During this time of year, the winds are picking up, Marching us along to a more brisk beat as they blow us to and fro.  These winds symbolize more for us than new bothersome allergies and messed up hair.  They are the winds of change, making room for new things to grow into our lives.

New plants are beginning to push their way up through the soil, and new thoughts, people and opportunities are likewise trying to grow their way into our lives.  If we cling to old habits for comfort, we are not making room for new and better  opportunities to come into our realm.  Though an old shoe is  predictable and familiar, it is also not as comfortable as a new and more improved shoe can be.  Also the new shoe may allow us to walk faster down our life path.  As long as we keep such analogies in mind, all  the changes this time of year presents will happen much more smoothly.

A very suitable stone friend for helping in such times of change is Snowflake Obsidian.  This stone is the normal black of obsidian with white flecks in it, thus the name snowflake.  It is often called the stone of change, and helps us to emotionally and mentally adapt to changes.  In this, we see that the change is necessary and likely better for us though it may not seem so right away as we’re being dragged out of our comfort zone by the change that is presented.

Snowflake obsidian teaches us that in an old comfort zone we do not have room to grow.  Snowflakes and opportunities are  both fleeting, and must be tasted while they’re falling toward us, before they melt away.  The gentle grounding of this wonderful stone keeps us centered so that we may think clearly as each change comes with important choices.  If we’re too scattered and ungrounded, any choice can be unclear.  Snowflake obsidian, worn as  jewelry or carried in a pocket and held often, is a wonderful companion when riding the March winds of change.  May your emotional and physical spring cleaning bear much fruit of new opportunity.  As Always Happy Stoning!

Just as humans were created with thinking minds, feelings, likes and dislikes, so did Mother Earth create stones.  Stones from the high grade ruby in your ring to the common ‘rock’ under your foot as you go for a walk, is a child of the earth.  Each has survived on this earth for thousands of years or more!  Each  has  a lesson to teach.  The trick is learning to hear and perceive these lessons from our earth elders.  Once this is achieved, the knowledge to be gained is boundless!

For example, garnet can teach how to keep the body’s aura strong which serves to protect from illness as all illness begins in the aura.  Green aventurine teaches our hearts the way of joy so that once we’ve learned how it works,  we’re always able to be happy any time we like.  Rose quartz can teach us of all the many and complex layers of love so that we may always be filled with it.  Those are just a few examples.  Each stone listed above can teach us these things and so much more!

There are numerous books written on the subject of the metaphysical properties of stones.  Many of those speak of stones as objects rather than living beings which were born and have grown in the earth.  Working with a stone as an object only limits the success that shall be reached with that stone.  Working with it  as another living being, and one who is much older and wiser than any human, opens the learning experience immensely.  It frees the mind of the student to hear more than he or she may expect.

There are several ways to communicate with a stone.  Meditation is a wonderful way to begin as it is done from a calm quiet place where all outside distractions are cleared away.  Meditating with a stone isn’t only for beginning to know a stone,  however.  it is quite useful to take a stone friend into meditation with you at all  times for messages and lessons.  To communicate with a  stone during meditation, try the following exercise.

Lie down and become comfortable.  Place the stone on your forehead.  If it is too big, lay it  just above you on the floor or a pillow, allowing some part of it to rest against the crown of your head.  This closeness with the head is so you may better receive the messages from the stone into your mind.  Relax  and deep breathe, taking yourself deep into a meditative state.  Then think of the stone you’ve taken into this peaceful journey with you.  Feel it against your head.  Just reflect quietly for a time on its energy before even trying to speak with it.  Can you feel it  doing anything?

Many times a person understands a stone’s actions or lessons in the way the stone is making him or her feel.  If, for example, if a person is meditating with or wearing a green  aventurine, and that person begins to feel quite happy, they’ve just learned a lesson.  Green aventurine is a very joyful stone, and it is teaching that person to feel joy.

If during meditation the stone is doing something, merely reflect on that.  Make a note of the activity as a lesson the stone is teaching.  There is no need to rush through the process, for the language of stones is very different from our words.  It is a mental language of feelings and concepts.  As the human mind isn’t used to speaking in this way, it requires some time to process and understand what the stone has taught.   Because of this, the information may not be fully understood until days later. That is perfectly fine.

After reflecting on  the stone’s energy for a time, open the conversation if you are ready.  Ask the stone what it does.   What are its talents and strong points?  What lessons is it willing to teach you?  Does it feel you need to learn any specific thing first over another?  If so, what is it?

