CLEANING AND CHARGING CRYSTALS

Crystals can be submerged in sea salt for 24 hours for cleansing the energy

Cleaning Crystals

Crystals must be cleaned each time they are used by a practitioner to rebalance a person's etheric or auric field, such as in the Life Activation..

They can be cleaned less frequently when used as jewelry or room anchors, but regular cleaning is still beneficial for most stones. Crystals can be cleansed (in the metaphysical sense) by submersion in salt for twenty-four hours; however, the fastest way to clean a crystal is through smudging the stone using sage, cedar, sandalwood, or incense, such as Nag Champa.

How to Smudge

Smudging can be done by lighting the plant material (in the case of sage and cedar, these have usually been bound with string and dried in the form of a small bundle) and passing the stones over the smoke so that the entire surface of the stone makes contact with the smoke.

Charging Crystals

Crystals need to be charged when they lose their sparkle and vitality. They can either be set outside and exposed to sun and moonlight for twenty-four hours or they can be placed on a charging plate for twenty-four hours. Selenite is often used to charge minerals, and because of this, selenite charging plates are widely available in a multitude of sizes.

Charging Plate

Smoky quartz and Lemurian quartz on a square selenite charging plate (atop a marble base)

For more information on the metaphysical properties of crystals and unlocking their hidden metaphysical potential with a practitioner trained in the ancient lineage traditions, see: Unlocking the Secret Healing Power of Crystals