CLEARING YOUR GEMSTONES

To clear a stone with the emotional energy of love, you simply hold the
stone in your hand and beam love towards it from your heart. You may visualize a beam of soft pink light glowing from your heart, but the key is to feel love and project it into the stone.

Intention is also used to place a filter or shield around stones that you
wish not to clear, but only prevent from broadcasting generally. These may be stones with programs for a specific person only, such as a stone programmed for sexual enhancement .  You would not want your young children or repairmen to respond to it, so you shield it from them. The Most common use of shield filters on a stone is usually for Teaching Stones or Witnesses stones, which carry an  energy or message of some importance that they  need to share but which might be too intense or painful for constant exposure.  

EARTH
Bury your crystals in Earth for a few days to give them a rest and clear
them.   Stones that you feel carry extremely negative energy can be buried
in earth for an entire moon cycle or longer.  Some rocks and minerals such as hematite and other iron rich stones can rust or fall apart in the earth.  You will need a sure way to mark the location of buried stones to make sure you can find them again.  Animals have been known to dig them up and carry them off.

DRY SALT AND VINEGAR SOAKS
Leaving the crystals in dry sea salt overnight or longer is a somewhat heavy duty clearing method.  Soaking the crystals in a solution of 1 quart of warm water with one tablespoon of sea salt and a quarter cup of apple cider vinegar for 20 minutes to half an hour is a quick clear technique that is not too drastic and seems quite thorough.  A similar solution with distilled vinegar actually seemed to work  well with just a quick dip in the water .Use a glass or lead crystal bowl  for these immersion methods  and before putting the crystals in place your hands on the side of the bowl and intend that  it be empowered to cleanse  your crystals.  I have been told that any stone that has a name ending in ite can possibly be damaged by water though I am not sure of that.  

  SMUDGING
 You can also smudge your crystals with sage, sweet grass, cedar, sandalwood  Epsom salts, incense or other clearing smoke or  incense, fanning the smoke over them or holding them in the smoke make sure that all sides of the stones are  placed in the smoke.  This works well and can be used on delicate crystals that can not be placed in water or salt without damaging them.  There is less possibility of sparks if you have your smudge material in a dish or shell sitting on a trivet and use a fan to direct the smoke rather than waving a smudge stick around.

 CRYSTALS
Small crystals can be cleared by leaving them on a large crystal cluster, either clear Quartz or amethyst or using a Selenite wand. Other crystals will work for this too but quartz amethyst and Selinite are the most used.  It is preferable that the cluster have points in many directions if possible as it is said to be the multiple steams of energy that clear the resting stones.

 BREATH
 Breath techniques are very effective for small pieces. Hold the stone to be cleared in your dominant hand, (the one you use to write with) take a deep breath in through your nose and focusing your intention on clearing the stone expel your breath firmly onto the stone from your nose, repeat until you have covered all sides of the stone either a long slow exhalation or short quick bursts are effective, choose the way you prefer.  You may take a deep breath through your nose and holding the stone in either hand with your mouth slightly open expel your breath through your mouth slowly over the stone while making the "ha" sound .
 

LIGHT
White light and rainbows either from actual light or energetically is also used. White, gold, violet and blue light are commonly but not exclusively used.  Visualizing a purple flame is more often used for self-clearing but has been used for crystals too.  You can visualize the color or white light flooding the crystals or actually expose them to the light you can use gels or colored glass as a color source. Holding the crystal in the rainbows cast by a prism is a gentle way to clear and charge clear quartz.

SOUND
Toning , bell  ringing,  drumming , chanting and other clearing with sound can also be effective and enjoyable Aum, AH El EE Oh, Ha ,eee- ah- O and ah- eee -Oh .  Being only a minute fraction of sounds that work for clearing.  Playing healing music and chants of various kinds vowel sounds are often used. 

SUN AND MOON
Placing stones in Sunlight or Moonlight is also good for clearing and charging them. Some stones are faded or otherwise distressed by direct sunlight. This may include Amethyst, Rose Quartz, Citrine, Celestite (particularly blue), Aquamarine, Moonstone and Fluorite.  Some Turquoise may fade.  Stones are left in bright sunlight usually from 3 hours to all day but strong sunlight may take as little a 30 minutes or even less.

 RUNNING WATER
 Running water works well for clearing stones that are not harmed by water.   A spring or stream or the ocean   waves is best though you must be careful not to lose your stones to the ocean or river.  Holding crystals under the tap will do in an emergency.  Some people like to leave their stones out during rainstorms too.  Many people also bathe with their waterproof crystals, which not only clears and charges the stones it is very refreshing and healing for the bather as well.

flowers, feathers and sand
 Gentler and slower methods include immersing the stones in rose petals, lavender petals, sage, thyme, rosemary leaves, feathers or charged sand. Putting the stone on a sacred altar or in a place with healing energies will also work over time.

   Angels
 There are angels and other spiritual beings that can and will clear crystals when you ask them.  Learning to connect with your higher self and Companion Angel will help you learn to work with the "stone people" in a deeper way.

Mists
Essential oil mists and flower essences will also work as will the aura cleansing mists that can be bought or made.  Just a drop or two in an atomizer misted softly over your water safe stones, Sandalwood, citrus, Ylang Ylang, lavender, or Cedar are among the oils that have been used.

Pyramids and other geometric boxes
Some people clear crystals by putting them in pyramid shaped boxes.  There are also boxes and copper wire objects designed in some other geometric shapes which are said to be great for crystal clearing and charging.