Crystals & Gems is a comprehensive resource site dedicated to all aspects of crystals, gemstones, and crystal jewelry. With a deep-rooted belief in the inherent benefits of these natural wonders, Crystals & Gems offers insights into their historical significance, aesthetic beauty, and practical applications. MysticMag finds out more.
How do crystals and gems contribute to physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, and what scientific evidence supports these claims?
Crystals and gems have always been a part of every single human culture since time immemorial. Somehow or rather, humans have always worn or carried crystals and gems that they found around them (and/or later, started mining for them). Now why would humans go through such trouble looking for such pieces of rocks and stones and why are they embedded into human culture? Now that’s a good question.
The only plausible answer is that crystals and gems somehow contribute to physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of humans, which they sense on some innate level. And over time (we are talking of thousands of years here), this collectively procured experience builds up, and we are slowly able to recognize that different stones produce different beneficial effects upon our being.
Science has established that in physics, there exists piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity. Piezoelectricity can simply be described as the phenomenon of materials like crystals producing electrical charges in response to mechanical stress (such as being heated/pressed/squeezed/etc). Pyroelectricity on the other hand, is the ability of certain materials such as crystals, to generate electric charges when heated.
So if you connect the dots, we live in a highly electrical universe, as the famous inventor Nikola Tesla once said. Everything physical is made of atoms and atoms are made of protons and electrons, which are respectively positive and negative charged. Thus, we are electrical beings basically. And this electrical energy is what forms the etheric body, which some describe as the soul or spirit.
The ability of crystals to conduct and interact with our electrical energy is what causes them to affect our mental, spiritual, and physical beings, and this is the basis of crystal healing in the metaphysical and physical sense.
Can you explain the process of selecting the right crystal or gemstone for specific purposes, such as healing, meditation, or personal development?
How do we select the right crystal? Well, selecting the right crystal is not a one size fits all approach. The right crystal depends largely on the purpose of the crystal for us, on an individual basis. Most crystals are tools and should be regarded as such, especially if you have a large collection! If you’re a crystal healer who uses many crystals in different layouts or grids, then you are not going to care too much about the sort of crystal you use, as long as it fits the purpose. The same goes for meditation crystals; you should regard them as merely tools to assist you with getting into a calm, meditative state of mind.
Some crystals are meant to be personal crystals though. For choosing a personal crystal, listen to your intuition firstly. If you feel drawn to a certain crystal, then this crystal might just be the one for you. Personal crystals are the ones that we carry with us wherever we go, and help us one way or another in the course of our spiritual growth. Personal crystals are not necessarily a must for every crystal user out there, or most people, for that matter.
In what ways do different cultures and traditions incorporate crystals and gems into their spiritual practices, and are there common themes or beliefs across these diverse approaches?
As mentioned earlier, every human culture and civilization has incorporated crystals and gemstones into their spiritual practices and/or traditions. From the Bible, to the Quran, to the Buddhist Lotus Sutra, to the Hindu Puranas scriptures; these are but just a few examples where crystals and rocks are mentioned rather frequently. It’s believed that all aboriginal/native tribes worldwide also used and treasured crystals whenever and wherever they were found.
A common theme among them all is that crystals symbolize beauty and the manner in which they shone light through their bodies was regarded as how divinity is imparted and exemplified. Some cultures also used crystals in dream visions and quests or dowsing, in order to obtain answers and/or guidance from a divine being that they believe in.
How can individuals integrate crystals and gems into their daily lives to enhance overall wellness and promote positive energy flow?
There are many ways to integrate crystals into our daily lives. Here I will use quartz crystals as an example because of their durability and compatibility with most humans. For example, you could simply carry a personal quartz crystal along with you in a pouch or wear it as a piece of jewelry. You can place a quartz crystal under your pillow to help with sleep and dream recall. You can place a small quartz crystal near to your car engine, which has been reported by some to help with gas mileage. You could bury some crystals around a Wi-Fi tower to help protect the area from the harmful rays being emitted by the tower.
You could also bury some quartz around your property, sort of like a grid, to protect it against negative energies and entities, either physical or non-physical. You could also program a crystal so that it helps with manifesting your dreams and goals. Also, crystals work great for meditation and as a general all-round stress reliever. You could place small quartz crystals into your water bottle to help purify the water and/or turn it into an elixir, or place some crystals into your aquarium tank to enhance the overall aquatic environment. Try to experiment and be creative. There is practically no limit to what you can do with crystals.
What are some common misconceptions or myths about crystals and gems, and how do you address these misconceptions in your practice or teachings?
There are some common misconceptions about crystals and gems. The most common misconception is that crystals are magical rocks with power of their own. This is not true. Crystals are merely the physical forms of minerals in their natural state and possess no innate power of their own. Whatever “power” they possess comes from an external source – you, in most cases (in some cases a negative supernatural entity can get attached to a crystal as in the case of haunted diamonds for example). You can just as easily heal with your own hands (as demonstrated in Reiki) as with using a tool – a crystal, in this case.
However, crystals do have an ability to conduct and transfer electrical energy and since we are electrical beings as explained before this, we are able to “program” crystals so that we can try getting it to store a certain positive program or thought, working on the basis that energy cannot be created and/or destroyed but merely transferred and/or transmuted. In the case of crystal healing, the crystal just helps to “amplify” and transmute that healing intent and thought. So it is not really the crystal doing the healing, it is you yourself; the crystal is just a pretty looking crutch.
This is why I always stress that one should only view crystals as inanimate tools. And just like we take herbs to assist with healing certain physical conditions, healing crystals should also be viewed in that manner and nothing more.
Another fairly common misconception that is related to the above and prevalent among newbies is that you should only cleanse a crystal with sea salt and/or sage (maybe because that is what newbies learned). Actually, you can cleanse a crystal in a number of ways; even sunlight/moonlight can do the job as long as your intent is clear and the crystal is relatively clean without a dark history. For crystals used for negative purposes, sometimes there is no way to cleanse it and the only way is to dispose of it by burying it in the earth.
That said, some crystals will fade if exposed to sunlight, and some crystals cannot be soaked in salty water (let alone any water), so make sure to do your research first. This is especially important if you are planning to make an elixir, because some minerals can leach out toxic chemicals if they get wet. As with everything in life, practice discernment and caution and common sense.
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