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Author Saxena, Jaya, author.

Title Crystal clear : reflections on extraordinary talismans for everyday life / Jaya Saxena.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Quirk Books, [2020]

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  133.254 SAX    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Wilson Branch - Adult Department  133.2548 SA    Check Shelf
Description 217 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Summary "In this collection of sharply observed essays, Jaya Saxena reflects on--and challenges--the ideas associated with eleven popular stones, including unconditional love (rose quartz), happiness and success (citrine), balance (amethyst), self-care (black tourmaline), purity (pearl), imposter syndrome (pyrite), toxic positivity (carnelian), change (opals), traditional concepts of marriage (diamonds), presentation versus identity (obsidian), and death (amber)." -- Amazon.com.
"Personal essays about the self-care applications of crystals"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-217).
Contents The rose quartz ceiling of unconditional love -- Black tourmaline and setting boundaries -- Pearl and the white light of innocence -- Pyrite, imposters, and fools -- Carnelian and the curse of positive thinking -- Citrine and the cost of happiness -- Opals and the terror of change -- Diamonds aren't special and neither are you -- Obsidian and finding the truth beneath the surface -- Amber, death, and the preservation of life -- Amethyst, for when you seek balance at all costs.
Subject Crystals -- Miscellanea.
Talismans -- Miscellanea.
Genre/Form Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
Essays.
Other Form: Online version: Saxena, Jaya. Crystal clear Philadelphia : Quirk Books, 2020 9781683692041 (DLC) 2020031964
ISBN 9781683692034 (hardcover)
1683692039 (hardcover)
9781683692041 (epub)
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