Himalayan salt

Did you know that the Himalayan salt “crystal” is an up and coming contender not only in the kitchen, but also in the medicine cabinet?

What you put in fuels your temple. I know that you need your ingredients to pack a punch. Actually, you need salt to survive. It keeps hormones and nutrients in balance, and maintains fluids. Since your body doesn’t produce salt, it’s counting on you to give it the purest option out there. Table salt isn’t going to cut it.

Let me start though, by answering your first question…

Is it really that different from table salt?

What you might not know about Himalayan salt is that it is mined from ancient sea beds in Pakistan. Ancient. Meaning, before pollution. This pure pink salt is free from toxins that appear in other sea salts. Because it has housed itself in such a clean environment it doesn’t need to be cleaned, and therefore stripped of any of its 83 trace minerals. The same can’t be said of table salt. After it’s been cleaned, you’re left with sodium chloride and maybe even some additives to keep it from clumping.

So, how can you incorporate this magical salt crystal into your day? Here are 3 easy and healing uses for Himalayan salt.

SALT INHALER

When I first stumbled upon the uses of Himalayan salt, I saw that it helps with respiratory and sinus function. There’s actually such a thing as a salt inhaler! For us allergy sufferers, I’m not sure a more steadfast way exists to test out this crystal’s effectiveness.

Can’t wait to find out if this crystal will work its magic on your wicked allergies? I couldn’t either. I got a portable inhaler to take on the go here, but you can also purchase larger ones here.

While I was surprised by this awesome gadget, using salt to treat breathing ailments dates back to the ancient Greeks who coined the term, “Halotherapy.” Other forms of Halotherapy include salt caves and even Neti pots! Benefits of Himalayan salt for breathing conditions include:

cleanses the nasal passages of irritants and pollutants

reduces swelling

relaxes airways

natural expectorant to reduce mucus

SALT SOLE

An obvious way to enjoy the healing effects of Himalayan salt is to ingest it, so…I’m going to give you ZO’s recipe for Himalayan salt rock candy. It’ll be a hit at your next family party…no, no, just kidding!! The best way to get a full dose of Himalayan salt is by making sole (so-lay).

Sole is a super concentrated saltwater solution that can be made with a glass jar and a non-metal lid.

TO MAKE SOLE

Fill your jar ¼ of the way with Himalayan salt. Then add filtered water, seal with a lid, shake, and allow the mixture to sit overnight so that the salt can dissolve. If you notice that all of the salt has dissolved, add more salt until the water cannot hold anymore and is therefore fully saturated.

TO USE SOLE

Add a tsp to a glass of water every morning and take on an empty stomach. This is also a great concoction to add to your homemade electrolyte drinks! The benefits include:

antibacterial components detox the body

stimulates digestive system and aides in healthy weight loss

increased hydration

caffeine free energy

trace minerals contribute to bone health, healthy veins, skin, hair, and nails

lowers blood pressure

Pink Witches Salt

Pink Witches Salt or Himalayan Crystal Mineral Salt is also known as ‘Pink Halite’, it is a form of (edible) crystal. Pink Witch Salt is an excellent crystal for love, especially self-love. It not only helps one to experience self-love, but also, to take action and do things that self-love implies, for example; finding sense of purpose, to live a healthier lifestyle, learning to say ‘no’, or to take time for personal recreation and enjoyment. On your altar salt can represent the Earth element. When mixed with water it can be use in protection spells. Sprinkle salt in your windows to keep out all negative energies.

*☆ ☽ ☆* Metaphysical properties of Pink Witches Salt *☆ ☽ ☆*

☆ Used for protection; protection from evil, especially protection in and around the home.

☆ Purification, cleansing and dispelling negativity in many magical and traditional rituals.

☆ Release attachments, including emotional attachments.

☆ It is recommended that those who work in environments of negativity or indirect communication, keep a piece of Pink Halite (Himalayan Salt) on their desk or nearby.

☆ Himalayan crystal Mineral Salt has gentle, but strong grounding and centering energies, and is said to bring abundance and prosperity into a home.

This salt can be grated with an herb grater for rituals and spells and for culinary use as well. It has a lovely flavor.

You can also take a salt stone and put it in your bath water for purification and relaxation. It will dissolve slowly releasing the healing qualities of the salt into the water.

Easy To Find Ingredients

Sugar is used primarily as an attracting agent in magic, “sweetening” people to your wishes, whether they be potential lovers or business customers.

– In Practice: Use to sweeten a business and draw in more customers. Sprinkle a little sugar in front of the entrance to work in order to draw people in. Add cinnamon for a boost, as cinnamon is considered extremely lucky.

