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Crystals

AFTAB PASHA SYED (1881853)

Instructor: Professor Sydney Scott

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY

Introduction

Crystal healing

Cleansing your Crystals

Clearing & Balancing Chakras

Becoming a Crystal Healer

Conclusion

What are crystals

Physical properties of crystals

Types of Crystals

Ancient Cultures and Obsession with Crystals

The Power of Crystals

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What are crystals

Crystals are batches of molecules or atoms arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure forming a crystal lattice that extend in all three spatial dimensions. 

Crystals are beautiful rock formations that have amazed humans for thousands of years. They are used for many different things, not just for decoration. The majority of crystals now are man-made in laboratories. They are extremely rare to find in the Earth.

Crystals are batches of molecules or atoms arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure forming a crystal lattice that extend in all three spatial dimensions

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Physical properties of crystals

Building blocks for atoms are protons, neutrons and electrons

Atoms are held together in crystals by atomic bonding

Some crystals can be made from salt

Some are derived from other elements and form completely different shapes

Crystals are built out of atoms. The fundamental building blocks for atoms are protons, neutrons and electrons. Atoms are held together in crystals by atomic bonding.

The most important types of bonds are via electron exchange (ionic) or electron sharing (covalent)

Crystals come in many different shapes and sizes; some crystals can be made from salt, these make cubed-shaped crystals. Some are derived from other elements and form completely different shapes. Some examples of these are crystals or rubies

 

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The Power of Crystals

Crystals - source of natural energy

Energy is everywhere and crystals are the perfect conduit

It contains the remarkable ability to transform, absorb, amplify, and transmit

It vibrates at their own frequency, the same way that the cells and chakras in our body vibrate

when we come into contact with crystals these different frequencies meet and enhance our physical, emotional and spiritual balance

 

Crystals contain the remarkable ability to transform, absorb, amplify, and transmit

crystals vibrate at their own frequency, the same way that the cells in our body vibrate.

That means that when we come into contact with crystals these different frequencies meet and enhance your physical, emotional and spiritual balance.

 the vibrations of crystals are known to change depending on the energy surrounding them, so every stone has a unique and different effect on each individual. Originally, this crystal therapy was used to balance the chakras and transform the energy properties of the body, resulting in a clear and positive energy field.

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Types of Crystals

There are a number of different types of crystals, each filled with their own healing abilities for the mind, body, and soul

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Healing Crystals

They’re thought to promote the flow of good energy and help rid the body and mind of negative energy for physical and emotional benefits.

 moonstone is said to encourage inner growth and strength

Bloodstone is claimed to help cleanse the blood by drawing off bad environmental energies and improving circulation

Sapphire: it can attract prosperity, happiness, and peace while opening up the mind to accept beauty and intuition

Ruby: Improve things such as sensuality, sex, and intellect

Citrine. It’s said to help you release negative traits from your life like fear, and in turn help encourage optimism, warmth, motivation, and clarity.

 

TurquoiseThis blue crystal has powers that are said to help heal the mind, body, and soul

Tiger’s eye: If you’re in need of a power or motivation boost, this golden stone may be for you

AmethystThis purple stone is said to be incredibly protective, healing, and purifying

Clear quartz: it’s said to amplify energy by absorbing, storing, releasing, and regulating it

Rose quartz:  It’s said to help restore trust and harmony in all different kinds of relationships while improving their close connections

jasper: empower the spirit and support you through times of stress by preparing you to fully show up

Obsidian: is said to help form a shield against physical and emotional negativity

 

 

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Ancient Cultures and Obsession with Crystals

CHINESE

ROMANS

ANCIENT INDIA

ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

GREEKS

Since ancient times, people regarded crystals with great respects and used in all kinds of spiritual rituals. Well known for its unique energetic properties, some religious traditions believed they were descended from the heavens. Interestingly, they’re still valued with the same healing beliefs 

Roman Culture

Many of the first-class citizens had amulets or protective talismans made out of crystals. Usually, they were used to attract good health, fortune, prosperity, or good outcomes during battle.

Chinese Culture

Chinese medicine frequently uses healing crystals, such as crystal-tipped needles used in acupuncture.

Ancient Egyptians

Egyptians loved crystals, and used them frequently in rituals- particularly when burying the dead. Their energetic power was believed to help them find their way in the afterlife. Pharaohs and priests used cylinders filled with quartz to balance the Ba and Ka energies of the body.

Ancient Egyptian are also found of rubies they believed that it thought to embody sexuality, so they were mainly worn by dancers in the belly

 Ancient Greeks

Before entering battle, greeks used to crushed hematite and rubbed on soldier’s bodies with the idea it made them too powerful,

Hematite is a very protective stone and it obsorbs negative enrgey. Interestingly, the word crystal comes from the Greek word ‘krustullos’, which means ice. Many ancient cultures believed crystals like clear quartz were eternal ice from the heavens.

