Crystals are a wonderful healing and spiritual tool that no home is complete without. And this is exactly why we need to keep them performing at their best. Join us as our crystal healing expert guides you on how to cleanse crystals with incense, thus keeping their amazing energy flowing.
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1. What are Crystals?
2. So, what do crystals do?
3. Why use Crystals?
4. Incense and Crystals
- What Makes Incense Cleansing?
- How Does Incense Cleanse Crystals?
- Incense Sticks, Cones, Coils, & Natural
5. Our Top 3 Incense Scents For Crystal Cleansing
- Sandalwood
- Patchouli
- Sage
6. How To Cleanse Crystals With Incense
- Cleansing Crystals with Natural Incense:
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Cleansing Crystals with Incense Sticks:
7. The Bottom Line
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What are Crystals?
'Looking after your crystals is simply protecting their precious energy which in turn protects your own...'
There are all sorts and types of crystal varieties. Allthough some are synthetically made, most crystals are found in creeks, riverbeds, and caves. Other crystals are formed by natural substances such as sugar and salt.
So, What Do Crystals Do?
Crystals used for healing are ancient solidified minerals which produce unique, diverse, and universal powers. These crystals are energy soakers or energy transmitters, therefore they react to the type of energy presented. Because of this, we use crystals as a form of energy cleansing, to combat negativity, whether within yourself or around your environment!
Crystals come in many forms, from pink & plum Rose Quartz, to ocean-like Turquoise, or earthly Tiger's Eye. However, each possess different, numerous healing powers. So, research is required to tell which crystal types are best for you.
Why Use Crystals?
Crystals are popularly used as a therapy-like alternative. Also, many spiritual type people enjoy the positive, healing, protective, and energising qualities of crystals.
.Sometimes, our energy can become clogged or blocked, therefore, your crystal needs to be nurtured and kept clean. This also ensures the energy system is working as it should. That's why incense is a fantastic cleansing solution for preserving your crystal's energy!
Crystals and Incense Cleansing
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What Makes Incense Cleansing?
Incense is a tool used to cleanse, heal, and rejuvinate energy.
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It's use dates back to the earliest ancient civilisations including the Egyptians and Greeks.
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Incense is purifying and produces calming scent, powerful spiritual energy, and natural antibacterial qualities. However, it is important to ensure your incense is of good quality. We enjoy burning earthly substances such as resins, botanicals, and essential oils - this is called 'natural incense'. But more on that below.
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Incense is widely known for its energy-uplifting, soul-brightening abilities. Evidence also suggests that certain scents and incense types can help heal and reduce symptoms coinciding with
depression and anxiety. It can also help to ease stress, tension, and some medical issues.
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For more on all the healing incense scents there are, visit our
blog page. However, read on to learn our favourite incense scents for crystal cleansing!
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How Does Incense Cleanse Crystals?
Incense breaks through blocked energy in your crystal's formation. This happens through transmitting its cleansing qualities when burnt, which then transfers through energy waves and particles.
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Also, incense's ability to remove negativity helps relieve any bad vibrations passing through your crystal, thus making for a newly clean, healing, and rejuvanted crystal. This allows your crystal to maintain it's positive energy and qualities with ease.
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Incense Sticks, Cones, Coils, & Natural
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Incense sticks, cones, and coils are easy, cheap solutions to incense burning.
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Sticks consist of a combination of fragrant aromatics and combustible wood powders that form a paste. This is then set around a small stick, usually made from bamboo.
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Incense sticks produce a strong, pleasant aroma, however, most sticks available today have
added chemicals which can be harmful to the body. This also applies to cones and coils.
Natural Incense - Our Favourite:
We may be biased, but we believe natural incense to be the best, all-rounded incense. So what is it? Natural incense is a combination of natural, aromatic substances extracted and sourced from various plants and their materials.
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Aromatic Resin - found and extracted from the bark of certain tropical trees. Examples include: Myrrh, Benzoin, and Frankincense.
Essential oil - extracted from flowers, herbs, leaves, bark, fruit, spices, nuts, and seeds.
Botanicals - simply dried aromatic plant life.
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Natural incense is the most ancient form of incense burning, whilst also being the most healing, fragrant, and energising.
Our Top 3 Incense Scents For Crystal Cleansing
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1. Sandalwood
The woodsy, brisk aroma produced from Sandalwood incense promotes fantastic vibrational and cleansing energy for your crystals system. Also, Sandalwood's calming elements, including its natural scent and earthly energy, combat any stress-related vibrations that have entered your crystal's formation.
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2. Patchouli
Patchouli is a fragrant, floral, yet subtly earthy scent, with underlining sweet notes - its variety of notes make it a feel-good, energising, and soothing scent. Also, this makes it a powerful fragrance for crystal cleansing - it's positivity waves will naturally access your crystal's structure.
