- Amara Naqvi
In a world that pulsates with energy, finding balance and protecting our own energy fields is essential. Crystals created by Earth’s timeless embrace and forged deep within its core offer support in the face of chaos and negativity.
In times of uncertainty or distress, crystals can provide solace and comfort. For centuries, they have worked to counter negative energy and amplify positive energy. From the calming shield of amethyst to the protective aura of black tourmaline, and the radiant, happy glow of citrine, each crystal offers a unique vibrational frequency to ease the stressors.
Here is a collection of crystals that can assist in finding balance and protecting or maintaining our energy fields. Wear them as jewelry, display them in your home or office, or simply hold them during meditation or intention.
Understanding the Unique Energies of Different Crystals
You might wonder why different crystals are recommended for various purposes. Each crystal has unique metaphysical properties, vibrational frequencies, and colors that interact differently with the human body and environment. These vibrations are believed to influence the body’s energy centers, like the chakras, potentially leading to physical, emotional, or spiritual healing when in close proximity.
While empirical evidence is limited, some research suggests that the benefits of crystal healing may involve psychological or placebo effects. For instance, studies on Amethyst have shown mixed results, with some indicating positive outcomes and others attributing effects to the placebo response.
Crystal healing is a deeply personal practice. If you feel drawn to it, trust your intuition and approach it with an open mind.
While empirical evidence is limited, some research suggests that the benefits of crystal healing may involve psychological or placebo effects. For instance, studies on Amethyst have shown mixed results, with some indicating positive outcomes and others attributing effects to the placebo response.
Crystal healing is a deeply personal practice. If you feel drawn to it, trust your intuition and approach it with an open mind.
Chakra Aligning
Crystal: Turquoise
Attributes: Re -aligns all chakras
Crystal: Malachite
Attributes: Awakens, activates, and balances all chakras
Crystal: Kyanite
Attributes: One of the few gems known to instantly and harmoniously align all chakras, Kyanite is the stone of ultimate energetic alignment. Bringing peace, centering, and balance to your energy centers, it promotes overall wellness.
Chakra Cleansing
Crystal: Garnet
Attributes: Helps balance, cleanse, and revitalize all chakras.
Crystal: Honey Calcite
Attributes: Purifies home’s energy, encourages healthy growth in children.
Crystal: Tourmaline
Attributes: Grounds, balances and clears all chakras
Space Enegry Cleanser
Crystal: Amber
Attributes: Cleanses and purifies energy in a space.
Crystal: Calcite
Attributes: Clears negative energies, promotes harmony.
Crystal: Himalayan Salt
Attributes: Releases negative ions, good during consultations.
Overall Protective Crystals
Crystal: Agate
Attributes: Known for its protective and stabilizing energy. Fosters emotional resilience and inner peace during tough times. Reduces anxiety and calms the nervous system, aiding mental clarity and emotional balance. Historically referenced in the Bible for its protective qualities.
Crystal: Selentine
Attributes: protects your auric field and your home, helps to heal and repair on a cellular level.
Crystal: Turquoise
Attributes: guards your energy and is protective.
Crystal: Aragonite
Attributes: Protects against overextending oneself and shields agains toxic influences. Gives feelings of safety and connection to the earth through grounding energy.
Crystal: Shungite
Attributes: among Earth’s rarest stones, has antioxidants, has potent healing capabilities and shields from harmful energies.
Crystal: Black Moonstone
Attributes: Known for its grounding and protective properties. Its deep vibration is believed to enhance: Protection and stability during spiritual practices and rituals, connection with the subconscious mind and inner self.
Crystal: Bloodstone
Attributes: Bloodstone acts as a powerful shield against negative energies, providing grounding and a sense of safety.
Crystal: Red Jasper
Attributes: Associated with the root chakra, the foundation of our sense of security, Red Jasper helps to maintain strong roots, allowing one to thrive and flourish. The stone acts as a protective shield, preventing unexpected events from overwhelming you. It is especially protective of one’s energy, while also infusing the home with joy and protection. Place it by the front door to prevent negative energies from entering your home, or carry it for personal protection.
Crystal: Malachite
Attributes: Not only guards against radiation and electromagnetic pollution, providing EMF protection. It also acts as an energetic barrier, keeping lower vibrational frequencies away from the body.
Crystal: Tigers Eye
Attributes: Acts as a shield, protecting against negative energies while instilling a sense of inner power.
Crystal: Black tourmaline
Attributes: one of the most protective stones, safeguarding people, places, and possessions by deflecting negative vibes and keep one’s frequency at its highest level, protecting people, places, and possessions. Acting as an energetic bodyguard, it shields against environmental negativity, helping one attract positive experiences and eliminate fear.
Environmental Pollutants
Crystal: Turquoise
Attributes: Shields against negative energy, clears electromagnetic smog and provides protection against pollutants in the environment.
