Drawing on the readings of Edgar Cayce and his own research, the author explores all the mysteries behind gemstones and crystals. Readers can learn to harness the powers of these stones to better attune themselves to the natural and psychic realms of their everyday lives.
Dan Campbell lives near Hillsborough, NC and is fond of hiking along the Eno River. Their work has appeared in Interfictions Online, Daily Science Fiction, Digital Fiction Pub's QuickFic, Drabblecast, Kaleidotrope, Lakeside Circus, Goblin Fruit, Niteblade, Mythic Delirium, and Stone Telling, among other publications.
There is almost no information from Edgar Cayce himself. The information presented is loudly and proudly from a Western culture and masculine perspective and yet presented as if it's true for all human beings and universally true for...well...everything. Lots of scientific facts about how color is everywhere, color is affected by light and so on, but very little about how this is practically useful for individuals.
I was looking forward to reading Edgar Cayce's information about color from his readings and his research. This is not that, unfortunately.
It wasn't bad, i found it hard to actually finish the book because it was really telling me nothing about the metaphysical qualities of Crystals. I enjoyed the beginning where he broke down Frequency and color, explaining how the sky is the color blue and why we see darkness at night, etc. It was just very lack-luster to me. I'm sure Cayce is a great writer but this was really meh to me. If you want a REALLY good book on stones, i recommend Robert Simmons The book of Stones or Stones of the New consciousness. Now those are great reads.
When I was a little girl our neighbor was the local "Rock Man" in Temple City a suburb of Los Angeles California. I loved watching him polish stones and make them beautiful and shiny. Now I collect rocks from all over the world and display them in my home. Friends of mine give me gifts of rocks and in return I too give rocks as gifts. I enjoyed researching each stone in this and other books.
Interesting topic matter, and I wanted to learn more about Edgar Cayce, but this book was a real slog to read. Took me WAY longer than normal to read because it was written in a dull, academic style that didn't really draw any conclusions or provide any insights. It was just meh...