What is your personal position on letting other people touch your stones?
Are there specific crystals that you don't want others to touch; if so, which ones, and how do you make the distinction between stones people can touch, and those they can't?
What about crystal pendants -- how would you react if someone you just met reached over and touched a crystal you were wearing (perhaps to compliment it)?
Is there anyone who doesn't mind at all having their crystal friends touched by others?
I have no problems with people handling my crystals and encourage it actually. Unlike stonesatiety, I do enjoy wearing jewelry and do my best to collect many of my crystals in jewelry form. My moldavite and pietersite are both wrapped in wire and hang from a necklace that I wear daily now. People are often drawn to them to admire them. I love getting the chance to tell them about crystals.
Finally, if you do mind, do you do a full cleansing of the stone afterwards?
(Obviously, there are no right or wrong answers, I'm just curious about others' perspectives)
no, never even thought of it! You do need to be careful as to cleaning your crystals too--as many are not safe with a water bath-and other cleansing ways. I do however, own a beautiful white selenite 'mountain'. So purchased because it reminds me of a snow capped mountain and when I first saw it, it took my breath away. Its only about 4 to 6" tall, but still majestic looking! I later found out that selenites are powerful crystal cleansers just by being near them. So, I keep most of my crystals in a glass dish and the majestic selenite towers over them.
stonesatiety, you are quite an interesting guy! I, too, loved to play with rocks - since I was a kid. In the 60s, I joined in with the other people who would pick out rocks to paint, and give them faces. They were all special to me, and the face helped to really bring them alive IMHO. I still pick up rocks when I'm on a walk and bring htem home to put them in the garden or a pot of flowers/herbs. The husband thinks I'm silly, but its as if they are calling out to me when I spot them on the roadside.
BriarRose said:
Quartz Crystals are piezoelectric. That means that when squeezed or compressed (by our hands and fingers) they produce an electrical charge that we can tap into. That is why they use them in medical devices and computers. They have capability of memory, and give off a pulse or a charge.
I didn't know this, BR! makes sense, but wow, very interesting!
I've had some crystals shock me like this. Just recently, while meditating with my two auralite23 in each hand, I began to really vibrate and shake internally. It was a very odd feeling with the stones, and I also grew to be very hot, but only my hands and arms. odd. I am not sure I ever had this feelign before while holding these two stones. They always had good energy to them, since I purchased them from Delitz here on A.T. Beautiful stones and I knew they were full of powerful energy. I could 'feel' it by just looking at them--but this time I felt their power too!
I held a Melody's stone in my hand once, also known as a "super seven", at a New Age Expo in our area. My sister was with me, and I wanted to show her the stone and explain what I knew about it. The stone literally began to jump in my outstretched palm and before I could close my fingers around it, the stone literally jumped right out of my hand!
I would've purchased it if they'd have taken credit cards, but they only would take cash and I didn't have enough cash on me to buy it. darn it. Next time I go to that expo, I'll take PLENTY of cash!