Laying on of stones

[Guest guest]

Nancy:

 

Quite an interesting story here. Before I got to the end of it, I was already

thinking that the *source* of the pain was not in the shoulder at all! But

then - the wand figured that out on its own. ;-) You have been gifted with a

very powerful tool here.

 

Blessed Be,

Bonnie

 

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, Jane Berrigan <reikiskhm@h...>

wrote:

 

>

> I have had a number of crystal layout healings done for me. One

> practitioner used a layout of large quartz crystals (4-5 pound

> stones) at the head and feet, appropriate colored stones on the body

> and single point quartz crystals pointing inward on the left and

> right sides of the body at each chakra. The quartz points (usually

> approximately 3 inch in length) used on the sides of the body all

> had the non-point ends wrapped in copper wire.

>

> Just wondered about your experience with copper wire wrapped quartz

> or your thoughts on it.

>

> Another person used crystal/gem necklaces - she took an amethyst

> necklace and folded it two or three times, and laid it across my

> forehead. It was heavenly - coolness and bliss :-) She also

> wrapped a hematite necklace around both of my feet for grounding. So

> one does not have to take jewelry apart to use it in a layout

> session which makes me very happy as I have quite a few of the long

> strands of gemstones.

 

 

Hi Jane!

 

Wow! This post really seems to speak to me. Not only the use of

jewelry strands but the copper wiring. I think it would be

interesting to make some of the simple geometric patterns, that Peggy

spoke of in her Layout posting, out of the copper wire and set some

standard chakra crystals on the wire for each of the chakras. That

way, if you use a geometric pattern the copper wire would conduct and

hold in place the crystals. Just a thought.

 

Kik

[Guest guest]

Wow, Nancy, this is so great. What an incredible tool to have.

 

I think the copper wire can be a plus - isn't copper a conductor?

 

The magnetized rods sound very interesting...are they magnetite? I

know that magnetite is one of the things that is wrapped in on the

ends of my two twins that are very powerful.

 

 

njmccune wrote:

> I bought what was described to me as an etheric wand a few months ago.

 

--

Janie

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kik,

 

I think your idea of the geometric patterns out of copper wire is

great! At each of the points in the pattern, you could wrap the

copper around the stone...I think it is the wrapping around the

stone that helps conduct what seems to be a greater force of the

stone's energy. Experimentation will tell :-) Please let us know

what happens if you try this!

 

 

mumflower3 wrote:

> Hi Jane!

> Wow! This post really seems to speak to me. Not only the use of

> jewelry strands but the copper wiring. I think it would be

> interesting to make some of the simple geometric patterns,

 

--

Janie

Walk softly, Live gently

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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Usui Reiki Ryoho & Seichem Classes

In person - New Jersey

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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as a judge of Truth and Knowledge

is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.

~ Albert Einstein ~

[Guest guest]

I have heard of copper wiring being used with crystals for its ability to

conduct energy. The way that I have seen them used is to wrap the wire around

the crystals (around the bottom portion) and use the wire to attach the

crystals (clear quartz) to the four corners of a room. A fifth clear quartz

crystal is then suspended from the center of the ceiling (with the point down

- the other four points would be up). In this manner the entire room becomes

an energy pyramid. Quite useful for plants, if the purpose of the room is for

meditation or energy healing work of any kind, or if the room is a *sick

room* - i.e. the room of one who is in ill health and bedridden.

 

Blessed Be,

Bonnie

 

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[Guest guest]

Janie,

I think the rods must be metal magnets as what can be seen is just the very

end and it is round. The rest is completely covered in copper wire. It was

made by or under the direction of His Holiness Tulku Buddha Maitreya. It came

with an audio tape of chants and meditation music that I am using this

morning to prepare myself for receiving the crystal shakti double helixes

this morning.

