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This is dedicated to all the possibilities this salt has to offer. Enjoy!

:eyeglasses: Incorporating Salt with the Craft

Salt of all kinds is used to purify, cleanse and banish negativity. Place 3/4 of salt inside of a locket before placing your desired herbs and spices for charms as well as anything else that is needed, charm bags, sleep pouches, so on and so on to amplify the intent of what it will be used for.

Creating or buying candle holders out of the lumps, these salt candle holders can be used for tea lights and medium wide sized candles that are taller than tea light candles around the house or at your altar.

🕯Candle Magick

Used with candle magick, adding crystals onto the glassware the candles are in or if they are lone candles simply add gemstones appropriate for the spell (etc.) to amplify the outcome you desire. This goes with candle magick in general for amplifying.

:crystal_ball: Grinding with Pestle and Mortar

For those with a pestle and mortar, grinding the salts into fine grains to combine with herbs/spices, bottles and spell bags, cooking and more increases the effectiveness by putting more of your energy and effort into creating what you intend to make while grinding the salts down.

:droplet: Holy Water / Purification and Cleansing Water

(one version of hundreds)

To create or tote carry on purifier for on the go use incorporate herbs or spices you intend to use and add spoons of salt, any sort of salt will do unless you are specifically needing a certain kind. Boiling water before adding in the salts until fully dissolved is also a very common way of crafting Holy Water, adding in herbs and spices is optional although prayers, chants and so forth are also done.

:sweat_drops: What I use, a different method:

:sweat_drops: Dried leaf of white sage

:sweat_drops: A few pinchs of Himalayan Salt

:sweat_drops: Charged moon water

:sweat_drops: Quartz Crystal

:sweat_drops: Sage essential oil

:sweat_drops: Shake and store in a glass bottle to spray

:sweat_drops: Place by the moonlight to charge, for those more connected with the sun, charge by the sun

:sweat_drops: Good for those with asthma and cannot burn herb bundles. (Using the word "smudging" and "smudge sticks" can be offensive to tribes in America).

Health warnings: Do not use any form of rosemary when you are pregnant. Pets become ill and die prematurely from essential and fragrance oils, they are highly sensitive to both oil types, some are even downright deathly toxic to them like lilly essential oil to cats and dogs.

:bath: Bath Day

Plop a chunk of Himalayan Salt into your bath for a cleansing ritual to banish negativity and to improve your body health. Rub the chunk of salt onto your body or place the salt onto a cloth to be used as an exfoliant.

:massage: Himalayan Salt Body Scrub:

There are plenty of ways on making a body scrub, for now we will be discussing salt baseds body scrubs. Body scrubs are one way to removed the dead layer of skin that our body generates in the never ending regulation process, to allow our skin to breath easier exfoliation methods are available.

Another option is to make a Himalayan salt scrub with local honey for immune system boost, rose petals, hybiacus, any oil that pleases you, herbs and spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, poppy seeds, basil, mint, garlic, lavender, dayflowers, dandelions, sage, or a blend of herbs from a tea bag, (hold off the rosemary it makes hair grow like crazy).

For a detoxifier combination use one spoon only of activated charcoal; if you take meditation, have a deficiency, are pregnant, or otherwise ask your doctor first for activated charcoal is highly powerful when used in the wrong amounts so it can easily remove vitamins and minerals from your body.

(To read more on incorporating Himalayan Salt to the craft, skip and read down.)

:gem: Color, Quality, & What to Look For

Himalayan Salt comes from Pakistan, having an array of light burgundy red color to orange to a light peach color.

The lighter the color can fetch a higher price from it being of higher quality with white Himalayan salt being the most expensive by quality standards. I've seen all of these colors at random when buying Himalayan salt lamps, candle holders, and pretty much in general so I guess this can be tossed out the window since it's still blowing my mind. In my opinion the rocks with darker veins are nice to see in lamp form. All of my Himalayan salts where under $20 total.

⛤ Himalayan White Salt Lamp - $11

(Olly's)

⛤ Dual Himalayan Salt Candle Holders - $18.99

(Michael's not including discounts)

⛤ Small Himalayan Salt Rocks - $6.99

(came in bag at Books A Million)

🛇 WARNING ADVISORY 🛇

Do not get too trend happy! There are oogles of frauds out there so be sure to read that the Himalayan salt you get states that is it from Pakistan and nowhere else! If it does not have Pakistan origins on the packaging or from asking the location you want to purchase the salts from avoid it entirely and look elsewhere, don't pay full price for a known scam.

Himalayan Salt Rock Uses

Placing them in any room around the house for lightening up the atmosphere by emitting positivity and acts as a natural dehumidifier.

