CHAPTER 13

Crystals for Spiritual Healing

You’ve no doubt heard that crystals are great boosters in the search for spiritual wholeness. To gain insight, you must let go of any expectations and simply trust that you will encounter exactly what is needed for your own healing and growth at this time.

Think of crystals as a bridge to higher consciousness. They help you transcend the ordinary and enter a greater awareness about yourself. That awareness will take you to a higher level of consciousness where it is possible to be in direct contact with the sacred realms.

Learn How to…

• ◆ Connect and communicate with your crystal spirit.
• ◆ Access the crystal deva and the angelic realms.
• ◆ Use crystals for spiritual expansion.
• ◆ Talk with angels through crystals and receive special messages.

Deepening Your Spirituality

The microscopic details of a crystal are said to contain the same organization as the rest of the universe. Imagine being aligned with the same vibration as the rest of the universe. Suddenly, you realize that every cell in your body is in sync with all that is!

Spiritual development encourages manifestation, inner peace, connectedness to the awesome beauty around us, and an awakening of consciousness. You can no longer slumber through life. You are alive and pulsating with energy. You can use this awakened energy and knowledge for healing, for communicating with other realms, and for learning about yourself. The question is, how do we do all this?

To open a channel of communication within yourself, you must tune in to your energy and be open to working with the energy of the crystal. Tuning in to spiritual energy is similar to what happens when someone whispers. You have to become more alert and focused so you can hear. As our level of consciousness expands outward—like the universe—we are ready to take in more information about ourselves. Crystals help create an energy bridge that brings us into alignment with that universal vibration.

Spiritual energy can hold various vibrational levels. Some crystals are already tuned to help you access certain levels, such as when you want to access past lives or angelic realms. Some energies are so refined, though, that we are not even aware they exist! When we hold a clear crystal in our hands, it’s as if we are holding a way to make that sacred connection within ourselves.

Many specialized crystals help support the development of our spiritual connection. These types of crystals tend to have a greater ability to hold lighter energy vibrations. When there is more light, there is more vibrational essence for bridging your consciousness to other realms.

Crystals used as “light tools,” for spiritual attainment are often highly evolved. For a deep journey, meditate or sleep with a selected gemstone taped to your third eye or crown chakra at night. They will provide you with a pathway of consciousness. What you bring back from your journey is worth writing in your crystal journal.

Connecting with Crystal Spirits

The concept that there is spirit in all things is a belief shared by many faiths across the world. Among Native Americans, Inuit, First Nations, and other Indigenous Peoples there is a regard for the spirit in water, trees, rocks, animals—in all things. The realm or kingdom of these living entities is called a deva. Those divine spirits and beings form a collective of voices or a consciousness that is accessed through channeling with a spirit crystal. A spirit crystal is like a house that opens the door to channel the deva, the collective consciousness. Not all crystals are attuned at a high enough frequency to channel the deva realm.

I used one of my Himalayan clear quartz spirit crystals to contact and channel the deva. I held the spirit crystal in meditation and when I asked, “What is your purpose?” the deva’s response was as follows:

I am all of that which matters to you on this plane. I open the centers from the heart to the throat chakras so you can speak the beauty from your heart. I provide a light blue colored ray to your third eye to open your awareness to higher planes and to infuse this color into your aura for protecting the vibrational spectrum.

You might be offered a devic name by the spirit crystal, which is the name of the group consciousness coming through that special spirit crystal. That is very good news because now you are the proud owner of a spirit crystal. You might hear the name pronounced inside your head, or it might come spontaneously from your mouth. Use the name to summon the deva (the collective voice) by holding the spirit crystal calling the devic name three times before using the crystal. One of my spirit crystals has a protrusion that looks like a small whale-like fin. It gave me its deva name, Orca. This spirit crystal provides a channel to communicate information about the bodies of water on the earth and about water in the body.

Asking an Angel for Advice

Making contact with an angelic presence can be a beautiful and uplifting experience. When you have spiritual validation from a source outside of yourself, your faith—if it was shaken—can be restored. Your heart is wide open to give and receive love and compassion.

Many world faiths believe in a guardian angel, a protector who is assigned to you at birth. If you have been aware of the presence of an angel, consider yourself fortunate because the channel to the angelic realm must have been opened at that time. Working with crystals can help you keep the channel to that realm open.

