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You're talking about cleansing a crystal. I may be off base, but if profane cleanings would do- you wouldn't be looking to use saltwater.

Holy Water is free. Just bring your own bottle and take some from the font.

Wine and ash isn't in the recipe I was talking about. Anywhere I've ever heard of the Roman Catholic church making Holy water it only includes water, blessed salt, then the mixture of them while in prayer.



1. Anything that talks about the magickal properties of salt will say that.

2. It's not innately bad, however if you're going to cleanse/purify something, you want the purest energy you can get.

3. Never said it worked for all spirits.

4. Where does it say that spells/recipes must be kept secret in Wicca?

5. Not sure what you're asking there.

You didn't specify.
More reading then? There's more than one kind of Holy Water within the RCC tradition.

It's spelled magic.

And no- it doesn't. I can name three traditions that hold no such thing.

What makes you think dark is impure?
You said evil spirits. I'm pointing out there are evil spirits that live in salt.It's part of their oaths.

Wasn't a question. It was a statement.

It would be. I just didn't think I'd have to describe what I thought of it in exhaustive detail if I was simply asking whether serpentine is safe in salt water. neutral



There are many things that are not in my control. However, not taking water that many people have touched while not knowing how cleanly they are, is.

To me it isn't symbolic over spiritual. It can be both. They're not exclusive to each other. The cleansing and items I use symbolically in a spiritual act.



Why would I do that if I can just cleanse it myself? I'd rather not add unnecessary steps. In this case I've already decided to just bury it as it seems safer and infinitely more simple than having to look up the properties of the rock and find out whether it can be damaged by salt or water.

So where is the spiritual mechanic?

Because you like established ritual and you don't know if you can cleanse them yourself.

Which leads us to the next question- what makes you think burying it will cleanse it?

Actually, depending on where you live, it's simpler.

There are holy founts and wells that can be drawn from. The water is made Holy by virtue of the fount or well being Holy.

Don't toss around ad hom rather than addressing the point.
Actually- it's not. Cursed English and it's orthoghraphy!
Yeah- if you're a Thelemite.

Are you?
Well, in a familial tradition I am familiar with, it's used as a measure of prosperity.

Some folk traditions use it as a crossing against fertility- salting fields is very unpleasant.

It's also been used as a ward against rain by the local Asatru Godhi's wife.

In which tradition?

You didn't answer the question. What makes you think it isn't pure?

So you just made a hasty generalization? Okay. Got it.

Wait- you're asking someone (not me of course) to break their oath why?

Which doesn't address the spiritual mechanism of how the cleansing works.

However- many of these traditions have sacred acts that make salt "ready" to be used in such a context.

As mentioned above- it isn't universally potent.
Why? Can't it also harm and pollute?

I mean- there are parts of the world where the earth is so saturated with "natural radiation" that it can kill someone.

And ask someone who has been in an Earthquake recently how healing it is. Or maybe ask that of someone who's love one's died in a landslide.
That's a little like suggesting that tossing drinking water into the ocean then drinking ocean water won't make you sick.
Hope you check to make sure a cat hasn't buried it's feces there.

Before I address your other statements I have a question. Do you think doing reiki on the stone can cleanse it of negative energy? Or would that just compound it with the reiki energy?