Crystals, gems and stones, have a long documented history of use in healing work in practically every culture and religious tradition since the dawn of time.  In our contemporary era, crystals are regularly employed because of their inherent ability to deeply enhance the table work experience for both the practitioner and client.

For those wishing to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the properties, characteristics, functions, and application of crystals, there are thankfully, many wonderful books that are readily available and which explain the many kinds of crystals one can obtain for use.

Jonathan Goldman, a noted Sound Healer, nevertheless acknowledges the importance of crystals in his book, Shifting Frequencies, documenting the use of crystals in healing work throughout various historical periods.

Quartz crystals are considered sacred powerful tools in many different traditions and have been recognized as such for a very long time.  They have been utilized for their extraordinary abilities by magicians, shamans, and lightworkers since recorded history and before as tools for healing higher consciousness and frequency-shifting.

Quartz crystals have been found as artifacts among the most ancient of archaeological digs, and their use in Atlantis has been described by many writers. 

Quartz crystals have many amazing qualities—perhaps most extraordinary is their ability to transduce energy.  Quartz crystals can take one form of energy and cause it to change form, moving up the energy spiral.  Sound, for example, can become electricity… (96-97).

As Goldman asserts, crystals are powerful, transformational tools, capable of even turning sound into light.  While we may consider crystals to be both inert and lifeless, the reality is they constitute and comprise the very essence of our physical and even energetic composition.

Our bodies, like crystals, are composed of silicone and water, and that is why we can so intensely feel the vibration of a crystal bowl resonating within us.

If we believe that crystals are as much a part of the web of connection as we are, then we can readily recognize that crystals have the ability to act as intermediaries, enabling us to communicate and connect with higher levels of consciousness and existence.

Crystals have unique paths—and it is believed by energy workers and healers that they too, have their own karmic lessons to fulfill and experience, not unlike humans.  If one truly espouses the belief that everything in the Universe is interconnected, then one must recognize that crystals are really just another manifestation or reflection of who we are.  

In her book, Healing with Gemstones and Crystals, Stein makes the following observation:

A network of crystal and gemstone energy intersects the Earth.

At ground level this network is formed of the ley lines, the planet's acupuncture map.  Beyond the Earth's body and mirrored in the human mental body aura is the universal grid.  This is formed by crystal and gemstone energy radiating from the planet and the galaxy and also is incorporated into human energy….The grid contains our individual minds and the Collective Mind of society, as well as access to the Universal Mind of…the all-creative Void.

The grid is the interface between our auras and that of the Earth and the universe… (7)

The little crystals and colored gemstones in our pockets and jewelry do more for us than we know, and their energy is increasing in usefulness as time goes on….We are becoming much more than people can ever remember being before; we are becoming the Be-ings of Light, energy, and information, what was our original heritage.

Human twelve-strand DNA contains the genetic keys of all life in the universe…[which is a] Living Library.  That library is being repaired, healed, and reactivated, and returned to us primarily by way of gemstones and crystals.  (9)

Richard Gerber on Crystals and Vibrational Medicine

Each human being is an organized interweaving of many bodies of differing vibrational frequencies.

Through our interconnection to the chakras and our higher frequency bodies of light, we are able to assimilate energy and information from the highest levels of being.

Energy and information originating at the soul level undergoes progressive transformation and translation until it becomes manifest as a conscious personality which must exist in the molecular/cellular vehicle of the physical plane.

Due to the limited nature of the physical brain at its present level of linear expression, we become locked into the perspective of a seemingly fixed space/time frame.  Thus the multidimensional universe is beyond our underdeveloped insight.

To most individuals, the higher dimensional energies are in the realm of invisibility… As technology makes visible what was previously seen only by clairvoyants, the invisible becomes visible…

From utilizing crystals for communication, information storage, solar power, and laser applications in industry and medicine, we are slowly discovering that the gems and minerals of the Earth hold undreamt-of potentials for serving humankind. 

