So you have your new crystals and can’t wait to work with them? Learn what to do from the moment you get home, from day one to over the next few weeks. Better connect with your crystals and adjust to their energy and avoid bad reactions.
I have had a few people run into problems when working with new crystals and spotted a few mistakes that are easy to make. So you have your new crystal out of any packaging, removed any stickers and blew off any dust. This article applies to crystals or crystal jewellery. I think it is okay to handle and look at your crystal before the first cleansing, though I would avoid putting directly on a chakra at this stage.
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Do This With ALL New Crystals
Make sure you cleanse all new crystals regardless if they are sold as cleansed. Cleansing new crystals is the most important cleanse they will ever have in your care so never skip this step. It is great if the seller cleanses their crystals but many people may have touched them in the shop since, or as they went through the postal system or through exposure to energies on your way home.
Cleanse your crystals
Consecration
This step is optional but is something I have been doing for many years now. This only needs to be done once, when you first get the crystal. Consecration also known as dedicating or blessing is a personal thing. You can learn more about it in my article How To Consecrate Crystals.
Getting To Know Your New Crystals
Now that your new crystal is cleansed and maybe consecrated you don’t want to put it away. Leave it out where you can see it, maybe on an altar or some sacred space. When you want, spend some time just holding your crystal, look at all the detail, colour and form. See how it feels in your hands, notice how you feel too. How does the crystal make you feel?
Keep new crystals out for a few days
Meditating With Your New Crystals
This is something you might like to start doing to connect with your new crystals when you have adjusted to their energy a little. Meditating with crystals helps you connect more deeply with your crystal and you can receive more insight into its energy and any information it holds.
UPDATE: Try my 10-minute guided meditation To connect with the energy of your crystal. I have had so much positive feedback on this meditation since I published it:
Adjusting To The Energy of Your New Crystal
Some crystals have a very strong energy, especially the high vibration stones like Moldavite, Fire Agate and even Amethyst. Everyone is affected differently by crystals, I hear from people all the time who experience a bit of discomfort of a negative reaction to new crystals. This may include dizziness, ungroundedness, headaches, nightmares or feeling unwell. My advice is to stop wearing or working with the stone for a while if this happens.
Avoiding Bad Reactions To Crystals
I get many questions from people who get a new stone and then carry it with them 24/7 from day one but then experience problems. Please don’t do this! I don’t think that is a good idea because you need to adjust gradually to the energy.
Many crystals are too energising for sleep and I do wonder if people are cleansing their crystals often enough if they never remove them. Crystals also need a bit of a rest sometimes too.
Always listen to your body, and never continue with a crystal that you are feeling unwell with.
For an in-depth guide to bad reactions to crystals, why this happens and what to do please see my blog post on Bad Reactions To Crystals.
Take Your Time To Adjust To The Energy
I recommend people take their time with new crystals that they have never worked with before. Please spend a few minutes or up to an hour (only if you feel okay) with them and see how they affect you. Notice your moods, thoughts and feelings. Don’t ignore this.
Only if you experience no possible side effects should you continue to carry or wear it. Build up over the next few days.
Take extra care when placing on a chakra, this can be intense, especially for the Third Eye Chakra. Healing isn’t always comfortable so go easy on yourself.
Use extra care with strong crystals like Moldavite
I’ve always said that if you have a bad reaction to any crystal then stop working with it!
Generally, this is because the crystal isn’t right for you and your energy. It might be too strong for you or just incompatible with your energy. It happens. Some crystals are not right for you just as other things in life, like certain foods for example.
You can always test your crystal to make sure it’s the crystal and not just some other cause later another day if you want to. I’ve covered this in more detail in my blog post on Bad Reactions to Crystals.
Sometimes over time, you might be able to adjust to some crystals and the initial reactions disappear. Saying that, not all crystals are right for everyone and sometimes we are better with something else.
Get To Know Your Stones & Yourself
Once you are used to the crystal, something changes in you too. After that, new crystals of the same mineral are usually okay to work with straight away. So for example, if you are now used to your first Amethyst, future Athethysts will usually be okay.
But always be aware of your feelings and know how much time you can be around every stone, some are just too intense for long periods of time.
If you have any comments please leave them below (Please keep any questions you have on topic if you want a response).
With gratitude,
Ethan
www.ethanlazzerini.com
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Dear Ethan
What happens to crystals and stones being shared by spouses from the same altar. We have a dedicated room for our altar and meditating, but how does that affect grids and the individual stones? Do we need to have our own sets?
Well if your intention is for the crystals to be shared and you haven’t experienced any problems it should be okay.
Thank you Ethan
Hello Ethan,
Thank You for this information it did help me to understand what I need to do with the crystals I do have.
Thank you for this post. So I’m new to crystals and because I live somewhere where you cannot find any for sale, I had to order them online. Between towers, spheres, palm stones and tumbles I might have 12 different crystals. How do I do to start using them? One at a time only for a long períod without touching any other one? Thanks for your help.
I think you might have sent me this question by DM on social media. I have replied to you there
What happens when you wear a new red garnet stone and it turns black in a month? It was a new stone that was cleaned per your directions.