Again give each question’s answer some time to sink into your mind.  Only move on to the next question when you are ready.  There is no specific time for when any of this should be completed.  It could be done  in one meditation or it could  take weeks.  Each person is as different as each stone, and we all move at our own pace.  You’ll find that some stones are faster than others, some more saucy, and some more calm.  Each stone  has its own personality, and getting to know it is a wonderful rewarding experience.

After you’ve  meditated with your stone at least once, you’ve at least begun the introduction process to becoming friends.  Carrying the stone with you everywhere for at least a week is a sure way to continue the process at a good steady pace.  Stone jewelry is convenient, as it is very easy to keep on the body at all times.  There are also bags for wearing about the neck for those stones too large to wear or for those people not interested in jewelry.  Pockets do fine as well.  Holding a stone in the hand while working or watching evening T.V. keeps the closeness going and allows person and stone to get even more in tune with each other’s energy.

While spending time with your stone, keep track of how holding it or having it on your person makes you feel.  For just as in meditation, this is the stone’s way of teaching and relaying messages.  If you’re looking for a particular lesson, and aren’t sure which stone can best teach it, a reference book  can never hurt if used properly.  For example, if you’d like to study the art of healing your own body from one of Mother Earth’s children, it is acceptable to research the metaphysical properties of healing stones.  However, don’t believe everything you read for it may not work the same for each individual.  Don’t assume the stone will have the same lesson for you that it did for the writer of the  book or article.  Instead, get the stone for yourself, and meditate with it.  Ask it if it will teach you what you wish to know.  If not, it surely has another lesson for you, so there was no loss.

The magic and knowledge in Mother Earth’s ancient children is far too vast to be covered in a mere article, or even a book.  There are so many different stones in the world, it would be next to impossible to speak of all of them in depth as they deserve.  There is also the fact that each person may have a different experience.  Many times a stone has some of the same lessons for everyone, but it is always best to check for yourself.  May your friendships with these earth elders be rewarding, and your lessons come just when they’re needed.
As always, happy stoning!

During this time of year everything all around is decorated cheerfully in red and green.  This is to bring happiness to our  hearts during the dark winter season.  We find earthly reasons to celebrate, bringing good cheer to one another with the joy of fun winter activities, and gift giving.  Done properly giving is as wonderful as receiving.  A stone which teaches us about both sides of this coin is rose quartz.

With happiness and good cheer already in the air, rose quartz is a wonderful stone friend to share it with.  Its lovely soft pink color is warming and pleasant to the eye.  Its energy very much matches this color in that it is soft and cuddly.  It gives us a feeling of gentle love and soft well-being when we hold, carry, or wear this kind but powerful stone.  Among its many lessons are:
1.  Universal love.  In rose quartz’s expansive good will, it is easy to open our hearts to the greater love when we are in the presence of  this wise stone.  Its warm energy helps us to feel niceness and good will for the entire world.
2.  Self-love.  Rose quartz gives us its own loving energy.  In seeing that we are loved by this giving stone, we are strong enough to look into ourselves and find reasons to love the person we see there.  Having rose quartz about can soften self-judgments and assist them to be more constructive.
3.  Drawing love.  Rose quartz’s soft love is often felt as romantic by those seeking to find new romance or to strengthen an old one.  Therefore working with rose quartz and asking it for help in these matters can assist in drawing positive results.

With all this in mind, not only is rose quartz a fitting stone to have for the season of love and good cheer, it is also a very fitting gift.  Passing the love on to someone else is a wonderful gesture.  When gifting someone with a stone, it is always beneficial to tell that person about the stone so they  can better understand the new friend you’ve kindly gifted them with.

Another wonderful stone for sharing the joy of the season is carnelian.  This lovely orange or red stone is a very bright and cheerful soul.  It is another  to add to the good cheer of the season, and share it  with those in its presence.  As we’ve the winter solstice coming up, Carnelian is fitting for it is a fire stone, that can be found to come in shades similar to the sun when it appears orange.  Carnelian teaches us about the warmth of a bright cheerful fire that warms our cold hands from the winter chill.  It works with the second chakra, and thus with the freedom of expression of our creativity and sexuality.  As creativity and sexuality both stem from a passionate center, carnelian helps to  keep these in a healthy balance.  If anyone on your holiday gift list could use work in these areas, they’d likely love a new carnelian friend in  their stocking.

May you have much good cheer and love in this bright/dark season of winter festivities. Happy stoning!

