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, 1996INTRODUCTION
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