Mint can be used in your magical practice to make charms work faster, or to better prepare your mind and intentions to be aligned with the intentions of a charm. It can be used in a spray or sprinkle to increase the mental vibrations of a place, so putting it in a school or office is ideal.

– In Practice: Mix a teaspoon of dried mint leaf in a cup of boiling water and let it come to room temperature. Add the cup of water to your hair as a rinse after you wash your hair and rinse it. When you rinse the mint tea out, make sure to scrub your scalp thoroughly. This will stimulate mental activity and remove dullness.

Rosemary got its name from the Latin Rosmarinus meaning “dew of the sea” and is considered to have powerful properties across a wide range of magical traditions, though it’s typically used for protection and cleansing rituals. It can be placed under pillows, in pockets, or secured in infant bedrooms to protect children from negative forces and energy.

– In Practice: Keep a sprig of rosemary by your heart and it will always remain open.

Rosewater is a mild protective agent that can be used as a floor wash to eliminate heavy vibrations, making a home or ritual space more comfortable to live in. It is also known for its use in beauty tonics.

– In Practice: Put six cups of rose petals in a saucepan and add four cups of water then bring to a boil. Let the mixture boil for 10–15 minutes. When it has cooled, pour the mixture through a strainer and into a sealable bottle for use in magic. Though fresh-picked roses and rainwater are ideal, using store-bought roses and clean tap water will also work. You can splash on a little rosewater whenever you are feeling down. It also acts as a magnet for loving vibes.

Garlic – The same healing properties that it has in medicine are useful in magic to remove negativity, and to purify thoughts and places.

– In Practice: A quick and easy use for garlic is to burn the skins on a fire or on charcoal in order to keep money in your home. For a spell to eliminate negativity, add cloves of garlic to a bowl of vinegar. Leave overnight. If the garlic has turned dark purple or black, that means there was a lot of negative energy and you should do again with fresh garlic and vinegar for one more night. If it looks fine, then you do not have to redo it. Flush the vinegar an garlic cloves down toilet to dispose of them.

Sage is an herb of wisdom and healing and can be used in a variety of forms for magical practice. A simple tea made with a teaspoon of sage and a cup of boiling water can be added to a bath in order to destroy illusions and to resolve problems. It can also be added to a charm bag to make your expectations about a charm or spell to be more realistic.

– In Practice: Cleanse the house with bundled sage and it will feel lighter, this gets rid of negative energy that has accumulated. You can also do this to yourself to give you a little clear out from a hectic day. sage is available at some magic retailers and craft supply stories. But if you cannot find it bundled, you can dry the sage sprigs yourself. They should be about six inches in length and completely dried when you bundled them with twine. For more complete instructions, you can visit this page for making small basic bundles.

Sandalwood is a very popular incense scent that is often sold as incense sticks. Sandalwood is believed to have protective properties and is used most often in spells and charms meant to banish negative forces in your life.

– In Practice: When you are feeling blocked, braid three ribbons together, representing three things you feel blocked about. You can write them on the ribbon before you braid. Put the braid in your pocket and carry it with you for a full day to get your energy on it. Light some sandalwood incense and as you take in the scent, take out the braid and start undoing it. Really focus on the intention of these obstacles becoming uncrossed. When finished, take the ribbons to a crossroads or intersection and dispose of them. Leave three pennies for the spirits that open the roads as well.

Basil is a multipurpose herb with many potential uses in magic, and for bringing good fortune in money and in love. It is also known for its cleansing and lightening properties.

– In Practice: Basil can be used for money, prosperity, and love workings. Steep like you would tea and then mop the floors with it or sprinkle a little on the floor and sweep it up.

Ginger is used to make spells come into fruition faster, as well as enhancing the spell. It is also used to enhance passion in relationships.

– In Practice: Adding ginger to food can bring more passion to a relationship.

Witches Green Salt

Green Salt is used in magick and rituals by Pagans, Wiccans, Hoodoo practitioners, people who practice witchcraft and those who want a little psychic or spiritual help for its powerful abilities to attract money, wealth, good luck and abundance.

Magickal properties:

There’s an old folk saying which goes, “Salt does what you tell it to”.
Witches Green Salt is traditionally used for the attracting of good luck, prosperity, abundance and growth and in all types of money drawing spells, job hunting spells and good luck meditations.

•It is also used in nature and nature spells plus magick to help a project or goal come to fruition or as a good luck charm to give your luck a good boost.

