Healing With Crystals
Have you ever wondered about the power of crystals? Did you know that crystals have the metaphysical power of healing? Using certain crystal methods, crystal healing can help a number of physical problems. This metaphysical healing relies on the innate powers of healing crystals. For example, rose quartz is great for emotional healing, amethyst crystals for headaches, malachite for the stomach, lapis for anxiety, and jade for the heart…just to name a few. So enjoy Space Magic’s metaphysics site, and learn how to use crystals to cure your ailments.
ALL ABOUT CRYSTALS & HEALING
From as far back as the days of the legendary lost city of Atlantis, through the ancient Mayan and Hebrew civilizations, and including Far Eastern and Native American cultures, crystals and gemstones have been used both in spiritual rituals and as aids to physical healing.
Today the practice of using stones and crystals continues. Not only with the aboriginal shamans of Australia who use stones to commune with spirits, but with ordinary people across the world who claim extraordinary results.
How do crystals work? No one seems to know for sure. Tales tell that they were first used in Atlantis. Crystals became important to the people of that civilization who believed in their capacity to store and amplify any power source fed into them - physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual. Practitioners of modern-day crystal therapy believe that the stones' ability to work as conductors allow them to focus energy via a person's thoughts to stimulate healing - both physical and non-physical.
However, in addition to medical controversy as to their efficacy, the use of crystals for healing is not an exact science. There is plenty of information available to describe which crystals and gemstones are good for treating certain ailments or for the prevention of certain conditions. The problem is that much of it appears contradictory.
Still, thousands of people world-wide swear by the use of crystals for a variety of mental, emotional, and physical problems. There are numerous claims that they aid such in diverse areas as harmonious relationships, allergies, and spiritual awakening.
Crystals are used in meditation and spiritual ceremonies, laid on the body during types of massage or bodywork, when a person is resting, or placed in drinking or bathing waters. It is claimed that an odd number of facets on the stone aid in healing, while an even number of facets create the best energizers. Red, yellow, and orange stones are said to produce energy, clear and aquamarine stones are healers, and lavender and blue-violet stones create calming effects.
Here is a list of commonly known crystals and their reputed benefits. Please note that this information is not intended to replace any licensed medical or psychological treatment. No guarantee is made towards validity, and the use of any crystals for the claims listed below is at your own risk.
Amethyst: Headaches, eyes, scalp, hair, pituitary gland, balancing blood sugar. Psychic abilities, imagery. Purify and transmute negativity. Reduce anger, impatience, and nightmares. Spiritually uplifting.
Aquamarine: Heart, immune system, thymus, lymph nodes. Calming, uplifting, flexibility, innocence, joy, creativity, communication, self-knowledge, confidence, purpose. Releasing anxiety, fear, and restlessness.
Carnelian: Circulatory system, kidneys, stimulate appetite, emotions, sexuality, physical energy, celebration, reproductive system, menstrual cramps, arthritis, kidneys, gall bladder, pancreas. Confidence, assertiveness, drive.
Citrine: Acid indigestion, food disorders, allergies. Cleansing spleen, kidneys, liver, urinary system, intestines. Mental and emotional clarity, problem-solving, memory, willpower, optimism, confidence, self-discipline. Reducing anxiety, fear, and depression.
Coral: Muscles, blood, heart, reproductive system, thyroid, metabolism, spine, bone and tissue regeneration. Not to be used with high blood pressure. Protect and strengthen emotional foundation and enliven emotions.
Diamond: Increase personal clarity, trust, confidence. Amplify thoughts, attitudes, strengths and weaknesses: Prosperity, generosity, love, spirituality.
Emerald: Respiratory system, heart, lymph nodes, blood, thymus, balance blood sugar, childbirth, eyesight. Strengthen heart chakra for abundance, growth, peace, harmony, patience, love, monogamy, honesty. Lift depression and insomnia.
Jade: Heart, thymus, immune, kidney and cleansing blood, nervous system. Courage, knowledge, justice, compassion, emotional balance, humility, generosity, harmony, wealth, longevity.
Lapis: Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, shyness, nervous system, speech, hearing, pituitary, inflammation, pain. Mind expansion, intuition, creativity, spiritual connection. Organize, quiet the mind.
Malachite: Stomach, liver, kidney stones, respiratory system, immune system, vision, circulatory system. Release pain, inflammation, depression, anger. Stimulate psychic vision, concentration.
Rose Quartz: Emotional balance, love, beauty, peacefulness, forgiving, kindness, self-esteem. Emotional healing, loss, stress, hurt, fear, resentment, anger. Align mental, emotional, and astral bodies.
Ruby: Infections, cholesterol, blood clots, blood cleansing, impotency. Stimulate circulation, menses, pituitary. Love, courage, confidence, vitality, stamina, strength, leadership, triumph over adversity. Intensify all emotions.
Sapphire: Reducing inflammation, fevers, nosebleeds. Hearing problems, TB, burns. Communication, depression, intuition, clairaudience, mental clarity and calm.
It is suggested that you should never let anyone touch your crystals. Each crystal should be cleansed before use to clear any stored energy by either soaking it or burying it in the ground.
 Soaking: Have everything at room temperature. Soak the crystal in one cup sea salt dissolved in one quart of purified or spring water in a glass bowl. Meditate and ask that the crystal be cleared. Soak from 15 minutes to one full day depending upon how many people have touched the stone. Rinse under cool water and dry with cotton or silk.

