Today's book review: Purifying Crystals By Geinger 2008

Purifying Crystals How to Clear, Charge and Purify Your Healing Crystals

Michael Gienger©2008 Earthdancer Mr. Gienger provides a power filled short course on the why and how of purification for your crystals.  Brevity is the keyword here.  This is an excellent treatise on keeping crystals powerful and pure.  In less than 60 pages Michael provides a complete overview of a number of simple purifying practices.  His approach includes how and why crystals become psychically contaminated and what to do about it.  There is now a Kindle version.

Newly posted book review

Gemisphere Luminary

Michael Katz

©1997 Gemisphere

I bought this book used from the Salt Lake City Library at one of their used book sales. In his astral state Mr. Katz was introduced to a group of spiritual realm gemstone guardians who subsequently channeled a rich overview of the power of gemstones when crafted into spheres and worn as necklaces or other jewelry.  The book Gemisphere Luminary is an extensive narrative compiled by an assistant note taker during numerous channeling sessions that Mr. Katz experienced with the gemstone guardians.  There is a huge wealth of information here.  Much of the content is way beyond anything that could be presented in a paragraph or two.  Gemisphere is the exclusive very upscale retail outlet and associated educational arm for Gemisphere Jewelry.  It is located in Portland Oregon and provides Gemisphere necklaces based on the channeled insight from the astral gemstone guardians.  The Gemisphere necklaces are of highest quality, and I do mean highest quality in the absolute sense of the word, natural precious and semiprecious gemstone beads such as ruby, emerald, sapphire, peridot, amethyst, etc… as such the goods are extremely costly.  I have been in the shop and seen the material.  The necklaces and other jewelry are indeed exquisite in every way.  Check out their website www.gemisphere.com.  From my perspective the cost of the jewelry puts the author’s literal application out of reach for all but the most extreme individually discerned therapeutic need, however new offerings by the company include some species of gemstones of splendid quality, smalls size, as undrilled spheres at reasonable prices.  I priced their blue topaz gemstone necklaces and found that they price range from 1 to 4 thousand of dollars.  Bloodstone strands were much less expensive rangeing from $80 to $175.  If nothing else the sheer volume of information here is stellar and Mr. Katz has authored a number of new works.

Crystalline Dimensions Event

Planet Rainbow Friday November 2nd Quartz Crystal Oracle Readings
This Friday afternoon November the 2nd. beginning at 4:00 and ending around 8:00 plan on coming up to Planet Rainbow for the monthly First Friday Psychic Fling. Planet Rainbow is located at the lovely entrance to Ogden Canyon at the top of 12th street in Ogden. Crystal Oracle Readings $20 for 20 minutes

Quartz Crystal Oracle

When I put on one of my classes on crystals I provide a set of handouts. One of the handouts contains book reports. You remember those possibly annoying assignments from grammar school.  Yes I never thought that I would use the skill either.  The book reports cover the forty-some books that I have read and used to build my understanding of the metaphysical aspect of the royal crystal realm. The next few posts will be extracts from the book report handout highlighting one or more of the books I have in my collection of crystal literature. Thanks for your interest and please let me know what appeals to you and if you think that something should be said slightly differently to make it more clear.  Please note that although I post a link to Amazon.com as a source for obtaining a copy of  the highlighted book I do not profit from the sale of a book or earn a commission for the click.

The first book overview is:

Crystal Power, Crystal Healing The Complete Handbook

Michael Gienger

Cassell Illustrated 1998

As scientific minds become more accustomed to the power and effects of new age insight they are bringing a wealth of technically based correspondences into our view of the interactions of crystals and consciousness.  Mr. Gienger’s awareness of the richness of crystal structure and elemental chemistry goes beyond that of the seven simple crystal classes and mineral chemistry groups.  His commentary on the metaphysical connections between extended units of crystal growth coupled with a view of the chemical elements is very enlightening and spiritually satisfying.  Michael has a sound understanding of mineralogy and has extended those aspects of mineralogy deeply into the fabric of metaphysical discourse.  The first half of his book treats his metaphysical world view of the natural substances of the earth and the second half is a lovely picture plate collection of many of the more readily available crystals on the market with a bit on the mineralogy, mythology, and healing modalities of each of the entries.  The index is exclusively devoted to the therapeutic terms used in the book and lists each of the minerals and crystals that Mr. Gienger associates with the therapeutic effect.  

