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.Mined in the earth orevaporated from ocean water in shallow basins, it is intimately con-nected with life and death, creation and destruction, and the feminine 130/ Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magicaspect of Earth energies.Salt is a mineral of crystalline structure and so has a place in thisbook.Look at salt through a microscope.It is composed ofregular, six-sided cubes.This square structure relates salt to the Earth.Its use in religion spans the ages.Salt was frequently offered todeities, being deemed acceptable because of its scarcity and purity.Insome parts ofthe world, such as ancient Rome and Abyssinia, salt wasused as currency.Salt is necessary for life, and yet an overabundance of it causesdeath.Similarly, sowing salt in fields destroys their fertility.It issterilizing, purifying and cleansing.Related to the element of Earth (as well as to seawater, which is acombination of two elements), salt is a powerful magical tool.Saltwater is sometimes used as a magical substitute for blood wherecalled for in old rituals.(NOTE: any blood substitutes, such as applecider or freshly laid, fertilized eggs, can be used in rituals of thisnature.Opening veins is a needless, hazardous magical practice, andsacrificing any life forms is useless and plays hell with your karma.Besides, would you want to be sacrificed for another's magical ritual?The only exception to this is menstrual blood, which is utilized in con-temporary female magic and mysteries as it was in the past.)In contemporary Hawaii many still follow the old ritual of mixingalae salt (rock salt covered with iron-rich red earth) with water.This issprinkled with a ki, or ti, leaf on persons, structures and building sitesfor purificatory purposes.Those Mexicans still attuned with magic often hang in theirhomes and businesses a large wreath composed of garlic or aloe vera,to which small packets of salt are attached to spread protection and todraw money.Magical Uses:Salt is a fine grounding and cleansing material.To purify gem-stones, place them in a bowl of salt and leave for a week or so (seeChapter Seven).Add some salt to your bath water.This creates an alchemicalchange-you've converted a solid (the salt) into a liquid.Bathe in thismixture to create a similar change in you.Visualize your doubts,worries, illness (if any) and all negative energies which plague you asleaving your body and entering into the water, where they areneutralized.!fyou prefer showers, place a small amount of rock salt and a half- The Stones / 131handful of hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) in a washcloth and scrubyour body.To protect a home, sprinkle empowered salt in the comers ofeach room, visualizing it sterilizing and burning away negativity.Pour salt in a circle around you on the floor, visualizing the salt'senergies spreading down into the earth and up above you to form aprotective sphere of brilliant white light.Within this circle is a perfectenvironment to perform protective or defensive magic.Tasting salt brings you firmly down to Earth.It closes off yourpsychic centers (if working to awaken your psychic mind, avoid salt inyour diet).It is also a protective and purificatory act.Ifyou feel the need to focus your energies and attention, to take a"tunnel-vision"approach to life for a while, carry a bit of salt in a greenbag.This is especially important for those who tend to concentratesolely on the spiritual and neglect physical necessities.Rock salt is also added to money-attracting talismans and is usedin such spells.A salt wealth spell: On your altar or a large plate, care-fully pour salt to form a pentagram (five-pointed star).Empower a green candle with money-attracting vibrations andplace this, in a small holder, in the center of the pentagram.Light the candle.Next, empower money-attracting stones.Place one on each ofthe pentagram's points [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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