The Crystal Alchemist: A Comprehensive Guide to Unlocking the Transformative Power of Gems and Stones by Karen Frazier
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
In my hometown there is a wonderful museum and in this wonderful museum there is the permanent mineral exhibit, which is my absolute favourite. Every time I’m at the museum, which is rather often, since I made my husband get me an annual membership, I first stop at the minerals exhibit to recharge. Sometimes that’s where I spend all of my time.
So, reading a reference guide (for lack of a better term) written by someone, who shows depth of knowledge and genuine enthusiasm in the topic is a real treat.
This is the first book on crystals and minerals I have found that took the time to explain things from the ground up, so to speak. It combines nuggets of scientific facts with spiritualism in a way that just works beautifully.
The author takes the reader on a very well informed guided tour of what crystals are, their colour and meaning, patterns and shapes, energy systems, using crystals correctly and safely, caring for crystals, wearing them and meditating with them.
It is a great source of information on all things crystal related and even though the author intends this book to provide the reader with fundamental knowledge to eliminate having to look up information, I will definitely use this book as a reference for the future.
Overall, I’m glad I stumbled on to this book of crystal wisdom and I know at least two people to whom I’m going to highly recommend this book.
One suggestion I would have, though, is to make sure to purchase it on paperback for easier referencing; I would just love to see the crystal images in colour, since my little Kindle is black and white.
