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FOREWORD FFow substances command the superstitious awe which belongs to salt. ts origin in sea water - the source of al life ~ and its ineoerupibility have imbued it with magick powers in the minds of the superstidoussinee time masernorial. “The spilling of rouble, and thecnly way toaven itistotake three timesa pinch of the spilt salt with your right hand and throw it over the eft shoulder. Is thought hat malign spirits hover around the lft side of the body ‘An upset sall-cellar (container) al table between two persons signifies hat trouble will soon ensue between them. Its also considered unlucky to receive or borrow salt from anther person. This isin contrast to using, ine salt presented by host toa guest at table: the ancients regarded this as an act of friendship and tras. 1 is still a strongly held belief amongst the superstitions that a newly born baby shoul be given a pinch of salt in the mouth; the baby may ery which is thought t be lucky, meaning that the chile will have Title to ery over duting is life. It is also believed that a pinch of salt should be somewhere on its person - in the elothes~ forthe irst few months of life, Doutuless this superstition developed in a society where infant morality washigh and where twas feltevlspitts were always present totake young ite ‘A garment or object felt to be unlucky could be purified of its bad vibrations by a sprinkling of salt Perhaps there iesomeone you wish to keep away from your home: you can do this by sprinkling salt where this person last sat or stood. Then SD raeesame eee a ceed eae cae iene ye ee ce ‘whilst firmly thinking orsaying,"Be gone! Be got away”. Thave done this on three separate occasions aftr being visited by 1 Thissalt dives you someone I didn't want al exch time Inever saw them again. There ae those who sweat that sprinkling salt on gambling papersandl important documents brings good luck. ‘Some people will ot enter a new home without first sprinkling salt outside and inside (every room) s0 as to ward off whatever malignant in fluences may be present. Salt isconsisently thoughtofasthe enemy of evil forces. “The 14 new salt magick rites given by Jason Pike can, itis said, produce powers that range from healing disease to materialising a guardian angel. ‘These rites, on the whole, are very easy to perform. Mr. Pike asks the readerto ‘purify’ thesalt bought ina shop orsupermarket,astrange request it would seetn, considering that sl, by its very essence, is « purifying agent! ‘Bu the idea behind this seemingly ol request isthe magick personali- sation of salt, The sat has already been handled by numerous persons: the tmagick the reader secks to work will be deemed more potent if ts Fist be! by his own personal formula “Most of Mr. Pikestitescan be performed comfortably al quikly with salt being your only magickal “equipment there isany ritual action which you are unable fo follow you should change itto suit yourciteumstances. The outcome ofthe ritual will not be adversely affected sim Barry Alton, 1996 INTRODUCTION The main abjective of this book isto give you, dear reader, simple method of magick (magick spelt with a °K" fo differentiate fom stage ‘magic and other illusions) which ean be applied easily to one's life ‘After much thought and research the methods which have been devised: involvethe nse of SALT. This can be ordinary table at, seasalt, rock salt, forany other form of salt available. The purifying properties of salt have ‘been recognised by millions of people throughout all ages. Tis thus not surprising that there are so many ‘superstitions’ involving the use of salt ‘Most of these superstitions are based on fact. As you begin to use salt for ‘magickal purposes you will soon begin to realise these facts when you Witness the results of your actions, All of you will soon witness the power of alt magick when you apply the rites described in thishook. These rites are 90 ensy that even a child can apply them, Thave deliberately kept the theoretical mumbo-jumboconcetningsalttoa minimum foritismy utmost belief that only practice, not theory, makes perfec. So let us get straight down to it and let's use salt magick. NOTE: unless otherwise stated all the rites inthis book can be per formed on any day and at any hour PREPARATION Before youstart any orall ofthe following rituals the salt which you will use must be purified. You ean use any salt the table salt you purchase at thesupermarket, the sea-siltorroek-slt which you find inthe healthshop, all these will do, "To purify the sal (infact you “personalise” it), you proceed as follows: Find a room in which you ean be comfortable andl where you are not easily dsturhed if you do not wish tobe. Any room will do. You do not have todo anything special about this room. ‘The only comment Lwould Tike to make is that it seems better if you always use the same roomn. As there are no permanent changes, you can always use this room for its intended purpose, be it to receive guests, entertain friends, ort sleep in at night What you need is a flat surface, lke for example a stall table. Find xyourself a container for the salt. The latter can be a plastic container, a ‘lass, a chalice, oF whatever else you wish to use, but it should not be 100 small hecanse you may, tines, have to place objects in it which should bbe completely covered by the slt. Place the container inthe middle of the table, on which there should be nothing else. It will only have to be there during your performance ofthe partcularrite. AL any other time you can lock it away in a safe place. Ijsimportant that whilst you are performing the panicularrite, nobody else should enter the room, PURIFYING THE SALT ‘You can wear any clothing you lke, but itis to be preferred that the

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