Collection: Black Salt & Sea Salt

What Is Black Salt Used For?

Black salt is used for protection and banishing. It is salt darkened with charcoal or ash, and practitioners lay it across doorways and windowsills, ring it around a candle, add it to protection jars, and sprinkle it where they want an unwelcome person or influence to stay away. In Hoodoo it is sometimes called drive-away salt for exactly that reason. Our guide on how to make black salt walks through the traditional recipe if you want to mix your own.

White sea salt does the cleansing side of the work. Many practitioners use it to wipe down an altar, set out a dish of it for the element of earth, cast a salt circle, or add a handful to a spiritual bath. A simple way to think of it: white salt clears, and black salt guards.

Is Witch's Black Salt the Same as Kala Namak?

No, witch's black salt is not the same as kala namak. Kala namak is a pinkish-gray Indian cooking salt with a sulfur smell, and it is the "black salt" most recipes mean. Witch's black salt is a ritual salt mixed with charcoal or ash, and it is never eaten. If you searched for black salt to cook with, the salt you want is kala namak, and it is not something we carry.

What You Will Find in This Collection

Witch's black salt. These come in a 1 ounce fine salt, a 2 ounce fine salt, a 1 ounce packet, two 1 pound bags, and a consecrated black salt. The fine salts blend sea salt with activated charcoal, which gives an even color that is easy to sprinkle in a thin line.

Black Hawaiian sea salt. This 1 pound bag is sea salt blended with activated charcoal. It does the same warding work as the other black salts in a coarser grain.

Sea salt. Coarse sea salt comes in 1 ounce, 4 ounce, 1 pound, 5 pound, and 25 pound sizes, and fine sea salt in 1 ounce, 2 ounce, and 1 pound sizes. Coarse grains suit a salt dish on the altar and bath blends, while fine grains suit salt lines and jars.

Dead Sea salt. Dead Sea salt is rich in magnesium and other minerals, and it is the salt many practitioners choose for ritual baths. It comes in 1 ounce, 2 ounce, 1 pound, and 2 pound sizes.

How Do You Use Black Salt for Protection?

Sprinkle a thin line of black salt across the threshold of each outside door and along the windowsills, and set your intention as you go. Many practitioners also put a pinch in the corners of each room, add it to a witch bottle buried near the front door, or ring it around a black candle during banishing work. Sweep the line away and replace it when it gets scattered, or on the new moon if you like a regular rhythm.

Keep salt off soil and plants, since salt kills grass and garden beds where it lands. Lay outdoor lines on stone, concrete, or a doormat instead. Black salt is not food, so keep it where pets and small children will not lick or eat it.

Related Collections

Black salt sits at the heart of our protection and warding supplies and banishing supplies. For cleansing, browse cleansing and home blessing supplies, and for ready-made blends with herbs and oils, see our bath salts. A small offering bowl makes a good salt dish for the altar.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is black salt made of?
Witch's black salt is salt mixed with something black, usually charcoal or ash. Our fine black salts and the black Hawaiian sea salt use sea salt with activated charcoal. Some homemade recipes also add black pepper, scraped cast iron, or ash from a burned petition.

Where do you put black salt for protection?
Most practitioners put black salt across the thresholds of outside doors, along windowsills, and in the corners of rooms. It also goes into protection jars and witch bottles, or in a ring around a candle during banishing work.

Can you eat witch's black salt?
No, witch's black salt is a ritual salt and is not meant to be eaten. The edible salt called black salt is kala namak, an Indian cooking salt that is a different product.

What is the difference between black salt and white salt in witchcraft?
White salt is used to cleanse and purify, while black salt is used to protect and banish. Many practitioners cleanse a space with white salt first, then lay black salt at the doors to guard it.

How do you get rid of black salt after using it?
Sweep it up and throw it in the trash, or carry it away from your home to a crossroads, as many Hoodoo practitioners do. Avoid dumping it on soil or in a garden, since salt kills plants.