Crystals

[Forgotten Flame 13]

Where's the crystal shop over here?

[Osiris]

Greetings Adrian,

I saw few unpolished rose quartz crystals for sale nearby. Which one you are looking for?

Yours,

Osiris.

[Adrian]

Greetings Forgotten Flame,

quote:Originally posted by Forgotten Flame 13

Where's the crystal shop over here?

My over here is no the same as your over here [] We have the Atlantic Ocean between us.

With best regards,

Adrian.

[Adrian]

Greetings Timeless,

Thank you very much indeed for the excellent information!

Just one followup question for everyones benefit - how are these crystals used in practice? For example, if the purpose was Astral projection, meditation, communication with the higher spheres etc., does one simply hold the crystal in a hand, or place one within the region of a chakra? The latter seems to me to involved quite a balancing act []

With best regards,

Adrian.

[Forgotten Flame 13]

Oh, I thought you meant in the Astral Pulse! []
Here's a site I found with a lot of crystals. www.mythnlynx.com/HHG.html

[Links Shadow]

I usually hold the crystals in my hand, but when attempting to project I am usually lying flat on my back and set crystal on different chakras depending on which crystals I am using.

I had an experience a little bit like timeless's in which I set a clear crystal quartz on my brow chakra when I went to sleep and when I awoke the next morning I was able to see living auras as plain as day for about 4 hours.  It was an incredible experience as it was the first time I had seen an aura.  Clear quartz is an enhancer and in my experiences a splendid one.

Respectfully,
Links Shadow

[Adrian]

Greetings Osiris,

quote:Originally posted by Osiris

Greetings Adrian,

I saw few unpolished rose quartz crystals for sale nearby. Which one you are looking for?

Yours,

Osiris.

To be honest I am not sure. I am still researching this area really.

I am going to phone the local crystal shop tomorrow first to see if they can get unpolished quartz. I will let you know if they can't.

Thanks!

With best regards,

Adrian.

[Euphoric Sunrise]

wow! i was thinking about posting a topic on crystals recently. thanks for doing it for me Adrian []

I have a question for those in the know. Are birthstones more powerful with the people who have them as their birthstone? In other words, my birthstone is topaz, so would topaz be a powerful crystal for me?

[Adrian]

Greetings Timeless,

Thank you very much indeed for your time in discussing this important topic.

I propose to move this topic to the General Metaphysics forum where it is most appropriate. I am not sure about the topic in the crystal Lucid Dreaming forum - do you want to leave it there or move that one to General Metaphysics as well?

As for crystal types, personally I am most interested in quartz in all of its variations.

Thanks again.

With best regards,

Adrian.

[Links Shadow]

quote:Originally posted by timeless

Perhaps we should discuss how not all crystals where created equal?  Two pieces of rose quartz can feel different and have slightly different effects.

I agree with this 100%, different crystals of the same type can have very different effects on you.  In fact I tend to use crystals that I find (I dig holes a lot and look for stones that I think are cool looking, I collect stones).  Here is a short story to illustrate my point.

One time when I was 7 years old I was out of school for the summer and I was home alone.  I was bored so I went out side and started playing in the mud, it had rained earlier that day.  After a while and several feet deeper into the earth I found a beat up clear quartz crystal.  Mind you this was about 10 feet down, anyway the thing was full of cracks, it had chips out of the sides, but now although it is definitely the most damaged of all the crystals I own, I always use it as I recieve a greater benefit from it than I do other crystals of the same kind.

Now I realize that digging holes to find stones seems like it would be a waste of time especially considering that you might not find anything, but I have found that crystals I find in nature are much more effective when used in conjunction with spiritual and metaphysical practices.  I live in the Sonoran desert in Arizona, US I don't find crystals near my house all that often I normally get them when I am traveling so this might be something to consider doing when traveling from now on, searching for stones that is.

Regards,
Links Shadow

[Adrian]

Greetings Timeless,

quote:Originally posted by timeless

Dear Adrian,

The General Metaphysics Forum sounds great.  How about you start the thread there tomorrow or you move this one there.  I am not sure which you were planning to do.  I would like to keep all the crystal information in one place if possible.  Perhaps keep it a sticky for just a while then unsticky it when the discussion winds down.  

Quartz is an excellent place to start.  Perhaps when you post in General Metaphysics you can ask specific questions about quartz and its uses that you have.