Burying: Wrap the crystal in cotton, silk, or linen and bury it in a place you feel comfortable. Leave at least 24 hours.

Crystal Healing , just like witchcraft, shamanism, fengshui, is a belief. Some may categorize as an Art and not a science. For it has many different beliefs, systems and theories that sometimes may contradict with one another. And the most important of all, the many beliefs, systems and theories are yet to be proven!
There is one thing that all school of crystal healing do agree though: only crystals grown in the natural earth (not the lab-grown synthetics) possess the resonance vibrational energy. But the theory behind it is still a mystery. The only answer is: they are of the mother nature and not man-made.
There are different opinions on whether crystal enhancements (ie heating to have better color) are acceptable or not. Some even would argue a crystal intended for healing cannot use man-made tools like tumbler or grinder for polishing, instead a bamboo or leather. Some even doing it with a certain ritual at specific times and using mantras. How one would practice would depend greatly on their predecessors and of course one’s personal experience.

Crystal healing is a form of vibrational medicine in which subtle energy given off by a crystal is used to treat the body, the mind, and the spirit.  Since crystals emit beneficial energetic vibrations, introducing them into one’s energy field can actually help to repair energetic imbalances within the ethereal body.  For this reason, crystal healing can be performed on anything that possesses an energy field, be it a person, a plant or animal, or the environment.

Although crystals have been used to treat the body, mind, and spirit, crystal healing is not meant to replace conventional medicine.  Instead, it should be used along with allopathic treatments to compliment and enhance them.  The most important thing to keep in mind when beginning to use crystals for healing purposes is that a crystal’s power is relatively inert until one intentionally directs its energy.  It is not the crystal that possesses healing energy; it is one’s intent to heal, by way of the crystal, which manifests results.

The art of crystal healing has been present in many eras and cultures, some dating back for thousands of years.  It was commonplace in ancient Hebrew and Mayan societies as well as in the Native American, Indian, and Tibetan cultures.  Although not yet fully accepted by Western medicine, its methods are still often used and prescribed in many other parts of the world.  Since each type of crystal carries with it a unique energetic vibration, certain types of crystals can be utilized in the treatment of specific physical, emotional, or spiritual ailments.  Some of the most common crystals and their associated properties are as follows:

Amethyst: Use at the 6th Chakra (3rd Eye/Brow Chakra) or at the 7th Chakra (Crown Chakra) for protection against negative energies, to relieve insomnia, to enhance memory, to increase motivation, to promote dreams and their interpretation, for emotional balance, to become open to your intuition and psychic abilities, to strengthen the metabolism and immune system, to enhance meditation, to ease headaches, to help overcome addictions, to relieve digestive discomfort, and to heal and cleanse the mind, body, and spirit.

