Okay... so you found this wonderful crystal, pendant or necklace at the local new age shoppe or you bought it over the web, and it totally vibed for you. You felt great wearing it. Then, some weeks later you noticed that it doesn't feel right, or worse, you get a headache when you put it on. That means that your precious treasure is "funked up" and needs cleansing, or at least a good break from being worn.

Very often a person will literally love their crystal jewelry to death, and I have seen crystals lay down their lives trying to protect their owners and getting crackes taking "hits" for them. If you find that you are in a vibrationally funky environment and your stuff is dying on you, you really need to look at your lifestyle. Sometimes a piece will pick up some "funk" from your environment.  For example, bars are extremely funky environments because the consumption of alcohol causes the dirt in people's auras to float around. Haunted places are funky both because they are usually in geopathic zones and because ghosts like to "slime" people, that is, dirty up one's energy field to both keep one from being aware and to make one physically sick.  The "Defunkers" shouldn't need clearing at all, and wearing one will tend to keep your energy field clean as well as the rest of your jewelry.

Often when a customer has purchased a piece of spiritual medicine jewelry from me, they will feel a "lift off" for at least a few weeks after putting it on, then as the piece raises the person's vibration, they don't feel the lift off. That is fine. It is the process of getting acclimated to a tool. The second thing my typical customer often experiences, after the initial few days of euphoria, is seeing their issues being brought to the forward in a very obvious way. Reports of suddenly attracting (or finally noticing that they attract) people of a certain stripe, or certain experiences, are common. This can be irritating. In order for a person to get the personal "good stuff" to come to the fore, he usually has to dredge up and deal with the nasty little issues that have been impeding his progress. Being on a spiritual path of unfoldment is not for wussies. You have to face your issues in order to set yourself free from them.

When I finish a piece of jewelry for a customer, I bless it by putting the piece between my hands in prayer, I have my Higher Self contact the customer's Higher Self to bring in the knowlege of what really needs to go into the energy programming of the piece, then call in my Angels and Ascended Masters to amp the piece up. It is fairly common to feel a surge of energy coming through my body and through my hands into that piece. My pieces tend to say clean for a long time because of this effort. I also say that this is what actually sets my stuff apart from anything else you might find over the web... intent. Because of this, I had to put a special section entitled "Conditions of Sale and Warranty" on my website's ordering links page, warning that "If all you see is 'pretty jewelry' when you look at these things, and if you truly do not desire to work on your own core issues, you really should NOT be buying these products. You will be disappointed. You may even be cheesed-off." Truth is, I have only had ONE piece returned outright in my 9 years on the web, simply because that person was not ready for it.

BACK TO YOUR FUNKED-UP CRYSTAL...

Common methods of cleasing crystals include:

  • Putting it on a dish of dry sea salt in a sunny window for several days... the sea salt draws out the "funk" while the sunshine energises the piece. You may also opt for putting the piece in a bowl of water with sea salt in it in a window sill... same story. Don't ever soak "strung" jewelry in water... most of it is strung on nylon-over-stainless steel tigertail which will rust and break... you don't wear it in the bath for that same reason.
  • The simplest way is to hold the piece between your palms placed together in prayer, then bring in your angels to cleanse the piece.
  • You may also choose to hold the piece over some burning sage so that the smoke enfolds it.
  • You may choose to rub a cleansing essential oil on the piece, like that of sage, sweet orange, or cedar.   Another good product is Enola Dominiak's "Purification Oil" available from Tranquil Thymes (see my website's Texas Crafters' Page).
  • You may dip the piece in water that has been charged with a Gaia Water Ball. You just get a bowl of water and drop this particular energy tool in the form of a charged glass marble in it, and drop or dip the piece in it.
  • You may put the piece on a One Force Harmony Board to rest and clear each night.
  • In extreme cases, the last resort would be for my customers to send it to me for clearing and recharging.

PHYSICAL CLEANSING:

  • Get a silver polishing cloth for silver-clad jewelry. NEVER use silver polishing paste or dip on metaphysical jewelry... it will ruin your stones!
  • The easiest way to cleanse the dust, dirt and spaghetti sauce from your jewelry is to make a paste of baking soda and water in your palm and gently rub it into the wire work. You may use a soft toothbrush to get in between the stones. Rinse thoroughly and pat dry with a towel. This will cleanse on both a physical and vibrational level.
  • Another possibility is to soak the piece in a solution of Miracle II Soap and water overnight (as long as it isn't a strung piece). About two teaspoons in a cup of water should do it. It also cleanses on a vibrational level. Soaking some of the softer stones, like Angelite, can cause them to look a bit bleached-out. Simply take your favorite essential oil and rub it into the stone to restore its color as well as make it smell good. The stones really appreciate and respond to the nourishment of essential oils.
  • Silver jewelry will usually stay clean by being worn next to the skin. Most of the time this alone will keep the piece from tarnishing. If you are not drinking enough water, or conversely if you drink a lot of soda pop, your skin will probably exude a lot of toxins and tarnish the silver. The condition of your silver is a good indicator of health.