GEM ELIXIRS

One way to benefit from the healing energy of crystals is to make gem elixirs or gemstone waters. Charging pure water with the energy of the crystal or stone makes these.

Water has the ability to hold energy patterns intact for long periods of time. Imprinting the subtle healing energies of crystals onto water needs no special equipment just focused attention, intention and sunlight.

Most often Gem elixirs are made by placing the cleared stone or stones chosen in a clear glass or crystal container with pure water and placing this in sunlight for several hours.
Two to four hours is common, though on a very bright sunny day at noon full charging can occur in as little as half an hour and on overcast or cloudy days it can take much longer.

Some people keep the gemstones in the water for a minimum of 24 hours and some people take seven or 14 days to make an elixir spending some time each day to mentally reinforce the intention.

Conventionally made elixirs are made outside on bright sunny days. Very cloudy days are not suitable for making most gem elixirs. Though personally I have found that some essences made on overcast or foggy days instead of being less powerful than those made in full sun they bring in some different qualities that also have value and can be wonderful and have a soft and gentle quality. Time of day does not seem to be a critical factor in gem essences and they are often made in the morning or at noon.

It is important to minimize direct physical contact with the stones and water in order to keep the crystal energy from absorbing your own energy and affecting the elixir so you may wish to place and remove your stones with a spoon. You should have a calm and focused emotional state while making elixirs because strong emotions can affect the elixir.

Some people feel strongly that the container should be an undecorated clear glass bowl others prefer cut glass or Waterford type crystal feeling that the prismatic effects from the light on the cut work enhance the energy of the resulting elixir. After the water has been charged by the gemstone it is filtered and usually preserved with alcohol or vinegar.

To preserve an elixir Fill a container halfway with your essence and fill the rest of the bottle with brandy, vodka or with vinegar. You can also use half vinegar or alcohol and pure water. The alcohol is used to inhibit bacterial growth and may also help to " fix" the vibration.

If you intend to expand your elixir as is done with flower essences this would be your mother essence and you would make stock bottles by placing from three to twenty drops of mother essence in an ounce of distilled, spring or other pure water and an ounce of brandy or vodka or vinegar.
This stock essence is then used to make a dosage bottle by again adding ten to twenty drops of the stock essence to two ounces of the water and brandy mixture. This would then be the elixir or essence, which you would use for treatment.

The amount of water and the proportion of alcohol used as a preservative do vary somewhat among different recipes. Dark glass bottles are preferred for storing elixirs. Label your elixirs with the gem or gems used the date made whether it is a mother, stock or dosage bottle.

Gem elixirs are often used undiluted rather than being expanded either by drinking glasses of the charged water or used by placing two to five drops of the elixir in a glass of water or under the tongue two to four times a day. They can also be used topically on the skin or put in bath water. You can add them to sprays that you use for room or aura clearing.

Some stones should not be used to make conventional gem elixirs .Do not make a conventional elixir from any stone containing known toxins. These include but are not limited to Copper, which would include azurite, and Malachite. Orpiment is arsenic and Cinnabar contains Mercury for example.

I would proceed with extreme caution about other elixirs. "Love is in the Earth" by Melody does have some mention of whether or not a stone can be used to make conventional elixirs. It might be possible to do some real damage with elixirs made in the conventional way from some kinds of stones. Soaking the stones in water can cause the leaching of toxic components into the water. I do not know how much real danger there would be as that would depend on quite a few factors specific stone, dose, amount of leaching of toxins etc.

Alternate methods used to make elixirs that are unsafe or fragile or water soluble or otherwise unsuitable to be immersed in water include placing the stone in a smaller container which is placed in the larger container of water, and placing stones around the container being charged.
These are often used in combination. Some sources recommend that you have at least six stones of the same type to place around the container, Others use quartz points to amplify and direct the energy of the stone you are making an elixir with into the water.

Another way to make an elixir is to hold a charged stone against the side of a glass of water and intend the crystal charge the water with its energy. This is most effective if you are skilled at focusing your intention. But is not usually as long lasting as using a conventional method and may be more suitable for making a single glass of charged water to be used within a short time.

You can use the gem elixir shakti from the crystal empowerments if you have been attuned to that system and just run that while holding the stone against a glass of or run the energy shakti of the stone (from the same system) into the water in combination with the gem elixir shakti.
When using these methods the water is usually used immediately without adding brandy or other preservative though if these elixirs are intended to be kept or expanded then you do use preservative as outlined above.

That method is much the same as requesting the Deva of the stone empower the water or singing the stones song into the water but use of those ways depends on what your personal path or gift is in this work, and how well you are able to make a connection with the
Stones spirit in meditation. Some people use Reiki or another frequency or system of healing energy to assist in the transmission of the vibration pattern of the stone into the water.

Many people just like to keep a quartz or amethyst crystal in the water they drink or water plants with even without further charging this seems to improve the taste and energy of the water.

When making gem elixirs most people select the stone or stones that are used for the issue they want to work on but it is advisable to meditate first to receive guidance and permission from the stone spirit as to the uses of a particular elixir or for guidance. These may not always be limited to those uses found in lists of crystal properties.

Most people use gem elixirs undiluted or unexpanded though flower essences are virtually always expanded. The dosage used is usually ten drops twice a day for a month. If need be repeat the dosage more frequently, for example, five drops four times a day.

The term Gem elixir' does not just apply to semi-precious or precious gemstones. It also includes materials such as seashells, amber or petrified wood, which could be classified as being of organic origin. Gem elixirs can be used undiluted or diluted. The term Diluting may be somewhat confusing because it is generally held that adding water to the mother or stock does not diminish the quality or effectiveness of the elixir.

Whether the elixirs are used diluted or undiluted depends upon the individual. Some people feel that a person benefits best from the undiluted elixir for the first month and later on they can be diluted. However, this can be decided for each individual.

The length of a treatment can be several months. You may want to change the elixirs monthly. The person taking them usually makes quite considerable progress in a month. Gem elixirs can be used in conjunction with other forms of treatment without interfering with that treatment. Homeopathy practitioners find gem elixirs work well together and complement one another. You can use muscle testing or a pendulum to help with evaluating the potential usefulness of gem elixirs. As well as meditation and intuition.

Flower essences are made basically the same way.
One carries the water into the garden to the flower if possible. Meditate before or while selecting the flower intuitively snipping it/ them quickly and putting it into the water, it does not matter if the flower is upright or floats or not. Flower essences are ideally made in the morning around 8:45 standard time when the dew is still fresh on them and the flowers release a peak flow of energy for 20 to thirty minutes .You may include a clear quartz crystal in the water for any flower essence to enhance its energy.

Some people do make gem /flower essences by combining the gems and flowers together at the same time but probably more people prefer to make each essence separately and combine them later.

The descriptions of the uses for several gem elixirs are included below. These are gathered from several sources and should only be used as a partial guide for the use of gem elixirs. Consult gem properties list and especially your intuition for other uses. I have not used many of these personally, and different sources of information often vary greatly as to the purpose the elixirs are used for.