When you start this process, take a quiet moment to center yourself and get clear on your purpose. Ask yourself if you're making this pouch for general protection, to purify a particular area, or to address a specific worry. The clear intention you set now will become the foundation of your charm's power.
Cleansing Your Materials
It's important to cleanse your materials before crafting your pouch. You can do this by:
- Passing materials through incense smoke (sage, palo santo, or frankincense)
- Placing them in moonlight overnight (full moon is ideal for charging)
- Visualizing pure white light surrounding and purifying each item
- Ringing a bell over the materials to clear stagnant energy
Step-by-Step Instructions
Follow these seven steps to create your own powerful Buddhist spiritual salt pouch. Keep in mind that your personal energy and intention are the key ingredients that make this process truly effective.
Blessing the salt with your intention
Place your salt in the bowl and hold your hands over it. Visualize protective white or golden light flowing through you, into the salt. Say a simple blessing like: "I bless this salt with the power to protect and purify."
Prepare your pouch
Cup the empty fabric pouch between your palms and picture it filling with protective energy. You might want to pass it through incense smoke or ring a bell over it to further cleanse its energy.
Fill the pouch
Place your folded intention paper at the bottom of the pouch. Then carefully spoon your blessed salt mixture into the pouch until it's about two-thirds full. As you do this, continue to visualize protective energy filling the pouch.
Seal with intention
Close the pouch by tying it with string or ribbon. As you make the final knot, state your intention once more: "This pouch is now sealed with my intention for protection and purification. So it is."
Activate your pouch
Hold the completed pouch between your palms and breathe deeply. Visualize it glowing with protective energy. You might want to pass it through the four elements (briefly touch it to earth, pass through incense smoke for air, hold near a candle flame, and sprinkle with a drop of water).