Thank you for articles. It really helps me understand.
Crystals changing colour for no logical reason is pretty rare and nobody can really know why this happens. It may be a sign that it cleared some negativity for you. Crystals need regular cleansing as well as when they first arrive.
Ethan,
Can crystals and Christianity be mixed? I am a very spiritual person and I am wondering what your research has found? I’m new to crystals but find great comfort in meditation, prayer and the wonders of the earth such as crystals. Thanks
I personally do not see why not. Crystals are mentioned throughout the bible and always in relation to God, holy visions or sacred items. I know lots of Christians that work with crystals and feel they are a gift from God like herbs, food and water.
I know a very strongly Christian crystal healer. She’s American, ethnically Indian, and a resolute (but happily not Evangelical) believer… in both Christ and crystals. I believe this is on the increase, so there’s no real reason why not.
Ethan,
I have a very strange reaction to quite a lot of crystals, including amethyst, lapis lazuli,blue lace agate and legibility but also others.
I get a pain down the side of my left leg, from my buttock to my ankle. This is followed by insomnia. When I remove the crystals the pain subsides and my sleep improves. I have the same reaction with homeopathy, acupuncture and reiki
Have you got any idea what is going on here?
Nina
Hi Nina, there are many reasons why this could happen. Not all crystals are compatible with our energy or may be too strong for us, especially if you are very sensitive. It is also possible that a healing or clearing is occuring but it may not feel nice or be comfortable for you.
It sounds like they’re trying to help Nina with a sciatica problem, or maybe just point it out to her.
Do you keep a journal or notebook of your crystal meditations? Have you written an article on this yet?
Hi Sarah, yes I do keep notes on my experiences and meditations with crystals. I did discuss this in How It All Began but have not really gone into much how-to detail. Thanks for the idea.
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I am new to crystals and just purchased an amethyst cluster. When I got home I noticed black/brown spots on it. I did a bit of research and a couple of places say this is normal oxidation. Nevertheless, holding it and looking at it makes me feel uncomfortable (not at all what I experienced in the shop). I am not sure if I should get rid of it (if so, how?) or accept that it looks different and continue to get to know it.
It sounds like the uncomfortable feelings are coming from your mind not from the crystal. Smokiness, black and brown inclusions are common in almost all natural minerals throughout the planet. They generally add more grounding energy or help to clear negativity.
If those brown spots are in a sort of radiating spherical form, it’s Cacoxenite. This is a good thing: Amethyst with Cacoxenite is still more powerful!
Love and Light.
Hi Ethan,
I have been using crystals for years, but have added new crystals to the mix—carnelian, blue kyanite, and selenite. Since I have been using these, I am noticing I have mild body odor. (I haven’t used deodorant in months.) Could it be that the crystals are detoxing my body from environmental build-up?
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I just received my labradorite and the store gave me an extra Bronzite (I guess). When I opened it, I am happy and content to finally have received it (shipped via mail). I stored it away on the box that it came in and completely forgot about it until I fell asleep. Now, I am searching for cleansing ways before I wear it. However, I don’t have the suggested materials that you have. It’s raining here every day and the next full moon is not until the 17th. Can I just clean those for now with running water?
You could wait to get what you need unless you can find confirmation that both stones are safe in water. There are many other ways to cleanse if you look elsewhere too. You can also intend to connect with Universal White Light, visiualise it flowing through you, out your hands and filling and surrounding your crystals with intention to cleanse them.
Hi Ethan, this seems new to me, but reading your article is a good source of education about crystal and how it is used. Nice shares! Thanks!
One thing I’d add, purely from personal experience:
When getting to know a new crystal, I find it better not to have any others on my person (jewellery, pocket, medicine pouch, bra, whatever), not even one of the same species. It allows me and the new stone to get a better read on each other’s energies and definitely facilitates bonding.
Ethan, in the header photo for this article, left of the Ruby in Fuchsite/Zoisite, is that an Aqua Fluorite?
I think you might mean the Atlantisite (Serpentine and Stichtite). The Fluorite on the left of that is deeper green in real life, I think it’s just the light that makes it look lighter in colour. Not sure if I would see it as aqua. It’s just my photos, some crystals look different.
Yes, it may be the light. I have a lovely Aqua Fluorite which looks pretty much the exact same colour as the one in the photo. Gorgeous energy!
Hi, I love crystals but I don’t use a journal to record my meditation practises with a crystal. Should I start using a journal?
It’s completely up to you. I do record things and find it helpful but you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to.
Hello Ethan,
I’m wondering if, in your view, crystals can be cleansed by putting them on selenite? Also, is there a way to consecrate all of my crystals at one time? I would like to do that if possible. I’m still in the learning process and love all of your information and books. Thank you so much for all you do! ❤
Yes you can consecrate new crystals in groups, depending on how many you can safely hold at once. This makes more sense with groups of tumbled stones for grids. Doing it one at a time does help you bond with the crystal though. Please see my post on self-cleansing crystals for my thoughts on Selenite and using it for cleansing other crystals https://www.ethanlazzerini.com/self-cleansing-crystals/