Another crystal ?

[Rob]

Experiment!
Buy some crystals, whatever appeals (though I suggest one or two clear quartz nodes to start with), play with them, try and feel their energy, try and "become" the crystal - some would say ask the crystal to open to you. Run the crystal under cold water, leave it outside in sunlight or moonlight, see whether you can notice any difference. Just try stuff! Much of the sensing of energies is very subtle, verging on intuition at times.
One exercise, make sure the crystal is well charged, just hold it in your hand and try and gently draw energy from it. Then repectfully ask the crystal if you can have some energy, and see if you get more out/what happens.
enjoy!

[Winged_Wolf]

Every type of crystal has a unique form, the way its molecules are laid out.  Energy sent through a crystal will pick up this unique pattern.  The effect of that patterned energy is debateable, but some people certainly seem to have positive reactions to some, and negative reactions to others.  Quartz is highly unique.  Its piezoelectric qualities are the reason it's used in electronics, but that unique effect carries over to psychic energies as well--it's a superb amplifier and focuser.  (A diffuse energy beam sent through a crystal becomes more concentrated and narrower when it exits).  This is the least debateable effect of any of the crystals.


--Winged Wolf

[goku22]

I was wondering what locations in the U.S. have those nice, clear, pointed quartz crystals just laying about on the ground. I'd really like to use crystals that I found in nature rather than bought in a store. I live in Prescott, AZ where there is plenty of quartz, but it's all the solid white, opaque kind. Thanks.  Ben

[Winged_Wolf]

Nowhere.  All of your nice, clear pointy crystals are mined from one-of-a-kind cave formations and extracted from geodes.
The newage movement hasn't been kind to some irreplaceable places of natural wonder....
If this bothers you, opt for man-made quartz crystals, if you can find 'em.


--Winged Wolf

[Tir13]

I live in AZ as well, and I find that Sedona is an *excellent* place for any sort of crystal need.  Not only do they have some of the most potent, powerful, and pure stones but Sedona itself is a very 'magical' place.  The energy is so thick you can literally taste it...

Later,
Jason

[cainam_nazier]

You know I have been in AZ for 11 years now and I still haven't been there.  It just doesn't seem all that exciting to me.  Of course like Avondale is all that, know what I mean?

David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com

[andy]

Thanks for you input on the matter.

Inguma, I have tried in the past to work with crystals,more than one occasion.I never got past the intuitive part and always ended up with the casino effect,no more no less.This is why I wanted input from this group in hopes of better understanding.I feel that i've got that now when you disscused intuitive and subtel.My life in those times  where a mixed bag of good and bad.Mabey this in its self prohibited me from picking up on the subtel energies.

Winged Wolf,a lot is mentioned about quartz but what about other stones such as diamonds or other gem quality colored stones that may or may not be polished? Are there any that specificly jump out?
There used to be a diamond that was sold [after polishing it to exact proportions in which there was max light return] through a machine that was designed to give  your energies readings.Upon the reading,give or take a reading of fifty a diamond would then be placed into a tray and another reading taken to see if the diamond would balance your energy with a reading of 50.Only after the 50 would you have the diamond that was right for you.Now I am a witness to this many times over and can tell you it was no scam.What was happeing there,I really do'nt know.Any thoughts???

Peace,Andy  

[goku22]

I've been to Sedona a few times, it has ALOT of touristy new-age crap, but beyond that, there is a magical feeling to the place, especially if you get out of the town and go for a hike among the rocks. Winged Wolf, I know that my grandmother found a little quartz cluster just walking around the neighbourhood, that's why I asked. Though the crystals were small, there were nice and pointy, so I guess with luck, you could find some just walking around. I don't like how they mine places to get crystals or how they break up geodes, I'd much rather keep a geode whole if I found one. I saw on the internet that they found a geode big enough to fit 8 people in, or somewhere around that number. Ben

[andy]

Hi Goku22,

Check out your local lapidary shop.Arizonas a rockhounds paradise.One of the largest peridot mines in the world is located there and there is also a lot of pyrope garnets to name a couple of gems.
You might also want to check out the Tuson gem show which runs from the very end of jan thru the first week of feb which you just missed.Its the largest gem show in the world attracting people from most every country you've ever heard of.Everything and anything in a way of gemstones,crystals or speciemins are there.You just need a map to figure out where to go.It takes over 8 big confernce locations to house and you wouldnt want to end up at the wrong one.

