Crystals are here to teach us to open to and trust our intuitive abilities, that aspect of being which sees all which makes up life as a whole and which experiences the connectedness of all that is. Crystals teach us to play, to choose and use them simply because we are attracted to them.
So, I don't have rules about crystals, but I do have some ideas about how to play with them. Use them if you like.
They're beautiful; keep them within eyesight. While I wont pretend that a ten-pound quartz cluster isnt one of the loveliest sights around, clusters do come in smaller sizes. An arrangement of tumbled stones on your bedside table or work space is a beautiful sight, too, and they are wonderful to pick up and roll around in your hands. I know people who laugh uproariously at the idea that crystals have any kind of energy, but they wouldnt be caught without their worry stone.
Another way to keep them close to you is to wear them. They look beautiful and feel good.
This kind of programming has nothing to do with machines. It involves you projecting certain wishes into your crystal, which will send out vibrations to attract what you want.
There are scientific explanations of how this happens-one of the foremost crystal pioneers was Marcel Vogel, a former senior scientist at IBM but I honestly don't understand them. We just know that programming works.
You can hold a single quartz crystal or hold one in each hand. You may want to meditate for the sake of relaxation, or to get clear on a problem or troubling emotion. It can be very helpful to play peaceful music while you meditate. Turn off the phone. I recommend lying down because it promotes more relaxed breathing and reduces body tension. Begin by deliberate taking slow, deep breaths. Feel your breath going through your body; imagine it beginning at the soles of your feet, then rising slowly to the top of your head, and back down again. Make sure that when you inhale your diaphragm is expanding, and that when you exhale it contracts. This is the natural way to breathe, but many people have learned to do the opposite because it keeps the emotions in check.
Correct breathing, especially if it hasn't been practiced for a while, means that emotions may surface. Continue deep breathing and allow yourself to feel them. Be alert for any images which may arise along with them. You might be feeling an inexplicable sadness, then see yourself in third grade being ignored by your classmates. This image might lead to one of feeling left out in some situation in the present. As you get in touch with these feelings and images you might want to look at crystal and Bach flower remedy descriptions to see which may help you to handle and dissolve these feelings.
If nothing surfaces immediately, there's no need to force it. Just relax and let your thoughts wander, or if you're focused on a specific issue, allow that issue to come into your awareness. Play with it. If it's a conflict with another person trying being that person. Imagine how the conflict feels to her/him. If you're faced with a decision imagine the possible results of it; if it's a choice imagine how it feels to be living with the consequences of the various choices. See what feels right. An especially effective way to explore problems through meditation is to program a crystal to help you understand and solve the issue. As you hold the crystal visualize that it is a great teacher which has been sent into your life specifically to guide you. When you meditate hold it.
Another way to meditate, one which can help you to focus on a particular issue, is to do a chakra layout.
In Sanskrit chakra means wheel, and those who are able to see them describe them as spinning wheels of colored light. They're our personal rainbows, located in the aura, an electromagnetic force field which surrounds each living thing. The energy of the aura is that of our thoughts, feelings, and spiritual essence.
The chakras concentrate and coordinate the flow of these energies to and from the physical body. Each chakra governs a particular area of the body and the experiences associated with it, as described in the chart below.
Systems may also assign different locations to the third chakra, some relating it to the navel, others to the solar plexus. I do include the solar plexus in this chart, as I consider it an important location for stone placement.
To bring this chart into practical perspective, say that you want to develop more personal power. You look at the chart and see that this relates to the third chakra . When you think about doing something new are you afraid that you will fail? Have people been pushing you around lately? Is there any area in your life where you feel a lack of power?
This guide lists a number of areas of life and issues and the crystals which can help you to deal with them.
Abundance: (We know that there are many forms of abundance--health, friendship, creativity. In this category we're talking about material abundance, or, if you prefer, money): Citrine, emerald, smoky quartz.
