Learn more about Crystals and Crystal Healing!

www.HealingCrystals.com is built upon the foundation of years of metaphysical research and study done by many individuals and teachers who have come before us.  The item descriptions and metaphysical properties of stones found on Healing Crystals are the combination of our research into the work of many, many people with our own intuition and experience.

There are hundreds (thousands?!?) of books on crystals and crystal healing published today.  If you would like to learn more about crystals and healing with crystals, we suggest the following books as a good place to start. 

Crystal Guides and Reference Books:  Start with these books if you are beginning your study of crystals, and then continue to use them as trusty tools as you deepen your knowledge and practice of crystals and crystal healing. 

The Crystal Bible, by Judy Hall
This book has wonderful photos, an easy to use format, and a comprehensive listing of stones.   The Crystal Bible is a great place to start if you want to identify a particular stone and get an overview of its metaphysical properties. 

Love is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals, by Melody
One of the most popular crystal books in the metaphysical community, Love is in the Earth is often referred to simply as “Melody’s book.”  Melody was one of the first to write extensively about crystals and their specific metaphysical properties and uses, and this book gives lengthy insights into a comprehensive list of stones.    Please note that there are no photographs in this book. 

Love is in the Earth:  Mineralogical Pictorial – Treasures of the Earth, by Melody (photos by Jim Hughes)
The companion book to Love is in the Earth:  A Kaleidoscope of Crystals, Love is in the Earth:    Mineralogical Pictorial – Treasures of the Earth delivers just what it promises – full color photographs of all of the stones Melody discusses.  This is simply a book of photographs, accompanied by a brief listing of the stone’s chemical composition, color, hardness, and locality.

The Book of Stones:  Who They Are and What They Teach, by Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian (with contributions by Hazel Raven)
Published in 2005, The Book of Stones includes some newer finds in the growing metaphysical crystal world that were not around when some of the other books were published.  This book also has an impressive comprehensive guide of stones and their metaphysical properties, and beautiful photographs.

The Illustrated Directory of Healing Crystals:  A Comprehensive Guide to 150 Crystals and Gemstones, by Cassandra Eason
Organized by stone color, The Illustrated Directory of Healing Crystals offers physical properties, symbolic associations, mythology, and contemporary healing uses for 150 of the most commonly used healing crystals.

Healing Crystals and Gemstones:  From Amethyst to Zircon, by Dr. Flora Peschek-Bohmer and Gisela Schreiber
An overview of what the authors consider to be “the most important crystals and gemstones,” Healing Crystals and Gemstones offers a organized, easy-to-look-up guide to stone properties, including healing properties, chakra associations, astrological information, and chemical compositions.

The Illustrated Guide to Crystals, by Judy Hall
While it contains only the more commonly used stones, The Illustrated Guide to Crystals offers a nice overview of the different ways crystals can be used.  This bright, colorful book contains topics such as crystals and love, crystal astrology, and crystal divination.

Healing With Gemstones and Crystals, by Diane Stein
Fans of Diane Stein will enjoy Healing With Gemstones and Crystals.  For each stone, Stein lists color therapy and chakra information, as well as bullet points on general metaphysical properties.


Books focused more on Crystal Healing:   We consider the books listed above to be like crystal encyclopedias, while the ones below are more like “how to” manuals.

Heal Yourself with Crystals:  Crystal Medicine for Body, Emotions, and Spirit, by Hazel Raven
Heal Yourself with Crystals is a beautifully laid out, easy-to-use guide.  In it, Hazel Raven offers crystal recommendations divided into three areas of healing:  body, emotion, and spirit, and covers ailments ranging from indigestion to impatience.  Each topic contains background knowledge, ancient wisdom, stone recommendations (including an explanation of why this stone helps that issue), and useful healing techniques.

Illustrated Elements of Crystal Healing, by Simon Lilly
Illustrated Elements of Crystal Healing provides an overview and explains the basic procedures of crystal healing.  This book offers illustrated crystal grid layouts and easy-to-follow techniques.  Various assessment tools are discussed as well, such as pendulum and kinesiology muscle testing procedures, and there are brief discussions of related topics such as crystals in the home and crystal divination.  This book is broader and less deep than some of the others, but it is a great place to start.

