The Healing Power of the Rock Jon Lewes discovers how the Rock may have the power to heal or, at least, create harmony Ayres Rock, in central Australia, gives off vibrations at a frequency that is considered to have healing powers, possibly because of the extent and content of its crystal structures — the subject of interest to us living on and around the Rock of Gibraltar is whether vibrations with healing powers are being emitted by the Rock. To date, no official study has released results of any tests, so we have to assume that we are not sitting on an immense healing crystal — however, given the nature of crystal healing, we may nevertheless be receiving mental and physical benefits. Crystals have been used in healing throughout history. In the oldest writings on Earth, the Sanskrit literature of ancient India, quartz crystals are named bhisma-ratna, the gem that removes fear. One of the seven precious substances of Buddhism, set in the breastplate of the Hebrew high priest in the Bible, power stone of the shaman and brain cells of Grandmother Earth to Native Americans and known to the Aztecs, Celts and Egyptians, quartz crystals were not used by them because they were foolish primitives, but because they knew of the existence of both gross, subtle and spiritual energies. So, it is satisfying to know that because of the geological make-up of the Rock, the most likely crystals to find in it are quartz — the Gibraltar Museum has a large display of minerals and rocks in its Geology section, which gives a fascinating insight into the structure of the Rock. A detailed look at the Rock’s geology would take more space than this brief article permits, but, in summary, as an introduction, we can say that our earth is 85% crystal. Its crust is largely silicon and oxygen, combined with six other common elements — aluminium, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium and from this mix of chemicals comes an awesome variety of crystal colours, shapes, sizes, and hardness, formed under specific conditions of temperature, pressure, space, and time; yet when the conditions change the crystals may also be altered. It is volcanic activity that produces the largest variety of crystals, particularly those to which we attribute most value, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, which derive from molten rock, or magma. The Rock, though, is a huge lump of Jurassic limestone, pale grey limestone of compact and sometimes crystalline structure, formed not by volcanic activity, but by being forced up and turned over by a great upheaval of the earth some 200 million years ago when the African and European continental plates collided. Thus, what is now the ridge running along the top of Gibraltar was originally way down below sea-level, and became the base for a build-up of impacted sea-shells. Generations of these shells have hardened and turned into the rock known as limestone which may be crystalline, granular, or dense, depending on the method of formation and crystals of calcite, quartz, dolomite or barite may line small cavities in the rock. Quartz therefore is a component of the Rock’s structure and it is the nature and powers of quartz that interests us. Certain crystals, most notably the quartz family, can convert mechanical pressure into electrical energy — the stylus on a record player is a good example of this. They can also convert electrical energy into precise mechanical vibrations, as in earphones and ultrasonic radiators. Quartz balances energy naturally, as well as amplifying those energies by the principle of resonance — the humble quartz watch is a well-known example of the ability of quartz to structure energy, dating back to 1880 when it was discovered that electricity applied to quartz causes it to vibrate in a regular, consistent and harmonious pattern. So harmonious, in fact, that you can tell the time by it. If a bell were shaped out of a single crystal of quartz, it would ring for minutes after being tapped as almost no energy is lost in the material. If quartz can organize energy simply by contacting it, one can begin to understand the influence of quartz, or other crystals, on our subtle make-up and accepting that Nature did it first and best helps to understand how crystals can play a part in healing. Because of their inherent neatness, crystals are an example of perfect order and balance, representing the equilibrium we seek to achieve in our lives and which results in good health. The combination of perfect form and energy are the processes through which crystals encourage our bodies to come into balance and why they are such powerful tools for self-healing. Whereas technologically crystalline material receives and transmits a form of electrical energy, it is the scientifically immeasurable “subtle energies” which crystals channel and amplify through the body in order to bring about healing in many forms. A combination of scientific method and healers’ inspiration may yet show us that the Rock, although not providing us with diamonds or gold, may have some very special properties of its own. by Jon Lewes

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