Are you curious about the art of crystal healing and want to learn different ways on how to charge crystals with positive energy and intentions?
In this post, let’s dive into four different methods to cleanse and charge your stones, to elevate your metaphysical healing experience.
We will also discuss the importance of creating a sacred space for a deeper connection. This helps to amplify your intentions energy when visualizing your goals.
Crystals And Their Power
Crystals are known for their inherent power, accumulated through their formation process.
However, simply being in the same room as your crystal is not enough.
To truly harness their power, it’s important to become familiar with their vibrational frequencies and fine-tune your energy of intention with the use of these beautiful gems.
By doing so, you may even form a holistic healing or spiritual bond with them, embarking on a harmonious dance of resonating and reciprocating each other’s energy levels.
Why’s It Important To Learn How To Charge Crystals
You might notice, through prolonged use that they can flatten or begin to have very light vibrations of frequency (just like a battery.)
What does charging crystals do?
The truth is, crystals won’t completely lose their vibrational charge.
However, you may notice that some of your intentions or healing energies don’t manifest in the same time frame as when you first started your practice.
This is a great time for cleansing crystals so they are ready to be activated with your goals and intentions.
Or you may want to choose a particular time of the month.
This way you will remember to do this cleansing and charging method not only for your stones but also for your own energetic vibrations. This keeps your energies positive to fill yourself with vitality and optimism.
There are at least 4 reasons why crystals might seem to lose their “glow”.
First, they may have energetically clogged up by absorbing all the negative energies they have been exposed to for the time being.
Crystals not only hold their own energy, but also absorb any negative energy from you at the beginning of your visualization or meditation practice, helping you get in tune and ready to set your intentions.
This is usually the case when you use your crystals for healing frequently.
Secondly, they may also become dormant if you haven’t used them for quite some time.
This happens when you simply left the crystal on your altar or sacred space to collect dust and have not really touched or connected with it for a long time.
Thirdly, there could be times when your piece simply doesn’t know what your goals are, as you may have forgotten to program it.
Being specific is important as you program your crystals with intentions on a regular basis to keep that vibrational connection with them.
Fourthly, just like humans needing food and sleep or even a little bit of pampering to regain energy after working so hard.
Your crystal might just need a good cleanse and recharge to capture its full vibrational strength again.
Can You Cleanse & Charge Crystals At The Same Time
There are at least 4 ways on how to charge crystals with your own energy & intentions like a pro.
Just to let you know that charging can also be part of crystal cleansing, from any unwanted energy that it may have absorbed.
- Any method of cleansing is usually also part of the process to charging your crystal from dormancy.
- Setting an intention whilst holding your piece is giving it that energetic charge in programming it for that particular goal in mind.
- Lastly, helping your piece regenerate the power that it had spent through constant use.
So let’s keep moving on with this cleansing and charging process:
How To Charge Crystals In Moonlight
1. Moonlight
Charging them in the moonlight can be as easy as placing them on your window sill during the full moon.
Before you do this, always hold your semi precious piece in your hand and set your intention of what you want to manifest before the “moon energy”, so the crystal’s vibrational frequency is set to help you out.
However, to make your practice even more effective, here are some things to keep in mind:
- Get to Know Your Crystal first (is it the right crystal for that particular intention or goal you have in mind?) Here is one of our blogs to help you out with this information .
- Is it safe to be submerged in tap water or fresh water from a stream?
- How will it interact with salt?
- Make sure that your semi precious piece is safe to be washed in salt water solution, always do your research on your particular piece.
- If they are the kind of crystals that can be safe enough to be placed in a bowl of water, then by all means do this healthy practice. It’s like a clean slate to work for you and with you.
Altar for crystals
- Once cleansed, pick a spot in your backyard that will receive a lot of moonlight and earth energy. Especially if you place your crystal with plants before your bring them back inside the next morning. Some people prefer to use this type of natural energy as part of their cleansing and charging ritual.
- Then set them up on your special alter for crystals or unless you prefer to use them as a crystal grid for manifestation? They should be pulsing with lots of energy in the morning after this quick monthly ritual under the full moon.
