Do your crystals feel more like dull, lifeless rocks and less like the vibrating energy they used to feel like? It might be time to cleanse them. Incense smoke is a quick and spiritual way to cleanse your crystals of negative energy and recharge them for manifesting once again. Below, find out how to cleanse your crystals to keep your energy fresh and which incense scents clear
Crystals are natural stones that show us the beauty and diversity of the earth we walk upon. But for millenia, crystals have been known for their spiritual properties even more than for their roles as jewelry and decor.
Used as energetic tools for meditation, protection, emotional healing, and spiritual practice, people use crystals like sponges, to soak up the energetic residue from emotions and events in the environment. When people use crystals this way, they can feel the energetic buildup interfering with the crystals over time, making their natural properties much less effective.
When used for energetic purposes, crystals should be cleansed regularly and using incense smoke is a quick and easy way to do it.
Crystals need cleansing from time to time. But if you use them for daily meditation, healing, or spiritual practice, cleansing them weekly can keep them tuned up. If you keep crystals around the house purely for decoration or enjoy their energetic benefits in the background, a monthly cleansing should keep the energy clear.
When crystals are ready for cleansing, experienced users can identify the energetic signs, including:
A noticeable heaviness or dull energy
A lack of intuitive connection or clarity from the crystals
Recent exposure to highly emotional situations or unstable environments
Your intuition is the best judge of when your crystals are no longer "feeling right."
For thousands of years, many cultures across the world have used incense in ceremonies and rituals. The fragrance-filled smoke is perfect for removing the stuck energies in crystals and can even activate and boost their properties. Below, we gathered a list of the top scents for cleansing and activating your crystals.
Frankincense is famous as the king of purification, or "king of oils." Used since ancient times for religious and spiritual practices, frankincense incense offers a blend of rich, woody spice and bright balsam notes. It creates an exotic. Purifying energy as it moves across the room, frankincense has a cleansing energy and promotes a spiritual connection. Frankincense easily resets crystals exposed to intense emotional energy.
White Sage has been used as nature’s sacred cleanser for generations among indigenous cultures. A popular incense for smudging the home, the natural earthy aroma with herbaceous and slightly camphoraceous notes help to remove negative energies and emotional residue. These properties make it the ideal choice for cleansing crystals that have been accumulating energies and negative emotions.
Burning palo santo, also known as "holy wood," is rooted in Latin America. The sacred wood offers a sweet aroma that transports the mind to a magical garden. The pleasant scent is lively enough to remove negative energy and also infuse positivity and peace in your space. Palo santo works beautifully to restore inner balance and calm.
Want to create a mythical and majestic spiritual realm for deep meditation and protection? Then, use the magic of Myrrh. An ancient scent used in ceremonial rituals, it offers an earthy and grounding aroma. Myrrh Incense allows good vibrations to dance in the air, helping to shield your aura while encouraging soul-searching. It creates a robust resinous smoke that works wonderfully for crystal purification crystals.
The Patchouli Incense powder has a classic fragrance that transports you into peace and nostalgia. Its deep, earthy elegance is blended with notes of jasmine, musk, cedarwood, and frangipani petals. An aroma ideal for awakening your senses and making you more emotionally grounded, patchouli is an excellent choice for cleansing crystals associated with love, grounding, and manifestation. Your stone's emotional energy will be balanced, restoring its effectiveness for deep inner work.
Dragon's blood incense energizes and strengthens the spiritual consciousness of the mind and the natural and grounding notes provide the crystals with a spiritual shield. Use this mystical aroma to boost protective crystals like black obsidian or tiger's eye, or to upgrade your home's energetic boundaries.
Sandalwood incense is luxurious. The scent of sandalwood, delicate rose petals, and rich amber. This soft and soothing aroma creates a spiritual space to foster peace and emotional healing. For all-purpose crystal cleansing, sandalwood is a perfect choice. If you are cleansing stones that work with the heart or crown chakras, Sandalwood can also energize and boost the properties of these heart-centered crystals.
Incense is a quick and powerful way to cleanse the stagnant energy from crystals that feel heavy. By following the steps below, you can easily reset the energy of your crystals.
Select the incense: Choose any scent that fits the energy of your crystal.
Set the space: Select a quiet and well-ventilated area. The lights can be adjusted to a dim setting, and you can include soft music or healing sounds for a deeper experience.
Light the Incense: When you light incense, allow the tip to flame. As you blow it out, a scent-filled smoke will rise.
Expose crystals to smoke: Smoke should contact a crystal for at least 30 seconds for cleansing.
Let the smoke settle: Give your cleansed crystals some time to settle. Some people rest their crystals on a selenite charging plate after cleansing and others leave them open to the moonlight to recharge. Placing in a spot that feels sacred to you also allows them to settle and recharge.
Both beginners and crystal experts and beginners can enjoy the sweet aroma of spiritual incense while cleansing and recharging your crystals. At Nothing But Scents, we carefully curated our range of incense for spiritual potency and aromatherapy benefits. The blends we carry are developed with great intention, tradition, and a touch of magic that sets them apart.
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Yes, several crystals can be cleansed simultaneously by grouping them together. Simply light your chosen incense and let the smoke flow over them, ensuring the smokes comes into contact with each crystal.
To cleanse your crystals, incense needs to burn long enough for smoke to spread fully across all of the crystals. Each crystal typically needs 30 seconds to a minute of smoke exposure to be fully cleansed.
Yes, incense is an efficient and spiritual way to cleanse all crystals. It is considered safe and effective even for crystals made from delicate stones, such as selenite or malachite. Incense smoke is gentle enough to cleanse water-sensitive or salt-sensitive crystals as well.
