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Crystal care masterpost!

Hi and welcome! :D

This post is meant to be a basic guide on how to take care of your crystals and serve as a little inspo of things you can use them for~

In this post you'll find:

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⋆How to connect with a crystal

⋆ How to cleanse and take care of it

⋆ Daily life uses ╚═══════════════════╝

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⋆How to connect with a crystal

First things first, how do you exactly connect to one? Well, there's plenty of ways in which we can feel a connection with them, here are some:

Do you find a crystal pretty? (they all are but like one that particularly catches your attention)

Do you think you should put some work on a specific aspect of your personality (ex. introspection, communication, confidence)?

Were you attracted to the properties of a crystal?

Attraction comes in many ways and all of them are valid so, if a crystal catches your eye, do follow your instincts because it most likely means they're trying to tell you something ;)

Quick disclaimer, though!

Consumer culture is a thing we should all be aware of when purchasing something, especially in magick, since it's quite easy to fall for the trap of "needing" certain things to accomplish something, so do be cautious and try to discard any similar behaviours.

⋆How to cleanse and take care of it

So, you have your cool new crystal, what now? Cleansing it and connecting with it seems like a good idea.

When it comes to cleansing there are various ways in which we can preserve its energy:

- Smoke/inciense cleansing

This method is one of the most convenient and easy ones to do! You can choose your scent of choice and just light up an inciense to clean your crystal with smoke. Here, you just need to let the smoke pass by, easy, right?

- Water cleansing

Here's a tricky one: not all crystals stand a water cleansing. For some, water will make the crystal crack, for others, it will literally disintegrate because of its components so it's vital to search whether your crystal can be submerged in water or not.

Crystals that can go under water: all of the quartzes can (clear, smokey, amethyst, citrine, etc) and most of the crystals with a hardness level of at least 6 (see Mohs scale of mineral hardness)

Crystals that can´t go underwater: malachyte, lapislazuli, aragonite. All of the crystals whose name ends with "-ite", crystals with a hardness level below 6.

- Earth cleansing

This is a cleaning method for the brave! It consists of letting your crystal rest on soil for a while (15 min, an hour, a night, you decide it!). This is a cool way for your crystals to reconnect with the Earth but if you like to keep your crystals physically clean, though, I do not recommend this method since you may not be able to wash off the excess dirt with water.

- Connection cleansing!

This last method is quite hard to achieve if you get distracted easily but pretty effective if you lack access to the previous methods! Basically, you need to keep your crystal close to you for a while and just breath deeply and visualize the energetic recharge, this is a good time to communicate any intentions you have for your crystal or just clarify in which way are you asking for their help, too!

After your first cleanse, I highly recommend just staring at the crystal for a while, get to know it! This way, you can connect easily with it.

Energetics charges are generally done on a full moon (once every month) but you might want to keep some crystals away from the sun as it could fade some of their color away.

As to when to cleanse your crystal, just listen to your intuition again! Some indicators that your crystal might need a cleansing are losing its shine or sensing an off energy from them; also if you feel you've been demanding a little too much from them a good cleansing might do!

So that wraps up the general cares for crystals so what do we do with them in the meantime?

⋆ Daily life uses

You might think is kinda weird to just carry pretty rocks around in order to use them but, although carrying some crystals or crystal jewlery with you might be a handy way to use them, there are many ways in which we can do so.

Are you studying for finals and need to get focused? Put your crystals over your computer or studying device for some help!

Keeping a crystal under your pillow, say, an amethyst, is pretty useful for keeping nightmares away.

Are you planning on making a ritual or a spell? See if any of your crystals help you amplify the energy you're trying to attract!

Crystals wich connect with the 3rd eye chakra are also useful for a divination session or just doing some introspection and thinking.

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Keep in mind that crystals are small pieces of the Earth that carry insane ammounts of knowledge so they're the perfect guides for not only helping but enhancing our own work. ❤ Hope this helped!