CHOOSING YOUR CRYSTALS All crystals and gemstones 'vibrate' on their own individual frequency. In that respect they are similar to us human beings. We have all had the experience of meeting a perfect stranger for the very first time and either liking that person immediately or feeling an antipathy towards them - without in any way being able to explain our feelings or emotions. To fall in perfect love is a beautiful and wondrous experience - the coming together of two minds, two spirits and two physical bodies, both 'vibrating' on the same beautiful frequency! Crystals and gemstones should be chosen in exactly the same way. It is so very important that the stones which we choose and use should 'vibrate' on a frequency as close as possible to our own. Individual methods of choosing crystals and gemstones vary from person to person but normally include:- * 1) Close your eyes and quietly meditate for a few moments. Then open your eyes very quickly and pick up the very first stone to which your eye becomes naturally drawn. * 2) Run your hand (either your left or right hand depending upon which you prefer to use) over all the stones available for selection. You will soon discover that one stone will 'stick' to your hand as if it is 'tacky' or surrounded with glue. This is your stone. * 3) Intuitively you will instinctively 'know' which stone you should choose and which is 'right' for you! You might feel as if the stone is jumping up and down shouting, "Me! Me! Me! Choose Me!" Or you might sense or even 'see' a strong crystalline white light radiating from the stone and attracting you like a magnet. * 4) Should you happen to be a competent dowser then you should be able to select the most appropriate stone by using your own individual dowsing techniques ............ And sometimes you truly feel as if your stones are actually choosing you! This has often happened to me. All my most powerful and energized quartz crystals have all arrived on my doorstep (so to speak) for a particular purpose and have a special reason for wanting me to work with them. Normally they have been either absolutely free or have cost me very little money. Should you wish to choose a quartz crystal or a gemstone for one of your friends who, perhaps, lives some distance away from you, follow exactly the same principles as if you were choosing a personal stone for yourself but on this occasion visualize, as strongly as possible, a picture of your friend within your mind's eye. With a little practice you will soon discover that it is very easy to select just the right quartz crystal or gemstone for any of your friends who are unable to choose their stones in person for themselves. Although more and more retail outlets are now selling crystals and gemstones there are still many towns and cities here in the United Kingdom where it is still extremely difficult to purchase your own crystals and stones in person. For many people, the only real opportunity they have to select a crystal or gemstone personally is to attend one of the regular workshops and seminars that I run under the auspices of 'Crystal 2000'. At all these workshops and seminars there are always a large selection of crystals, gemstones and books available for purchase. However, there are always a great many people, living in all parts of the United Kingdom who, for one reason or another, are unable to participate in any of these workshops and seminars and who rely on my personal intuition to select the most appropriate crystal or gemstone on their behalf. In such cases I find that I am either able to work on their name 'vibration' alone or on the 'vibrations' emanating from their original letter. From all the feedback which I receive it would certainly appear that this method works extremely well in most instances. CLEANSING YOUR CRYSTALS Having now chosen your crystal or gemstone (whichever method you may have used) it is now very important that you 'cleanse' it. Quartz crystals and gemstones easily attract all kinds of 'vibrations'; negative as well as positive. The stones are always 'open' to receiving impressions from everyone and everything around them! Your stone, which you have just selected, may well have traveled many thousands of miles before coming to you - and may well have acquired many negative energies and ' vibrations' in its long and arduous journey to find you! Therefore before starting to use your stone for any purpose whatsoever it is very important that you first remove any of these unwanted negative 'vibrations' and disharmonious energies before you commence to use your stone. You must do everything you possibly can to ensure that only the most natural - and purest - energies remain within your stone. The cleansing method which you use is always a matter of personal choice, sometimes dependent upon the amount of time which you have readily available, but I strongly recommend that you use one of the following cleansing methods which I myself have found to be very successful:- * 1) Hold your stone in either your left or right hand (according to personal preference) and say these words, "I will and command that this stone be self- cleansing". As you repeat these few words (whether mentally or orally) you should visualize the negative energies falling away from your stone and only the natural, and pure, energies remaining. * 2) Water is a wonderful universal cleanser. Hold your stone under cold flowing water from the tap (cold or luke-warm water only. Never use hot water!) and, again, visualize all the negative energies and 'vibrations' being washed away and only the natural, and pure, energies remaining. When drying your stone after cleansing in water never attempt to dry your stone with a towel or cloth. Always allow your stone to dry naturally - preferably from the rays of the sun! The sun, of course, is also a very powerful energizer and should be used whenever possible. If, however, as is so often the case with our own peculiar English climate, there is little or no sun around, then you should allow your stone to dry as naturally as possible in the warmth within your home. * 3) Immerse your stone in salt water for several hours. Dry as in (2) above. * 4) Bury the stone under the earth in your