Orgonite Black Tourmaline Obelisk | Medium

Not a stone, and we won't pretend otherwise.

Orgonite is a made object: crystals and metal shavings suspended in cured resin. It's based on the work of Wilhelm Reich, an Austrian psychoanalyst who in the 1930s and 40s theorised a form of energy he called orgone, and built devices layering organic and inorganic material to interact with it. The modern craft version dates to the 1990s.

There's no scientific consensus behind it, and we'd rather say so than imply one. What's true is that each piece is cast individually, so the internal pattern of metal and crystal is never quite repeated, and people keep them near electronics or in workspaces.

If you're drawn to it, it's worth having. If you want a natural mineral, look at black tourmaline or shungite instead.

Sheri chooses every piece by hand, cleanses it, and charges it before it's packed here on the Gold Coast.

For the doorway, the desk, or the day you know will ask a lot.

Black tourmaline forms in long striated columns, and it's one of the few minerals that generates an electrical charge under pressure or heat — Dutch traders in the 1700s used heated tourmaline to pull ash out of their meerschaum pipes, and called it aschentrekker, ash-puller.

That property is part of why it became the classic protective stone. Where other crystals open, amplify or invite, tourmaline holds a boundary. It's worked with for grounding and for shielding — placed by an entrance, kept on a desk, or carried when the day is going to be demanding.

It sits with the root, the centre associated with safety and belonging. People who own one crystal for protection usually own this one.

Sheri chooses every piece by hand, cleanses it, and charges it before it's packed here on the Gold Coast.

Practical note: this is the stone most often recommended near a workspace or a screen.