Ritual salt mixtures and soaps

The ritual use and symbolism of salt vary between cultures and religions. Salt serves in many rituals as a unifying factor of purification, protection and spirituality. Salt symbolizes the earth element, the body and the feminine aspect. Salt has been commonly used as a substance that cleanses negative energies and the 'evil eye'. Thus, in many traditions, salt also served as a protection against evil. In Christian traditions, salt may be used as part of the baptism ritual and salt symbolizes immortality, eternity and divine wisdom. Church sites were sanctified with salt and holy water and salt was used to drive away evil spirits. Salt was also a key component in alchemists' recipes in their efforts to make gold.

In Semiphoras' salt mixtures, Hades represents the underworld and the shadow and desires of man. Ishtar, on the other hand, represents physical reality and the world of the senses. Aether, on the other hand, reflects the spiritual, higher and metaphysical dimension.