In early November the veil between this world and the world of spirit which opens wide during late October, shuts itself tightly once again.  This often leaves  we sensitives with feelings of depression and loss.  We feel overly grounded due to the loss of excessive magical energy, and just end up wanting to sleep.  We’re drained of energy, and find ourselves understanding why bears have a want to hibernate.  Hello Winter!

To shake this feeling, regain our energy and get back on a good magical track once again, we need to more closely connect with self.  When we reconnect with our own magical energy, the power from within us serves to make up for the  loss of the external magical  power the open veil provided.  Luckily Mother Earth has provided us with some very helpful stone friends for this time of year.

Fluorite, be it green, purple, blue, or rainbow, is a wonderful stone to assist us in connecting to our own power. It is also a wonderful stone for meditation.  Meditating is another wonderful way of reconnecting with the magic of ourselves and our guides during this dark and sleepy time of year.  Which type of fluorite is best for this exercise of reconnecting depends on which feels best to you.  Holding or wearing this lovely opening stone will do wonders for your energy level as well as serving nicely to lift winter depression.

Amethyst, a lovely form of quartz that comes in shades from light purple to almost black, is another wonderful stone to assist in lifting the haze of winter depression.  It resonates with the 6th and 7th chakras, and is a powerful mental healing stone.

Moonstone is another wonderful stone for this time of year. It works with the 7th chakra.  It works with different energetic methods than fluorite, but it is also a stone very good at connecting a person to his/her own personal power and higher self.  It is also a stone of magic, and perfect for helping us to reach the magic within to overcome the heavy winter blues.

On October 31st, Sow’in or Halloween, the veil between our world and that of spirit is most thin.  This enables energies and beings, good or bad, to pass freely from the realm of spirit and other  realms into ours.  This opening of the veil allows extra magical and power sources to bleed through into our world as well.  This serves to enhance and heighten our power, so don’t feel at all surprised if your psychic ability is more right on, or your magic is stronger.  Take advantage of  it and enjoy!  The veil is actually thinning from around mid-September to very early November.   It is usually just the most thin on Sow’in.  This month’s column will feature the  stone friends that are most helpful during this time for power enhancement as well as for protection during this time.

Topic one, astral travel and communication. When the veil is thin, we’re more easily able to travel into other realms during meditation or psychic work.  Here is a list of stones most helpful with this.
Phantom quartz!  This is a crystal which has another crystal or other crystals growing in it.  A crystal within a crystal.  As quartz naturally magnifies power anyway, it magnifies your traveling ability as well.  Phantom quartz allows you to have part of your energetic mind leave your body during times of relaxation and or meditation.  Simply relax with the crystal and picture yourself sliding mentally into it, and into the phantom inside, then out of the tip and into the universe where you  travel up into the astral.  When you’ve finished your business, you may return through the crystal for better and safer grounding.
Jade and all forms of meteorite assist us in hearing what other beings from different realms are saying to us in these forms of travel.  They can also be beneficial for mediums as they open a good channel for spirit chat.

Topic two, psychic work.
Labradorite is a lovely opalescent green, blue, gray stone which is wonderful for clearing and opening the third eye.  It would be a wonderful enhancement to have about for your psychic work during this time of high magical power.  Dark Smokey quartz is a gentle enough grounding stone and works well with labradorite to enable you to be still inside to better receive psychic impressions without outer interference.

Topic three is protection. During this time, all sorts of entities have access to this world.  Some are not as friendly as others, so psychic shielding and protective stones on your person are always a good thing.  Tiger eye is a protective stone and keeps the sleeping mind safe from nightmares.  When we sleep, our mind travels  to the astral, and some of the things we encounter this time of year ends up being interpreted into some very odd dreams.  Tiger  eye is a wonderful shield against this.  Black onyx shields our energy field from psychic attacks.  Jet keeps our physical body safe from careless mishaps by putting  a ‘don’t touch’ shield around our physical person.  Black tourmaline transmutes negative energy into positive so  protects in that manner.  Hematite is protecting and very grounding.  When we’re  properly grounded we’re much safer from psychic attacks when waking or sleeping.

As long  as any magical work is done with safety and care, this time of year is simply wonderful!  Have a blessed Sow’in, and as always, happy stoning!

A few examples of this are as follows:

1. One of the greatest functions of the stone hematite is its ability to do wonders for the immune system. In keeping it on my body in the form of jewelry all year, I have kept myself from getting a cold or other types of nasty virus’s for years!