 

Love & Light,

Nancy

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

*Been a while since we've posted this

 

Laying on of stones*

*One very common way to use crystals for healing treatments is to place

crystals on or*

*around someone in patterns.*

*This segment will focus on laying crystals on or near the recipient.

This method can be*

*done quite well on a massage table, couch or bed or the floor, provided

this is not too*

*uncomfortable for participants (a futon , pad or yoga mat can help) .

If you use a couch it is*

*a good idea to spread a blanket on it first so stones cannot get lost

between cushions.*

*We will explore some more elaborate layout patterns that are placed

around the recipient*

*in a later segment . Many people do not have the crystals to do very

elaborate floor*

*consuming layouts . I have not yet been convinced that they have more

effective*

*value than more modest layouts and patterns .*

 

*Crystal healing Treatment does not **ever involve sexual contact of any

kind under any circumstance .

Unethical people have* *been known to abuse people under the pretext of

spiritual , holistic and complementary*

*healing .Such people should be reported to authorities promptly. As a

Crystal Healing* *Practitioner

you should be ethical , responsible , obey laws and behave in a

professional* *manner.*

 

*When someone is just beginning to work with crystals the complete stone

pattern is*

*generally left on for only 5 or ten minutes .Sometimes the layouts are

done for quite a bit*

*longer up to an hour or more. It is really important to set the

intention before you begin*

*placing stones that your work do no harm , That any stones you place

will do good or do*

*nothing .Many people like to scan before they begin a layout to get a

sense of where*

*blocks overcharges and or depleted areas might lie . Either by using

their hands to scan for*

*blocks and hot and cold spots or by using a pendulum to determine the

condition of the*

*chakras and possible other energy centers or physical organs .*

*You can cup a tumbled quartz stone or a crystal sphere in your left

hand (if right handed)*

*or hold a quartz point between your middle fingers to amplify the

reception of energy*

*information as you scan if you wish .*

 

*Some crystal practitioners like to have people wear a white or black

cotton gown or robe*

*during treatment or a white or black cotton tee shirt and shorts or

swim trunks . Some*

*prefer that clients wear as little clothing as possible. Nudity or near

nudity however, is*

*usually not wise or practical in most circumstances. Issues of modesty,

potential ethical*

*issues , room temperature and the tendency of stones to roll and slide

around make*

*clothing or at least sheeting , advisable .*

*Some people have the client cover or wrap up in a sheet and do the

treatment over the*

*sheet . I have a strange reaction to this, possibly a past life memory

of preparing deceased*

*people for burial or cremation so I never have people wrap up

completely .*

*Most feel that as long as the clothing is relatively neutral in color

it will be fine .

*

 

* The effect* *of intense color in the clothing of a treatment recipient

will have a definite impact on the* *treatment and can be difficult to

compensate for . It would be a challenge to balance the* *energies of

someone who comes to you clad entirely in orange or red while

complaining of* *excess anger for example .*

 

*Probably among the more common layouts is to simply place one stone on

each chakra*

*either of clear quartz or one of the color or kind associated with each

particular chakra.*

*Some people prefer to begin a chakra layout at the feet or root chakra

and move up*

*rather than from the top down.*

 

*More elaborate patterns using several stones on or near each chakra are

also common.*

*I suggest moderation as to the number and size of stones used. Stones

can be quite*

*heavy. The intention should always be set that the treatment do no harm

and that any*

*unneeded stone remain inert.

Sensitive people can become slightly dizzy or disoriented* *particularly

when they or the practitioner try to amplify the healing effect with

personal* *willpower . (The amplify and / or personalize function of the

crystal empowerment system* *will reduce power if needed). I do

recommend that less is often best.

