I recently found this quinoa & bean spicy curry at my supermarket, the package says “no animal ingredients” and the ingredients list doesn’t list any, either!
while I don’t like all the plastic wrapping in Japan, I do love that the local fruits and veggies have the name of the farmer on the label (and the cute cat sticker, of course)
the other day I bought locally produced ‘moromi miso’ for the first time. I used it for my miso soup, as well as for dengaku nasu (eggplant marinated with sweetened miso). I really like it!
Salt of all kinds has been used in various religions and magik for as long as we’ve had it. In Ancient Greece, it was considered highly valuable, and used in religious ceremonies. Now, we have far easier and cheaper access to salts the Ancient Hellenes couldn’t imagine, and so have more uses for it by type, both new and old.
All salt is generally associated with healing, protection, and/or cleansing.
With that, let’s delve into our varieties.
Table Salt
The cheapest and most accessible kind of salt, this is what one would usually put on food. This is often used for protection, circles, and sprinkling on an offering space.
Sea Salt
Obviously, this salt is the best suited for things relating to the sea and its entities. Sea salt is also edible, and generally substitutes well for others. If you want to be very particular, this is the closest to Ancient Greek salt, and thus could be considered the most suitable to offer to the Hellenic theoi.
Epsom Salt
Epsom salts are fully man-made and often used in bath products. It’s known for helping soothe soreness and inflammation, but is not at all edible nor particularly common or popular in spellwork.
Pink Salt/Himalayan Salt
Particularly popular now, pink salt is a nutrient-rich salt given its pink color through absorbing other minerals. This salt is considered more connected to the earth. Due to its color, it’s often associated with love of all kinds. It’s also associated with protection, purification, and health. It has a fair amount of proven and unproven health benefits over other salts.
Sel Gris/Grey Salt/Celtic Sea Salt
Collected in France, Sel Gris is another mineral rich salt. This salt has an especially oceanic taste, making it applicable, but not exclusive, to any form of sea magik.
Red Hawaiian Salt/Alea Salt
With a bright red color coming from its high iron content, this salt had been used by native Hawaiians for purification, cleansing, and blessings. Its red color combined with metal content also makes many associate it with strength and health.
Black Salt
Black salt comes in multiple kinds, with varying degrees of edibility, the main three being kala namak/Himalayan black salt, black lava salt/black Hawaiian salt, and ritual salt/witch’s salt. All three are used for protection, strength, and banishing evil and negative energy. Kala namak and black lava salt are both edible and must be purchased. Witch’s salt is inedible, and only to be used for ritual purposes. This is made with any salt (usually table or sea salt) combined with cast iron scrapings from a cauldron or pot, burnt herbs, charcoal, and/or black herbs like clove and pepper. These ingredients are then mixed, usually in a mortar and pestle, to make the witch’s salt.
(no snails are ever harmed, all shells are discards)
Magickal properties;
Chakra activation, especially of the Yin Meridian
grounding energies and earthing frequencies
protection during travel
Sanctuary and warding of homes and dwellings
The spiral symbolizes the Inward journey, personal growth, and focus upon the self
Whole snail shells are the perfect component for protection spells dedicated to your house or for traveling.
Large snails shells can be used as oracle or divination tools; by painting runes, symbols or sigils upon them, shake and scatter gently to do a shell reading.
Crushed snail shells can also be used in place of salt, clay, or eggshells in many other spells.
The powdered shells can be mixed with anointing oil and used to activate the chakras and stimulate Kundalini energy as well as the Yin Meridian
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