2. One of the greatest functions of red garnet is to strengthen the aura. A strong aura is a well protected and healthy aura, so I’m sure you can understand why garnet is my favorite stone to put with hematite for a lovely healing combination. Of course there are many other healing stones. Quartz crystal is quite the diverse stone, and it is a very adaptable and powerful source for healing on many levels. It works well with most other stones to enhance what they do as well as adding its own cleansing and healing benefits to the mix. When you channel your intent to heal in to a crystal who’s energies feel attuned to healing, the sky is the limit! I’ve used a good healing quartz to cure a hang over by allowing it with mental guided imagery, to draw the toxins from my body. In the same way I’ve gotten rid of headaches.

Stones do their healing work in our aura and this result carries over in to the fleshly body. Think of the energy of stones as working like a patch designed to aid smokers to drop the habit. Their energy is soaked into our auras and thus into our skin. I’ve helped several clients to come off unwanted medications by using stones to treat the symptoms instead.

A few examples are as follows:

1. I’ve often prescribed amethyst to treat depression and to aid in over-coming addictions. Amethyst is a powerful healer that works more on the mental level for healing of the mind.

2. I’ve often prescribed serpentine and citrine to aid in the releasing of anxiety. These two stones work extremely well together or can be used alone. While both have many functions, I’m only speaking of those that I specifically use in healing else this article could go on forever! Serpentine has a sedative and calming affect that helps to dull and then deaden feelings of anxiety, leaving a person to deal with situations without that feeling getting in their way. Citrine works to banish anxiety by cleansing it out of the aura and thus the mind. Citrine is a very powerful cleanser. I always call it the stone version of sage, and sometimes use it in its stead. When one is cleansed, negativity is gone, and that includes feelings of anxiety and anger.

3. I’ve often prescribed amber for insomnia. Raw quartz held in the hand works nicely as well, though I find amber more powerful. The two together can work wonders, though.

4. I’ve often prescribed tiger eye to ward off nightmares for a good safe sleep. Remember the very important connection of body, mind, and spirit/aura. If our mind is taxed from sleep full of bad dreams, we’re not going to face the new day at our best. Sleep is where the body, mind, and spirit do a lot of healing work among other things.

5. I’ve often prescribed hematite or quartz crystal for a quick way to get rid of a headache. I allow the hematite’s energy to sink in to my head, doing its healing work there. I suggest using the quartz along with mental visualization to draw out the headache from you into the crystal. Then allow the crystal to release it into the universe where it will dissipate. This usually takes several minutes of relaxation, and focus, but always works well.

I’ve only included a few healing stones here for the sake of space. There are many, and some prefer one to another. I’ve chosen my personal favorites to write of here in hopes that it encourages others to begin to partake of the wonderful healing energy that stones have to give. It is a natural and safe way to treat most things. Of course I’m not suggesting at all that anyone stop seeing a doctor or diagnose oneself, but there are many common ailments that we can treat at home.

Something asked of me by a student of mine got me to thinking. He asked "if you clearly hear a guide, are you really hearing anyone, or merely what you want to hear?" That was a wonderful thought, and I hope this brief jotting of my learnings will help others in their communications. I’m going to share some of my experiences in speaking to my guide, Set, and others including my soul/spirit brothers who have already passed over in this life. My soul/spirit brothers are not yet guides for they are still on the path of enlightenment and shall be reborn again. They share lives with my mate and I in the flesh every life. We are linked and learn together. One passed 2 years ago, and one a month ago. They have business at "home" to do that called them back, I’ve sense found out. At any rate, I only speak of them to mark the difference in my speaking to the ‘guides or to spirits on our level who have passed over. I’m in no way a natural medium, so the only ordinary spirits I can speak with are my spirit brothers.



Of course there are many ways to talk to those in the other realm/astral, and I, like most, have a few that work best for me. I do it in 3 ways.

1. trance channeling, which I do rarely with my guides, Set and Cernunnos.

2. By way of personal links which I have to my spirit brothers as we are soul linked. Of course this form is only used with them, but mediums probably hear spirits in close to the same way.

3. By meditating and astral projecting out of my body to go to them and chat. All 3 ways yield the same results in the way that the actual messages come across to me.

