Conference hydra::dejavu

    I heard that old jewelry, (and I suppose new jewelry or anything) can
    be "cursed". I would tend to think that jewelry being made up of mostly
    precious and semi-precious stones and metals can pick up and hold
    energy given off by people and situations that happen where the jewelry
    is present. After all, they are crystals. :-) Just older and in crafted
    settings. I'm sure that others in here can expound further.
    
    Just my random thoughts.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    
    PJ,
    
    You might ask Roz when you see her next.  Either she or Joanne 
    would know.
    
    Cindy

    Hi,  Just my two cents worth but I have been wearing my deceased
    Grandmother's diamond ring for 24 years now.  I never, never take it
    off and my luck is nothing but good.  Even had a narrow escape once (a
    car accident) in which most people would have been killed and I never
    even got a scrape (but thats a whole nuther story).  Anyway, it is an
    old European cut stone handed down from her pennsylvania dutch
    husband's relatives.  I never connected anything but possibly this is a
    very lucky ring.  Hopefully some are lucky while some carry bad vibes.
    
    Pat

    Good idea, Cindy. I'll be seeing Roz on Friday evening and post what I
    learn here on Monday. Thanks for the suggestion.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    I talked to Roz Reed on Friday evening and asked about "cursed"
    jewelry. Basically, she agreed with me. She said that stones,
    (crystals, precious and semiprecious stones and metals) pick up energy
    from everyone who touches them and this energy can be postive or
    negative, depending on the intent (concious or otherwise) of the person
    handling the piece. In fact, one can attempt (and maybe succeed or not)
    to place postive or negative energy in a piece of jewelry, a gemstone,
    or a crystal and turn it into a "good" or "bad" luck piece. The Crystal
    Skull legends come to mind. 
    
    Anyway, the best thing to do when coming into possession of a piece of
    jewelry, is to cleanse it. Bury it in sea salt for 8 days and this
    should do it. Then you can place your own energy and intent into the
    piece.
    
    Hope this helps a little.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    
    re .5
    
    Thanks for the info.
    
    Why sea salt? Can I find it in natural food store?
    Put the salt in a cup and bury the piece?
    
    Eva

    Sea salt has always been the traditional way of mystically cleansing
    crystals. Something about the purity of it. I'll try to look up the
    exact meaning of it.A couple of words of warning:  
    words of warning. When I first started doing this, (cleansing of
    crystals), I placed a hematite orb that was on a silver chain into a
    mixture of sea salt and water. Basically, a home made ocean. The
    silver chain came out blackened and smudgey. A real mess. So be
    careful there. I now use moonlight (full moon) on silver. Also, the
    funest way to purify crystals (IMHO) is putting them directly in the
    ocean. The major issue here is that they like to swim and you could
    lose them. I'll place them in a bag and tie the bag on me and take a
    swim or use a tidal pool that's part of a rock outcropping on the coast
    and is constantly replenished by waves. However that is just how I like
    to do it. You may have ideas of your own. 
    
    Basically, putting the salt in a cup and burying it for 8 days will
    work. I certainly don't swim with them for 8 days, but feel that Great
    Mother Ocean (The blood of the Goddess, as it were) is closer and
    besides, I love to play in the waves. :-) You may also want to ask for
    a blessing on the stones or a successful cleansing. If you're not
    comfortable with this, then it won't matter. Sea salt should be
    available in health food stores or in metaphysical shops that carry
    herbs and such for spell work.
    
    All of the above is, as always, IMHO and I'm sure there are folks in
    here with more experience then I, that can tell me if I'm full of crap
    or not and set you straight. Then again, the non-believers will say I'm
    full of crap and those who just know me personally may say that anyway.
    :-)
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ 

                   
    I think it's because sea salt has more of the 'energy' in it available 
    for purification (and also being from the ocean and all) because it 
    hasn't been mined and/or processed like the table salt you'd buy off the 
    grocery store shelf.
    
