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turned its attention to crystal consciousness (but see Mike Eastwood’s work with the crystal oversouls).
Which sensing mode do you use? CC I’m stimulated by patterns, colour, images, gestures and body language. CC I find it easy to visualize. CC I think in pictures. CC I have vivid Technicolor dreams. CC My eyes to go slightly out of focus and I 'see' energy from the corner of my eye. CC I use phrases like ‘I don’t quite see what you mean.’ If more than half of these apply to you, you routinely use the visual mode to process information. You see, rather than sense, the energy of your crystals and the effect they have. Your crystal experience is enhanced through the use of softly focused eyes, vivid imagery, mandalas or grids and quiet observation. how crystals work • how to cleanse, charge and attune your crystals • how to work with the aura and the chakra system • working with crystals for meditation and healing • using crystals for self-protection and energy enhancement • how to connect with the crystal skulls and the crystal oversouls CC All crystals generate, store, regulate, transmit and absorb energy, but the fundamental energy-focusing tool is shape. CC Crystals may be tumbled, cut or faceted to enhance their appearance. CC External shape alters how crystal energy is experienced. CC The hardness of crystals is measured by the Mohs scale. This guide introduces over 40 essential crystals and their unique properties, from the love and harmony infused rose quartz to memory boosting amber. CC Common sense: Your common sense helps you to keep your feet on the ground. CC Willingness to take risks: Using your crystal sensitivity, certainly in the initial stages, may feel unsettling. The willingness to take a risk is vital if you are to expand your awareness.CC ‘To help me relax.’ CC ‘To switch off my mind.’ If the above apply to you, read Part I and then go to Chapter 16. CC ‘To change how I think and feel.’ CC ‘To enable me to meditate more deeply.’ CC ‘To help me journey into other worlds or dimensions.’ CC ‘To connect to my guardian angels or crystal mentor.’ If any of the above statements describes what you want your crystal to do, read Part I and then go to chapters 12 and 19. CC ‘To give me guidance.’ CC ‘To enable me to explore my options.’ CC ‘To help me make decisions.’ CC ‘To allow me to contemplate my future.’ If the above apply to you, read Part I and then go to chapters 17, 19 and 20. CC ‘To help me connect to the mysterious power of crystals.’ CC ‘To show me how to talk to the crystal oversouls.’ CC ‘To allow me to discover more about the magical history of crystals.’ If the above statements apply to you, read Part I and then go to chapters 12, 13, 16, 17, 19 and 20 to explore the legendary properties of crystals and how they can help you Crystal relaxation Regular relaxation is of enormous benefit to wellbeing, and crystals can be really useful in achieving the relaxed but focused state that is particularly conducive to meditation, journeying and vision work. CC Rosophia dissolves self-doubt and a negative self-image. De-energizing old wounds and destructive beliefs, it offers deep compassion for all you have been through on your soul’s journey and enables you to love yourself. CC Smoky Quartz stabilizes emotions during emotional trauma or stress and dissolves negative emotions, facilitating emotional detoxification. It assists in tolerating difficult times with equanimity, relieves fear and induces emotional calm.
Exercise: The power of touch CC Open your palm chakras. CC If you already have a selection of crystals, place them on a table. If you are in a shop, stand by the crystal display. circling or swinging from side to side. Note which way it circles or swings, as this is your ‘yes’ answer. CC Then ask the same question but give a false name. This gives your ‘no’ answer – the pendulum will circle or swing in another direction. CC If you mix your first name with a false surname, you will get a ‘don’t know/maybe’ – which is often a kind of shimmy of the pendulum without much movement. CC Silicates (subdivided into further groups). Examples: Danburite, Quartz CC Sulphates. Examples: Celestine, Desert Rose CC Sulphides and sulphosalts. Examples: Bornite, Cinnabar These mineral families each provide a unique chemical base, then tiny alterations and adulterations produce a Different ways of sensing People attune to crystal energy in different ways. Information can be received through the physical body or the intuitive senses.
