Beginner's Guide to Crystal Healing (eBook)

*; Explains how to choose your crystals and cleanse them, how to energize and charge them, as well as how to get to know your crystals and attune to them*; Explores the correspondences between gemstones and colors and discusses the effects of crystals on the chakras, the meridians, and the aura*; Reveals how to craft crystal essences, heal animals with gemstones, work with crystal grids, and combine crystal therapy with ancestral healing, Reiki, reflexology, acupuncture, and massageIn this full-color guide that is filled with explanatory diagrams and step-by-step photographic instructions, Shirley O'Donoghue shares the basics of crystal healing, enabling anyone to learn to use crystals for self-healing, energy work, and spiritual growth.The author explains how to choose your crystals and cleanse them, how to energize and charge them, and how to get to know your crystals and attune to them. Examining the correspondences between stones and colors, she looks at how to use crystals in color therapy and how to work with color to create crystal mandalas. She discusses the effects of crystals on the chakras, the meridians, and the aura and explains how to craft your own gem essences and how to identify and deal with toxic crystals. She looks at the relationship between crystals and astrology, numerology, and sacred geometryproviding several crystal grid layoutsas well as how to use gemstones for connecting with spirit guides, angels, and ascended masters. The author also explores techniques for using crystals for healing animals, for ancestral healing, and for combining crystals with other healing modalities, including Reiki, reflexology, acupuncture, and massage.This comprehensive guide also includes a directory of more than 20 common crystals and stones, enabling you to begin your crystal healing journey right away.