The American Indian: Secrets of Crystal Healing

I ordered this book out of curiosity. I does not appear from Luc Bourgault's prologue he is Native American but he writes he has studied with some of them. Realize Native American covers a lot of nations and they all have their own ways so one should not view this book as some kind of panacea of Native American uses of crystals regardless of the fact Bourgault may have learned from some of them. Also Bourgault is using some of the knowledge he has acquired so this is not purely Native American teachings. He uses the 7 chakra system brought to the West by the Theosophists in the section where he discuses colors of stones and their relationships to the chakras. If I were to ask a Native American if this is part of their traditional beliefs I have the feeling the answer would be no. I'm sure they have their own beliefs about the energy system in the body and in nature.There appears to be some different spellings of crystal names than I am used to but this could be because the book was originally written in French and Bourgault writes he teaches in Quebec, Canada so perhaps he is French Canadian. Examples of crystal names spelled different from what I am used to are chrysocoll and cornelian, I would know these are chrysocolla and carnelian. This is not to imply Bourgault's work doesn't have it's uses, but be aware the title of the book implies this is Native American "secrets" of crystal healing and I have my doubts about that claim. I think I would have been more comfortable is he simply put it forward as a book on crystal healing and not put it out as Native American even if he has learned some things from some Native Americans. But to be fair this could be marketing on the part of the publisher and the book was copyrighted in French in 1992 so it's over 20 years old and people have become more sensitive to treading on other people's cultures in the ensuing years.The book is a good one for beginners and is an easy relatively short read. I enjoyed the info though not being Native American or having been taught anything on crystals by one I am not sure how close this is to their teachings. I would have liked a bit more explanation of various crystal formations (particularly for quartz) and how to use them or whether certain formations should be used. One big positive of the book is Bourgault's emphasis on self empowerment, respect for the natural world and working on oneself. From the Introduction:To begin with, the first crystal which you work, which you clean, polish and purify, must be yourself. It is an illusion to think you can work effectively with crystals if you have not already started the work on yourself. You must realize that this work you do on yourself is the most important work of all.Even if you have success, power or material well-being, you will have to leave it all behind when you die and, and if you have not worked on yourself, you will be back to square one. You will have accomplished nothing despite all your wealth.I appreciate he writes about taking care of oneself and devoting one day of a week to personal enjoyment. So often we forget to heal the healer. He also writes about cleansing of your space and your crystals and I do feel this is important. Overall I enjoyed the book and can give it a recommend as a book by a man who has worked with crystals and does appear to respect and love crystals and mother nature.

I feel truly blessed that I came across this book while searching for information on Apache spirituality or more books written by Dhyani Ywahoo. Dhyani's book, Voices of Our Ancestors, was such an inspiration to me years ago that I found myself wishing all of humanity would read it -- or at the very least, read the first couple of chapters. I feel the same way about this excellent book and was pleasantly surprised to learn that Dhyani Ywahoo was one of Luc Bourgault's teachers, as was Oh Shinnah of the Teneh (Apache) tribe.I have many books on crystals, healing, and Native American spirituality, but this one tied them all together in such a way that it resonated with how I have felt about such things all my life, explaining for me the apparent reasons I have felt such things inherently.I believe if you have even a drop of Native American blood in you, you cannot help but truly feel the depth of this book. Even though it is just an introduction to crystal healing, it provides incredibly pertinent information that should not be disregarded. Still, the author himself cautions that you only accept what feels right to you in what he has written.I recommend this book to anyone seriously wanting to work with healing crystals. There are more in-depth books on the subject, but this one will provide you with a foundation that can only help you (and those you intend to heal) in the long run, since it explains reasons to do -- and NOT to do -- certain things. It proves that crystal healing is not a task to be taken lightly, and that serious study must be done to accomplish healings in a safe and thoughtful way.But more than that, especially in the beginning of the book, Luc Bourgault discusses a oneness with our Mother Earth and all of Nature that EVERYONE really ought to hear, understand, and put into practice.We are all related, and this book truly gets that point across.

I'm so glad Mr. Luc Bourgault wrote this book, in this new age era, the mantra anything goes is used to sell books, very little is published about the rules and law's governing the elements your working with. I bought a few books on crystal healing, but sadly was lacking any type of information, on how to properly handle crystal. luckily I ran across Mr. Bourgault book, I cannot thank him enough for writing this book, for many years I have been wanting to work with crystals as I have been a spiritualist since age 14. however my energy is sometimes unstable due to my fiery nature. I learned crystal is a dangerous tool to work with, unless one's energy is stable and that great harm can result in handling them incorrectly. while I'm an adept at rootwork and conjure. crystal's are whole other element. I'm glad I had the chance to be led to this book, as I realize there is much work to be done to stabilize my energies before attempting to work with crystals. oftentimes I have seen great harm come to those, who practice magic with out knowing the rules and listening to the "so called experts" mantra anything goes. the rules are in place for a reason. their are laws governing everything and everyone on this planet, regardless if one chooses to adhere to them or not. after much meditation, cleansing and balancing my energies, I'm now ready to work with crystals. had I not run across this book, I probably would have done grave harm to myself or someone else. thank you for injecting some common sense in this sphere Mr. Luc Bourgault, thank you for writing this book.

I love this book. It has as alot of useful information. I enjoyed reading it. It's definitely a keeper. I would highly recommend this book!

If you trust the source of information -Native Americans point of view on the subject, then you will learn a lot about crystals.There are many Western books who encourage practise that seems to be actually not good for us, if you were to go by this book.I personally found this book incredibly helpful in gathering information about crystals and practising with them safely. You can choose to use this information or not but it is helpful to know as much as possible about the subject to get the best out of healing with crystals.I wish that there was a second part to this book, as sometimes there is a subject mentioned but not explored.

I already know a little about crystals and use Cassandra Eason's book as my reference which is absolutley brilliant and much much better than Judy Hall in my opinion. About 18 months ago after a reiki I was advised the angels guidance was to gain more benefit from working with crystals by programming crystals properly for full potential. This little gem of a book has given me the information I need on cleansing and programming my crystals, protecting them and working with them. I loved it. It's well worth a look with a lot of useful information. I wore a clear quartz pendant dailly for a long time, only to discover this may be doing me more harm than good if it was not cleansed regularly, like the example in the book I was having pain around the neck and throat area, since removing the pendant the pain has gone and my pendant has now been cleansed as instructed in the book and is ready to wear again. It was a bit of wrench putting all my crystals away for 7 days and 7 nights in sea salted mineral water but they are now cleansed and ready to be programmed and I'm looking forward to the positive energy flowing through my life and home.

Absolute dross, as I think another reviewer described it. Thinks he knows it all and doesn’t. Frankly weird info about cleansing crystaks that contradicts a lot of the other well-known crystal authors such as Hall, Eason, Lazzerini whose methods I’ve tried and found to work beautifully. Total waste of money, you are not getting the authentic age-old wisdom you think you will get from reading the title. Don’t buy this you’ll only encourage talentless authors to write more of this drivel.

I enjoy being able to re-read a book and this is certainly such a book.I have an interest in crystal healing and this book brings to me a whole host of new information, that I can learn from or chose to take part in with no excess pressure or feelings of being silly or not good enough at doing something.You can also mark certain points of the book and come back to them time and time again so that you can practice any of the techniques referred to.All in all a self therapeutic book

Love the style and the way the material presented - easy to process, yet, increadible depth of knowlege shared - knowlege that only can be found in remote destinations and not easily awailable.Brilliant book, felt like it had those magic puzzles that help to complete the picture...wow! :)