Information on becoming a crystal healer.

[Big)Sky]

Im very intregued by crystal healing. I do meditation with crystals and balance my own chakras, but what i really want to be able to do is heal others around me.

I want to be able to hear the problems there having and be able to perform a crystal healing ritual.

Is there any good books on doing the practice that you would recommend?

 

[Nibblez]

Not sure if srs. But if you really are interested in alternative therapies you should probably look more into Traditional Chinese Medicine. That stuff is backed by the history of an entire nation and is much more likely to be effective.

 

[hobhead]

cop a mope !

Please make your posts more clear. If the problem here is some sort of mental incontinence that causes you to post nonsense in threads you disagree with-just knock it off or there will be consequences. I know your view that science and material reality are indisputable and all else is non-sense causes you to have contempt for many threads here. You can maintain your contempt w/o posting, in fact I encourage you to do so.~enki

 

[Big)Sky]

A mope? Elaborate hobhead.

 

[Jamshyd]

I see Enki already said what I actually came in here to say .

bigsky: I know little about gemstone healing, but I've been studying gemstones for a few years now and they are an endless source of fascination.

I can recommend a few sources if you're interested:

The definitive text on Gemology is Gems by O'Donough but it goes at length into the technicalities of professional identification. Still, an invaluable resource if you could find a discounted copy.

Otherwise, my faithful general-reference side-kicks have been Phillip's Guide to Gems (and its corresponding Phillip's Guide To Minirals, Rocks, and Fossils).

I personally think it is imperative to learn as much as one could about the special properties that make Gemstones such a worthy subject of study in and of themselves, rather than simply as healing-aids. Even though I remain on the fence about the validity of gemstone healing, I do not deny that certain gemstones resonate to respectively different spiritual affinities in me.

There some who disagree of course, and believe that you don't need the makeup of a stone to use it for healing. But my experience has shown me that the more one learns about Gems, the bigger the sense of awe. There is a reason why "Mineral" has for the longest time been classed as one of life's three kingdoms (the others being Animal and Vegetable) .

 

[JackARoe]

I have two books from 20 years ago. One called Crystal Enlightenment by Katrina Raphaell and Clearing Crystal Consciousness by Christa Faye Burka. I am not sure what to think though, but they are interesting.

I remember meditating on a beach years ago while tripping and had an amethyst crystal on my third eye. What happened was beyond words. I saw rainbow colored astral rivers. I saw diamond palace domes. And after about 3 hours I started walking home. I saw a church dome on my way and realized we try to replicate the physical with the astral. The astral was much shinier and cleaner than the dirtier physical church dome though.


Healing stones and crystals are an interesting topic. On one hand I can see bunny headed wide eyed geeks talk of healing and cringe a bit, BUT on the other I think to dismiss some of these notions as mumbo jumbo is not wise. Why? I'll chime in on crystals. For one they keep perfect time in a watch with a small spec of quartz. They also help me find a perfect vibrating note when I tune my guitar with a quartz tuner. Those can be quantified at least. Very interesting. If a guitar note which is vibration resonates then it's not a stretch (at least too much) that thoughts just may too. But who knows. Someone's state of being can influence anothers no doubt. People can tell by vibe if someone is confident, or someone is worried. My dog runs the other way if I even think an angry thought. What is she detecting?

So stretching that a bit since we as humans are energy (yes energy and vibration, 3 humans can build a house and if that is not energy...) then some resonance between thought, feeling and vibration of a crystal is thought to align just like a sound on a guitar note resonates and fine tunes. There is something to it as we see in the small use of quartz crystal in present day technology.

 

[Lazyscience]

is there any scientific evidence of the healing properties of the crystals?

have you read into some double blind placebo controlled trials?

 

[High Yogi]

I believe in alchemy, which has the belief of the union of spirit and matter. that being said, i believe that different gems vibrate to different spiritual frequencies and by placing these certain frequencies next to or around our own frequencies(chakras), the spiritual properties of the gem will transfer, relieving dark energy and renewing light energy. Intention is the doorway between the frequencies. Your intentions to heal with that crystal will connect the frequencies of the gem and ur chakras and allow the gem to do its magic.

not sure of any books, but i thought id share my insight. im sure u can download some free ebooks somewhere. check online.

 

[MynameisnotDeja]

In my own path, I've used a lot of intuition and synchronicity to learn what I've learned about crystal healing. Crystals have been given to me, I've found them, I've bought a few. I've learned to use all of them in various ways.

I've never had very many books. I did borrow a book which identified every type of crystal imaginable, and read the hell out of it for awhile. I forget what it was called but there are hundreds of similar books out there. Any bookstore should have a lot to choose from.

