Cleansing crystals is an essential part of crystal work. When you use your crystals for healing, meditation, or spiritual practice they can absorb negative energy. Over time this means that they can become less effective. Cleansing your crystals helps to remove negative energy or blockages, and restore their natural properties and energy flow.
When should I cleanse my crystals?
The frequency of cleansing your crystals with selenite depends on various factors, including their usage, exposure to negative energy, and personal intuition. As a general guideline, it is beneficial to cleanse your crystals at least once a month or after intense energy work. However, trust your instincts and cleanse them whenever you feel their energy is not as vibrant as desired.
There are many different ways to cleanse crystals, and here are a few examples of crystal cleansing rituals:
1. Cleansing crystals with Selenite
Selenite, is known for its purifying and protective properties. The high vibration of selenite makes it an excellent tool for cleansing crystals, because it clears stagnant or negative energy and promotes positive energetic flows, restoring crystals to their optimum state.
One of the best things about selenite is that it is self cleansing, so you won't have to cleanse it after you use it to cleanse other crystals. This is why we recommend it as a low maintenance cleansing option!
Selenite has a gentle and soothing energy that promotes peace, tranquility, and mental clarity, which can enhance the overall effectiveness of the cleansing process, and make it a positive contribution to your environment, even when not in use. What isn't to love?!
Select your selenite
Selenite comes in many forms, from plates and wands to towers. For cleansing flat wands and plates are popular choices, as you can position small crystals to be cleansed on them. We have a large range of selenite products including wands, plates, and lamps that can be used for cleansing and charging crystals.
Performing the cleansing ritual
Choose a calm quiet spot where you can focus on the selenite and set your intentions. You need to infuse your thoughts and energies with the process. Visualise the selenite's cleansing light enveloping, shining through and restoring your crystals. Now position your crystals on or in a circle around the selenite, ensuring that nothing is between the crystal and the selenite that might impede the energetic flow. Visualize the selenite absorbing any negative energy from the crystals and filling them with purifying light.
2. Smudging
Smudging is a traditional Native American ritual that involves burning herbs to create smoke, which is used to cleanse and purify spaces, objects, and people. Smudging is a powerful way to cleanse crystals. To smudge your crystals, light the Smudge stick of your choice and allow it to burn for a few seconds before blowing out the flame to create the smoke. Hold your crystals in the smoke, allowing the smoke to flow over them and cleanse them of any negative energy.
While smudging your crystals, focus your intention on releasing any negative energy or blockages, restoring the natural energy flow of the crystals.
Check out our smudging supplies section if you want to give smudging a go.
3. Moonlight Cleansing
Cleansing crystals under the light of the full moon is a simple and effective way to remove any negative energy or blockages. The light of the moon is believed to have a purifying and healing effect on crystals, and the energy of the full moon is particularly potent. To cleanse your crystals with moonlight, place them on a windowsill or outside in a safe place where they will be bathed in the light of the full moon. Remember, you need a clear sky for moonlight bathing, so keep watch for clear nights!
4. Sound Cleansing
Sound cleansing is another way to cleanse crystals and remove negative energy or blockages. Sound vibrations can help to break up stagnant energy and restore the natural energy flow of crystals. There are many ways that you can perform sound cleansing, such as using a singing bowl, bells, or tuning forks. To use sound for crystal cleansing, hold your crystals in your hand and strike your singing bowl or bell, allowing the sound vibrations to flow over your crystals. While using sound to cleanse your crystals, focus your intention on releasing any negative energy or blockages, restoring their natural energy flow.
Like all crystal work, how you cleanse you crystals is a personal preference, and you may find different processes more intuitive or powerful. Experiment with different methods until you find one that works for you.