Guest guest Posted September 14, 2002 Report Share Posted September 14, 2002 Hello all, My question for the day is... What is your preferred method to clean your crystal/stones/rocks? In this last month or so I have read so many different ways to do this. Now I want to know what the experts do. I have been putting my newly aquired collection in indirect sunlight but direct moonlight for 3 cycles. If you bury them in the earth is mulch/topsoil OK or should I find an area that we haven't put down topsoil? Our soil is bad here so to be able to grown anything we have to bring in good soil to mix it up with our crappy soil. Could I put them in a pot in my garden and have my own crystal pot? OK I know, more than 1 question. Thanks for the info, Teresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2002 Report Share Posted September 15, 2002 If I have the time, I like to lay my crystals on a plastic mesh screen or plain cloth and lay them on the ground in rainy weather so the rain can wash them and the earth can cleanse them. Under a tree or bush is even better so direct sunlight doesn't bleach amethyst or rose quartz. I leave them out for 24 hours. I also really like to bathe my crystals in a special herbal brew. I brew mugwort, white sage, and rosemary into a tea, let it cool to room temperature, pour it into a big bowl and bathe the rocks in the solution. They love it, and the atmosphere of the house is cleansed and refreshed, too, from the scented steam! And me, too, from having my hands in the solution. I soak them for perhaps five minutes. Sometimes I use sweetgrass, white sage, and rosemary instead. Most rocks are okay in the tea. If it's a stone that eventually dissolves in water, like selenite or calcite, I just dip it and dry it. I wouldn't soak soft or water-containing rocks such as opals. I just dip and dry. I also don't put copper-based ores (peacock ore, chalcopyrite) in the solution. Of course, halite (rock salt) is out of the question. But really, I don't have any problems with the short baths I give my rocks. --- treesaz <teresa wrote: > Hello all, > > My question for the day is... > > What is your preferred method to clean your > crystal/stones/rocks? In > this last month or so I have read so many different ways to do > this. > Now I want to know what the experts do. > > I have been putting my newly aquired collection in indirect > sunlight > but direct moonlight for 3 cycles. If you bury them in the > earth is > mulch/topsoil OK or should I find an area that we haven't put > down > topsoil? Our soil is bad here so to be able to grown anything > we have > to bring in good soil to mix it up with our crappy soil. > Could I put > them in a pot in my garden and have my own crystal pot? > > OK I know, more than 1 question. > > Thanks for the info, > Teresa > > ===== ********************************************************* KNOW THYSELF. -->> Starry Night Astrology's Premium Astrological Reports. Email for details today. Credit cards accepted! ********************************************************* News - Today's headlines http://news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 , " treesaz " <teresa@a...> wrote: > Hello all, > > My question for the day is... > > What is your preferred method to clean your crystal/stones/rocks? > > OK I know, more than 1 question. > > Thanks for the info, > Teresa Teresa, I sometimes use copal incense, but find that what is easiest, less stressful to the crystals, and (frankly) faster, is to use intent. If working with one specific crystal, I hold it, squeeze it gently, release pressure, blow on it with clear intent to clear. When I have loads to clear, I place my hands over the crystals, and run the self-clearing shakti that was part of Peggy's attunement that she gave over a year ago! I ask that the shakti " run to completion " and let the crystals be. It's a simple, and perhaps lazier, way to clear a big batch at once. Namaste, Sally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 Most of the time, when I have worn a small crystal as a necklace or in my pocket and I feel that it needs to have a 'day off', I place in on to a large piece of amethyst. This seems to work for me. Fea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Great topic! I leave my crystals by the window where they can get sun and moonlight all the time. After a healing or meditation session, I put them outside to get sun, moon, wind, and rain directly. Usually that's enough to keep them clear and sparkly. But I have three stones that have gone a little dark. I've done the above, I've buried them, set them in water for weeks, set them in salt for weeks. I'm getting ready to try serious cleansing meditation with them. Any suggestions? Two of them went dark during a healing session wherein the patient felt a claw digging into his shoulder, where the stones were. This helped him immensely at the time. The third stone is a little citrine sphere. I have two of them and I dont' know why one has gone cloudy. The kittens love to bat them around, so maybe it sucked something out of a kitten. I've moved my big amethyst cluster out of