Енциклопедия на кристалите

by Judy Hall, Джуди Хол, Пумен Кулев (Translator)

"Енциклопедия на кристалите" се е превърнала в предпочитан в целия свят справочник, с продажби от повече от един милион екземпляра. Указателният й вид ви дава възможност да откриете веднага данните на известен кристал или да идентифицирате някой неизвестен.

Посочената информация покрива физическите и езотеричните характеристики на всеки камък, включително духовния, менталния, физиологичния, емоционалния и физическия ефект, както и лечебното му приложение. Включвайки традиционната и съвременната наука за кристалите, книгата е следствие от 35-годишния опит на Джуди Хол в тази сфера, и е задължително четиво за любителите на кристалите по целия свят.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Witchcraft, Reference, New Age, Metaphysics, Paganism

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

An internationally known author, astrologer, psychic, healer, broadcaster and workshop leader, Judy Hall has been a karmic counsellor for over thirty years.

Her books have been translated into fifteen languages. Her specialities are past life readings and regression; reincarnation, astrology, psychology and natural forms of healing.

She has clients from all walks of life: the House of Lords, the European Parliament, pop singers, university professors, scientists and mystics, and people on social security.

She has conducted workshops around the world. A trained healer and counsellor, she has been psychic all her life and has a wide experience of many systems of divination and natural healing methods.

Judy has a B.Ed. in Religious Studies and an extensive knowledge of world religions and mythology. Her mentor was Christine Hartley (Dion Fortune's metaphysical colleague and literary agent). She completed her Masters Degree in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at Bath Spa University.

Reviews

[Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are in to crystals, gemstones, and how to use them in everyday life and for healing, then this is the book for you. The name says it all. It is my bible for crystals and healing. My copy is dog-eared and pages have to be stuck back in because it is so well used.

The Crystal Bible is a comprehensive listing of hundreds of gemstones and crystals, with detailed information on their appearance, their properties and attributes, and how to and what sort of healing to use them for. As well as having the crystals alphabetically listed, there is also an index of symptoms so every time I have an ailment, I look up the appropriate crystal to use to speed up the healing or to work through what ever issue is being brought to the surface. Every time this book is spot on what crystal is needed, and each and every time, the explanations given provide new insight into the ailment or issue.

Also included is a detailed section on Crystal care, how to select your crystals, and how to use them, including gridding, meditation and healing applications.

You know what I would really love? Is for this and the other Crystal Bible's to be apps that you can access at any time. That would really make my day!

I cannot say enough good things about this book and how many times you will keep referring to it. I have clicked on a date I finished this book but you never really finish it. It is an invaluable reference tool that you will use every day.

[Maya · Rating 1 out of 5]

Impulse purchase. It's key focus is on the healing effects of crystals, which I'm not interested in.

Looking up crystals with this book fills me with despair. Scientifically-unfounded paragraphs about "healing properties" fill the 400-pages of this book -- all that wasted space could have been used for including more crystals, not to mention useful information about the history and facts behind each crystal. Tell me how the crystal is formed, not whether it "promotes introspection" or "stabilises the personality". Wtf?

[Libby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a definitive guide to crystals by any means - if thats what you are looking for try Love is in The Earth or any of Melodys works - but it is still a useful quick reference guide if you kind of know what you are looking for.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

More detailed definitions than the Crystal handbook, but doesn't have all of the ones I was researching. However, there are 2 new additions out of this book by the same author.

[♥Xeni♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book in the Bangkok Airport, and then read it on my long flight from Bangkok to Munich. It definitely paid off to buy this book! I know a lot of crystals, but I don't think that there was one in this book that I knew! It is amazing to see how many crystals are out there! This is definitely a great reference book (especially for all the other advice that it gives on how to use crystals, etc)

[Diane in Australia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book about crystals. If you use crystals for any reason, this is a superb reference book. There are, at least, 3 in this series.

3 Stars = I liked the book. I'm glad I read it.

[Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!} · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 3.5

Disclaimer: I also go on an anti-vaxxer rant in this review that is not related to this book. This book does not advocate going off medication or not vaccinating (that I can remember).