Are you trying to do this as a profession or just to help people you know? There are schools which offer holistic healing programs. I've seen some schools around here that probably offer such programs, and there are quite a few crystal healers working around here as well, so it is a legit profession if you feel the calling.

 

[Vader]

That stuff is backed by the history of an entire nation and is much more likely to be effective.

I don't wish to derail the thread, but why should this be so?

 

[MrM]

How do you measure the 'spiritual frequency' of a gemstone so that you know which stones have what effects? And how do you know what the frequency you need for a given effect is? Can you generate these frequencies any other way? Do the fields produced by these oscilations follow the inverse square law?

I have visions of someone sat next to a 'gemstone simulator' slowly turning a nob to raise the frequency whilst notice down the results until he finds either enlightenment or the spiritual equivalent of the brown noise.

Why? I'll chime in on crystals. For one they keep perfect time in a watch with a small spec of quartz. They also help me find a perfect vibrating note when I tune my guitar with a quartz tuner. Those can be quantified at least.

This can very definitely be quantified - starting with the energy supply. The quartz crystal will only oscilate as designed when you input energy in the form of electricity. The crystal distorts due to the piezo electric effect and oscilates to keep time which in turn produces the electrical feedback that keeps the electronic circuit in time. The oscilations take the form of physical vibration of the crystal, the piezo electric oscilations that result and the electronic feedback in the circuit.

I can't help but think this is completely different to whatever crystal healers are talking about when they mention crystal energies and oscilations. I never see such people using batteries for one thing.

Someone's state of being can influence anothers no doubt. People can tell by vibe if someone is confident, or someone is worried. My dog runs the other way if I even think an angry thought. What is she detecting?

I do this all the time but instead of attuning myself to the other persons vibrational freqency and receiving their mental energy i just look at their facial expression instead, maybe talk to them a bit, and very quickly i know if they are pissed off or not.

My flatmate has a dog. When he's pissed off it hides. I suspect, being pack animals, dogs are similarly good at picking up on body language and the like.

 

[JackARoe]

I do this all the time but instead of attuning myself to the other persons vibrational freqency and receiving their mental energy i just look at their facial expression instead, maybe talk to them a bit, and very quickly i know if they are pissed off or not.

My flatmate has a dog. When he's pissed off it hides. I suspect, being pack animals, dogs are similarly good at picking up on body language and the like.

Nice points MrM. What you state is for sure deductive reasoning, in that we are use to seeing an angry face and equate that with an angry vibe. Having seen this many times we can store it in our memory and remember when we see it again. And I agree. There are many explanations of deductive reasoning that can explain things. However the facial contort that reminds us of what we have seen as anger is created at a deeper level than just an angry face, and we all find it uncomfortable to be around an angry person for some reason. It's not just a recognition, there is a reaction too. But maybe the reaction is because we have seen violence surround anger and remember that too and want to avoid that. :D But on the other hand I have sat on a couch, eyes closed, completely tripping, quiet, and still had my dog stay on the other end of the room with wide eyes looking at me by something other than a recognized facial contortion. There for sure was something she was detecting coming from me that had nothing to do with any remembered action.

I'd like to hear more from people that can explain crystal healing and just exactly what is meant too. To me crystals are interesting enough in what we already know they can do. Yet there may be much more that is interesting about them. I have a cousin who is a serious geologist and collects all kinds of stones and crystals. While he does not buy into the crystal healing notion with more than a curiosity, he has mentioned they are fascinating even without that belief.

 

[MrM]

I have a cousin who is a serious geologist and collects all kinds of stones and crystals. While he does not buy into the crystal healing notion with more than a curiosity, he has mentioned they are fascinating even without that belief.

As astronomy is to astrology so crystallography is to crystal healing. Crystals really are fascinating even without the crystal healing stuff.

I think your explanation of a person's response to anger is pretty reasonable. I think mirror neurons may also play a part in that we are neurologically hard wired to feel an echo of other people's feelings. If those feelings are unpleasant then people will want to avoid them - maybe this is part of the reasons depressed people are such poor company.

Mirror neurons don't require any kind of psychic explanation - they work just as well if you are empathising with a cartoon character and feel it's pain when something bad happens to it as with a real person (if you like cartoons at least). People pick up hints from the body language of even simple objects, when animated correctly, as anyone who's seen that pixar animation of the lamps knows well, so i think this must play a large part.

 

[bagochina]

I like crystals to. Been collecting forever. I have a quartz enhydro tip and a cactus quartz under my pillows [in my bed].

A good book is, 'Love is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals - The Reference Book Describing the Metaphysical Properties of the Mineral Kingdom' - Melody
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Her other books have alot of good info also.
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good luck