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  Choosing, Cleansing, and Charging CrystalsChoosing Your Crystal All crystals need to be treated with love and respect. If they are used as a tool, do so with humility and gratitude. In choosing a crystal, it is necessary to find one that vibrates in harmony with the self and the specific purpose for which you are bringing it into your life. Like attracts like. Each human and each crystal has its own vibration. There are a number of ways to choose a crystal. Look at them, is there one that you instantly are drawn to? Feel them, move your hand over the top and feel the energies from each and see which one you are drawn to. Physical attraction - is there one that you really, really like the look of and must pick it up and feel it? Cleansing Your Crystal When you first get a crystal it will need cleansing because it will have picked up many energies on its way to you. There are several ways of doing this. It can be left in full sunlight for a day, also in full moonlight. running water is good, fresh water, rivers, streams. Visualization of the crystal in a mountain stream, or flooded with white light, is also a very good way. All your crystals must be cleansed be they quartz or gemstones. I do not recommend using salt to cleanse them with as many books suggest. Salt is crystalline. If you look at your crystals, you may see very minute cracks. If a piece of salt goes into that crack and stays there, it could crack the crystal. Charging Your Crystal Crystals need to be charged up, somewhat like a car battery. You can do this by sitting in a quiet spot and still your mind. Think clearly what you want the crystal to hold. Take a deep breath, holding the crystal in your left hand, and blow your intention onto the crystal. Remember, quartz crystals are the only crystals you can program as the colored stones have their own innate programs. You can also charge your crystal with your wand. Cast your circle and take your wand, opoint it at the crystal and flood your intentions into it. Crystal and Gemstone Properties Many people use crystals and gems in their spiritual work. The list below is not exhaustive, but contains many of the commonly used cryastals and gems. Amazonite: Strength, Clarity & Perspective, Nervousness, Auric Healing Amber: Love, Fertility, Healing, Strength, Success, Fire Amethyst: Psychism, Protection, Dream Revelation, Healing, Peace, Love Aquamarine: Cleansing, Healing, Meditation, Nervousness Bloodstone: Communication, Courage, Divination, Fear, Strength, Fire Calcite: Meditation, Healing, Fear, Anxiety, Stress Carnelian: Auric Healing, Concentration, Anger, Desire, Jealousy, Balance, Grounding, Meditation, Fire Citrine: Communication, Self-Esteem, Meditation, Conscious & Subconscious Minds Coral: Clarity & Perspective, Dream Revelation, Fertility, Healing, Longevity, Luck, Water Crystal Quartz: Healing, Divination, Dispelling Negativities, Air, Spirit Fluorite: Growth, Repairing, Building, Peace, Calming, Meditation, Earth Lapis Lazuli a.k.a. Lazurite: Insomnia, Healing, Self-Assurance, Psychism, Depression Obsidian: Spiritual Awareness, Healing, Protection, Divination, Grounding, Earth Pyrite: Addiction, Depression, Strength Rose Quartz: Healing, Love, Peace, Stress, Calming Sodalite: Anxiety, Nervousness, Focusing, Stress, Communication, Self-Expression, Dream Revelation Tiger's-Eye: Nervousness, Stress, Self-Confidence, Clarity & Perspective, Tourmaline: Nervouseness, Self-Confidence, Fear, Dispelling Negativities, Water 
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