Love is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals - The Reference Book Describing the Metaphysical Properties of the Mineral Kingdom by Melody Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Love is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals - The Reference Book Describing the Metaphysical Properties of the Mineral Kingdom
Book Review: great!!
Summary: 4 Stars
this book kept me facinated - i only wish there were pictures to identify the stones she is talking about - a small color one beside the definition (thou some have many colors). she does provide a detailed description. but many stones look a like to me. i hope her subsequent books can help me here. i have many stones and crystals and i still don't know which is which for many types of crystals and my other stones - even a drawing of the different types of crystals would help.
other than that, it has a wealth of information on every stone you could imagine and written in a readable format. she writes a great description of the chakras.
this book is many books in one and totally worth the purchase. i will purchase her book of pictures in hope that it helps me identify what i have in my collection.
Book Review: Considered a Bible...
Summary: 4 Stars
This particular "Melody Book" (other Melody books cover other "facets" of stones... like color pictures, application of stones, etc.), is about as comprehensive a book as one could hope for, regarding the metaphysical properties of particular crystals and stones. It's very rare that you'll find a type of stone (no matter how obscure) that isn't listed here. My only beef with it is that stones are more individualized with what they're suited for, than Melody would have you believe. (For instance, all of a certain kind of amethysts aren't suited for exactly the same thing, and the same goes true for all of any kind of stone...
Still, it is pretty much "the encyclopedia". (I'd also highly recommend, "Stone Empowerment", by Jane Hightower... Not as comprehensive, in terms of covering "all the stones", but it has practical info (including cautions) that simply doesn't exist in the Melody books.
Book Review: This single book is an incredible reference for crystals.
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has MANY things going for it.the author discusses various types of crysyals (clusters, dendric, gateway, generator, manifestation, obelisk, etc).
Then goes on to other sections (acquiring, dedication, cleansing, awakening, charging, programming, meditation, protection, making elixirs, etc).
Then the larger portion of the book is used to list the properties of hundreds of different kinds or stones. The author even goes so far to list the astrological sign, and which number the stones are associated with.
This book is an incredible resource for information about crystals; but I have three little nitpicks.
1. The Author lists the use of salt water to cleanse your crystals on page 54. I do not recommend this method because salt is a corrosive agent, and repeated cleansing in salt water could break down the lattice structure of crystals.
I DO recommend cleansing stones by the following methods.
a. smudging them in the smoke of a purifying herb or incense.
b. placing the crystals in sunlight.
c. burrying them in the ground so the negative energies can be transmuted.
2. I wish the author had listed the hardness of the assorted stones. This way you could use assorted stones of similar hardness so they did not damage one another. It would not be wise to carry a peice of Clear Quartz in a pocket with a peice of Moldavite. Moldavite is only 5.5 on the hardness scale where Quartz is a 7.0, Boji stones are 7.4. Ruby is 9, and Diamond is 10.
3. This book with 700+ pages is quite difficult to hold and read. So I would recommend that you read about the first 100 pages that discusses the assorted types of crystals, programming crystals, cleansing crystals, etc; then set the book on the shelf and use it as a reference guide when you want to find the properties of the assorted crystals as you acquire them.
Aloha nui loa (I love you very much)
Book Review: Most extensive listing of rocks, crystals, minerals
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been searching all over for the Love Is in the Earth book that had an extensive listing of rocks, minerals, crystals and finally this is it!If you are interested in rocks, minerals, crystals, this book is a good reference! Contains some information about mineral families and chemical compositions as well as healing properties. Melody has many great books, but I hope one day, she can update this version (which I like) to include pictures of the various rocks, minerals, crystals. Now I am looking for the right Melody book of pictures to go along as a companion for this one.
Book Review: Love is in the Book !!
Summary: 5 Stars
Melody's book is extraordinary and outstanding in the field of metaphysical properties of crystals. You will use "Love is in the Earth" as a standard reliable reference to many kinds of crystals and gemstones, minerals and metals, from Amazonite (no relation to Amazon.com)to Zoisite. The information is succinct in identifying the numerological and astrological significance of each crystal, including physical, emotional and psycho-spiritual meanings. My one beef about "Love is in the Earth" is that Melody includes many crystals not generally available at crystal stores, through gemmologists, rock shops, or gem and mineral clubs. In fact, a few gemmologists told me that some of the names used in the book are different than their field names, making it difficult to identify and locate. Some are even so rare that trying to get these elaborate crystals is next to impossible. So, be aware that you may not get some of the crystals mentioned in the book! Aside from that, "Love is in the Earth" is a valuable tool to anyone needing to know the esoteric healing properties of gems and minerals.