| "> | | | | piece of net so the night animals will not take them. |
| Why do we need to cleanse our crystals? There are | | | | 5. Earth Cleansing |
| two reasons; the first one is we need to clean the | | | | Another popular method is to bury your crystal in the |
| physical dirt and dust from our new and exciting | | | | earth. Some say this is the only way. There are a |
| crystals. New crystals often have dust on them, | | | | few precautions with this method, remember where |
| from sitting in a shop or market stall that needs to | | | | you bury them and don't bury them too deep. |
| be removed. Secondly we also need to clean them | | | | Sometimes you will never find them again as Mother |
| energetically. What does this mean? You need to | | | | Earth will reclaim them. A good way is to bury them |
| remove the energy that other people have left on | | | | in a pot so you will be able to find them easily. You |
| the crystal, because when you buy a crystal it has | | | | will need to rinse them off when you dig them up as |
| probably been handled by many other people. | | | | they will have dirt on them. |
| Here are eight ways to cleanse your crystals: | | | | 6. Smudging |
| 1. Breath | | | | White sage has been used for cleansing by native |
| When you first buy your crystal, one of the simplest | | | | cultures for many years and is a very effective |
| methods of instant cleansing is to hold your crystal in | | | | method of cleaning many crystals at once. If you |
| your hands and then with the intention of cleansing it, | | | | have a large collection it would take you all night to |
| gently blow your breath on the crystal. As you are | | | | put them out in the moonlight. You can smudge them |
| doing this, you are adding your life-force energy or | | | | using a white sage smudge stick or white sage |
| prana onto the crystal and this will remove or negate | | | | incense. Light your incense or smudge stick and waft |
| all the energy left by other people; of course this will | | | | the smoke over your crystals. Sandalwood incense is |
| not remove physical dirt and dust. | | | | also a good cleanser. If you don't like these |
| 2. Water | | | | fragrances, almost any incense will help to cleanse |
| Most crystal can be washed in running water. A word | | | | your crystals. You can also use resin on a charcoal |
| of caution, there are crystals that can dissolve in | | | | block, frankincense, myrrh or a special crystal |
| water, a few examples are Selenite, Kyanite and | | | | cleansing blend are good options. By using resin and |
| Azurite, or any of the soft crystals. For these you | | | | charcoal blocks you can close the door to a room |
| can use a damp cloth to wipe off the physical dirt. | | | | and do the whole room at once. |
| Some books will tell you that you need to use sea | | | | 7. Reiki |
| water or spring water, but sometimes this is not | | | | If you have been attuned to Reiki you can use Reiki |
| possible, so use the purest water you can, with little | | | | energy for cleansing crystals. If you are a Reiki level |
| to no chemicals in it. It is also recommended that you | | | | 1, just hold the crystals in your hands and with |
| regularly wash the physical dirt from all your crystals. | | | | intention send Reiki healing to your crystals. For level |
| Sometimes this is forgotten if you use the sunlight or | | | | 2 practitioners, use your Reiki symbols over your |
| moonlight option of cleansing. | | | | crystals and then send Reiki to them. |
| 3. Sunlight | | | | 8. Other Crystals |
| Place your crystals in the early morning sun to | | | | Amethyst flat clusters are great for putting other |
| energize and cleanse your crystals. A word of | | | | crystal upon; just by leaving your crystals upon the |
| caution, crystals such as amethyst and fluorite will | | | | amethyst for a few hours they will be energetically |
| fade if left in the sun too often for too long. It is | | | | cleansed. Geodes and Clear Quartz clusters are also |
| also a good idea to cover your crystals with a piece | | | | excellent to use. |
| of net so the birds will not take them. | | | | It doesn't matter which method you use the |
| 4. Moonlight | | | | important thing to remember is to do something, and |
| Place your crystal outside on a full moon to infuse | | | | to both physically and energetically cleanse all your |
| them with moon energy. Moon energy is a soft | | | | crystals regularly. Always cleanse them after a healing |
| feminine energy so this is a very gentle way of | | | | or after you have been using them on yourself. |
| cleansing. It is also a good idea to cover them with a | | | | |