![]() Ultimately, I suspect Adams’ approach to harnessing crystal energy is, like some of his other New Age-y accouterments, more focused on self-improvement and capitalist interpretations of “manifesting” than it is on mutualism, equality, or solidarity. ![]() While I initially couldn’t see any connections between Adams and stibnite (“connects the heart chakra to the upper chakras, bringing love into all that we do but in terms of this stone especially into our creative expression”), that kind of energy could be used to describe his call to teach NYPD officers how to meditate-certainly a creative suggestion, if not actually addressing the underlying systemic issues at hand. If a crystal is said to open up the throat chakra and allow the user to speak their truth, that truthful communication could be loving and uniting or it could be harmful and violent.” ![]() The same quantity of energy can be used to have a negative impact or a positive impact. “Crystals are energy and energy doesn't concern itself with morality-in my opinion. “I don't think that we can equate morals with crystals,” she wrote via email. However, Knight cautioned against my impulse to interpret the stones relative to political actions. Perhaps the most charged (sorry) stone was kyanite, which Knight described as a “fascinating mineral to be underneath Manhattan” given that it’s “known to inspire fair treatment of others and can help in working through disagreements and disputes.” While arguing is certainly a beloved local pastime, in a period of rising rents and crackdowns on the unhoused it’s hard to see fair treatment of others as a top concern in Eric Adams’s New York. Similarly, quartz (“The mother of the entire mineral kingdom and potentially one of the most powerful healing tools and energy amplifiers on the planet”) likely has some appeal-what politician isn’t seeking amplification? One might see some of Adams’s political persona in malachite, a stone that per Knight “is one of the strongest protection stones in the mineral kingdom and can easily absorb negative energies and pollutants.” Being mayor of New York basically means being the person that everyone in New York hates, so this stone might be really useful for Adams. I’d heard New York’s geology was special, but what made it special? And was it special-energy special? Moreover, what could that special energy tell us about Adams’s approach to governing? Does Adams wear locally sourced crystals on his bracelets? I had questions.Īs an opening move, I sent a list of stones previously discovered in Manhattan bedrock to Vanessa Knight, the Brooklyn-based owner of Able Ground Crystals, and asked her about the stones’ characteristics and potential impacts on the city and the mayor. But as somewhat of a Crystals Guy myself, I wanted to know more. He’s also, as far as I can find, NYC’s first Crystals Guy mayor.Īdams’s enthusiasm for crystals and the metaphysical were most notably mentioned in a March 2022 Politico profile, which included the fun fact that at some point Adams “learned that New York sits on a store of rare gems and stones, and believes that as a result, ‘there’s a special energy that comes from here.’” Politico also mentioned that the mayor regularly wears energy stone bracelets, which was also cited in a New York Times story focusing on the then mayor-elect’s fashion choices.īeing a Crystals Guy is far from the weirdest thing about Eric Adams, and it’s maybe not the most politically consequential weird thing about him. ![]() Eric Adams seems to be very into achieving firsts as mayor of New York: first mayor to be paid in cryptocurrency, first mayor to contract COVID-19, first mayor to definitively prove to the public that he absolutely does not live in New Jersey. ![]()
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