Multipurpose Crystals

Believe it or not, you can use crystals in almost every aspect of your life to provide a little boost here and there. The use of crystals in everyday living provides a continuous field of energy that can help keep you aligned to your highest vibration, at home, at work, even when dreaming!

Whether you want to balance your body, your unconscious mind, your appliances, or your home, there’s a crystal that can get the job done.

Learn How to…

• ◆ Use crystals around your house and office.
• ◆ Select jewelry to balance your subtle body.
• ◆ Improve your luck with crystals.
• ◆ Enhance your dreams.

Daily Crystal Use

Just as there is a crystal for every illness, there is a crystal for every situation—and I mean every situation, from studying to increasing lottery luck to harmonizing your home!

All crystals will provide some level of healing. You will get the best results from particular placements of crystals on your body and in your home and that’s what you’ll learn in this section. Let’s get started with something anyone can do.

Crystals for Learning

Many types of crystals are useful for students. A clear quartz cluster or amethyst cluster on your desk will help your focus and concentration. Or bring a double-terminated quartz crystal to an exam and gaze into it when you need your mind to be clear.

Got a big test coming up and need to memorize lists, names, and dates? A lapis lazuli, tiger eye, clear quartz window crystal, or green tourmaline can help get your mind in gear. Tape the crystal onto your third eye to reduce fogginess while you study or wear a crystal headband. (Something you’ll learn to make in the next section.)

Crystals on the Brain

To increase your intuition and open higher chakra centers, glue or tape a crystal such as clear quartz, lapis lazuli, celestite, or Herkimer diamond onto a stretchy headband. Wear it at your third eye in the center of your forehead and slightly above the eyebrows. You can also sleep with your headband at night to increase dream clarity. The crystal energy goes right through tape and cloth without altering its signal.

Crystals for Computers, Cars, and Coffee

Placing a crystal, especially black tourmaline or shungite on or near electromagnetic equipment (computers, large appliances, and car engines) will help regulate subtle energy fields and dampen electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Ongoing use of crystals with appliances will promote a longer lifespan with fewer breakdowns. You will definitely want a crystal for your coffee machine!

Adorn Yourself with Crystals

The extraordinary actress Elizabeth Taylor was well-known for her collection of exquisite jewelry and had some of the biggest and purest gemstones. She not only knew that they truly belonged to the earth, but also knew of their power to heal, to soothe, and to boost energy. Of course, not everyone has a budget to purchase the rarest gemstones, but you can benefit from more reasonably priced crystal jewelry. Just be sure they are genuine, quality gemstones to get their maximum healing power.

Wear Them

The easiest way to benefit from crystals on an ongoing basis is to wear them. Activate the lower three chakras (base, sacral, and solar plexus) by wearing rings, bracelets, and belt buckles or by slipping them into your pockets or a purse. See below for activating the upper chakras (solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown). When it comes to jewelry, the bigger the crystal, the more powerful the effect because a larger crystal often stores more energy than a smaller one does.

Here are a few guidelines to follow:

• ◆ To soothe or activate the solar plexus chakra, use a crystal in a pouch or on a necklace that reaches your abdomen.
• ◆ To activate the heart chakra, wear a necklace or pendant on a chain that is at least 18- to 22-inches long.
• ◆ For the throat chakra, wear a choker, a necklace that is 12- to 16-inches long, or a gemstone pin to provide more direct healing.
• ◆ The third eye and crown chakras respond well to crystals in earrings, tiaras (just like royalty or a pageant queen), headbands (on the forehead or crown), or hats and scarves with gemstone pins.

Conductive Crystal Energy

Metals provide electrical conductivity for the energy of the crystal, but each metal transmits crystal power differently. This means that some will feel right for you, while others might be unbearable.