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Colours have general and specific properties, and chakra links and associations through which healing is facilitated (see Chapter 9), but colour is not necessarily the only indicator of how a crystal’s energy functions. Basic crystals such as Quartz can also be amended by ultraviolet rays from the sun, gamma rays from space or natural Earth radioactivity from uranium, which forms Smoky Quartz. Inclusions and fractures in the crystal lattice also create plays of colour, but these can be replicated artificially. Growing your root (shamanic anchor) The second thing that makes working with crystal energies easier – and helps you to feel secure – is to open the Earth Star chakra, or energy centre, beneath your feet. This chakra helps you to grow a ‘root’ that goes deep down into the Earth and grounds your energies. Earth energy travels up this root and healing energy goes down through it, setting up a circuit that helps you channel subtle crystal energy into the physical dimension and makes your crystal work more power-full. Your energy picture Before we look at how crystals may help you personally, we need to establish a picture of how your energy functions.
In the Old Testament the breastplate of the high priest was not only studded with flashing crystals, it also carried the Urim and Thummin, oracular items that ascertained the will of God and the future of the Jewish nation. These are believed to have been meteorites, which were highly sacred throughout the ancient world (see Chapter 18).
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As more and more people are becoming aware of the power of crystals, this timely guide will help you find the right crystal for every need. Alchemical crystals There is a long history of chemical alchemy, rooted in the search to turn base metal into gold. Some of these experiments produced surprising results. Sparkling Goldstone, for instance, is not a natural stone but is created from glass and copper. It is used to attract abundance. Other alchemical finishes are created by electrostatically adhering gold, indium, titanium and other metals onto the surface of Quartz and similar crystals to create a shimmering effect. Such alchemical crystals, which combine the healing properties of the crystal and the metal, are potent healers. First cleanse your crystal This is a fundamental rule of working with crystals. No matter whether you’re working with a favourite crystal you’ve had for a long time or one you’ve just bought home from a shop, a crystal needs cleansing before use. And it needs cleansing after use too. People say, ‘This crystal used to work, but now it’s stopped.’ When asked, ‘Have you cleaned it?’, they look perplexed. To keep a crystal working at optimum level, it needs regular cleansing and re-energizing. This is especially the case with crystal jewellery, which will be working for you whether you intend it to or not, so you may as well help it along. It will be collecting energies and will transmute them and pass on its properties to you as long as it’s kept clean. Also note that crystals that are on display need to be cleansed frequently. Dowsing Dowsing is an excellent way to choose crystals. There are two methods, one using a pendulum and the other using your fingers. to 10, the hardest. But it isn’t a proportional progression, each higher number crystal being exponentially harder than the one before. At 10 on the Mohs scale, Diamond is four times harder than Sapphire, which measures 9, but Sapphire is only twice as hard as Topaz, which is 8. Each number on the scale scratches itself or anything lower in the table, but won’t scratch a higher number. Gemstones need to be at a minimum of 7 to withstand constant wear, but a hard stone isn’t necessarily tough or durable. Number
Crystal power People say that stones do not speak, they do not feel. What an error! Alphonse de Chateaubriant, La Réponse du Seigneur To the crystal oversouls and the mentors who have taught me so much and to all those who have shared in my wonderful journey of crystal exploration. I've got to say, I will definitely be sleeping with some of my amethyst under my pillow tonight to help my sleep and to hopefully minimise those bad dreams that have been haunting me! crystals can be directly applied to the external world to bring healing and balance (see Chapter 15). Programming a Rose Quartz or Eye of the Storm (Judy’s Jasper) sends peace to an area, for instance. We will look at applications of crystals in the next part of this book.
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Exercise: Deprogramming CC To deprogram a crystal, cleanse it, then hold it in your hands. CC Thank it for working on your behalf and state that the work is now complete. Ask that any program in the crystal is dissolved and the crystal becomes quiescent until required again. CC You may wish to state that if the crystal is working on your behalf at a higher level of which you are unaware, it continues with that work.
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