When I get a message from them, how do I know that it isn’t something in my own mind that I simply want or need to hear? This is something that indeed should be asked of anyone who does anything along these lines, for I’m sure it has happened to many in that way. Sometimes, in fact, when I first started doing this sort of thing, I’d actually have my sister go and ask Set things due to my fear that I was too emotionally involved to properly hear him. I’ve learned that if I’m not perfectly calm and centered that it is harder to receive most messages. Or if they are received, they can be misunderstood. If one then does need to know something right away, and does not feel they are in the proper state to understand or receive, they should send someone else to do it, if they’re lucky enough to have someone else round who can do the same type of work. I’m blessed to have my sister who is a natural medium. When I am in the proper state, however, which is most of the time, how then do I know the message is right or even real?

When I receive such messages(the right and real ones) they are not as thoughts from me. I think inside my own head every moment of every day, thus know very well how it feels. When Set, or one of my spirit brothers gives me a thought or message, they use concepts rather than words. I can get a whole idea or message in perhaps 2 seconds or less where as if it were my own thought, it would come in the form of words and take me longer to work through or process. Also many of the messages I’ve gotten from my guides or spirit brothers have been things that totally shocked or stunned me. If I were giving these messages to myself, they’d tend to go along with the way I see things already. I’d not go about stunning myself. I don’t even think I could.



Another good question that most channelers should ask themselves is this:

How do I know that my guide is who he or she says they are?

My sister had that experience, actually, where someone came to her in a dream pretending to be Set. She said the energy was dark like Sets, and so almost fooled her, but it wasn’t quite right. So she looked "under" and saw another layer. She didn’t know who was pretending to be Set, but the important thing was that it was not Set. She then shut out the entity by shielding herself and telling them that she knew they were not Set. That worked, as they no longer had their illusion of power over her. Always remember that any result is all about our intent.



Now I must touch upon the clarity of ghosts, spirits, or guides when we are speaking to them. Each ghost, spirit, or guide, no matter what level they are on are much like us in the fact that they all communicate differently. My sister, for example, would have presented this information to you in a different way than I would. You may understand hers more or less than you understand mine. If you communicate in the way she does, you’d understand her better, and likewise for me. So therefore it is in the interaction and compatibility of the 2 who are talking be they mortal and mortal, guide and guide, spirit and mortal, ghost and medium, guide and mortal, or so on.

In my experiences I’ve found my guide, set the most clear to communicate with. My sister believes this to be because he does a lot of work on the lower level of astral, so is therefore closer to earth and easier to hear. I believe it is because he is strong, clear and concise when he wishes to be heard. I suppose we both have the right of it.

When I meditate and come upon my sister’s guide, Ra I’ve heard him rather well, though never as clearly as Set, so that lends to my theory of their own strength being at least part of it as Ra is obviously quite strong. They, like people, as I said, have their own unique style of getting something across. Sometimes when I wish to see one of them in meditation, they don’t show. They could be busy. They could know that I don’t really NEED to talk to them. They could want me to figure "IT" what ever it may be, out for myself. It could be all or none of these.



At any rate, those have been some of my experiences, and I hope it may help someone in their work or at least lend an interesting perspective.

Cleansing your own Chakras

How often do you feel:

Heavy, tired when you really shouldn’t be, in a funk, as if you want a shower when you’re actually clean,

or just too cluttered?

Each day we pick up gunk in our aura from others by simply passing them in a crowded market or speaking with an upset friend on the phone. This is then added to the gunk we accumulate from our own toil and trouble. This gunk then gets sucked in to the constantly spinning energy wheels in our aura that we all know as our Chakras. I will explain here, how to clean your own chakras when you don’t have a healer of any sort about to do it for you. For the sake of brevity, I’m only going to run through the main 7 in this short article. All the myriads of others, however, can be taken care of in much the same way with a few adaptations that you can easily make yourself before beginning your own self cleansing.

You’ll need a quartz crystal, (Any type will do as long as the energy feels right) a relaxing place to sit or lie down, and some soothing music unless you simply choose to relax to the sound of silence.



Start out by sitting or lying for a few minutes in your place of choice. Become aware of your body. Then place your quartz on your first chakra, also known as the root chakra. This chakra is at the base of your spine, and is red in color. This first chakra is responsible for grounding, being centered, and survival. Picture the constantly spinning wheel that is your chakra opening wider to allow the quartz to pull out and cleanse away all the dirty and negative gunk from it that has been bogging you down. Now picture the quartz bringing a clean, healing, red light down from the universe into itself, and finally in to your first chakra. While you see and feel this light filling your first chakra make this affirmation to yourself aloud or in your mind.

"I am properly grounded and centered in my universe as I grow and thrive on my path."