Here are some general rules when it comes to choosing metals to use with crystals:

• ◆ Gold—It is the master of all metals. Gold emits solar, fire, yang, and masculine energy, and enhances intelligence and the higher mind. Gold gives a sense of power and absolute purity as well as a connection to great strength. Gold can link with a matrix of other crystals and is an activator of their electrical circuitry.
• ◆ Silver—Its qualities are feminine, cooling, yin energy, and the moon. When silver is worn, energy is retained and circulates throughout the subtle body. Silver also provides a balance when used with other crystals. It is the metal of choice for many jewelers for gemstone wrapping because silver does not block the energy of the crystal.
• ◆ Copper—A conductive material that can pass electrical pulses along its matrix without interference, copper is a servant to other energies, both human and crystal, by stabilizing energy transfers.
• ◆ Platinum—This expensive metal is perfect for seers and seekers. It provides clairvoyance, specifically hindsight and foresight. It will keep your crown chakra free of debris.
• ◆ Titanium—This metal is biocompatible, meaning your body is unlikely to react or be allergic to it. This is a metal that supports communication from outer space and can be used for interstellar communication.

There are quite a few people who have metal allergies. Most often the toxic effects come from nickel allergies. As a reminder, to avoid metal toxicity, do not put jewelry in your mouth.

As you continue to work with crystals, your sensitivities to crystals and metals may change. This is a positive marker of your deepening connection. It gives you something to look forward to.

Rings on Her Fingers, Rings on Her Toes

When looking for a ring, find the right balance between the quality of the gemstone, a size that fits your body type and personality, and your budget. Some jewelry needs to be highly functional for everyday wear. A ring that would suit an office worker might not be the best choice for a landscaper, for example.

After you’ve chosen the metal and a gemstone, think about the shape of the stone. Each shape has a story:

• ◆ Circle—A symbol of wholeness, completeness, and unity. Energy circulates and is renewed by a circular stone.
• ◆ Oval—An oval stone keeps the energy of both the sky (spirit) and the earth (groundedness) flowing throughout the subtle bodies.
• ◆ Triangle—A triangular stone represents the sacred trinity, a pyramid to focus energy for visions, dreams, and goals in life.
• ◆ Square—A square stone aligns and structures energy to provide stability and security.
• ◆ Emerald—The facets on an emerald-cut stone produce a mirror-like quality of eternal light representing the highest level of truth.

Deciding on which finger to wear your crystal ring is significant and can influence your energy and luck. Rings will open the energy in your fingers and hand chakras. Use the following illustration to figure out which crystals suit you best.

Lunar gemstones activate benevolence, gentleness, and creativity and should be worn on the left hand, which is the receptive side. If you’re a person who angers quickly or who might be a bit arrogant or rash, consider wearing a lunar crystal on your left side to tone those qualities down a little bit. (Really, just a little. It’s for your own good.)

Wear traditional lunar gemstone rings on the Mercury (emerald), Jupiter (yellow sapphire or topaz), or Venus (diamond) fingers.

Solar gemstones activate wealth, fame, friendship, and health, and they should be worn on the right hand. Wear traditional solar gemstone rings on the Sun (ruby) or Saturn (blue sapphire) fingers.

Bracelets

The ever-popular chip-stone bracelet is easy to wear, inexpensive, and provides some crystal benefits as your body picks up particles of crystal energy and distributes it throughout the body and aura by following the meridians and other channels of energy. However, this is not very focused energy. Think about it: your hands are waving around all day and are never stationary long enough to get good saturation in any chakra. If you want to get more concentrated crystal energy, remove the bracelet and place it on top of a chakra, or place the bracelet on your belly button to balance your energy.

You can also find ceremonial bracelets that combine powerful crystals and metals made by artisan healers. These specialized bracelets provide a shot of energy—think of Wonder Woman and her magic bracelets that she used to deflect flying bullets! Bracelets provide significant energy coming into the body if worn on both wrists.

Pendants and Earrings

Earrings are worn close enough to activate the throat and third eye chakras and will also influence the crown and heart chakras. If the earrings are long and dangly, the crystal energy will circulate in the aura. You might be more sensitive to crystals worn closer to your head. If you feel dizzy and disoriented, remove your crystal jewelry, sit down, and drink water to ground your energies. Breathe deeply, relax, and allow the energy to dissipate.

Pendants are usually worn at the throat, heart, or solar plexus chakras. When wearing a crystal pendant to activate or reenergize the solar plexus or heart chakra, choose a crystal that’s at least a half-inch large. Anything smaller is not going to be very effective. If the chakra is burned out, overworked, and lacking energy, a larger restorative crystal such as rose quartz can be very soothing.

