4 Types of Salt and Their Spiritual Properties
Why is Salt So Magical?
Salt is not just for flavoring food; it is also great for making magic. But why is salt so magical? Salt is a pure substance made in the earth or from the sea. Therefore, it carries the very essence of the earth and water elements. For example, sea salt carries the water element’s properties, while Himalayan pink salt carries the earths. Whichever salt magic you choose to make, know that it will be effective. Witches have used salt magic for centuries.

There are dozens of kinds of salts found worldwide, all of which contain their own unique magical properties. Here are our top four favorite salts:

• Hawaiian Black Salt

Hawaiian black salt is an exotic culinary salt harvested from the evaporating water on the Hawaiian island Molokai. It is natural and has activated charcoal added to it giving it that black color. Using Hawaiian black salt in your practice invokes the power and beauty of the Hawaiian Islands and its volcanoes. This salt is extra-strength.

• ​Sea Salt

Sea salt comes from the sea, as its name suggests. Therefore, it carries the power of the sea and the water element. You can find sea salt at any grocery store for an affordable price. Sea salt is purifying, protective, and great as an offering to sea spirits and deities.
 

• Himalayan Pink Salt

Himalayan pink salt is a popular choice these days. Pink salt comes in chunky and powder form (and in lamp-form) and is used for culinary purposes. They call it the “purest salt on earth” because it has been maturing in the earth for over 250 million years! This type of salt magically decalcifies your pineal gland (opens your third eye) AND has an added magical property of self-love and romance. This salt gets its pink color from the iron in it, and therefore is a powerful warding ingredient as well.

• Dead Sea Salt (Lake Salt)

This salt is not an edible salt but is instead used topically in bathing or strictly for magical uses.
The Dead Sea is not a sea but a salt lake more than 15 million years old. It is the biggest natural free spa on earth and is popular with visitors and locals. Being one of the world’s first health spas, built by Herod the Great on its shores and it is thought to have been part of Cleopatra's beauty regime. That is why it is sometimes called “Magical”.  It is most often used for beauty and protection.