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rhonda,

thanks for the insight. i pretty much knew what was going on, the full moon last night must have amplified the energy of the crystals. my mother brought out the citrine for the cat today and she didn't react negatively to it at all. last night, she also tried swatting it with her paw before she took off. we're guessing the citrine was shunting the negative energy from my step-father as he does seem to be a bit more balanced today.

i currently have my crystals bathing in the moonlight, even if it's not full tonight it can't hurt them any. i'll try charging them in the sun tomorrow when i put my plants in the window. i've never tried the sea salt and water method, i'll have to read up what other crystals could react with it.

i don't have any malachite yet, but i'd love to get some. i'm going to get my self an obsidian merkaba later this week. i'm currently trying to acquire a flourite merkaba (preferably), or an amethyst merkaba, and also a piece of prehnite. those, along with the malachite are hard to come by. do you know of any good sources to find some of these hard to find crystals?

thanks again!

love and light,

jon