Naomi Reeve

Naomi Reeve

Naomi has been working with crystals and reading in spirituality, symbolism and tradition since 2004, and covers that half of the site.
Bright living room shelf with an amethyst cluster, clear quartz point, rose quartz sphere, plants, and an unlit candle in warm afternoon sunlight

Where Should You Place Crystals in Your Home

Two placements, not twelve. One where you sleep, one where you stop moving during the day, set up a month apart so you can tell them apart. Amethyst by the bed, and fluorite or clear quartz where you sit. Black…

Tiger’s eye stones, bracelet, and pendant arranged on a wooden desk in warm natural light with soft shadows

How Do You Use Tiger’s Eye

Carry it, and do not be careful with it. Tiger’s eye is used as a pocket stone, a desk stone and a bracelet, and the reason those are the uses is that it is cheap enough to lose. That has…

Polished garnet, carnelian, red jasper, and bloodstone on a black slate surface in warm window light

What Do Red Stones Symbolize

Red stones get used for vitality and for starting something, and modern practice places them at the base of the spine. An Egyptian funerary instruction names a red stone too, and gives far more detail about what to do with…

Shungite bracelet, pendant, and polished stones beside a smartphone on a wooden table with soft natural light and dried lavender

Is Shungite Safe to Wear

Yes. Nothing points at a problem with polished shungite against skin, and the black marks a raw piece leaves are ink on your wrist rather than a health worry. The part of a shungite bracelet worth asking about is the…

Water-sensitive crystals around a bowl of water on a wooden table with soft natural light

Which Crystals Should Not Be Put in Water

Keep selenite, halite, calcite, celestite, malachite and pyrite out of water, along with most stones softer than about 5 on the Mohs hardness scale. A few dissolve, a few rust, and one or two are toxic. Quartz-family stones are fine.…

Still life scene with an amethyst geode, polished amethyst stone, candle, and handwritten affirmations on a wooden table in warm soft light

What Are Amethyst Affirmations

Amethyst affirmations are short sentences repeated while holding amethyst, which practice puts with calm and clear thinking. Write yours in a phrasing you can believe today, rather than in the present tense the standard advice insists on. I am calm…

Close-up photograph of a pale lilac lepidolite palm stone on crumpled linen beside a ceramic cup of chamomile tea, lit by warm evening light with soft shadows and shallow depth of field

How Do You Use Lepidolite for Healing

Carry it, or keep it where you sit. That is the method, and for this stone it is close to the whole method. Lepidolite comes with less procedure attached than nearly anything else on the shelf, and most of what…

Five jasper stones on dark slate showing red, ocean, picture, yellow, and dalmatian patterns

Is Jasper a Healing Stone

Yes, on the terms the question has. Crystal practice treats jasper as a grounding, steadying stone, and Pliny records in AD 77 that the peoples of the East are said to wear it as an amulet. No mechanism for it…

Crystals, candle, and journal arranged on linen cloth in soft morning light

How to Use Crystal Affirmations

Hold the stone while you say the sentence, out loud, and say it again tomorrow. Practice holds that the stone carries the quality you are reaching for, so that speaking in contact with it puts you nearer to that quality.…