When I first started selling crystals and stones in 1977, there were no books about the metaphysical properties of minerals. The only reference I had was a scientific field guide that explained which elements are found in each kind of mineral. I also learned about all the different crystalline structures.
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In 1982, I spent days at the Museum of Natural History's mineral collection just sitting and tuning into the energy of the many museum quality specimens that were there. Here again, I also learned about crystalline structures and the components of various minerals.
Because I was looking for answers to my many physical ailments – the medical doctors weren't much help – I had been studying physiology, cellular biology, and biochemistry. I began to see the connection between the minerals in our bodies that are essential for our health and the crystals and minerals I had come to know and appreciate.
So I figured that something like pyrite, whose main ingredient is iron, would be good for anemia and grounding, and kunzite, a form of lithium aluminum silicate, would be good for emotional healing.
I also realized that quartz was a good transmitter and amplifier of electromagnetic energy, which is why it's used in radio sets, watches, and other electronics.
Quartz also has a property called the piezoelectric effect, which means that when you touch quartz, it emits a very small electrical charge. Tourmaline is another mineral with this property.
Since our body-minds are electromagnetic machines surrounded by an electromagnetic field, I figured any form of quartz would be good for turning in to our body-minds. I saw quartz and other minerals as tools for personal and spiritual development that helps us tune into the deeper parts of ourselves.
In 1983, When I started selling Joan's Stones through a mail-order catalog and New Age bookstores, I gave various stones labels such as Courage Stones (tiger eye), Prosperity Stones (aventurine), and Love Stones (rose quartz). Each stone came with instructions about how to use them.
To my surprise, when people started publishing books about the metaphysical properties of crystals, minerals, and stones, their definitions pretty much lined up with what I had been saying and writing about for a long time.
As I built my crystal business, a long time before the Internet as we know it came into being, people started giving crystals properties that made no sense to me. Names like Record Keepers and Lemurian Crystals seemed a bit too New Agey to me.
By 1987, the crystal world was getting a bit crazy, even for me. There were suddenly rules for using crystals and very specific definitions of what each is used for. And there was a lot of anthropomorphizing of the crystals, which made no sense to me.
For me, it was quite simple: find a crystal or stone you like and use it the way you feel the urge to use it.
My bottom line
Crystals and minerals don't come out of the ground with definitions. However, over the many centuries that they have been used for healing and spiritual growth, legends have grown up around them and the power of group intention has come into being.
There seems to be a group consensus that rose quartz is for the heart, blue stones for self-expression (blue is the color of the throat chakra), green stones relate to money, etc.
So why not tune into that.
My feeling is that the stones don't have healing power, we do. Thinking that rose quartz will heal your relationship issues without your having to deal with the emotions behind those issues is fantasy. Chumba casino complaints. So is thinking that aventurine or emerald will fix your money problems without your learning how to take care of your money.
However, if your intention is to fix your finances, and you get a piece of aventurine to help you, great. Amulets, rituals, and ceremonies have been used forever for enhancing the power of intention.
Having that aventurine will stimulate your subconscious to take the necessary steps toward fixing your finances. As long as you don't resist what you feel guided to do.
I think it's a fine idea to find out what tradition says about certain stones and use that tradition to set your intention as to how you want to use a crystal or stone.
But understand this: the power to heal or change your life is within you!
So is the power to discriminate as to what's right for you. It's all about getting in touch with your intuition and making your own decisions.
My goal is to help you use the mineral kingdom as a tool for your personal growth and development.
I'll have much more to say about following your intuition and how to own and cultivate your personal power.
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If you'd like to know more about how I started using and selling crystals and minerals, which led to my building a large crystal business, Joan's Crystals, read my book The Search for Connection: A Spiritual Journey to Physical, Emotional, and Financial Health
Learn more about piezoelectric gems here.
A book that is virtual encyclopedia of the metaphysical properties of minerals is The Book of Stones: Who They Are & What They Teach by Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian
