Book Description
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic The Classic Guide to Crystal, Gem, and Metal Magic Practice an ancient magic that is both natural and powerful-the elemental Earth magic of rock, stone, and metal. This comprehensive and clear guidebook by Scott Cunningham has introduced over 200,000 readers to the secrets of over 100 gems and metals. Learn how to find and cleanse stones and use them in divinations, spells, and tarot readings. Discover how to determine the energies and stories contained within each stone, and the symbolic meanings of a stone's color and shape. Also included in this classic guide are: • A 16-page full-color insert, new with this edition • Birthstone and jewelry magic lore • Tables listing both planetary and elementary rulers of stones, magical intentions, and magical substitutions


About the Author
Scott Cunningham practiced magic actively for over twenty years. He was the author of more than fifty books covering both fiction and non-fiction subject matter; sixteen of his titles are published by Llewellyn Publications. Scott's books reflect a broad range of interests within the New Age sphere, where he was very highly regarded. He passed from this life on March 28, 1993, after a long illness.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Stones seem to have a magic of their own. People have been using them for thousands of years for a wide variety of magical purposes. In Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic, you'll find twenty-five full-color photos of over sixty stones so you can easily identify them in stores or in nature. But once you identify them, what can you do with them?

In this classic book, author Scott Cunningham explains the magical uses of more than 100 crystals, gems, stones and metals. For example, chalcedony is good for peace, protection, and luck. Geodes are good for meditation and magic for fertility and childbirth. Gold is good in rituals for power, healing, wisdom, money, success, and overcoming male sexual dysfunction.

The book also explains how magic works, the magic in colors, shapes, and more. You'll learn how to cleanse stones and how to use them for divination. Scott even shares how to use stones as a Tarot and gives two spreads for doing stone Tarot divinations.

Don't worry. You won't have to go through page after page of information just to find stones that can help you for a particular magical purpose. Included here is a list of various magical intentions and stones that can help you with them. For dieting you can use moonstone or topaz. For meditation try geodes, sapphire, or sodalite. For sexual energy try carnelian, sunstone, or yellow zircon. Everything from astral projection to wisdom is listed.

And that's still not all! You'll also get tables of the types of energy each stone has, projective or receptive. Further, you'll find out the planetary and elemental rulers for each stone, how to substitute stones when you can't find one given in a magical formula and a list of birthstones. You'll also find a glossary, a list of sources for obtaining stones and an annotated bibliography of seventy books you can consult for further information. Over 210,000 people have this book. You should have a copy, too.

Author Biography: Scott Cunningham practiced magic actively for over twenty years. He was the author of more than fifty books covering both fiction and non-fiction subject matter; sixteen of his titles are published by Llewellyn Publications. Scott's books reflect a broad range of interests within the New Age sphere, where he was very highly regarded. He passed from this life on March 28, 1993, after a long illness.