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How to Cleanse and Charge Rose Quartz

Energy workers and magic practitioners use stones as storehouses and magnifiers for personal power. Rose quartz attracts or mends friendships, strengthens marriages and promotes emotional healing. Practitioners believe that stones retain energy -- so they cleanse each stone before working with it -- in case it is still holding energy from its previous owner or location. There are many ways to do this, depending on your tradition and personal preference. The most common methods involve water and earth. You can then charge the cleansed stone with your personal power to prepare it for energy work.

Things You'll Need

Basin
Spring water
Sea salt
Soil

Instructions

- 1
  Fill a small basin with natural spring water and mix in some sea salt. Use roughly 3 tbsp. salt for each cup of water. Salt and water both naturally cleanse energy, and rose quartz is hard enough that the salt will not scratch it. Leave the rose quartz in the salt water for three days.
- 2
  Fill the basin with soil from a garden and bury the quartz in it for three days. Like salt, earth cleanses. Either system will work. Choose the one you prefer.
- 3
  Hold your cleansed rose quartz in your dominant hand. Sit or stand comfortably, and envision yourself growing roots into the earth. Visualize the earth's energy flowing up your roots, through you and into the crystal. Focus on the qualities or strengths you want to put into the stone -- love, friendship and healing work best with rose quartz. Feel the energy moving through you and into the crystal. When it begins to feel warm, tingly or as though it is vibrating gently, it is charged and ready to use.

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