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Crystals have a magical power given them by humans since Neolithic times. In the early days of human culture, Crystals were used as amulets, god images and charms.

The Egyptians used Crystals in their secret funeral ceremonies and in their magical cult practices. They assigned symbolic power meanings to them that gave the stones a value that exceeded their simple mineral origins. Some of the meanings associated with them were for health, protection in life and the afterlife, and good fortune.

Through out history Crystals have held a mystical power over both royalty and layman who valued their beauty and the symbolic power meanings they represented. They have a unique quality that inspires some people to exceed their own human abilities and limitations by providing them with an mysterious power that they believe operates on their behalf.

Science and modern psychology has begun to take notice concerning the power of the psyche. They recognize that the mind has powers that far exceed its simple material composition in its ability to create its own reality.

According to Joseph Campbell, who is probably the most noted mythologist in history, at times myth is more powerful than the reality it exists in. There is more to myth than just something some skeptics refer to as unfounded belief or unrealistic thinking. There is the reality that emerges from something that was previously unreal and curiously imagined.

This is the role that Crystals play in the human equation. By becoming the focus of a myth that can be brought into reality, they provide the human with a tool that can be used for just such a purpose. Using Crystals as an amulet or token that can be the focus. The human mind assigns it psychic power that actually brings about the sought after reality.



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