I work in a crystal shop

[AlfrunGrima]

Tigers eye, quartz, agate, cannot even remember all of them.

Interesting, that is worth a few experiments to discover if there are any changes between the crystals.

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I dont use crystals personally. I believe we are the conduit for our own energy. But, do what you will.

But I can be interesting to discover how you react to different crystals. So not use it as a conduit but put it in experiment what kind of reactions you percieve in yourself. How your personal energy is bounced back by the crystals, if it provides mirrors or feelings of confirmation, if it expresses other things. (yeah, I know, I have a quite animalistic way of seeing things )

 

[Aldebaran]

Take away all the metaphysical hype, and you have a very specific crystalline structure that vibrates in a unique way. Their vibrations interact with the vibratory field around them.

Crystals are essential to this process. Not only does the crystal matter, but also where it was formed and, if it gets very detailed, how it was mined and other odd factors. I’ve found that saying smoky quartz dissipates negative energy isn't enough; you need to understand what each crystal does best.

Some people can do this. I personally cannot. I’ve felt energy from crystals before on occasion, but it’s not something I can do regularly or with much consistency. General descriptions, like Rose Quartz for love, are usually correct, but the best energetic use of a crystal depends on the specific crystal itself. Unless you’re one of those who can determine this, one will be guessing in the dark like the rest of us.

 

[Firetree]

I love geology and have a mineral collection with some crystals in it . In the good old days , we could go to 'crystal castle ' and buy bucket fulls of rejects for a few $s and good ones cheap ... now a single broken one costs many times more than a bucket full used to.

Many of them went into a very large ( fits 300 people ) ritual circle we made on our festival site . I used river stones and blue and green crystals for the font water 1/4 altar . I used red yellow orange colored ones and volcanic rocks for the 1/4 fire altar ( built in the shape of a volcano , hollow with a fire inside and coming out the top ) .... a big huge flat topped boulder for 1/4 earth altar .... and no rocks for air 1/4 altar .

I also have an outdoor crystal garden .... I like having a crystal garden ... sometimes visitors rip some off though - usually kids .

I will put this down as it is an unusual use ( alchemical ) for a crystal ;

making 501 Bio-dynamic preparation ; get some slender long nicely formed quartz crystal rods ... and smash em to smithereens !

Then grind them between two glass plates to make a fine dust ( warning , toxic ! wear a mask ) then pack them into hollowed out cow horns and bury them underground at spring equinox and lift them at autumn equinox. Empty horns and store powder in a glass jar that allows sunlight to shine on it . Now you have preparation 501 ( for agricultural use ) .