- Cleanse your Aura and Ground your energy
- Purify Your Home; Bring Good Luck, Peace and Prosperity
- Soothe Sore Aching Muscles
- Smooth Your Skin and Heal your Boo Boos
- Ward Off Evil Spirits and Protect You and Your Space
Tiny white, pink, purple black, gray and red flakes, so light and fluffy as a snow flake, sprinkling down to bring magic to you and your household. There are at least 12 types of salt and are most commonly used for cooking and flavoring our food; they all have a purpose, but what else beside cooking can salt be used for?
Repel Evil Spirits Who has not watched a scary movie and salt was used to keep the ghouls away? Well it is no wonder as throughout history, salt played a role in many religions to purify objects or repel evil. In Buddhist tradition, salt is used to repel evil spirits, and they’re known to throw salt over their shoulders after funerals to make sure evil spirits didn’t follow them home. The Shinto religion also used salt to purify an area, which is why salt is thrown into the center of the ring before sumo wrestling matches: to remove malevolent spirits. Carry a tiny pouch of salt with you in your pocket as a form of protection along with your favorite protective crystals and stones; a little personal arsenal if you will, steeped in peace and not violence! I have also surrounded my property, doorways and window sills with a perimeter of salt; chucks of Himalayan can be used outside on the corner markers of your property and a line of even plain table salt to connect the lines will do. Know that the elements will deteriorate and will have to be replenished periodically.
Bring Good Luck, Pace and Prosperity to your Home- Want to use salt to purify your own home? According to Bright Side, pouring salt in the corners of your house will bring you good luck, peace, and prosperity. They suggest performing an easy salt ritual that involves standing in the middle of your room, picking up handfuls of salt, and spraying it in the corners of the room moving in a clockwise direction. This drives away negative energy, purifying and protecting your home. It’s worth a try right?- ref Mashed.com An old wive’s tale also says to throw salt over one’s shoulder for good luck if you happen to spill the salt or knock it over as spill salt is bad luck. Throw a pinch over your left shoulder to reverse the bad luck and bring back the good luck. A tincture of salt in a spray bottle can be used throughout the home and on the body for a quick spritz and cleanse of the air around you.
Cleanse your Aura and Soothe Your Sore Muscles- Place some Himalayan, Epsom or Sea Salt into your bath for a relaxing, Aura cleansing and muscle soothing soak. I like to set the bath up with beautifully scented candles, an ample touch of yummy, frothy, cotton candy bubbles from Lush.com, select crystal for a groovin’ energy vibe and turn out the lights and turn on some meditation music; I drift away for 20 minutes or more. The salt will soak into your skin and muscles softening them up. The magnesium in Epsom salt helps with post work out cramping. And since salt repels negative energy that may attach to us as we interact with people throughout the day, it spiritually cleanses and removes those attachments and puts up a protective barrier too. Salt baths help to calm, soothe and ground us; they bring balance back into our physical and spiritual worlds.
Smooth your skin and heal your boo boos- Superfine salt can be used in the bath or shower to slough off dead skin leaving it silky soft. It is also wonderful if you have cuts, bumps, rashes as it promotes healing by creating a sterile cleanse to those areas. In a glass of warm water, add a healthy amount of salt and gargle with it to kill bacterial in the mouth for sweeter breathe and to heal and soothe a sore throat; it too speeds up the healing process of sore throats and sores in the mouth by killing the bacteria. A paste of salt can also soothe a bee sting and draw out the nasty. Also emerging you can order up a Himalayan Salt Massage (they are wonderful) or submerge yourself in a Salt Cave. They can be found in or near most major metropolitan cities around the world. Salt lamps also cleanse the home and improve the air quality in the home, improving our breathing.
There are so many household uses for salt beyond cooking. From killing weeds, to putting out grease fires and killing or repelling fleas, cleaning the house surfaces and more. It is fairly safe, non-toxic and has been used for thousands of years. Salt has been such an essential component in the world, it has been used as currency and still is in some remote countries. Are you worth your weight in salt?