Crystal Class

This is a 4-week class on the use of quartz crystals.  I taught this in a classroom setting for many years.  Since I am largely retired and don't do this class any longer, it would be a waste of knowledge to let my notes sit in my files, so I am offering it here.  There is a lot of information here and it is all my own original work, so I ask that you respect that and use it only for yourself.  Do not post it on other webs or teach it as your own.  Thank you.

 

 

Level I

Quartz vs. Lead:  The crystals we use for healing and moving energy are those grown naturally in Nature: quartz.   Lead crystal, on the other hand, is beautiful to look at, and creates lovely rainbows on your walls when the sun shines through it.  It is man-made and must not be confused with the natural quartz crystal.  Lead crystal will drain your energy if you wear it.  Quartz will enhance, and magnify, your existing energy space.  It will focus in on whatever you are feeling.  There are also man-made crystals and gemstones in the form of rubies, amethysts, emeralds, and sapphires.  These have similar properties to the natural variety but are still in a somewhat contrived molecular structure.  It is not recommended to wear these crystals.  Quartz crystals are beautiful and they draw our attention, whether in the form of jewelry or as Nature made them.  They are not toys however, and they must be treated with care and respect.  This is how to do that.

The Nature of Crystals: Crystals hold, focus, and magnify the energy that they are exposed to, or programmed with.  Keep this in mind when wearing crystals.  All quartz crystals have an energy field (an aura) that extends some distance from their physical forms.  They grow in clusters (families) rather than individually and they each have a different energy, or personality.   They have a natural amber-colored layer on them in their own environment, which is taken off by humans in an acid wash, after harvesting.  The acid wash traumatizes the crystals, so the new owners must heal them.  When a new crystal enters your life you must spend some time in listening to it and trying to find out its nature, personality, and purpose. 

Sometimes a crystal will be with you for life, and sometimes only for a short time.  Do not grieve that a crystal gets lost or is taken by someone.  It goes where it must be for that time.  Sometimes, if you pay close attention, you will receive messages from a crystal.  For this reason, it is wise to only purchase one at a time—like having children—so that you may devote some time and attention to your new acquisition.  Do not come home with hordes of crystals, for several reasons.  First, their magnetic and focusing properties will overwhelm your nervous system and everyone else’s in the family--and you may feel hot, irritable, angry, heart palpitations, or clammy.  Second, it is the energy of greed which precipitates one to take so much at once and that is contradictory to the nature of our Higher Self, and to the kingdom of crystals.  Next, in a large purchase you can generally not use your intuition to its best, in determining which crystal is meant for you.  Finally, when you are home with them you cannot possibly turn your attention to so many at once.  A crystal has a very pure energy system; much purer than our own.  As a result, it will draw our stresses into itself.  This is a Law of Nature and does not in any way reflect upon us.  It is merely Nature’s way of bringing equilibrium to all species.  

Choosing Crystals: Always use your intuition when buying or selecting any crystal, whether for yourself or others.  One way to do this is to stand in front of the selection you are considering and close your eyes.  Run your hand a few inches above the crystals and with its intended purpose clearly in mind feel which crystals seem to draw your attention.  If you are choosing for another person then keep them in mind as you do this.  You will then be guided to select according to their own personal energy, rather than their looks.

Cleaning and Clearing: All crystals that are new to you should be examined for their current energy properties by using your intuition.  Hold the crystal in both of your hands near the center of your body, or perhaps over your heart chakra.  Allow your attention to be gently on the crystal and silently ask yourself what kind of energy is present.  You do not need to get answers or specific thoughts, but merely an impression.  This information will help you to know what type of clearing and how much in is order.  Since new crystals have invariably been handled by many, many people, you will be dealing with a lot of energies in this process. 

Your new crystals should first be washed with cool water and some mild soap.  This is simply to clean them up and give you and them a fresh start in their new home.  Next, you must clean the energy and this takes longer.  Usually the best method is to place your crystal in salt water for anywhere from 3 to 7 days.  Use about 1 tablespoon of sea salt to 1 cup of water.  Check the crystal after 3 days and sense if the clearing out process is completed.  For new crystals this may take longer.  An alternative method, and one with more clearing power, is to place the crystal directly into pure sea salt.  Protect your crystal in a soft cotton cloth first to prevent scratching.  If, after these procedures, you feel there is still something in there that you don’t like then the best method is to bury your crystal in the Earth for 7 days minimum, and up to a month if needed.  Again, protect with a soft cloth first.  All of the above methods are called primary clearing and should be done for all new crystals.

If you have somehow obtained a crystal that has been used for evil purposes you should not keep it.  You can bury it and leave it there for the Earth to revitalize its energy, but it can take many years or even decades to do this.  Don‘t bury it near your home.

