Five Human gift shop has been around now for 5 years and we can remember with humour how in the early days we knew absolutely nothing about crystals!  “Why does everybody keep asking us if we stock them?”  So therefore on our first visit to a trade fair we stopped by a stand that sold them. They were beautiful, interesting too, so many different kinds and so many different forms.  There was two huge amethyst cathedrals (that’s a big tower by the way) about 5 feet tall filled with deep purple facets, they looked stunning we couldn’t take our eyes off them.  There were carvings of different types of crystals in the shape of animals, angels, Buddhas and fairies to mention just a few. There were crystals in the shape of points, some were polished into perfect spheres, some were flat beds of faceted jewels to gaze upon and get lost in their intricacy.  We were smitten!   The woman who was running the stall explained to us that crystals have different qualities and people choose them for this as a main reason.  Indeed they say that the crystal chooses you and that you don’t really choose the crystal, it draws you to it!  Many stones are used in healing work and also some can be used to promote deep states of meditation.  Different stones can affect different parts of the body and different mind states, some even encourage plants to grow if placed beside them!  The list is endless and if you purchase a crystal book each crystal is described along with its main qualities.
The sceptics would say that there is a crystal for everything and it’s simply nonsense to believe that they can have so much effect on us!  Reading a few pages about different crystals one can quickly come to that conclusion and dismiss the whole thing as complete ”gobildy gook! “.  And yet ….and yet! … Let’s think about this.  We have pieces of rock which we know are radioactive for example uranium.  This is a stone that emits something completely invisible to the eye but we know this to be a totally true fact! We use silicon chips and we have quartz watches and clocks …mmm something not quite adding up here?  Why then should we not believe that different crystals may impart different qualities for us?
The jury is still out and really whatever you choose to believe you cannot take away their beauty and attractiveness, after all they have been worn as jewellery for thousands of years and also as protective talismans.
Talking about talismans, last year at the trade fair on our return journey we had to fly back from Birmingham and obviously go through the security checks at the airport.  As we each went through a bleep summoned the officers to ask as to empty our pockets only to find four or five different crystals!  We don’t like flying!
Bon voyage for now! 

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