It is possible to* *overwhelm a person by using too many stones . I went

to a healing circle session a while* *back where the main crystal

practitioner laid on so many stones that it started to feel like* *death

by pressing , and another where a practitioner ended an elaborate

treatment by* *spreading several pounds of green and rose quartz all

over me . This might have been fine* *by itself but on top of an already

complex and heavy duty layout seemed like just too much.*

 

*I appreciate the artistic beauty of many of the very elaborate crystal

healing layout*

*patterns but feel that aesthetic sensibility and decorative composition

are not as important*

*as using the crystals intuitively to meet the needs of the treatment

recipient.*

*Sometimes people who have gotten very fancy whole body treatments from

crystal healing*

*practitioners have told me that they really felt blasted open or

headachy after the treatment*

*which I really don't think is good . Listen to your intuition and keep

in mind that you want to*

*assist the recipient with personal healing and happiness. I don't often

use more than about 3*

*to 5 stones on one single area at a time .*

 

*Moderately small stones with at least one fairly flat side work best in

terms of staying on ,*

*not getting lost and not being too heavy. When stones roll off it is

often because they are not* *needed in a particular location or because

they can roll to a better placement.* *Some of these placements can be

done in self treatment but many do require that someone* *else do the

placements.*

 

*Whether you point the quartz points inward or outward can depend on*

*if your goal is to bring in energy for healing and vitality or if you

want the crystal to draw* *away and break up blocks and stagnant energy.

Pointing inward is the basic placement* *Some practitioners work either

from top to bottom (Sky to Earth ) or bottom to top* *( earth to sky)

with all points facing in the same direction either up or down .*

 

*Other practitioners will place one point in crystal to the left of each

center point and a*

*point out crystal to the right. I have not found this as effective .

You can put two small*

*points one point in and one point out on either side of each center

stone . Some recipients*

*may feel a pulsing as the energy shifts from inward to outward with

this layout*

*Small crystals about an inch or two long can be bought by weight to be

used for this and as*

*connectors between areas .*

 

*Some People who are treating several chakra areas or the whole body

will use a quartz*

*double terminated point between each separate area to create a

continuous connection for*

*balancing and harmonizing the whole energy body Two single points , one

in each direction*

*can be substituted for this function as well. This is optional in most

layout systems but can*

*help balance and unify the entire energy body with ease .*

 

*Another way of using single points is to use them all points down or

outwards as you*

*move from crown to foot then after a pause to allow the crystals to

clear excess energies*

*and blockages during which you can use a quartz point or wand, Kyanite

blade or*

*Selinite wand to charge and activate each section in turn and sweep

blockages downwards*

*and out for transport into the earth. You reverse the crystals to bring

in healing energies*

*upwards from the Earth.*

 

*Many people find great healing effect by seating themselves inside a

circle, square or star*

*pattern made of crystals . This is often done to enhance meditation .

you can also place*

*these patterns around the outside of the person receiving a crystal

healing treatment .*

*You need only use enough crystals to give a general outline of the

pattern .*

*People often use small versions of these layouts around the center

crystals placed on the*

*persons body over the chakras.*

 

*Numbers are here only as a tool if you have questions about a

particular layout.*

 

*1. Personal star /seal of Solomon*

*A very common off body pattern using single point quartz crystals*

*is to place a six pointed star around the body with six stones. The

stones are placed*

*evenly around the body above the head beside each arm around the level

of the armpit*

*about midway between the hip and the knee and at the feet. this form a

six pointed star*

*made from two interlocked triangles symbolizes the interaction of the

four elements and the*

*uniting of Sky/ Spirit and Earth / matter. This by itself is calming,

relaxing and refreshing and* *relieves stress. with the points out this

will release any excess energy. Points in toward the* *body will have an

energizing and charging effect. This is often used in addition to a full

body* *or partial on body layout.*

*This is also very commonly used on the body in a smaller pattern

directly over a chakra using appropriate stones of course . A rose

quartz or aventurine surrounded by clear quartz points over the heart

for example . This is also used as a grid formation .*

 

*2. Four directions layout*

*The recipients head is facing north and feet facing south to align with

the polarities of the*

*Earth. Place one crystal point in at each of the four compass directions*

*north, south , east and one west . This balances and charges your

elemental energies.

