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GEM HEALING (aka Crytal Healing)
Precious and semi-precious stones including crystals have been widely known for their medicinal powers since ancient times. Different stones possess distinct healing properties. The stones may be worn on the body, steeped in water, or ground up in elixirs. It is theorized that through emitted emanations the stones influence the body and mind.
In gem therapy there are no specific rule in the treatment of certain conditions. For example, in five different books on the subject one can find five different ways described to treat a certain affliction. The reason is according to W. B. Chow who explains in Precious Stones: Their Occult Power and Hidden Significance that "there are different scales of correspondences and under one circumstance one scale should be applied, whilst under another a different scale holds good... no natural subject is pure Sun, pure Moon, or pure Saturn."
A common method of performing stone healing is to follow a similar method as used by the Druids, go by the colour of the stone and apply the same principles as described in colour healing. For example yellow is good when used for curing intestinal and bowel disorders, and menstrual problems. So one might use a yellow diamond, jasper, topaz, or amber, etc. The stone should be placed on the afflicted area for at least one hour daily, and then worn as a ring or pendant the rest of the day until the cure is affected.
In 640 AD Neckeps wore a jasper around his neck to cure his queasy stomach. In 1969 Barbara Anton (a graduate gemologist of the Gemological Institute of New York) advised a friend who had suffered from irregular menstrual problems for years to wear a jasper pendent. When the woman did her periods occurred regularly on a 28 day cycle.
A Biblical Perspective:
Is there really anything wrong with crystal therapy and healing or crystalmancy? While there's nothing inherently wrong with crystals by themselves, there is something wrong when it is used for healing or as a charm to keep you from harm. One issue would be that it could be harmful to your body physically. For instance, if you stopped taking medication prescribed for your illness, because you have placed your faith in Crystal Healing, you risk dangerous consequences to your health.
It can be dangerous spiritually, since this is a practice that calls upon powers to heal that are not from God. People put their hope in a crystal to heal them, or even the "crystal healer", who "channels" and rely on the crystals to teach and heal. Unfortunately, they are relying on spiritual sources for the healing. Even if they claim that they are using the crystal to direct physical energy flow to help bring balance, it is rooted in the spiritual realm, meaning there is some source working behind it. Ultimately, this is considered an occult practice, which God clearly tells us to stay away from.
God doesn't want us to participate with these practices because it draws us away from Him and we begin to trust in spiritual sources other than Him. At its core, Crystal Healing is a form of mysticism, witchcraft, and occult practices. Jesus never used crystals to heal and it wasn't encouraged anywhere in the Bible. Crystals are talked about in various verses, but not as a form of healing or for energy balance. Instead, these scriptures tell us not to participate in any forms of sorcery, witchcraft, divination, etc... Some scripture references include:
Crystal Healing should be examined with caution. Any form of healing that contradicts Gods Word is not from Him. Overall, it's important to remember that the Evil One comes as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). However, his real motivation is to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10).
PLEASE NOTE:
One of the major problems with 'defining' Paganism and/or its beliefs and practices is that it is an 'organic' movement, in that it is undergoing constant change and re-evaluation from within, and as such any 'one-size-fits-all' approach to understanding Paganism will be found wanting.
Due to the very 'organic' nature of Paganism, and the many differing Paths and Traditions within it, in many cases no one definition may be universally accepted by all Pagans. Therefore, where such cases of possible conflicting and/or contradictory meanings of certain terms occur I have endevoured to give not only the generally accepted meaning, but also any major 'variations' in belief and/or practice.
Christians who believe this difference in meaning of certain key terms, beliefs and practices to be unique to Paganism need to remember that such conflicts also arise within the Body of Christ - the Church. Take for instance the differing practices amongst Christians concerning Baptism and the different attitudes towards women in the clergy.
- Jean-Luc
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