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meditation and all forms of prayer, assisting both spiritual and physical communication. It calms the mind, soothes the nerves, slows down the pulse ratę and lowers blood pressure, brings about a relaxing almost sedative effect to the thymus and thyroid Associated with the throat, it is the creative center of man, conce of communication and self-expression.

The colors of blue are infinite and expansive, with many morę tonalities than words can name. In generał, pale blue symbolizes simplicity, innocence and candor, electric blue personal magnetism, deep blue spirituality, indigo blue intuition and spiritual perception. Its enormous color rangę encompasses sky blue, siatę blue, Wedgwood blue, navy blue, Prussian blue, ultramarine and cobalt blue, azure and denim blue to identify but a few. Its Stones are lapis lazuli, known for its supernatural beauty and perfection, sapphire, the stone of saints, healers and yogis, as well as turąuoise and aąuamarine. Its flowers include bluebells, periwinkles, gentians, hyacinths, cornflowers, morning glory and lavender.

Blue is an uplifting, ascending color whose intensity of coolness or warmth varies with the amount of red or green within each shade. The vibrancy and strength within each color creates a different mood dependent upon surrounding colors or other tones mixed within. Turąuoise blue, which has much green in it, becomes a cool shade of blue. Whereas cobalt blue and ultramarine, mauves and lavenders, having a certain amount of red within them, become warm blues. Yet in all instances blue stands for divinity, protection, intuition and serenity.

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