Crystal Clear, Jaya Saxena
Crystal Clear, Jaya Saxena
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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


Synopsis

From amethyst to obsidian, Basic Witches author Jaya Saxena explores the multi-faceted meanings and history behind eleven popular crystals in this relatable personal essay collection.

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.

About Jaya Saxena

Jaya Saxena is the coauthor of Basic Witches and a staff writer at Eater. Her work has appeared in many outlets, including the New York Times, Buzzfeed, GQ, Elle, Electric Literature, Catapult, The Daily Dot, The Toast, and more. She lives in New York City with her partner.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica

I received this book for free from the publisher (Quirk Books) in exchange for an honest review. I give this book 4.5 stars which rounds up to 5. So first off, I just want to mention that this is not a guidebook on crystals. If you are looking for a guidebook about different crystals and their proper......more

Goodreads review by Renata

I've been a fan of some of Jaya Saxena's online wrings and I've been semi-ironically getting into crystals but I probably wouldn't have picked this up if I hadn't read some online reviews that were like "uh this is not a guide to crystals it's actually set of beautiful personal essays" and I was lik......more

Goodreads review by Karen

This was a wonderfully insightful book that looks into more than just crystals and what they can do for you. The author bares a lot of her soul in these passages as she looks into meanings of different stones along with times in her life that she felt drawn to each rock. I've become fascinated other......more

Goodreads review by Kate

I loved the dedication at the beginning of the book "for every kid who picked up a rock and saw more than just dirt" - very sweet!! Firstly, I loved the illustrations in this book - incredibly original, great colours. Loved it! Could see myself having some of the artwork framed and put on the walls......more

Goodreads review by Brenna

My coworker Jaya Is the author and she published the book a few years ago. During a book sale recently I came across it on the shelf and decided to buy it. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but Jaya has such a great voice in her day to day work, I wanted to find out. I pretty much devoured this b......more