New York City Mayor Believes in the ‘Special Energy’ of Crystals

In office since 1^er January 2022, New York’s new mayor, Eric Adams, has been arousing curiosity for a few weeks after declaring that the city is sitting on a bed of rare crystals and stones that give it its special vibe.

Andre Duchesne
The Press

“There’s a special energy that comes from here,” Mayor Adams said of the stones in a lengthy profile the Politico site dedicated to him in March. A comment that was taken up in publications such as The Guardian, The New York Post and The Daily Mail.

In its report, Politico also notes that the mayor wears a bracelet of multicolored energy stones on his right wrist, that he has a meditation routine, has written a book on the virtues of a plant-based diet that would have reversed his type 2 diabetes and has read books by D^r Joe Dispenza, a very popular neuroscientist who is not unanimous in the scientific community.

Whether or not we are convinced of their energetic powers, one thing is certain: the city of New York is indeed built on a geological bed composed of more than a hundred varieties of minerals, indicated the expert in crystals Andrew Pacholyk on a daily basis The Guardian.

What is known as the “Manhattan Shale” is thought to have formed some 450 million years ago as a result of continental collisions.

An article published on June 7, 2002 in the New York Times came to the same conclusion. “The bedrock of the city is a treasure trove of minerals, crystals and gemstones”, wrote in this text with the very sympathetic title: “Scratch Manhattan and you will discover a large jewel box. »

During various underground works, such as during the construction of the metro, a wide variety of minerals were found: aquamarine, quartz, golden beryl, topaz, black tourmaline, garnet, fluorite, uraninite and others.

For and against

The popularity of crystals is beyond doubt. Proof of this are the fans among the stars (Adele, Gwyneth Paltrow, Spencer Pratt) and the number of specialty stores selling them.

In the Montreal region, Rafael Hul owns a few boutiques of the international brand Crystal Dreams.

“Everything in nature has vibrations,” argues Mr. Hul. Crystals that are millions or even billions of years old have stayed in the earth for a very long time and have accumulated energy that allows us to better connect with nature and ourselves. Take quartz, which amplifies radio signals. Crystals can also be thought power amplifiers. »

President of the organization Skeptics of Quebec, Michel Belley believes that this belief is built on wind.

“As a skeptic and a chemist by profession (retired), I affirm that crystals have no ‘energetic’ or regenerative properties,” he tells us. Those found under New York City most likely have no measurable influence on the people and the city. These beliefs are bullshit! »

Mr. Belley recalls that in 1995, his organization had awarded the “septic tank” prize to the School of Nursing at Laval University for a program on the chakras, therapeutic touch, healing through sounds and crystals.

Rafael Hul says he respects skeptics. “You can’t believe everything you hear. I tell people: be skeptical, do your own research and see if it works for you or not. I studied electrical engineering and was very skeptical until I discovered the energy present in quartz. »

Popularity rating leaving something to be desired

Mayor Adams was elected on a promise to reduce violence in the city, among other things. He has spoken many times since his election on much tighter gun control.

But that said, the gems on his wrist aren’t much help to him. His popularity rating is bad. A survey conducted in early June on behalf of Spectrum News / NY1 is clear: 64% of respondents judge the performance of the mayor average or bad while only 29% find it good or excellent.

What to be unhappy like the stones.