garden. Our planet Earth consists of at least one third quartz and the very strong and powerful magnetic energy field in the actual earth will 'cleanse' your stone of all its negativity very effectively. Note: If you should own a dog - be very careful! Dogs find it great fun to dig up crystals.......... * 5) Place your stone on a large quartz crystal cluster for a few hours. The very strong crystalline energies present within the cluster will soon neutralize any negative energies to be found within your stone. DEDICATING YOUR CRYSTALS As all quartz crystals and gemstones respond instantly to the 'intent of will' of the person using them, there is always the very distinct possibility that, under certain circumstances and conditions, crystalline energy may be mis-used, abused or, at the very least, misdirected. According to Edgar Cayce, the great American seer, the downfall of Atlantis - and its eventual destruction - was caused through the gross misuse and abuse of all the sacred knowledge and energies by certain evil priests, who only sought eternal power and corruption. These evil and corrupt priests experimented by 'inter-breeding' incompatible sources of energy and power which resulted in the creation of 'new' vibrational frequencies that they were able to place under their personal control. These 'new' vibrations were then implanted within the cells of other living creatures; which led to terrible physical and mental deformities. The 'children' of many of these deformed creatures feature in many of the myths and legends that have been perpetuated throughout the eons of time. Monsters, some half-man, half-beast, demons, giants; all appear to have been 'liberated' throughout the world for many thousands of years. In the end they all had to be spiritually destroyed before they could upset the vibrational balances within the energies of Mother Earth. As we have seen from the above, in the wrong hands crystalline energy may be used for evil or negative purposes. It is therefore up to each and every one of us, in our own way, to protect our personal quartz crystals and gemstones from all such negativity, mis-use or abuse. Crystals will always attract inquisitive minds and hands (children and adults alike!) and many of these hands do transmit negative or unhappy 'vibrations' which your crystal is quite easily capable of picking up! To comprehensively protect your crystals and gemstones from all potentially harmful energies and 'vibrations', hold your stone in your hand and say the following few words, "I will and command that this stone be only used for the highest benefit of myself and the people with whom I shall be working". Your stone has now been 'cleansed' and 'dedicated' and is ready for 'programming'............ PROGRAMMING YOUR CRYSTALS All quartz crystals and gemstones will respond to the 'intent' of your own personal will; whether in word or in thought. By simply wishing - or visualizing - the crystalline energy to be used in a particular way - it will be! It really is that simple....... Quartz crystals are usually 'programmed' for the following purposes:- * a) Meditation * b) Healing * c) Absent Healing * d) Manifesting a) Meditation Throughout the world - every day of the week, every minute of every day - countless thousands of people practice their own form of meditation. Each person finds solace and comfort in their own particular way..... By holding a quartz crystal or an amethyst in your hand whilst participating in whichever type of meditation is appropriate to your own individual needs, you will enhance and enrich the spiritual depths of your own meditative experience. The quartz crystal or amethyst enables you to undertake a new and wondrous journey within the inner recesses of your soul. Unknown pathways, hitherto previously uncharted, will open up in front of you. A new dimension of self-expression will rise to the surface and expand your inner consciousness and awareness. The amethyst, of course, is well known for being able to relieve mental and physical stress and tension. It is the stone containing inner peace and tranquillity; the stone of sublime relaxation. Every member of your meditation circle or group should have their very own piece of quartz crystal or amethyst to hold throughout the meditation session. As time passes, perhaps very slowly at first, each person will gradually become aware that their breathing has become far deeper and far more rhythmical and they have now entered a completely new world of inner peace and harmony. All meditation rooms would greatly benefit from having large quartz crystals placed at all four corners of the room with their single-terminated points directed towards the center of the room. The crystals should be placed either on the floor or affixed to the corners of the ceiling. Each of the four quartz crystals in the meditation room should be 'programmed' to project gentle, loving, relaxing, crystalline energy towards all those present within the Meditation group. The quartz crystals will then generate a field of positive crystalline energy surrounding everyone in the room. In addition to every member of the meditation group holding their own individual amethyst or quartz crystal, a large amethyst or quartz crystal cluster may be placed in the middle of the group. This large cluster should then be 'programmed' to release beautiful cosmic crystalline energies into every corner of the room. It is very important that one member of the meditation group should be nominated to look after the group's amethyst or quartz crystal cluster - and to make absolutely certain that it is properly 'cleansed', 'dedicated' and 'programmed'. Whilst holding your crystal or amethyst when meditating with music you will often discover that some quite amazing effects are being produced. On some occasions you might even be able to 'see' the music in terms of color and shape. Even should you be just listening to a piece of music whilst holding your stone - and not even consciously trying to meditate -you will find the depth of experience greatly enriched by the presence of your crystal or amethyst. Whenever harmonious music is being played in the presence of your crystal or amethyst, the mood and thoughts