If you have received a crystal which has absorbed a great deal of negativity due to proximity to a sick or disturbed individual you will also need to bury the crystal for a long time.  Crystals need to discharge their stress just as people do and it takes a long, long time.  Do not meditate or pray or sleep with such a crystal, as you will merely be the receptacle for its stress release.  Let Nature take care of it’s healing as Nature is its creator and best understands its structure and patterns.

Jewelry must be cleaned and cleared too but in a different manner.  Wash gently with cool water and mild soap.  If you have a necklace with silk threads you cannot place it in salt water or the thread will be damaged.  You can place it directly in sea salt, but in a cotton cloth first.  Any gemstone jewelry you have received from an elderly relative must be carefully examined for its energy content.  This intuitive checking must be about the item itself, and not how you felt about the relative.  Be objective.  Diamonds in particular, hold on to emotions and stresses of all kinds and do not release them easily, if at all.  This is where the curse of the Hope diamond comes from.  If you’ve come upon a diamond that doesn’t feel good place it in the Earth for a very long time and see if it helps.  You can also try to dislodge its stress by throwing it against something hard several times-- like a wood floor.  The diamond itself will not chip but its setting might, so be advised. 

After your new crystal has been discharged of all previous energy you can charge it with what you like, and to suit your purposes for that crystal.  You will still have to do maintenance clearing on a regular basis but it is a less lengthy or intense process.  For example, if you use a crystal primarily for healing you should discharge its collected stress after each use by washing it in cool water and with soap, and then place it in the sunshine for a day.  A healing crystal that has been used even once and not washed, becomes sticky with ectoplasm from the aura of the person healed, thus it is contaminated.  You may, if there is no sun available, smudge the crystal thoroughly and run it three times through a candle flame.  Holding it over incense, particularly sandalwood, is helpful, too. 

Jewelry that you wear should be cleared immediately upon removal.  Its presence upon your body and within your aura is a strong and intimate connection.  It has assisted you in releasing stress or in healing your body and emotions.  This accumulation must be released from the crystal daily or it will build up and your crystal will darken, break, or cease to function as you wish it to.  An easy way to do this is with the pulse-breath method: hold the necklace or rings in your right hand with your palm up, and place your left hand on top of it.  Then with an abrupt downward motion of your hands you also forcefully exhale through your nose.  As you do this you must visualize any stress moving out and downward, into the Earth.  Repeat the exact same process in your left hand, with the right on top.  Keeping your jewelry in good health will ultimately keep you in good health.  Never wear anything that has not been cleared recently as it will do more harm than good. 

All of these techniques serve to empty the crystals of their negative charge.  But you must also enter into the crystal the type of energy that you find most suitable or else you have an empty crystal, ready to pick up anything wandering around. 

Gemstones that have been dyed or heat-treated should not be worn (citrines and amethysts are commonly treated this way).  Emeralds often have petroleum oil injected into them to give them a greener color and these, too, should not be worn.  Gemstones should be of the highest quality you can afford because every crack or chip or imperfection will be reflected and magnified onto you.

Programming:  In addition to basic clearing techniques you may wish to clear with the elements such as the sun, moon, or certain planets or stars when they are visible.  Though this is a form of clearing, it also introduces specific energies and we call this programming.  For sun or moon energy, merely leave the crystals out in the light of these celestial bodies for several hours.  To be more precise as to the energy you wish say, moon in Libra, you will need to consult an astrological calendar.  Placing a mirror under your crystals in the sun or moonlight will magnify the properties you are introducing into your crystal.  Certain energies are more conducive to the purpose of your crystal.  If your intended use is for healing and you are a Scorpio then perhaps when the sun or moon, or both, are in Scorpio, you will have a custom-designed healing tool.  If your purpose is to bring peace and harmony to a troubled family environment you may wish to program at a time when the moon is in Libra.

You may program with sacred symbols such as Reiki symbols, religious symbols, or a circle, triangle, or square depending on your purpose.  You may program with sounds, such as mantras being chanted by yourself or monks (Om, Om Namah Shivaya).  You may wish to use your own meditation mantra for programming into a crystal you meditate with.  You can do this by simply holding it while you meditate or by silently thinking your mantra while holding it at your heart center.  You may use a crystal solely for healing in which case you will state this to yourself and the crystal while holding it at your heart.  Then, as you do healing work with this crystal it reaffirms the healing message.  Crystals can be programmed with astrological symbols.  Say you are a Capricorn and you want to better understand your inherent nature.  You can place a Capricorn symbol into your crystal (by drawing it over the crystal, or thinking it into it) and use it as a tool for inner awareness.  Placing a crystal in front of stereo speakers while soothing music is playing will introduce that energy into your crystal.  This is also a very good way to magnify those properties of the song being played.  Solar and lunar eclipses are very important events in our lives if they impact profoundly upon our chart.  If you know of an eclipse coming up which is about to do this you can leave your crystals out in the open and exposed to those particular universal energies during the eclipse.  If you wish to program with colors simply leave your crystal on and around that color.  This works well for healing crystals.  