I'm a witch, so I use crystals in a witchy way. Be very careful if you use crystals on your skin, in your water, etc because gemstones can be poisonous or just not something you want on your body or in your water or potions. Triple check each and every time. Also, keep taking your meds and receiving western medical treatment and vaccinate yourself and your kids. The book doesn't talk about these things (or I don't remember the book talking about it), but it does mention poisonous gemstones. This book is a good witchy reference but I wouldn't say it's the most in-depth for magic and again, remember to keep Western medicine in your arsenal. Science is good and saves lives.

The way some people woo~ these days has me concerned and angry. I like EOs as much as the next witch but ffs stay rational (and safe) about it. EOs weren't talked about in the book, but I just want people to be smarter and rational when they woo~ as a whole. It angers and scares me to see kids get measles and other diseases that they could have avoided easily if their parents were actually good parents and got them vaccinated. #SorryNotSorry I know it's not necessarily witches who are anti-vaxxers but there are a lot of cross-overs with the new-agers.

Also, non-magic/witchy folks can use crystals, EOs, and don't vaccinate their kids too. Fundamental Christians can also be anti-vaxxers but I doubt they are going to read this book or my review lol Anti-vaxxers really do come from different places. My message is the same: Vaccinate your kids (and yourself too).

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just getting into crystals this book is very helpful in ID them. The only thing I would say I wished it had been done in colour order not alphabetical order it hard to find what you looking for when you have no idea of its name but once you found what you looking for the information is good.

[Juli Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Frankly, I don’t think I’m the right kind of person to write a review of this book--I’m a big crystal skeptic. People who believe in the power of crystals clearly find this book indispensable, and I am glad they have a book they love. As a lover of jewelry and a collector of beautiful natural objects, I have always admired crystals and minerals, and the taxonomist in me loves to read about how they are classified and related to each other. As a generally symbolic thinker, I also love to learn the associations that we humans give to various types of stone.

This book did not really satisfy any of those inclinations in me. Aside from a couple short pages on the general formation of crystals in the introduction, there is no information on the scientific natures of minerals--no chemical makeup, specific formation, nothing. While this book is full of symbolic associations, they are not necessarily the ones based in folklore and collective consciousness that I enjoy. There are no citations, not even a “further reading” page, and I dislike a dead-end book. There are lots of lovely pictures, though, which saves this book from being a single-star affair for me. Next time I will be a little more discriminate about the crystal books I pick up, so that I know I am getting one that satisfies my own interests.

[Mehmet]

Bu alanda sözde 35 yıllık tecrübesi olan Judy Hall'in, öykülerimde vs. bana yardımcı olsun, genel kültürümü genişletsin diye gidip de satın aldığım bu kitabı tam bir pişmanlık. Goodreads'ta bir de 4 küsür puan almış. Yazıklar olsun.

21. yüzyıla gelmişiz, hala "şifalı ot, şifalı taş bik bik" zırvalıklarına inanan bunun gibi tipler var. Evinin girişinde karşıdan sol köşeye atıyorum Malakit taşı koyarsa zenginliğinin artacağını, alnına akik bastırırsa ümitsizliğe iyi geleceğini falan cidden düşünen aptalların da var olduğunu görmüş oldum.

Baskı kötü, fotoğraflar kalitesiz ve yetersiz. Kimi kısımların çevirileri unutulmuş. Alfa yayınlarını iyi bilirdim, hayal kırıklığına uğradım.

Verdiğim paraya yazık.

[Tyler Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

An awesome book on hundreds of common, and uncommon crystals! Has information about how crystals were made, a detailed description of each crystals properties, Has references to other things, including chakras. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in crystals and especially crystal healing or using crystals for spirituality etc.

[Alex]

My life is complete because I now know that this masterpiece is on goodreads.

[Katerina Stavropoulou · Rating 1 out of 5]

bought it back in 2020, before I figured out I don't work with crystals:/

still helpful tho, I would recommend it to anyone who is interested

[Grace B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

While reading this book if you're not the person who's like "Oh, I need this. This too! Wow, I know who'll benefit from this", then you'll be the person who's dismissing it all as New Age mumbo-jumbo.

If you're the first kind, this book is everything you would like an encyclopedia about crystals to be. Beautiful clear photos, scientific explanations, esoteric explanations, how to use them, how to take care of them, etc. Perfect, right?

Yet, the negative is none of that can be fact-checked. Or at least I know nobody who would spend their time finding and correcting errors or misinterpretations. For example, are the photos really of the said crystals? I don't have much experience with them, but I've never seen a blue jade that looks so much like a fake turquoise (p.153 in my edition). There are also no sources or further reading listed.

