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Cleansing Techniques and Caring for your crystals
Cleansing can be applied to anything - people, crystals, rooms, plants and the following techniques can be used:
There are many different ways of cleansing your crystals / anything / anyone - and all relate to one or more of the four main elements. All cleansing methods harbour the power of Mother Nature, to rid the stone from any impurities or negativity it may have been subjected to. This allows them to reset : to vibrate at their optimum and purest frequency. These powerful Mother Earth cleansing energies can aid and re-balance our healing, and our healing allies. Crystals connect with the energy that they are around and they carry a vibration, – therefore before and after healing work with a crystal or lending it to a friend, stones should be cleansed. They can be so sympathetic and helpful in any given situation, that they absorb something of that situation - and cleansing releases them from this. Not all crystals NEED to be cleansed, some are cleansers in themselves therefore they don’t necessarily require cleansing. However even these crystals seem to LIKE to be cleansed sometimes – regardless of this. As mentioned above all cleansing works on the elements – some of them combining more than one – so in the methods listed we have included the elements we feel they fall into. |
Water is an obvious choice to use if you are a Water sign - Scorpio, Pisces and Cancer... Water soothes and washes away negativity, carrying it off to join the rest of the water in the world, and be recycled back into positivity. Leaving your crystal outside in the rain is a fabulous way of cleansing them and the difference between using tap water and rain water is phenomenal – just leave in a secure place outside overnite and allow the natural balance of the Earth and Rain to wash and cleanse your stone. Storms are fun! as this charges the crystal with transformational Storm energies. Running under stream of water This is best if the running water is natural – such as a stream, a river or a waterfall – but a tap works just as well. The water running over the stone purifys it, returning the crystal to it's optimum vibration. This is a great quick cleanser – like when you are just handed an uncleansed stone – or before using it for healing. Some people use what is called the ‘salt water method’ we have never used this as a general cleansing exercise but from much research, we feel it isn’t the best way to care for your stone – basically, the idea is to leave your crystal in some salt water for a while, and the salt draws any impurities away from the stone (salt being a natural cleanser). However, salt water can be abrasive and can damage your crystals surface shine, along with getting into tiny cracks and crevices in the crystal and making them expand – for this reason we do not promote salt water cleansing . Best to just put dry salt on a plate/dry earth/similar, and rest the crystals on it for a bit. |
Taking your crystal to a sacred space, a lay line or a place of great natural beauty will immediately retune it to vibrate with the balance of that space – this can be an incredible experience for both crystals and people as we are as much affected by ancient places, as the stones that we are holding. |
Using the power of smoke and wind you can effectively cleanse crystals in one of the most beautiful rituals we have come across – smudging. To smudge your crystal is to light a sacred herb or jostick and allow the smoke to gently wash over your stones – this is brillant for the more delicate stones – as they are not damaged by this amazingly gentle technique. Make sure there is an OPEN window for the smoke to escape out of, thus returning unwanted energies back into the wind and the earth – where they can be recycled. Using other crystals is a great way of cleansing them – simply place your crystal on a cluster of a naturally cleasning stone such as quartz or citrine – this also entails ‘the salt method’ using salts natural ablities to draw out impurities – place your stone in a bowl of salt for some time, afterward wipe it off and throw away the salt and therefore the impurities – it is important to only use the salt once as it will hold in impurities from –past stones. |
Leaving crystals outside in the sun is fantastic! It is cleansing and also very energising. The Sun (very large fire!) cleanses with both immense light and firey heat, recharging life. Be aware of SUN-FADING crystals! Like Amethyst, some Smoky Quartz, Crysocolla, realgar.....
This solar connection exercise can be done at any time of day - with differing effects. |
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Other Cleansing methods we have discovered: |
The Sound/Sonic-Vibration method Moon cleasning Cycle of the Sun cleansing |