The Pocket Book of Stones: Who They Are and What They Teach

Product Description
• Features beautifully lit, color photos of each stone to aid in identification and to showcase the beauty of the crystals and gemstones
• Provides a description of each stone, a quick-look list of keywords, elemental and chakra correspondences, scientific data, and the story of each stone’s beneficial physical, emotional, and spiritual qualities
• Based on the bestselling
The Book of Stones: Who They Are and What They Teach
Detailing the spiritual and healing qualities of 390 members of the mineral kingdom,
The Pocket Book of Stones is a condensed reference guide to crystals and gems based on the bestselling
The Book of Stones: Who They Are and What They Teach. This portable A-to-Z guide features beautifully lit, full-color photos of each stone to aid in identification and to showcase the beauty of the crystals and gemstones. This updated edition describes 47 new stones not covered in the original
Pocket Book of Stones and contains a comprehensive index of the spiritual, emotional, and healing qualities of the stones.
Every entry contains a vivid color photo, quick-look list of keywords, elemental and chakra correspondences, plus the beneficial physical, emotional, and spiritual qualities of each mineral, crystal, or gemstone. Author Robert Simmons provides a description of each stone, including scientific data and the story of each stone’s spiritual and healing qualities, as well as recommendations for other stones that combine harmoniously with it. The scientific information offered provides a familiar frame of reference for those not yet familiar with crystal energies and also broadens the knowledge of those who come to stones primarily for spiritual purposes.
This book provides an ideal introduction to stones and their energies for those who are new to the field as well as an invaluable portable reference for well-versed readers.
Review
“There is no one more heart-filled with the Wisdom of Stones than Robert Simmons.” ―
Robert Sardello, PhD, author of Love and the Soul
About the Author
Robert Simmons has been working with crystals and stones for over 35 years. He is the cofounder of Heaven and Earth, a company offering gem and jewelry creations for self-healing and spiritual and emotional development. The author of several books, including
The Book of Stones,
The Alchemy of Stones, and
Stones of the New Consciousness, he lives in New Zealand.
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Introduction
People love stones, and--if the meditative encounters I and thousands of others have experienced mean what they appear to mean--the feeling is mutual.
The lore of the spiritual qualities of crystals, gems and minerals goes back far beyond our written history. Moldavite amulets were discovered in the 25,000-year-old archeological dig that uncovered the Venus of Willendorf, the oldest Goddess statue. Fifteen centuries ago, Hindus believed that diamonds provided their owners with protection from evil spirits, fire, poison, snakes and illness. In ancient Rome, Emerald was viewed as a symbol of fertility and was associated with the goddess Venus. Christian legends speak of Emerald as the stone of resurrection. Ancient legend in Burma held that inserting a Ruby into one’s flesh would make one invulnerable. The Christian Mystic Hildegard of Bingen wrote an entire volume on gemstone cures for all sorts of illnesses. Several years after
The Book of Stones was published, I discovered it was predated by a similar book with the same title, written by the Arabian alchemist Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan, over 1,000 years ago!
My own books are nourished by the roots of these ancient traditions, and are addressed to the large community of spiritually-oriented stone lovers that sprouted in the early 1980s and has grown exponentially since then. Like the alchemists, we look beyond the outer appearances of crystals and minerals to link with their quintessential energies