Here are a few crystals that help access the angelic realms:

• ◆ Angelite—This light blue crystal holds angelic energy and provides a shield of light around the wearer. It can establish a telepathic portal to the angelic realm.
• ◆ Celestite—Light blue and transparent, it opens clear communications with the angelic realms to provide guidance, especially when you dream.
• ◆ Aura quartz—A lovely crystal that compels angelic forces to attend when called. The surface gleams like the light from the angelic realms and, like a moth is attracted to light, the angels will come where there is angelic light. Be sure to get genuine aura crystals.
• ◆ Clear quartz—Use a channeler crystal—the clear quartz configuration with the seven-sided face—to access the secret angelic realms
• ◆ Selenite—A crystal that increases intuition and psychic awareness of the mystery realms. A certain formation of it is called fishtail but looks more like a pair of angel’s wings. When meditating with selenite, ask to be given access to the angelic realms.

When you are looking for additional crystals to help you gain access to the angelic realms, ask the angels that walk with you to guide you to specific crystals. Many crystals that facilitate opening of the third eye and crown chakras also facilitate telepathy and clairvoyance—both skills that are helpful in communicating with angels.

To make a “phone call” to the angelic realm during meditation, use a cleansed and fully charged clear quartz channeling crystal. Program the crystal with this affirmation: I, [your name], am open and clear to receive communication from the higher angelic realms. I am surrounded by light and love.

Get grounded by visualizing roots growing from under your feet into the ground to anchor your energies. If you need to move around during the meditation, move slowly and gently so as not to shock the connection to the more subtle angelic energy realm. Then follow these steps:

1. Hold the crystal at your heart chakra and place your right thumb on the face of the channeling crystal. Relax your mind and your body. Regulate your breath so it’s deep and evenly paced. Visualize white light coming in and out of the crystal into your heart chakra.
2. Now visualize white light coming in and out of your third eye and crown chakras. This helps open the higher centers for communication.
3. You might feel some tingling at the top of your head and maybe some warmth at the heart. That’s okay because it signals that your heart and crown chakras are activated and that you are ready and open for communication.

To capture the attention of a specific angel, try singing very sweetly. Let’s say you wanted to call Gabriel, the Messenger Angel who is often depicted with a trumpet. Using your voice very lightly, sing sweetly calling the name Gabriel in long tones, “Gaaaaa-briiiii-ellll….”

Call several times and then stop and listen for a response. Then meditate, leaving your mind open to see images or hear messages. Do not be afraid to ask for your angel to provide you with something, such as comfort and advice or healing. I’ve heard it said that if you ask three times, you cannot be refused.

If you receive the name of an angel from the other realms, the two of you are bound together, and you can call on this angel again when needed!

Spiritual Healing

All crystals can provide an increase in awareness, healing, meditative peace, the release of energy blockages, and so on. By selecting crystals for spiritual healing you can find it easier to move through life’s obstacles. The right crystal can ease your distress and help you move past the sticky places. When others need your help, distance healing using crystals can also provide some comfort.

Crystals for Distance Healing

Two methods of working with crystals are simple and effective for distance healing. One is passive using the photo of the individual who needs on-going healing; the other method works actively with the person.

Place a photo of the person who has consented to distance healing on a shelf or table where the picture can remain for up to three days or longer. If there are other people in the photo, take a piece of paper and cover their images. This will help you focus better on the person receiving healing energy. Distance healing should be attempted only when you have been given permission to do so. If distance healing is against the will of the other person, regardless of your best intentions, you’ll run up against a closed energy field.

Select up to three crystals, depending on the illness, the body part, or the chakra that needs healing. Put these crystals aside. You’ll also need six to eight small cleansed clear quartz or amethyst crystals (master healing crystals) to arrange in a circle around the photo. Hold all the crystals in your hands and program them with the following affirmation. “These crystals are now activated at highest intent to provide distance healing for [name of the person].”

If you want to include the specific healing issue, you can either write it on a piece of paper and place it under the photo or simply state it as part of the affirmation. Hold the crystals and meditate, thinking of the person and her healing needs.

Smudge the area and the photo, then place the clear quartz or amethyst crystals in a small circle around the photo with the tips pointing in toward the picture. (If you are using tumbled crystals, just arrange them in a circle.) You can tape the crystals onto the photo directly or to the glass in the photo frame.

Leave the crystals in place for a few days and check in with the person to see how the distance healing is working for her. Once a day, you might like to sweep your crystals with some incense or smudge to clear any accumulated negativity. At the end of the healing period, cleanse and recharge all your crystals.

Healing Is in the Air

For the second method of distance healing, you will coordinate a time to send healing to the person. The other person will need to remain quiet or sit in meditation for at least 10 minutes while you send the crystal healing energy.

