Sumarsono Wuryadi

David Kennedy, Contributor, Jakarta, david_t_kennedy@yahoo.co.uk Eryca was in a lot of pain when she went to the hospital in October 1999 and was diagnosed with a tumor near her uterus. After a year-long treatment, the 49-year-old was faced with the prospect of a major operation. Instead she decided to stop receiving medical treatment and tried all kinds of alternative therapies. Then her sister suggested reiki, a healing system which claims to use divine energy. After five months of therapy, she says that all traces of her tumor disappeared.  This is just one of many cases on the files at Sanjiwani holistic health center near Central Jakarta's Cikini station. Tucked away in a leafy residential street, the center offers a variety of spiritual healing therapies and caters for patients suffering from long-term illness to those who are simply curious or have minor complaints. The reiki ""masters"" at the center are keen to not be seen...

Salah satu upaya penyembuhan yang sering dilakukan adalah memanfaatkan kekuatan energi batu kristal. Tak heran, banyak orang mencari batu kristal jenis tertentu yang dipercaya mendatangkan kebaikan bagi dirinya, baik untuk keberuntungan maupun kesehatan jiwa dan raga. Batu-batuan banyak jenisnya, dari yang berusia muda hingga sangat tua. Kristal termasuk jenis batu-batuan yang sangat tua, yang terbentuk di dalam perut bumi selama ribuan tahun, bahkan seusia bumi kita. Kita sudah lama mengenal berbagai bentuk kristal. Dalam bentuk pajangan berupa jambangan atau lampu kristal. Dalam bentuk perhiasan bisa berupa mata cincin, kalung, gelang, giwang, dan liontin. Beberapa jenis kristal yang sexing digunakan sebagai bahan untaian gelang atau kalung di antaranya amethyst, rock crystal, aragonire, green phantom.