Crystal Cleansing Methods

Crystals pick up and can soak up or hold onto different types of energy. This can sometimes be a good thing. If a loved one picks up your crystal, it can take on some of the positive loving energy. However due to the nature of how crystals help us as well as our environments, they also absorb lots of negative energy too. If you are feeling down and depressed you may pick up your favourite crystal to help make you feel better... What happens?

That crystal absorbs the negative energy of your depression in order to cleanse you of it. This can also happen when using a crystal for any kind of healing. When left in a room, crystals will help to cleanse and recharge that room. They will soak up electromagnetic 'smog' and soak up negativity in an atmosphere, replacing it with positive. All this means that the crystals can become very tired and heavily laden with energy that is not their own. For this reason, it is very important to look after your crystals by cleansing them and re-charging them from time to time. At least once a month but once a week is preferable for crystals used regularly. You should also cleanse your crystals when you first buy them as many other people may have handled them before you, each leaving remnants of their own energy on the crystal.

There are many different ways to cleanse crystals, some better than others. Here, we have mentioned the ones we feel are best but others may also work for you. Please add your own favourite methods to the Crystal Cleansing Thread on our forum as this may also help others. Finally, there are many good books on the market that will mention other methods not covered here. Some of these books can be found in the book section of our online store.

The Cleansing Intent

When using any method to cleanse a crystal, you should also have the intent that it is cleansed and all negative energy is transformed into positive energy. Simply have this intent whilst carrying out one of the cleansing methods below or better still say the following or a similar statement in your mind or out loud. "I ask that this crystal is cleansed of all energies (or inappropriate energies) it has picked up since being formed to been here with me now. I also ask that any negative energy is transformed into pure positive energy that works for the highest good, in the light and in God's name."

Water

One of the simplest and quickest ways of cleansing your crystal is to hold it under running water and ask that it be cleansed, keeping or saying the intent mentioned above. Whilst the water is running over the crystal, imagine it not only cleaning it of dirt, grime and dust but also cleansing away the energies previously picked up by the crystal.

Some people do not like using tap water as they feel that nowadays it has too many chemicals added to it to keep it fresh and clean. If you feel this way then you can find a gentle stream or even wash it in the sea. BE CAREFUL though, not only to choose somewhere that is safe for you but also that you do not lose your crystal.

PLEASE NOTE: Some crystals can be damaged by water, particularly seawater. Please check that your crystal is ok in water before using this cleansing method. Selenite for example will dissolve away in water.

Rain

Leaving the crystal out in the rain will also have a cleansing effect and is particularly good as it brings in to play the natural elements of the earth and nature. As above, make sure your crystal is okay with water.

Natural Elements

Even on non rainy days it can be good for your crystal to leave it outside for a few days on the ground, especially in grass or on soil as this brings into play the four elements, earth, wind, fire (sun) and water, (rain, dew, water in atmosphere). Once again check your crystal is okay in water (in case it rains) also make sure you remember exactly where you have put your crystal and be careful of birds such as Magpies, Jays, Crows, etc if the crystal/'s are small and bright!!!

Sound

The vibration of sound is very cleansing and clearing. Sound can even be used for clearing the energies in a room. The vibration of certain sounds will interact with the frequency of the crystal's energy field and cleanse it of all energies that do not belong to it. Probably one of the best and easiest methods is to place the crystal in a Tibetan singing bowl and then tap the bowl gently whilst keeping or saying the 'Cleansing Intent' As the sound from each 'gong' fades gently tap the bowl again. The usual is three strikes of the bowl, each strike coming just has the sound from the previous strike has faded away. Tingsha Bells may also be used in the same way, striking them above and around the crystal whilst keeping or saying the Cleansing Intent.

Golden White Light

This is another quick and simple method, especially if you have nothing to hand. It can take a little more getting used to though, especially as it is much easier if you can visualise what is going on.

Hold the crystal in your dominant hand and ask that Golden White Light comes down and surrounds the crystal. Ask and imagine the light surrounding and entering the crystal. Imagine it permeating every single molecule and atom. Visualise this and then run through or say the 'Cleansing Intent' set out above. Keep the crystal in your hand and imagine the light bathing it and cleansing it until you 'feel' it is cleansed. This may take several minutes or just moments, particularly once you have become used to this method. It can take some getting used to but it is well worth it.

How does this work?

The method here is all about having the intent of this crystal been cleansed by universal energy. If you have the intent and ask that the crystal be cleansed then this is what will happen. It is all about thought manifesting through the universe. The reason and mechanics behind this are too long winded and complicated to discuss here, as we would be going into the realms of quantum physics.

Reiki

If you are Reiki or Seichem attuned, you can hold the crystal in your hands and run energy through it whilst keeping or saying the Cleansing Intent.

Other Crystals

Certain crystals can cleanse others.

Carnelian

Carnelian is an excellent cleanser. If you put a piece of Carnelian in a bag, bowl, box etc. With other crystals, it will cleanse the others. Don't forget to cleanse and certainly re-charge this crystal too from time to time.

Crystal Beds or Geodes

A very simple and straightforward way of cleansing crystals is to place them on a Clear Quartz bed. Amethyst beds or geodes can also be used and some people even use Smoky Quartz. Simply place the crystal on the bed/geode for several days and it will be cleansed.

Citrine

This is a self-cleansing crystal and does not need cleansing itself although it is a nice gesture to carry out a cleansing and a re-charging from time to time in any case.

Re-charging / Re-energising crystals

Even after crystals have been cleansed and from time to time crystals, like ourselves can become tired and jaded. It is a good idea therefore to re-energise them once in a while and after cleansing.

Simple methods of re-charging a crystal are

To leave them in moonlight either outside or on a windowsill.
Leave them in sunlight. NB. Please remember sunlight can shine through a crystal and its intensity be magnified leading to a fire so BE CAREFUL!
Bury in soil
Leave outside amongst plants or in plant pots inside

All of the above are very good methods of energising and of cleansing crystals and will certainly rejuvenate them. Just remember to use common sense for safety and so as not to lose or cause your crystals to become damaged. If you want to learn more about crystal care there are many very good books on the market and some of these can be found in the book section of our online store.

WE SINCERELY HOPE YOU HAVE MANY YEARS OF ENJOYMENT AND HAPPINESS WITH YOUR CRYSTALS.