Looking at this picture you might well think ancient man helped carve a natural rock waterfall into this shape. However, this impressive landscape is entirely modern and part of the Swarovski experience. Created by Andre Heller for Swarovski Crystal Worlds, the giant has lured more than 9 million visitors into its depths – where they […]
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Crystal magic: Healing mugs
Donna Rollins is an artisan potter and she’s hand-thrown a small collection of “Healing stone mugs”. Firstly, these mugs infuse clay with a number of minerals during the firing process. The next step is to crown each mug with a healing stone to help channel your energy. The blue mug uses clear quartz which is […]
Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Skull Vodka
The movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull introduced the mystery of the crystal skulls to a wide audience. Are they really pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts commonly associated with paranormal phenomena? Or are they modern day hoaxes? Dan Aykroyd – yup, from Ghostbusters – is not just a believer; he is an investor. […]
Wear turquoise for business trips
Turquoise is a good stone to wear for business trips; it helps for both money matters and travel. The Arabic name for it, Fayruz, means lucky stone and turquoise was sometimes known as the horseman’s talisman. Horsemen would wear it, mounted in gold, in order to protect themselves from falls. A second turquoise stone was […]
The real Swarovski rainbow maker
Rainbow makers are becoming very fashionable. The concept is simple; an appropriately shaped crystal is hung in the window and when the sunlight catches it the beams of light are refracted into rainbows.
Some Feng Shui practioners use the crystal rainbow makers to help the flow of chi by windows. Feng Shui teaches it is best to sit or sleep facing an open area or window – as represented by the phoenix – and some practioners believe that the rainbow makers can accentuate the benefit of a small windows.
Rainbow makers are also simply but effectively used to add light or interest to a room.
In particular, a set of rather fetching designs by the inventor David Dear of Kikkerland have proven to be especially popular. It is these designs that are most commonly sold by shops offering rainbow makers for sale.
Crystals for a good New Year
There are two stages in using crystals to encourage a good New Year. The first stage is to appropriately ring out the old year and the second stage, of course, is to ring in the new.