Now move your quartz up slightly to rest on your second chakra. This chakra is located just above your first chakra. It is orange in color and is responsible for your creativity and sexuality. Picture that chakra wheel opening to allow the quartz to remove all negativity and cleanse it. Then feel the quartz draw down from the universe and deposit a lovely, vibrant, orange, healing light within the chakra. to yourself or aloud, say,

"I am a creative and sexual being."



Onward to your third chakra. This one is located in the area of your solar plexus, and is yellow in color. It deals with cleansings of body, mind, and spirit alike. It is located near your large intestine, so I call it the letting go chakra. Sometimes we tend to become constipated in more than one way. The body, mind, and spirit can all hold on to waste too long which can drag us down. It makes for a more clean being just to let it all go. If you feel like crying, breathing more deeply than usual, or even going to the bathroom while the third chakra is being cleansed by you and your quartz crystal, this is normal. Simply resume the cleansing when you’re ready. Picture that third chakra wheel opening to allow the quartz to remove the gunk, and then to give it a lovely, universal, yellow light of cleansing and freedom from burden. Affirm aloud or to yourself in thought,

"I let go of all that is bad for my well being."

This next chakra can be another emotional one to cleanse, for it is the heart. It is located above your heart, as you may have guessed, and is green or pink in color following your own preference. Place your quartz on your heart, and picture the chakra wheel of the heart opening wider to allow any gunk, negativity or pain to be released to the quartz, and then cleansed away. Allow then the quartz to bring down universal healing green light and love to fill your heart chakra with warmth. Say aloud or to yourself,

"I make my choices with wisdom and love."

Next comes the throat chakra. It is located at the base of your throat, and is blue in color. As you cleanse this chakra, you’ll feel all stiffness and tension leaving your neck and shoulders. You may also find yourself thinking of things that you need to say to someone, but as of yet have not. Those stiff shoulders are telling you that they do not like holding things inside. If proper thought is put in to what is said, we can speak truth with kindness and thus unburden ourselves of the heavy weight of unspoken words. Direct your quartz to pull all the anger, stress, and gunk from the throat chakra, as it opens to gladly allow this cleansing. Then replace any such feelings with a clean, cool, healing, blue light that the quartz pulls down from the universe. Affirm aloud or to yourself,

"I speak the truth with love and clarity."

Place your quartz now on your 6th chakra which is located on your brow just above your nose and between your eyes. This chakra is called the third eye, and is purple in color. Focus on the wheel of this chakra, and actually picture it as an eye opening wider and wider as the crystal cleanses it of any gunk that may have fogged it over and blinded it even in the least. Then feel a warm, healing, purple light of sight and intuition coming from the universe, in to the quartz, and finally in to your third eye where it will serve to strengthen your psychic ability. Say aloud or to yourself,

"My inner sight guides me on my path."

Move your quartz now to rest on the top of your head where your crown chakra is located. This chakra is white, and serves as your connection to your higher self, the universal energy, and your spirit guides. When this chakra wheel opens for the cleansing, become fully aware of your deepest and highest self. Become fully aware of the greatness of the universe that surrounds you. Become fully aware of all your wonderful, powerful, and loving spirit guides who teach and protect you. Feel yourself coming closer to all of these beautiful truths as your quartz cleanses this chakra of any blockages and gunk that may be in your way to a higher enlightenment. Then feel the quartz pulling down universal white light to lift and fill you with pure, clean, knowledge and love.



Allow the cleansing of the gunk and then the depositing of the healing light in each chakra to take as long as you feel it needs to take. Don’t rush. Some chakras may be easier to clean than others, depending on what is going on in your life at the time of each cleansing. Do this often, for our aura is as much a part of us as our body is, and it needs its shower/bath as well. When you’ve finished the cleansing, be still and relax for a few minutes before getting up slowly to have a refreshing glass of water. You should feel light of body and in happy spirits for several days after a good cleansing.

Now that you’re all clean, though, don’t forget about the crystal that helped you in that process. It has worked hard and needs to be cleansed as well. There are many ways to do this, so I always tell people to use what ever method feels right to them. You’ll know if your quartz feels properly free of gunk after you’ve cleaned it. If it doesn’t, try something else. Some people put their quartz in the sun to cleanse. Others submerge it in a dish of salt water. I simply run mine under cool running tap water for about sixty seconds, and picture all gunk flowing out of it and down the drain. Then if it isn’t perfectly happy, I hold it in my hand for a while and give it healing energy and white light. That usually does the trick. Some of these methods may work for you or you may invent your own. There is no right or wrong way, as each quartz is unique.