Crystal Healing

Crystals are some of the most beautiful and fascinating objects around. Their symmetry and highly reflective faces are beyond perfection. They are a reminder of the beauty within the natural process of growth. Crystals form in two ways through a homogeneous change of state, such as heat and pressure; or it happens through heterogeneous means where a second material acts as a support for the crystal material to gather around.

Quartz crystals grow through the first means deep within the earth. The extreme heat and pressure causes minerals to merge. The slow process of tectonics creates a slow cooling and the crystals form over time.

In crystal healing, these crystals are used in conjunction with our energy field to promote positive energy adjustments. Another name for crystal healing is gemstone therapy. People have claimed that through this therapy they have been healed from physical ailments, addictions, and emotional blockages, but the main use of crystals is to provide subtle shifts in energy to encourage spiritual growth and attunement.

Some ways this is achieved is through understanding the spiritual properties of the different crystals (see list of crystals here). There isn’t any historic or scientific evidence pertaining to the healing properties of crystals, but over the years crystals have gained popularity and significance in the new age community. Those who have worked with crystals swear by them and through spiritual understanding people have learned to identify the healing properties of crystals.

Working with crystals can help someone learn to be in touch with the earth bound energy properties within themselves. It is believed that the crystal amplifies the energy frequency within the individual working with the crystal. For instance, someone who is looking to get in touch with their heart chakra might consider working with rose quartz in order to attune themselves to their heart energy within. The benefits of working with rose works would be to amplify the vibrations of the heart chakra. This could potentially help strengthen the chakra or break an energy block if a block resides within.

On the other hand, once the energy is attuned, the ultimate goal of any person working with crystals is not to rely on them, but to learn from them. Once attuned, we should work toward finding the frequency inside to amplify our own energy without the use of crystals. After all, we are of the same properties. We are of the earth.

Crystals are a wonderful tool to help us along the way on our spiritual journey and should be honored for their unique creation and earthbound roots. Crystals grow in the darkest recesses of the earth. Under extreme conditions they form into precious gems that hold more than beauty, they hold the truth of our existence –the evolution of a crystal is the evolution of us. Within their mystery is our growth. And understanding we are one in the same is the great revelation these gemstones provide.