| People used crystals for centuries for healing and | | | | solar plexus chakra in the area directly above the |
| magical rituals. Their very appearance is mystifying so | | | | navel uses citrine, amber and topaz. If you need to |
| it's no wonder that the Western world latched onto | | | | improve your heart, use rose quartz or Chinese |
| the use of crystals as an alternative medical | | | | fluorite. Aquamarine and turquoise are the healers for |
| treatment. Edgar Cayce, an American insurance | | | | the throat chakra and the forehead chakra requires |
| representative who went into trances to heal people, | | | | amethyst, sapphire or turquoise and the crown |
| read the past and future was the person who first | | | | chakra uses amethyst and clear quarts. While these |
| made crystal healing popular in America. His uncanny | | | | are traditional, some crystal healers use simply clear |
| accuracy about people and events that occurred at | | | | quarts in their practice. |
| great distances from him gave him credibility when he | | | | Sometimes the person receiving the healing energies |
| talked of the lost city of Atlantis in the 1930's. He | | | | lies as the person versed in crystal healing places the |
| told of the amazing power of the crystal and how | | | | stones on the various charkas. Other times, there is |
| the citizens of Atlantis used that power for energy, | | | | no formal session but the person seeking healing |
| communication and power. Today, we use crystal | | | | carries the crystal in their pocket or a specially made |
| substances in our computers. | | | | cloth bag pinned near the chakra. Those that carry |
| The belief that the crystal is a tool that magnifies | | | | the stone often seek emotional healing and carry the |
| and isolates the energy of the universe to heal | | | | crystal closely associated with the body part known |
| specific areas of the body has long been a tool for | | | | to create that emotion. |
| ancient healers. The colour of the stone used | | | | While there is some research into the area of crystal |
| depends on the part of the body they attempt to | | | | healing, most of the scientific community believes |
| heal. The "prana" from India and "chi" of Chinese | | | | that the healing comes from the placebo effect. |
| medicine both are life forces that circulate through | | | | Information regarding the electromagnetic force of |
| the body. The chakra is the energy whorls located at | | | | the body, however, could change that. Doctors use |
| various spots where the prana exists. In Chinese | | | | MRI machines to check people's health every day. |
| medicine, the chi follows a meridian and circulates. | | | | EKG's and EEG's record the body's electrical charge. |
| The use of crystals, in both cases, is to either | | | | This is nothing more than their life force. Crystals are |
| enhance the energy or unblock it at specific points. | | | | part of the civilized world's economy. When you turn |
| Originally, there were many chakra points, but now | | | | on your computer, crystals bring the communication |
| there are seven, which are commonly used. The root | | | | of the world to your desktop. While no one knows |
| chakra located on the tailbone uses garnet, | | | | whether crystals do the same for the body, it's one |
| bloodstone, rubies and onyx to bring energy. The | | | | possibility that many people believe and use as an |
| sacral chakra in the abdomen below the navel | | | | alternate method of healing on a daily basis. |
| vibrates to carnelian, moonstone and hematite. The | | | | |