Clearing Crystals ( from the files)

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Clearing Crystals

 

You will probably want to clear your crystals after you get them.

This is done to remove unwanted energy and restore the crystals

to their natural innate energy state so that the stone is at its

maximum effectiveness and cannot possibly pass on imbalances

or energetic static. You also clear crystals after they have been

used in healing sessions, when they seem dull or lifeless

or they have been exposed a lot of ambient negativity .

(arguments, sorrow, etc. ). Stones are also cleared to remove

old programing and before new programs are done . If the energy

of the stone feels wonderful to you it may not need clearing,

but if it feels heavy or unpleasant in some way. Then you will want to

clear it.

 

Stones can be programmed to be largely self clearing . Some

stones are said to never need clearing Usually authorities list Three

or four stones that never need clearing however the lists often differ

Citrine and Kyanite are often on lists of stones that do not need to be

cleared .

I've seen Smoky quartz, amber and jade on these lists too .I figure if

I'm going to clear

any stones I might as well clear all of them . It does not hurt to

clear a stone

that does not need to be cleared . The 'never need cleared " stones

seem to benefit from clearing sometimes anyway. Maybe they enjoy the

attention.

 

Please remember that it is common for the mind to amplify the energy

received, and sometimes high vibration positive energies can feel

prickly and

uncomfortable if you are not ready for them. Some people also tend to

refuse to

recognize that stones have been cleared to the point of returning

undesirable

energies to the cleared stone with their own mental intention.

 

During or after clearing your stones you can restore programs and

personalize the

energies of the stones so that they are their best energetic condition

and harmonize

with the work they will be doing .You can also set an intention or

program a stone

to convert negative energies or to beam them away to spiritual

entities or the Earth

for transformation and clearing. .Energy which belongs to someone can be

cleansed

and returned to its owner. We will cover this in detail when we get to

programming crystals .

An energetically " dirty " stone will eventually clear itself but in the

mean time it might be holding absorbed energies that decrease

its effectiveness as a healing tool and could in theory transmit another

person's pain to the next person who holds the stone.

Very intensely used stones may even self destruct break or get lost .

( that's not the only reason stones break or get lost though)

Uncleared pendulums might lose some accuracy.

Once you have been working with your crystals a while you will

probably keep them clear and will only encounter unclear stones from new or

other people's stones. and occasionally from doing intense work on yourself

or other people and situations you are working with.

Some Crystal healing practitioners do not let anyone touch their

crystals

except during treatments . I strongly disagree with this and encourage

people to touch and hold any crystal that interests them provided it is

not too fragile.

 

Some crystal healing teachers do not think clearing stones is ever

really needed. That it is just a way for the practitioner symbolically

prepare

for the crystal work. I find that clearing stones can sometimes be a

big help

because everything can pick up energy impressions..

Sometimes crystals do soak up a lot of pain energy and this can be

felt or can effect the energy of the people in the area

and the. surrounding environment itself

 

There are many ways to cleanse or clear crystals and you will want

to try

out several methods to find those that feel most effective to you. .

To some extent this can be a matter of personal preference.

The best choice of method will also have something to do with the

use or history of a particular stone . A rock used as a murder weapon or

from a place of great tragedy / horror will most likely need a far

more serious cleansing than a newly mined stone

or a favorite Great Aunt's doorstop.

Many of us find that our needs and preferences change over time.

If a method that worked for you before seems less effective now

please try some of the other options You can use clearing methods

in combinations too as some methods have slightly different effects than

others.

 

There are some popular methods that can be drastic or even

physically

damage some crystals. Be careful which stones you immerse in water .

I do not usually pass stones through fire or freeze them because the

potential for damage is great.

 

 

SHAKTI - ENERGY

The principle way I clear my crystals on the run is with an energy

shakti

I most often use a specific crystal clearing shakti but also use other

energies

to clear crystals .Reiki ,Huna energies , Spiritual light energies

Rainbow Light ,

and other subtle energy shakti can be used for this Using energy is

very effective.

Most general purpose healing energies and universal chi etc. work quite

well if you are attuned to them or have done a little practice work with

those that come in without attunements . Generally just run the energy

into the stone until you feel that it is cleared. This is

effortless once you learn

how to call in or turn on shakti you just allow it to flow .

While some shakti require that you be attuned to them before

you can use them many other subtle energies will come in by request

and. intention..

This method is available to anyone even without specific attunement

to an energy work system. It can be thought of as a way of having

a spiritual agent do the clearing To activate a shakti you would hold

or touch the stone to be cleared and turn the shakti on .allowing it to run

until it is done.

The specific crystal clearing shakti I work with needs only

be turned on it will run to completion without further intention

or attention. People who have the ability to do remote work

and group or area work can use shakti to clear many stones at

once even from a distance .