Again thanks for your interest and love of crystals

Crystalline Dimension Events

Upcoming Crystalline Dimensions events:

Sit down with me and select five crystals from the pile of velvet bags. Open your bags and place the contents on the small yellow cloth in front of you.  You are about to connect with the messages broadcast by these these beautiful and mysterious crystalline teachers

Planet Rainbow Friday October 5th Quartz Crystal Oracle Readings
This Friday afternoon October the 5th. beginning at 4:00 and ending around 8:00 plan on coming up to Planet Rainbow for the monthly First Friday Psychic Fling. Planet Rainbow is located at the lovely entrance to Ogden Canyon at the top of 12th street in Ogden. Crystal Readings $20 for 20 minutes

Lotus Saturday October 6th Quartz Crystal Oracle Readings
If you miss the event at Planet Rainbow I will be at the shop of my friend Bill Jun called Lotus Imports the next day, Saturday October the 6th.,  for the 2727 event. Get two Passes for $27 or get four for $45. One pass gets you a 20 minute Reading or Service from a Psychic/Healer (that would be me).
Lotus is located at: 12896 S Pony Express Road #200, Draper, Utah Utah

Planet Rainbow Saturday October 20th Quartz Crystal Oracle Readings
Back at Planet Rainbow on Saturday October 20th starting at 11:00 A.M. and lasting the day.  More details to follow.

Lotus Saturday October 27th Quartz Crystal Class
On Saturday October 27th plan on attending the Crystalline Dimension class on quartz crystals at Lotus. The cost will be $10 and last for 2 hours. Time TBD.  Watch for details.
 Lotus is located at: 12896 S Pony Express Road #200, Draper, Utah Utah

Side note:
Apparently the Mineral Collectors of Utah will have their dealer venue and displays at Trolley Square in Salt Lake this weekend (October 5th, 6th and 7th.  I will be there on Sunday the 7th.  Hope to see you there.

Quartz Crystal Oracle Readings

Brandberg Amethyst

In her latest book 101 Power Crystals, Judy Hall (British Author and Metaphysical Crystal Worker) has identified the Brandberg Amethyst the number one mineral for our time. She emphatically states that if you are able to work with only one crystal it ought to be a Brandberg amethyst.   The Brandberg mountains are among the most sacred spaces of all those allotted to this earth.  Much like the Black Hills of South Dakota the Brandburg mountains of Namibia Africa erupt from the dry desert of the region in a splendid dark jagged swath of rugged peaks.  Up many of the canyons leading to the central peaks the ancient humans of this African mystical region have left more rock art pictographs and pictolgyphs than perhaps any where else on earth as a testiment of the deep dreaming energy infused in these mystical mountains.  The amethyst crystals found in various pegmatite deposits here have effusive and rich mystical allure. Treat yourself to a web search for the Brandberg Amethyst and let me know what you think. You might start with http://www.rocksofafrica.com

Turiya's Gifts

The owners of Turiya's Gifts just got back last week from the annual Tucson gem and mineral week.  They brought back a van load of boxed treasures.  They have again established themselves as the premiere supplier of  metaphysical crystals in the greater Salt Lake area.  The materials that they brought back are top quality and very broad in scope.  Lots of nice natural crystal points and clusters.  A huge influx of tumble polished semiprecious gems. Take a look at  Turiya's on Facebook

This Sunday (February the 12th) from 12 to 4  I will be at a benefit metaphysical fair for the daughter of a good friend.  She has a rare form of cancer and needs to relocate from back East to Colorado where a research MD has a treatment study underway.  Early results indicate remission is effective.  I will be doing my crystal readings and other practitioners will be offering their services with proceeds going to The Whole and Healed Richelle

Upcoming Activity

Next Saturday (February 4th. 2012) I will be at Lotus Import in Draper with my set of reading crystals during the 2727 event.
http://www.ilovelotus.com/  The store is located at Suite 200, 12896 Pony Express Road , Draper UT.  The readings are 20 minutes which consists of messages from about 5-7 crystals.

On the Saturday the18th of February I will be putting on my two hour class on crystals at Bright Blessings located on 25th Street in Ogden just east of Wall Avenue on the South side of the street.