Table of Contents

Introduction: The Therapeutic Use of Gems and Crystals

Part 1
Working with Gemstones

1 Directory of Gems and Crystals

Agate • Alabaster • Amazonite • Amber • Amethyst • Ametrine •
Andalusite • Aquamarine • Aragonite • Aventurine • Azurite •
Beryl • Calcite • Carnelian • Celestine • Chalcedony • Chrysoberyl •
Chrysocolla • Chrysolite • Chrysoprase • Citrine • Coral •
Crystal: Cathedral Crystal, Herkimer Crystal, Phantom Crystal,
Rainbow Crystal, Rock Crystal, Scepter Crystal • Diamond •
Emerald • Fluorite • Garnet • Gem Salt • Heliotrope • Hematite •
Iolite • Jade • Jasper • Jet • Kunzite • Labradorite • Lapis Lazuli •
Magnesite • Magnetite • Malachite • Meerschaum • Mica •
Moldavite • Moonstone • Nephrite • Obsidian • Olivine • Onyx •
Opal • Orpiment • Pearl • Peridot • Pyrite • Rhodochrosite •
Rhodonite • Rose Quartz • Ruby • Sapphire • Silicified Wood •
Smoky Quartz • Sodalite • Sulfur • Sunstone • Tanzanite •
Tiger’s Eye • Topaz • Tourmaline • Turquoise • Zirconium

2 Applying the Stones Therapeutically

3 Gems and Crystals in the Home

4 Gemstone Care and Maintenance

Part 2
Gemstone Correspondences with the Chakras, Colors, and Signs of the Zodiac

5 Harmonization with the Chakras

6 The Language of Colors

7 Astrological Correspondences

Part 3
Treatment for Specific Conditions

8 Physical Care

9 Psychological Care

10 Spiritual Care

About the Author

Florence Mégemont has been practicing lithotherapy since 1995, and she gives lectures and workshops throughout Europe. She is the author in French of two other books on the power of gems and minerals. She lives in southern France.

Reviews

“Florence Mégemont’s explorations of the spiritual and therapeutic applications of over seventy different minerals and gemstones are vivid and lively, and they convey a strong sense of the stones as ‘beings’ rather than objects. This book gives strong emphasis to the therapeutic capacities of stones, and this is appropriate because the stones’ agenda is to facilitate human evolution into wholeness and spiritual realization.”
*Robert Simmons, author of The Book of Stones and Moldavite: Starborn Stone of Transformation*

"The vivid, gorgeous photos of each gem and crystal turn these minerals into . . . well, I can only call them rock stars! Just looking at these celebrity portraits gives you a sense of their inherent characteristics--through shape, texture, and color--and clues about how to work with them."
*Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Jan 2008*

" . . . a unique, seminal, and thoroughly 'user friendly' instructional reference, making it a very highly recommended addition to personal, academic, and community library Metaphysical Studies and Alternative Medicine reference collections and supplemental reading lists."
*The Midwest Book Review, Mar 2008*

"Not only is this book a handy reference guide to gems, crystals and how to use them, but it is interesting as the author provides us with quite a bit of background on the use of stones around the world."
*Joe Napolitano, Facing North, April 08*

"This book is an excellent addition to any gemstone library. The colored photographs make identifying the stones much easier and the author includes such details as hardness as well as metaphysical aspects of the gemstones."
*Veritas Newsletter, July 2008*