Good luck,Andy

[goku22]

What does lapidary mean? I also realized that I like the new-age crap in Sedona, which made me angry because I don't want to be this floaty, out-of-touch type person, though that seems to be part of my nature. Isn't it cool how much you can learn about yourself through random happenstance (I LOVE that word, I also like cantankerous, which I don't know how to spell, and mayhap)?

[Winged_Wolf]

The found crystals probably originated from one of the two sources I mentioned, originally--break up gravel and hit geodes, and some crystals will end up in the mix, for example.  It takes a very specific environment to produce crystals, though, and they are fairly fragile as well.

Crystals other than quartz...hmm...Well, no other crystal has the properties that quartz has on an energetic level (the piezoelectric effect).  Stones like amethyst are just colored varieties of quartz.

I'm not sure about diamonds--their composition and structure is quite different.  But due to DeBeers evil monopoly (I don't think I'm exaggerating there...), diamonds are very expensive.  Because quartz is so effective, I've never felt much urge to experiment with diamonds.
Oh, a VERY interesting stone was produced by--according to what I've read--electrolyzing quartz with gold.  The stone is a lovely clear sky-blue color (similar to the background of this site, , and is sold as "aqua aura".  It has a nifty feel to it, quite pleasant.

Many crystals have a nice feel to them, and are pleasant to have around, but I haven't come across, nor heard of, anything as USEFUL as quartz.


--Winged Wolf

[jo]

You can use diamonds in the same way as you use clear quartz crystal. Diamonds are like more highly refined clear quartz...well, to be specific they ARE more highly refined clear quartz.
 Did you know that in every standing stone in Great Britain...in all the stone circles etc....there are veins of quartz crystal running thru them. It is believed that these enormous monoliths were used to create circles for worship,healing and other rituals beause of the powerful inherent energy of crystal running through the stone and its ability to store, transform, amplify and transmit energy.
  Here is a small experiment you can try with a clear quartz crystal.....first, "clear" it...this means to clear it of any unwanted energy it may have picked up. Crystals store and amplify energy amongst other things, but they do not possess an intelligence so they randomly pick up on energy of any kind, being unable to differentiate whether it is positive or negative energy.(Example, if someone who is sick, angry, depressed etc. has been holding the crystal, that energy would be transmitted to the crystal itself). To clear it, just hold it to the heart chakra, and with the "intention" to purify it, simply direct thought-power into it..imagining the thought-energy as a laser beam of pure white light flooding it..zapping it...clearing it.To further clear it, if you wish, you could bury it back in the earth where it originally came from, for a short while, or sage it, or place it inside a perfectly aligned pyramid....there are many ways to clear a crystal.
 Having cleared the crystal, programme it to PURIFY WATER. Take the cleared crystal, hold it and again using the powerful energy of thought, project with your mind, the thought/intention that this crystal be programmed to specifically purify water.
 Next, pour water into 2 tumblers out of a tap...not from a bottle of water you purchase in shops. You need the raw, real thing. Leave Tumbler A. as is. Inside Tumbler B. place the programmed crystal for half an hour...remembering the crystal is programmed to purify that  water. After half an hour, taste the water from both tumblers and note the difference. Prepare yourself to be neutral and objective. Not only will the water that has been purified by the crystal taste subtly different, it may also "feel" different..softer/silkier...depending on the original quality of the water.
  (You could do the same thing with cask wine if you want ! )  JO

jo

[Tir13]

O_O Wow!

That is really amazing jo!  I gotta try it, next you may try turning water into wine eh eh (jk)...now where did I put that damn tumbler... lol!  

