Umoya Ohlanzekile • White Agate

This stone is for the soul feeling contaminated- by past trauma, toxic environments, or negative self-talk. It is the crystal of innocence reborn. While Selenite cleanses actively, NHLANZEKO provides a stable, gentle field of purity that helps recalibrate your energy to its original, peaceful state. Its secondary quality is stabilizing the aura and enhancing mental focus.

1. Tradition: Revered as the "Stone of Gentle Purity," this crystal has been used for generations as a gentle cleanser and stabilizer. It is associated with new beginnings, used in rituals to welcome a newborn, to cleanse a home after conflict, and to bring ukuthula (peace) to a restless mind. It is seen as the morning dew on the veld grass- a daily, gentle cleansing gift from nature.

2. Origin: KwaZulu Natal.

3. Energy: A gentle yet potent harmoniser for the Crown and Heart chakras, NHLANZEKO vibrates with a soft, stable frequency that absorbs disharmony, stabilizes emotional fluctuations, and restores a sense of clean, quiet calm. It is the stone of reset and gentle protection.

4. Sacred Care:

• Cleansing: Cleanse on a waning moon or on a piece of Selenite. It can be gently rinsed under cool, running water.

• Charging: Charge under a new moon for new beginnings in purity, or in the soft light of a waxing moon to grow its stabilising energy.

• Frequency:

Cleanse weekly, or whenever you feel energetically "dusty" or emotionally off-balance.

5. Pairing: Pairs beautifully with THANDO for pure, compassionate love or NHLAMBULUKO  for a powerful cleansing duo. It harmonises with all stones, providing a stable, pure base for any intention.

6. Elemental Energy: Goverened by air (for emotional cleansing) and earth (for stability), and the moon, NHLANZEKO embodies gentle purification, receptive calm, and the restoration of natural balance.

7. Star Sign: Cancer, Gemini, Virgo.