For thousands of years salt has been known as a panacea. Alchemists called it the “fifth element” – besides water, earth, air and fire – because its qualities were comparable only to ether, the actual fifth element. Why are we so drawn to the ocean? Because our subconscious mind instinctively wants to return to the specific vibrational state of the ocean from which we once emerged. This is where we can return to recharge our batteries and regenerate. It was only two hundred fifty years ago, with the advent of industrialization, that we initiated our disconnection from nature and her ways. Fortunately, we are witnessing a trend to return back to natural, holistic methods for living and caring for our body, including a shift back to utilizing natural salts in this process. People everywhere are reconsidering the healing effects of natural crystal salt. We can find it in skin care lotions and for use as bath salts, and it is even used in inhalation or cleansing treatment for illnesses of the respiratory system and for a variety of other indications.
The Neutralizing Effect of Salt
The healing properties of salt are also known in allopathic medicine. The largest and oldest salt works in Europe occupies the royal salt mine of Wieliczka, Poland, just 7.5 miles outside of Krakow. Here, a hospital was carved out of the expansive salt mountain, seven hundred forty feet below the surface, specifically for asthmatics and patients with lung disease and allergies. Several thousand patients have been successfully treated in this hospital. The healing rate is astonishingly over 90%. Recognition of the healing effects of salt chambers has influenced the construction of a similar underground spa located in the salt mine of Berchtesgaden in Germany. The therapeutic benefits of long-term residency inside the healing salt chambers are allopathically acknowledged. The healing effects were originally thought to be related to the purity of the air within the mine’s chambers. But if it was only a question of the purity of the air, why was the air in the cave so healthy, and the air above-surface so unhealthy? One cause has been determined. Our houses are charged with electromagnetic devices, such as TVs, stereos, computers, microwave ovens and the basic electric currents running through our walls. And, when not at home, we hold cell phones to our ears while driving in our cars and walking through our daily lives. This electro-smog causes an excess of positively charged ions that disturb the balance between the positively and negatively charged particles. Further, it creates an excess positively charged, chemically unbound particles in the air. Only thirty seconds on a cell phone are enough to open up our blood-brain-barrier, a natural barrier that protects our brain from toxins, for eight hours. A Swedish study showed that ninety percent of the women who used a copper=T I.U.D. as their birth control method, while simultaneously using cell phones, developed uterine cancer, the cause being that the I.U.D. function as a transmitter and receiver of unnatural, dissonant vibrations.
Light & Air Ionization Effect of Salt
The modern world today involves the production of positive ions (positive-charged air particles) immensely creating an imbalance in the entire environment in which we live and breathe. Cigarette fumes, transmission networks, electrical transmission lines, satellites, electrical equipment and appliances like television sets, computers, and mobile phones produce these positive ions. These positive ions can penetrate deep down into our lungs and can cause us to feel tired, have weak immune system, lack of concentration, anxiety, migraines, psychological disturbances, all kind of respiratory tract problems, etc. No life form can exist if there is no balance in the environment. The excessive positive ions must be balanced with negative ions. Crystal Salt Lamps and Candle Light Holders release negative ions into the air. They absorb excessive electromagnetic radiation produced by electrical systems. You can think of them as Electro Smog Busters (ESBs). They also give off a wonderful, warm orange-yellow light that is particularly soothing to the eyes.
