How do crystals work?
What is different about a crystal from another rock or object, is the crystalline structure, which gives them the ability to send, receive and transmute energy.
In metaphysical terms, this internal crystalline order creates a stable energetic frequency, which makes crystals ideal for attuning, balancing, and transforming subtle energies — both within us and in our environment. Crystals are used in technology because of these attributes, it's why we have phones, computers and wifi.
What’s science-based:
• Crystals have a highly ordered atomic structure — that’s what defines a crystal scientifically. This regular arrangement gives them unique physical properties.
• Piezoelectric effect: Certain crystals (like quartz) can generate an electric charge when pressure is applied. That’s why quartz is used in watches, radios, and electronics — it’s a measurable, real-world phenomenon.
• Crystals can resonate at specific frequencies. This stability makes them useful in tech for filtering and regulating energy (like in frequency control circuits).
So the idea that crystals can transmit, store, and transform energy is agreed upon in the physical, measurable sense within physics and engineering.
What’s metaphysical (not yet scientifically proven, partly because of lack of studies done):
• The idea that crystals can influence human energy fields (auras), emotions, or chakras falls into the realm of metaphysical or spiritual belief at the time being.
• There’s no scientific consensus that proves crystals have healing powers in the way energy healers describe — but millions of people report powerful experiences, and energy work is deeply rooted in ancient traditions.
• Many practitioners experience that a crystal’s structure and frequency allow it to interact with the subtle body, helping to balance or shift energy, depending on intention and resonance.
In energy healing and crystal work, transmutation is one of the most powerful things you can do. It’s not just about removing or clearing “negative energy” — it’s about alchemizing it.
*Please note that this text is written based on my own understanding and experience around the practice of crystal energy work per today, taken from the combination of my own experiences and research I have done through reading books and looking up scientific studies. I highly recommend that you find your own truth through your own research and practices with crystals.