Crystals for Beginners: A Beginners Guide to Heal Yourself Through the Hidden Power of Crystals

By Emily Oddo

Have you tried getting a handle on the awesome wisdom of crystal healing but just couldn't find your way through all the crystals and (often) conflicting explanations?
Do you finally want to understand how everything fits together and discover how to make the gems work for you?

If so, then Crystals for Beginners is for you. You see, working with crystals doesn't have to be complicated. Even if you've tried before and it didn't work, be prepared for the surprising truth that it's much simpler and more intuitive than you think. I'll guide you with a step-by-step blueprint to understanding the main crystals and their properties.

In Crystals for Beginners, you'll discover:

Why so many enthusiastic beginners give up before they get a chance to fully understand crystals.

The best techniques to use your crystals.

The right way to look after crystals.

Which 10 crystals are essential, and which other crystals are important to know about.

How to incorporate crystals into any energy treatments.

…And much more!

Imagine how great you'll feel once you start reaping the benefits of crystal therapy. Your life could change for the better.
So, even if you've tried crystals before and given up in frustration, you can succeed this time with the help of Crystals for Beginners.

Get your copy now!

• Language: English
• Publisher: WhiteFlowerPublsihing
• Release date: May 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201554255

Book preview

Introduction

A magnificent citrine cluster.

You know the world is a magical place when Mother Earth grows her own jewelry.

Inspiring Quotes, 2022

Crystals have fascinated mankind since the beginning of time. They were held in high esteem, not only for their beauty, but also for the magical powers the ancient civilizations ascribed to them.

What if all the ancient knowledge and more could be at your fingertips? What if you could learn to use the right crystals and gemstones to lead the happiest, healthiest, and most fulfilled life possible for you?

It is not a fairy tale! I’m going to tell you how in this book you’re reading now. Crystals are powerful instruments that can be used to great advantage for ourselves and others.

However, finding your way through the maze of information available online and elsewhere is not easy. There is a bewildering variety of crystals in existence, and to each one, specific attributes are ascribed. Crystal experts, unfortunately, don’t always agree on these attributes and it can become confusing to a novice in the field.

I know what that feels like, having been down the same road myself. I read everything I could find, talked to anyone who would answer my questions, and ended up in such a tangle that I almost gave up.

However, I persevered, and this book is the result. You can now take a shortcut through the confusion by simply reading the treasure trove of information in Crystals for Beginners. You will hit the ground running and be ready to implement your new knowledge immediately.

The emphasis in the book is on practical explanations and tips, rather than the theoretical side of why crystals work. Crystals are amazing but applying their power to benefit us is more important.

After a short introduction on each stone, you will learn how to recognize each one, as well as the color varieties available and their important traits. We’ll look at their areas of healing and balancing and discuss how each crystal and stone should be used for the best results. Lastly, you will learn how to clean and treat your crystals to keep them at their best and make sure they don’t sustain any damage.

Are you ready? Fasten your seatbelt and get ready to start your awesome healing journey with crystals!

A Word of Caution, Though…

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, general interest in crystals has peaked. While it was once thought to be the domain of millennials and members of Gen Z, it has now become more mainstream than ever before.

The need to calm Covid-19-induced anxiety and restore clear thinking has sent crystal buying through the roof, according to an article on bloomberg.com. Many people also developed an emotional need to give meaningful gifts to their loved ones; with near-gemstones in a lower price bracket than diamonds and other precious stones, the crystal market entered a billion-dollar-phase (Elliott, 2020).

The downside of the market boom is that unscrupulous dealers also saw an opportunity to make a fast buck. Please make sure you buy from a reputable shop—I don’t want you to waste your money and become disillusioned because you purchased a stone of low quality (or even a fake) without knowing it. Buying online, if you’re a beginner, can be especially risky.

Another important point to keep in mind is that some crystals are sourced from poor countries where the miners and their families are paid little for their work. Some mines even operate in conditions that are unfavorable toward the workers.

Let’s do our part to look after the well-being of all the world’s people. Find out where the gems you want to buy come from and what their history is. That will help ensure that we don’t support inhumane or cruel mining operations.

A Health Disclaimer

The tips in this book are not intended to take the place of your medical practitioner’s advice. If you have any serious ailments, do not put off going to the doctor or ignore their opinion.

