Have you ever had a lucid dream? If not, you’re in for an incredible treat. Here are the very best crystals for lucid dreaming, with tips on how to experience this amazing phenomenon for yourself. Let’s go!
What Is Lucid Dreaming?
Lucid dreaming is when you become aware that you are dreaming, while you’re asleep. When this phenomenon occurs, it opens the door for directing what happens in your dream state. Can you imagine the possibilities?!
So much healing, exploration, and self growth can happen with this type of dreamwork. And, there are specific crystals you can use to support your experience. That’s what we are talking about today!
What Causes Lucid Dreams?
Scientists don’t really know what causes lucid dreams. But according to webmd.com, lucid dreaming is more likely to occur in people who practice self reflection on a regular basis.
If you feel ready to focus more on self reflection, asking yourself these questions every morning/night will support your lucid dreaming efforts beautifully: Best Questions To Ask Yourself Everyday for Self Growth
Only about half of us ever experience a lucid dream, and only about half of those people lucid dream on a regular basis. But like everything else, it’s simply a matter of practice and having the proper tools. There are ways to lucid dream on-demand, and I’ll cover that too.
Is Lucid Dreaming Safe?
Yes! Lucid dreaming is perfectly safe for the average person.
In fact, if you suffer from nightmares, then building this skill can help you to overcome fears and get a better night’s sleep. After all, nightmares are only upsetting because they feel so real while you’re having them. Imagine if you could come to your own rescue!
Lucid dreaming can help you to claim your power and make your sleeping mind a more peaceful place to dwell.
Benefits of Lucid Dreams
Lucid dreaming feels absolutely magical. One of the first things I did when I had a lucid dream was to fly, and let me tell you – it was amazing!
But more importantly, the benefits of lucid dreaming apply to your waking life, too. They can help:
- Reduce anxiety by helping you feel more empowered
- Address issues you’re not comfortable facing while you’re awake
- Explore a new side of yourself in the safety and privacy of your dream world
- Encourage creativity
- Boost brain function and mental focus
- Visualize and manifest your desires
- Reconnect with your spirituality
Best Crystals For Lucid Dreaming
So how can crystals help with lucid dreaming? As you may already know, each type of crystal has unique healing properties. The right crystals will help you:
- Calm your body
- Focus your mind
- Sleep more deeply
- Open your third eye
- Encourage personal growth and healing
- Protect your energy
Here are my list of best crystals for lucid dreaming!
Amethyst
Tranquility, Spiritual Experiences, Dream Recall
Amethyst is my top pick as the best stone for lucid dreaming. It’s purple color balances the 3rd eye and crown chakras, gently reawakening your spiritual awareness.
This crystal has major sedative vibes, too. So not only will it help with dreamwork, it’ll actually help get you to sleep faster.
Amethyst is also nicknamed the ‘sobriety’ stone, because it boosts mental clarity and smooths out emotional imbalances. For this reason, it facilitates dream recall, and offers comfort if you have any fear around this process.
Here are my amethyst pieces.
The larger geodes are perfect for standing up on your dresser or end table. While the polished stones are great for holding in your hand, or placing under your pillow.
I would go a little bigger than these, though. Mine get lost in the sheets!
Moonstone
Psychic Ability, Confidence, Fresh Starts
Moonstone is an excellent crystal for lucid dreaming because it fosters psychic insights. If you’re practicing lucid dreaming because you’re looking for answers, this is the stone for you.
Often call the ‘stone of new beginnings’, moonstone is a perfect choice if you’re focused on closing an old chapter and moving forward.
Moonstone helps to balance the solar plexus chakra and can help you craft dreamtime scenarios that allow you to practice bold confidence. As you remember your worthiness, moonstone will help you dissolve old patterns that hold you back, so you can step into your next chapter.
A little word of warning to my moon-sensitive friends, especially water signs like Cancer, Pisces, and Scorpio: as you can tell by the name, this crystal’s energy gets stronger when the moon is full. So if you find it too intense, just set it aside the week of the full moon. You can find the full moon calendar here:
2022 Full Moon Calendar: Names, Dates & Times
Moonstone comes in polished chunks, as well as in jewelry. The jewelry option is nice, so the energy go work on you all day. Read more about moonstone and see pricing on Amazon.
Turquoise
Protection, Communication With Spirit, Problem Solving
Turquoise offers deep healing on all levels: physical, emotional, and spiritual. Highly protective, this stone has been worn for centuries to ward off negativity and shield its wearer.
