As a beginner to crystals, these guides and books offer everything you need to get started with crystals. From cleansing and grids to healing and the correlations between crystals and colors, astrology, sacred geometry & sacred geometry; Judy Hall excels at making crystals accessible yet mysterious with titles like Earth Blessings & Crystals for Energy Healing by Judy Hall.

The Crystal Bible

An essential tool for any crystal enthusiast, this comprehensive reference offers information about over 250 crystals with rare minerals possessing esoteric properties. Organized alphabetically for easy reference, its directory format makes finding known crystals easily or identifying unknown ones easy. Updated and expanded with additional skulls, beings and Madagascan stones as well as chakras to promote spiritual alchemy; plus information on working with Greenland stones. Also contains grids and healing applications.

Earth Blessings

This book presents a selection of ecological poems, interfaith prayers and spiritual prose to inspire readers to recognize and practice environmental stewardship.

Judy Hall is an internationally recognized Mind-Body-Spirit author, past life therapist, karmic astrologer and crystal healer with over four decades of experience. She specializes in teaching how crystals can help personal energy clearing as well as Earth healing.

Crystals can absorb toxic energies and idle chatter, so it is necessary to cleanse them regularly. Intention setting and clearing are also key when working with crystals; placing crystals in an ordered layout such as Pentangle or Sunburst patterns can help with setting intentions and setting intentions when working with crystals. Furthermore, crystal points channel energy in their respective directions so you can dowse or open your palm chakras to determine where a crystal should be placed for best effect.

Crystals for Energy Healing

Crystals are more than Instagram-worthy props or stylish jewelry pieces – they are ancient tools designed to tap into our inner energies. Crystals emit vibrations which harmonize with our energy fields (or auras) and promote physical, mental and spiritual health.

Step one is setting an intention: the area in your life where you need support – be it mental clarity or emotional equilibrium – then choosing a crystal that resonates with it; for instance rose quartz is known as a “love stone,” helping increase self-love and mend relationships while amethyst is considered to be a “master healer,” supporting intuition and spiritual growth.

Alternative strategies could involve creating a crystal grid to reinforce and extend the power of your intentions and increase their influence.

Crystals for Positive Manifestation

No matter the nature of your desires – from relationships and careers to life directions – this crystal guide offers the energy that supports them as you work toward them. Rose quartz promotes deep relationships, while sodalite helps dispel limiting beliefs and emotional turmoil to help clear away clutter in your mind so you can focus on manifesting what truly desires.

Malachite, with its vibrant green hue, is an emblematic crystal for growth and renewal, inspiring fresh starts and new opportunities to manifest in your life. Black obsidian serves as a protective shield, helping ensure that negative energies or self-doubt don’t hinder your journey towards manifesting your dreams. Pyrite (fool’s gold) boosts confidence while drawing wealth and abundance to you – an indispensable companion in any manifestation ritual!

Uma Sibley’s Ultimate Guide

One of North America’s premier bird identification guides, Sibley’s guide has now been updated for publication. His beauty, utility and depth of content set it apart from its peers.

The second edition retains the Sibley style while ditching Roger Tory Peterson’s iconic linking lines in favor of an easier and more intuitive system for placing images and text, without having to rely on text on either end for every illustration.

Sibley provides 600 new paintings and numerous minor improvements that should make this book essential for any birder. He includes increased details about variations in plumage for every species as well as expanded descriptions of songs and calls that help in identification.