Crystal Medicine – The Wisdom of Stones in Eberstein

What if the stone in your hand could tell you more than any book ever written about it?

Darrel Combs has been collecting stones, crystals, and minerals for over fifty years—not as objects, but as companions. As a young teenager, his mentor, a Muscogee Creek medicine man, first placed a crystal in his hands. No book, no teaching—just that one moment of listening. From this grew a living relationship with the mineral world, nurtured by traditional healers from various cultures who entrusted him with knowledge that is not taught in this form anywhere in Europe.

With *Crystal Medicine – The Wisdom of Stones*, a seminar on animism* and a living relationship with the mineral world, Darrel is making a part of this treasure accessible to us for the first time. For four days, immersed in nature, we return to a very ancient skill: true listening. And we’ll listen to what the stones—the elders of the Earth—have to say to us. We’ll let go of preconceived lists of meanings and encounter obsidian mirrors, crystal balls, meteorites, and the local stones as beings with their own stories. We ground ourselves, breathe, immerse ourselves in trance and meditation, and create crystal altars and sacred spaces—for ourselves, for our ancestors, and for the Earth.

This seminar is an invitation to anyone who senses that there is more than meets the eye. No prior experience is necessary—just curiosity and a willingness to truly encounter a stone. Afterward, you’ll never look at it the same way again.

*Animism: the belief that not only humans, but all things in nature—animals, plants, stones, rivers, and even seemingly inanimate objects and phenomena—possess a soul, a spirit, or a life force of their own.