Use a cleansed and fully charged clear quartz or amethyst transmitter crystal at least 2 inches long, programmed with the same affirmation outlined in the previous method. At the appointed time, ground yourself and hold the crystal in both hands with the tip pointing up. Visualize the “target” person inside the crystal. See that person receiving healing. While visualizing, direct your breath into and out of the crystal. This will help build up the energy charge in the crystal and to direct your healing intent.

Continue to focus and use circular breathing into and out from the crystal for about 10 minutes. It can seem like a long time, but it’s worth it to send the highest form of vibration to a loved one.

Don’t forget to write in your journal what time your healing started and ended and note any thoughts, messages, or images you might have received while sending distance healing. Check in with the other person to see how she is feeling. You might find some interesting similarities of observations!

Crystals for Spiritual Expansion

A crystal can provide healing at physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual levels. Like veils removed from your mind, crystals clear your consciousness so you can see truth and reality more clearly. They allow you to communicate better, whether it is through mental telepathy, by speaking passionately about a topic, or by producing something creative like music or a drawing. They also provide deeper meditation where you will be less distracted and will find yourself immersed more deeply in the experience of emptiness.

In selecting a crystal for spiritual expansion, try to find one that is excellent quality; in other words, look for a crystal that has good color and is attractive in its shape and size. Keep in mind that sometimes a uniquely shaped crystal can provide direct access to information on past lives, future events, and metaphysics. These oddly shaped gemstones hold a lot of power!

In general, the following crystals for spiritual expansion are used for meditation while holding them in your hand, wearing them, using them for the suggested chakra, or including them in crystal layouts. Give yourself lots of time to work just with one crystal, and remember to record your experiences in your crystal journal.

• ◆ Amethyst—A major crystal that is used as a crown chakra opener. Amethyst facilitates expansion of the third eye and expands psychic abilities by connecting intuitive receptors to the crown chakra, which provides a link to higher states of consciousness. Use amethyst on any chakras to unblock and remove limitations to spiritual growth and awareness.
• ◆ Apophyllite—This crystal is an awesome opener of the third eye and crown chakras. Apophyllite facilitates astral travel and initiates a person to new levels of intuition. This crystal acts as a bridge to cross-time dimensions. Astral travel (also called an out-of-body experience) is an event marked by your subconsciousness leaving the physical plane and traveling to a nonphysical astral realm where you can visit loved ones who have passed on, talk with spiritual teachers, and enjoy countless other freedoms.
• ◆ Azurite—Provides an opening to a deeper level of consciousness and cleanses and prepares the mind to work at a higher spiritual level and to find deeper understanding and acceptance. It works with the throat chakra to purify the intent behind one’s spiritual activities.
• ◆ Azurite/malachite—This crystal is a blend of two types that often grow together; they provide an integrated energy with a powerful sense of getting to core matters by probing and penetrating past. The truth is exposed by unlocking the past. Use this crystal at your third eye or throat chakras for a more intense experience by moving past your intellect and opening you to embrace trust and intuition.
• ◆ Bloodstone—This crystal provides grounding for going deeply into spirituality and mystical matters without getting lost. Bloodstone is a great anchor or safety net and can be used with other crystals to preserve your subtle energies. Hold this crystal in your hand or place it at your solar plexus chakra.
• ◆ Blue lace agate—This crystal helps you to speak your truth, to channel your higher thoughts, and to express your spirituality. It is very calming during spiritual expansion. Wear it as a necklace or place it at your throat or third eye chakras.
• ◆ Calcite—Pink or white calcite opens the higher chakras where a direct channel is needed for communicating with your highest self. Use it in your hand during meditation or place it at your throat, third eye, or crown chakra.
• ◆ Carnelian—Restores trust to spiritually jaded people and helps keep the focus on a higher level rather than at the physical or emotional levels. Wear this crystal at your heart chakra or hold it in your hand during meditation.
• ◆ Clear quartz record keeper—The little triangular bumps on the face of the record keeper crystal may contain past life information for yourself or others. When in meditation, rub the triangles slowly to release their energy. Inhale deeply to bring the energy into your conscious awareness.
• ◆ Celestite—Used at the throat, third eye, and crown chakras, it provides a pathway for consciousness to enter the higher realms.
• ◆ Charoite—This ray of purple light dispels fear of the unknown and connects the third eye to the mental plane to help loosen attachment.
• ◆ Citrine—Its golden rays provide a complex energy structure that energizes the crown and sacral chakras and protects the aura. Use it at your heart chakra or hold it in your hand during meditation.
• ◆ Diamond—Provides spiritual confidence and activates the crown chakra. The brilliance of light from a diamond dispels brain fog and gives clarity to meditation.
• ◆ Dioptase—This brilliant green crystal provides attunement for the third eye. It can be a wake-up call for those still so attached to worldly problems that entering into higher states of consciousness is impossible.
• ◆ Emerald—Balances the heart and crown chakras. It provides peace and calms the emotional heart for higher spiritual attunement.
• ◆ Golden topaz—This builder of faith is also a crown chakra activator and helps to recharge it with golden light. It opens and reconditions the third eye to see at a higher level.
• ◆ Iolite—Provides an ability to open the third eye for clarity of visions and other intuitive work. It protects the holder when entering higher states of consciousness and generates feelings of unconditional love.
• ◆ Kyanite—Initiates the movement of energy in the upper chakras to more subtle levels of awareness; it helps you see how spiritual and physical bodies reflect each other’s needs for healing.
• ◆ Labradorite—This crystal operates on and unifies the upper chakras (heart, throat, third eye, and crown). It helps with detachment from situations so clarity of spiritual purpose can be achieved.
• ◆ Lepidolite—An excellent crystal to reach past lives, it improves intuition and helps with the perseverance of one’s spiritual journey.
• ◆ Moldavite—A major transforming crystal and tool of consciousness. Wearing even a small piece will augment your abilities for interdimensional communication. It provides a channel for other light beings to contact you.
• ◆ Purple fluorite—This crystal holds intense white light and activates the third eye and crown chakras. It clears out what is not needed for your highest good and provides clarity and understanding.

