out of direct light.
When you put them on the ground outside, the energetic patterns they are holding will get dispersed in the earth and transformed to a more productive state. Just like fertilizers are negatives that help the plants grow, I have seen stones with negative vibrations used to help plants grow, too, just by putting them outside underneath the plants or trees for clearing. It is really amazing to see.
Later in the book I will talk about the different kinds of salts that are also great to use for cleaning.
A Word on Good Luck Charms and Talismans
Ye are interested in seeking things—things unusual. Thus the study of those things that man has found will bring certain results when used in this routine or in that type of activity. These can only bring so much power as ye as an individual give to such things. For ye are a co-creator with thy God.
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In the next section you will begin to take a look first at all of the elements, metals, and non-metals found in nature, then you will explore the many wonders of the mineral kingdom.
Before you begin, I want to mention one more important thing. As you look at the entries and learn what each element or mineral can do, remember what Cayce himself tried to teach us—that you are a totally unique creation and what works for someone else may or may not work for you. It is all based on the complexities of your soul, your akashic record, and the lessons you came here to learn this time around. Let the book be a guideline to you to help in your own exploration of self and through that, you will find the stones, minerals, or elements that are right for you to use.
Toward the end of the book, you will have an opportunity to travel to a place where you will learn which ones are best for you at this time. You will also learn how to give an energy session to yourself and others, after you learn about all of the elements, gems, and minerals.
Aside from the physical or vibrational reasons why stone and mineral healing works, there is a mental part to it also that is tied to your thoughts and consciousness.
Cayce was adamant about making sure the stones he recommended were not seen as “talismans,” or “good luck charms,” as in the following reading:
We find that the crystal as a stone, or any white stone, has a helpful influence—if carried about the body; not as an omen, not merely as a “good luck piece” or “good luck charm” but these vibrations that are needed as helpful influences for the entity are well to be kept close about the body.
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I’m sure Cayce warned people against thinking of these as charms because if you were to get to the point of believing in this stone so much that you thought you couldn’t live without it, that would not be very productive. The stone will help you because of vibrations, and if you believe it will, yet you do not need to become dependent on it, or on any other material possession.
You have probably heard about the Hope Diamond and the alleged curse that befalls its owners. While it is true that energetic blue prints can hold on to objects, do you really believe the stone is cursed, or did the owners just happen to come on hard times and erroneously attribute them to the Hope?
You always get what you think about, and because of that, if you think something will help you get better, it will. The contrary, as in the case of the Hope Curse, is also true. That is the amazing power of the mind, at its best! Together, your body/mind is like an incredible machine just waiting to be programmed to do exactly what you ask.
There is an interesting reading about a turquoise ring. The original owner gave it away on her deathbed to her good friend, but the friend felt bad because the ring was too big for her to wear so she gave it to her other friend who had admired it for some time. Disaster struck quickly because the new owner had complications each time she put the ring on; so this, and other things, led her to Cayce for a life reading. In a letter written on October 28, 1946, she reported, in hindsight, about what happened to her when she wore the ring:
Within a few days my finger became inflamed and itchy under the stone. Of course I removed it until it was well and then put on the ring again. After a few days the same condition returned and lasted until I took off the ring. I tried again and again to wear it but always with the same result.
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Cayce gave her a reading and she asked about the stone and what could be causing the irritation:
(Q) Why does my little finger break out when I wear a certain ring?
(A) The super-sensitiveness of the body to vibrations of this particular ring—from those vibrations that are a part of the ring.
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One could speculate that this ring is “cursed,” or haunted by the deceased owner who wanted her other friend to keep the ring. Or we can just assume that for whatever reason, the stone was not vibrationally compatible to the new owner. Either way, it is all in how you perceive it.
Minerals and stones will serve you by acting as a tool for your unconscious mind that will represent whatever outcome or healing you desire. You have the power within you to heal yourself from head to toe. All you need are the proper tools.
Let’s get ready now to start the journey into self-discovery and healing.
Metals and Non-Metals
For within the human body—living, not dead—living human forces—we find every element, every gas, every mineral, every influence that is outside of the organism itself. For indeed it is one with the whole.
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Hence we find, because the activities of the entity through the earth have involved and do involve the lives and activities of the many, the elements that are of nature’s vibrations would have, do have, much to do with the entity’s activity.
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When you consider the amazing world we live in, it is sometimes hard to imagine everything you see around you is all composed of the 120 elements in the periodic table.
Cayce mentioned these elements so often in the readings, which should come as no surprise, because they truly are the building blocks not only of our world but of the known universe.
In the next section you will explore many readings about these forces of nature and what Cayce had to say about them.
Metals
As will be, as has been the experience, days and periods the vibrations from metals and their elements have a great deal of influence upon the entity.
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Aluminum Al Atomic Number 13
History
Aluminum is a metal obtained from the mineral bauxite, which was discovered in Les Baux, France, in 1827 by Hans Christian Oersted.
Aluminum is a pure white metal with high reflectivity which means that most of the light that shines on it is returned to the viewer, a result of the light color. In its