Stones of the New Consciousness: Healing, Awakening and Co-creating with Crystals, Minerals and Gems

Very good book

This is a great book! It is a nice sized book (about 300 pages and something like 7 x 10" in size) and loaded with color photos of the stones. It begins with a 9-page intro by Robert Sardello, Co-Director of the School of Spiritual Psychology in North Carolina. The first half of the book (119 pages) is wisdom from Robert Simmons about various practices with stones based on his lifetime of working with them and consciously tuning into their energies. It provides a great deal of information including wearing stones, meditation practices to help you align with the energies of the stones, shamanic journeying, receiving messages, body layouts with stones, healing grids with stones, crystal acupuncture, etc.The 2nd half is about stones associated with New Age consciousness (pages 120 - 278) and is about the qualities and properties of each stone and how they work to heal or enhance your abilities. If you have "The Book of Stones" by Simmons and Ahsian, most of the stones in the new book are in "The Book of Stones" so don't think this is all new stones; however, there is a great deal of detail on each stone. There are a few stones that were not in the older book though. Conversely, there are a lot of stones in the old book that are not in the new book. The idea of the new book is to provide detailed "how to" information and to list the primary hot New Age stones (such as Nuummite, Moldavite, Azeztulite, etc.). If you are familiar with the prior book, you know that Simmons is particularly interested in Moldavite and Azeztulite. I can confirm that my personal experiences with Moldavite have been most interesting. Initially, and as weird as this sounds, I found its energy to be so intense that I could not wear it for extended periods of time for several months.In an early part of the book, Simmons states, "We meet the world through our senses and our imagination." He mentions that stones help us to develop our capacity of attention. I guess you could say that this is a capacity to bring attention to the subtleties of the energetic movement within our bodies as well as facilitate our heart-centered connection with Spirit. Although I used to laugh at things like this, I have found very special properties in the stones I encounter. (Guess I wasn't as smart as I once thought I was.) Tuning into stones is tuning into a big piece of the ever-fascinating world of nature and when you are blessed enough to feel the energies within them, it opens up the equivalent of a wondrous world of play for your inner child. And in absorbing those energies, you may share them with others as friends did with me.Anyway, back to the first part of this book--Simmons explains the crystal nature of humans, stating that we are crystalline both through the liquid crystal nature of our tissues and cell structures and in the crystal molecule of our DNA. (That reminds me-I was at a dinosaur museum in Alberta Canada and saw a large cut-open dinosaur bone and guess what was inside? CRYSTALS). Simmons also talks about Sophia, the Great Central Sun, the New Consciousness, the Light Body, and Heart Intelligence. He provides a bunch of meditations on related topics, including meeting stone spirits, inter-dimensional travel, shamanic journeying, sleeping and dreaming, and heart-centered ascension. He provides stone layouts and lists which stones to use for various outcomes (e.g. emotional healing, manifestation, angelic attunement, etc.). He provides info on making crystal waters and stone elixirs. He explains crystal/stone jewelry, pendants and combo pendants, wands, platonic solids, meditation pyramids. Simmons also provides 10 pages on the Azez and Azeztulite, one of his most favorite stones.This is a really nice book to have if you are being spiritually pulled into the New Age Consciousness. It will fuel your internal fire. Won't you please let your inner child come out and play?Peace and love to you on your path forward.Namaste'

I have collected stones since childhood, and I've been working with their energies for over two decades. I bought this book after purchasing Simmons' 'The Book of Stones,' which became one my favourite out of the many books I own on stones, crystals and gems. 'Stones of the New Consciousness' was a welcome addition to my collection. Mr Simmons delves more deeply into some of the most powerful stones in existence, and his information on crystal grids was very insightful. I found this, along with 'The Book of Stones' to be far superior to Judy Hall's 'The Crystal Bible' collection - they're excellent for an overview, but those who are interested in learning more about the subtle energies of stones would do well to add these two books to your library.

When I first saw this book comeout, I asked myself, "Do you really need another stone book?" Fortunately, I bought it anyway and it is a turning pointing my life! If you want to start getting some of the science blending with the spiritual regarding stones, this is a fabulous book. If you want to get to the next level of understanding and working with stones--this is a must have book. We all know the energies are changing and this book can help you enter into these new freuencies. It is well written and, as with his other stone book, the photographs are beautiful. If you're looking for the "best" book on stones, this is it!

