Butterfly Therapy Room

Crystals

A Brief History

The use of crystals for healing on many levels began long before what is called the New Age. When you hold a crystal or meditate with them, place them in special areas of your home, practise crystal healing or wear crystal jewellery, you continue practices which are as old as humankind. A prehistoric example is Newgrange, an ancient passage grave in the Boyne Valley of Ireland, which is older then the pyramids. It was built so that the sun would stream through the 70ft long entrance on the Winter Solstice – its roof was originally covered with white quartz – to symbolise the White Goddess.

History records the use of crystals as both functional and ornamental. The Gods of ancient myth wore them in their breastplates. Priests of many societies and brotherhoods, as keepers and preservers of lost prehistoric wisdom, often wore bejewelled amulets and plates, which acted as ‘oracles’ and ‘voice pieces’ from which advice was obtained.

The Atlanteans used crystals for healing – communication – weather control – as record keepers – among other things. Tibetans used them to produce light and the Mayan’s used crystals in their statues.

When we examine what modern research is uncovering regarding the full spectrum of the properties of crystals, and compare this with the ancient knowledge, we discover we are touching upon only the very beginnings of a vast forgotten technology.

Quartz was traditionally revered in the Far East, especially in carved form. Quartz crystal balls were considered to represent the heart and essence of a dragon. The stone most associated with China though is jade. Many kinds of amulets are carved from this stone, including for friendship and for romantic love.

Crystals were widely used in ancient Egypt – a hieroglyphic papyrus from the year 2000BC documents a medical cure using a crystal. Lapis was considered to be a royal stone and it was often ground and rubbed into the crown of the head with the belief being this would draw out spiritual impurities as it dried. Many stones were found in tombs, including carnelian, turquoise and tiger’s eye. These were often shaped into amulets, shields, the shape of a heart, the Eye of Horus and scarabs.

Native American settlers used crystals widely for spiritual, ceremonial and healing purposes. The ancient Mexicans made mirrors out of pyrite and the Mayans used it for ceremonial knives. The Mayans also used quartz for both the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Ancient Indian culture is a rich source of information crystals. The system of chakras, which helps us to know where to place crystals on the body for healing and meditation originated there.

Your Treatment

Crystals each have their own properties, assisting in the rebalance of the body’s energy system (chakras). The crystal’s piezoelectric charge is thought to interact with the magnetic/electrical field around the body.

In Sanskrit chakra means 'wheel', and those who can see them describe chakras as spinning wheels of light. They are found in the aura, an electromagnetic force field which surrounds every living being. The energy of the aura is that of our thoughts and feelings, and the chakras concentrate and coordinate the flow of these energies in and from the physical body.

We who use healing modalities based on subtle energy (colour, crystals, reiki) believe that illness first manifests in the realm of thought and feelings. If the mind and emotions continue to create resistance the blockage will eventually assume physical proportions, lodging in whichever physical area is most vulnerable.

The purpose of chakra balancing is to dissolve blockages before they become physical . Crystals, being symmetrical in their molecular structure, radiate energy in a consistent and steady manner. When they're used in chakra balancing they can help to reestablish a healing, creative flow.

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Stella Gateway
Soul Star
Causal
Crown
Brow (third eye)
Throat
Higher Heart (thymus)
Heart
Solar Plexus
Sacral
Base
Earth Star

The crystals are placed on around the body and will then work with the resonance and vibration of the chakra to highlight and correct any imbalances. Any changes that have occurred within the energy system will be explained after your treatment. Afterwards you are advised to rest and avoid stressful environments if possible.

Crystal therapy can also be incorporated into other treatments such as massage or Reiki.

Crystals at their simplest functional level, can store light and discharge it, or convert sunlight directly into electricity. A step beyond, the crystalline form can also store information in vast quantities. A cut sliver of crystal can pick up a specified vibratory pattern; the sliver can then be ‘frozen’ and subsequently ‘unfrozen’ later to playback the pattern………..