This* *layout is also often used to charge objects and water .*

*Similar patterns are the four corners layout which is simply to place a

crystal either on or*

*off the body near each shoulder and each hip . awaking and balancing

your senses of*

*initiative ,action , contemplation and appreciation.*

*and the energize pattern which is to place one crystal at head , foot

and each wrist or hip. ** Smoky quartz can be used at the foot and

amethyst at the crown.

 

*

 

*3. Quite often a Quartz point or an Amethyst is placed at the crown and

another clear or*

*smoky quartz point is placed below the feet The recipient may also hold

a quartz point in*

*each hand as an addition to most layouts*

 

*Chakra Layouts

 

4. A common chakra layout is to place a large quartz crystal at the

head, below the feet and*

*in each hand and a indigo blue or violet stone at the brow ,a sky blue

stone at the throat*

*and a green stone at the heart . some people place rose quartz near the

heart chakra*

*to enhance the ability to give and receive love pink and green bi color

or watermelon*

*tourmaline is also excellent on or near the heart chakra .*

*. Citrine or other yellow or golden stone might be placed at the solar

plexus or navel .A*

*carnelian or other orange stone can be placed at the sacral chakra a

quartz or red brown*

*or black stone might be placed either near the pubic bone between the

legs .*

*I usually have the client put any stone between their legs themselves

even though that may*

*mean placing that stone out of order if I am moving from the top down .*

 

*Rather than doing an entire body layout you may prefer to work only

with from one to*

*three centers at a time* .

 

*So here we will list some typical stones or layout patterns for each

area which you can use*

*as rough guides it would be quite rare for two people to need the same

layout so your*

*intuitive reception is valuable again the intent that each element of

the treatment do good or*

*do nothing is important hers and allow the crystals to do the work in

harmony with the*

*universe . You cannot force a healing.*

 

*This listing is top down but many times you may choose to work from

bottom up depending on the reason for the treatment and your intuition.*

 

*Crown area*

*Usually there is only room for one stone to be placed at above or

touching the crown*

*Typical stones placed at the crown are clear quartz , amethyst ,

moonstone , sugulite*

*Selinite ,Lapis, gem Silica or clear or golden Fluorite . Kyanite*

 

*Brow area*

*Typical stones are Lapis , sodalite , purple or blue fluorite

,sugulite, amethyst, clear quartz ,*

*azurite*.

*You might place one stone over the third eye possibly another at the

bridge of the nose and*

*or the hair line*.

*Some times the center stone is flanked by two crystal points or pieces

of kyanite or*

*tourmaline or other blue or violet stone .Some people put blue lace

agate on the temples .*

*If the person seems to have an over active third eye with excessive

sensitivity to psychic*

*input you may wish to include amatrine or one small piece of coral or

citrine near the third*

*eye or on each temple . The brow area is often the most sensitive and

some people may*

*get headaches from any complex work done here so you may want to start

with just one*

*stone at the brow and be prepared to remove it if the recipient reports

any discomfort at*

*all. small Desert roses (gypsum flowers) or calcite pieces are

sometimes used when you*

*want to stimulate intellect rather than intuition.*

*(When doing the brow in partial treatment place at least one yellow

stone at the naval and a*

*red or black stone at the groin to help balance energies ).*

 

*Back of Head*

*I personally like to have a flat piece of eliat stone (azurite,

malachite, chryscolla) I have a*

*piece that has a tiny bit of gem silica too or celestite blade at the

back of the head where*

*the neck joins the skull. Jade is also used here in some traditions*

 

*Throat

typical stones Sodalite, Azurite ,Lapis , Turquoise , Gem silica

,Amazonite,*

*celestite, blue lace agate. Not a lot of room here and many people

dislike having weight at*

*the throat. Locations are the mid throat, bottom of throat and at the

collar bones*

*some systems prefer to use oval stones or pattern here* .

