

Crystal Clear
Reflections on Extraordinary Talismans for Everyday Life
Author: Jaya Saxena
Narrator: Amy McFadden
Unabridged: 5 hr 36 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 12/28/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Body, Mind, & Spirit
Synopsis
Highly prized for their beauty, crystals can take the shape of jewelry, household objects, and an array of self-care products. But it's the ideas they stand for that draw people to their raw forms. Like astrology, tarot, and modern witchcraft, crystals help practitioners understand themselves and the wider world around them.
In this collection of sharply observed essays, Jaya Saxena reflects on—and challenges—the ideas associated with eleven popular stones, including unconditional love (rose quartz), happiness and success (citrine), balance (amethyst), self-care (black tourmaline), purity (pearl), imposter syndrome (pyrite), toxic positivity (carnelian), change (opals), traditional concepts of marriage (diamonds), presentation versus identity (obsidian), and death (amber).
The result is a deeply personal book with universal appeal, exploring how we assign meaning and power to crystals in order to give meaning and power to our lives.