5 Incredible Crystals for Protection and How to Harness Their Powers

The first thing you want to do when you get a new crystal is to cleanse it of any energy it may have picked up before falling into your hands. You can do this by burning sage around it, soaking it in some salt water, or taking it in the shower with you. Once you've cleared the crystal's energy, here's how you can use crystals for protection: 

One way to harness the protective energy of crystals is by wearing them as jewelry. The tradition of wearing crystals for protection as amulets goes back thousands of years, and today you can find some incredible pieces. Wearing crystals as necklaces, bracelets, rings or other pieces allows you to walk around protected all day.

This method of using crystals for protection involves placing specific crystals in a predetermined order. These predetermined patterns are specifically created to cultivate the highest level of transfer and transmutation of energy. You can do this super merely by purchasing a crystal grid to use as guidance.

To protect your home, you can place crystals for protection in different spaces so their energy transfers to your home. An added perk of this method is that you get some beautiful decor for your home, too. This method also works for anywhere else that you want to use crystals for protection, like your car or office.

Another way to harness the energy of crystals for protection is by simply holding them in your palm or near an area of your body that needs extra protection.

Meditation has seemingly never-ending benefits, and a way to enhance a meditation practice is through the use of crystals. We'll cover the details on how you can meditate with crystals for protection later.

If there's one all-around, must-have from the different crystals for protection, it's black tourmaline. In the world of crystals, black tourmaline is known as a very powerful and unique crystal for protection because not only does it protect the wearer or user from negative energies, but it's known to send that negative energy back to its source. To understand the power of black tourmaline, image an electromagnetic force field around you that makes all negative energy and lower energy and frequencies bounce right off.

Not only does black tourmaline protect from the negative energy of others, but it can also be useful in protecting against energy blocks by removing the stagnant obstacles of anxiety, fear, and stress. Black tourmaline is also perfect for protecting against EMF frequencies from electronic devices, and one of its recommended uses is by placing it or keeping it around electronics.

Black tourmaline corresponds with the root chakra, which means it's also an excellent crystal for grounding. You can keep it near your root chakra to stay grounded, keep it around your home to ward off negativity, wear it to absorb negativity and transform it into positive energy, and keep it near electronics to protect from harmful frequencies.

Black obsidian is an intense crystal for healing. As we mentioned before, the power of crystals come from the long process of their formation where they absorb tons of earth, fire, and water frequencies. Well, black obsidian has all three of those wrapped in one uniquely.

Black obsidian is formed from the molten lava of a volcanic eruption that cools too fast, without time to turn into glass. There are some different types of obsidian with varying colors, but black obsidian is the one you want for protection.

Black obsidian's powers are known most for protecting against dark energy, and it's also known to be a strong psychic protection stone. Similar to most crystals for protection, black obsidian fights off negative energy. Black Obsidian is also well known for cutting off ties and breaking negative attachments to harmful people, relationships, and destructive habits.

Black obsidian is especially useful for empaths, as they are frequently absorbing the energy of everyone around them, and this crystal protects that draining process. Black Obsidian is also connected with the root chakra and can be held near that energy for a grounding effect. If you feel as if dark energy is surrounding you, it's recommended to wear or keep black obsidian on you 24/7 until the feeling dissipates. You can also keep black obsidian around your home.

Smoky quartz is known to absorb negative energy and give it back to the Earth. If you find yourself in a fearful or negative position, you can squeeze your smoky quartz and pass those feelings onto it. Then place it on the dirt so it moves the energy along. Smoky quartz can also protect your possessions, like money, car, home, etc. from theft or damage. And through its absorption of negative energy, it protects you from stress and anxiety.

Smoky quartz is another pick on our best crystals for protection that is associated with the base or root chakra, meaning that in addition to protecting from negative and lower vibrations it can also be used for grounding.

Amethyst, with its beautiful purple color, is one of the most popular crystals used in jewelry and decoration, and it also has some powerful protective properties. Amethyst vibrates at a high frequency, which makes it perfect for protecting against low or negative frequencies.

Amethyst can also protect against negative emotions, such as hatred, fear, anger, guilt, and more. Keeping amethyst around you helps promote balance and health. Amethyst is connected to the crown and third-eye chakra, so it helps boost intuition, psychic ability, and mental understanding and can help stimulate spiritual connections.

Jet is a less commonly known crystal than some like amethyst or quartz, but it's one of the top picks as far as crystals for protection go. Jet helps protect against the negative thoughts of others by preventing it from entering your energy system, and it's known to be a great choice to have with you when you're around people you don't get along with.

Because of its ability to protect against the thoughts of others and to work as an energy filter, Jet is great for empaths. Jet can also help with the release of emotional baggage and negative behavioral patterns. Jet is associated with the root chakra, so in addition to its protective properties, it is also grounding.

You can use jet by carrying it around or wearing it as jewelry. Some people even put it under their pillows to facilitate good dreams.

You don't need to use crystals for meditation. A meditation practice on its own has immense benefits, but incorporating crystals can amplify the experience. The relaxed and deeply aware state that is created through meditation will also give you the opportunity to better tune into the powers of crystals.

Using protective crystals during meditation can help:

• Deepen your meditation
• Enhances awareness
• Strengthens intuition and insight
• Helps manifest outcomes
• Helps set intentions

Using crystals in meditation is simple; all you have to do is hold the crystal in your palm or keep it near you. If you're meditating while lying down, you can also balance the crystal on your body.

To try meditating with crystals, start by choosing your crystal. Selecting the right crystal for meditation depends on what you're looking for in life. For example, if you are looking for stimulation of your third eye, then amethyst is an excellent option to use during meditation.

Once you've chosen your crystal, find a quiet and comfortable spot to get started. Finding a quiet and comfortable place for meditation is essential, as it will limit or hopefully eliminate any distractions. As part of eliminating distractions, it can also be helpful to keep electronics like your phone in another area.

Next, hold your crystal of choice in your palms and set your intentions. Be specific about your intentions and visualize them as a reality. Setting intentions with your crystals in hand will allow them to guide you towards manifesting those intentions.

After you've set your intentions, you can choose to continue holding the crystal or put it near you or balance it on your body. Then if your eyes aren't already closed, close them and focus on your breath as you fall into a deep, meditative state.