    I do know that it's a very good thing to take a bath with a pound of
    sea salt because it draws the impurities out of your aura.  Or just do
    a foot soak with a handful of the sea salt, if you can't do a bath
    (then flush that water down the toilet and use the dishpan for your
    foot soak only from then on).  My Sahaja Yoga friends do this every 
    evening.  I used to do the foot bath, and should probably consider 
    starting back up the practice...(;^)  It does help to cleanse one's 
    aura.  When I did it for several weeks in a row once, I could feel the 
    difference.
    
    Barbara Brennan recommends a pound of sea salt and a pound of baking
    soda for a bath, then once done with that, go out into the sun for a
    short while to recharge your aura.
    
    Cindy

    As usual, Cindy, you say what I want to say, but do it much better then
    I could. Thanks, friend.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    
    PJ,
    
    Nah...I just added to it, that's all.  
    
    Your turn.  (;^)
    
    Cindy

    
    I know that sea salt is good for cleansing but could never figure out
    why I didn't feel comfortable using it on my crystals.  I attended a
    workshop a month or so ago and this was discussed.  It seems that sea
    salt is just too harsh for the crystals, often causing dullness and a
    sort of "lifeless" condition.  It was suggested to use "rescue remedy"
    or to smudge the crystals or to even just hold them and impart your
    energy/intent.  Leaving in the moonligt was also discussed.
    
    MaryAnne  

    
    Interesting, MaryAnne!  I've felt the same thing with my clear and rose
    quartz crystals, so I've resorted to just gentle soap and water for the 
    dust accumulation, and then smudging and leaving them out in sunlight... 
    though one wanted to be left in the full moon for a while.  So that
    makes a lot of sense.  Still feels OK to give the clear quartz a quick 
    dip in the ocean though...any thoughts on that?
    
    Rescue Remedy - that's a great idea.
    
    Cindy

    
    I guess, like everything else, you have to do what feels right! ;')
    
    There are no set rules....that's what makes it magic
    
    MaryAnne

    I like the rescue remedy idea, MaryAnne. I mentioned the moonlight, but
    I never thought of the sunlight. Guess that's what comes of being a
    Cancer. :-) I would think an ocean dip is still OK, Cindy. That's not
    as harsh as pure seasalt. 
    
    MaryAnne, I like that no rules statement. While there are certain guide
    lines that should be followed for safety's sake, I think a lot of the
    rules were set down to maintain a modicum of control over apprentices
    and to "impress the rubes". Same as in organized religion. 
    
    Old saying; "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them
    with B******T". :-)
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    
    PJ, 
      I guess I need to clarify about the rules...I agree there are certain
    things that must be followed....I guess what I mean is that we all need
    to listen to our hearts...
    
    MaryAnne

    MaryAnne, I agree completely. I've just found that when I've read about
    certain rituals that provide certain results, I've thought; "Hey! I've
    done that", or "that's happened to me and I didn't follow these
    guidelines". Also, just the opposite as when I've followed the method
    or ritual to the letter and absolutely nothing happened. 
    
    So listening to one's heart is probably rule #1 at all times.
    Variations can be "Let your conscience be your guide", gut reaction,
    first instincts and the like. Listening to your heart is the most
    beautiful one, though.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    
    Thanks you all for the info.
    
    
    I have a couple of my mother's rings and some of her jade pieces
    which I will not clean, since she is a very lucky woman and she
    has nothing but good wishes for me.
    
    I bought an old channel set platinum and diamond anniversy ring years
    ago and in retrospect I think it bought me the worst "vibes" in my life.
    It mysteriously disappeared (well, I somehow lost it, the only piece
    of jewelry that I have ever lost to date) around the time that
    my second daughter died. I don't usually lose things, I have no idea
    how and where I could have lost it and I don't think anyone stole it either. 
    I guess, I am better off without it.
    
    
    Eva