Crystals for Energy Healing: A Practical Sourcebook of 100 Crystals

by Ashley Leavy

This comprehensive sourcebook of 100 essential crystals for spiritual healing and all-round protection is packed with practical advice and fascinating information. Not only will you find out about the crystal's attributes, legendary power, and holistic benefits, but also about each crystal's specific energy to enhance, heal, or protect you. Crystals are the most natural, empowering force we can work with to promote spiritual balance and protect us from exposure to physical or psychic negativity. For thousands of years, crystals have been used for their powerful healing energy and to protect the wearer from negative forces. The ancient Taoists believed sacred stones vibrated with 'chi' or universal energy; the Greeks and Romans believed they embodied the gods and the planets; indigenous peoples believed they were alive with spirit. Black stones like obsidian have been used for centuries to protect from evil, and amethyst is still considered the power stone of spirituality, creating a protective shield around the body and promoting deeper levels of awareness. Crystals for Energy Healing includes introductory chapters on what crystals are, both their scientific legacy and their magical one; caring for and choosing crystals; and the importance of chakras and color in spiritual healing. There is also a practical chapter about working with these stones specifically chosen for protection and spiritual healing. The alphabetical sourcebook section that follows provides information about the uses and benefits of each crystal listed.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2017

Reviews

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting selection of healing crystals, many of which I've never heard or are familiar with.

[L · Rating 2 out of 5]

Multiple typos and formatting issues. Otherwise, a simple book with pretty basic practices.

[Nicholas Pearson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great tool for beginners. It’s well-organised and includes hands-on, practical ways to incorporate crystals into your life.

[gudetamama · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good information about crystals for beginners. Table of contents below:

Section 1 Crystal Basics
What Are Crystals?
Ways to Use Healing Crystals
Sensing Crystal Energy
Selecting your Healing Stones
Cleansing your Crystals
Dedicating your Crystals
Crystal Shapes
The Healing Properties of Color
Crystals and the Zodiac
Section 2 Crystal Healing
Starting your Crystal Journey
Crystals in your Sacred Space
The Power of Crystals and Affirmations
Creating a Crystal Medicine Pouch
Crystals and the Chakra Centers
Crystal Layouts for Healing and Balance
Crystal Grids for Healing
Crystalline Meditations
Section 3 Crystal Sourcebook
Crystals for emotional healing
Crystals for spiritual healing and guidance
Crystals for shielding and protection

As you can see in Section 3, instead of combining all the stones together, they're divided into (what I feel are arbitrary) categories of their application/theme: 1) emotional healing, 2) spiritual healing and guidance, or 3) shielding and protection. Then alphabetically within. Why not just A-Z for all, since their main functions can be mentioned in the keywords. This is just personal preference, and this way it was organized will be perfectly fine and perhaps even make more sense to many other people.

As for each crystal (in Section 3) there is a mini table prefacing each item (I really like this format):

APPEARANCE/COLOR:
CURRENT AVAILABILITY:
PHYSIOLOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE:
PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE:
ASSOCIATED CRYSTALS BY COLOR:
KEYWORDS:

Then a short paragraph for:
- THE CRYSTAL
- LEGENDARY USES
- ATTRIBUTES AND POWERS
- HOW TO USE (my favorite section, nice suggestions)

Has nice color photography, not just of the crystals but to accent the earlier chapters. There are people posing like in meditation or writing their affirmations in a notebook. Very coffee-table-book feel. A small comment: I know many stones have a huge diversity in appearance, but somehow I don't really feel that all of the sample images are representative of the crystal's energy. I'm thinking of Judy Hall's Crystal Wisdom Healing Oracle deck, and Jade-Sky's The Eternal Crystal Oracle Cards, which are able to do that. Again, this comment has to do with the photos rather than the text of the book, so this may be a negligible point.

4 stars: good resource, has fun facts and suggestions for activities for each stone, nice to look at.

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This had great basic information about crystals in the first part, including how the colors correlate with the chakras and how to cleanse and empower your crystals. The second part has information on various grids for the body and how sacred geometry can be used in crystal grids. The third section is an index of 100 crystals that work well with energy healing. If you’re well on your crystal journey, this book may be too basic for you. If you’re just getting started, this might be the perfect book to use as a springboard to dive right in!

[eb · Rating 3 out of 5]

This had some great information for beginners but definitely felt cherry-picked and not comprehensive. Odd inclusions of rare or off-the-beaten-path crystals rather than readily available ones felt performative (look what I know!) rather than practical to me.

I got some initial guidance about energies and crystals I wanted to add to my learning and collection, but overall it seemed an insecure "narrative" overall, and not as useful as it could have been.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE this book- so beautifully formatted and ultra-informative; I especially like the sections about historical uses & lore.

[Aileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s not the most intensive resource book but it’s great for someone who is just starting their crystal journey and need basic information.

[syd · Rating 5 out of 5]

good information for beginners!

[Arianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

When wanting to expand my knowledge with crystal healing , I bought this book and I was not disappointed . Awesome book for beginners , tells you different methods on how to cleanse your crystals , meditation tips , the meaning of different crystal shapes , in depth information about 100 different crystals !! This book is awesome , I just purchased this book for my own reading library .

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Beginners to Advance Crystal book