- Here’s an extra tip: You can also research the sacred symbolism of each moon phase as you’re learning how to recharge crystals.
- Feel free to perform this ritual even if it’s not the full moon. You need to feel what is intuitively right for you and your precious piece.
- Do what feels right, use your intuition as this is your connection with your piece.
How To Charge Crystals In Sunlight
2. Sunlight
Charging crystals in direct sunlight can be just as effective as doing so at night.
But it’s important to research which crystals could fade, sweat, or melt slowly in the sun.
Before cleansing your precious stones, always do your research.
What’s great about this method is that you won’t even need to keep track of moon phases.
The sun is always bursting with natural properties, including vitamin D and energy, making it an excellent source for charging your crystals.
How To Cleanse Rose Quartz
Many ask the question can rose quartz be left in sunlight?
Speaking of crystals that might react negatively to the sun’s UV rays, here’s a question we get frequently asked by our readers: “Can you cleanse and charge rose quartz outdoors in sunlight?”
We found that this type of quartz and other variants like purple quartz (aka amethyst quartz) or rose quartz would significantly fade if left outside for more than approx 10 minutes.
So it’s best not to put these stones under direct & strong sunlight, but more under a lovely pot plant or shaded tree out of direct sunlight.
They can even be placed in natural light as long as there isn’t direct sunlight.
Somewhere like a window sill where there is still adequate light with natural properties like gentle air flow and some shade to regain its abundant energy.
After charging and cleansing always remember to return your stone back to your sacred spot within your home environment.
How To Charge Crystals In The Earth
3. Earth
It’s no secret that most crystals came from within mother Earth.
While there are various kinds associated with other elements, like air or water, most of them will always have a special connection to their original element.
Another favorite method in charging of crystals is by burying them into the soil from time to time, to get that cleansing and grounding effect before working with them on your new set of goals.
That’s specifically for stones that may have gone through a “bad energy” phase with you feeling negative at one point, from of all the healing work you had to do on yourself during any stressful periods in life .
Earth energy is also known as an ancient energy cleansing for your semi precious stones, and as it’s connection back to mother earth and many people like to use this method combined with their moon ritual phase .
Some bury them as they are, wrap them in an altar cloth of some kind, or put them in a small box, other’s just place them directly into the earth.
How To Charge Crystals With Other Sacred Tools
4. Other Sacred Tools
Did you know that there are so many other energy cleansing methods?
Using some sacred objects and tools such as smudge sticks, pyramids, sound vibrations and even other pieces like quartz clusters.
Here are some other ideas you might want to try when it comes to cleansing and charging them when needed :
Smudge Sticks
You might want to use a smudge stick like palo santo or white sage for cleansing and charging.
It’s a great alternative for pieces you can’t use with water methods, or ones that interact negatively with salt, or potentially fade in the sun.
Pyramids
Some people who are quite sensitive to smoke and particular scents, may find that pyramids work better for them.
You’re likely aware of Egypt’s architectural wonders, but the structures we’re referring to are on a smaller scale and specifically designed to charge crystals and other sacred objects.
They are made from various types of metal to conduct energy.
Other Crystals with Charging Properties
As you learn how to cleanse and charge your semi-precious stones, it’s important to remember that there are other stones, such as clear quartz, that can cleanse and enhance the energy of your other pieces.
Selenite and black obsidian are also known to have cleansing and charging properties, making them excellent choices for your crystal healing practice.
For example, a selenite charging bowl can be a perfect option to cleanse and charge your crystals in a beautiful and convenient way.
Selenite Crescent Moon Charging Bowl with 7 Chakra Tumbled Healing Stones
One of the easiest ways to charge your crystals is to use a special charging plate or one of the stones we’ve previously mentioned that can charge all of your other semi-precious pieces.
We hope that you’ve learned at least one new method for charging crystals from this post.
However, it’s important to ensure that your preferred method of charging agrees with your particular crystal.
Remembering some crystals are sensitive to water, while others are prone to fading, sweating, or slowly melting away after prolonged sun exposure.
Most of all, have fun and enjoy your new crystal charging and cleansing method.
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