Ultimate guide to crystals and stones - Uma Silbey 2016

Energetic Properties of Quartz Crystals
Basics of Quartz Crystal Energy Work

Before we begin working with our crystals, it is important that we know something about their energetic properties. As explained earlier, the term “energy” is not necessarily used to explain this force as a scientist would; instead, it is the word that best describes the experience we have when working with our stones and crystals.

Energy, in the form of vibration, is projected from each crystal (or any stone) to form a field around it. This is often referred to as the power of the crystal. Each projected field varies in dimension with each crystal. Generally, a small crystal of approximately one-half inch in size will project a field of around three feet, so even the small crystals can be quite powerful. Larger crystals (and other stones) often project a field greater in dimension than the small ones. Though generally speaking, the larger the crystal, the larger the energy projection, the size of the crystal is not always the determining factor in the size of the projection. The clarity and brilliance of a crystal or stone is often more important in determining its power than the size. If you hold a cloudy crystal in one hand and a clear one in the other, you can usually feel the difference. (Change from hand to hand in case one hand is more sensitive than the other.) A larger stone that is similar in clarity to the smaller one will not only tend to project a large energy field, but a larger crystal or stone can generally store more energy and can handle more energy passing through it. As we will see later, there are also formations that we can place the crystals in that not only will increase the projected energy field immensely, but will also create different effects in our environment and within our bodies.

Each quartz crystal contains a line of direction along which energy flows when it is transmitted through the crystal. Generally, the energy flow in the crystal runs up from the bottom where it enters, up through the crystal, and then out through the point. Likewise, if the quartz crystal has a point on each end, the energy comes and goes in both directions, as in a battery. This energy field is often felt or intuited as a straight line. However, if we focus even more closely, this energy actually passes forward in a spiral fashion, which aligns with the way the atoms stack together to form the crystal. The crystal’s spiraling energy can parallel the spiraling life force of our subtle energy centers (chakras). It mirrors the spirals of the atoms around the nucleus of a cell, the spirals encoded throughout all of nature, and the spiraling of the planets around the sun, all of which can be harnessed for our crystal work.

Quartz crystals are also known for their piezoelectric energy, meaning that they have an ability to precisely regulate and transform energy. As they transform energy through the piezoelectric effect, quartz crystals expand and contract slightly at differing, precise rates, depending on the rate of vibration of the influence to which it is exposed. This piezoelectric ability of quartz crystals forms the basis of the various energy transformations used in most of electronics today. Quartz crystal workers claim that this same effect can be achieved through the interaction of focused attention and the quartz crystal, the mind being the impetus to initiate the piezoelectric effect in order to regulate precise energetic transformations, whether physically, mentally, emotionally, or otherwise.