Home magic: salt of salt and its application

Salt, so familiar to us, a white mineral with a crystalline structure, used daily for food, is not so simple. With her different peoples have many beliefs and magical rituals.

Excursion to the history

Once salt was very expensive and rare product. In Russia, it was imported from "overseas" countries, they paid dearly for it, and therefore the mineral was considered a kind of delicacy, although there was no such word at that time. In folklore among fairy tales, proverbs and sayings, there are many such that emphasize the value of these white crystals. A sign about the scattered salt and a mandatory quarrel? Does not it take its roots from there? Of course, if you put a bunch of money for a pinch, and then wake it up - you quarrel here! And the tradition to meet expensive guests is not somehow, but bread and salt also speaks volumes!

The magic of salt was successfully used by ancient wizards, witches and priests of many countries to fight with evil spirits, scare away werewolves, vampires and ghouls. It was believed that if the consecrated crystals scattered around the house, no evil spirits would approach him. And to destroy the vampire, wounding him and sprinkling the wound with this salt, could be as effective as shooting a silver bullet or stabbing in the heart of an aspen stake.

The so-called salt salt has special magical and even healing abilities, according to popular beliefs.

The Power of Great Thursday

It should be mentioned that Pure Thursday is a special day for all believers. This is the time when people remember the last Supper of Christ with the disciples, about the treacherous kiss of Judas, about those commandments that were addressed to us from above. And they are always cleaned in their homes, they bring absolute purity on the eve of Easter, they must bathe, cleanse the body, and confess, take communion, purifying the soul. Hence the ritual title of Thursday. And it was on that day that the money was recounted so that they would be in the family, washed with "silver" water to preserve beauty, youth and health, they would bring candles lit there from the evening church service and with them they would bypass the whole dwelling, as if sanctifying, expelling evil , All the negative that could accumulate here since last Easter, i.e. For the past year. In addition, the salt of salt was prepared.

"Special" salt

Such salt is still considered to be special, healing and protecting from all evil both human beings and domestic animals. In different regions do it differently. The main thing is that this process falls on the night from Wednesday to Thursday in the Holy Week or on the morning of the "clean day" itself. Thursday salt is revered literally from time immemorial, from the penetration of Christianity into Russia. She was carefully guarded and used to treat many ailments.

In some regions, this salt is obtained by consecrating it during the church service. Once it was believed that it was enough for ordinary crystals to lie down a landmark night in the red corner under the icons, and they receive a life-giving, magical power. But the most common rite, in which the salt of salt is obtained, is burning it on fire, purifying it with flame. The main attribute of the ritual was, of course, a Russian stove. Salt, how much it was in the family, was soaked to the state of gruel, then a wet crumb of black bread was added. Instead, it was possible to use the thickening that remained after the kvass was filtered out. The resulting mixture was tied in a bundle of clean rag, usually linen. It could have been replaced by an old lime bast. All this was placed in the oven for heat or carefully covered with ashes and left until the end of the Sabbath or even Easter Sunday. When the package was then pulled out, there was already black salt, calcined with cleaning fire. Mistresses crushed it in mortars, reseeded, salted Easter eggs when they were smashed, and then stored for icons. It was added to the food of the affected family members or to the water of the sick cattle. It was believed that such salt will save at a malefice, and sewn up in an incense and worn on a neck will protect from a bullet in war or the dashing person on road. The shepherds always put a pinch in a rag in his bosom, the first time going with the herd to the pasture. And if the husband and his wife quarreled, the bag of the "chetvertush" under the pillow was to bring in a family of harmony. Similarly, ritual salt, poured into each corner, could save the family from the misfortunes.