From the Back Cover
Gems and Stones explores the employment of gems, stones, and metals for influencing a variety of physical, mental, and spiritual conditions in humans. Excerpts from the Edgar Cayce readings are included here, helping to enlarge the methods of applying stones and metals in order to achieve the most positive results. The various uses of these minerals are examined. The reader discovers that they can be employed for many purposes: attunement, protection, destruction of harmful vibrations, evocation of helpful vibrations. Specific gems, stones, and metals which are thoroughly investigated within these pages include: the agate, amethyst, beryl, bloodstone (heliotrope), carbon steel, chrysolite, copper, coral, crystal, diamond, emerald, gold, lapis lazuli, lapis ligurious, lapis linguis, moonstone, opal, pearl, platinum, ruby, sardonyx, scarab, and topaz. Some extras which are included in this compendium of exciting and useful information are: "How to Choose a Gem Stone," "A Calendar of Birthstones," and a "Table of Cross-reference in the Readings." Another bonus are three appendices written by Ken Carley: "Reflections of a Rockhound," "The Stones of Egypt," and "Lapis Lazuli."