Dispite a slight lack of truly in-depth research into the many different parts of antiferromagnetisim, this guide is a great way to enter the arena of magnetic healing and mineral-guided meditation. The powers of the hemetite are thourghly discused at length, along with the other preferred meditation "soulstones" and the moonstone paralex relationship. However, if you are seriously interested in a complete and non watered-down Encylcopeda Antiferromagneta, I would presue Dr. Y Kiplink's book, "The Advanced Use of Metals and Gems", or Lan Manderdagon's, "The Soul and the Stone". The true meaning of these works, however, is well complented with "Canted Antiferromagnetisim" as a novice's basic guide with Kiplink and Mangerdagon as encylcopedia-like index or advanced instrution "respectfully.

I stumbled upon this book when searching for other books online. The title caught my eye and I thought it would be a cool book. You rarely ever see childrens books that make reference to the Goddess, so I wanted to get this for my daughter. But after receiving it in the mail, it's really only so-so. It is a very thin book, and with illustrations only on every few pages. The story does not seem written by an experienced author. The language style, and too many uses of words such as "clang clang" and "clinkety-clunk" make it seem sluggish. I realize kids like those kind of words, but this just didn't "flow" or have appeal like most other children's books do.

The story is about a girl who is walking through the crystal forest looking for the Green Goddess, because her mother is sick and dying, and the little girl thinks the Goddess will help her mother. It is a dull story, otherwise. She meets a deer who walks with her. They spend the night with an old tree (all this is rather boring and uneventful). Then they meet the Green Goddess who gives the girl a green crystal heart that opens up to let out green light, and this light gives you perfect health. And the Goddess gives the girl this heart to keep so that she can help people and animals whenever they are in need. And the Goddess tells her she can use it on her mother, and that the heart will give her whatever she asks for.

So, I was not too happy with the theme of the story. Makes it sound like if you ask the Goddess for anything, it will be granted. Which is bound to cause disappointment in children - especially those who have sick loved ones or who are sick themselves. While I believe in the power of prayer and magick, I would never tell a child that they will be granted everything they ask for.

And - the story is dull. Despite its potential. The title itself is probably the most exciting part of the book. It has okay illustrations. But nothing to get too excited about.

It's nice to get this book just to give your child something mentioning the Goddess. But I made goddess magnets with my daughter, and that got her more interested and talking about the Goddess than this book did.

Not a horrible book. But not nearly as good as I was hoping for.

While this is a good book for beginners, I've read better (orat least more interesting). The guide is relatively complete andcomprehensive. I just happen to be partial to Crysal Health Secrets and Crystal Love Secrets (wish they'd reprint it) by Brett Bravo.

This story is about a young woman named Crystal that is harrassed by her father. And her friend helps her.

Alexandra St. Clair was in love with her college sweetheart Christopher Mason. One day Christopher decides they need a vacation, he makes plans for them to have a wonderful ski weekend. Alexandra's father didn't like Christopher at all and told them both. During their weekend Alexandra had a tragic accident. From that point her father tries to destroy her relationship with Christopher.

Alex's father made me angry. He could plainly see that his daughter was hurt by the breakup. He was a selfish man and had secrets of his own.

I was disappointed with this book because some of the questions were not answered. It was kind of like a movie cliffhanger with no sequel. For example, once Alexandra found out her father sabatoged her relationship with Christopher, she never confronts him. Now I am wondering if Ms. Wilson-Harris created a sequel to answer these questions.

Texas Ranch Owner J. T. McKinney is fifty five years old, but he has the looks and stamina of a thirty-year-old. J.T. had loved his wife until the day that she died and he never thought that he would love like that again. He discovered just how wrong he was when he met Cynthia Page a thirty-five-year-old Boston bank vice president. For months J.T. flew from Texas to Boston every weekend to visit with Cynthia. Finally, J.T. asks Cynthia to come to Texas for an extended visit so that she can visit with his family. J.T. has three grown children and his oldest is only a year younger than Cynthia. The visit is a nightmare for everyone except J.T. who is oblivious to the tension between Cynthia and his children and staff.

I have to admit that I was pretty disappointed with this book. This is the first in the Crystal Creek series and I have already bought all twenty-four books. I hope that the other books are better than this one. For more than half the book I had a hard time trying to see J.T. and Cynthia in a long term relationship. They are two completely opposite people and J.T. is in his fifties and set in his way. I think that if the author had focused more attention on J.T. and Cynthia than the reader may have seen what draws the two of them together besides sex. It was not until close to the end of the book when the author made J.T. looks like a jerk for not believing Cynthia that I actually started to like her a little bit. I guess I just did not feel any chemistry between Cynthia and J.T.. Also all of the secondary characters seemed to play major roles in this story, which was a distraction. I just hope that the rest of the books in the series pay more attention to the main characters. I guess I have to make an exception for this book considering it is the first in the series and the author was obviously trying to introduce the characters that would be in future books.

