Introduction
Understanding Practice
Lithotherapy combines symbolic colours, forms and narratives with supposed emotional or physical effects. Minerals have real physical properties, but not the predicted energetic healing properties.
Benefits sought
- Intent
- Meditation object
- Aesthetic pleasure
- Symbolic support
History and evolution
Stones have had religious, social and ornamental functions in many civilizations. The current therapeutic correspondences are often recent constructions mistakenly presented as universally old.
Practice guidance
- Symbolic choice of a stone
- Port or placement
- Mediation or intention
- Personal interpretation of sensations
What does a session look like?
Practice may consist of choosing a stone, holding it during meditation or placing it in a space. This aesthetic experience requires no promise of care.
What we know — and what we don't know
There is no scientific evidence that crystals emit energies that can treat a disease.
The tests do not show specific effect of crystals beyond expectations and context. No measurable curative vibrations have been demonstrated.
Precautions and limits
- Do not ingest powder or mineral elixir: some stones contain lead, arsenic or copper.
- Avoid concentrated sun through a crystal and stones in water without mineralogic knowledge.
- Do not replace a treatment.
Severe pain, aggravation, unusual symptom or psychological distress require appropriate professional advice. Orabel does not offer any diagnosis or prescription.
Status in France
The title of lithotherapist is not regulated. Claims of healing can be misleading.
Demanding the provenance of minerals: extraction, work and environment can be strongly affected.
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