{"id":16928,"date":"2018-05-01T01:10:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T06:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=17860"},"modified":"2018-05-01T10:37:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T15:37:29","slug":"crystal-connections-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/05\/01\/crystal-connections-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book Review<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/u>The Ultimate Guide to Crystals & Stones – <\/b><\/u>A Practical Path to Personal Power, Self-Development, and Healing <\/b><\/u>by Uma Silbey<\/b><\/u> <\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Published by Skyhorse Publishing<\/b>, and written by Uma Silbey<\/b>, this 314<\/b> page book is hands down my favorite crystal book to date. From the moment the author described how the \u201cStone People\u201d spoke to her, I was hooked. I nearly leapt for joy when she tells her readers to \u201chear\u201d how the crystals want to be used rather than strictly going by a written definition. This is something I often tell my readers to do and reading that simply validated my own practice. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> This book isn\u2019t the common encyclopedia style book but rather a book that teaches you how to connect, feel and listen to crystals, and not just crystals but also ordinary rocks and continuing that affinity to the earth. Packed full of information, techniques and methods, The Ultimate Guide to Crystals & Stones<\/b> would be useful to any beginner and\/or seasoned crystal worker. Uma Silbey\u2019s<\/b> approach encourages the reader to make these methods a practice rather than a one time or two time use. By using the author\u2019s techniques not only will you never look at rocks or crystals the same way again, but I honestly feel it will give the reader a deeper connection and a new appreciation for them. I could go on and on about this book, as I\u2019ve barely scratched the surface here, but simply put, the Earth is a rock and Uma Silbey is the facilitator of connectivity to it. So, if you have a love for crystals, including the matrix that surrounds them, if you want to heighten your crystal experience and build a profound connection to these earthy gems, then make sure to add this book to your library. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About <\/b><\/u>Uma Silbey<\/b><\/u>:<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Uma Silbey <\/b>has pioneered quartz crystal, gemstone and energy information to the world through her jewelry designs, books and music for more than thirty-five years. While running her successful quartz crystal jewelry company for the past twenty-five years, Uma also authored four books, including the international bestseller The Complete Crystal Guidebook<\/b><\/i>. With a master\u2019s in counseling psychology, she has trained with shamans, indigenous healers, and medicine people. She resides in Haiku, Hawaii. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Shiron (Shi) Eddy<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0hails from the Pacific Northwest and shares a home with her husband, a Great Dane and a cat. Her love for crystals and minerals came from her dad who was an avid rock hound in his younger years. Shi happily shares her knowledge of crystals with anyone who is drawn to them, but especially loves to help people connect with minerals that involves their metaphysical properties. When she\u2019s not networking with other crystal and mineral lovers, Shi can be found making jewelry, painting, crocheting Goddess dolls, selling her wares at shows or spending time with family and friends. You can find her\u00a0jewelry\u00a0in\u00a0her shop\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ShiJewels<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0or follow her on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Book Review The Ultimate Guide to Crystals & Stones – A Practical Path to Personal Power, Self-Development, and Healing by Uma Silbey     Published by Skyhorse Publishing, and written by Uma Silbey, this 314 page book is hands down my favorite crystal book to date. From the moment the author described how the \u201cStone People\u201d spoke to her, I was hooked. I nearly leapt for joy when she tells her readers to \u201chear\u201d how the crystals want to be used rather than strictly going by a written definition. This is something I often tell my readers to do and reading that simply validated my own practice. This book isn\u2019t the common encyclopedia style book but rather a book that teaches you how to connect, feel and listen to crystals, and not just crystals but also ordinary rocks and continuing that affinity to the earth. Packed full of information, techniques and methods, The Ultimate Guide to Crystals & Stones would be useful to any beginner and\/or seasoned crystal worker. Uma Silbey\u2019s approach encourages the reader to make these methods a practice rather than a one time or two time use. By using the author\u2019s techniques not only will you never look at rocks or crystals the same way again, but I honestly feel it will give the reader a deeper connection and a new appreciation for them. I could go on and on about this book, as I\u2019ve barely scratched the surface here, but simply put, the Earth is a rock and Uma Silbey is the facilitator of connectivity to it. So, if you have a love for crystals, including the matrix that surrounds them, if you want to heighten your crystal experience and build a profound connection to these earthy gems, then make sure to add this book to your library. About Uma Silbey: Uma Silbey has pioneered quartz crystal, gemstone and energy information to the world through her jewelry designs, books and music for more than thirty-five years. While running her successful quartz crystal jewelry company for the past twenty-five years, Uma also authored four books, including the international bestseller The Complete Crystal Guidebook. With a master\u2019s in counseling psychology, she has trained with shamans, indigenous healers, and medicine people. She resides in Haiku, Hawaii. Click Image for Amazon Information *** Shiron (Shi) Eddy\u00a0hails from the Pacific Northwest and shares a home with her husband, a Great Dane and a cat. Her love for crystals and minerals came from her dad who was an avid rock hound in his younger years. Shi happily shares her knowledge of crystals with anyone who is drawn to them, but especially loves to help people connect with minerals that involves their metaphysical properties. When she\u2019s not networking with other crystal and mineral lovers, Shi can be found making jewelry, painting, crocheting Goddess dolls, selling her wares at shows or spending time with family and friends. You can find her\u00a0jewelry\u00a0in\u00a0her shop\u00a0ShiJewels\u00a0or follow her on\u00a0Instagram.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}