Crystal cleansing can be done several ways:
*Place it under the light of a full moon/sun for 24 hours.
*Bury it in the earth (make sure you mark it!), for 24 hours.
*Place your crystal to be charged in a bowl of tumbled hematite stones or tumbled quartz crystal.
*Run your crystal under room temperature or luke warm water.
*Some crystals can be place in sea salt water. One teaspoon of Sea Salt in a glass bowl in cool water. Place the crystals in the water. Make sure the crystals are covered with water. Let them bathe in the water for 24 hours. This is a wonderful way to rejuvenate the power of your crystals. It washes away the negative energy it has absorbed and recharges it with the positive healing energy again. (Note: Some crystals should NOT be washed/cleansed in salt water/sun for it changes their physical properties, not their metaphysical properties, they are listed below).
Not to be cleansed in Salt Water:
*Alabaster*Calcite*Carnelian*Hematite*Labradorite (Spectrolite)*Lepidolite*Moldivate*Opal*Turquoise*Ulexite
*Use caution only with the softer Mica and crystaline stones
*Use caution only with the softer Mica and crystaline stones
May fade in Sunlight:
*Amethyst*Celestite*Opal*Turquoise
Smudge your crystal : with sweetgrass, sage, cedar or incense. Pass the crystal several times through the wafting smoke.
Crystal cluster : make great chargers and can cleanse any crystal by placing it on top of the cluster for 24 hours.
Soaking your crystal in
Flower petals : of the flowers such as rose, honeysuckle, orange blossoms for 24 hours will cleanse the crystal of all it's negative energy. If a particular crystal should not be placed in water, simply place them in a bowl of flower petals.