Here’s a few magickal and ritual uses:

*Have a pinch of Green Witches Salt in your pocket in a small container when having important meetings about money.
*Sprinkle some onto your shoes when going to job interviews.
*Keep a sachet of Green Witches Salt with your gardening tools to help your gardening (however keep it away from plants),
*Add some to a moneybox or jar where you keep your cash or loose change.
*Sprinkle in your place of business.
*If you own a shop/market stall etc, sprinkle a little into your cash register.
*Sprinkle in your wallet or purse.
*Rub onto money before spending (or onto your credit/debit cards).
*Sprinkle in a pound sign on your altar and burn green candles over the symbol.
*Add a little to a money drawing mojo bag.
*Sprinkle a little Witches Green Salt on green crystals and money attracting talismans, for added power to attract money and wealth.
*Place a little Witches Green Salt on your altar during money attracting rituals.

Witches Salt

Salt rituals are among the oldest forms of magick.

Salt can form the focus of magick for health and prosperity ceremonies as well as for psychic protection.

The kind used is most usually sea salt and represents the Earth element.

It is suggested that sale is kept covered and separate from domestic salt.

It is also recommended that salt be empowered before use

Normally the salt is placed on the altar to the left of your Earth ritual tools, in a small ceramic dish with a silver spoon.

Use new salt for each ritual and tip any remaining into flowing water, watching it carrying away your wishes to fruition.

A very simple crescent moon ritual for attracting money involves piling magically charged salt in a central cone, surrounding this with coins, and filling them all with power.

Then take the empowered coins and leave them in an open jar in the moonlight until the full moon.

On the day after the full moon, spend them on giving happiness to others.

After the ritual, dissolve the salt in sacred water and tip it into a flowing source of water to get the money energies moving.

In a formal ritual for the same purpose, focus the energies by casting a formal circle, inviting the guardians of the elements to lend their power to the endeavor.

Pass the elemental tools, incense, candles, and water over the salt and money, thus concentrating the energies.

Dissolve and tip the salt away in a tub of water that has been swirled nine times to get the power flowing as the climax of the ritual.

Cascarilla Powder

Cascarilla is powdered egg shell.

The shells are so finely ground that it feels as soft as baby powder.

Any Botanica or store that caters to New Age and Magick rituals will have Cascarilla.

You will most normally see it packed into what I call a “ketchup cup.”

When removed from the cup, it maintains its form and can be used as one would use a soft piece of

chalk.

Or, if mixed with water, you will find that the soft-chalk dissolves easily.

For most of the purposes, it is used as a piece of chalk, so the shells sold in stores are convenient.

Magical Uses: Cascarilla repels negative energy and the vibration of negative energy.

Cascarilla powder is such a potent cleansing and protecting agent that it can be used in any number of ways to guard from evil, malicious magic, and disease:

1. If someone leaves a trick on your doorstep or you find some suspicious item in your home from an enemy, dust your hands well with this powder before picking it up.

This keeps the evil from transferring to you, and you can dispose of it safely.

2. Add some to your bath water or sprinkle in the wash bucket for scrubbing the floor to disperse negativity.

3. Use cascarilla powder to make symbols on the floor or altar during ritual or spellwork.

4. Add a bit of water and use it to paint symbols on your skin or use it dry to dust your body for all-over protection.

5. Purification baths.

6. As a piece of chalk to draw sigils and circles of protection for Magickal rituals.

7. Sprinkle a little into water that you plan on cleaning the floors with.

Cascarilla is powdered egg shell.

The shells are so finely ground that it feels as soft as baby powder.

Any Botanica or store that caters to New Age and Magick rituals will have Cascarilla.

You will most normally see it packed into what I call a “ketchup cup.”

When removed from the cup, it maintains its form and can be used as one would use a soft piece of

chalk.

Or, if mixed with water, you will find that the soft-chalk dissolves easily.

For most of the purposes, it is used as a piece of chalk, so the shells sold in stores are convenient.

Magical Uses: Cascarilla repels negative energy and the vibration of negative energy.

Cascarilla powder is such a potent cleansing and protecting agent that it can be used in any number of ways to guard from evil, malicious magic, and disease:

1. If someone leaves a trick on your doorstep or you find some suspicious item in your home from an enemy, dust your hands well with this powder before picking it up.

This keeps the evil from transferring to you, and you can dispose of it safely.

2. Add some to your bath water or sprinkle in the wash bucket for scrubbing the floor to disperse negativity.

3. Use cascarilla powder to make symbols on the floor or altar during ritual or spellwork.

4. Add a bit of water and use it to paint symbols on your skin or use it dry to dust your body for all-over protection.

5. Purification baths.

6. As a piece of chalk to draw sigils and circles of protection for Magickal rituals.

7. Sprinkle a little into water that you plan on cleaning the floors with.