the sun because it seems to be losing its rich deep purple color. It's from Brazil. Does anyone know if this is natural or if losing its color means it was dyed? I have some little amethyst clusters that I put outside at my altars and they lost their color quickly. Thanks for your thoughts. Light, love, and laughter, Lorelei --- treesaz <teresa wrote: > Hello all, > > My question for the day is... > > What is your preferred method to clean your > crystal/stones/rocks? In > this last month or so I have read so many different > ways to do this. > Now I want to know what the experts do. > > I have been putting my newly aquired collection in > indirect sunlight > but direct moonlight for 3 cycles. If you bury them > in the earth is > mulch/topsoil OK or should I find an area that we > haven't put down > topsoil? Our soil is bad here so to be able to > grown anything we have > to bring in good soil to mix it up with our crappy > soil. Could I put > them in a pot in my garden and have my own crystal > pot? > > OK I know, more than 1 question. > > Thanks for the info, > Teresa > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Yes, sunlight will cause amethyst to lose its color. (Pink quartz, too, I think.) Moonlight works, however, and salt, and earth, and rain. I loved the image of the kitties batting around the citrine sphere - maybe I'll try my spheres with Kitty :-) > I've moved my big amethyst cluster out of the sun > because it seems to be losing its rich deep purple > color. It's from Brazil. Does anyone know if this is > natural or if losing its color means it was dyed? I > have some little amethyst clusters that I put outside > at my altars and they lost their color quickly. > ===== ********************************************************* KNOW THYSELF. -->> Starry Night Astrology's Premium Astrological Reports. Email for details today. Credit cards accepted! ********************************************************* News - Today's headlines http://news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 I have a big file of cleansing methods on my web pages and I post it here occasionally. I usually use intention and the crystal clearing shakti and also sunlight and moonlight . I think a lot of folks do far more cleansing than is really needed and the only time I have ever found a rock that really needed and wanted to be buried in the Earth it had belonged to a rapist and murderer . I cleansed a collection that had been in a Juvenile offender treatment center for a year and even those stones were easy to clean with intention , shakti and breath ( we experimented with various methods ) Even the rocks from Dachau did not want to be buried in Earth for total cleansing though some of that was because they were witness stones. our long file on clearing crystals is at http://solarraven.com/file-11-clear.html Peggy -- http://solarraven.com Peggy Jentoft, Energy Work, Reiki, Crystals, Healing, Huna ,Deva & more http://home.attbi.com/~skygreen http://members.tripod.com/~sunsparrow/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2002 Report Share Posted September 18, 2002 What is your preferred method to clean your crystal/stones/rocks? In > this last month or so I have read so many different ways to do this. > Now I want to know what the experts do. > Hi, I don't consider myself an expert by any means, but this is the method I use to cleanse my crystals. All new ones get the 'full treatment' which starts with Reiki-ing them individually. Some seem to need more time than others, probably something to do with where they came from. Then they go on a quartz or amethyst cluster in the window (the amethyist is in the shade). I usually keep them there one day and one night....ones I think might need more exposure I'll leave there till the full moon comes and after that they seem happy. The last step is placing them on my Kuan Yin altar. Some I can actually place on the statue I have, the others I place in front of her. They stay there a few hours to a few days....I can kind of sense when they are done. Then again, some just get the Reiki and are fine. I really feel the salt is too harsh, (my opinion only). I agree with Peggy that they really don't need that much cleansing. I like to do the above first time though, just so my new friends will know they are loved After using them, if anything, a quiet rest at Kuan Yin's feet is all they need. My Reiki will often just kick in when I pick up a crystal that needs some clearing.....a bonus for it ) I tend to follow the KISS method, Keep It Simple Stupid (tho I substitute Sweetie for the stupid). I think it is mostly personal preference and intuition... and a big measure of intent. Bright Blessings, Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2002 Report Share Posted September 18, 2002 Sorry to intrude but I see so many letters about cleaning crystals,I wonder if any of you go to the group site and open 'FILE',there you will find many answers to your questions,mostly d by SOLRAVEN.Go in and have a look. Get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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