Then my partner who is a professional musician, playing keyboards, developed an arthritic thumb, which worried him. Richard did some healing with him and he felt immediately better. I decided to explore this and asked Richard to make me a wand. He gave me instructions for preparing the crystal. I was happy with the cleansing aspect in a mountain stream, but less convinced by the words I was supposed to use. But I did it. When I came to use the wand, I had no idea of any special things to do or think, so I just held it and moved it slightly around my partner's thumb in ways I'd seen Richard do it. To our complete surprise it worked. I should explain that my partner is of a scientific bent and pre-disposed to scoff. He says it shouldn't work, but it does.

Last summer, a friend cut his finger badly on a very sharp knife. We tried the wand and he reported that it felt as if his finger was being healed from the inside. In a very few days it was completely healed. Normally I’d expect a cut this deep to leave a scar, but there was none.

A few weeks ago, my doc told me I had what he called a "small hernia". I've been using my own wand, supplemented by a few sessions from Richard. I can't claim that the hernia has been cured yet, but the doc said it would get worse, which it hasn't done. It certainly feels less uncomfortable than it did.