Aventurine: (Also known as Green Quartz) Use at the 4th Chakra (Heart Chakra) for healing the physical body, to increase wealth and prosperity, to protect gardens and homes from pollution, to turn negative energy into positive energy, to encourage compassion, to stimulate will power and confidence, for use while exploring past lives, for balance of the mind, body, and soul, to stimulate creativity in artistic endeavors, to promote peace and calming, for protection, to aid in problems related to the nervous system, to help prevent heart-related conditions such as heart attack, to manifest abundance, to relieve symptoms of allergies, to remove headache and migraine pain, and to diminish acne and other skin problems.

Carnelian: (Also known as Carnelian Agate) Use at the 1st Chakra (Base/Root Chakra), 2nd Chakra (Sacral/Spleenic Chakra), or 4th Chakra (Heart Chakra) for grounding, to increase motivation, to increase vitality, to cleanse other stones, for protection of those who are crossing over, to stimulate success in business endeavors, to aid in overcoming negative thought patterns, to help improve concentration, for peace and calming, to banish negativity, to help heal lower back problems and remove pain, to boost creative energy, to enhance healthy sexuality, to quicken the healing of bones, and to increase blood circulation.

Citrine: Use at the 3rd Chakra (Solar Plexus Chakra) or at the 7th Chakra (Crown Chakra) for increasing creativity, for protection from negative energies, to activate the intuition, to manifest abundance, wealth, and prosperity, to encourage sharing, to promote joy, to increase self-esteem, to encourage a positive attitude, to enhance concentration, to enhance will power, to overcome one's fears, to increase ease of communication, to balance the emotions, to diminish symptoms from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, to help relieve eye problems, to help with blood circulation, to relieve menstrual or digestive problems, and to balance the thyroid.

Jade: Use at the 4th Chakra (Heart Chakra) for gaining wisdom and insight through meditation, to bring love and compassion, for protection, to bring mind, body, and spirit into balance, to bring luck, to stimulate new friendships, to encourage independence, to stimulate creativity, to bring intuitive dreams, to bring peace and calming, to cleanse the physical body, to increase fertility, to aid in successful child birth, to attract wealth and abundance, and to bring balance to the systems of the physical body.

Quartz: Quartz crystals can be used at any chakra and are by far the most powerful and energizing crystals of all. Quartz is a powerful healer and cleanser of the physical and ethereal body. Quartz crystals amplify our own energies and intentions and thus are ideal for any kind of spiritual work.

Quartz, Rose: Use at the 4th Chakra (Heart Chakra) for promoting unconditional love, peace, and compassion, to inspire self-love, for calming after traumatic events, to add spark to a romance, to ease mid-life crisis, to soothe a broken heart, to ease the grieving process, to promote forgiveness, trust, and understanding, to help with healing lungs, to increase fertility, to relieve a broken heart, to encourage friendship, to ease pain due to cancer and other serious diseases, and to treat a poor complexion.

Quartz, Smoky: Use at the 1st Chakra (Root/Base Chakra) for grounding, protection from negative energy, to increase energy and to still the mind during meditation, to encourage environmental concern & ecological consciousness, to relieve stress and promote peace and calming, to reduce pollution, to aid in detoxifying the physical body, to remove fear, to enhance passion, to dispel bad dreams, to promote insight, to stimulate concentration, to promote communication, for use with people undergoing chemotherapy, to relieve physical pain, to treat problems associated with the lower half of the body, to remove headache pain, and to aid in the assimilation of vitamins and minerals.

Tiger’s Eye: Use at the 3rd Chakra (Solar Plexus Chakra) for grounding, to increase psychic powers, to encourage the rising of the kundalini through the chakras, for protection, to stimulate compassion, to aid one in sorting through details and to complete tedious tasks, to aid in removing negative habits, to banish depression, to heal the eyes, to treat disorders of the reproductive system, to aid in healing broken bones, to help one succeed on tests and exams, and to encourage success in business meetings.

Turquoise: Use at the 4th Chakra (Heart Chakra) or at the 5th Chakra (Throat Chakra) to enhance self expression and communication, to help one to live in the moment, to remove negativity from oneself and one’s environment, to enhance self confidence, to help one to remain on the path for his/her highest good, to boost the immune system, to aid in healing the eyes, to reduce acidity in the body, to aid in detoxification, and to reduce inflammation.
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