Salt & Sovereignty

Salt & Sovereignty is a sanctuary for witchcraft, healing, story and self-reclamation: the companion app to the Salt & Sovereignty podcast.

TODAY Tonight's moon, what the day is traditionally good for, the holy days of the calendars you keep, the planetary hours, sunrise, moonrise and the weather where you are, and the rituals you've planned. Tap "Set tonight's altar" for an altar laid for the day.

A LIVING ALTAR Build an altar piece by piece from hundreds of hand-painted things: candles, herbs as sprigs, loose and oils, crystals, statues of nearly two hundred deities, ancestor frames, offerings, tools, natural finds, and a Seasonal drawer for the sabbats and the festivals of Greek, Roman, Norse and Heathen, Celtic, Slavic, Hindu, Kemetic, Christian and folk calendars. Candles burn down in real time, with flickering light, smoke, quiet crackles and a gentle tap as you light them. Offerings go over and ask to be tended. Keep your real houseplants on it and water them on time. Tilt your phone for depth, or turn it sideways for a full-screen altar.

YOUR GRIMOIRE Keep your Book of Shadows: pages, sections, your dreams, and sigils made by the letter method, planetary squares or by hand. Beside them, traditional information on herbs, crystals, candles, deities, every tarot card, rune and ogham letter.

DIVINATION Draw from the 1909 Rider–Waite–Smith, the Tarot de Marseille and the Sola Busca, the Petit Lenormand and Kipper decks, or photograph your own oracle deck. Cast runes and ogham, and lay spreads in their shape: a card for the day, three cards, the Celtic Cross, Crossroads, dream, sabbat and patron deity spreads, or spreads of your own. Every reading is kept in your log.

RITUALS BY THE MOON Plan rituals with the planner and spell builder or begin one from the premade book, then follow it step by step. Add them to your calendar and get gentle reminders for moon phases, holy days, offerings, watering and the rituals you've planned. Look back a few days later and note whether it worked, and see what works for you.

YOUR PRACTICE Tools for green, kitchen and hearth, hedge, sea, cosmic, crystal, elemental, folk, solitary and eclectic witchcraft: garden moons, simmer pots, tides, your birth chart, weather workings, ancestor days and daily devotions. Walk a dedication journey with one of 78 deities, each checked against its sources.

COVENS Find witches to practise with, or found your own coven: its creed, agreements and positions, a shared altar you tend together, and a Book of Shadows the whole coven writes in. Plan rites for any tradition step by step, with roles, offerings, petitions and notes of gratitude. Hold meetings with an agenda, motions and votes, action items, a meeting chat and minutes written for you. Members hear when a rite or meeting goes on the calendar, and leaders choose who hears about what. Initiation and training with mentors, attendance and studies, and a chat with one-to-one and group conversations. Covens are for adults. Every message has Report and Block, and reports go straight to the Salt & Sovereignty moderators.

THE COMMUNITY GRIMOIRE Read pages and Field Notes offered by fellow practitioners, and share your own. Every offering is reviewed before it's published.

ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets for your altar (light its candles and tend it from the home screen), tonight's moon, the next holiday, what's coming up, and your next ritual.

ONE SANCTUARY, EVERYWHERE Sign in with Apple, Google or email and everything syncs with My Sanctuary on saltandsovereignty.com. Or use it as a guest, with everything kept on your phone. Back up and restore your Sanctuary at any time.

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