This is an interesting and thorough book, but the buyer should know some things before taking all information at face value. Mr. Simmons (the author) has for many years had a very large investment in the stones that he promotes and sells. He is not a dis-interested party, nor is he unbiased in the stones that he says are the most amazing. Are they impressive and powerful? Certainly. But his personal interest in the popularity of some stones makes his reviews suspect. To see which stones his company has a stake in, take a wander through his catalog at [...] -- there is nothing wrong with his products, but he appears to favor the stones he sells as superior to others.In my opinion, the Book of Stones that he co-wrote with Naisha Ashian is a better investment than this one. In the Book of Stones, Naisha's representations of the attributes of stones more closely matches with my own experiences, so I can trust them more.Still an interesting read, but not totally objective.

I have the original book that Mr. Simmons published and keep it close at hand. This book covers many of the new stones that I have purchased and had to keep the description documents from the seller near by to remember the name/purpose. This book describes the new stones in his usual descriptive style. He even instructs how to use the stones. Its a very informative and good book. I recommend if you have the newer stones/crystals/minerals. Mr. Simmons does his usual wonderful job and the photos are great.

For anyone wanting to ascend into a more evolved consciousness this is the tool.Simmons has such mastery of his subject that the book reads like a easy flow chart.This is truly a must read and must keep book.I absolutely love it.

This is a great book, I like that it offers, what element, chakra & meaning. I wish it listed the composition of the rock in chemical elements such as SiO2 for Silicate. Love the meaning. I would love to know if the rock color automatically puts it in a specific purpose or healing power category. I will read more maybe this does offer about color

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Un libro molto bello e molto particolare. Non ci sono tutti i cristalli che pensavo di trovare, ma le foto sono magnifiche ed è davvero ben fatto.

Robert Simmons a pesar de llevar una línea muy comercial en sus libros (varios de los cristales que se incluyen en este libro son marcas registradas por él mismo), se ajusta mucho a la realidad a la hora de describir los efectos de los diferentes cristales, que no es algo que se pueda decir de otros famosos autores.En este libro hay una pequeña introducción donde Robert Simmons habla sobre sus experiencias con diferentes cristales, su aprendizaje y algunas anécdotas más que pueden resultar interesantes. Luego entra de lleno a la explicación de los diferentes minerales que se incluyen en el libro(en orden alfabético) y lo que más me llama la atención es que cuenta sus experiencias en meditación con todos los cristales a los que hace referencia y además, habla de las asociaciones de cristales que mejor funcionan y los efectos que éstas producen (que esto ya lo hacía en otros libros como "The book of stones" o "Moldavite: Starborn Stone of Transformation" pero diría que es de las partes que más me gustan de sus libros).No incluye una gran variedad de cristales como en otras de sus obras, pero están muy bien explicados, la edición de este libro es de gran calidad y las fotografías merecen mucho la pena. El inglés utilizado puede ser algo complicado de entender, pero si tienes un nivel medio- alto de este idioma, lo leerás sin problemas.

分厚いパワーストーンの本。石ごとに詳しい解説かついている。英語分量が多い。

I love this book and highly recommend both it and the earlier books by this author. His description of the role of crystals at this time is excellent. What a joy to find someone who is encouraging people to approach the subject in this way, rather than in the prescriptive, but very limited way, that has become popularised.I have been blessed to work with crystals for over twenty years, and have taught many students at my school, The Cornwall School of Crystal Healing. In this time there has been a proliferation of books on the subject. Sadly, many of these are poor rewrites of earlier texts, with information often taken out of context, by authors with little true understanding or experience of the subject. Apart from being a waste of money, this is confusing for the student, and does not help the reputation of Crystal Healing.For someone just beginning their journey with the crystals, I would recommend reading The Book of Stones, and working with some of the crystals described there, before moving on to those in this book.I need to say that, personally, I have a challenge with the "rebranding" of certain minerals, and from that perspective I do have some reservations about this work. However, having said that, Robert Simmons message goes far beyond this and resonates deeply at a heart level, and I can not recommend this book too highly.