The Complete Crystal Guidebook: A Practical Path to Self-Development, Empowerment, and Healing, for the Beginner to the Advanced

by Uma Silbey

For beginners and advanced students alike, here is the definitive guide to developing "crystal consciousness." Tens of thousands of crystal enthusiasts have already used this book to enrich their lives. Now, this new edition of the astonishing underground bestseller is available to a general readership for the first time.

The Complete Crystal Guidebook

For centuries, ancient cultures referred to crystals as "the veins of the earth," "frozen liquid" and "frozen light." Uma Silbey unlocks the secrets of these remarkable storehouses of earth's energy to reveal their remarkable effects on personal power, self-enhancement and healing. She describes how you can channel the subtle forces within a crystal to empower your meditations, direct your thoughts, energize your body and unleash a lifelong flow of creative and psychic energy. From selecting the right crystal and "programming" it for your personal use to special techniques and exercises to heighten your abilities, the author guides you on the path to self-mastery. Inside you'll find: a guide to the different colors, shapes and properties of quartz crystals - How to wear a crystal to take advantage of its protective powers - How to heighten your crystal experience through visualization and meditation - Insights into crystal gazing and crystal ball reading - How quartz crystals facilitate night dreaming and astral projection - The secrets of crystal healing and much more!

Genres: New Age, Nonfiction

227 pages, Paperback

First published September 20, 1986

Reviews

[Ariel Lynn · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had some nice quotes & sayings, statements on which to ponder. The author does her best to try not to end sentences with prepositions, but, like everyone, has a few slip-ups. Reading this bok takes an open mind, otherwise the entire premise sounds unbelievable. Some good meditations or ways to meditate are also outlined, along with descriptions of color power & chakras.

Unfortunately, it's obvious that this book wasn't subjected to rigorous editing. Incongruities between the written descriptions & the included illustrations occur, plus blatant mistakes in sentence structures & word choices really kept me from "getting into" this book.

The most obvious editing mistake that drove me nuts was the spacing issues. Sometimes more than 1 space would appear after a comma, or just between 2 words in a sentence. Some sentences had 2mm spaces after a full-stop (period), others had 3mm spaces. It was SO distracting & off-putting, I measured a few of the spaces to see if they were really different or if I was just imagining the mistakes!

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a book about healing with crystals. The information could also be used in healing modalities without crystals. Had many meditations and instruction on how and when to cleanse crystals. Want to read this book again.