Crystals contain energies that can assist us in many ways. Learning how to cleanse crystals properly ensures they’re free from stagnant or negative energy, thus lowering their frequency and overall potential.
What Does It Mean to Cleanse Crystals?
When we cleanse our crystals, we recharge and heal them while raising their vibrational frequencies. Crystals have piezoelectric qualities, meaning they serve as energy sources. This is supported by the fact that we now use crystals in cars, computers, and even our phones, as they can store massive amounts of data and energy.
Understanding how to cleanse crystals allows you to maintain their energetic potency, ensuring they continue to work effectively in daily life.
The Importance of Clearing Energetic Build-Up from Crystals
Energy has no boundaries, so it is important to regularly clear your crystals of negative and low-frequency energies that can become embedded within them.
Methods for Cleansing Crystals Based on Their Properties
Methods for cleansing crystals can vary based on their physical properties. Water can harm some crystals; desert rose and halite will dissolve in water. Selenite can also break down in water.
Lapis lazuli has a rich blue color that often has golden inclusions of pyrite that can rust when submerged. Another softer stone, malachite, can become toxic in water.
How to Choose the Best Method for Each Crystal Type
Knowing the name and type of your crystal is important to finding the best cleansing method. There are many forms of cleansing crystals, such as sunlight, moonlight, salt, water, earth, and burning a high-quality resin.
Mistakes to Avoid When Cleansing Fragile or Soft Crystals
Effective crystal cleansing requires knowledge about crystals. Understanding what can harm or enhance their properties is essential. Some crystals cannot withstand water, while others cannot tolerate sunlight.
How to Cleanse Crystals (Step-by-Step Guide)
How do you know when your crystals need cleansing or clearing? What is going on in your life? What challenges or strife are you dealing with that can lower the frequency of your home?
When you begin cleansing your crystals, set the intention that all negatively embedded energies will be removed. There are many ways to cleanse your crystals, and it is critical to know what method will work best for each type of crystal you own.
#1) Evaluate Your Crystal’s Energy and Cleansing Needs
Crystals emit and collect energies. Depending on their usage, they may require frequent cleansing or little cleansing at all. For instance, if you carry the same crystals with you every day, it’s essential that they are cleansed regularly.
#2) Cleanse Using Running Water for Non-Porous Crystals
Running your non-porous crystals under running water will cleanse them and clean them. It helps to wash away negative energies.
#3) Purify with Smoke from Sage, Palo Santo, or Incense
Sage is somewhat of a misnomer. It lacks the spiritual horsepower that many believe it possesses. I prefer to use palo santo, a hardwood with a high frequency. Another way to cleanse is by using high-frequency resins.
#4) Recharge Crystals in Sunlight or Moonlight
Sunlight is the preferred method to cleanse your crystals as the sunlight is scalar energy and a direct energy source. However, some crystals will fade in sunlight, making moonlight the preferred cleansing method. Some crystals that will fade are amethyst, citrine, rose quartz, and aventurine.
#5) Use Sound Baths or Salt for Deep Cleansing
Sound is an energetic vibration used to clean crystals and other objects. Crystal singing bowls, tuning fork sets, and Tibetan bowls are all effective ways to clear crystals.
Tips for Maintaining Your Crystals’ Energy Over Time
Understanding how to cleanse crystals is more than just an energy maintenance practice—it reflects a larger truth about the unseen forces that shape our daily lives.
Just as crystals absorb and hold energetic imprints, so do we, making it essential to clear stagnant or negative energy to maintain clarity, balance, and alignment.
Energy is constantly in motion, influencing our well-being in ways we may not always recognize, and proper cleansing techniques—whether for our environment, our spiritual tools, or ourselves—help us stay connected to higher vibrations.
To dive deeper into the nature of energetic influences and how they impact you, Spiritual War: Understanding the Unseen World and How it Affects Us provides critical insights into the unseen forces at play.
Additionally, our Soul Health course offers practical tools for clearing and protecting your own energy, ensuring that you—not just your crystals—remain energetically strong and aligned.