I use shakti on a daily basis and clear the stones I work with

before and after I use them . A principle advantage

of shakti clearing is that when you are doing treatments during

a healing circle or demonstration. A deep clearing can take less than

a minute and therefore you can do treatment for large numbers

of people at a healing circle or demonstration with a relatively

small number of crystals. You can clear the stones between each

person treated so that you do not run out of crystals suitable to work

with.

and you always have the means of clearing at hand .

I also usually clear and charge my stones in moonlight each full moon

and with Sunlight and frequently by smudging quite often and use more

intense methods periodically .

Crystal clearing shakti if you have one, is autonomous and once

you have

started it running on a stone or group of stones it will work until done

without further attention or intention on your part. Holding the piece

between both hands while running energy or beaming a flood of

spiritual light

into it also works. With most intelligent energies you can add the

intention that the crystal

become self clearing.

The energies of the Stones can also be run as shakti and you can

clear a stone by running the energy of the particular stone type .

This is seen as a Devic gift . This energy is also very good for charging

stones to amplify their natural abilities .

 

INTENTION- Mental Focus

 

Using your mental focus or the directed emotional energy of Love

by direct intention can be very effective if you are able to focus

your intention and are not distracted by doubt or other side events.

 

Hold the stone in your hand or palm or place your hands on or

over it and focus your Attention on it with the intention of

clearing it,

for most stones a minute should be long enough to clear it. If you are

skilled at remote

work or have an aptitude for it you may not need to actually touch

the stone. Some people imagine a beam of light from their heart or

third eye

while they focus on the stone.

To Clear a stone with the emotional energy of love you simply hold

the

stone in your hand and beam love at it from your heart you may visualize

a beam of soft pink light glowing from your heart but the key is to feel

love and project into the stone .

 

Intention is also used to place a filter or shield around stones

that you

wish not to clear but only prevent from broadcasting generally,

These may be stones with programs for a specific person only,

such as a stone programmed for sexual enhancement in a bedroom .

You would not your young children or repairmen to respond to

.. it so you shield it from them.

The Most common use of shield filters on a stone is usually for

Teaching Stones or Witnesses . Stones which carry an energy or

message of some importance that they need to share But which might be t

oo intense or painful for constant exposure .

Objects From German Concentration camps and the site

of massacres are sometimes shielded in this way.

They can then share their witness via the painful memory and information

` and message to those who need to know and recognize a truth and/or feel

compassion but the stones will not continually bombard the people who

work around them . Someone has done this with many of the objects at

the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles . ( I think Irving Fuerst,

but I am not positive )

 

When using energy and intention based methods to clear your stones you

can program the crystal to retain or restore its ideal state and or

previous

programming and memories rather than totally erasing them. Consult the

crystal intuitively for a sense of how much it needs to be cleared .

 

 

EARTH

Bury your crystals in Earth for a few days to give them a rest and

clear

them Stones that you feel carry extremely negative energy can be buried

in earth for an entire moon cycle. or longer . Some rocks and minerals

such as hematite and other iron rich stones can rust or fall apart

in the earth. You will need a sure way

to mark the location of buried stones to make sure you can find them

again .and Animals have been known to dig them up and carry them off.

 

DRY SALT AND VINEGAR SOAKS

Leaving the crystals in dry sea salt overnight or longer is a

somewhat heavy duty clearing method.

Soaking the crystals in a solution of 1 quart of warm water with

one tablespoon of sea salt and a quarter cup of apple cider

vinegar for 20 minutes to half an hour is a quick clear technique that is

not too drastic and seems quite thorough .. A similar solution

with distilled vinegar actually seemed to work well with just a quick

dip in the water .Use a glass or lead crystal bowl for these immersion

methods and before putting the crystals in place your hands

on the side of the bowl and intend that it be empowered to cleanse

your crystals.

Salt can be harsh and many stones are water soluble or otherwise

potentially harmed by water. some of these include Halite (salt),

Sylvite, Desert Rose Selenite, all Selenite, gypsum angelite , Azurite

,Talc.

calcite may dissolve in water as may Alabaster ,Sulfur dissolves in

salt water

.. I have been told that any stone that has a name ending in ite can

possibly

be damaged by water though I am not sure of that..

I have one stone that fizzes

and leaches a white mineral if you touch it with vinegar .

 

SMUDGING

You can also smudge your crystals with sage, sweet grass, cedar

, sandalwood epsom salts, incense or other clearing smoke or

incense ,fanning the smoke over them or holding them in the smoke make

sure

that all sides of the stones are placed in the smoke.

This works well and can be used on delicate crystals that

can not be placed in water or salt without damaging them.

There is less possibility of sparks if you have your smudge material

in a dish or shell sitting on a trivit and use a fan to direct the smoke

rather than waving a smudge stick around .

 

CRYSTALS

Small crystals can be cleared by leaving them on a large crystal

cluster,

either clear Quartz or amethyst or using a Selenite wand . Other

crystals will

work for this too but quartz amethyst and Selinite are the most used

It is preferable that the cluster have points in many directions if

possible as it is said to be the multiple steams of energy that

clear the resting stones ..

