There is a lot of information on the internet about how to
care for crystals. I wanted to add my
slant to the archive.
Personally I recoil from many of the instructions for a
number of reasons.
Here are some of what you will find, below I
will explain why you should not do this on a purely practical level: Some crystals are water soluble; this would mean washing them could literally make them disappear before you eyes.
Salt is a strong alkaline and is also abrasive. This can damage the surface of delicate
crystals or those that have a low ph.
Place your crystals in sunlight to charge
them
Crystals are formed in deep and utter darkness. They are not naturally exposed to
sunlight. Crystals such as fluorite will
lose their colour if stood in sunlight for long periods of time.
Many crystals are porous, rubbing oil on them could allow
the oil to seep into the stone.
People will argue that it is important to learn which crystals
can be treated in which manner.
Personally I would suggest that there are so many new crystals appearing
all the time that it would be hard to learn this for every one. I would hate for someone to come home with a
new stone to damage it by running it under a tap. As such I suggest that if you feel you must
cleanse and charge your crystals you do it in a way that does not risk the
structure of the crystal.
Methods you can use are:Cleansing breath
This is the simplest method of cleansing a crystal. Simply take a deep breath in and with the intention of blowing away negative energies breath out over the stones. Know that it is done.
Moonlight
On the night of the full moon place your crystals in a window facing the moon or place them outside if you have a safe dry place. Remember though to bring them in before sunrise.
Flowers, feathers or smooth washed beach gravel
You can lay crystals on a bed of dried flowers, feathers or smooth washed beach gravel.
Singing bowls or toning
There is no reason why you couldn’t sing to your crystals or use a singing bowl to create a cleansing sound
Of course, for me none of this is necessary as I believe
that stones don’t need cleansing. You
will find a couple of bowls, one containing dried lavender flowers and
frankincense granules and the other containing tiny sea rounded gravel. I also have a wall sconce that I burn
frankincense above my stone friends. However, I do not do this to cleanse them,
rather to give thanks and treat them to beautiful energies.
This may seem like semantics, one says cleansing the other
says pampering but there is a very important but subtle difference. Cleansing a stone says to it “this is a tool
and it isn’t capable of looking after itself”.
Whereas, pampering my stones says “I honour you for the work that you do
and I would like to show my gratitude by taking the time to treat you well”.
Whilst we are on the subject of the practicalities of caring
for your crystals it is also important to remember that many are fragile. If they are stones that you won’t be working
with I suggest keeping them in a dust free cabinet. I have a glass cabinet that is purposely
placed out of direct sunlight where I put all my fragile stone friends.
If you are dusting them ensure that you do so gently. Some stones will take a gentle washing to
remove dust but please be absolutely sure that you have read up about it before you put it
in water. Also ensure that the water isn’t
hot or cold but at room temperature as you may cause the crystal to fracture.
These stones have taken thousands of years to form and have sat underground waiting to work with us, are they not worth caring for with love and respect?
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