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Blurp adorable bunny. What a sweetie.
Speakout joy-seeking is something we often forget to do. I have a few cut glass shapes in the windows and on various windowsills and they fire rainbows whenever there's a passing sunbeam, always a reminder to pause and reflect (!) on what makes your heart glad.
Cleansing crystals traditionally was Earth Air Fire and Water, but you could use consecrated and intended symbolic representation instead of the actual element.e.g. pile of rock salt, feather, incense smoke and a shell.
You can also use intention alone, chant, sound, bells, drum, the list is pretty much endless.
I know bismuth is poisonous when wet, I've just about forgotten which others are I've found this long list at random, but think it needs an infusion of common sense and self-responsibility too. For example shop.atperrys.com/blogs/healing-crystals-blog/45-toxic-gemstones-not-to-use-in-gem-elixirs-with-facts
"Amazonite - Traces of copper are opulently present in Amazonite making it too dangerous when dissolved in water. "
Yeah, okay, but all of the plumbing in my house is copper pipes.
Aragonite - You will find Calcium Carbonate in aragonite and hence using it for elixirs is not recommended.
Again, okay, calcium carbonate is chalk. Many medicines in pill form contain it.
Aventurine- As Aluminum is prominently present in aventurine, red, green, white and all varieties of aventurine are incompatible for using in elixirs.
Blue Sapphire - You must not use blue sapphire crystals to make gem elixirs because it contains Aluminum.
Very many people use aluminium pots and pans and/or aluminium foil for cooking.
I didn't read any further, think I've found a 'don't believe everything you read on the internet' site. As ever, use your own common sense.
Toto you can use seawater if you like but it's likely to make them sticky, so maybe rinse them off in spring water afterwards. Again, watch out for anything soft like selenite, it'll just flake apart.
If anyone wants to practise using different forms of cleansing, get a piece of quartz and practise on that, it's pretty much indestructible.
I've been to a few workshops run by Sue and Simon Lilly and have a few pieces made by Simon. They are genuinely nice people and have the gift of making their practises very easy and accessible. I learned to crystal net via 'Tree, Essence Spirit and Teacher' and did the first year of their crystal practitioner's course, but then Life got in the way.
Judy Hall books are great, don't forget Melody' although her vast tome Love is in the Earth isn't illustrated so you need to know a fair bit before you can look something up in there.
We've chatted quite a lot about crystals on previous threads.
Aerwyna thanks so much for the description of the Moon, it's misty here so she's hidden as yet.
Have a magical evening sisters 