There are many ways to cleanse crystals. Let's take a look at the top ways to cleanse and recharge your crystals...
Visualisation
One of the safest and easiest way to cleanse your crystals is through visualisation. Take a few minutes to centre your energy. Once you have done this, pick the crystal up, hold it in your hands and visualise your hands filling with a radiant white light. Visualise the light glowing brighter and brighter and imagine negative energies evaporating away leaving only positive and loving energy inside. Do this for around 1 minute or until you feel a shift in energy.
Sound
If you have a lot of crystals to charge, sound can be the perfect way to charge you crystals all at once. The vibrations from chanting, singing bowls, bells, or a tuning fork can purify your crystals.
Smudging with White Sage, Palo Santo or incense
Sage is believed to have many healing properties and can clear vibrations that are out of place and restore its natural energy. If you're smudging indoors be sure to open a window so negative energy can leave your home or if you prefer do it outside. When you're ready to cleanse your crystals, ignite the tip of the sage with a flame. Take hold of your stone in your dominant hand and hold the sage in the other. Move the stone through the smoke. Allow the smoke to surround the stone for between 30 and 60 seconds.
Running water
Many people use running water to cleanse their crystals as its believed to neutralise negative energies that may be stored inside. Completely submerge your stone in the water for around 1 minute and pat dry when complete. Be careful which stones you use though as some crystals don't like water or may dissolve. Don't use on soft stones like Kyanite and Selenite.
Salt
Salt has been used as a way to cleanse crystals for thousands of years. This is because it is supposed to absorb unwanted energy and will dispel negativity. Sea water is a good option but you can use a homemade solution of salt mixed in a bowl of water. Submerge the crystal into the water and allow to soak for up to 48 hours. Rinse and dry when you're crystal is cleansed. This method can have an adverse effect on some crystals (particularly soft stones) so make sure to do your research.
Natural light
Ritual cleansing is often performed at particular points in the lunar cycle, however, you can cleanse and recharge your crystals outside at any time. Put your crystal outside by dusk and bring it inside before midday the next day. This will allow your crystal to soak up energy and light from the sun and the moon. Certain stones don't react well to natural light so it's not a good method for all crystals. Vibrant stones like Amethyst can damage and lose their colour when exposed to light.
With other crystals
Another great and easy way of cleansing crystals is by using other crystals. Clear Quartz is a particularly good crystal to use. Place your Clear Quartz on top of the crystal you would like to cleanse. The energy from the quartz will remove negative energies from the smaller stone within 24 hours.
These are the most popular ways that people choose to cleanse and recharge their crystals. If you use your crystals regularly, you should aim to cleanse them at least once a month. If one of your crystals starts to feel heavy then that's a sign that you should perhaps cleanse it. You will know when your stones have been cleansed as they will feel so much lighter energetically and physically.
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