Many people use crystals, minerals & stones to help focus their attention on something they want or to align with and access information from a higher level of consciousness. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy and related to natural sciences, like physics, psychology, biology of the brain and also to mysticism and religious and spiritual subjects. It is notoriously difficult to define, but for purposes of briefly introducing it to non-philosophers, it can be identified as the study of any of the most fundamental concepts and beliefs, on which many other concepts and beliefs rest; concepts such as being, existence, universal, property, relation, causation, space, time, event and many others.

Of all natural objects, crystals most clearly demonstrate how all forms, including the human body, manifest a characteristic vibrational pattern. The form of each different type of crystal is determined by the particular geometric pattern of its molecular structure. This geometric pattern, which shaped the crystal, continues to vibrate- as does every other molecule. But the qualities of certain crystals' vibrations, such as quartz, make them an effective tool for many body and/or energy practitioners due to their power to focus and/or amplify the energy being directed by the practitioner into the patient's biofield. Crystals may also be worn on the body or placed in one's living space.

• Earth: agate, emerald, halite, hematite, jade, obsidian, onyx, quartz
• Air: diamond, fluorite, opal, topaz, turquoise, zircon
• Fire: amber, carnalian, fire opal, garnet, red calcite, red jasper, ruby
• Water: amethyst, aquamarine, azurite, blue calcite, lapis lazuli, moonstone, sapphire
• Spirit: danburite, diamond, quartz

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