Protection
Salt.
The oldest ward in the world sits in your kitchen. Salt preserves, purifies and draws a line spirits are said not to cross.
Why salt
Preserve. Purify. Protect.
Salt kept food from rotting, so across Europe, Asia and Africa it became a symbol of what keeps decay and evil out. Romans paid soldiers in it, Japanese sumo wrestlers throw it to purify the ring, and European folk magic spills it over the left shoulder to blind the devil.
Types of salt
Sea salt
All-purpose cleansing. Ritual baths, floor washes, cleansing tools in a bowl overnight.
Black salt
Witch's black salt: salt mixed with ash, charcoal or scraped cauldron soot. Banishing and protection. (Different from Indian kala namak, a cooking salt.)
Pink Himalayan
Gentle cleansing and self-love work. Pretty in jars, same chemistry as other rock salts.
Kosher / table salt
Cheap, fine-grained, perfect for lines across thresholds and window sills.
Red brick dust (not salt)
Often paired with salt for threshold work; comes from Hoodoo. See our respect page before borrowing.
Rune salt
Our own trick: stir a jar of salt clockwise while tracing Algiz in it nine times.
Cast a salt circle
- Clean the space and decide your circle size (big enough to sit in).
- Start in the north. Walk clockwise, pouring a steady line of salt.
- At each direction, draw Algiz in the air: protection.
- Close the circle where you began and say: "Nothing crosses this line but what I invite."
- When done, open it counterclockwise and sweep the salt out of the house.
Everyday salt wards
- A line across the front door threshold.
- A small bowl in each corner of a room; replace at new moon.
- Salt in a bath with rosemary after a draining day.
- Salt + Algiz drawn on the bottom of a jar by the door.
Safety: salt kills plants and harms pets if eaten in quantity. Keep lines away from gardens and animals, and never put salt on soil you want to grow in.
The Sunday Pull
Your weekly rune, every Sunday.
One rune pull for the week ahead, a moon forecast, and a two-minute ritual. Free, forever.
