Naomi Reeve

Naomi has been working with crystals and reading in spirituality, symbolism and tradition since 2004, and covers that half of the site.

What Crystals Are Good for Confidence?

Tiger's eye, carnelian, citrine, all sent to the solar plexus. The text that centre comes from treats it as a stage, not a store.

Hematite goes low on the body: wrist, ankle, a front pocket, the hand, the base of the spine. Why a grey stone with a red name sits there.

Match the crystal to the occasion: a new home, a new job, a new baby, a loss or a birthday. Which stones fit each, and how to wrap and give them.

Peace of mind can mean a racing mind, an unsaid word or a need for ground. Which stones crystal practice places for each, from crown to root.

Amethyst within reach of the bed, laid between the brows when a bad dream wakes you, and in crystal practice a black stone underneath as a guard.

Write down the one thing you are letting go of, do one small act with the page, then leave it be, with obsidian or malachite beside you.

Rose quartz, smoky quartz, rhodonite, lepidolite and apache tears, kept as company. The Victorians mourned with jet, and their rule gave time.

Cool blue stones for anger's heat and the replay after it, and bloodstone, a stone of strength in its lore, for walking back in the next day.

Choose a pillow stone for the night you want, rest or a dream, and tuck it into the corner of the pillowcase. Which stones, and how.

Black tourmaline, amethyst and hematite are the usual car stones. Keep one in the driver's sight, held still, and bring it in on hot days.