,
depending upon which colors are on the Pop Rock. In order to separate
fact from fiction, or hype from reality, we need to look at the basic
composition of this rock. By understanding its composition and geology,
we can begin to build a metaphysical picture of this stone and its
uses. People report different things based upon their own unique
energy system. Because the Pop Rocks, when used as a ‘team’ or pair can
rebalance your energies, then you need to find which way works best for
you. If you are out of balance, chances are placing the male Pop Rock
into your left palm and the female in the right palm, will work best for
you. That is a generality, and you may find just the opposite is true.
However, if you’re fairly balanced, then the opposite would occur.
People report feeling warmth (male Pop Rock), coolness (female Pop
Rock), a buzzing sensation, a tingling in one or both palms, energy
sizzling up one arm or the other, or both arms. Some have reported
energy tingles in a specific chakra or part of their body--which is a
sign that it’s blocked and that’s where the work needs to be done. Some
have reported dizziness so it’s best to sit down when you do this, just
in case. Dizziness means you’re really out of balance. Another
way to work with them is to lay down and try another experiment. Place
either Pop Rock in your chakras. Lying down on your back, you can
access the brow, throat, heart, solar plexus, navel/sacral chakras.
Understanding you may have only one or two rocks, then I suggest you put
ONE in a chakra and wait five minutes to see if you feel/see/hear
anything. If not, move on to the next chakra. If you want to test out
your root chakra, place the rock on the floor close to the apex of where
your thighs meet. For the crown, set the stone about an inch away from
your head. And then wait.
Again, same types of sensations may
be felt. But if you feel nothing, then swap out the Pop Rock for the
other one. And try it all over again. Chakras are always going out
of balance due to the stress/pressures of our lives down here. This is
nothing new. However, because of the fire/water properties of the Pop
Rocks, either the male or female rock may be able to help loosen the
debris (positive ions) that build up and collect in a given chakra. To
find out which one will do the trick, you must go through this
procedure. Most people will find one of them will give them the
sensations. And it won’t be in every chakra because not all of them are
filled with debris.
Here’s another test you can do with your
Pop Rocks. Place BOTH of them into each of your chakras. Close your
eyes. Relax. See, hear, feel what it may do when aligned with that
chakra. People report many things. Especially when you place both of
them on your third eye (you must be lying down to achieve this), they
suddenly “see” things. What kind of things? Well, a snippet of a past
life, for example. Or they may see a color or colors. They may see a
symbol. Or a face that they may or may not be able to identify. Or?
Everyone’s experience is different! You can also put each Pop Rock
into its own pouch and carry them around in your pockets. The female
should go into your left pocket and the male into your right pocket.
See how this feels for about an hour. If you feel no sensation or
lightening, switch them around. Then, wear them for about another hour.
One way or another, they will feel ‘right’ to you. Their job is to
balance things out in us energetically speaking. If you want to try
another experiment, put the female (have her in a pouch) and tuck her
between the pillow case/pillow and bed. Then, go to sleep. If you get
no dreams or your ‘regular’ dreams, then put the male into the pillow
case instead. See what happens. IN SUMMATION....
Kansas Pop Rocks are sort of like Dorothy being stuck in the land of Oz
and wanting to get back to her home in Kansas. Granted, these aren’t a
pair of ruby colored shoes you can click together to leave the world of
magic to the world of the Real. But, they do have some attributes that
are definitely worth checking out.
