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Cleansing Crystals: wandering thoughts

11/17/2010

 
Cleansing crystals tonight. I use them primarily as part of my healings for others, the last I used them was on my husband. I was surprised at just how long it took for some of them to come clean, like the pink rhodocrosite. This stone took the longest, at least a minute, where as most took only a few seconds. I'm still considering just why that would be, in relation to him and the issue we were trying to address that last session (his back, of all things, he has a disc that likes to slip out of alignment and pinch a nerve.)

About halfway through, my eldest came into the room and asked what I was doing. I answered and he immediately ran to his room to get his crystals. His half-brother tried to stop him, but Atticus replied, "I'm doing magick with my mom," and walked out of the room. 

We cleansed his crystals as well, and then he left to put them away. I stayed and then went through my stones, attuning myself with each. Repeatedly, while working with a stone, I found my thoughts turning to my family, not the family that I have chosen and created now, but those who raised me. I found it appropriate because these stones are used mostly for healing and like many people, my family is an area in which I've had to do a lot of healing and am not finished yet (and with the holidays just around the corner, that only means more to work on. Arghh.) But, this makes sense, too, because my thoughts have been on my extended family a lot lately, as there are extreme changes taking place. None can tell what the future holds there and I'm concerned not just for a way of life that is becoming more and more distant, but for individual people as well.
AmandaonMaui
10/30/2017 04:08:26 pm

What method do you use to cleanse your crystals? I've used a method of letting them sit in salt until I feel called back to them, then remove and rinse and allow to dry naturally.

Althaea
11/1/2017 05:29:34 pm

At this point, I rarely work with minerals, as I the focus of my Craft and work (as a witch) has taken me in different direction. But I used to favor a number of different methods, depending upon the stone (because not all can be placed in water, like Selenite, or in sunlight, like Amethyst.)

The following are my favorite methods based on efficacy, simplicity, and speed.

My go-to method is to hold the stone in incense smoke, letting the smoke wash over it. You'll know when that stone is done because the smoke will move away from it. Placing in a bowl of salt or clean dirt (from outside, NOT potting soil) is effective but takes daaayyys. If you're ever in a colder climate, placing the stones in snow and letting them sit for a day or two is highly effective.

Depending upon your skill in directly manipulating energy, holding the stone in your non-dominant hand and projecting energy from your dominant hand to wash over and through the stone, clearing energetic junk and debris is very effective. You can do the same with your breath, too.


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