Quan Yin is the embodiment of compassionate loving kindness and hears cries of all beings.  She has a strong resonance with Mother Mary and the Tibetan goddess Tara.  Often depicted carrying the pearls of illumination and pouring a stream of healing water, the "Water of Life".  With this water, devotees and all living things are blessed with physical and spiritual peace.  She also holds a sheaf of ripe rice or a bowl of rice seed as a metaphor for fertility and sustenance.

Hematite is an excellent stone for grounding and protecting, harmonizes mind, body, and spirit.  It protects the soul and grounds body during out-of-body journeying.  It dissolves negativity and prevents negative energies entering the aura.  It boosts self esteem, enhances will power and useful in overcoming compulsions and addictions.

Soapstone is also known as "Steatite", it is actually a compact form of talc.  This mineral provides for both movement and widening of ones horizons.  It can be used to stabilize atmospheric electricity, eliminating interference and amplifying the sending and receiving messages being from both this plane and the outer areas.

Sodalite unites logic with intuition and opens spiritual perception, bringing information from the higher mind down to the physical level.  This stone stimulates the pineal gland and the third eye and deepens meditation.  When in Sodalite-enhanced meditation, the mind can be used to understand the circumstances in which you find yourself.  This stone instills a drive for truth and an urge toward idealism, making it possible to remain true to yourself and stand up for your beliefs.