The Newcastle Guide to Healing with Crystals, by Jonathan Pawlik and Pamela Chase, and
The Newcastle Guide to Healing with Gemstones:  How to Use over 70 Different Gemstone Energies,
by Pamela Louise Chase and Jonathan Pawlik
These esoteric guides offer a wealth of information for those interested in obtaining advanced knowledge in crystal healing techniques and theories.  Healing with Crystals presents healing techniques including chakra and aura healing, and detailed crystal geometrical grid layouts.  In Healing with Gemstones, the authors give physical and spiritual aspects for individual stones, as well as readings from the deva within each stone and useful affirmations.    This book also contains extensive grid layouts.

Crystal Enlightenment: The Transforming Properties of Crystals and Healing Stones, Volume One, by Katrina Raphaell, and
Crystal Healing:  The Therapeutic Application of Crystals and Stones, by Katrina Raphaell
While the list of stones discussed in these books is narrower than in the comprehensive guides, Katrina Raphaell dives deeply into the uses and properties of the stones she does discuss.  These advanced guides are written for those interested in the laying-on-of stones, and give useful diagrams and practices that can be used.  Crystal Enlightenment contains some history on crystal healing, and healing techniques organized by specific stones.  Crystal Healing presents healing techniques organized by method, and also contains an informative section on Master Crystals.

Crystal Journey: Travel Guide for the New Shaman, by JaneAnn Dow
A thirty year veteran of crystal healing, JaneAnn Dow offers her classic crystal healing book, Crystal Journey, for sale as a download from her website. 

Love is in the Earth:  Laying-on-of-Stones – the Journey Continues, by Melody
Based on the foundation laid in Love is in the Earth:    A Kaleidoscope of Crystals, Love is in the Earth:  Laying-on-of-Stones – the Journey Continues explores crystal energy and healing through a series of crystal geometrical patterns or “arrays” that can be used in healing bodywork.

The Crystal Zodiac:  Use Birthstones to Enhance Your Life, by Judy Hall
Judy Hall presents yet another volume in her series of crystal books, this one relating crystals to astrology.  Wondering what stones would be beneficial for your Aries spouse?  Curious which crystals best support your Virgo moon?  This informative book is for you.

Crystal Prescriptions:    The A – Z Guide to Over 1,200 Symptoms and Their Healing Crystals, by Judy Hall
In Crystal Prescriptions, Judy Hall makes it easy to match a physical, emotional, mental or spiritual issue with the stones that can help heal it.  While this handy, pocket-sized book lists stone recommendations for a long list of specific symptoms, it does not go into an explanation of why specific stones help with specific ailments. 

New Cosmic Crystals:  The Ultimate Course in Crystal Consciousness, by R.A. Bonewitz (with contributions by Lilian Verner-Bonds)
New Cosmic Crystals gives a fascinating explanation of how crystals are formed, and explains why the sacred geometry formation of crystals makes them so perfect for energy work.  There is also a discussion of crystals and colors, and a section including sample crystal exercises.

Gemstone Energy Medicine:  Healing Body, Mind and Spirit, by Michael Katz
Michael Katz brings this informative volume on Gem Therapy as a component of energy medicine.  Gemstone Energy Medicine advocates the use of therapeutic gemstone necklaces, and discusses the specific healing benefits of 30 gemstones.

Stenar Kristaller Mineraler och deras magiska kraft (Stones, Crystals, Minerals and their Magical Powers), by Marie Nilsson
This is a beautiful table-top book that is written in Swedish with English translations in most of the book.  The book is quite large and contains information for over 600 crystals and minerals.  The pictures are spectacular and there are some really nice metaphysical descriptions.

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Visitor Comment: I was reading through your list of crystal books and I didn't see my favorite. The Crystal Healer, by Philip Permutt.  This is a wonderful book with lots of information on crystals; from cleansing, to crystal meditations, elixirs, and working on charkras.  Then it has a wonderful crystal finder guide where you find your crystal by color, and a crystals remedies chapter with more than 250 ailments.  In the crystal finder guide you will find the crystals in color order with pictures according to their most common colors.  It gives a descriptions of its properties then common sources, astrological associations, and then healing qualities, physical, emotional and or spiritual . I love this book because before I began working with crystals I just collected them for their beauty.  Then when I wanted to find out which crystals were what; the crystal guide with the pictures of the crystals and descriptions helped me to be sure that I was identifing the right ones.  I would highly recommend this book to all interested or new to crystals.  Kimberly Johnson 10/24/08