Amethyst is a protective stone. It guards against psychic attack, transmuting the energy into love and protecting the wearer from all types of harm, including geopathic or electromagnetic stress and ill will from others. It relieves stress and strain, soothes irritability, balances mood swings, dispels anger, rage, fear and anxiety. Amethyst alleviates sadness and grief, and dissolves negativity. It activates spiritual awareness, opens intuition and enhances psychic abilities. It has powerful healing and cleansing powers. Amethyst encourages sobriety, having a sobering effect on overindulgence of alcohol, drugs or other addictions. It calms and stimulates the mind, helping you become more focused, enhancing memory and improving motivation. Amethyst assists in remembering and understanding dreams, sometimes more vivid dreams occur. It fights against insomnia.