Malachite
Crystal healing is one of those subjects that evokes skepticism or downright disdain in the non-believer and near reverence in the believer. If you are on the side of the fence of disbelief, or if you have no knowledge of crystal healing, let me ask you just for a moment to suspend your judgment. Let me share a few thoughts with you about crystal healing that may prove enlightening.
Crystal healing has nothing to do with paganism, nor does it have to do with anything religious or anti-religious at all. The fact that crystals were used by the ancient Egyptians means only that the ancient Egyptians had a belief that crystals had some effect on their natural physical bodies. It is no different from our use of pharmaceuticals today. Using medications is neither religious nor anti-religious. We believe that they have an effect on our physical bodies.
Amethyst
Einstein said that all matter is really energy. The basic building blocks of all material beings are atoms, which consist in their most basic forms of electrons moving around neutrons and protons. Notice the word moving—all beings are made of parts that are constantly in motion. Every being, animate or inanimate, is moving, made of energy, vibrating with its own unique rhythm. Our brains, our legs, the seats of our emotions, our whole beings are vibrating in different frequencies as well as at different speeds.
Let us assume that we can affect these frequencies or energies in different ways, making them stronger, weaker, more in balance with each other rather than in disharmony. That is basically the idea behind crystal healing, namely that our bodily energies can be altered by the application of healing crystals. Different crystals and minerals hold different vibrational patterns. By utilizing different gemstones, the vibrational patterns of the various parts of your physical, and yes, mental, emotional and spiritual anatomy can be altered.
Emerald
How does crystal healing work? I would have to ask you a question in return. How does electricity work? The answer to both questions is that we really don’t know. But because we don’t know something doesn’t negate the fact that it does exist. And since we’re talking about energies and vibrations, belief and non-belief, vibrations of their own, makes the effect of crystals on our physical beings more or less effective.
There is much more that could be said about crystal healing, for example, how are the crystals used? Are they worn, held, slept on? The answer to those questions is yes and more. Are different crystals used for different purposes? Yes, for example, malachite for protection and peace; amethyst for relief from nightmares; emerald for improving memory. Combinations of crystals can be used to most effectively bring you into greater balance. Hopefully by having scratched the surface of the topic of crystal healing, we may have stimulated an interest in a way of bringing your being into harmony and healing in a natural way.