Anyway. If any of this brings you happiness, don't let anyone yuck your yum.

[Tara Becksworth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Better off getting Crystal Guide Pocket Edition on Android. I found the Crystal Bible to be quite lacking in geological data (it's overly biased with metaphysical properties) and it uses a lot of unrecognised alternative names for the crystals - why when there are established/approved names?

[JADE · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Crystal book is what you need if you’re into crystals. It describes what it’s used for and the benefits of it. Helpful.

[Sammy · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's facts are unbacked and it lacks quite a bit of relevant information. I don't think I'm a fan of any book that has Bible in it.

[Tamar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heel helder en mooie plaatjes

[〰️Beth〰️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative

So much information in this book. Beautiful pictures to go with some of the descriptions. Definitely a book that you will use as a reference on a regular basis if you just like or use crystals and stones.

[NormaCenva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was very helpful in helping me to identify a stone I have randomly found on a walk one day. New editions are probably much improved, but this one works just as well.

[Lilith Reading Lane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do love this so much but wish it has more

[Rick Rapp · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is not meant to be read straight through (although I did just that.) It is a resource filled with much useful information on individual stones, rocks, crystals...including their availability, location, and healing properties. It will be a useful reference book for many years.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[S’s Reading World · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can’t stop reviewing this book I received for Christmas. It is a must have reference for healing crystals and also has other tips as.
Well as information on locations of your chakras. I have learned so much and my crystal collection is now being appropriately used. Great for the novice crystal collector and user.

[Katje van Loon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not terribly sciencey so I can't speak with full authority to the bits of the book that talk about the scientific facts about crystals, but they did seem fairly accurate when compared to my hazy memory of geology.

The rest of the book I found useful. It has full color pictures of crystals so you can actually ID those stray stones in your collection (I found out I have a piece of Kyanite, f'ex). The information on how to use the crystals does focus on healing, but I didn't see any glaring errors. Personally I prefer to ask the crystals themselves what they want to help me with.

Something fairly useful? Different methods of cleaning crystals, noting what kinds of crystals will suffer in water. I would have preferred that each crystal entry had that specific information in it, honestly, rather than having a general section on it at the front of the book. But she does give you enough information that it shouldn't be too hard to find out the rest of the details by yourself with some quick research.

I'd say that if you're really interested in using crystals in your spiritual or witchcraft practice, this book is worth picking up. I know I'm going to be on the lookout for my own copy.

[Melanie Rippon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Emphasis very much on the occult/metaphysical/alternative therapies usages for crystals. Does give a brief overview of how common or not each stone is, where it is likely to be found/mined from, & where you are most likely to be able to purchase them from e.g. specialist supplier only. Look elsewhere if you want detailed geological information on how the stones are formed, maps of their distribution etc. Given the emphasis of the book, I'd have liked to see more on how the stones came to acquire the metaphysical/healing properties assigned to them e.g. mentions in myth/legend/folklore & religious texts, historical usage. Stones are listed more or less alphabetically, with some stones e.g. quartz having a general entry then alphabetical entries for specific types/variations of that stone. So not much use as an identification guide that I can see - you would need to know what particular stone you had.

[Scottsdale Public Library]

Have you ever found yourself drawn to a certain crystal or gem? That's because many believe that crystals have energies! They are beautiful, mysterious, and awe inspiring. This book covers all types of crystals and their metaphysical, magical, and healing properties. Every page has gorgeous pictures of each gem and information about the energy that it holds. The Crystal Bible is a must have reference guide for anyone who works with crystals or who just loves to wear them. - Colleen M.

[Allie Jo Arendell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been referencing this book since 2017 since I first started working with stones. It is my second favorite book behind The Pocket Book of Stones by Robert Simmons, but the writing is also terrific. I usually reference both books simultaneously on the same stone and the result is something magical. I highly recommend this as a stone reference book after purchasing The Pocket Book of Stones.

[Meaghan Lake · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book is next to my bed all the time it's used as a reference for us each time we have something we think crystals might help with ranging from health issues to stress and simple relaxation might not be to everyone's taste but if you like this sort of the g you should get this book

[Lisa James · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. The information is presented in a concise manner, yet easy to read. Each crystal has full color photos, & it's a great size to be able to reference time & time again.