Cleansing Your Crystals
Cleansing Crystals When you get your new crystals make sure that you clean them physically and cleanse them spiritually. The reason for this is that crystals pick up energies from people, good and bad and they can be passed onto you so give them a good clean first. There a many ways to do this, you can cleanse with water,running them under a tap or in a flowing river is great, with sunlight, with moonlight, by burying crystals in the earth, visualizing them being cleansed, salt burial, rice burial, smudging,singing bowls (sound) and reiki. How you do it really depends on you and what 'feels' right with you. I usually cleanse my crystals by rinsing them in cool running tap water (if its good enough for me it should be good enough for the crystals!) Hold you crystals in your hand as you run water over them and visualize bright white light and in your mind will the crystals to be cleansed. A few minutes is fine, you'll know. I also use Reiki to cleanse my stones and the benefit of this is that they are charged at the same time. If you get a crystal which feels 'icky' then I would suggest smudging. Smudging is burning herbs which have been used for centuries in spiritual ceromonies to purify your body and environment (similar to incense) I use a lovely mix of white Sage and sweetgrass which you can get this from many holistic and new age shops. Light the smudge stick and then waft the smoke over the crystals. The first time I ever did smudging, I did my whole house and body and afterwards I felt very lightheaded and uplifted, after a while I felt totally exhausted and fell asleep.I don't know why, but it zapped my energy, maybe I was holding onto too much negative energy.Once you have cleansed them, leave the crystals to dry naturally, on a window ledge is fine. If you leave them outside watch out for birds or animals or children that like sparkly things, they may go missing! Always remember to cleanse crystals before and after using them to heal. Crystals worn on the body need to be cleaned regularly, I do this once a week, for crystals placed around your home or workplace cleanse every 2 weeks or so.(If you are using crystal to protect from radiowaves from PCs and technology the cleanse more often) If you've had an argument in your home or someone with negative vibes has visited then I suggest that you cleanse your crystals again, and smudge the room too.
Some stones are sensitive to water, mainly the stones that end in 'ite' and some stones can be damaged when put directly into salt , so another good way to cleanse these crystals is to place them in a glass bowl, then place this glass bowl in a larger bowl that is filled with sea salt, the crystals are not directly touching the salt or water but are being cleansed. Ensure that you leave them for a minimum 12 hours.
Salt Cleaning method
