Herpotheca Black Salt Recipe

Ward Off Negative Energies and Evil With Herpotheca's Easy-to-Make Black Salt Recipe

Equipment

 

Before beginning this recipe, choose your jars. Jars should be cleaned with soap and water and thoroughly dried before use. They can be any size you like, depending on your purpose. For example, tiny cork jars can be worn as jewelry or fit in pockets, while a large jar can hold a batch of Herpotheca Black Salt to be used in various ways over the next few months. Caps, rings, and corks should fit snugly.

 

 

Purifying Your Containers

 

Once your jars are clean and dry, smudge them with smoke to purify them, using incense or an herbal smudge stick. Allow the smoke to move in and around your jars. Smoke doesn't just remove stagnant energy and purify; it also carries your intentions and prayers to the universe.

 

You'll also need a mixing bowl, a measuring cup, and a wooden spoon (or wand).

 

 

Ingredients

 

  • Black Sea Salt (such as Hawaiian Lava salt). If you have no black salt, you can use any other type of sea salt, but never regular table salt). Black salt is used as a culinary staple for taste and preservation, but in rituals, it's used for purification, protection, manifesting intention, and transformation. It bridges the gap between the physical and spiritual worlds and is often associated with the element of water because it's derived from the sea. It cleanses objects, people, and spaces.

 

  • Ashes left over from a fire pit or fireplace, incense, or smudging. If you don't have access to ashes, use ground charcoal, such as charcoal disks (available at most metaphysical shops) or plain charcoal briquets (only plain). It's alright to use charcoal because it's produced by heating wood and other plants. But, I'm sorry to say, it's also made by strongly heating animals and animal by-products, so I prefer ashes if they're available.  Still, ashes symbolize the impermanence of life, earthly limitations, humility and repentance, the process of letting go, transformation, and rebirth. This way, charcoal containing animal ash can be seen as acceptable, so I also use charcoal to make "black salt." Symbolically, charcoal shields against psychic attacks turn negatives into positives and is grounding. Ashes mentioned in the bible were often used in rituals for purification and protection. They also represented remorse and a genuine desire to turn back to God. 

 

Mix equal amounts of salt and ash in a clean mixing bowl or bag. Now, here's the fun part. You can add protective herbs (dried) to the mix. Lavender, rosemary, and sage come to mind. You can also choose to use essential oils, but oils can moisten your salt, so use only a few drops and allow your salt to dry thoroughly before bottling or bottling. Add stones and crystals like topaz, quartz crystal, and obsidian to your salt jars. For small cork jars, you can buy bits and pieces of crystals at most metaphysical shops (sold in tiny cork jars). 

 

 

Spiritual Meanings of Lavender, Rosemary, and Sage

 

  • Lavender: Peace, purification, happiness
  • Rosemary: Protection (standing guard), healing
  • Sage: Protection (particularly against negative influences and evil spirits), removing stagnant or harmful energies, inner peace

 

 

Spiritual Meanings of Topaz, Quartz Crystal, and Obsidian

 

  • Topaz: Protection (especially against the "Evil Eye"), strength, balance, will to survive 
  • Quartz Crystal: Positive energy (life force), absorbs negative energy, healing
  • Obsidian: Protection, deflects negative energy

 

 

Final Steps

 

Your final step is to add your salt to your jars. If you've added essential oils, keep your jar caps loose for 24 hours to allow your salt to dry completely. Give the salt a little clockwise stir every few hours to speed up the drying process. If you use only dried herbs, your jars are ready for use. To make your batch more magical, leave your jars out under moonlight for the night.

 

 

Adding Wax & Charms

 

You can seal your jars with sealing wax and tie charms around your bottlenecks. I suggest tying on your charm before sealing it with wax. Why? Wax can spill over the top of the jar (getting in the way of tying your charm on with thread or string). If wax drips onto your charm, you can carefully remove it with a fingernail, knife, or toothpick. 

 

 

Directions for Use

 

You can use Herpotheca Black Salt in the following ways.

 

  • Sprinkle a circle of protection or banishment around your home, yard, or vehicle.
  • Sit in a circle of protection while praying or "spelling". 
  • Create a boundary line at your front gate or door to protect or deflect negativity.
  • Gift a bottle or jar to a loved one or friend for protection.
  • Draw a circle of salt around your altar.
  • Line your windowsills for protection from negativity or theft.
  • Place a small bag or jar on your office desk to keep pesky employees at bay.
  • Repel curses and hexes by wearing a necklace (a tiny cork jar filled with Herpotheca Black Salt attached to a string, cord, ribbon, or chain dangling at heart level)
  • Sprinkle in a circle around any area or object you want to protect.

 

While you can use natural black sea salt in the kitchen to prepare foods or natural remedies, NEVER eat Herpotheca Black Salt. It's not intended for consumption. Ashes, charcoal, certain herbs, and nearly all essential oils can be harmful when consumed. Also, keep it away from children and animals that might ingest it. 

 

Make a large batch to have on hand when you need it. Store in a glass or ceramic jar with a snug-fitting lid. When stored properly, Herpotheca Black Salt will last up to two years.

Also, see Sea Salt for Protection.