Overview

A full-color guide to working with gemstones for self-healing, energy work, and spiritual growth • Explains how to choose your crystals and cleanse them, how to energize and charge them, as well as how to get to know your crystals and attune to them • Explores the correspondences between gemstones and colors and discusses the effects of crystals on the chakras, the meridians, and the aura • Reveals how to craft crystal essences, heal animals with gemstones, work with crystal grids, and combine crystal therapy with ancestral healing, Reiki, reflexology, acupuncture, and massage In this full-color guide that is filled with explanatory diagrams and step-by-step photographic instructions, Shirley O’Donoghue shares the basics of crystal healing, enabling anyone to learn to use crystals for self-healing, energy work, and spiritual growth. The author explains how to choose your crystals and cleanse them, how to energize and charge them, and how to get to know your crystals and attune to them. Examining the correspondences between stones and colors, she looks at how to use crystals in color therapy and how to work with color to create crystal mandalas. She discusses the effects of crystals on the chakras, the meridians, and the aura and explains how to craft your own gem essences and how to identify and deal with toxic crystals. She looks at the relationship between crystals and astrology, numerology, and sacred geometry—providing several crystal grid layouts—as well as how to use gemstones for connecting with spirit guides, angels, and ascended masters. The author also explores techniques for using crystals for healing animals, for ancestral healing, and for combining crystals with other healing modalities, including Reiki, reflexology, acupuncture, and massage. This comprehensive guide also includes a directory of more than 20 common crystals and stones, enabling you to begin your crystal healing journey right away.

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Author:   Shirley O'Donoghue
Publisher:   Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Imprint:   Healing Arts Press
Edition:   2nd Edition, Revised Edition of Crystal Alchemy
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.374kg
ISBN:  

9781644116753

ISBN 10:   1644116758
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   24 October 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1 Crystal-Therapy Basics The History of Crystal Therapy and Atlantis What is Crystal Healing? Questions on Chapter 1 CHAPTER 2 Selecting and Taking Care of Your Crystals How to Choose the Correct Crystals for You How to Dowse and Why Cleansing Crystals Questions on Chapter 2 CHAPTER 3 Getting to Know Your Crystals Dedicating a Crystal Attuning to a Crystal Crystal Attunement Sheets Energizing and Charging Crystals Self-Healing with Crystals—Energy Flush Questions on Chapter 3 CHAPTER 4 The Link between Color and Crystals Color Therapy and Crystals How Light is Reflected through Crystals Color Correspondences How the Colors of Crystals Are Created Creating a Crystal Mandala Questions on Chapter 4 CHAPTER 5 The Subtle Energy System The Chakra System Chakra Functions The Chakras and the Endocrine System Chakra Sets Reiki and the Foot and Palm Chakras Discovering the Cause of Disease The New Transpersonal Chakras Differing Dimensional States Higher States of Consciousness Other Chakra-Cleansing Techniques Chakra Imbalances Nadis and the Kundalini Marma Points (Vital Points) Questions on Chapter 5 CHAPTER 6 Meridians, Auras, and Protection What Are Meridians? Techniques for Working on Meridians Chinese Five Elements The Aura Electromagnetic Frequencies and Other Energy Stressors Crystals and Basic Feng Shui Energy Protection Questions on Chapter 6 CHAPTER 7 Making Your Own Gem Essences History of Gem Essences Making Gem Essences How You Can Use Your Gem Essences Toxic Crystals Discerning What an Essence Does Questions on Chapter 7 CHAPTER 8 Animal Healing Rules and Regulations Benefits of Giving Healing to Animals Animal Chakras Techniques for Working with Animals Questions on Chapter 8 CHAPTER 9 Crystals and Astrology Birthstones Natal (Birth) Charts Using Astrology to Empower a Crystal Treatment Crystal Rituals for Winter and Summer Solstices Questions on Chapter 9 CHAPTER 10 Using Crystals to Connect with Guides, Angels, and Ascended Masters Angels and the Angelic Hierarchy Archangels Guardian Angels Contacting your Guardian Angel Crystals with an Angelic Energy and Angelic ""Signals"" Connecting with Spirit Guides Ascended Masters Crystal Divination Questions on Chapter 10 CHAPTER 11 Space Clearing with Crystals Ways You Can Use Crystals for Space Clearing Questions on Chapter 11 CHAPTER 12 Numerology Number Definitions Digit Summing Life-Path Number Destiny Number Master Numbers Questions on Chapter 12 CHAPTER 13 Ancestra Healing What is Ancestral Healing? Reasons Why Ancestral Healing is Required Ways in which Ancestral Healing Can Be Done Questions on Chapter 13 CHAPTER 14 Combining Crystals with Other Treatments How to Combine Crystals with Reflexology, Reiki, Acupuncture, and Massage Selecting Crystals for Use with Other Therapies Facial Massage Questions on Chapter 14 CHAPTER 15 Crystals and Sacred Geometry Geometric Shapes and Their Correspondences Crystal Templates Reiki Generators Questions on Chapter 15 CHAPTER 16 Crystal Crafts Growing Your Own Crystals Making a Bracelet Making a Crystal Wand Examples of Other Craft Ideas Recommended Reading Appendix 1: Crystal Glossary Amber Amethyst Aventurine Carnelian Citrine Hematite Red Jasper Lapis Lazuli Malachite Moonstone Obsidian Pyrite Blue Quartz Clear Quartz Rose Quartz Smoky Quartz Snowy Quartz Sodalite Tiger’s Eye Black Tourmaline Turquoise Appendix 2: Crystal Grids Crystal Color Baths Reiki Empowerment Grid Energy Refresh Grid Platonic Solids Grids Angelic Empowerment Grid Electromagnetic Grid Low Energy Grid Release Anger Grid Grid Layouts for the Subtle Bodies Appendix 3: Crystal Attunement Sheets Appendix 4: The Mandala Mandala Diagram Interpreting the Mandala Appendix 5: Crystal Casting Boards Appendix 6: Dowsing Charts Index"

Reviews

“Through clear and concise guidance, Shirley explains various techniques from cleansing and charging crystals to crafting gem essences and working with crystal grids. Her expertise shines in this book as she demonstrates how to seamlessly integrate crystal therapy with other therapeutic modalities, enhancing the overall efficacy of holistic treatments. A fascinating read.” * Oliver Chaplin, the Federation of Holistic Therapists * “This book is ideal for both beginners and those more experienced. It is a useful survey of the wide range of practical techniques within crystal healing and also explores the ideas they are based on.” * Simon and Sue Lilly, authors of The Essential Crystal Handbook *

Author Information

Shirley O’Donoghue has been teaching crystal healing for more than 30 years. The principal of Lucis College, she is an experienced lecturer and teacher in a wide range of holistic therapies including Reiki, color therapy, and flower and gem essence therapy. She is the host of a podcast, Consciousness Unveiled, Alchemy Unveiled, as well as a director of Holistic Harmony, a nonprofit that provides access to complementary therapies and energy healing for disadvantaged groups and individuals. Born in London, she now lives in Dorking, Surrey, England.

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