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Crystal Grids

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Grid crystals are crystals that can be placed in a pattern to help achieve a purpose.  Crystals are laid to form a pattern and each crystal in the pattern serves as a conductor for subtle energy, amplifying and directing subtle energies. This concept is built is on a few simple ideas that have a basis in physics, energy currents and energy conductors. 

Crystals are placed in a pattern that the practitioner considers will better enhance the energy type they are focusing on. Certain patterns may promote a more grounded environment, other patterns may increase the etheric energy, other patterns may open doorways or close them.

There are patterns that are commonly used such as platonic solids, sacred geometry icons as well as esoteric symbols, these patterns are not the limit only standard types. It is essential that the practitioner feels their way first and rationalises second, so as to allow for one to be guided. You may well find a new pattern, even if it is only new to you. The practitioner should be able to feel energy currents and so the placing of crystals in a grid should become natural.

For a set of crystals to be able to form a circuit, they need to be programmed to work to specific pattern. Programming crystals is a simple process of energising them with a pattern. This is done by holding crystals and concentrating on the desired pattern or shape, then laying the crystals into pattern. Some users will keep a set of crystals within a pattern at all times to increase the current and others will layout a set of crystals and then charge each crystal individually and connecting each crystal in the circuit individually. The simplest method is to hold the crystals together and concentrate on the desired shape.

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Basic Guide to Patterns

  • Triangle & Tetrahedrons: manifestation/creation
  • Pyramids: creation, birth, rebirth, travel
  • Square/Cubes: solidity, stability, strength, healing
  • Circles: Protection, completion, initiation, healing
  • 5 Pointed Star/Pentacle: magic, elemental work
  • Pentagram: protection, magic, healing
  • 6 Pointed Star: heart & mind balance, light body, travel
  • Spiral: changing universal energy, travel

You can use any gem

Some people are of the opinion that only quartz should be used, as quartz lends itself to almost any use, its easily programed. However, every type of gem has its own unique energies which lend themselves naturally towards a given purpose. The extent of combinations of gems and patterns can lead to some powerful and extremely ornate crystal structures.

Wood Crystal Grid plates

The Image at the top shows some patterns I have created as examples for you. These crystals have been chosen to assist in the purpose concerned. The choices I have made are NOT, the final word, just one of many potential selections that can be made.  The Crystal Wood Grid plates used, are just a few of the many we carry. Click the Image to side to see them all.

Working with Grids

There are different methods that people use to create grids, some follow instructions, prescribed combinations and others follow their internal compass and create grids from trance states. I'll share here some of my first instances of me making crystals work together and I'll explain the three above, with a view to sharing my thinking.

Following my Spirit

An early instance I can remember happened after a meditation where the crystal I was using, suddenly seemed to be missing something, not wrong, it just needed a little spice, to get me in the direction being revealed to me.  I felt drawn to place another crystal next to it and leave those two together for a while. Later as I passed by another time I felt the need to add little of my white light healing energy to the two as I held them together. My initial crystal was now a little more on the right track.  

As a little time passed, I felt the need to add another gem and place it close by. Each time I was in a light trance after a meditation and so didn't think on what, or why, I just followed my light within. Some time later, the order of the stones seemed like it could be enhanced by balancing the pattern between the gems, this revealed the energy channels flowing between them.

Suddenly I have a pattern. Not a pattern or collection created by conscious intention, but rather created by unfolding illumination. That collection of gems, I kept in place for 15 years, it became a continuous radiating collection of energy and intention towards a purpose, fitting a cycle of life until the cycle was completed. Now there was a little more going on there, than just gems. Each addition, was accompanied with a deep state of trance and meditation, the whole exercise was one of spirit, guiding me.

That collection was centered with a honey calcite sphere. I had chosen this sphere to be my "Keystone" crystal, unwittingly and a grid emerged around it. That's not the only way to go, you can follow standard pattern templates.

Using a Template

The Grids at the top of the page, can be used as templates, as can any pattern, from any of the many books now on the market on the practice of grids. In these examples the grid is used to focus the energies of the grid to one point, or to create flow between all points. The patterns at the top all focus on center point either radiating out or in!

Protection Grid

Protection GridThe protection grid is based on squares, within circles. The squares are the four directions and the four elements, the fifth element is the center. The four directions are anchored in black tourmaline to shield and protect. The elements are covered with Iron Pyrite cubes, here the elements are not totally shielded, as the pyrite does allow element energy to pass, however it does transmute energy and forces those elements to work together. So, the black tourmaline is protecting the earth bound field and the pyrite is re-balancing the elemental.

Together they also form a circle of protection, enhancing the forces around to work together. That intention is focused to the center crystal, which absorbs and concentrates these aspects into one.  This single crystal, can now be used within meditation to deliver those energies to you. In addition, after each meditation your crystal can be placed back, to reinforce the intention. Continual work in this way, strengthens the user you their goal.

Apart from meditating with the center keystone crystal, you can use the whole grid as a visual meditation in its self. Layout the grid and see the subject of your concern as the center and understand the energies that you wish to surround your self with. Every grid is an energetic wish list of a situation, one you can enhance understand and change

Abundance Grid

Abundance GridThe Abundance grid, is based on Metatron’s cube. In this grid I’m using Amazonite, which corresponds to growth, fertility and abundance as my main energy source to draw from. You can replace that area with any crystal you feel better suits. Amazonite also has an earthy material aspect to its energy, it corresponds to mother earth and the Empress Tarot card. Im keeping the essence of what I’m drawing from, as simple and as pure as possible. So I’ve chose just the one type for the outer ring.

In the inner ring I’ve chosen snow quartz, the snow quartz is being used for two reasons. Firstly, its vibration can be sympathetic the heavenly energies, its allowing, giving and bestowing, but it also aids in concentrating energy towards the centre. On a deeper level here, the grid is showing that acceptance, on a deep level is often the key to obtaining

The keystone crystal is a quartz point, quartz is more easily programmed and so to would accept the intention of the grid and relay that intention to you. This single crystal, can now be used within meditation to deliver those energies to you. In addition, after each meditation your crystal can be placed back, to reinforce the intention. Continual work in this way, strengthens the user you their goal.

Tranquillity Grid

Tranquillity GridIn the centre of this Grid I’ve use a dodecahedron quartz crystal. A dodecahedron is a twelve faced crystal allowing for multiple areas of absorption and radiance on many levels simultaneously.  Such a crystal is great for complex combinations of energies and could do well for public areas.  This grid can the worked with, just as well in a passive way, as active. Setting up the grid to be seen and subconsciously considered every time its viewed, in the same art affects, just by gazing upon it can begin to create a stirring of energy towards being calmed.

The crystals chosen are Amethyst, Selenite, for Cleansing and Guidance, Rhodochrosite to focus on any anger or turbulence and to begin to transmute it towards the Rose Quartz and Morganite for Love, Healing, Forgiveness and surrender.

Based on the Flower of Life Grid, which is well suited to a forever changing environment.
Like the other grids, The keystone crystal is a quartz point, quartz is more easily programmed and so to would accept the intention of the grid and relay that intention to you. This single crystal, can now be used within meditation to deliver those energies to you. In addition, after each meditation your crystal can be placed back, to reinforce the intention. Continual work in this way, strengthens the user you their goal.


All of the above are examples, serving suggestions for crystal usage. Please feel free to build your own combinations using your intuition.