Do You Know Where Your Healing Crystals Come From?
Quote:I tried to track down the sources of crystals sold on popular websites. I found that some were mined in countries with notoriously lax labor and environmental regulations, and some came from large-scale U.S. mines that have contaminated ecosystems and drinking water. The impacts of extracting crystals are admittedly low compared to those of industrial gold, copper, granite, or rare earth mining, but crystals have gone from a new-age fad to a multi-billion dollar industry. And given that crystals can be used to “make a promise to mama earth,” it would seem important to know how they were extracted from mama earth.
“When working with the energy of the earth, it’s important to appreciate the gift we’re being given—and you can’t appreciate that gift if you’re abusing it,” reads the sourcing section on the Energy Muse site. “Those who know how powerful crystal energy is, understand why it is vital to respect where it comes from.”
If it’s so vital, then why it is so hard to figure out?
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell
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