It’s an honor to have Vanessa Finaughty as a guest on the topic of Crystal Magic! She is a multi-genre author who has published more than 20 books, including school books published by Oxford University Press Southern Africa.

I have known Vanessa since 2013 when I joined her Smashwords author’s group on Facebook. Of course, I read some of her books! Excellent writing! Enjoy Vanessa’s guest post.

Crystal Magic

Crystal magic is one of the oldest forms of magic, often used in healing and spiritual practices. The Ancient Egyptians wore crystals in jewellery for protection and good health, the Ancient Sumerians used them in magic practices, and witches, cunning folk and healers used them in the Middle Ages for healing and charms. The Ancient Irish used quartz for protection against evil fairies that brought illness, bad luck or death, and farmers tied quartz crystals around their cows’ necks to protect them from these fairies.

In today’s world, besides more scientifically acceptable uses, such as in watches, ultrasound, radios, microphones, heaters and so on, many people still use crystals for good luck, healing, meditation, manifestation, protection from negative energy or for spell work, etc. They are also still used in talismans and amulets, as well as for scrying. Many (including me) believe that your thoughts and intentions are energy, and that crystals can be used to channel that energy.

Vanessa Finaughty’s CrystalsThe logic to it

The belief is that crystals interact with our energy fields – or chakras – and can thus be used for spiritual, mental and physical healing. Different crystals have different chemical structures – hence, their energies are naturally different and each is believed to be useful for something different (although the uses sometimes overlap). It’s also believed that you can cleanse and ‘charge’ any crystal for a specific purpose – this is usually done by leaving it in sunlight or placing it under running water, often along with some form of meditation or focused intent.

When we consider that all matter has energy and that these energies can interact with each other, it’s not such a stretch of the imagination to believe that we can manipulate said energy, unknowingly, even. Look at it from the perspective of your own experiences. Have you ever been around someone who left you either feeling energised or as if the life had been sucked from you? This is because your energies interacted. So I think it’s feasible that your energy can also interact with that of objects, including crystals.

What does the science say?

I admit I was disappointed to discover that the bulk of the evidence here is more anecdotal than scientific.

However, the following are interesting, represent the start of scientific evidence gathering and hint at some possibility:

There are accepted ways of using electrical currents to treat pain and other health issues, for example, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS).An 1880 study by Jack and Pierre Curie found that crystals could create observable electrical energy with pressure and a temperature change. Their work indicates that holding a crystal might be able to affect your body’s energy.Another study concluded that it was merely the placebo effect and not the crystals themselves at work.

Consider also that the idea of a crystal’s energy field causing a change in a human energy field is similar to vibrational resonance in physics – a vibrating object causing another object to vibrate at higher amplitude. This does make it seem more scientifically plausible. Still, at this point, the general consensus in the scientific community is that it’s nothing more than pseudoscience – I believe that, one day, this will be proven to be incorrect!

Book 3, United Army will be released on 10-21-25What I think

Although crystal healing isn’t a substitute for a doctor or medication, it can definitely help you to feel stronger and more positive, thus having a generally positive influence on you. Whether this is the placebo effect or actual healing, I can’t scientifically verify. However, the placebo effect itself is evidence of the ‘magical’ power of the mind, which is equally mind-blowing if you ask me!

What do you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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Vanessa Finaughty is a multi-genre author who has published more than 20 books, including school books published by Oxford University Press Southern Africa. Vanessa grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, and still lives there with her husband and their four children (two humans and two furry, four-legged).

Learn more about her on her blog, Smashwords profile, and Amazon.

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