This can be done in several ways

• Place it under the light of a full moon/sun for 24 hours.
• Bury it in the earth (make sure you mark it!), for 24 hours.
• Place in Sea Salt Water. One teaspoon of Sea Salt in a glass bowl in cool water. Place the crystals in the water. Make sure the crystals are covered with water. Let them bathe in the water for 24 hours. This is a wonderful way to rejuvenate the power of your crystals. It washes away the negative energy it has absorbed and recharges it with the positive healing energy again. (Note: Some crystals should NOT be washed/cleansed in salt water/sun for it changes their physical properties, not their metaphysical properties, they are listed below).

Not to be cleansed in Salt Water:

• Calcite
• Carnelian
• Labradorite (Spectrolite)
• Lepidolite
• Moldavite
• Opal
• Turquoise
• Ulexite

Use caution only with the softer Mica and crystaline stones

May fade in Sunlight:

• Amethyst
• Celestite
• Opal
• Turquoise

Smudge your Crystal - with sweetgrass, white sage, cedar or incense. Pass the crystal several times through the wafting smoke.

Crystal Cluster - make great chargers and can cleanse any crystal by placing it on top of the cluster for 24 hours.

Soaking your Crystal - in flower water with the petals of the flowers such as rose, honeysuckle, orange blossoms for 24 hours will cleanse the crystal of all its negative energy. If a particular crystal should not be placed in water, simply place them in a bowl of flower petals.