6 Ways To Cleanse Your Healing Crystals

Skip navigation!ADVERTISEMENTStory from Spirit6 Ways To Cleanse Your Healing CrystalsSara CoughlinAugust 24, 2017, 6:20 PM ADVERTISEMENTSee All SlidesBegin SlideshowPhotographed by Dan McCoy.Once you select the best crystal (or crystals) for your needs, it won't serve you to let it sit on your desk and collect dust. It's important that you maintain your crystal like an engine — otherwise, how else will it continue to run properly?Some varieties of crystals are believed to soak up the energy around them, while others act as a magnet for energy. For example, protective crystals absorb negativity while prosperity crystals attract positivity and success. Whether they function like a sponge or a filter, they're bound to get a little clogged, so to speak, after a while. That's when it's time to cleanse.There's no exact rule for when and how often you should cleanse your crystals. As you form a relationship with the stones in your collection, you'll be able to recognize when each one is starting to lag in its powers. If you have a black tourmaline, for instance, and notice that you're having a streak of bad moods, it's probably time to purify that stone, to get it back in tip-top, bad-vibe-blocking shape.Ahead, we've rounded up six ways to cleanse your crystals. Read on to determine which method is right for you.Begin Slideshow ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT HoroscopesVenus In Aries Is Here — & You’ll Need To Pay Attention To ...Cast your mind back to 2025 and you’ll remember, Venus in Aries was coming in hot! This year, however, it’s cooling off by being more indecisivby Lisa StardustSin VergüenzaFeeling Stuck? March’s Tarotscopes May Reveal What’s Blocking Youby Tatianna TarotHoroscopesThis Year Mars In Pisces Brings A Reversal Of FortuneAre you ready to dive head first into the enigmatic sea of Mars in Pisces? From March 2nd to April 9th, we’ll be trying to keep our heads above water wheby Lisa StardustHoroscopesYour Horoscope This Week: March 1 To 7R29 babes, welcome to the first week of March. Eclipse season is reaching its peak, and the emotional volume is turning up. Before the main event, though, by Dossé-Via TrenouHoroscopesYour March Horoscope Is Here — & You’ll Begin To Move Throu...March opens like a dream you’re half-awake inside. Mars enters Pisces, and suddenly motivation doesn’t look like grinding harder, it looks like followiby Dossé-Via TrenouHoroscopesBuckle Up! The First Mercury Retrograde Of 2026 Has ArrivedR29 babes — sorry to say this, but the winter blues we’re all feeling aren’t immediately going to get better from Mercury’s backspin in Piby Lisa StardustHoroscopesYour Horoscope This Week: February 22 To 28Cosmic beings, you survived the Aquarius Solar Eclipse and the launch of the Year of the Fire Horse, and honestly… that was a lot. This week shifts the pby Dossé-Via TrenouUnbotheredBlack Grief Practitioners Are Protecting Black Life In DeathLike so many other injustices, Black people face magnified problems in death and dying wellness spaces. These women, aka "death doulas" are working to solvby Stephanie LongHoroscopesPisces Season Is Here — & Drama Is IncomingRejoice! As we enter Pisces season, we’re also getting closer to spring. From February 18th to March 20th, the sun will be splashing around in the enby Lisa StardustHoroscopesYour Horoscope This Week: February 15 To 21R29 babes, this week begins in the dark of the moon, and we can all feel it. In the days leading up to the Aquarius Solar Eclipse, emotions run high beneatby Dossé-Via TrenouHoroscopesEclipse Season Is Here! Here’s How To Get Through ItEclipse season is here! The onset of the annual solar and total lunar eclipse is bringing a fateful chance for us to transform. We are shifting our ideas aby Lisa StardustHoroscopesYour Valentine’s Day Horoscope Is HereHappy Valentine’s Day! This year, we are reflecting on the importance of connection and acceptance — not from others, but from the relationship we haveby Lisa StardustADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT