Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8279 in Books
• Published on: 1995-01-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 726 pages

Customer Reviews

Beautiful, Comprehensive, with Room to Grow
Love is in the Earth was recommended to me by a family member after spending a lot of time together discussing various rocks and gems from our beautiful earth. His mother, a jewelry designer, had gifted me with a stunning tourmulated quartz necklace, which peaked my forgotten interest in geological wonders. Having loved to collect rocks and stones since childhood, yet lacking any education on mineral properties, I found this volume exciting, fascinating, and academically comprehensive.

The only drawback I found to this book is that it lacks any photography or depicting illustration to assist me in identifying whether a stone I hold is indeed the same as the one being described in my reading. Having a visual comparison, particularly in a full-color photograph of each entry, would help me immensely. I think this book would be even more enhanced by offering images of each stone, and perhaps that could be considered for a future edition. However, this point is only due to my budding understanding of rock, crystal, and mineral identification. I pair this volume with another book, the Crystal Bible, to have my visual reference. Love is in the Earth offers me the expansive and comprehensive text that I have yet to find equaled in another book. I appreciated that I could read text specific to variations within a mineral family. For example, there is not just one entry titled, "Quartz", but sub-headings individually written and devoted to variations of stones within the quartz family.

Admiringly, the author meets the interest of everyone, whether a reader is a metaphysical or new-age being seeking healing and personal understanding, or a geological rock-hound looking for sound scientific mineral properties and understanding. The author's solid science education credentials, along with her well-rounded human approach, enhance this feature. For the depth of the knowledge shared in this volume, it is presented in an easy-to-follow, and quick-to-reference format that is as accessible to the casual arm-chair reader, to the hands-on field-seasoned geologist.

Excellent resource. No Spiritual library should be without it.
An absolutely brilliant piece of work. I refer to it often. Simply is one of the best resources on metaphysical properties of stones ~anywhere~.

Love is in the Earth
This book is quite comprehensive although there are a couple of omissions with regard to some crystals - having said that, the book is invaluable as a reference for the majority of crystals. The indepth information is easy to read and logical. It is an excellent reference book for the crystals that it contains.