Anxiety relief: Rhodochrosite
Balancing of emotions and intellect: (or intuition and reason. Lack of balance can show up when people have a million new ideas which they never follow through on, when they are constantly overwhelmed by emotion, when they demand a scientific explanation for everything, or have difficulty expressing their emotions): malachite, moss agate, sodalite.
Calming: Amethyst, aquamarine, chrysocolla
Communication: Amazonite, aquamarine, blue lace agate, turquoise
Creativity: (whether you want to create a new job, relationship, living place, or more traditional art forms) carnelian, garnet, malachite, tiger's eye
Depression/negativity relief: citrine, moonstone, smoky quartz
Dreams: Amethyst, sugilite
Emotional healing: Emerald, moonstone, rhodonite, rose quartz
Emotional protection: hematite, rose quartz
Energy: (this could be the ability to have more energy or to be more attuned to subtle energy) garnet, ruby
Grounding: all dark stones, including hematite, smoky quartz, tiger's eye. Carnelian and jasper are also considered to be grounding
Letting go of anger and grief: amethyst, rose quartz
Guilt and resentments: sugilite
Love: rhodonite, rose quartz
Mental clarity: carnelian, sodalite
Psychic development: Amethyst, lapis, labradorite/spectrolite
Relationships: quartz clusters, any of the love stones above
Self-esteem: All agates, rose quartz, smoky quartz
Stress relief: Amethyst, aquamarine
Crystals And Gemstones For Healing
ANHYDRITE - Heavy metal maism is alleviated.
AQUAMARINE - Fluid retention; coughs; fear; thymus gland; calms nerves; problems with eyes, ears, jaw, neck, stomach, teeth; mental clarity; meditation. ATACAMITE - Genitals; VD; thyroid; parasympathetic ganglia.AVENTURINE - Eliminates psychosomatic ills, fear; skin diseases; nearsightedness; positive attitude; creative insight.
AZURITE - Arthritis & joints; surfaces psychic blocks that form physical blocks; helps one let go of old belief systems; dissolves fear & helps transform it into understanding. AZURITE-MALACHITE - Skin diseases; anorexia; calms anxiety; lack of discipline; powerful healing force to physical body; emotional release. BERYL - Laziness; hiccoughs; swollen glands; eye diseases; bowel cancer. BLOODSTONE/HELIOTROPE - Circulation; all purpose healer & cleanser; stomach & bowel pain; purifies bloodstream; bladder; strengthens blood purifying organs. CARNELIAN - Grounding; stimulates curiosity & initiative; focuses attention to the present moment; use with citrine on lower 3 chakras; digestion. CHALCEDONY - Touchiness; melancholy; fever; gallstones; leukemia; eye problems; stimulates maternal feelings & creativity. release. CHRYSOLITE - Inspiration; prophecy; toxemia; viruses; appendicitis. CHRYSOPGRASE - Gout; eye problems; alleviates greed, hysteria & selfishness; VD; depression; promotes sexual organ strength. CITRINE QUARTZ - Heart, kidney, liver & muscle healer; appendicitis;gangrene; red & white corpuscles; digestive tract; cleanses vibrations in the atmosphere; creativity; helps personal clarity; will bring out problems in the solar plexus & the heart; eliminates self-destructive tendencies. CLEAR QUARTZ - Transmitter & amplifier of healing energy & clarity; balancer, channeler of universal energy & unconditional love; all purpose healer; programmable. DIAMOND - All brain diseases; pituitary & pineal glands; draws out toxicity, poison remedy. DIOPSITE & ENSTATIATE - Organ rejection; heart, lung & kidney stimulation; self-esteem. ELIAT STONE - Tissue & skeletal regeneration; detoxification; antidepressant; karmic life acceptance. EMERALD - Radiation toxicity; all mental illness; circulatory & neurological disorders; transmits balance, healing & patience; increases psychic & clairvoyant abilities; meditation; keener insight into dreams. FLOURITE - Bone disorders; anesthetic; hyperkenesis; ability