The Ghost Within: Phantom Quartz & Remembering Yourself

About this episode

This episode explores Phantom Quartz, a crystal that preserves its past self, and its connection to Victorian Spiritualism.

We are closing out the crystal portion of our Victorian Spiritualism series with a stone that quite literally contains a ghost. Phantom Quartz is a crystal that remembers who it used to be. Formed when growth pauses for thousands of years and then resumes, it preserves an earlier version of itself inside its present structure — a visible “phantom” suspended within the stone. In this episode, we explore: What Phantom Quartz is and how it formsWhy it’s often called nature’s version of Victorian...

People in this episode

Host: Ashleigh Bodell

Topics covered

• Phantom Quartz
• Victorian Spiritualism
• crystal formation
• self-identity
• spiritualism

Keywords

• Phantom Quartz
• crystal
• Victorian Spiritualism
• spirituality
• self-identity

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Products: Phantom Quartz

Books & works: The Ghost Within: Phantom Quartz & Remembering Yourself

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