 

BREATH

Breath techniques are very effective for small pieces, hold the stone

to be

cleared in your dominant hand, (the one you use to write with) take a deep

breath in through your nose and focusing your intention on clearing

the stone

expel your breath firmly onto the stone from your nose , repeat until

you have

covered all sides of the stone either a long slow exhalation or

short quick

bursts are effective choose the way you prefer.

You may take a deep breath through your nose and holding the stone in

either

hand with your mouth slightly open expel your breath through your mouth

slowly over the stone while making the " ha " sound .

 

 

LIGHT

White light and rainbows either from actual light or energetically is

also used

white ,gold, violet and blue light are commonly but not exclusively

used .

Visualizing a purple flame is more often used for self clearing but has

been used for crystals too.

You can visualize the color or white light flooding the crystals

or actually expose them to the light you can use gels or colored glass

as a color source

Holding the crystal in the rainbows cast by a prism is a gentle

way to clear and charge a clear quartz

 

SOUND

Toning , bell ringing, drumming , chanting and other clearing with

sound can also be effective and enjoyable Aum, AH El EE Oh,

Ha ,eee- ah- O and ah- eee -Oh .

being only a minute fraction of sounds that work for clearing playing

healing music and chants of various kinds vowel sounds are often used

.. Some sources suggest that you use a pitch pipe and use the tone

that is assigned to the chakra that you would use the stone for.

 

SUN AND MOON

Placing stones in Sunlight or Moonlight is also good for clearing and

charging them .Some stones are faded or otherwise distressed by direct

sunlight. This may include Amethyst, rose Quartz, Citrine, Celestite

(particularly blue), Aquamarine, Moonstone and Fluorite. Some turquoise

may

fade. A chunk of blue calcite faded after a while I have also heard

hat Realgar and pyrope can dissolve in air rather than sunlight.

Stones are left in bright sunlight usually from 3 hours to all day

but strong sunlight may take as little a 30 minutes or even less .

 

RUNNING WATER

Running water works well for clearing stones that are not harmed

by water

.. A spring or stream or the ocean waves is best though you must be

careful

not to lose your stones to the ocean or river. Holding crystals under

the tap

will do in an emergency . Some people like to leave their stones out

during

rainstorms too. Many people also bathe with their waterproof crystals

which not only clears and charges the stones it is very refreshing and

healing for the bather as well.

 

flowers, feathers and sand

Gentler and slower methods include immersing the stones in rose petals or

lavender petals or sage, thyme or Rosemary leaves or in feathers or

charged

sand. Putting the stone on a sacred altar or in a place with healing

energies

will also work over time.

 

Angels

There are angels and Deva and other spiritual beings who can and will

clear crystals when you ask them learning to connect with your high

self and

Companion Angel will help you learn to work with the " stone people "

in a

deeper way.

 

Mists

Essential oil mists and flower essences will also work as will the aura

cleansing mists that can be bought or made .just a drop or two in an

atomizer misted softly

over your water safe stones , Sandalwood ,.citrus ,Ylang Ylang , lavender,

Cedar are among the oils that have been used

 

Pyramids and other geometric boxes

Some people clear crystals by putting them in pyramid shaped boxes

There also boxes and copper wire objects designed in some other

geometric shapes which are said to be great for crystal clearing

and charging Tetrahedron and stellated octohedrons and the like

but other than a few brief encounters at various expos

I don't have a lot of experience in the physical with

sacred geometry .

 

Silk , cotton ,linen, deerskin and wool felt

 

Some people keep crystals in silk which they say keeps them cleared.

Some of my crystals have not wanted to bekept wrapped up

so I do not knowif keeping them wrapped in silk is by itself

enough to keep them cleared.

Quite a few people always carry their crystals wrapped in silk

Which certainly might help keep them from chipping .

I have also met those who wrap the stones in cottonor in linen

for clearing and protecting .Some people feel very militant about

this. I;ve also heard from the deerskin and woolfelt people.

All I can say for certain is that so far no one has specified

synthetic fiber.

 

 

DRASTIC METHODS,

salt water and fire and Ice

Probably the most commonly used clearing method is soaking

them in salt water this is not really recommended for general

use any more because it is rather drastic and can harm many kinds

of crystals both physically and energetically. You can save that for really

heavy duty cases. The Proportion I was taught is a half cup of

sea salt to one quart of pure water soaking times vary from

three minutes to overnight.

Placing stones in fire may damage or destroy many crystals and is

not recommended . Some people pass the stones over the fire in the smoke

this is certainly preferable to leaving them in a fire over night.

Putting stones outside in the winter or in the freezer has been

suggested but there is a real possibility of having the stones crack or

even shatter So that is also among my not recommend methods .

 

This covers a rather wide range of ways that are used to clear stones

Please try several and let us know what your results are.

Perhaps what determines whether these methods work for you is your

belief system and your intention . Any of these methods will work it

is up to you to find those that feel most effective to you..