 

*Shoulders and collar bones*

*sometimes you'll want to put something here perhaps calcite , lodestone

or tourmaline or*

*quartz use intuition and leave clear unless you really feel a call.*

 

*Thymus gland.

sometimes you may want to put a aqua ,light blue green or light blue stone*

*over the Thymus gland (etheric heart ) midway between the throat and

heart chakra*

*aquamarine, eliat stone , turquoise celestite ,either a single stone or

grouping with clear*

*quartz* .

 

*Heart*

*Green stones are the first choice here though this is often

supplemented with pink*

*Jade, Emerald , Rose quartz, green aventurine , green or pink or

watermelon or bicolor*

*green/pink tourmaline ,Kunzite ,malachite ,pink ruby, pink stilbite.

Control the charge,*

*many people carry great emotional pain in this area. Stimulation may

cause emotional*

*release during the clearing phase of the treatment . Some like to keep

the green stones on*

*top and pink toward the bottom of any pattern The six pointed star

formation is sometimes*

*used here.*

 

*Solar Plexus

Citrine, Tigers eye , malachite , clear quartz , golden topaz ,amber*

*Fire agate ,opal sometimes a triangle pattern with the point down is

used here*

*this is a wide area if you feel the person has excessive energy here

you may want to*

*include ametrine or another violet or purple stone*

 

*Diaphragm

Some people place peridot, apatite or other yellow green stone here*

 

*Naval Area, Dan Tien , Hara , Na'au*

*The transpersonal center located in this area can be assisted with many

different colors of*

*stones but is usually included in the Solar Plexus or sacral chakra

treatment in the west.*

*

Sacral,

Sunstone , red orange and golden stones are common here.

Carnelian ,Fire opal , Tiger eye , Sunstone , bright amber often stones

are laid out*

*here in a rough crescent form or triangle point down between the naval

area and the*

*groin* , *jasper and other golden or orange brown stones maybe used If

the recipiant seem to have lost **contact with their aliveness and

vitality. A red stone placed about four to six inches below* *the belly

button perhaps flanked by two small black stones such as obsidian or

iron can* *really jump start the vitality .*

 

*Root

red ,black and brown stones Garnet ,Obsidian, smoky quartz ,black

tourmaline. some*

*feel that ruby is too refined for this area but blood ruby or blood

carnelian can be used .*

*Often the layout is continued down onto the upper legs with dark stones .*

 

*Sometimes stones are placed under the knees and at the elbows and

ankles the choice of*

*stones is tan and deep green stones for the knees and some like pink or

fossils at the*

*elbows but this varies I use green calcite for pain relief in joints.*

 

*Most of the systems I have encountered work primarily or entirely from

the front but*

*when time allows or if the intuition prompts a treatment over the back

can be dramatically*

*effective a standard layout on the back would be a line of crystals or

lodestones down the*

*spine and possibly blue green or light blue stones over the lungs

and/or ,clear, yellow, light*

*orange or blue stones over the kidneys .*

 

*Some people use a generator point or a wand to activate each section of

the layout after the*

*placement is done. but it is often enough to just allow the crystals to

work for a while.*

*If you use Reiki or any other healing shakti you can use this to

activate and balance the*

*energies with your hands over the crystal layout .*

 

*There are of course many other methods and patterns for layouts far too

many to go into in*

*one post so this is simply a starting point.*

 

*

Single type layouts

There are several single stone or limited stone layouts that can be

useful and enjoyable*

*Rose quartz and or Phylite a green quartz with chlorite and mica is a

relaxing and uplifting*

*combination .*

*Calcite comes in most colors and is an all purpose stone* .

