Crystal Healing

Imagine the wonderment of primitive manor woman stumbling across a uniquely shaped, brilliantly colored, crystal among a vast expanse of amorphous, grew rock. Would it be any surprise if that person attributed mystical powers to it?
Fundamental human instinct is for survival and to avoid trouble , from which spring countless taboos and superstitions.
Many minerals have served to protect and appease spirits throughout history and have been made into talismans.
Historically, crystals have underpinned human development economically, technologically, and culturally. The importance of crystals links all civilizations across space and time. Until the current age of credit and hidden assets, crystals were portable forms of wealth and status. We continue to construct roads and buildings using crystalline material such as granite and marble; concrete's rigidity and quick -setting properties depend on crystals growth. And cultures as far back as pre-dynastic Egypt have used jewelry to celebrate human individuality.
Crystals help us to interpret the past. They teach us many things about human kind's cultural heritage. Their desirability in antiquity helps us to trace trading routes between far-flung civilizations. We can monitor changing fashions for gem material for decorative as well as medical purposes. Bound up with myth and magic, crystals help bring to light the different historical world views that have arisen down the ages concerning the immutable link between humans and nature.

The Healing Power Of Crystals

The first known reference to the healing power of certain crystals comes form an Egyptian papyrus dated around 1600BC< which gives directions for their curative use. Beads of lapis Lazuli, malachite , and red jasper were worn around a sick person's neck so that the disease could pass through them and dissipate. The practice of placing or wearing stones on various areas of the body , with its amuletic links, was only part of the repertoire of healers in history. A particularly popular medicinal method was to pulverize gems, mix them with a liquid , and drink the result- the forerunner, perhaps, of mineral water.
In 1746 Sir John Hill believed that it was the minerals which accounted for the curative powers. "Rogue" atoms of metals in some crystalline compositions are indeed responsible for the variety of colors available .Whether early civilizations knew of this link it is impossible to say, but certainly the mystical properties of gemstones were largely associated with color. When hematite is crushed it produces a red powder Hematite healing properties were linked with blood related conditions.
The universal belief in the benefits of gemstone medicine began to erode in the early 16th century . One of the catalysis may have been the first systematic attempt at viewing mineralogy as a science.
In the 16th century it was discovered that the stones had a subtle effect on the body when worn; close t the bodies's subtle energy systems to bring about healing. The practice of taking gemstone powderers internally continued in high society , as might be expected, considering the high cost of the raw ingredients.
By the beginning of the 20th century people were looking for a more scientific explanation for crystals healing.
By the 1980's Marcel Bogel , a respected authority on crystals, had place the power of the crystals firmly in the scientific domain,. He suggested that the key to understanding their ancient knowledge lay in the connection between the vibrations sent out by the human mind and the perfect inner structure of the crystals. It has been proven that the human mind can indeed interact with the crystal to create effects on the body , mind and spirit.

