In Christian liturgical practice, there are many different orders of consecration. For example, the consecration of water, the consecration of a car, apartment, pectoral crosses, icons, and so on. On some special days, the consecration of honey, fruits, kutya, and also salt can be performed. This tradition is very rare. It takes place in few churches on Holy Maundy Thursday.
Thursday salt is a specially prepared and consecrated salt. Such a rare tradition takes place after the end of the Divine Liturgy on Holy Thursday, when the Church commemorates the Last Supper. This custom is very ancient. In modern times, it is difficult to find a temple in which the consecration of such salt is carried out. It is known that in the Russian monastery on the holy Mount Athos, monks specially made salt in ovens, and then the priests read certain prayers for the consecration of salt.
The consecrated quaternary salt was used for food, and they could also sprinkle the threshold on it to drive away evil spirits. Recently, many mystical superstitions have entered the minds of people. This leads to the fact that Thursday salt is beginning to be attributed with magical properties. It is no coincidence that some sorcerers and magicians use the Thursday salt for their own purposes. Since now there are few places where the rite of consecration is performed, some psychics recommend that people themselves consecrate salt on the night of Holy Thursday. There are many different sanctification practices, but they have nothing to do with the Christian understanding of Thursday salt.
Thursday salt cannot be used in various rituals of witchcraft and magic, as well as used in fortune-telling. The Christian needs to remember that the real consecrated Thursday salt is ordinary salt that has been sprinkled with holy water. At the same time, divine grace descended on the product itself - no more. In the Christian tradition, you can consecrate almost any thing at any time, so salt is no exception. In this regard, the practice of consecrating salt on Great Thursday has been lost and does not have such widespread use.