Appearance: Crystals come in many forms and colors, and from many environments.  Amethysts from Thunder Bay, Canada for example, will not have the same color or properties as those from South America.  Clear quartz crystals are not always so clear.  They usually have something called fairy dust in them, which is a wispy whiteness inside.  Near the base they are often more opaque.  Pure, absolutely clear quartz crystals are rare, as are pure, absolutely clear humans.  So do not feel you must have a perfect crystal.  Until we ourselves are at that state of purity we can rarely understand or utilize the crystal that is perfect.  The more opaque, or dense, a crystal is the more it is suited to working on our denser structures-- the body.  As a crystal becomes more transparent it will work more on our emotional and mental states.  When a crystal is completely as clear as glass it works on energy bodies that we have not yet developed.

 

Types of Crystals 

Clusters need no charging because their many facets reflect light in all directions, doing the clearing for them.  They are families and lend themselves to social occasions.  Small clusters are sometimes suitable for doing aura scans.  They disperse large amounts of energy.  They have not been broken up into smaller single crystals, thus they have a more joyous quality.  They can be used to charge other smaller crystals.  

Generators are long, single crystals, ranging in size from a millimeter to several inches.  They always have 6 facets.  They focus their energy in one long beam off the point, making them useful for psychic surgery and spot healing.  These can be used to magnify other crystals.  Rubbed between your palms or soles of your feet will energize you.  Smoothing over the body and your head will remove static electricity (stress).  Wearing one on a chain with point upwards will assist Kundalini energy in its upward spiral, but over time can make one feel spaced out and un-grounded.  Pointing downward is better for most people as it keeps us in our bodies and more efficient in work.  Too much downward energy, however, brings dullness and boredom or depression.  Small generators can be aligned with the car’s gas line to improve mileage.

 

Wands are similar to generators but they taper to a point, focusing more energy and to a smaller dot.  They are usually longer than generators, occasionally reaching a foot in length.  Wands that are clearer tend to work better for their intended purpose.

Pyramids are cut and polished quartz pieces that can be used to focus energy from the palm onto an area needing energy or healing.  The point must be towards the palm to do this work so you will require something to hold it there.  Occasionally one can find a pyramid that grew that way in Nature but most are man-made.

Double Terminators are generators with a point at each end, grown that way naturally.  In order for the point to form at both ends they have had to grow in soft clay.  Energy flows in both directions with these crystals, lending themselves to some forms of healing as well as mandalas and grids.  They can be interchanged with single generators if need be.  They are considerably more expensive than generators.  

 Phantoms are small crystals within a larger crystal.  They are often colored a dull green or yellow; sometimes red, and sometimes white.  They can be used effectively to understand, and get in touch with our past lives.  They are very expensive.  

Natural crystal is that which has not been washed in acid first.  It has a yellowish tinge and dullness to its exterior.  These crystals are beautiful in their own natural way and have innocence about them.  They are hard to find but are fairly cheap, if you do.

Rainbows within a crystal confer blessings to the owner and to those nearby.  They contain all the colors of the spectrum so are suited to healing and to joyous occasions.  They may have special powers.

Record-keepers have a triangles on one or more of its facets.  These are naturally formed images and can be seen clearly in good lighting.  A diamond record-keeper has the triangle inverted on its facet.  All record-keepers contain important information and sacred knowledge, stored within.  They will release their wisdom when the time is correct, and to the right persons.  The Atlanteans used these extensively.

Herkimer diamonds are natural quartz, small double terminators that are mined in Herkimer, New York.  Tiny ones are generally the clearest.  The largest usually seen are about 2" across.  Best quality comes in those about 2" in size.  They will hold a thought or program extremely well and so are suitable for protection.  In ancient times they were put around the necks of children to protect them from the evil eye.  There are similar stones from Mexico and other locations but are not called Herkimer.   

Crystal balls are used to see into the future.  They are quartz, cut and polished, and preferably with much clarity.  They are very expensive.  Using one is much more difficult than it looks and is reserved for adepts.  One must gaze into its center in a relaxed mind.  Hold vision steady and when the crystal goes black, the image will form, according to the intended question.