Andy Kennedy
The State of Colorado does not require licensing for practitioners of this activity. The Master of Crystalogy designation is correctly spelled as Crystology, with an o instead of a, and can be achieved in one or two workshops.
As for the "inherent healing energy in crystals", no proof of that has ever been found. However, crystals are pretty and have value as jewelry and that can make people happy, but expectations of "healing, spirit work, self-discovery, past life regression, and divination" is too much to realize from an inanimate object. That kind of stuff would come from the "Master of Crystalogy" who is not actually healing as much as cold reading.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, of which there is none.
For consumers
Crystals have no more inherent healing energy than rocks, clay, or for that matter, pieces of old, rusty iron.
Crystal healing is a form of fortunetelling, devoid of science or logic.
This listing is followed with an Innerself Lightworks ad offering astrology, numerology, card reading, home, office and personal clearing, meditations, spirit work, and alchemy.
Astrology is divination based on positions of the sun and moon, which is used to determine some effect on people, their personalities and events in their life, past, current, and future.
Throughout most of its
history, astrology was considered a scholarly tradition. It was accepted in
political and academic contexts, and was connected with other studies, such as astronomy, alchemy, meteorology, and medicine.[4] At the end of the 17th century, new scientific concepts in astronomy and
physics (such as heliocentrism
and Newtonian
mechanics) called astrology into question. Astrology thus lost its
academic and theoretical standing, and common belief in astrology has largely
declined.[5] Astrology has
been rejected by the scientific community as a pseudoscience, having no validity
or explanatory power for describing the universe. Among other issues, there is
no proposed mechanism of action by which the positions and motions of stars and
planets could affect people and events on Earth that does not contradict well
understood basic aspects of biology and physics.[6]:249[7] Scientific
testing of astrology has found no evidence to support any of the
premises or purported effects outlined in astrological traditions. In one
study, participating astrologers attempting to match natal charts with profiles
generated by a psychological inventory produced results not significantly at
variance with random chance.[8]:424
Numerology is much the same, using numbers to determine some meaning to individuals. This divination has also been debunked. In addition, there are no set definitions or meanings for specific numbers and they are interpreted for convenience as needed by those claiming to be numerologists.
Card reading is another divination, this one using tarot cards, which historically began as playing cards, used in card tricks to take money from people. The use of card reading as fortunetelling is not much different than the historical beginnings as both use tricks to take money from people to line the pockets of the tricksters.
Home, office & personal clearing is ambiguous, but is probably not referring to a furniture moving business. It likely has to do with something that cannot be seen, therefore cannot be confirmed or denied, but a fee can be charged for the service. It is unclear what it actually is that needs to be cleared and slightly disturbing that whatever it is could be in not just a home or office but in a person.
Meditations are generally any number of practices using quiet time, mantras, or imagery for mind relaxation.
Spirit work is another ambiguous divination. Spirit work can mean calling upon spirits or other entities that cannot be seen or heard to help with magic and spell casting, channelling, consultation with the dead or personal guides, or prophesizing. This is another instance of something that cannot be seen, therefore cannot be confirmed or denied, but a fee can be charged for the service.
Alchemy is a philosophy of which practitioners claim to be precursors to profound powers. The defining objective of alchemy is to mysteriously change something ordinary into something special, metal into gold, humans into immortals, which has not happened in the four thousand years alchemy has been around.
For consumers
Astrology and horoscopes can be had for no cost. Many newspapers and websites regularly offer horoscopes, which are equally as accurate as horoscopes from self-claimed astrologists.
Numerology and card reading, being other methods of fortunetelling, don't offer much more than horoscopes.
Home, office & personal clearing does not give consumers much to go on, unless there is something that can be confirmed as having been there in the first place and then proof to have been cleared.
Meditations can also be had at no cost. There are many how-to books on meditation and its benefits.
Spirit work is another method that does not give consumers much to go on as there is nothing to provide confirmation that spirits and spells are real.
Alchemy appears to be a dubious service that is best to avoid.
Anyone can claim to be an astrologist, numerologist, card reader, spirit worker, alchemist, etc. There are no requirements of education or training.
The only divination going on here is the act of taking money from people for make-believe and trickery.
The best recommendation for this business is for its entertainment value. The nature of theses types of enterprises lends itself perfectly well for parties, like for Halloween, just don't expect metal to be changed into gold.
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