Jason

[jo]

Here's another experiment...this is absolutely AWESOME if you do it with two really large crystals. Rub two crustals together in pitch darkness. It needs to be really, really dark. If the two crystals are tiny, it may not produce much, but the bigger the better. What you will see, is the "energy" of the crystal...the piezoelectrical energy. You need to do it with clear quartz, however I have also done it with two large chunks of rose quartz and of course the "light" is a beautiful pink colour. As you rub the crystals together, they will glow in the dark. It is not light produced by the rubbing...you see sort of sparks or sparkles with that...what else you see is both crystals being flooded with light. So you get the flooding of light, the sparks and you also get an "aura" of light around the crystals as well. A lot of people get quite emotional when they do this experiment and I wonder if far memory/cell memory/past life memory is being activated...back to a time when maybe they worked with the power of crystals long ago. It won't work in daylight. The darker the room the better, even if you have to lock yourself in a loo. And naturally the best effects are from 2 larger crystals.

jo

[Winged_Wolf]

Diamonds and quartz are completely different from one another.  Diamonds are highly compressed carbon.
Quartz is NOT.
The structure and properties of these two stones bear no resemblence to one another.


--Winged Wolf
"I will stare at the sun until its light doesn't blind me, and I will walk into the fire, 'til its heat doesn't burn me, and I will feed the fire...."

[jo]

Thanks for the correction Winged Wolf. That's interesting because they "feel' so much the same. Maybe I was getting mixed up with Herkimer Diamonds which are also truly awesome. Thanks again. Have a great Easter.

jo

[jo]

I forgot to add that a Herkimer Diamond is like a highly purified clear quartz crystal..a lot more expensive...and are mined from the earth like other crystals.They hold a lot of light and are double terminated.Very beautiful.

jo

[American_Princess]

Quartz is the most useful crystal that most practioners find in their practice, it can store LOTS of energy and isn't very expensive. Diamonds and Quartz are very different, and not just in price range. Their elemental structure is very different. Quartz is made out of Silicon dioxide while Diamonds are made of carbon put under high pressure. And while Quartz is one of the more plentiful gems on earth and found in many quarries throughout the world, most of the world's Diamonds have came to the western world via a children slavery in Africa. Please keep in mind all crystals have been harvested from the earth and the effect it has on the planet as well. Please keep these things in mind when you are at a new age shop purchasing gems. Thanks

[jo]

Thanks for your insights re the way diamonds are brought into the commercial market, American princess. It's a humbling thought. Jo.

jo

[andy]

Amreican princess,you've got your facts wrong on the conflict diamonds being smuggled out of africa.Seems that in america[im am one] everytime a show like 48 hrs or what have you does a show about 1 out of a million people gettin screwed,suddenly everybodys getting screwed.In fact conflict diamonds make up for about 4% of the worlds rough diamonds and countrys such as India and some parts of asia have NO labor laws.Why do you think dam near "EVERYTHING" you own comes from these countrys.BUY N.AMERICAN!!!
P.S Canada will make up for 15% of the worlds rough diamonds by 2010.All laws applie,everyone is payed well,no one is hurt and a customer has laser inscribed info on the diamonds diameter to prove the diamonds origin as well as location of mfg.
I wish one of these t.v shows would do a program on where all these discount stores get thier merchindise!BTW Wal-Marts owners are amoung the RICHEST people in the U.S and they sell the cheapest crap.Need a clue?

I could really have elaborated here but im late for an international flight promoting a N.American product more later!

Peace,Andy

[American_Princess]

Andy, I feel like you misunderstood me. I didn't mean "don't buy diamonds! They are all from little kids!" if I was, I wouldn't be wearing this diamond ring from my husband. I just want people to be aware and try to be more considerate the next time they go off diamond shopping. And I am glad that many companies are taking advantage of the laser tracking techniques since it used to be very difficult to track diamonds before then.
May peace be with you

[andy]

Hi American Princess,

I was just making a correction on the facts with percentages.I am constantly reminded everywhere I go about conflict diamonds as a result of the horrible wars that go on from Angola to Seirra Leone.
Yes,it is *very* important that people be aware of "where" thier stones come from as well as where "anything" comes from for that matter.I am always looking for countrys origin and do my best to avoid anything that comes from labor lawless or war torn countrys.
BTW Diamond mining is rather enviormently friendly.Canada has strict rules "these days" for any company that plans to mine.Everything from begining to end is worked out and a 250 million dollar deposit is requiered before any mining takes place!


Much peace,Andy

[andy]

I would like to know more about how one comes to sense energy in a crystal?
Is the energy placed into the crystal? Or are some people more intune to this form of,if naturaly existing,energy?

Peace,Andy