Black Tourmaline is the most powerful grounding stone. Black Tourmaline is the popular crystals to be used for metaphysical purposes.
 
Attributes - Black Tourmaline cluster cleans, purifies, and transforms dense energy into a lighter vibration. It grounds spiritual energy, clears and balances all the chakras and forms a protective shield around the body.
Tourmaline is a shamanic stone that brings protection during rituals. It can be used for scrying and was traditionally used to point to the culprit or cause in times of trouble, and indicate a good direction in which to move.
Natural Tourmaline wands are useful healing tools. They clear the aura, remove blockages, disperse negative energy and point to solutions for specific problems. They are excellent for balancing and connecting the chakras. At a physical level, they rebalance the meridians.
Tourmaline has a strong affinity with the Devic energies and is extremely beneficial for the garden and plants. It can act as a natural insecticide, keeping pests at bay, and, buried in the soil, encourages the growth and health of all crops.
Tourmaline is a powerful mental healer, balancing the right-left hemispheres of the brain and transmuting negative thought patterns into positive ones. This stone brings the mental processes, the chakras, and the biomagnetic sheath into alignment. It is helpful in treating paranoia, and for overcoming dyslexia, as it improves hand to eye coordination and the assimilation and translation of coded information.
Healing - The striations along the side of Tourmaline enhance energy flow, making it an excellent stone for healing, energy enhancement, and removal of blockages. Each of the different colors of Tourmaline has its own specific healing ability.
POSITION - Place or wear as appropriate. To stimulate meridians, a place with the tip pointing in the same direction as the flow. Excellent for gem essences which work quickly and efficiently.