The Beginner's Guide to Crystal Healing

Shirley O’Donoghue has been teaching crystal healing for more than 30 years. The principal of Lucis College, she is an experienced lecturer and teacher in a wide range of holistic therapies including Reiki, color therapy, and flower and gem essence therapy. She is the host of a podcast, Consciousness Unveiled, Alchemy Unveiled, as well as a director of Holistic Harmony, a nonprofit that provides access to complementary therapies and energy healing for disadvantaged groups and individuals. Born in London, she now lives in Dorking, Surrey, England.

Preface

Acknowledgements

CHAPTER 1
Crystal-Therapy Basics

The History of Crystal Therapy
and Atlantis
What is Crystal Healing?
Questions on Chapter 1

CHAPTER 2
Selecting and Taking Care
of Your Crystals

How to Choose the Correct Crystals
for You
How to Dowse and Why
Cleansing Crystals
Questions on Chapter 2

CHAPTER 3
Getting to Know Your Crystals

Dedicating a Crystal
Attuning to a Crystal
Crystal Attunement Sheets
Energizing and Charging Crystals
Self-Healing with Crystals—Energy Flush
Questions on Chapter 3

CHAPTER 4
The Link between Color and Crystals

Color Therapy and Crystals
How Light is Reflected through
Crystals
Color Correspondences
How the Colors of Crystals Are Created
Creating a Crystal Mandala
Questions on Chapter 4

CHAPTER 5
The Subtle Energy System

The Chakra System
Chakra Functions
The Chakras and the Endocrine System
Chakra Sets
Reiki and the Foot and Palm Chakras
Discovering the Cause of Disease
The New Transpersonal Chakras
Differing Dimensional States
Higher States of Consciousness
Other Chakra-Cleansing Techniques
Chakra Imbalances
Nadis and the Kundalini
Marma Points (Vital Points)
Questions on Chapter 5

CHAPTER 6
Meridians, Auras, and Protection

What Are Meridians?
Techniques for Working on Meridians
Chinese Five Elements
The Aura
Electromagnetic Frequencies and Other
Energy Stressors
Crystals and Basic Feng Shui
Energy Protection
Questions on Chapter 6

CHAPTER 7
Making Your Own Gem Essences

History of Gem Essences
Making Gem Essences
How You Can Use Your Gem Essences
Toxic Crystals
Discerning What an Essence Does
Questions on Chapter 7

CHAPTER 8
Animal Healing

Rules and Regulations
Benefits of Giving Healing to Animals
Animal Chakras
Techniques for Working with Animals
Questions on Chapter 8

CHAPTER 9
Crystals and Astrology

Birthstones
Natal (Birth) Charts
Using Astrology to Empower
a Crystal Treatment
Crystal Rituals for Winter
and Summer Solstices
Questions on Chapter 9

CHAPTER 10
Using Crystals to Connect with Guides,
Angels, and Ascended Masters

Angels and the Angelic Hierarchy
Archangels
Guardian Angels
Contacting your Guardian Angel
Crystals with an Angelic Energy
and Angelic "Signals"
Connecting with Spirit Guides
Ascended Masters
Crystal Divination
Questions on Chapter 10

CHAPTER 11
Space Clearing with Crystals

Ways You Can Use Crystals
for Space Clearing
Questions on Chapter 11

CHAPTER 12
Numerology

Number Definitions
Digit Summing
Life-Path Number
Destiny Number
Master Numbers
Questions on Chapter 12

CHAPTER 13
Ancestra Healing

What is Ancestral Healing?
Reasons Why Ancestral Healing
is Required
Ways in which Ancestral Healing
Can Be Done
Questions on Chapter 13

CHAPTER 14
Combining Crystals with Other Treatments

How to Combine Crystals with Reflexology,
Reiki, Acupuncture, and Massage Selecting Crystals for Use with Other
Therapies
Facial Massage
Questions on Chapter 14

CHAPTER 15
Crystals and Sacred Geometry

Geometric Shapes and Their
Correspondences
Crystal Templates
Reiki Generators
Questions on Chapter 15

CHAPTER 16
Crystal Crafts

Growing Your Own Crystals
Making a Bracelet
Making a Crystal Wand
Examples of Other Craft Ideas

Recommended Reading

Appendix 1: Crystal Glossary

Amber
Amethyst Aventurine
Carnelian
Citrine
Hematite
Red Jasper
Lapis Lazuli
Malachite
Moonstone
Obsidian
Pyrite
Blue Quartz
Clear Quartz
Rose Quartz
Smoky Quartz
Snowy Quartz
Sodalite
Tiger’s Eye
Black Tourmaline
Turquoise

Appendix 2: Crystal Grids

Crystal Color Baths
Reiki Empowerment Grid
Energy Refresh Grid
Platonic Solids Grids
Angelic Empowerment Grid
Electromagnetic Grid
Low Energy Grid
Release Anger Grid
Grid Layouts for the Subtle Bodies

Appendix 3: Crystal Attunement Sheets

Appendix 4: The Mandala

Mandala Diagram
Interpreting the Mandala

Appendix 5: Crystal Casting Boards

Appendix 6: Dowsing Charts

Index