I was hoping someone could give me a little advice

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Hello Everyone,

I've only been a member of this group for a little while. So I'm

not sure if this is the place I need to go for advice. But from what

I've read on the message board you all seem to be very educated when

it comes to stones. I thought it couldn't hurt to ask you guys for

help, the worst you can do is tell me that I'm nuts and I already

know that. I don't know ANYTHING about crystals and stones, but I'd

like to learn more(especially after what happened last night), if

someone could recommend some reading material for beginners I would

really appreciate it. Okay, enough babbling I'll get to my point for

this message.

I've always felt close to all things in nature and felt that there

was something more to it than just liking the outdoors. That there

was some kind of connection that I had, but just couldn't quite

reach. So I've been learning about natural magic and how to become

more intuned(meditation) to the energy that is within and around us.

Crystals have never grabbed my attention, like my need to connect

with nature and the elements that are around me have, this just kind

of fell in my lap.

God I feel like I'm crazy for even thinking what I'm thinking,

muchless actually telling a bunch of strangers about it. I'm just

hoping that you guys are open minded about this sort of thing,

because the Lord knows that no one else is around here, they all

think I'm charmingly eccentric(a nice way to say weird).

Well, when I had my natal chart done it was recommended that I

wear a white crystal next to my skin at all times. I ignored this,

thinking that I had enough stuff that I was trying to learn already.

But about 2 weeks ago I got lost in town and happened to see a store

called Mystic Minds. Since I was learning about natural magic I

thought that I would go in and check it out. As I was walking through

the store they had this little bin with a bunch of uncut stones and

crystals in it. Well, it grabbed my attention for some reason and I

ended up buying a quartz crystal(thinking that this might be the

white crystal I was told to get) and a green malichite stone(I think

that's what it is, but it grabbed my attention too). Since I had no

way to wear them next to my skin, I put them in my bra for the time

being and I've felt extremely calm and " centered " since then.

But the weird(I'm not saying anybody is weird, so I don't mean any

insults to anyone. If I do inadverdently say something that offends

someone, I truly am sorry, I mean no disrespect.) thing that has now

sent me to you guys is this. I put the quartz on a leather string and

it rests on my solar-plexus. I thought it was kind of cool that

wherever the crystal touches me I can literally feel a tingling

sensation, it's also very warm to the touch(is that my body heat that

does that?). But what freaked me out was, last night as I was lying

in bed doing meditation excercises, everytime I pictured the light

that comes from my solar-plexus getting larger, I REALLY REALLY felt

an electrical charge coming from the crystal. It didn't hurt, it felt

kind of like a buzzing sensation, just little zaps of energy. When I

first felt it, it scared the crap out of me so I sat up and it went

away. But when I started to visualize the light again it came back.

It was that way until I stopped the meditation excercises. I haven't

tried it again yet, I wanted to find out what you guys had to say

first.

So am I crazy, or is what I felt really possible? I feel really

stupid asking these questions but I just have to find out if what I

felt was truly real(which in my heart I feel that it is). So if

anyone could recommend a book that I can read to learn more about

what's going on I would be forever grateful. I know that I can go out

and pick up any old book pertaining to crystals but I know that

someone in this group will be able to send me in the right direction

instead of me wandering lost out there on my own. Again, if I

offended anyone with my ignorance, I'm very sorry I don't mean to

upset anyone I just had nowhere else to turn.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this,

Tricia