Pouches of Power

Crystals can be placed in pouches and worn at the heart or solar plexus chakras for long-term intensive healing. Sacred items such as animal fur, shells, bone, and other natural objects that have ritualistic significance may also be placed in the pouch.

Leather and silk are the best materials for making a pouch because they allow the energies to circulate unimpeded. Use a leather string to maintain the energy transference. If you are vegan or an environmentalist, hemp or bamboo are suitable alternative materials. As a reminder, never touch someone else’s sacred pouch without permission! Getting into someone else’s space and energy uninvited might cause an energetic mishap for you and the pouch-wearer.

Increasing Prosperity and Luck

You can program your crystals for an unlimited increase of wealth and prosperity. Think big! Ruby and citrine are good crystals to use for attracting wealth. To magnify your money, put a small piece of each crystal in your purse or wallet next to your money. If you have a cash register, drop a citrine in there, too. Before buying a lotto ticket, rub your crystals in your hands to activate their energies and think of winning the prize and then select your ticket.

If you would like to program several small crystals or gemstones at one time, slip them into both hands and hold them in front of your nose before expelling your breath to program the crystals. During programming, ensure that all the crystals make contact with your breath. Then place them on top or around a symbol of your goal, such as a map of Europe if you want to travel there or around the photo of a friend you want to connect with. Leave them in place for seven days for the energy to line up and manifest the wish.

Feng Shui

Feng shui is the ancient Chinese art of placing things in the environment for harmony. Feng shui has grown in popularity with its wider introduction to the West. It’s related to the principles of yin and yang—the feminine and masculine in balance.

Feng shui is a complex field of study, but the results are so powerful that a business using feng shui principles can augment its sales rapidly. Consequently, some of the more famous feng shui masters in Asia are booked years in advance and command significant fees. In the West, feng shui has become more popular but is used mostly in residential settings. Crystals are used in feng shui to provide balance to the environment.

What’s a Bagua?

A bagua is a tool used to determine areas in your home or work environment where there might be an energetic imbalance. It’s a diagram of eight symbols used to represent different directions, yin-yang principles, seasons, elements, and family members. Each section of a home, a garden, or other area maps to one of the eight segments in the bagua. By using different cures or remedies in the segments, imbalances in the environment and home are influenced and balance is restored. Crystals can be used to adjust these imbalances when you understand the bagua and a few other concepts.

A bagua is used in a room or house by laying an 8-segment grid over the floor plan. The bottom segment, the Career segment, is aligned with the entrance to the front door of the house or the entrance to a room. To the immediate left of the door is Knowledge including courses, books, and training programs. To the immediate right of the door is Helpful People, such as friends and others who help us. Travel is also included in this segment.

Opposite the door is Fame or Rank. Fame is what you are best known for, what you are good at, or what you are certified to do. To the left of Fame is Wealth. Wealth can include possessions or things, such as an heirloom stuffed Labrador duck worth $10,000. (Really, there is such a thing called a Labrador duck.) To the right of Fame is Relationships (shown in the illustration as Marriage), which includes partnerships and anything that takes two or more people for wholeness to be accomplished.

The left middle side of the room is Family/Health and our ancestors who provide continuity of wisdom. (Even those who don’t have known family can still use the wisdom of their ancestors, real or imagined.) To the middle right is Children, who provide inspiration and creativity. (Even those who don’t have children can imagine the energy of being a child with great imagination and the freshness that unimpeded joy and creativity brings.) The center of the room is called Tai Chi and represents you in total harmony with all that is. The symbol of Tai Chi, the balance of yin and yang energies, is shown in the illustration by a circle with a black and white motif in the shape of the number 69. There is a drop of yin in the yang and a drop of yang in the yin. When chi is balanced, there is health and harmony.

Too Much, Too Little

To harmonize a segment of a room, take a look at your life and where it is now. In the following table, place a check mark in the column that you think best represents what you’d like to improve and make more active or tone down by making it less active so harmony and balance are restored. If you feel a segment is just right, you can check that column, too. Life can change; therefore you should keep track of what you did and didn’t change so you can continue to make effective adjustments.

Now select the type of crystal needed for the segments you would like to enhance from the following crystal bagua chart. Next, select the shape of crystal needed to either make that segment more energized or to tone it down.