An interesting story about amethyst:

According to Greek mythology, According to Greek mythology, Amethyst was a young virgin who became the object of wrath of the Greek God Dionysus (the god of wine and rituals) the dionysus shows his angerness because he was intoxicated with red wine. When Amethyst cried out to Goddess Diana for help, she immediately turned the girl into a white, shimmering stone ( quartz)

Traditions in India

Perhaps the most investigated use of crystals was done in ancient India. In one of the oldest Hindu scripts, the Vedas, healing crystals are documented with their specific healing properties

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Healing

What Is Crystal Healing

How does Crystal Healing Work

How do you use crystals for healing

Crystal healing is a holistic, non-invasive, vibrational energy-based system of healing.

healers believe that crystals a have properties that facilitate healing.

crystals have been used as therapeutic ways for over thousands of years, like wearing crystal talismans and amulets

How does Crystal Healing Work?

We are all energy. Everything, in fact, is energy. Our physical bodies are denser energies that vibrate at a very low rate, which is why we can see and feel them; however, there are many other energetic beings and frequencies that vibrate at a much higher rate that most of us are unable to see with the naked eye. That does not mean that they do not exist

When we are happy and at peace, we emit a high vibrational frequency which affects everything and everybody around us, this works also for negativity

In the presence of an extremely high vibrational being, such as a crystal, your energetic state will begin to increase to match that of the crystal. This is how crystals affect us.

How do you use crystals for healing

Program your crystal with an intention

Setting an intention is a powerful tool for achieving happiness

Decide what matters to you, Explore areas of your life that need an upgrade, Be specific about what you want and why , Bring your intentions to life

Wear your crystals

Toss them into your purse or pocket

Meditate with them.

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How do you choose a crystal

Choosing your crystal, it’s best to follow intuition and pick the one that calls to you most

Crystal healer advises you by placing some crystals on you. Or you can also select your stone by yourself. At shops if you may notice some of them holding a crystal in their left hand while they close their eyes; this is a very common practice in sensing the energy of the crystal.

When you place a crystal in your left (receptive) hand, you allow its energy to come through you, and you let it "tell" you how it can help you,

If you simply relax and allow your intuition to take the lead, you will know which crystals to use, even if you have no idea what they are and how they're supposed to affect your physical, mental, or emotional body. Remember that everybody who writes about crystals writes from their own perspective and their own experience. Everybody is different. If you're advised to use a particular crystal but don't resonate with it, don't use it! It doesn't matter if everybody uses it. What matters is what YOU intuitively feel.

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Cleansing Crystals

The purpose of cleansing is to purify and honour the stone, recognizing the vast journey it has undergone to get to you now

Strategies for clearing your crystal:

Sea salt

Running water

Other stones

Smudging

Full moon

The purpose of cleansing is to purify and honor the stone,

Cleaning and clearing is very important since, several people could have touched them before you and left their energy

Use sea salt.

Sea salt and water that can help in getting rid of all the unwanted energy

Leave the stone in the water overnight and add dried sage, basil, or lavender to enhance the bath's cleansing effect.

2. Use running water.

Holding your crystal under running water is also a very effective cleaning method.

3. Use other stones.

Certain crystals associated with purification like carnelian and clear quartz are thought to actually cleanse other stones. Stack these stones on top of any crystals that need clearing, or keep them all in the same bag when you travel.

4. Try smudging.

light a dried green herb stick and quickly blow out the flame. Then, pass the smoke all around your crystal drawing out all of the stone's negativity or impurities.

5. Place them underneath the full moon.

On the next full moon, place any crystals you'd like to cleanse 

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Clearing & Balancing Chakras

First Chakra – Red Tiger Eye

Second Chakra – Carnelian

Third Chakra - Citrine

Fourth Chakra - Aventurine

Fifth Chakra – Blue Lace Agate

Sixth Chakra - Amethyst

Seventh Chakra – Clear Quartz

Crystal treatment will either clear any blocked energy, balance the chakra energy or develop spiritual awareness

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Becoming a Crystal Healer

Anybody and everybody is a crystal healer if they work with crystals for healing purposes, whether for themselves or others

Anybody and everybody are a crystal healer if they work with crystals for healing purposes, whether for themselves or others. You do not need any certification or special education to use crystals effectively for the purposes of healing and manifesting, While a certification or proof of education in crystal healing is certainly an asset for the aspiring professional crystal healer, it is technically not required. What is and will always be required, regardless of the kind of healing modality you practice.

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Conclusion

Whatever you do, and however you choose to work with them, crystals will enhance your life. Let their outer beauty serve as a reminder of the inner beauty