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Patchouli incense brings joy and relaxing vibrations to your energy and aura and helps to align any wonky Chakras.
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3. Sage
Sage, known for its powerful cleansing qualities, repels negativity and lowers negative vibrational energies. It is also an ancient scent, commonly used in rituals and religious ceremonies for it's wildly purifying smoke. It is popular for detering bad: energies, beings, spirits, and thoughts.
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Some people drink Sage tea to cleanse their gut, others use it in essential oil form and incense or ointment. However, Sage incense is perfect for crystal cleansing.
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Sage, being part of the Lamiaceae family, means it is somwhat cooling and fresh. This also means it exudes natural stress-relieving and anti-bacterial properties perfect for rejuventating your Crystals.
How To Cleanse Crystals With Incense
You should cleanse your crystals at most, 1-3 times a month. Over-cleansing can be harmful to your crystal's energy. However, cleansing your crystal with this amount can rejuvenate your crystal vibrations perfectly.
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Cleansing Crystals with Natural Incense:
Step 1: Get everything ready.
You will need - 1 oil warmer, natural incense (resins, essential oil, and botanicals), a pourable jug of water, a small sheet of tinfoil, a tea light candle, and a lighter.
Step 2: Find the right spot.
It should be calming, and bright with good vibes. For example, a bedroom is a common cleansing space. However, remove all pets from the room, ensure adequate airflow, choose a spacious place, and check for allergies.
Step 3: Set up your incense
Please ensure your oil warmer is on a heat-proof surface out of reach from children and pets.
- Place a tightly fitted sheet of tinfoil (this prevents the resin from sticking) onto the top bowl-like surface of your oil warmer. However, ensure no bits are dangling or close to where the flame of your candle will be.
- Place an unlit tea light candle on the surface below.
- Add approx 3/4 of water to your tin-foiled bowl-like surface.
- Carefully add your natural incense, preferably your resin first.
Step 4: Open your window
This will allow fresh air to enter your room and increase the cleansing energy. So, place the crystals onto a clean and bare surface with a window open.
Step 5: Be free from toxins.
Make sure your environment is free from chemicals or anything else capable of affecting the cleansing process.
Step 6: Listen to beautiful sounds.
Either listen to nature's sounds or play calming music to promote positivity in the room.
Step 7: Meditate
Get into a relaxed state allowing your energy frequency to assist the cleansing.
Step 8: Light up
Light your tea light candle.
Step 9: 'Gently does it
Hold your crystal close to the smoke produced by your oil warmer, however, not so close you can hurt yourself. Your natural incense is powerful, so 1/4 of a metre away is fine.
Step 10: Safely dispose
Once your crystal is cleansed by your natural incense - taking around 5-15 minutes - blow out the candle and leave to cool for 30 minutes.
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Cleansing Crystals with Incense Sticks:
Step 1: Get everything ready
Collect your crystals, your incense stick, your incense stick holder, and a match.
Step 2: Find the right spot.
It should be calming, and bright with good vibes. For example, a bedroom is a common cleansing space. Remove all pets from the room, ensure adequate airflow (open window), choose a spacious place, and check for allergies.
Step 3: Set up your incense.
- Place your incense holder on a heat-proof surface. But, ensure it stays out of reach from children and pets and there is nothing on or around where your incense will burn.
- Place your incense stick into its holder
Step 4: Be free from toxins.
Make sure your environment is free from chemicals or anything else capable of affecting the cleansing process.
Step 5: Listen to beautiful sounds.
Either listen to nature's sounds or play calming music to promote
positivity in the room.
Step 6: Meditate
Get into a relaxed state allowing your energy frequency to assist the cleansing.
Step 7: Light up
Carefully light the end of your incense stick with a match or lighter. Let the flame ignite for 1-2 seconds then blow out until smoke is produced.
Step 8: 'Gently does i
- Carefully hold the non-burning end of your incense stick.
- Lightly wave the incense side to side, whilst holding the bottom of the stick.
- Do this at least 20cm above your crystals avoiding any cloth or objects around.
Step 9: Safely return the incense
Carefully place it back in its holder, away from any hazard but close enough to your crystals, and allow your incense to burn through.
Incense sticks are harsher in scent so should be burned at most 1-2 times a week. Whereas natural incense can be burnt from 1-5 times a week.
The Bottom Line
Cleansing your crystal's energy with incense is a fantastic natural and efficient way of purying the energy of your crystal. So, keep up with the cleansing ritual to succeed in your positivity and healing journey.
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It is all part of the process of becoming your ultimate self. So, enjoy the smells, the powers and the happiness exuding from incense smoke. And the wonderful, powerful healing energy from your crystals. Be your happiest self.
