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Article: Crystal Mania: Romanticizing the Stone
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 13, 1987
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Karin Cartwright's favorite crystal is a deep purple, Brazilian
amethyst geode. She calls it her "life insurance policy."
Three years ago, while hospitalized at the National Institutes of
Health for treatment of cancer, Cartwright surrounded herself with
hundreds of quartz crystals. Her doctors scoffed at the zaniness but
allowed her to keep the crystals so long as she kept up the
conventional treatments they prescribed.
No argument from Cartwright. At 42, with her life on the line,
she wasn't about to jilt science for parascience. But she figured
both together improved her chances. Soon, the nurses were asking if
they could bring in other patients to see her crystals. Cartwright
gave ...