Cleansing a Celtic Cross to my use.
I went shopping with my daughter a couple of weeks ago, and we happened to go into a "Sanford and Son" styled junk shop that recently opened in our area. Among the items offered for sale was a silver Celtic Cross pendant with no chain - and when my daughter picked it up, she got an almost physical shock from it. Without telling me about the energy she felt, she handed the small box containing the cross to me - and chuckled when I also felt the "shock" so strong I almost dropped the box. As I examined the cross closer, I noted that it is decorated with three triquetras on the upper "arms" and, on the longer base "arm", a triquetra that extends up in a celtic knot. The Circle portion of the cross has wavy lines that remind one of water. Of course, between the very Wiccan design and the strong psychic energy it gave off, I brought it home, put it on a silver chain, and tried to wear it.
Unfortunately, it seems the energy I felt may have been negative energy, as wearing the cross seemed to enhance any negativity I was feeling to an almost unbearable level while positive feelings made me feel sick to my stomach. I took the cross off and put it in my wallet until I could get home to cleanse it, but I had missed the full moon by two days, so although the feelings were a little milder after an overnight hanging in the moonlight, I still felt the negative energy stronger than the positive when trying to wear it the next day.
While camping out in a primitive campsite over the 4th of July, I tried an alternate method of cleansing that should have called to the three elements of the triquetra: Earth, Water and Fire. Since it was rainging heavily, I was able to make a mud poultice out of gravel and rubbed it liberally into the cross, then I went to the brook we were camping next to and rinsed off the mud in the cold water (slipping and dousing myself in the process... :p). Just as I was walking back around to the front of the camper, the sun came out, so I hung the cross from a tree in the direct light of the sun.
Although this cleansing has seemed to help, there is still a slight hint of negative energy to the cross, and since there isn't another full moon until the end of the month, I'm just looking for any other hints anyone has on how to cleanse this cross so that I can wear it without feeling like I'm going to vomit every time my boss sends negative energy my way...