Once you have chosen your quartz crystal - and 'cleansed' and 'connected' it - you are ready to commence using it for healing purposes.

It is very important to note, however, that for best results your quartz crystal should only be used for either healing or meditation. Not for both! The 'vibrations' and 'energies' used in healing and meditation are very different and to use the same quartz crystal for both occasions would result in the dissipation of the crystal's unique energies.

Quartz crystals are, in all reality, only 'tools'. By themselves they can only be described as passive; but when they become activated by the human mind they can become extremely powerful indeed........

Each and every one of us, as beings of the human species, possess an inherent healing energy. In the majority of people, of course, this healing ability lies totally dormant and inactive.

But when we possess the knowledge to enable us to 'channel' our own healing energy through our quartz crystal friends we are then able to amplify this healing power and the resultant energy that we have ourselves created - ours, that is, in conjunction with that of our crystal - may be used for many positive healing purposes.

Even though you may not wish to become a qualified crystal healing therapist yourself there are still plenty of opportunities for you to use your quartz crystal to heal your family and friends.

When treating a client the following guide-lines may prove helpful:-

At the beginning of the healing session you should hold your quartz crystal in whichever hand feels 'right' to you; and calmly attune yourself to the inner energies of your quartz crystal. You will probably experience energies 'throbbing' within your hand.

Now direct the single-terminated end of your healing quartz crystal towards your client and gently move the crystal around the perimeter of their whole body in a clockwise direction. As you do this, at the same time visualize a blue-white crystalline light emanating from the apex of the client's body and flowing towards the client and surrounding him. Do this several times. This will help to strengthen the electro-magnetic field of energy around the physical body of the client.

The single-terminated end of the quartz crystal should then be directed towards that part of the client's body which you believe or 'sense' to be most in need of healing.

Visualize, as strongly as possible, a lovely blue-white light emanating from the apex of your crystal once again and direct this light, like a laser beam, to that part of the client's body where you feel that the healing is most needed.

This lovely blue-white becomes stronger and stronger, brighter and brighter, and the energy between the crystal and your client slowly begins to intensify.

The crystal healing session itself may, in theory at any rate, last any length of time, but intuitively you will become aware when the time is right to bring the session to an end.

To finish the crystal healing treatment session you should visualize the blue-white light gently flowing back into your quartz crystal. Once more you should direct and project the healing energies around the perimeter of your client's body in a clockwise direction. Then allow your client to relax for a few minutes......

Many clients regularly fall fast asleep so it is very important that you bring them back to the present in as relaxed manner as possible.

Whenever practical it is best for your client not to have to drive a car for some time after the crystal healing session as the client often becomes so very 'de-stressed' and almost 'spaced out' that it can take some considerable time to re-orient themselves!

It is not always absolutely necessary to know, in advance, what is medically wrong with my client.

All dis-ease occurs purely as a result of an imbalance of our normal bodily 'vibrations'. Therefore, whatever health condition from which we may suffer, however serious or however mild, whether it be cancer, multiple sclerosis, tumors or simply a dose of influenza or the common cold, the basic treatment remains much the same.

All that is really necessary is for the disharmonious or imbalanced 'vibrations' to be re-harmonized,re-energized and re-balanced.

This may, at first sight, appear to be an over-simplification but years of experience has shown me that all too often we can over-complicate our diagnoses.

The main difference between allopathic medicine and natural medicine is that allopathic medicine treats symptoms whilst natural medicine concentrates upon finding the root cause of the health problem.

Simply put - if we can discover the originating cause or 'imbalance' of any health condition or dis-ease then by using our crystal healing techniques to rebalance all the 'vibrations' which are out of alignment, we must be able to effect a cure or, at the very least, a gradual improvement in the client's overall health!

You may also, of course use your quartz crystal for self - healing purposes. All that you have to do is to direct the single-terminated end of your crystal towards the appropriate part of your own body and, as you did before when treating your client, visualize a lovely blue-white light radiating from the apex of your crystal, like a laser beam, into your own body.

Crystal Healing is one of the most powerful - and successful - methods of re-balancing, re-energizing and re-harmonizing every part of the physical and mental bodies of either yourself or of your client.