Crystal: Aquamarine
Attributes: Protects against pollutants, calming.
Electromagnetic Smog
Crystal: Amazonite
Attributes: Guards against electromagnetic smog, protection.
Crystal: Amethyst
Attributes: Cleansing properties, place between you and a source of electromagnetic smog or geopathic stress, or position on your desk.
Crystal: Aventurine
Attributes: Shields against electromagnetic radiation, healing.
Crystal: Black Tourmaline
Attributes: Protects against EMFs, psychic attacks, radiation, spells and L vision, negative energies of all kind, protect against cell phone.
Crystal: Jasper, aquamarine
Attributes: Deflects and protects against EMF’s.
Crystal: Aventurine, Jasper, Malachite
Attributes: Useful for soaking up radiation and should be used in homes exposed to nuclear spills or other EMF’s.
Crystal: Lepidolite, Shungite
Attributes: Place beside computers,wi-fi hub or any other electronics, blocks emf’s.
Use: Place under your pillow.
Crystal: Shungite
Attributes: It offers protection by warding off environmental stress and negative energy fields. In addition to purifying the aura, Shungite shields against electromagnetic fields emitted by televisions, computer monitors, microwaves, telephones, and other wireless devices.
Holistic Healer
Crystal: Black Obsidian
Attributes: Valued for its cleansing and healing properties on physical, mental, and spiritual levels. Aids those in challenging times by: promoting healing and rejuvenation, restoring emotional balance, enhancing spiritual well-being, believed to repair energetic disruptions and protect against psychic attacks, it’s grounding energy fosters a sense of connection to the earth, providing stability and security.
Crystal: Bloodstone
Attributes: This stone provides pain relief (note: scientific evidence is limited), general physical and emotional healing, promotes strength, endurance, and increased energy levels, and offers protective and restorative properties such as courage, resilience, and determination during difficult times.
Crystal: Clear Quartz
Attributes: Clear quartz is a highly versatile crystal known for its abilities to amplify, absorb, program, store, release and magnify energy, whether positive or negative. It harmonizes the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects, stimulates the immune system, and brings clarity and balance. It also enhances the effects of other crystals.
Fear, Scared
Crystal: Aragonite
Attributes: Relieves fear, provides courage.
Crystal: Smoky Quartz
Attributes: Eases fear, provides protection.
Use: Relieve fear or other dense energy if put on body.
Crystal: Pyrite
Attributes: protects, release negative thoughts, overcome deep profound fears.
Geopathic Stress (Guard against)
Crystal: Aragonite
Attributes: Guards against geopathic stress, grounding.
Negative Attachements
Crystal: Amethyst
Attributes: negative attachments can be cleared.
Crystal: Black Tourmaline
Attributes: use if under negative attack to take of evil eye (very strong).
Crystal: Aquamarine
Attributes: Helps release thoughts and behaviors that are negative, helps to make you free from negative attachments and relationships.
Crystal: Tourmaline
Attributes: powerful mental healer, balancing the right and left hemispheres of the brain and transmuting negative thought patterns and two positive ones. Banishes any feeling of being a victim and attracts inspiration, compassion, tolerance and prosperity.
Crystal: Tigers eye
Attributes: provides protection against hostile and negative energy.
Crystal: Turquoise
Attributes: most efficient healer, providing Solas for the spirit and well-being for the body. Leave to change color to warn of danger or in Fidelity.
Negative Energy
Crystal: Shungite
Attributes: removes negative energy.
Crystal: Carnelian
Attributes: provides protection from hostility and negative energy.
Crystal: Azurite
Attributes: Helps cleanse the subconscious of negative emotions and limiting beliefs, making it useful for meditation and spiritual growth.
Crystal: Black Onyx
Attributes: Known for its protective qualities, it absorbs and transforms negative energy, fostering resilience.
Crystal: Hematite
Attributes: Hematite absorbs and releases negative energy, making it a powerful grounding stone. As it facilitates energy flow through the body, it is used by people seeking protection and stability to block and prevent psychic and energetic attacks.
Crystal: Black Obsidian
Attributes: a powerful protective and cleansing stone that creates a shield of energy, absorbing negative frequencies and blocking psychic attacks (“psychic attacks” refer to negative or harmful energy or influences directed at a person through non-physical means). It is highly regarded for its psychic protection and shielding and renowned for its ability to dispel negative energies. Its grounding energy makes it a popular choice for aligning our physical and spiritual selves.
Crystal: Selenite
Attributes: excellent stone for clearing and cleansing other crystals and items of unwanted negative energies.
Crystal: Smoky Quartz
Attributes: Smoky quartz is one of the most powerful protective stones, believed to absorb and transmute negative energy, purify the aura, and provide stress relief.
