Crystals? (bible)

[Mr Spinkles]

Originally Posted by painted wolf

heh, sorry to dissapoint you Spinkles but I use crystals (mostly just rocks in general) to an extent. [img]images/smilies/wink.gif[/img]

That tears it--I'm starting a thread in the debates section.

[Feathers in Hair]

Originally Posted by Master Vigil

Is there a crystal that works more for you? Like for me, amethyst reflects my energy more than any other crystal.

For me, fluorite works best. It 'resounds' quite well with my energy.

[anders]

With my chemistry training, I see nothing more than crystals in crystals.

[Master Vigil]

There is a Spider that uses rose quartz, and only rose quartz. It places a group of them around the entrance to its hole and attaches its web to them. They are so receptive of vibration that when an insect walks over the crystals, it sends massive amounts of vibration down the web into the hole telling the spider exactly where the insect is. And by this, the spider knows exactly where and when to attack and kill the insect. There is more to crystals than we see.

[lilithu]

Originally Posted by Master Vigil

Anyone here read crystals and crystal balls? If so, what techniques do you use. And how successful have you been?

Crystal therapy and crystal balls are two different animals, aren't they? One is about using the "vibrational energy" of the crystal to affect health/mood/intuition/etc and the other is about using the reflective quality of crystal to scry. Aren't we talking about two separate things here?

I tried scrying with a crystal ball a few times when I was in high school. I sat in a darkened room with a light source (candle) behind me and my crystal ball before me and relaxed my gaze, just as directed. What did I see? The ball seemed to fill with smoke, starting as a wisp in the center and spinning out to fill more and more space. But then nothing happened after that. The smoke dissipated and I was just looking at reflections in a crystal ball. Was I inept at scrying or was I just imagining the smoke? I leave it to you to decide. Still have the thing on my altar after all these years, but it's just a pretty bauble to me.

As for healing with the energies of crystals, I can't get past the fact that rubies and sapphires are supposed to have very different energies, even tho they are chemically the same stone. But when I make jewelry for friends, I take the stones' attributes into account anyway. It can't hurt. And one can't underestimate the power of symbolism.

[Master Vigil]

"Aren't we talking about two separate things here?"

Yes, and I see how I could have implied otherwise. I apologize. (I do know of some who read crystals though.)

[Bastet]

I don't own any crystal balls (although I have oodles of tumbled stones and clusters, and a couple of 'slabs' (tiger eye, which I'd love to polish one day)), and I've never tried scrying. Well...I tell a lie, I did get a scrying wheel with a book and gemstones a few years ago when I joined a bookclub (it was like $2 lol who could refuse?), but I didn't do more than play with it a couple of times.

[Master Vigil]

The crystal ball is very hard, it takes a very intuitive and passive mind to work well. It basically calls for deep meditation focused upon the ball, (but the absence of it). I have not tried reading a person with it, but have done some work with the spirits with it. If anything, it is a wonderful meditation exercise.

[Bastet]

Originally Posted by Master Vigil

The crystal ball is very hard, it takes a very intuitive and passive mind to work well. It basically calls for deep meditation focused upon the ball, (but the absence of it). I have not tried reading a person with it, but have done some work with the spirits with it. If anything, it is a wonderful meditation exercise.

Meditation...that's what I figured. I would like to try it one day.