Vernon Trent has loved Carolyn Townsend all his life. As a young boy he was to shy to approach Carolyn and as a young man he was drafted to Vietnam. By the time Vernon came home to Crystal Creek he found Carolyn married with a daughter. Vernon knew he could never love anyone like Carolyn so he never married. Now twenty years later, Carolyn is a widow and her daughter is grown. Vernon decides to make his feelings toward Carolyn known. Carolyn has always thought of Vernon as a dear friend. Now that he wants more she is frightened of the feelings that she has for him.

I have always liked Carolyn from her brief appearances in other Crystal Creek books. However, I found her behavior in this book shocking. Vernon is about twenty pounds over weight and Carolyn feels that he is too much at risk for a heart attack to take the chance of having a relationship with him. She mentally berates him throughout the story for being overweight and than she verbally berates him toward the end of the book. First of all, J.T. is a physically fit man and he has a heart attack. Carolyn's first husband was also fit and he had a heart attack. Second, readers would be appalled if we were talking about a woman who happened to be twenty pounds overweight being berated by a man. Personally I felt that if Carolyn really loved Vern she would have accepted him as he was. Instead, Vern takes Carolyn's words deep into his heart and sets out to please her and do whatever it takes to get her to love him-AAgghh. Many characters from previous books are in this story and there is a good introduction of characters that will be in future stories. The weight issue personally irritated me if you can look past this than you will probably enjoy this book.

In 1994, I bought a copy of the Australian Tarot Deck by Granny jones, unaccompanied by this book. Over years I worked with the deck extensively, and still do, and I think it is an excellent working deck both for experienced readers and for learners. I came to know the symbolism of the deck extremely well, and was impressed by the many levels on which it held together as a cohesive system.

Earlier this year I was sent a copy of the book by a friend of mine, and anticipating meeting Granny Jones' complex and inviting mind in a new way, I relished the prospect of reading the book.

I have to admit the book was frankly a disappointment. Apart from giving us some basic background on the commonsense procedures in getting to know decks, treating decks and reading (for instance, that you can read anywhere rather than just in ritual space, and that the cards can be stored anyhow, and will always be accurate), I discovered nothing new about the cards themselves. In fact, a lot of the insights that I'd had over the years: about hte natire pf th ecentral figure that wanders through the deck, about the symbolism of her use of different animals (ie, three flying birds for the Triple goddess or spirit guides, dogs for physical vitality and cats for emotion and intuition) were entirely absent from her own book. The deck is layered with symbolism and layered with a richness of meaning that belies its superficially simple artwork, but the book is NOT a definitive Tarot text and thus cannot be used without the deck, and doesn't in my opinion explain the deck fully.

I learnt much more about the deck from a few years of using it regularly than I did from reading the book, and I cannot understand how anyone would sell the book without the deck, as it dos not have a universal application for all decks. I gave the book three stars rather than a lower rating, though, because Granny's writing is lucid and clear.

From the back...
Old Hank Travis could see a lot of himself in Jeff Harris. The boy had oil in his blood and lived only for the next big strike. Hank would lay odds that nothing would keep Harris in Crystal Creek for long. Of course, if a certain marriage-minded Miss Beverly Townsend set her cap at him, all bets were off.

My opinion...
Beverly has been mentioned in most of the previous books in this series. She has been portrayed as self-absorbed and using her beauty as a shield. Beverly was Miss Texas and almost Miss America. At first Jeff thinks that she is nothing but a pretty face, until he gets to know her and sees that she is a wonderful person with a big heart. However, Jeff has a tough time trying to convince her to have a relationship with an oil driller. I like Jeff and Beverly together. I hope that they are mentioned more in later books in the series. As usual in this series, characters from previous books make an appearance in this story. The next book (The Thunder Rolls) is about Ken Slattery, the foreman at the McKinney ranch, and Nora Jones from the Longhorn coffee shop.

I found that the dream interpretations coincide very well with what is going on in my life. My only frustration with the book is that I am not always able to locate the information that I am seeking. Parts of the book are divided into sub-titles, and I'm not always sure if I will find the information I seek under a sub-title or under it's own title. The index is not very helpful in these searches, either. Even still, I do use the book for interpretation of my dreams.