Post by WalksInSpirit on Jan 24, 2004 2:30:14 GMT -5
Cleaning And Clearing Your Quartz Crystal
Crystals are basically low-maintainence companions. They don't need to be fed or walked, and don't require trips to the vet. They do from time to time need to be cleaned and cleared.
Clearing isn't the same as cleaning, although both acts can be accomplished by the same process. Whether or not your crystals often need to be cleared they will sometimes need to be cleaned. Rinsing them in water and gently drying them with a towel works well.
Don't use any kind of detergent unless for some reason grease has gotten on them. Detergents, even organic ones, tend to leave a film on crystals.
Inner Dust
Clearing crystals is more an act of getting rid of inner, "psychic dust." Crystals are valuable in the technical world because they record and store information. When we translate this role into spiritual terms we say that crystals take in and store the vibrations which surround them.
This benefits us in that we are able to program them to translate our desires and dreams into a vibration which attracts the energy which will materialize them. Crystals, however, not being us, don't discriminate between "good" and "bad" vibrations, and collect whatever's around.
Making A Crystal Yours
When you first purchase crystals, you want to make them yours. You will want to erase, or clear from them the vibrations of all those who have handled them, not because those vibrations are bad, but because your crystals, in order to respond to your needs and wishes, must be attuned to your vibrations.
There are times when you don't want a crystal to have your vibrations, either. If you've programmed crystals for specific purposes, you'll need to clear them if you want to program them for new ideals, or purposes.
Crystal Baths
One way to clear your crystals is to place them in salt water overnight, then allow them to dry in the sun. This is ideal for highly polished stones, as salt crystals may scratch your crystals' surfaces. Immersing them in salt water serves the dual purposes of cleaning and clearing.
Precautions
Some crystals shouldn't be placed in water, particularly soft stones such as azurite, malachite, rough chrysocolla, selenite. Calcite shouldn't be placed in water.
Smudging
This is the least invasive and most popular method for clearing crystals. You can use a smudge stick for this. A smudge stick may consist of some of the following herbs: include cedar, sage, sweetgrass, and ceremonial tobacco.
Pass your crystals through the smoke, or, if you have arrangements of crystals around your house, pass the smudge stick over the crystals. This method is excellent as well for clearing yourself and your environment.
The Earth Method
You can bury your crystals in the earth. (Do not use this method on iron-based stones such as hematite and tiger iron.) This method can clear any rough energy from your crystals and give them a kind of rebirth in the earth (from which most crystals are mined). It's like taking them home. Be sure to mark the place where you've buried them.
Visualization
Close your eyes, relax, and while holding your Crystal, visualize it glowing with white light while saying a prayer of clensing, asking Creator to clense the crystal.
How Often Do Crystals Need to be Cleared?
It depends on how much you use them. If they're sitting on your desk, looking pretty (and you can get a great deal of value just from having them around) once every three months is probably sufficient, in which case they probably need baths, too. Crystals you work with every day need to be cleared no less than once a month.
If, as mentioned above, you do intense emotional work with your crystals, clear them after each session.
If a crystal looks cloudy or has a dull feeling it probably needs to be cleared.
It is always a good idea to clear a crystal before you program it. However, once you've programmed it don't clear it until it's done its work.
Crystals are basically low-maintainence companions. They don't need to be fed or walked, and don't require trips to the vet. They do from time to time need to be cleaned and cleared.
Clearing isn't the same as cleaning, although both acts can be accomplished by the same process. Whether or not your crystals often need to be cleared they will sometimes need to be cleaned. Rinsing them in water and gently drying them with a towel works well.
Don't use any kind of detergent unless for some reason grease has gotten on them. Detergents, even organic ones, tend to leave a film on crystals.
Inner Dust
Clearing crystals is more an act of getting rid of inner, "psychic dust." Crystals are valuable in the technical world because they record and store information. When we translate this role into spiritual terms we say that crystals take in and store the vibrations which surround them.
This benefits us in that we are able to program them to translate our desires and dreams into a vibration which attracts the energy which will materialize them. Crystals, however, not being us, don't discriminate between "good" and "bad" vibrations, and collect whatever's around.
Making A Crystal Yours
When you first purchase crystals, you want to make them yours. You will want to erase, or clear from them the vibrations of all those who have handled them, not because those vibrations are bad, but because your crystals, in order to respond to your needs and wishes, must be attuned to your vibrations.
There are times when you don't want a crystal to have your vibrations, either. If you've programmed crystals for specific purposes, you'll need to clear them if you want to program them for new ideals, or purposes.
Crystal Baths
One way to clear your crystals is to place them in salt water overnight, then allow them to dry in the sun. This is ideal for highly polished stones, as salt crystals may scratch your crystals' surfaces. Immersing them in salt water serves the dual purposes of cleaning and clearing.
Precautions
Some crystals shouldn't be placed in water, particularly soft stones such as azurite, malachite, rough chrysocolla, selenite. Calcite shouldn't be placed in water.
Smudging
This is the least invasive and most popular method for clearing crystals. You can use a smudge stick for this. A smudge stick may consist of some of the following herbs: include cedar, sage, sweetgrass, and ceremonial tobacco.
Pass your crystals through the smoke, or, if you have arrangements of crystals around your house, pass the smudge stick over the crystals. This method is excellent as well for clearing yourself and your environment.
The Earth Method
You can bury your crystals in the earth. (Do not use this method on iron-based stones such as hematite and tiger iron.) This method can clear any rough energy from your crystals and give them a kind of rebirth in the earth (from which most crystals are mined). It's like taking them home. Be sure to mark the place where you've buried them.
Visualization
Close your eyes, relax, and while holding your Crystal, visualize it glowing with white light while saying a prayer of clensing, asking Creator to clense the crystal.
How Often Do Crystals Need to be Cleared?
It depends on how much you use them. If they're sitting on your desk, looking pretty (and you can get a great deal of value just from having them around) once every three months is probably sufficient, in which case they probably need baths, too. Crystals you work with every day need to be cleared no less than once a month.
If, as mentioned above, you do intense emotional work with your crystals, clear them after each session.
If a crystal looks cloudy or has a dull feeling it probably needs to be cleared.
It is always a good idea to clear a crystal before you program it. However, once you've programmed it don't clear it until it's done its work.
