Dear traveller, as soon as you get your new crystal companion the first thing you need to do is cleanse them. Cleansing is different from cleaning. Cleaning is wiping your crystal down with a slightly damp cloth to get rid of dirt. Please be advised that not all crystals can be cleaned with water. Some of them, like Selenite, can be damaged by water so please do your research.

Cleansing is cleaning them energetically. Whenever someone touches a crystal, they leave behind their energetic debris. You would want to cleanse your crystal to get rid of those energies so that it can better connect with yours. You can light up a sage, Palo Santo or incense and let their sacred smoke flow through the crystal.

You can also use a crystal bowl, a Tibetan singing bowl or bell and let the sound frequencies wash over them.

You can also put your crystals on top of sea salt or uncooked rice overnight. This method will also draw out unwanted energies. Some crystals like Selenite or blue Kyanite help to cleanse other crystals as well just by putting it near them.

Crystals absorb and transmit energy. If you don’t cleanse it regularly, they might become saturated with the negative energies they have absorbed thus unable to do their work. I recommend cleansing your crystals once a week to give them an energetic retune. If you have gone through a particularly challenging day wherein there are a lot of negativity, I recommend cleansing your crystal as well because it helped you by absorbing those unwanted energies. You can cleanse them every day if you like.

Next after cleansing you may want to charge them. Charging a crystal is like giving them an energy boost. I usually like to charge my crystals under the morning sun or the moon, especially on the full moon. Please take note that quartz crystals can fade in sunlight if exposed for a long period of time. I recommend a good 10 minute sunbathe in the morning is enough. Another way of charging them is putting your crystals on your windowsill at night so it can charge under the moonlight. You will find that the next day, as you wear your crystals, they are energized and ready to support you.

Cleansing and charging your crystals are part of the ritual of owning and working with these earthly beauties. You have to give them the care they deserve and soon you will find them working with you and you attuning more to their energies. If you want to take a step closer to working deeper with your crystals please check out my other Mystic Musing article on How to Program your Crystal.