Do Crystals Work?

Do Crystals Work?

Recently I was asked if in my opinion I think crystals work. By “work”, the understood meaning was if I think crystals actually hold metaphysical properties that can enhance your livelihood by carrying them, doing spells with them, having them on your alter, etc.

Believe it or not, crystals and their uses can become a very touchy subject. After reading the first paragraph, there will already be a large group that says, “Of course they work! How could you think otherwise?” And another group saying, “Of course they don’t work. They’re rocks.” Now as I, myself am a witch and a practitioner, you may feel that I would be biased to the first opinion, but I don’t really use crystals in my practice. Despite that fact, I’d really like to dive deeper, examine, and figure this out.

From physical appearance, crystals are beautiful and quite amazing. Compacted minerals that have built up over time to form a geometric design. The remnants of which are literally broken down stars that have placed these “building block” minerals on our planet to even be able to form these “rocks”. That in itself is something to behold.

From a metaphysical standpoint, there is generally a Crystal for just about anything you need. Amethyst to enhance intuition, Garnet to increase energy, Moonstone for balance, and the list goes on and on. You can purchase these raw, tumbled, sliced, pointed, and in a variety of other ways.

The metaphysical qualities of an item generally mirror the physical qualities of said item. For example, salt is believed to be a protective agent. Just as it has the capability to preserve food it has the metaphysical capability to preserve you. The traditions and beliefs of the qualities of herbs, stones, and everything else in magick stem from many sources including old world medicine, folklore, mythology, modern medicine, and various other sources all combined to tell us what the magickal purpose is.

Crystals are also used in healing to draw out negative energies and bring in good ones. By placing certain stones on certain places of the body, it is believed that you can achieve a flowing current and truly enhance someone’s way of living while relieving stress and other ailments.

So let’s talk science. Lots of the belief on a crystals ability to affect the mind and the body is based on vibration. The crystal vibrates at a certain frequency, your body at another frequency, etc. Well, this is of course true, because as wild as it may seem, everything is vibrating all the time. We all vibrate at a certain frequency level, but can those frequencies alter each other? That I cannot tell you.

Crystals, just like salt, can also have metaphysical capabilities based on their physical qualities. Quartz for example, believed to amplify energy does exactly that within your computers, watches, etc. So from that point, I would ask if it is so hard to believe that this stone is able to amplify energy within a modern device, and therefore able to amplify energy within your body as well?

Our bodies absorb constantly. There are constant (very real) energies passing through your body. Some are harmless, and some are definitely not good for you. So if the human body holds spongelike capability, once again, is it so hard to believe that we are able to absorb from these stones?

So right here, right now, in an article I did not plan to do this in, I’m going to tell you the secret of magick. This is the absolute key to your work. The one thing you need more than anything is belief. Now, as cheesy as that may sound, it is absolutely the truth. Let’s use the crystal as an example as to what this means. Let’s take the latter side of the argument for just a second and let’s say that these stones have no capabilities and are not able to effect your body in any way. Does it really matter? If you carry a quartz and you feel amplified energy because you’re holding it, then isn’t it still doing its job, even if there is not a measurable result? In the latter argument, it is hard to say they do nothing, because the human mind is quite powerful and you can spend all day reading about placebo tests that show just how powerful it is.

So, it all comes back to the original question. Do crystals work? In turn I’d ask you, “Do you believe they work?” Belief is the key to magick, to manifestation, to anything you’re setting out to do. It really comes down to they are physically altering your body, or your mind believes they are physically altering your body and makes modifications to your body based on this belief. If you think they work, then they work. Believe in yourself, believe in your practice and mold the world to what you want it to be. Don’t spend so much time worrying about if something is “real”. If it’s real to you, then it is part of your reality.