to concentrate; balances polarities; 3rd eye center; mental capacity & intellect. GARNET/RHODOLITE - Capillaries; skin elasticity; protection from pre- cancerous conditions. GARNET/SPESSARTINE - Bad dreams; depression; anger; self esteem; hemorrahages; hormone imbalances; inflammations; sexual disease. HEMATITE - Blood cleanser & purifier; self esteem; augments meridian flows; aids in astral projection. HERKIMER DIAMOND - Enhances dream state; helps allieviate stress; draws toxicity from physical form; balances polarities; increases healing ability. JADE - Kidney, heart, larynx, liver, parathyroid, spleen, thymus, thyroid & parasympathetic ganglia healer; strengthens body; lengevity. JASPER/GREEN - Constipation; ulcers; intestinal spasms; bladder, gallbladder & general healer; clairvoyance; balances healer's auric field. JASPER/PICTURE - Skin, kidneys, thymus & their neurological tissues; betters the immune system; past life recall; overactivity in dream state & hallucinations show a need for it. JASPER/RED - Liver; stomach troubles & infections.JASPER/YELLOW - Endocrine system tissue; thymus; pancreas; sympathetic ganglia stimulation; etheric body allignment.
JET - Feminine disorders; teeth; stomach pain; glandular swelling; fevers; hair loss; alignment of lower spine.
KUNZITE - Alcoholism; anorexia; arthritis; epilepsy; gout; headaches; colitis; retardation; memory loss; schizophrenia & manic-depression; phobias; emotional equilibrium; thyroid malignancy; gums; pain; self-esteem. LAPIS - Neuralgia; melancholy; fevers; inflammations; penetrates subconcious blockages; throat chakra; sore throat; energy focuser for teachers, lecturers & speakers, mental & spiritual cleanser; used on 3rd eye for meditation; eliminates old & negative emotions; use with other healing stones; thought form amplification; helps in creating mantras. LAZULITE - Frontal lobe stimulation; hypertension; liver diseases; immune system. MALACHITE - Draws out impurities on all levels; balances L & R brain functions; mental illness; co-ordination and vision; radiation eliminator; evil eye protector; all purpose healer, especially in solar plexis & good for healers. MOONSTONE - Soothes & balances the emotions; helps eliminate fear of "feeling"; encourages inner growth & strength; aids peace & harmony & psychic abilities; alligns vertebrae; digestive aid. MORGANITE - Larynx; lungs; thyroid; parasympathetic nervous system; major muscle tissues. NATROLITE - Color; lower intestines; thyroid; sciatic nerve; parasympathetic nervous system. OBSIDIAN - Protects the gentle from being abused; stabilizer; stomach, intestine &I general muscle tissue healer; bacterial & viral inflammations. ONYX - Objective thinking; spiritual inspiration; control of emotions & passions, help eliminate negative thinking, apathy, stress & neurological disorders; also used as a heart, kidney, nerve, sking, capillary, hair, eye and nail strengthener. OPAL/CHERRY - Red corpuscle & blood disorders; depression; apathy; lethargy; intuition & joy. OPAL/DARK - Reproductive organs; spleen & pancreas; filters red corpuscles & aids white corpuscles; bone marrow; depression, esp. of sexual origin; balances; amplifies creative & intuitive thought; grounds radical emotional body. OPAL/JELLY - Spleen & abdominal diseases; cellular reproductive problems; helps absorb nutrients; minimizes wide mood swings; mystical thought amplifier. OPAL/LIGHT - Balances L & R brain hemispheres for neuro disorders; stimulates white corpuscles; helps bring the emotions to mystical experiences; aids abdoman, pituitary & thymus problems. PEARL- Eliminates emotional imbalances; helps one master the heart chakra; aids stomach, spleen, intestinal tract & ulcer problems. PERIDOT - Protects against nervousness; helps alliviate spiritual fear; aids in healing hurt feelings & bruised egos; incurs