Activate your magical tools and crystals by charging them so you can use them at their optimal vibration and frequency.
Cleansing and consecrating items before charging.
It is always wise to make sure you cleanse, consecrate, and charge all items that you are going to be using in any kind of magical or spiritual work. Doing these simple things will bring positive energy and results to any of your spell work and ritual practices. If you are coming across this blog without prior knowledge of how to go about cleansing and consecrating your items please go back now and read the last two blogs from this series Energy Cleansing and Make It Sacred then proceed in reading this post that provides information and a how to guide on charging your items.
What is the purpose of charging items?
So you have cleansed your items and even spent time consecrating them and are now wondering if it is really necessary to charge them on top of everything you just did. Yes, yes you do. Where is it important to cleanse your items of negative energy it is thus as important to charge your items with positive energy that programs the items for your intended use. This is not the same as consecrating an item. A consecration is done in practice to transform physical items into those that we can use in the magical realm. Where as charging your items in like programing them for a specific use.
What kind of items can you charge? Can you charge your body?
The most common items that people charge are crystals, altar tools, talismans, sigals, and good lucks charms, though you can charge a lot more. You yourself are an energy conduit and need to recharge your energy when feeling drained, mentally exhausted, or in need of grounding. In the spiritual Japanese tradition they call this chi or life force. You can use your chi or life force energy to charge and balance your chakras. I will soon be having a series all about chakras and chakra healing so let me know if you have any questions about that in the comment and I'll make sure to answer them in one of my up coming post.
Here is a list of ways to charge items and magical tools.
- Sunlight
I like charging most things in the sun just like I like a good lay in on the beach on a sunny day. Sun power is one the strongest energizer we have at our disposal. Lay your favorite crystals in the sun to activate their powerful energies. The longer the better works best for me but use your own discretion. I also often brew myself up some delicious sun tea as well. Yummmy!
- Moonlight
Making moon water is a fun past time that any witch would tell you to try. I tend to keep some moon water at my altar and in the bathroom. I like using it in my bath for full moon and new moon rituals. I make one batch of new moon water on the dark moon of the month and full moon water on the day the moon is at its fullest and three days after that. You can also use moon water at a moon deities altar as offering. Grab a cleansed and consecrated mason jar, fill it up with spring water and sit in under the moon at sunset or right after. In the morning take this water and sit it at the altar for one more day. You can use this same general method for other items.
- Altar
If you already have an altar in place you can go ahead and use this as a general energy source in your house. There are however certain items I like to charge here. I like to charge items like my mala beads, wands, coins, mojo bags, jewelry things that need that wholesome altar energy. If you have an ancestral altar you can charge and offer familiar items of the ones past. This is also so for deity altars as well.
- Music/ Vibrations
I love a sound bath. If you haven’t had a sound bath you absolutely have to get one or at least find a good one on youtube and meditate to it for at least 30 minutes. Your mind will be blown away! Anyway, yes! You can use music or vibrations to charge items or program them to certain frequencies. You can find all kinds playlist dedicated to frequency on Youtube or Spotify.
Try this sound bath.
- Air
Using the elements to charge items is another way to go about charging items. Charging things with air can be a little bit more allusive than the other elements just because of the general nature of air. So I would recommend something like smoke or incense so you can see or smell aromas in the room. I would use this method to empower or charge an area rather than an item. Filling a room with different aromas that correspond with your intentions. Essentials oils and incenses can brighten the overall feeling of a rooms I would start here. I just personally prefer using smoke to cleanse small items and scents to charge rooms in the home or business with a certain intention.
- Water
Water can used to cleanse and charge. I like using ocean water or rain water to charge items. Using the first rain of a season is good for charging items like plants that you brought into your house to bring warmth and life. You can leave your items in a container of magic waters keeping them in there over night. Try drinking some moon water to empower and boost your own energy therein charging yourself with the power of the moon.
- Fire
Let me first start by saying, please don’t burn your self, be very careful. You can light candles to charge your intentions this way. This is an entire series of its own as well. Fire magic is more than burning old pictures and letters. Let me know if fire magic is something you practice often or want to know more about it in the comments.
- Earth
Just go ahead a bury it. Put it in a box, dig a whole and bury it. Charge your items in the earths crust and get this earth energy. The earth is a large resource to us, take advantage of her abundance and honor her.
- Dance
Empower your chi with dance. Put on some good tunes and get some friction going! Dancing to drums to stir up cosmic energy is an African tradition practiced today. Stir up cosmic energy and harness it to empower you intentions and your body.
- Spell
Cast a spell to charge items as well. Some people might be familiar with the charge of the goddess in the Wiccan tradition already. Write your on spell to charge any items you need.
Give your self a chance to try something new you haven’t tried before and don’t worry if you have only tried one method and are sticking to it for now. Don’t fix what ain't broke but don’t knock till you try!
This is the end of the first mini blog series that discusses energy. I think this prior knowledge will aid in future understanding of practices from around the world that I would like to discus and talk about.
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