Today’s Books:
The Crystal Bible & The Encyclopedia of Crystals ~ BOTH ~ By Judy Hall
It’s a little unusual for me to combine two books into one review, but I felt like it was the way to go for this one. I picked up BOTH of these books because I couldn’t decide between them, and as it turns out, that was a perfect plan!
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First, The Crystal Bible~
This is a fantastic book to have on hand, to reference stones and crystals you can identify. You look up the crystal by name and are given a wonderful amount of information on it including:
- Color
- Appearance
- Rarity
- Source
- Attributes
- Healing
- Position
- And for some stones, even MORE!
It has a fairly short glossary that I wasn’t really impressed with, but the index makes up for it. Anything you could want a crystal for is in the index, and if you simply look up your ailment, you’re immediately directed to what crystals are relevant to your healing. I found this book, overall, very useful and I’ve referenced it multiple times in the short time I’ve owned it. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in working with stones and crystals.
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Next, The Encyclopedia of Crystals~ This book is a beautiful companion to the above for a few reasons. Firstly, it’s got more information on the crystals. It lists:
- The type of crystal it is
- It’s chemistry
- Hardness
- Source
- Associated Chakra
- Number
- Zodiac Sign
- Planet
- and what it’s beneficial for
I found the glossary pretty much equally as disappointing, but again it was made up for with a wonderful index. The thing that makes this book so fantastic though is the fact that it’s arranged by COLOR! Just by looking down the outside edges of the book with it closed, one can see the rainbow of color to choose from. Many people from novice to master have times when they’re looking at a stone they can’t identify. And if you have to know what your stone is in order to look it up, that puts you in a crappy position. This fantastic book remedies that situation. So long as you can identify the COLOR of the stone you have, you can find it’s name and all other relevant information regarding it.
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I hope you’ll pick up these books to add to your reference library. I know I’m SUPER glad that I did!
