In the past few decades as the New Age movement has continued to grow exponentially, the popularity and uses of crystals have since expanded past amulets and religion/spirituality, evolving into an entire branch of complementary alternative medicine (1).
For over a decade, I identified as a crystal healing practitioner – until the summer of 2025, when the Holy Spirit intervened.
Read on to learn why I’m no longer working with crystals, as a holistic healthcare and healing practitioner in 2025 and beyond.
What are crystals?
Elementally speaking, all crystals are a form of solid geological material with atoms arranged in a particular crystalline structure – usually one that is organized and symmetrical/geometrical in nature.
- According to the International Gem Society, “A crystal is a solid whose atoms are arranged in a ‘highly ordered’ repeating pattern. These patterns are called crystal systems. If a mineral has its atoms arranged in one of them, then that mineral is a crystal.”
You may also hear crystals being referred to as “gems”, “gemstones”, or “stones.” Each of those terms could be considered accurate in this context.
There’s a lot to cover on this topic, and I’ll share what is top of mind for now with the intention to continuously update this post when I have more time.
What does the Bible say about crystals?
While there are many Bible verses about crystals and their beauty, there’s nothing in the Bible about consulting with or worshipping crystals for healing, manifestation, or power.
In fact, there are warnings in the Bible about what would happen to those who choose to idolize and worship crystals (or other false idols) in place of God.
For example, Deuteronomy 4:15-31 states:
Idolatry Forbidden
15 You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, 16 so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, 17 or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air, 18 or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. 19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. 20 But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.
21 The Lord was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance. 22 I will die in this land; I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land. 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the Lord your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
Colossians 2:8 also says:
8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
In short, I’ve chosen (since having more direct experiences and revelations from the Holy Spirit) that it’s best to consult God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit direction (versus turning to crystals) for all things related to healing and revelation (versus divination, which is forbidden) and of course for worship.
Stay tuned for more insights and updates coming soon, and thank you for taking the time to read this!
If you happen to be a fellow ex-New Age, ex-mystery school initiate, or ex-occult practitioner who was under the false impression you were serving God through those types of healing practices, or if you’re still into those practices, I’d LOVE to hear from you! Please feel free to drop a comment below and we can get a conversation thread started. (I read and respond to every comment!)
God Bless,
XX – Jenna