Regards,
timeless

Well here is the crystal discussion in General Metaphysics []

I think we should start with quartz as it does seem to have special properties. Perhaps we could start by discussing which quartz for which chakra, and then take a look at quartz for specific purposes such as meditation, Astral projection etc..

With best regards,

Adrian.

[Links Shadow]

timeless directed me to this site a while back and it has a lot of information about different stones.

http://www.majestic-quartz.com/%7Ehealing/infopics/s/crystal-properties.htm

That page is where you can find some information about Smoky Quartz.  The site says that it is aligned with all 3 of the lower chakras but I have found personally that it is best when used with the root chakra.  Smoky deflects negative energies and is great for just leaving around the house to keep negative energies away from you.

http://www.majestic-quartz.com/%7Ehealing/infopics/r/crystal-properties.htm

Next here is Rose Quartz, as I am sure you already know this stone is aligned with the heart chakra as is just about any pink stones in existance.  I find this stone to be particularly beneficial when doing the twin heart meditation.

Also on that page is Rutilated Quartz, I have not worked with this one much as I have only had it for a couple of weeks.  Although in my experiences I have found it works best in conjunction with the crown chakra.  Again I use this crystal during the twin heart meditation.

http://www.majestic-quartz.com/%7Ehealing/infopics/q/crystal-properties.htm

Above is a page which includes many different forms of the classic clear quartz.  Clear quartz is aligned with all chakras fairly well and I generally use it to fill in the gaps where I don't have a specific stone suited for the task.  I enjoy falling asleep with a clear quartz on my brow chakra, I usually wake up energized and able to see auras readily for a couple of hours.  This is my favorite of all stones as it is suited for just about everything.

http://www.majestic-quartz.com/%7Ehealing/infopics/h/crystal-properties.htm

Here is a link to Herkimer Diamond Quartz Crystal.  This is probably the most powerful stone that I have ever used but it is more expensive and sort of difficult to find.  This is just a clear quartz stone only much more difficult to come by as it only forms in a few locations around the world.  Again I use this to fill in gaps where I don't have specific stones.

I am not real knowledgeable about quartz as I tend to use other stones.  Quartz is generally not something that I can find and because I have found the stones I find in nature are more effective I use them.  If you want to discuss normal stones (turquoise, petrified wood, and obsidian just to name a few) not crystals I will be able to help more.

Respectfully,
Links Shadow

[Adrian]

Greetings Links Shadow,

Thank you very much indeed for the information and links - most interesting!

I am most interested in which quartz is best suited to the upper main triangle of chakras - Crown, Brow and Heart.

I am also intrigued as to how people manage to sleep while balancing quartz crystals on the various chakras []

With best regards,

Adrian.

[Adrian]

Greetings Timeless,

This is certainly a most interesting topic - I think I will keep it sticky ad-infinitum the way it is going. The other topic I would like to start sometime is on the subject of herbs - but we can keep that for another day []

Thanks for the further information as to which crystals for which chakras. We are informed from higher beings that the three most important chakras are Crown, Brow and Heart as these are the ones that connect us to the higher states of reality. It is these three which are considered to be the upper triange of chakras, but of course there is the throat chakra to consider as well; important for communications.

I am not sure about working with the lower chakras first. I realise these are responsible for grounding etc., but thet are also associated with lower energies as well which is not a good thing. I am of the view that is one can get all of the upper chakras working, the lower chakras will take care of themselves.

The most important chakra is the Heart chakra we are told, and when the Heart chakra is fully activated the Crown and Brow will follow.

Regarding sleeping with these crystals, are you saying in effect that all one needs to do is to hold them in the hand?

Thanks again.

I have added the Majestic Quartz site to the Astral Pulse links library.

With best regards,

Adrian.

[Adrian]

Greetings Timeless,

Just a quick response for now, it is getting late here.

Thanks very much for your views on the lower chakras, certainly worth keeping in mind when doing energy and/or chakra work.

I am interested in how you meditate on the chakras in conjunction with crystals. I am familiar with chakra meditation in the form of spinning vortices of the appropriate colour.

Regarding keeping topics sticky, I do it to maintain valuable information always available. If an important topic like all those in the Astral Consciousness forum are taken off sticky, they quickly disappear if no one posts against the topic for a day or two. There will always be some members who find sticky topics annoying, but I believe the vast majority find them of benefit, and there is a constant series of posts against them in support of that fact.

This is certainly shaping up to be a valuable reference topic.

With best regards,

Adrian.