strength & physical vitality; alligns subtle bodies; amplifies other vibrational energies & positive emotional outlook; helps liver & adrenal function. PYRITE - Helps purify the bloodstream and upper respiratory tract; upper intestines; digestive aid; nervous exhaustion; grounding. QUARTZ/SOLUTION - Lymphatic cancer & circulatory problems; helps the psychologically inflexible. RHODOCHROSITE - Narcolepsy & narcophobia; poor eyesight; extereme emotional trauma; mental breakdown; nightmares & hallucinations; astral body; kidneys; clears solar plexus of blocked energy; unconditional love & forgiveness; evil eye protection; helps one utilize the creative power of the higher energy centers. RHODONITE - Inner ear; allieviates anxiety; confusion & mental unrest; promotes calm, self worth, confidence & enhanced sensitivity. RHYOLITE - Balances emotions; self worth; enhances capacity to love; alligns emotional & spiritual bodies; stimulates clarity of self expression. ROSE QUARTZ - Heart chakra opener; love & self-acceptance healer for emotional wounds; dissipates anger & tension. ROYAL AZEL (SUGALITE or LUVALITE) - L & R hemisphere balance; opens crown chakra; heart expression; increases altruism, visions & general understanding; protects against negative vibrations; helps one gain power to balance the physical body RUBY - Heart chakra; balances love & all spiritual endeavors; self-esteem; strengthens neurological tissues around the heart; prevents miscarriages. RUTILE - Alleviates blockages within the psyche from childhood pressures. SAPPHIRE - Spiritual enlightenment; inner peace; colic; rheumatism; mental illness; pituitary; metabolic rate of glandular functions; anti- depressant; aids psychokinesis, telepathy, clairvoyance & astral projection; personal expression; also for pain. SARDONYX - Mental self control; depression; anxiety & especially for grief. SMITHSONITE - Eases fear of interpersonal relationships; merges astral & emotional bodies; balances perspective. SMOKY QUARTZ - Stimulates Kundalini energy; cleanses & protects the astral field; draws out distortion on all levels; good for hyperactivity & excess energy; grounding. SODOLITE - Oversensitivity; helps intellectual understanding of a situation; awakens 3rd eye; cleanses the mind. SPINEL - Leg conditions, when worn on solar plexus; powerful general healer; detoxification aid. TIGER'S EYE - Mind focuser; helps purify the blood system of pollutions & toxins; psychic vision; grounding. TOPAZ - Balances emotions; calms passions; gout; blood disorders; hemorrahages; increases poor appetite; general tissue regeneration; VD; tuberculosis; reverses aging; spiritual rejuvination; endocrine system stimulation; releases tension; feelings of joy. TOURMELINE - Dispels fear & negativity & grief; calms nerves; concentration & eloquence improve; genetic disorders, cancer & hormones regulated; raises vibrations; charisma; universal law; tranquil sleep. TOURMELINE/BLACK - Arthritis; dyslexia; syphillis; heart diseases; anxiety; disorientation; raises altruism; deflects negativity; neutralizes distorted energies, i.e. resentment & insecurity. TOURMELINE/RUBELLITE - Creativity; fertility; blances passive or agressive nature. TOURMELINE/GREEN - Creativity; opens heart chakra; immune system; psychological problems with the father; blood pressure; asthma; balancer; eliminates conflict within. TOURMELINNE/BLUE (INDICOLITE) - Lungs, larynx; thyroid; parasympathetic nerves. TOURMELINE/WATERMELON - Heart chakra healer; imparts sense of humor to those who need it; balancer; eliminates guilt; nervous system; integration, security & self-containment. TURQUOISE - Master healer; protects against environmental pollutants; strengthens anatomy & guards against all disease; improved absorption of nutrients; tissue regeneration; subtle body allignment & strengthening; eye