If you’re experiencing stress, or have a situation that you can’t seem to work out, try pairing your lucid dream efforts with turquoise.
Turquoise ushers in all sorts of new ideas and solutions by opening a direct line of communication with your spirit team (of course that line is always open, but turquoise can help make it easier to find). Plus it does a wonderful job of preparing the mind and body for meditation.
In addition, turquoise balances the throat chakra, which is your center for authentic self expression. So if you struggle to speak up for yourself, this is the stone for you. Let it go to work for you in dreamland!
These beautiful pieces are just the right size to rest in the hollow of your neck as you drift off to sleep:
Selenite
Angel Energy, Wisdom, Higher Consciousness
The vibes don’t get any higher! Selenite attracts angel energy and raises your vibration so you can see the spiritual perfection of any situation.
If you’re lucid dreaming with the intention of raising your vibration and opening your crown chakra, this is the perfect crystal for you.
Selenite ushers in a strong sense of knowing, and deep peace. It helps to clear energy blocks, too. I had a beautiful conversation with my spirit guide one night, with a large selenite stick under my bed (it was so vivid!).
These crystals are so powerful, yet gentle enough that they’re recommended for baby nurseries. They radiate pure love and really uplift the spirit.
Selenite comes in small sticks, towers, or wands. I’m loving my selenite candleholder these days. There’s something magical about adding the fire element to the mix:
Flourite
Psychic Protection, Spiritual Awakening, Practical Learning
Flourite offers such diverse energies. On one hand, it supports your intuitive abilities by weeding out mental chatter so your psychic guidance can shine through. It’s protective, and will place you in a secure psychic bubble as you do your dreamwork.
On the other hand, this stone makes a great learning aid, and helps you to keep your thoughts organized. It also helps you to apply lessons learned in the past to your current situation.
So if you’re in a phase of life where you’re learning lots of new things, lucid dreaming with flourite can help set you up for success.
The rainbow of green and purple color is absolutely gorgeous.
Lepidolite
Deep Sleep, Transition, Gentle Detox
Lepidolite has a deeply nurturing energy about it. It will soothe the stress of your day away and help you to fall into restful sleep.
This stone is all about ‘out with the old and in with the new’. So if you’re ready to shake a situation, relationship, or belief that no longer serves you, Lepidolite can work with you in dreamtime to make it so.
The beautiful purple color is a telltale sign that it fosters psychic ability and amplifies your intuition. This is especially true in regard to any changes you may be going through.
Lepidolite does a beautiful job helping you release negative thoughts, especially about yourself. This stone reminds you to love and care for yourself, and that will come through in the scenarios you co-create while lucid dreaming.
Herkimer Diamond
Clairvoyance, Telepathy, Dream Recall
Herkimer Diamond isn’t actually a diamond (it’s quartz), but they are crystal clear like diamonds and in turn, offer you mental clarity. This includes dream recall – so if you struggle to remember your dreams when you wake up, this is the stone for you.
This is also an extremely high vibe stone that fosters clairvoyance (‘clear seeing’) and telepathy. So since dreams are visual, Herkimer Diamond makes a natural companion for getting you into lucid dream state.
If you’re interested in expanding your intuitive abilities, I recommend placing this stone under your pillow at night.
Rose Quartz
Peace and Calming, Unconditional Love, Deep Sleep
Rose quartz is the single most soothing, calming, gentle energy I’ve ever encountered in a crystal. It’s one of the very best stones for sleep.
In addition to helping you fall asleep, it ushers in sweeter dreams. So if your dreams ever disturb you, reach for rose quartz at bedtime.
This pink crystal is also famous for heart healing. So if you’re working on self love, releasing guilt, grief, unforgiveness, or shame, use rose quartz for your lucid dreaming. It will act as a healing balm for any heart wounds that may be too uncomfortable to address in your waking hours.
Rose quartz is also the perfect choice if you’re working on manifesting romance. Why not have some fun with that in lucid dreamtime?!
Clear Quartz – Honorable Mention
It’s true, clear quartz is a powerful healer and that enhances psychic ability. It seems to be the most commonly named crystal for lucid dreaming. Mostly because clear quartz acts as an amplifier, strengthening your intentions.
However, the energy of clear quartz might keep you awake, which is why it’s at the bottom of my list. I will never forget placing a huge clear quartz cluster under my bed, not knowing its properties. It was the worst sleep of my life before I figured it out!
If you want to try clear quartz for lucid dreaming, go for it. But if you do, I recommend you pair it with rose quartz. That way it’s amplifying those peaceful, soothing properties to help you sleep. After all, you can’t lucid dream if you’re wide awake!