*If you have a lot of herkimer crystals they make a vitalizing and

inspiring layout most of us*

*do not have a lot of these though .*

*Katrina Raphielle suggests a pink tourmaline spiral around the heart

chakra for releasing*

*deep emotional pain .*

 

*The act of laying-on-of-stones is a beginning of the process towards

self healing. the next*

*step, is integration and assimilation. Following a treatment a person

should take some quiet*

*time to assimilate the changes effected by the treatment .

*

 

* ANY crystal healing treatment,* *energy work treatment ,major period

of spiritual development ,prolonged meditation and so* *forth. is likely

to create a need for more water in your system to facilitate release of

toxins* *both physical and energetic and to help with the adjustment to

new energies and changes.*

 

*I stay in the room and keep my attention on /in the work after I have

placed the layout even* *during what might be resting or meditation

periods for the client . I often do energy work or am consciously

connected with the crystals and the client. My " style " does not have a

lot of empty time Often a crystal will want to be moved or changed

after a short time rather than left on .

While I* *always hold a focused intention that the crystals work only

for good it is possible sometimes for the client to become overcharged

or uncomfortable from the energy of a particular stone in which case it

should be removed.*

*I sometimes do a certain amount of crystal " " dancing " where I will be

moving crystals throughout the aura .I also often feel called to tone

during treatments. I do not usually write notes during the treatment

because that interferes with my ability to be tuned in to the clients

needs. Some people tape sessions and make an occasional verbal note

then write notes after the treatment .*

 

*One kind of work I do rather than laying on of stones is a method

where as the client and I talk I will be intuitively be guided to give

them stones to hold or place on their body themselves .*

*I know some people just put the stones on and wait a while then take

them off but I feel that that is not usually as beneficial as a more

" joined " kind of treatment.*

 

 

*Removing the layout*

*None of the classes I have taken or treatments I've seen or had have*

*put much emphasis on the removal phase . Though some teachers have

elaborate and* *strict rules about this part of the treatment .

*

 

*The treatments I've* *had have usually just reversed the order if

placed downward they* *were removed upwards, Though I have also had

people remove in the order* *placed as well , which I've done fairly

often.

*

 

*I advocate intuitive* *removal as some stones often just won't want/

need to be on as long as* *others. We like to do the breakdown of a

layout as carefully as we place the layout.*

 

*Removing all stones on one side and then the other can ** possibly be

somewhat disconcerting energy wise to some people . Though many enjoy

a circle or spiral layout **in which a circle /spiral formation is

applied and removed* *in a continuing circle. That is you continue

around the body sun wise* *first placing and then removing the stones.*

 

*Removing the stones should not disrupt the balance that* *has been

brought to the energy field and this is not a problem I have noticed.*

 

*Treatments have always held better than that, balance attained is*

*balance stabilized. With the intention set to do no harm the stones*

*simply won't disrupt the energy field when removed . The stones

simply* * " turn off " when done and are removed* .

*I do usually work inside to out on removal but I often work*

*intuitively almost to the point of trance. Stones will often fall off*

*when they are done too.*

 

*Some people feel that one should not just bend over and pick up a

stone* * " straight up " . That this might be in a sense ripping through the

energy field.*

*They teach that One should rather carefully and gently slide the stone

away* *from the energy field a distance of 6 to 12 inches and then lift

it away.*

 

*I have not found this to be true either in fact during some treatments*

*going straight up has been strongly guided .*

 

*Most of this kind of rule in crystal healing or energy work is more a*

*reflection of the limitations we put on ourselves rather than being a*

*true condition of universal law*.

 

*We create reality together . Though there are rules of consensus we*

*all choose to adhere to for convenience.

*

 

*R**ules about not treating some condition or other are usually the

result* *of a need to attempt to reconcile the art with known and

accepted* *mundane " laws " .

If you are more comfortable setting limits and* *boundaries like this

for yourself then do so and they will be the " law " * *for you. but many

have found that working " outside the box " is quite* *safe and effective.*

 

 

 

*Peggy Jentoft ~ Solarraven Sept. 7, 2001*