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 Grounding?

Hematite, black tourmaline, red jasper and smoky quartz. Grounding is the one association on a crystal shelf your own hand can check.

Agate is the usual answer. Pliny gives it a harmony job too, and his is between the people in a house rather than inside one.

Citrine, aventurine, pyrite and carnelian are the usual answers. The book that named the law of attraction contains no gemstone at all.

Moonstone, labradorite and pearl lead the list. But look at what the connection consists of: it is a schedule, not a source.

Practice holds that a raw stone carries its energy whole. Where raw pieces belong, what four favourites are for, and how to look after them.

Wear green jasper near the heart or carry it, but above all take it outside, into a garden bed, a plant pot or on a walk. Here is how.

Red jasper, hematite, black tourmaline, smoky quartz and bloodstone are the root stones. A lying-down ritual, and how to carry them low.

Sapphire, September's stone, is worn in crystal practice for wisdom, truth and faithfulness. How to wear and clear it, and why bishops chose it.

October has two birthstones: opal, worn in crystal practice for feeling and making, and tourmaline, chosen by colour for love or balance.

November's citrine is kept for optimism and abundance, golden topaz for confidence. How to wear them, and a short line to say over the stone.