Uses for Natural Crystals

Every crystal has its own unique oscillating frequency, and it is this property that gives crystals a unique place in electronics and healing. The piezoelectric effect of crystals was first discovered as early as 1880, and quartz crystal oscillators were developed in the 1920s. These oscillators were widely used in military equipment, particularly radios and radar sets. More recently the property has been used in wrist watches, cell phones, clocks and computers.

The Subtle Body

• To understand the healing power of crystals, it is necessary to know a little about the subtle body. The subtle body is the nonphysical body that both surrounds and permeates your physical body. Because of the vibrations of atoms and molecules, every item that you can touch or feel has a natural oscillating frequency, and this can be picked up by a natural crystal in much the same way as a radio picks up radio waves. The simplest way of doing this is with a crystal pendulum.

Pendulum Healing

• Using a crystal pendulum is the simplest way of tuning in to any imbalances of the subtle body. When you are sick, in pain, or otherwise out of sorts, this is portrayed by a local change in the body's energy field. Suspend a crystal pendulum over the centerline of the body and allow it to swing away from its resting position. Hold the pendulum in that position until it comes to rest. This indicates that balance has been restored. If the pendulum is swinging in a circle, proceed in the same manner, but allow the pendulum to reverse its swing after coming to rest, until it once more comes to rest when balance has been restored.

Natural Crystals and Chakras

• Natural crystals can be placed either on or around the supine body in order to restore balance to the subtle body. The body has seven chakras, or energy points, which are on the body's centerline at the base of the spine, the lower abdomen, the solar plexus, the heart, the throat, the brow and the crown of the head. In much the same way as acupuncture points, these chakras each control a specific organ or region of the body. Placing a natural crystal on the appropriate chakra for several minutes brings the part of the body associated with that chakra back into balance.

Crystal Pendants

• Wearing an amulet or pendant made from a natural crystal helps keep the subtle body in balance, and it also wards off any bad vibrations. White quartz, smoky quartz, rose quartz, amethyst, ametrine and citrine are particularly good crystals for pendants, but hematite and magnetite are excellent for picking up variations in the body's frequency. After using a crystal for healing, it should be cleansed before being used on another subject. This can be done by washing it in fresh water. Crystals should be charged by placing them in the light of the full moon overnight.

Research

• There is plenty of research going on into the further use of crystals. A good example of this is the recent invention of an "invisibility cloak," which sounds like something straight out of science fiction. Researchers in Britain and Denmark have recently published their findings that showed how a 1 inch, three-dimensional object was successfully made invisible by the use of a natural calcite crystal.