of the composer become deeply embedded within the very heart of the crystal and if you 'listen' to the crystal afterwards, with your inner ear, you will often be able to pick up the esoteric meaning of the music itself. You may use your crystal or amethyst in so very many ways when meditating. Do not be afraid to experiment and try new methods. Listen to what your crystal is saying and try to respond accordingly. You will find the results truly amazing and very worth while. b) Healing Once you have chosen your quartz crystal - and 'cleansed' and 'dedicated' it - you are ready to commence using it for healing purposes. It is very important to note, however, that for best results your quartz crystal should only be used for either healing or meditation. Not for both! The 'vibrations' and 'energies' used in healing and meditation are very different and to use the same quartz crystal for both occasions would result in the dissipation of the crystal's unique energies. Quartz crystals are, in all reality, only 'tools'. By themselves they can only be described as passive; but when they become activated by the human mind they can become extremely powerful indeed........ Each and every one of us, as beings of the human species, possess an inherent healing energy. In the majority of people, of course, this healing ability lies totally dormant and inactive. But when we possess the knowledge to enable us to 'channel' our own healing energy through our quartz crystal friends we are then able to amplify this healing power and the resultant energy that we have ourselves created - ours, that is, in conjunction with that of our crystal - may be used for many positive healing purposes. Even though you may not wish to become a qualified crystal healing therapist yourself there are still plenty of opportunities for you to use your quartz crystal to heal your family and friends. When my youngest child, Cameron, was only a few months old, I returned home one day after having given a crystal healing workshop to discover that he was very ill. My wife, Judith, had taken him to our local doctor who had told her that if he did not improve within the next couple of days he would have to go into the hospital. Obviously, I had to do something! When Cameron was ready for bed that evening I cradled him in my arms and placed an electro-crystal therapy 'wand' on his stomach. I also held my personal healing quartz crystal and directed its healing energy to completely envelop Cameron's body. I gave him crystal healing for only thirty minutes, at the end of which, my little Cameron was fast asleep. The next morning, he was almost completely cured! And so there was no need for Judith to take him back to the doctor or for him to go into hospital. When treating a patient the following guide-lines may prove helpful:- At the beginning of the healing session you should hold your quartz crystal in whichever hand feels 'right' to you; and calmly attune yourself to the inner energies of your quartz crystal. You will probably experience energies 'throbbing' within your hand. Now direct the single-terminated end of your healing quartz crystal towards your patient and gently move the crystal around the perimeter of their whole body in a clockwise direction. As you do this, at the same time visualize a blue-white crystalline light emanating from the apex of the patient's body and flowing towards the patient and surrounding him. Do this several times. This will help to strengthen the electro-magnetic field of energy around the physical body of the patient. The single-terminated end of the quartz crystal should then be directed towards that part of the patient's body which you believe or 'sense' to be most in need of healing. Visualize, as strongly as possible, a lovely blue-white light emanating from the apex of your crystal once again and direct this light, like a laser beam, to that part of the patient's body where you feel that the healing is most needed. This lovely blue-white becomes stronger and stronger, brighter and brighter, and the energy between the crystal and your patient slowly begins to intensify. The crystal healing session itself may, in theory at any rate, last any length of time, but intuitively you will become aware when the time is right to bring the session to an end. To finish the crystal healing treatment session you should visualize the blue- white light gently flowing back into your quartz crystal. Once more you should direct and project the healing energies around the perimeter of your patient's body in a clockwise direction. Then allow your patient to relax for a few minutes...... Many of my own patients regularly fall fast asleep so it is very important that you bring them back to the present in as relaxed manner as possible. Whenever practical it is best for your patient not to have to drive a car for some time after the crystal healing session as the patient often becomes so very 'de-stressed' and almost 'spaced out' that it can take some considerable time to re-orient themselves! Whilst I quite often do discuss a patient's medical history with them before offering any form of treatment, from my own personal experience I have found that it is not always absolutely necessary to know, in advance, what is medically wrong with my patient. One lady whom I visited on one occasion whilst I was in London was keen for me to demonstrate some of my crystal healing techniques upon her! I duly obliged by first directing some crystalline healing energy towards her third eye chakra. Immediately she told me that she had felt the crystal healing energy 'hit' her third eye and then travel downwards through her body and into her stomach. Apparently, so it transpired, she had had a serious operation on her stomach a couple of weeks previously (which I had no way of knowing!) and, naturally, that was the part of her body which most needed the crystal healing energies. My own personal believe is that all dis-ease occurs purely as a result of an imbalance of our normal bodily 'vibrations'. Therefore, whatever health condition from which we may suffer, however serious or however mild, whether it be cancer, multiple sclerosis, tumors or simply a dose of influenza or the common