Buying Crystals - How to Choose
As you become more used to working with crystals you may find your intuition tells you which is the stone for you. It is Fine to buy on impulse, if a crystal evokes a deep spontaneous reaction it has already struck a chord deep inside you.
Pass your hand over a tray of stones feeling for warmth or tingling, or handle each stone individually feeling for a tingling in your fingertips. The stone that produces the strongest sensation is the one for you.
Preparing your Crystals
Get to know your crystal, hold it, look at it, admire it, feel it. The Crystal can be willed for the work it is to do by holding it and concentrate on desired purpolse. Imagining yourself in the situation you will be using the stone.
Alternatively dedicate the crystal with a simple ceremony. Light a candle, hold the stone in your cupped hands and then ask it to help you in developement or healing (use seperate stones for different purposes).Gently breath onto your stone to complete the cycle.
Charge the crystal by puting it in the garden or on a windowill on the night of the full moon,to absorb the moons energy, then allow it to absorb 12 hours of sunshine, (in several sessions in necessary)
Using your Crystals
For general use crystals can be placed it room, worn on the person, or put by your bed. At other times it may be used more specifically being placed directly over the appropriate chakra. Just holding the stone on or over the chakra relax, reflect and meditate on the help you wish the crystal to focus. do not spend more than five minutes on each chakra.
Alternatively crystals may be worn or carried as a talisman, the talismanic power radiates like an aura stimulating optimum conditions for your desired goal.
Cleansing Your Crystals
Cleansing with Earth
Cover the crystal in natural cloth and wrap well, bury it a few inches deep in the earth and leave for 3 nights and retrieve on next day.
Cleansing with Air
Toss the crystal through incense smoke, 9 times.
Cleansing with Fire
Let the crystal bask in sunshine for 1 hour then place within circle of 3 white candles, for one hour. Alternatively pass the crystal through the tip of a candle flame several times.
Cleansing with Water
Immerse the crystal in fresh still water, change 3 times daily, for 3 full days. Alternatively hold the crystal under running water for a few minutes then leave on a soft cloth to dry naturally.
Cleansing with Sunlight or Moonlight
Put the crystal in a window ledge exposing it to the sun or moon for several hours.
Cleansing with Sunlight or Moonlight
Rest the crustal in a rock crystal cluster, or amongs a collection of small crystals for several hours.
Cleansing with Salt
Dissoslve about 3 tablespoons pure rock salt in 1/4 pint (140 mil) still mineral water, may be warmed. pour the salt liquid into a bowl. Ccover with material and put in warm dry place, as the water evaporates crystals will form at the bottom of the bowl. Crumble the crystals into heaps of cubes and scatter in a ring around stone you wish to cleanse or charge. These salt crystals can be stored in a clean dry place and reused many times.
Crystal Elixers
It is believed that in crystal remedies of elixers the properties of the stone are transferred to the water.
Put hard smooth stones in a glass tumbler, jar or bottle, fill it with enough bottled water to completely cover the stone. Cover to prevent contamination and place in sunlight or moonlight and steep between one minute and 12 hours, the longer the seeping time the stronger the elixer. Strain the liquid from stone.
The size of dose to be taken depends on how long the seeping time was
If seeped for less less that 2 min dose size is the entire elixer
If seeped for 2 minutes to one hour dose size is a few sips
If seeped for 1 to 6 hours dose size is one small sip
If seeped for more than 6 hours dose size is just a few drops
Alternatively the elixer can be made with distilled water and mixed with equal quantity of brandy to make a tincture, use a few drops in each dose.
Take several doses a day, use elixer in same day unless bottled and stored in fridge when it is safe to use for several days. Stones which may be used in essences include red carnelian, red jasper, malachite, aventurine, rumble polished rock crystal, moonstone, milky quartz, citrine, rutilated quartz, rock-crystal egg, chrysoprase, peridot, snowflake obsidian, moss agate, sodalite, turquoise, hematite, amethyst, lepidolite, chrysocolla, aquamarine, tourmaline, malachite, garnet, rhodocrosite, aventurine, star sapphire, apatite, smoky quatrz, nephrite jade, blue lace agate, amber, azurite, epidote, diamond, tanzanite, rose quartz, moonstone, citrine, bloodstone, sapphire, or lapis lazuli.
Divining with Crystals
Any smallish rock or wand can be used for crystal dowsing. Attach it to a thread, preferably of natural fibres, about 12 inch long, attach with glue rather than making a hole through stone, where possible uses white or purple thread.
A good way to hold the pendulum is to hold the thread in the palm of your left hand using your thumb and all the fingers except the forefinger. Crook the forefinger then hook the thread over the top secion.
Before you start you will need to interpret the pendulums movement. Ask simple questions which have a yes or no answer e.g. am I male, am I female. Repeat this process for several different questions to each time you use the pendulum to ensure consistent movements.
The pendulum is a valuable tool for contacting your subconscious mind, for reaching your innermost thoughts, beliefs and emotions which may not be obvious to the conscious mind. Be aware though that when used for self-discovery and guidance, the pendulum will reflect what you truly believe rather than necessarrily objective truth.
Dowsing may also be done over a chart or circle of cards, prepare your chart as illustrated, or put individual choices on cards and then lay out in a circle, hold the pendulum over the middle of the circle, and watch to see which card or area of the chard the pendulum swings towards.
Another form of divination is map dowsing, where the pendulum may be used to try to locate, missing persons, lost pets or items, mineral deposits, water or healing ley lines.