When you select your crystals for spiritual expansion, look for lighter or transparent crystals with good structural shape because these relate most often to the higher chakras. You can always use your pendulum to check out the use of crystals or contact the deva of the crystal for more information.

Pineal Activation

The pineal gland is very small and is located inside the center of your brain, above and behind the pituitary gland. It must be very important for this gland to be surrounded by a mass of soft tissues and a hard skull casing. So why is there all this security? This tiny gland is a connector to higher consciousness. The pineal gland is very sensitive to light, to sound vibrations, and to the subtle vibrations from crystals. The pineal gland is also sensitive to electromagnetic energy and to spiritual vibrations sensed through the third eye.

The pineal gland is like a dimensional doorway to higher states of consciousness and to self-actualization. When the pineal gland is activated, there is increased support for expanding perception and developing psychic abilities such as clairvoyance, seeing auras, and communicating in angelic realms. You can see why the pineal is important for spiritual healing work.

The pineal gland is also responsible for regulating the sleep cycle through the release of melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone that helps us sleep and adapts our wake-sleep (circadian) cycle to seasonal and time changes. Exposure to light helps determine the release of melatonin.

All-night gamers and text kings or queens, pay attention! Do you remember the warnings to reduce your cell phone use at night? The light of a cell phone, called blue light, actually mimics full-spectrum sunlight. The light is received through the eyes and a signal through the optic nerves is sent to the pineal gland where it interprets what’s going on out there. If there is light, we stay awake and alert.

The Flow of Fluoride

It is important to keep a pure body for optimal activation of the pineal gland. Sometimes, the pineal gland is weakened by excess toxins in the body, including fluoride. Fluoride is not the same as the healing crystal named fluorite. Fluoride is the ionic form of fluorine and is used in a stable form for industrial purposes. When the pineal gland encounters too much fluoride, it calcifies as brain sand, known as corpora arenacea (mineral deposits of calcium and magnesium).

Municipal water systems often add fluoride to reduce tooth decay. If you want your pineal gland to benefit right away, you can limit your exposure to fluoride in water and toothpaste and keep your pineal active.

Let’s go through some ways to activate your pineal gland:

• ◆ Harmonic resonance is helpful. Search YouTube for some sounds at 936 hertz (Hz) to activate the pineal gland. I have a special pineal-activation tuning fork that I activate by tapping the fork against a crystal, and then hold it near my head for about 30 seconds.
• ◆ Tapping the forehead gently with your middle finger is a simple way to send a vibration to the pineal gland. Avoid tapping your third eye.
• ◆ Singing to your pineal gland is also an activator. Taoist chi master, Mantak Chia, provides instructions for activating the pineal gland through breathing exercises and sound. (See Appendix B for more details.)
• ◆ Crystals that activate the pineal gland include aura quartz, apophyllite, Herkimer diamond, fluorite, and selenite.

Try taping a small ¹⁄₂-inch piece of one of the pineal-activating crystals listed above on your third eye at night. Do this every night for a few weeks and see if you sleep better. You might also increase your telepathic abilities!

CARVED IN STONE

Celestite: I give you clarity of communications from your heart, from your mind, and from the divine source. I increase your awareness of higher realms. I provide optimism and energize your spiritual path.