Not at all LadyS. At least not as far as I am concerned. The crystal just enhances the gift that existed within you before you got the crystal. I personally do not need a crystal. The Spirit opens my intellect to enable me to see or hear messages of warning/danger before they happen so when I am away from home I am able to convey that message to the person or people that the message is too be given to. This gift is from my heritage so I hope that everyone doesn't think that it comes from anyone else but the Creator of all things. My father was half Cherokee & half Irish.
Hey I know of several older ladies that live in this area, that kept their money in their cleavage. I saw one of them go to pay for something once & she reached in there & pulled out a pretty good sized wad of money. The person behind the counter just stared in disbelief.