| The clutter on her desk piles up, and eventually, she | | | | gemstone necklaces outside on the soil or buried in it |
| can't get anything done until she clears it away. This | | | | not only cleanses the gemstones, but also rejuvenates |
| familiar scenario serves as a metaphor for healing | | | | them with Earth energies. Moreover, plants and soil |
| gemstone necklaces and the need to effectively | | | | microbes have a natural life giving energy that can |
| cleanse them. If healing stones are properly cared for, | | | | neutralize the unwanted energies that gemstones can |
| their capabilities are extensive. When applied | | | | accumulate. One drawback to soil cleansing is that |
| therapeutically, gemstones release unwanted energies | | | | animals have been known to dig up and relocate |
| from the patient's body and aura. In time, these | | | | gemstones-much to the grief of the gems' owners! |
| unwanted energies collect on the surface of | | | | Some of these gems have been found weeks and |
| gemstones, as well as in the energy field that | | | | months later, sometimes in distant parts of the yard. |
| surrounds each of them. Much like the clutter on a | | | | Another downside is that soil particles can get stuck in |
| desk, these unwanted energies get in the way of the | | | | the thread and drill holes of a necklace, and the |
| gemstones' healing powers, and the stones must be | | | | necklace would therefore need to be water cleansed. |
| cleansed. | | | | Prolonged exposure to soil can also dull the surface of |
| There are many methods to cleanse gemstone | | | | softer gems, such as Apatite, Fluorite, and |
| necklaces. Running water, sunlight, moonlight, soil | | | | Rhodocrosite. |
| cleansing, smudging, salt, and clay packs and baths are | | | | Cleansing your gemstones by placing them in a bowl |
| among some of the common cleansing methods. In | | | | of salt is easy. However, it is not a complete cleanse. |
| addition to these, we now have cleansing sprays | | | | Due to the nature of the salt crystal, it is able to |
| made with the energetic imprint of gemstone energies | | | | absorb the bulk of unwanted energies, but not all of |
| specially designed to clear a variety of unwanted | | | | them. Also, it does not disperse these energies. In |
| energies. This method may be the fastest, easiest, and | | | | addition, the salt must be replaced every two to three |
| most effective of all. | | | | days to keep it working effectively. This is no longer |
| Water is effective for cleansing non-threaded mineral | | | | the most convenient or easy way to cleanse |
| kingdom therapy tools, such as crystals and crystal | | | | gemstones. |
| clusters. However, there are significant drawbacks in | | | | At first examination, clay seemed to be the |
| using water to cleanse gemstone necklaces. The | | | | gemstone-cleansing champion. Not only is clay capable |
| foremost is premature necklace breakage. This can | | | | of removing unwanted energies from the stones, but it |
| occur if the necklace is cleansed in water as often as | | | | also removes x-rays and electromagnetic radiation. |
| it should be (daily, or more often if you have a serious | | | | Nevertheless, the downside to clay cleansing becomes |
| health condition). Also, it is best to keep in constant | | | | apparent soon enough. Aside from being messy and |
| contact with a therapeutic gemstone necklace. If you | | | | time-consuming, clay puts unnecessary stress on the |
| break this contact to allow a necklace to dry, you lose | | | | silk, and it actually deteriorates some gemstones. |
| connection with the necklace's resources. A network | | | | Cleansing sprays made with the energies of healing |
| of supportive energy must be formed between the | | | | gemstones have finally solved the problems involved |
| body and the necklace, and repeatedly losing contact | | | | with gemstone and crystal cleansing. The sprays |
| with the necklace prevents this. In addition, water | | | | eliminate the possibility of premature necklace |
| cleansing will be ineffective if the water emerging from | | | | breakage due to wet thread or inefficient cleansing |
| your faucet is chlorinated, and the chlorine will eat | | | | methods. The sprays allow you to remain in constant |
| away at the thread. | | | | contact with a healing gemstone necklace, and they |
| Sunlight is another popular method for gemstone | | | | do not harm the surface of gemstones that can be |
| necklace cleansing. However, sunlight can bleach the | | | | damaged by water, such as Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, |
| color from certain gemstones, and worse, it can impart | | | | and Mother of Pearl. Furthermore, soft gems such as |
| harmful solar radiation. Sunlight only loosens unwanted | | | | Rhodocrosite, Fluorite, and Apatite are not at risk under |
| energies from gemstones. These energies still need to | | | | the care of the sprays. |
| be removed from the gems' energy field. If gemstones | | | | These sprays are safe, thorough, easy to use, and |
| are placed in sunlight, they should always be placed | | | | effective. They are capable of removing unwanted |
| behind a windowpane to avoid solar radiation, some of | | | | energies not only from the surfaces of gemstones, but |
| which is not therapeutic. Due to the constantly | | | | also from within them, as well as from their surrounding |
| changing solar and cosmic radiation levels, sunbathing | | | | energy fields. In addition, the sprays can clear a wide |
| gemstones is no longer recommended. | | | | variety of unwanted energies, including negative |
| Moonlight baths can be effective, but only for certain | | | | energies, emotional energies, thought forms, entity |
| gemstones. Sugilite is one of these gems. Although it | | | | contamination, pain residues, electromagnetic radiation, |
| may seem that the moon's light (or, rather, the sun's | | | | and the accumulation that blurs and obscures |
| reflection) does the cleansing, it is in fact the moon's | | | | information communicated by our genes. Finally, the |
| gravitational pull. If you choose to make use of the | | | | sprays provide a way for clinical practitioners to apply |
| moon for gemstone cleansing, first spray the gems | | | | therapeutic gemstones in practice. Practitioners now |
| with the new cleansing sprays, and then place them | | | | have the ability to quickly, easily, and effectively |
| outside in a protected area that will be bathed in the | | | | cleanse their gem and crystal healing tools between |
| moon's energy for at least a few hours. | | | | patients. |
| If you live in the suburbs or a rural area, placing your | | | | |