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CRYSTAL HEALING FOR THE HEART:

GEMSTONE THERAPY FOR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING
Nicholas Pearson has been immersed in all aspects of the mineral kingdom for more than 20 years. He began
teaching crystal workshops in high school, later studying mineral science at Stetson University’s Gillespie Museum.
The author of The Seven Archetypal Stones and Crystals for Karmic Healing, he lives in Orlando, Florida. This is an
excerpt from Crystal Healing for the Heart by Nicholas Pearson © 2017 Destiny Books. Printed with permission from
the publisher Inner Traditions International. www.InnerTraditions.com

CRYSTAL CLEANSING

Effectively cleansing your fa- clean hands, and you’ll want to wash off the mess after. For
vorite crystals and gemstones is most of the meditations in this book, I suggest cleansing and
a crucial part of the process of programming your tools beforehand, and follow each exercise
working with them. Crystals of with another round of cleansing.
all sorts are natural recorders;
they keep a memory of the energy that they meet, just There are dozens, if not hundreds, of ways to cleanse your
as we do. Stones will process this energy in their own way, crystals of energy. Some of the more popular ways include:
eventually metabolizing vibrations that could be deemed
disharmonious or nontherapeutic. However, this process • Salt
takes place very slowly, which can be inconvenient if you’d • Water
like to use your stones, especially with friends or clients. • Flower and gem essences
This is where cleansing comes into play; it enables you to • Breath, prayer, or visualization
wipe the slate clean so that you can co-create with your • Sage or incense
gems whenever you like. • Sunlight and moonlight
• Sound
As you deepen your crystal healing practice, you will • Immersion in rice or flower petals
probably be able to tune in to a crystal’s energy and sense • Burying in soil or sand
when it needs to be cleansed. However, I find it helpful to • Hanging in a plant or tree
begin the habit of cleansing more frequently rather than
not frequently enough. Whenever engaging in a medita- Of the methods listed above, some are not safe for all stones,
tion, exercise, or healing therapy, it is always best to use a and others may not be especially effective without the neces-
freshly cleansed stone. sary consciousness driving them forward. I’ll go over several of
these methods in brief below.
Likewise, after the energy work has been completed, I rec-
ommend cleansing your stone again. I think of it a lot like
washing your hands in the kitchen; you want to begin with ...continued on page 20

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