Instead, use your crystals as supplementary benefits to strengthen any medication you might be taking.

Chapter 1

The Basics of Crystal Healing

Assorted crystals and gemstones.

In a crystal we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being.

Nikola Tesla, Inspiring Quotes, 2022

How Are Crystals Formed?

A crystal forms whenever a liquid body solidifies. It can be a chemical element, a compound, or a mixture. The solidification forms in a regular internal pattern.

Crystals usually start small, but as more atoms join the formation, they grow organically.

They vary greatly in color and texture. Some are hard as rocks, while others are soft and porous.

The grid-like crystalline pattern occurs in many places in nature—think of salt and sugar, for instance, or the brilliant ice crystals inside snowflakes.

There are seven basic patterns: cubic, trigonal, tetragonal, monoclinic, triclinic, orthorhombic, and hexagonal. The pattern does not influence the external shape of the crystal, only the internal pattern or lattice.

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The Birth of a Crystal

As with all births, the formation of a crystal is also an awe-inspiring event. Most crystals are formed underground, when liquid rock, known as magma, cools. Crystals can also form in water or even from fumes.

The environment where the cooling and hardening happen, the amount of space available to grow, the pressure, the temperature, and the chemical composition of the source material determine the shape, color, and lattice of the crystal.

The process takes place over many years. Sometimes it gets interrupted by movements in the earth’s crust, resuming when the growth channel opens again with the next shift of the tectonic plates. The process of stop-and-start growth leaves a mark on the crystals. There are often color variations within one crystal, or different formations growing on a base. This can produce spectacular crystals. I’m sure once you’ve seen a multicolored stone, like a watermelon tourmaline, you’ll understand!

You might find it interesting to know that the earth’s crust is about three miles thick under the seabed and 25 miles deep under the continents. Under the crust is the liquid and fiery mantle that makes up 83% of the earth’s volume—it is close to 2,000 miles thick! The bottom of the crust is full of crannies and small craters from the interaction with the superhot magma in the mantle. These provide ideal locations for crystals to grow.

If magma reaches the surface through a volcanic eruption, it is called lava (Clark, 2015).

Sometimes two different source materials start growing at the same time, but they crystallize at different speeds. The slower one will end up being engulfed by the faster one. An example of this is Colombian emeralds that grow with pieces of pyrite inside. This combination brings interesting qualities to the stone when it is used in healing.

Various impurities can also become embedded in a crystal, such as rutile encased inside a quartz crystal.

The inclusions in emeralds are usually too small to see with the naked eye.

Scientific Studies

Although many studies have been done on crystallography and mineralogy, not much has happened scientifically regarding the healing powers of crystals.

An 1880 study conducted by brothers Jack and Pierre Curie discovered that it is possible to produce electricity by changing the temperature of crystals and putting pressure on them. The pressure causes ions in the crystal to shift. That disturbs the internal balance which, in turn, transforms the crystal into a tiny battery.

Their finding is now known as the piezoelectric effect. It has helped our modern technology greatly and is commonly found in equipment such as inkjet printers, microphones, sonar, and quartz watches (Rekstis, 2022).

The piezoelectric effect suggests that touching a crystal can influence the body’s energy levels and vibrational frequency.

In the electronics industry, quartz crystals are mainly used as resonators. That means they synchronize and equalize the electric energy created in components of electrical circuits, such as oscillators (Grigalunas, 2019).

Their job is to synchronize and even out electrical charges—exactly what you and I need in our minds and bodies when we become diseased and uncomfortable.

Modern scientists have so far ascribed any reports of healing to the placebo effect, but even if that is the only way crystals work for us, it is still a valid outcome.

In a study done on distant healing intervention in seriously ill patients, Dr. Marilyn Schlitz found clear evidence that spiritual healing and prayer created positive physical changes (Schlitz, 2005).

Healing With Crystals

Every crystal has its own vibrational frequency that comes from the material from which it was formed. They are alive with energy—the very substance of life.

I remember touching my first crystal. It was a magical experience that shot warm tingles through my hand and arm. Moving my hand from one crystal to another, it was easy to feel strong energy from some and weaker energy from others. That was because, usually, the crystal that ‘speaks’ to you is the one you need.

Let’s go into the vibrations in more detail.

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Getting the Vibrations

A crystal can be described