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I'm not sure if other people use them, but I have about three crystals, two clear and one of them from a stone that's been cut in half. I use both in cases to help with energy, quick spells like that.

Typically what I do is hold it in my hand or to my head. It's sort of like grounding in a way I suppose. I feel the bad energy, feelings, pain flowing out of my body and into the crystal. Then, just change it, make it white or golden, almost metallic in a way, then let it reenter again. It kind of cleanses for me.

Another way, if I have a real headache or migraine, to hold it there for a while. For some reason, it makes me feel better.

This all comes from a book I recently bought, The Good Spell Book; Love Charms, Magical Cures, and Other Practical Sorcery. Though I don't use the 'love charms' so much, I do find that it's based heavily in Roma type magick, even gypsy-like.

So if you're interested, give it a try or check out the book. Some of them are good and useful. And the best part, it was pretty cheap too.

Good luck & Blessed Be!

Gillian Kemp, it says. It's pretty cool, even the design of it is really pretty cool. Like it has little bits and pieces on the pages, as if you stuck stamps in there or pressed a leaf. And there's tiny other writings, like someone took notes. So visually pleasing as well as useful. I just use it more for the health section though. So, I'm not sure how the rest will turn out for you.