According to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, crystals are formed from the stars and planets. The Australian Aboriginals and the Native North Americans consider crystals to be the bones of mother earth herself. We know that the crystals we now enjoy and use were created in the womb of the earth over millions of years by the action of water, wind and volcanic fire and that they carry the life force and healing powers from earth and sky.
Ultimately we are all crystal experts if we trust our intuitive powers; in our crystal work we can access a universal well of crystal wisdom, passed through our genetic heritage. By allowing each crystal to speak directly to our hearts and work, its healing energies will amplify our own innate healing powers to bring peace and spiritual harmony to people, animals and places.
Crystals can help to bring harmony and joy into your life. Use your crystals for protection and to attract love, success, prosperity, self-confidence, health and happiness. Crystals also amplify and transmit our innate psychic energies. They offer doorways to other dimensions and within the depths of our minds we can travel beyond the immediate material world with its rigid restraints.
As crystals are powerful beings in their own right, they should be approached with respect. If you do this, they will only be too pleased to co-operate with you. Crystals are magickal anywhere, however if you create a special crystal place in your home for meditation, contemplation and healing work, it will increasingly become an oasis of calm and healing power that can restore your inner harmony even after the most stressful day.
Taking the time to cleanse your crystals is extremely important. Crystals are efficient energy absorbers and transmitters of energy. One of their functions is to cleanse and transmute negative energies. If you leave your crystals to do this without regular cleansing, most become saturated and unable to do their work. You should cleanse any crystal that is new to you, to remove the impressions of those who have mined, handled and sold it, even though these energies may not be negative. You can then endow the crystal with your personal power and that of the earth, seas and skies. There are many ways to cleanse crystals: smudging with a sage stick, leaving in sun or moonlight (be careful with sunlight as some crystals can fade), leave in a pot of herbs associated with healing (lavender, sage or rosemary), place in a stream or a rainstorm or place on a large piece of Amethyst in dark silk. Carnelian will cleanse other stones of negative energies.
There are some crystals which are not water tolerant though, Selenite as an example, so please consult your crystal book to be sure.
