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by Kym Baskyü Vasquez
I’ve received emails about how to draw the line between right and wrong concerning crystal usage. The truth is, if God wants you to learn this healing art, He will provide the Sacred knowledge, wisdom, and understanding for you to do so. So chill-out, don’t worry. There are countless ways to incorporate crystals into your life; it’s really a personal experience and your particular preference.
And sometimes I think, well, how do you use concentrated herbs, food, healing clays, and other creations in the right way? They’re all energetic, vibrational medicine when you get down to the nitty-gritty. I see everything as being connected. I know crystals are widely used in ways they should not be, which can be confusing. But not too long ago, Christians thought herbalism was wrong for some of the same reasons.
Remember that our Creator can teach you how to use His creation–first hand; just ask him (Matthew 7:7). He might answer while you are praying, studying your Bible, or one day when you are reflecting on creation. This is how I learn(ed) some of the things I know. He can also reveal imbalances and issues within your soul and physical body. Of course, some people have a Gift or talent of various healing abilities, and God does talk through and use people.
When filtering through worldly teachings and classes, you need Spiritual discernment. I allow the Holy Spirit and the Bible to guide me here. Both modern science and ancient wisdom can contain nuggets of truth wrapped in thorny branches. Just step back, reflect, and compare it with your Bible. Allow God to reveal what is helpful and what does not serve you–though learning is a process. You will always be a student. If you get impatient and just do whatever, you might end up using creation and crystals in the wrong way, succumbing to your flesh. The following are a few crystal practices I do not take part in. Some of these practices I have mentioned in other posts, but now they are in a neat little list.
Using a Crystal Grid to Manifest Desires
Many people who practice crystal healing use crystals to attract wealth, love, prosperity, money, success, happiness, etc. Some people use grids based on sacred geometry to amplify the energy of the desired stone charged by intention, and they send this into the universe.
Now, the geometric layout can be used to amplify the healing nature of a crystal. This can be useful for healing work (crystals are geometrically designed & we are too); it can also be helpful for purifying the environment in a living or work space. We can see this Divine geometric pattern throughout creation. Many natural processes that drive growth follow rules that can be explained by geometry. (Your home should even be designed with sacred geometry as this will help keep the energy balanced; it should never get too hot or too cold). But I do not use crystals and geometry to attract money, happiness, etc. When you use crystals for this purpose, you have crossed that fine line and are allowing something else to rule your life, giving power to creation instead of God.
Seeking Life Guidance With Crystals
Some also use crystals (with the grid sometimes) to find out what they should do with their life, like if they should start a business, move to a new state, marry someone, or even go to a meeting or party. Combined with deep meditation, this helps one reach his higher self as this part of you knows what is best. Well, the being in Christians that knows what is best is the God in us. We don’t follow ourselves as our flesh is not concerned with Godly things. Christians get direction and guidance from the Holy Spirit. We maintain a strong connection with a healthy Spiritual life, which includes prayer, Biblical meditation, worship & praise.
We ask God if a particular business deal is right, if we should serve in this ministry or another, and just about life in general. He guides our steps and path. The Bible tells us that His plans are to prosper us, and he will help us fulfill God-Given dreams and plans for the building up of his kingdom (Jeremiah 29:11).
Allowing Stones to Be a Bandaid For My Soul
This can be for all of creation, really. But if you are dealing with soul issues that you should be surrendering to God, you should not be looking to crystals or gemstones to fix the issue; this is the Holy Spirit’s job. Well, all healing is God’s business. But if your heart is aching or soul is burdened from life situations, look to the cross–reach for Jesus for true healing.
A crystal, herb, or food might bring temporary relief but will bandage the real wound within that you must allow God to heal. For example, one earthly symbol of this is an alcohol, food, sex, or drug abuser. They are usually using these things to cover up an internal battle going on. This also takes some discernment as some soul issues are signaling imbalances.
Using Crystals to Ward off Evil Spirits
Some also use crystals or gemstones, like onyx, to ward off evil spirits. People feel like an evil entity is bothering or attacking them in some way, and they try to use stones to keep them away. Some believe the crystal or gemstone worked, but according to God, the only thing that can help you here is the blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus gives us power over the enemy (Luke 10:19). The Word of God is your sword; you need the full armor of God to extinguish the darts of the evil one (Ephesians 6: 10-18). So we can see that the battle with evil spirits is spiritual, so we should not use creation to ward of these spirits.
Contacting Loved Ones With Crystals
People who use crystals to contact those who have moved on usually do this with a grid, through meditation, a ceremony or ritual. The people might be seeking wisdom, just want talk to the people because they miss them, or want to resolve unfinished business. God tells us not to partake in this type of practice. God speaks on this matter throughout the Bible. (Leviticus 19:31) (Deuteronomy 18: 10-13) (Galatians 5:19-20) In 1 Samuel 28, we see that King Saul angered God when he sought to conjure up Samuel. God wants us to seek council from him (Isaiah 8:19).
Now, these are just a few practices; there are many more that I do not do. You can find practices I do take part in throughout the website like here and here, just in case you care.
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