Tips on How To Lucid Dream
In addition to using your crystals for lucid dreaming, here are a few more ways to encourage the experience.
Keep a Dream Journal
When you wake up in the morning, consider writing your dreams down in as much detail as you can remember. This will help you on two fronts.
First, it’ll help you with dream recall. I can’t tell you how many times I awoke with insights that felt so profound, only to forget them completely! Writing down your dreams upon waking will make it easier for you to remember what you experienced.
Second, dream journaling will help you weave your waking and sleeping worlds together. In other words, the more often you focus on dreaming while you’re awake, the more likely you are to become consciously aware while you’re asleep.
Journaling helps to bridge the gap between your conscious and subconscious mind.
Lucid Dream Affirmations
Affirmations are positive statements about yourself that you want to become true.
You can charge your crystals with your intentions by holding them in your hand and saying your affirmation, either aloud our in your mind.
For example, hold your crystal in your hand and affirm, ‘I slip into lucid dream state effortlessly’.
Continue to repeat this affirmation as you fall asleep.
Note: These affirmations can work on their own, too! So if you don’t have crystals, don’t worry. Do affirmations instead.
I share my favorite lucid dream affirmations here: Lucid Dream Affirmations to Stimulate Your Subconscious Mind
Reality Testing
According to one study, the most effective technique to induce lucid dreams is to do reality testing.
Throughout your day, take a moment to check in and ask yourself if you’re dreaming or not. Then, prove it to yourself by attempting a simple action that has an expected result.
For example, try pushing your pointer finger against the palm of your opposite hand, and notice how it feels. If you try this when you’re dreaming, you wont be able to feel it at all, and your finger might even pass right through your palm (eek!).
Make it the same task every time, and do it multiple times per day. The idea is that eventually, the idea will come to you in dreams, and when you get a different result, that’ll be your cue that you’re dreaming.
Try A Lucid Dream Sleep Mask
I have not tried this yet but I am so intrigued! These eye masks are made specifically to help you lucid dream, by displaying soft lights while you’re in REM state.
If you get a little bit of waking stimulus while you’re REMing, it bridges the gap between your waking and dreaming worlds, and makes it more likely for you to experience a lucid dream. I’m sure you’ve experienced this before, like when your alarm goes off and your dream-self is trying to figure out what the noise is. This is a similar concept.
Basically it stirs your consciousness up just enough to make you aware that you’re asleep without actually waking you up.
I have not tried one of these myself so if you decide to experiment, please leave a comment below and share your experience with the rest of us!
How To Lucid Dream Without Waking Up
My best tip for staying asleep is to use essential oils. They’ll go to work on your body and mind to get you into the right state for lucid dreaming.
Dreamtime essential oil blend was made specifically for lucid dreaming!
It supports you in two ways:
- Helps you sleep deeper – you can’t lucid dream if you keep waking up.
- Soothes your nervous system so you don’t wake up when you become lucid.
Dreamtime is a magically soothing blend of Sandalwood, Jasmine, Patchouli, Ginger Root, and Petitgrain Bigarade essential oils.
When you achieve lucid dreaming for the first time, it’s very exciting and kind of shocking.
I remember becoming lucid in a dream once and thinking ‘OMG I’m doing it!’ and then I jolted myself right out of the dream, lol. I know how frustrating that can be! Diffusing Dreamtime before bed or using it to make a pillow spray can really help with this.
I also recommend you write in your journal and recall your dreams throughout the day to ‘normalize’ the experience. When you do this, becoming lucid in your dreams will feel more natural, and you’ll stop waking up.
Conclusion
Are you exited to pick your crystals for lucid dreaming and hop off to bed? Remember to have fun and not pressure yourself. Your lucid dream experience will happen in perfect timing.
I would love to hear your comments – leave me a message below with your favorite dreamtime crystal!
I hope you have lots of fun exploring the beautiful and sacred world of your subconscious mind. Sending you all my love.
XO, Andrea
PS – If you need help falling asleep, check this out next: Indulge Your Senses with This Powerful Bedtime Ritual
Andrea Scalisi
Andrea has been practicing Astrology, Numerology, and Tarot for many years. She is a certified Aromatherapist and Reiki Master in Central NY, and also holds a Masters Degree from Syracuse University. Andrea loves helping her readers bring more spiritual self-care into their lives.
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Love this article 💖 I’ve had lucid dreams in the past and they were amazing… I’m going to try your ideas to try to encourage another!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Sweet dreams to you! 💫