Crystal Power, Crystal Healing: The Complete Handbook

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Summary: AT LAST - An Incredibly Wonderful Guide to Crystals!
Review: After working with crystals and stones for nearly a decade and either owning or reading newly every crystal book around, I nearly fell out of my seat when I read this brilliant work. Finally, someone has come up with original information that is both pragmatic and accurate. It is not yet another warmed over text with the same information on the same topics, over and over and over again. This book explains the energies of the various scientific elements - something I have *never* seem before, as well as detailing the energies of the different crystalline structures and their chemical classifications. Aside from that, he provides wonderful information on the way each stone forms which can give us even deeper insights into the stones. I consider myself extremely knowledgable on the subject, but this work is a brilliant addition to the body of knowledge we have on stones. I give the greatest thanks to this author for such a powerful and useful contribution! May you always find the light within you so you may see the light around you.

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Summary: THE Definitive Work on Healing Minerals
Review: Gienger brings together realistic science, folk-traditions, AND intuitive application wisdom in the definitive guide for beginners and long-time practioners of the ancient art of crystal healing. This book is essential for the many pages of full-color photographs alone! Any student or practioner of crystal healing must have this work in her or his library.

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Summary: THE Definitive Work on Healing Minerals
Review: Gienger brings together realistic science, folk-traditions, AND intuitive application wisdom in the definitive guide for beginners and long-time practioners of the ancient art of crystal healing. This book is essential for the many pages of full-color photographs alone! Any student or practioner of crystal healing must have this work in her or his library.

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Summary: I love this book!
Review: I can't express enough how happy I am to have found this excellent source of insight and knowledge about crystals and their healing properties. I also went from being a nature enthusiast as a child to a student of science, to a practitioner of spiritual and natural healing. This book has done an outstanding job of relating the physical properties of the minerals to their mental, emotional, and spiritual actions. His explanation of the scientific principles behind mineralogy are clear, well-written, and easy to understand. His extrapolation of healing principles from the physical properties of the minerals is inspired and intelligent. This is a tremendous resource, my only regret is that he has no other books in English on this subject, he teases us with a reference to a second book in which he further discusses the use of minerals in chakra healing but as far as I can tell this isn't out in English (if anyone knows to the contrary please say so!). I recommend this book as an essential resource to anyone interested in deepening their relationship to crystals. This book is brilliant, well done!

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Summary: An Outstanding Reference Book
Review: Michael tells first off that this book is based on personal experience; he is not simply compiling information from other written sources. His reverence and study of where the crystals come from is profound. He dispels the "magic" of crystal effect by helping a reader to understand what a crystal is/what its nature is/what its relation the the whole of earth is so that respectful use of its healing properties can be used conscientiously, specifically, and subtly. He encourages empowering healing responsibility of the reader by asking them to listen primarily to what they hear from the stones; not just to take what he says about them. And best of all he honors the power of all stones be they chips, polished, faceted, untouched crystals, small, large or mountains; he does not require fussy rituals or very specific forms of crystals for them to be effective though he does acknowledge how these may enhance a desired effect - again do what's right for you. I find most of these aspects to learning how to use crystals frustratingly absent in all of the many other books on the subject that I have come across. His explanation of what is actually taking place in our material existence is eloquent and empassioned and reveals the true mindblowing magic of crstals.

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Summary: A complete metephysical handbook on crystals and gemstones
Review: This is a very comprehensive and complete guide to gemstone and crystal healing properties. Michael Gienger gives a good overview of the creation and formation of gemstones and crystals. He has taken the scientific information available and applied it to the overall function and properties given to particular colors and types of stone. His principles and theories of the effects of minerals on humans and animals is persuasive and is very interesting reading for those in the spiritual community. He has absolutely stunning color photographs and easy to understand physical,spiritual,emotional and mental applications and descriptions. This is a good book for those that are into the details and are serious about crystal and gemstone therapy and mysticism.

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Summary: Another frequently recommended book
Review: This is another book that I frequently recommend to people who come in our shop. It combines scientific information and metaphysical information, is easy to understand and has great photos. The theme from twilight zone does NOT run through your head when you read this book. I wish he'd write another book with more stones.

May your best day of 2004 be your worst day of 2005

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Summary: AT LAST - An Incredibly Wonderful Guide to Crystals!
Review: This is the first book that I obtained regarding crystals and their properties. It is one that I would rate at the top of the chart for info. I find comfort in it's pages for the basic needs regarding this vast topic. It goes deep enough for the beginning practitioner. The awesome colour pictures are very beneficial for identifing stones received as gifts.

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Summary: A Must Have
Review: This is the first book that I obtained regarding crystals and their properties. It is one that I would rate at the top of the chart for info. I find comfort in it's pages for the basic needs regarding this vast topic. It goes deep enough for the beginning practitioner. The awesome colour pictures are very beneficial for identifing stones received as gifts.