Everything; really everything about Crystals

Basic Science Of How Crystals Form

Our earth is 85% crystal. Its crust is largely silicon and oxygen, combined with six other common elements-aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium. From this chemical casserole comes an awe -inspiring Varity of crystal colors, shapes , sizes , and hardness.
Earth is also the ultimate recycler-changing limestone to marble, or share to garnet schist. Cocktail of ingredients form crystals under specific conditions of temperature, pressure, space, and time; yet when the conditions change the crystals may also be altered.
The reason why diamonds are found at only a few locations worldwide is because the exact conditions required for their formation are relatively rare. The high value we place on such gemstones is then heightened by the fact that large perfect crystals are relatively scarce because of the complex and ever-changing circumstances taking place in nature.
Despite the fast abundance of minerals lying buried on the planet, human beings still need to synthesize crystals in the laboratory in order to meet the precise criteria for their technological needs.
The largest variety of crystals , particularly those we value most-diamonds, rubies, sapphire-derive from molten rock, or magma. Magma is produced with the intense heat in the earth's core melts rocks in the upper mantle, or crust. As this molten soup of atoms cools and solidifies, it forms symmetrical, three-dimensional crystals.
Magma ,which cools rapidly, may have insufficient time to form crystals and instead turns into amorphous material such as obsidian, a natural glass. Where the chemical composition is particularly complicated crypto-crystalline material may also be produced.
As magma cools, the first crystals to form are those that have the highest melting points and relatively simple chemical compositions. Gradually, different minerals form until only the more complex atoms are left. As these increase in concentration and the magma continues to cool, more elaborate crystals are produced.
Magma that reaches the surface of the earth as lava cools very quickly and produces amorphous material or rocks comprising of tiny crystals. These are extrusive, volcanic rocks the best know is basalt.
Magma held under solidifies more slowly into coarse grained rocks with larger, visible crystals. These are intrusive or plutonic rocks -granite , the most common example is composed mainly of quartz, feldspar and mica.
Some of the finest examples of crystals, such as quartz, are formed form chemicals that have been dissolved in solutions within rock cavities. Here they have both space and time to grow.
Water dissolve some minerals into their component ions to produce a solution. Given the right conditions of time, temperature and ingredients, the solution becomes over saturated and precipitation of crystals takes place. The slower the precipitation, the bigger and better formed the resulting crystals will be. Stalagmites are examples.
Crystals produced from an aqueous solution either grow out from the center or from the surface inwards. Agate, a variety of quartz, can form when silica-rich waters seep into cavities created by gas bubbles that become trapped in cooing magma. The silica is deposited in layers from the outside which gradually grow towards the center. Agate that is not completely filled often has quartz crystals growing in the is hollow space.

Crystal and Electricity

Certain crystals, most notably the quartz family, can convert mechanical pressure into electrical energy-the stylus on a record player is a good example of this. They can also convert electrical energy into precise mechanical vibrations, as in earphones and ultrasonic radiators. This is known as the piezoelectric effect. When pressure is applied to quartz crystals, the crystal lattice becomes temporarily deformed. The positive silicon ions move to one side of the crystal, while the negative oxygen ions move to the other side. This results in the opposite faces developing different and powerful electrical charges. However, this is not the same as generating an electric current. Non Metallic minerals do not conduct electricity. The relatively rigid structures of most of them allow their component atoms very little room for maneuver. As a result, they do not have the loose electrons needed to conduct an electric current.
While natural quartz is abundant it is rarely perfect, rendering it unsuitable of industrial use. Piezoelectric crystals are therefore produce synthetically in the laboratory. They have exactly the same atomic structure and properties as their natural counter parts but are designed to meet very precise criteria. They are a valuable property commercially and has been extensively used since first discovered during the first world war. , they were first used to produce underwater acoustic waves as the first sonar detector.
Thin slices of quartz crystals are used in watches and other types of products that we wear or use, such as computers and radios.

CRYSTAL INSIGHT

We have just explored the historical and scientific relevance of crystals, but we now take a leap into territory which science is currently at a loss to explain - how crystals can play a part in healing. Because of their inherent neatness, crystals are a metaphor for perfect order and balance. They represent the equilibrium we seek to achieve in our lives and which results in good health. The combination of perfect form and energy are the processes through which crystals encourage our bodies to come into balance and why they are such powerful tools for self-healing.
However, the principles that underpin the use of crystals for healing purposes are quite different from those utilized by technology. While industry synthesizes crystals for its particular needs. Crystal healers use stones formed by nature in order to enjoy a tangible connections with the Earth and to tap into the energies of the mineral kingdom.
Whereas technologically crystalline material receives and transmits a form of electrical energy, it is scientifically immeasurable "subtle energies" which crystals channel and amplify through the body in order to bring about healing in many forms.

Many crystal healers believe that choosing a crystal is largely intuitive The crystal you acquire is the one you are meant to have. However, you can save yourself time and expense by thinking about why you want a crystal and what kind you prefer. Those open questions are designed to help you focus on your choice. There are no rights or wrongs...