Crystal Cleansing

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Cleansing Crystals

There are numerous ways to cleanse crystals. Some methods are very elaborate while others are quite simple. Although I tend to use the more simple methods on a daily basis, every few months I like to cleanse them with a day in the sun. Anytime you purchase or find stones, take the time to cleanse them properly. Stones carry the vibrations of the people who handled them prior to you. You definitely want to remove these before you start trying to influence them with your magick.

The Elements

My favorite method for a good “deep cleaning” is to place my crystals outside in the direct sunlight. Although a window sill may work, the glass blocks the sun’s rays and will not be as effective. When using this method, be sure to bring them inside by nightfall. The length of time you will have to leave them outside will vary from stone to stone. A few hours may be long enough for one, while another may require a few days or even an entire week. Another method, although not as accessible to most people is to use the running water of a creek or river. With this method you place your stones in a mesh bag and anchor or tie it off. Leave it overnight. By morning your stones should be clean. Lastly, a more easily accessible method for most would be utilizing our Mother Earth. With this method bury your stones in the ground for one week. If they do not feel as though they are ready for use, bury them for another week. How will you know when your stones are ready for magical use? Place the stone in your receptive hand. If the vibration feels regular; the cleansing has been a success.

Other Methods

A few crystals never need cleansing ~ they are self cleaning. These are Citrine, Kyanite and Azeztulite. Clear Quartz and Carnelian can be used to cleanse other stones. This is especially useful on brittle, porous stones that cannot be cleansed with sea salt or may fade in sunlight. When Carnelian is placed in a bag of tumbled stones, your never need to clean these stones by another method again. A crystal that is smaller than a quartz crystal cluster can be placed on the cluster over night for cleansing. These stones (Carnelian and Clear Quartz) do still need to be cleansed themselves. You can also smudge crystals by passing them through the light of a candle. And lastly, your sea salt is very useful. I do not typically rely on this for a first cleansing, but I confess I do keep a bag of sea salt next to the sink in the master bath. While cleansing the crystal I plan to use I generally say something to help me visualize the negative energies leaving the stone, a spell of sorts I suppose. I charge the crystal with a similar method.

HELP

“I live in an apartment, a dorm, or with my parents. I can’t leave my crystals out in the backyard, I can’t bury them and I don’t have a creek or river I can cleanse them in.” Now what? As you have probably figured out by now, magick is 90% you! Improvise! The important thing is that you visualize the negative energies leaving the stone. I would recommend performing the ritual on your alter or wherever you feel your magick will be strongest.

Charging Crystals

Hold it in your projective hand and state your intention. What do you hope to achieve? The power will flow throughout your body and out through your projective (dominant) hand and into the stone. This empowers your stone. That’s all there is to it. You can wear it as a piece of jewellery, carry it in your pocket as a touchstone, or set it on a piece of furniture in your house or office. I’m a believer in crystal magick. I’ve felt it work in my life. Most recently, I cleaned my alter and had put most of them away. I usually carry one in my pocket as a touchstone, whatever seems most fitting that day. But.. out of sight out of mind I suppose, or maybe it was all the added stress at work. Either way I hadn’t been carrying one with me. All week I had been experiencing a high level of stress and anxiety. I remembered that I had a nice piece of tumbled Howlite. I cleansed and charged it. The whole process took less than five minutes, but my day went so much better. The anxiety I had been feeling was lessened. The environment wasn’t better but how I dealt with it greatly improved

CLEANSING CRYSTALS

Cleansing Crystals

The Elements

Other Methods

HELP

Charging Crystals