Jun 21 2008
Himalayan Salt Lamps Part 1 of 3
Many of my clients have been asking about Himalayan salt lamps and wondering what they do. Well, the answer is simple and complex. They affect different people in different ways, and most often people find the lamps assist in bring peace and calm.
Just their colors alone create delightful gazing stones -a diversion and rest to release your eyes from the computer screen, TV or even the book or heated discussion. Their striated coloration reminds one of a camp fire, perhaps, easing your being into a relaxed state.
Himalayan salt lamps are formed from rock salt found in the Himalayan Mountains. The important reason in selecting salt lamps from this source is that they were formed in an area that was relatively pollution free during their formation.
Millions of years ago, when the earth was in its beginning times, an immense pressure caused the Himalayan Mountains to rise out of the ocean. The primordial waters that were present at that time were forced up inside the massive Himalayan Mountains. Under incredible pressure this salt ocean was converted into solid Himalayan salt. This is the salt that is mined by hand to create the majority of the salt lamps we enjoy today.
In addition to contributing to relaxation as a gazing stone, the lamps emit negative ions which help the human body to experience a sensory relaxation response. Thus you feel the exhilaration you experience near the fresh ocean air or the clean fresh feeling just after a thunder and lightning storm. Thus Himalayan salt lamps work great near computers, in bedrooms and are the perfect night light. Bring back a natural fresh quality to the air and improve your home or office ambiance. I have a salt lamp in nearly every room of my home.
…to be continued.
© Roberta Binder, 2008. All rights reserved.
Tags: Energy, feng shui cure, Feng Shui Health, Healthy Homes
Roberta
I don’t want you to think of this as a shameless advertisement but we have a lot of Feng Shui practitioners from around the country as customers at SaltLampCreations.
From the feedback I have received, they find the deeper wood tones of our custom rosewood bases more in tune with the peach colors of the Salt. They appreciate the fact that we do not allow our factory to pressure wash off the crytaline salt from the surface of our lamps. The effect of having the surface in a more natural state is that our Salt Lamps glisten more than most, which has been deemed to be especially auspicious.
I am looking forward to reading the other parts of your post!
Jerry
Interesting. Salt lamps would not be available in Morocco. But I do have three large pieces of rock salt (together with some other minerals, as part of my rock collection) sitting on a shelf about two feet behind my desk chair, where I spend hours each day. (I’m not planning to throw them away, or wash them as they will disintegrate in water. Do you have any thoughts about this? The rocks are from our High Atlas mountains, and certainly would have formed in a pollution-free environment of the distant past.
Best regards
Margot, the Marrakesh Mystic
margotmystic.wordpress.com
Great question.
Please don’t throw them away. I actually have a piece of rock salt that was gifted to me from a salt mine in Utah. It has sat in my kitchen for years - I don’t use it for cooking just the radiant energy it releases. The kitchen is one of two rooms in the house that doesn’t happen to have a salt lamp. This chunk is perfect and doing its job. I know your rock salt is delivering the same energy to you.
And you can run them under water quickly - just don’t let them sit in water, or as you mentioned, you will have strong salt water.
You are blessed to have them. Give them great honor!
Thanks