Crystal Bagua Chart

Changing the Energy

If you want to have more time to spend in other areas of your bagua, tone down the overactive segment by selecting a shape for a less active crystal. To activate a sector, select tall, pointy, shiny shapes such as pyramids and spires. To tone down a sector, select crystals that are short, rounder, and have soft edges such as crystal balls or geodes.

For example, if you want to increase the energy in your career segment, you might select one or more black crystals. Place a black obelisk for decoration in this segment or even tack a photo or postcard of opals on the wall. You might find your career gets launched or that you have become more noticeable at work.

Now you are ready to purchase the appropriate crystals, if you don’t already have them, and place them where you can see them in the identified segment of the home. The crystals can go on the floor, on a table, on a book shelf, or anywhere visible. Be sure, however, that your crystals are safe from children and pets.

In a few days, the subtle energies will ripen and blend with your surroundings, and you will see the results. A powerful shift can occur as you are altering the subtle energies of your environment and your subtle body. Make minor adjustments, as needed, by adding more crystals or moving them into different sectors to achieve balance. Keep track of the results in your crystal journal.

The Art of Bagua Maintenance

If you are using crystals in the bagua over a long time, remember to cleanse and care for your crystals. Monitor the energy generated from the crystals in each segment to ensure you haven’t over activated the sector. Cleanse the area with smudge and refresh the crystals, or replace the crystals with new or different crystals. Let the crystals recharge in the sunlight or moonlight occasionally.

To clear environmental energies, program a smooth, polished clear quartz crystal to clear unwanted energies and toxins. Hold the crystal in an upright position in the middle of the Tai Chi (center) of your home. Holding the crystal at the base, slowly rotate the crystal to the right, visualizing white light streaming out and consciously clearing out all negativity in all segments.

You can also use some of these techniques to create a crystal bagua in the form of a crystal grid. (Find out more on this in Chapter 18.) I did say that crystals were multipurpose!

Dream Enhancement

Sleeping with crystals can encourage both dreaming and recalling those dreams by providing increased clarity of mind, mental recognition of the dream state, and awareness of your own consciousness. Wearing and using crystals throughout the day will also increase awareness when you are in a dream state.

There are three aspects of dreaming to program into your crystal. First, you need to direct yourself to actually dream. Next, your program should direct you to remember the dream. You have to store the information in your brain as a function of memory. Part of this memory will be patterned with the crystalline energy of the crystal and your bioenergetic systems. The third part is to recall the dream. Your mind has to retrieve the information from memory storage.

When you wake up in the morning, see if you can recall the dream. If you need a little help, hold your crystal near your third eye and remain still for about 5 minutes. If you still can’t remember your dream, that’s all right. Get up, and get on with your day, but remain receptive to recalling your dream. You might be sitting eating breakfast when the dream will suddenly come to you.

Crystals for Dream Enhancement

Just about any crystal will help you connect within your dream state. However, some crystals have a particular mission. Try these crystals for different experiences:

• ◆ Amber, jade, and aventurine all soothe emotions and quieten very active dreams.
• ◆ Blue tiger eye is a real eye-opener—of the third eye, that is. Use this crystal to go deeper into your dreams.
• ◆ Celestite keeps your crown chakra active for receiving messages from subtle spirit energies who use the dream state to teach us.
• ◆ Herkimer diamond produces memorable dreams, sharpens your memory of them, and provides healing at the mental and spiritual planes.
• ◆ Labradorite and moldavite produce spacy, prophetic, visionary dreams.
• ◆ Moldavite provides a powerful connection for communication to the stars and our extraterrestrial friends.
• ◆ Mookaite, the Australian dream stone, is a form of jasper and is great for accessing dreams and protecting the dreamer as entering into other states of consciousness.
• ◆ Moonstone is protective for astral traveling. It softens difficult dreams and nightmares.

Your dream crystals can be tucked into your pillowcase overnight to prevent them from rolling around. You can also just hold them in your hand or tape a small piece of crystal onto your forehead between your eyebrows with white surgical tape to intensify your dream state. If you find you are awake all night, remove the crystals or switch to a less active crystal.

Sodalite: I can calm and strengthen a troubled mind. I expand consciousness with clarity and increase powers of the third eye. I provide mental serenity and insight. I help you accept the truth without judgement.