cold, the basic treatment remains much the same. All that is really necessary is for the disharmonious or imbalanced 'vibrations' to be re-harmonized, re-energized and re-balanced. This may, at first sight, appear to be an over-simplification but years of experience has shown me that all too often we can over-complicate our diagnoses. The main difference between allopathic medicine and natural medicine is that allopathic medicine treats symptoms whilst natural medicine concentrates upon finding the root cause of the health problem. Simply put - if we can discover the originating cause or 'imbalance' of any health condition or dis-ease then by using our crystal healing techniques to rebalance all the 'vibrations' which are out of alignment, we must be able to effect a cure or, at the very least, a gradual improvement in the patient's overall health! You may also, of course use your quartz crystal for self - healing purposes. All that you have to do is to direct the single-terminated end of your crystal towards the appropriate part of your own body and, as you did before when treating your patient, visualize a lovely blue-white light radiating from the apex of your crystal, like a laser beam, into your own body. Crystal Healing is one of the most powerful - and successful - methods of re-balancing, re-energizing and re-harmonizing every part of the physical and mental bodies of either yourself or of your patient. c) Absent - or Distant - Healing Quartz crystals are often used very successfully in all forms of absent - or distant - healing. Whether you are three miles, three hundred miles, three thousand miles or thirteen thousand miles away from your patient, crystal healing can prove most effective. For best results it is recommended that the quartz crystals which you use for absent healing purposes are used solely for absent healing and for no other purpose. It is only really necessary to have the name of the person who wishes to receive absent healing. Absent Healing, using the unique power of quartz crystals, can work solely on the name 'vibration' alone. All you have to do is to visualize the crystalline energy pulsating within your absent healing quartz crystal being projected towards your patient, wherever he or she may live. Your quartz crystal will then do the rest! If, however, you should have in your possession an actual photograph of your patient - or, if you have already met the person and therefore know what they look like - just hold your crystal in your hands and visualize, as strongly as possible, the crystalline energy totally surrounding the patient. In addition it is very helpful after the absent healing session has been completed if you were to place your absent healing quartz crystal on a photograph of your patient; this assists the amplification of the crystalline energy which is being projected by the crystal towards your patient. In my own personal healing center I use a Master absent healing quartz crystal which I use for all my absent healing treatments. Whenever I am asked for absent healing I inscribe the patient's name and relevant details in my absent healing book and I then place my Master absent healing quartz crystal on top of this book with the 'program' that every name entered in the book will receive healing from the crystalline energies; each according to his or her needs. I ask that everyone tries to link up with my Master absent healing quartz crystal at 10pm every evening. Those of you reading these words and who may, for whatever healing purpose, need my crystal healing, prayers, powers and energies, please try to sit quietly by yourself at the hour of 10pm each evening, relax and visualize the crystalline energies flowing into your crown chakra. Think of me and you will receive crystal healing energy from the divine crystalline source. d) Manifesting Very simply, manifesting is a method of 'programming' your quartz crystal to help your subconscious mind to create something tangible in your life that you may need. Notice that I use the word need not want. There is a very big difference! Before you proceed with any form of manifesting it is extremely important that you examine your conscience and decide exactly what it is you wish to achieve. Decide, in as much precise detail as possible, whatever it is you need to acquire. In order to avoid dissipating the crystalline energies, as already stated previously, it is most essential that you only use your chosen crystal for manifesting purposes only! Let me repeat once again. Need, not want, should be your main criteria! For example, we might all say that we want to win a first dividend on the football pools of $2,000,000. But that is most definitely a want - not a need! So be warned........ Now, make yourself comfortable in an easy chair and let us begin to start manifesting your innermost needs. First, hold your quartz crystal in front of you, with both hands. Stare at it intently and visualize yourself entering into the crystal through a door cut into the crystal. Once through this door you will find yourself in a long narrow hall. At the end of this hall is a green door inscribed with the words 'MANIFESTING ROOM' written upon it. Open the door of this 'Manifesting Room' and step inside and look around. The walls are solid gold; the floor is green; the ceiling is studded with millions of precious gemstones, sparkling with all the colors of the rainbow. The room is filled with a warm, rich feeling of prosperity. Bring into your mind a complete and exact image of whatever it is you wish to manifest. Visualize as much detail as possible; concentrate as hard as you possibly can and imagine that you actually possess whatever it is you are manifesting. You are extremely happy and relaxed, secure in the knowledge that your need has been met. Take your time; 5, 10 or even 15 minutes, it doesn't matter. Then, when you have finished, slowly walk back out of the manifesting room, closing the door firmly shut behind you. Walk back along the hall and step outside of the crystal. Take a large deep breath, relax your body and when you feel comfortable, open your eyes. Do your manifesting at least twice per day (morning and evening) until your need has been fulfilled.