How to choose crystals

Ask The Crystal Healer! Simply look up the reason you need a crystal or a specific dis-ease in the ailments directory (chapter 6) and select the appropriate crystals.

Always choose crystals you are drawn to. Those are the ones you find pretty, sparkly, interesting and keep going back to. These will always help you, sometimes in strange and wonderful ways. It may be obvious to you when you check what they do why you were drawn to the specific crystal. They can also be predictive or they may be for someone close to you. Whatever their purpose, they will reveal it to you when needed. I’ve been drawn to specific quartz crystals, of which you can probably guess I have many, without knowing why. These will sometimes sit around for days, weeks, even on one occasion two years, but always there is a reason. Each is the right crystal for something or someone very specific. So when you’re attracted to a specific crystal, don’t worry about why. Trust yourself. You can always look up what the crystal does in The Crystal Healer (chapter 3) or search this web site.
The most important thing when choosing a crystal is to trust yourself!

If it’s a crystal for a specific purpose or gift for someone else then think about the reasons or person you are choosing the crystal for and be open to anything. Crystals will choose you; they’ll appear to shout, sing, dance and jump off a shelf or almost leap out of your computer screen to get your attention.

Oh yes, I should have talked about crystals you “noticed”, rather than ones you were “drawn to”. It’s those crystals that you don’t like that will really help. You don’t like them because they’re touching something very uncomfortable and deep inside you, that you thought you’d locked away. (I’ve seen people burst into tears or be physically repulsed by a crystal!) Every now and then something starts to trigger it and you avoid the situation. You’ve avoided it for so long that you probably don’t even know what it was in the first place. Now it’s buried deep in your subconscious. And the crystals you don’t like are going to bring it to the surface. When you work with these crystals you will probably feel emotional, perhaps have a good cry, get angry or anything else that lets the trapped emotion out for you. Sometimes it can be rough… but stay with it, it won’t last long. And after that you’ll feel better. So much better in fact that it will change your life! You will never have to avoid something again because of it (even if you didn’t know what it was in the first place).

Pendulum dowsing
Dowsing is a natural and ancient human ability, possibly the oldest form of divination.  The idea of water divining is as ancient as man. People have been dowsing since before recorded time. (We can safely say this as the earliest writings talk of dowsing in a matter of fact way. It was not new when we started writing.) Dowsing is used today by therapists in many fields as well as water and oil companies throughout the world.

Pendulum dowsing and selecting crystals
Choosing a pendulum
When you do, don’t think about it too much. Simply stand in front of a selection of pendulums, or look at a page on this web site with a large selection, and select the first one you notice. What are you drawn to? What qualities do you want your pendulum to have?
When you have your pendulum ask it if it's a good one for you! To do this simply identify your yes/no for yourself and ask if it is a good pendulum for you to work with. If it says yes fine, if not try another.

Crystal pendulums are easier to work with when you start as crystals magnify energy making it easier for you to see a response.

Hold the pendulum in your hand and ask a simple question to which you know the answer is “yes”. Such as “am I a woman/man?” The pendulum will start to make a movement. Ask the opposite question and you should see a different movement. You have identified your “yes” and “no” and can now ask any question you wish. As with all spiritual tools pendulums respond to how they are treated. If you are serious your pendulum will always give you the correct answer (be aware of how you phrase your questions). If you treat it as a game or continually ask the same question over again it will respond accordingly!

You can work with pendulum, dowsing rods or forked twig. A pendulum is more convenient, easier to transport and easier to work with over a client.
Pendulums give you a physical external representation of your natural inner knowing.

Once you have selected your pendulum, hold it over crystals one at a time and ask “do I need this crystal?” It’s that simple.