This particular salt is popular for the uses of meditation, chakra, aura therapy, aromatherapy, in the massage community and can probably be seem in yoga studios as well.

Charging & Cleansing Tools, Gemstones & Crystals with Himalayan Salt

Charging can also be done by using salt depending on the crystal, gemstone, bedrock (like granite), and ore.

Place your collection around or ontop of your salt and if you have fine grain salt like for cooking purposes then bury them in it. One thing to note is that if you do use the salt for cooking to do your homework so you are not placing Florite or other toxic minerals in to avoid poisoning yourself and others.

Himalayan salt can be used to cleanse them as well.

:gem: Warning:

SELENITE DOES NOT DO WELL WITH SALT WATER. Selenite is softer than our fingernails and can be easily dyed with ink, candle wax, paint, dirt, and cannot ever be used with oils from how porous Selenite is because they will practically never be able to get fully removed out of the Selenite crystal. Once these things touch and seap into Selenite there is no way to undo it. Blue Malocite should be kept inside of a jar with a lid from being low key air toxic, using water on it will make the gemstone loose it's blue color.

Depending on your personal preference charging your tools is also an option but do be cautious around metals. When damp or wet rust is allowed to form and causes corrosion especially more easy with any form of salts involved. Hemp cord weakens faster when wet, having your wand or other tool materials made with hemp cord is one thing to debate on for wetting; especially to water witches and those who follow a water based path over the other elements.

:massage: Cleansing and Charging Yourself with Himalayan Salt

Adding them in rock form or finely crushed with baths. It is optional to apply 5 drops of essential oil of your choosing on the salts around 10 minutes before use to allow the salts to absorb the oils well for an aromatherapy benifit that you can enchant for bathing rituals and sigils.

:zzz: Sleeping near or with your salt/salt rocks (this also applies with crystals and gemstones for sleeping assistants, protection, and more).

:shower: Mixing up your shampoo with the finely ground salts after a ritual even making a sigial before mixing them up and pouring everything back into the bottle. Do your research to know how pores your hair is, after that add in a small leveled off spoon amount if that is all you need. All hair types react differently and the safe way is to add a pinch or three for starters for that surfer beach hair effect.

For those who make soap, solid shampoo bars, and handmade body care products there are endless spell & ritual possibilities here!!

:herb: Applying the salt with oils or herbal oils

These are a few ways to cleanse yourself with this particular type of salt.

:lock: Himalayan salt to keep with you inside of a locket or vial or anything you have handy for travel use on its own or with herbs, berries, resins, roots, spices, and/or other gemstones and crystals for a combination of spiritual protection, healing, confidence, self cleansing, and many many more!

:droplet: Creating new moon water, full moon water, eclipse water, celestial phases water, sun water, snow water, blue moon water, rain water, thunderstorm water, hurricane water, (and so on, there are a lot of events happening this year) adding salt to the water doubles as a spiritual energy purifier. Place it inside a (glass optional) bottle for on the go use, as long as there are no fragrance or essential oils it is pet safe. Combined with herbs and spices that have personal meaning to you as well as the use of crystals, gemstones, and stone in general the combinations you can create are only limited to your imagination. (For consumption use avoid Florite, other toxic crystals/gemstones/stones, poisonus plants, poisonus roots, and poisonus herbs and spices. Illness and death are not pleasant.)

Taking Care of Any Salt Rock That You Have!

☃Keep out of very humid areas to prevent your Himalayan salt rocks from sweating.

Sad to say this but please please PLEASE avoid placing your salt rocks by the window while it rains for a prolong period of time. This includes placing them out with the rest of your crystals and gemstones outdoors under these conditions!

:umbrella: Condensation causes them to become smooth and if you adore their rough jagged-ness or if the ones you have are already smooth and want them to keep their shape from becoming lumpy or misshapen it WILL damage your precious little or snazzy big ol' salty babies on the side that is facing the window.

Health Benifits

Heated electric salt lamps are commonly used for removing humidity and has been proven to assist those who suffer allergies (myself included during the spring season). Dropping some into a bath detoxifies the largest organ we have of impurities, our skin. At the same time they sooth sore muscles, stimulate circulation, and improves hydration.

Preferred by doctors at times from having around 85 minerals that are found within our bodies, for this reason it won't be surprising to see it on culinary food menus in the decade for these health values.

Random fact: this salt can sometimes smell sweet, and the world "salary" from the payment of salt coining the phrase "are you worth your salt". So the next time you're at a gem show take the opprotunity to say "I've heard you're the type of (gender pronoun here) that's worth their salt around here" for a friendly laugh or to start off a nice conversation.

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