It is important to note, that quartz crystals can conduct the energy of the healer's thought-forms and patterns.  Hence, one must consider the importance of the practitioner's intent while working with them.  Crystals have the ability not only to conduct energy, but also amplify our feelings, thoughts, and vibrations.  

There are various different types of crystals that are used for a variety of aspects of life. Below mentioned are some of the commonly used crystals with their healing properties.

First Chakra—Root—Base of Spine

Colors: Black, Brown, Deep Red

Second Chakra—Sacral—Sexual Organs—Pelvic Area

Colors: Red,Orange

Third Chakra—Solar Plexus—Navel

Fourth Chakra—Heart

Colors:  Green, Pink

Fifth Chakra—Throat—Thyroid

Sixth Chakra—Third Eye

Colors: Indigo, Deep Purple

Seventh Chakra—Crown

Colors: Light Purple, Deep Purple, White, Clear 

Crystals have been known to enhance energy work, since they can actually conduct and amplify energy.  But as noted previously, they also have their own distinct characteristics and healing properties as well which contributes to the enhancement of any given healing session.

Crystals placed strategically in areas such as bedrooms or workspaces can have a noticeable impact on those environments.  Something as simple as carrying crystals in one's pocket can be of tremendous benefit.

For example, bringing a crystal to work that is calming, soothing, or grounding can help shift the energy of the person carrying the crystal, the workspace, and the environment in a more positive direction.  Physical laws indicate that like attracts like—so the change in one's disposition will subsequently influence one's co-workers as well!

Doctors and patients are experiencing that energy medicine works—often where conventional medicine does not.  Chronic debilitating illnesses, common ailments, aches, pains, and everything in between have responded to energy medicine practices.  Energy medicine is shedding light on the true nature of health and disease and offering solutions to seemingly intractable health problems—often leaving those who practice it healthier and more vital than they thought possible.

One of the most powerful forms of energy medicine is gem therapy.  Here, too, a change has taken place.  Once relegated to the fringes of the healing arts, the therapeutic uses of gems were not widely adopted by either doctors or the public…Today, all that has changed.  Pioneering information and effective new practices are allowing gem therapy to take its rightful place as a cornerstone of energy medicine….

Thousands of people around the world—physicians, homemakers, Olympic athletes, business people, celebrities, and many others—have come to experience remarkable healing by applying therapeutic gems…

Over a decade of clinical experience…have yielded gem therapies that work—both as primary treatments and as complements to other healing modalities.

Emotional maladies, mental complaints, and acute and chronic illnesses have responded to these gem therapies in unprecedented and exciting ways.  (1-2)

It is encouraging to see that there is already a broad range of implementation of crystals and gems.  To consider that an Olympic athlete recognizes the value of their use is nothing short of astonishing and encouraging.

Katz also cautions that crystals have inherent limitations in their abilities as well—they are capable of pulling energy into the crystal as well as being able to conduct it out.

Thus, a gem such as malachite has the ability to remove negative energy, yet if it is not cleared regularly, it will retain that energy and amplify it.  It would not be enough to carry a piece of malachite in your pocket to ward off negativity without clearing it, for you would only be exacerbating the very problem you were trying to remedy!

Resources:

Katz, Michael.  Wisdom of the Gemstone Guardians.  Natural Healing Press, 1997.  

Katz, Michael.  Gemstone Energy Medicine.  Healing Body, Mind and Spirit.  Natural Healing Press, 2005.

Stein, Diane.  Essential Energy Balancing.  An Ascension Process.  The Crossing Press, 2000.  

Stein, Diane.  Healing With Gemstones and Crystals.  The Crossing Press, 1996.

Goldman, Jonathan.  Healing Sounds.  The Power of Harmonics.  Healing Arts Press, 1992, 2002.  

Goldman, Jonathan.  Shifting Frequencies.  Light Technology Publishing, 1998.