Last Laugh Ritual Bath Salts

Our Last Laugh ritual bath salts are handcrafted under the auspices of Dionysos Lysios, The Liberator from Sorrow and Releaser of Shackles who unknots bindings of fear and suffering. Like the other works in our Last Laugh collection, these bath salts center around the Orchid for the role Dionysos plays in its Greek creation myth. Their ritual purpose is to assist in the healing of unjust wounds, shedding the shackles of sorrow those wounds cause, healing through the comfort found in love, and learning to laugh again even after betrayal and cruelty. These bath salts are made with blended epsom and dendritic salt. Scent has been added through essential oils, imbuing the salt with the essence of plant allies that lend their unique blessings to these salts for potent workings, including: orchid, pine, and dragon’s blood. This mixture was awoken with heat as they were gently baked, sealing the oils in and preventing clumping while enlivening the blend for ritual purposes. In each container, there is a small amount of finely chopped dried pine needles that were sustainably foraged in the PNW by your local trickster spirits.

Epsom salt is included for its therapeutic benefits, easing aches and pains in joints and muscles. Here, its spiritual purpose is to bring comfort and ease pain to allow for healing to take place. Dendritic salt is included here for its high absorption. It is able to soak up and lock in more essential oils, imbuing the qualities of the herbal elements deep within the salt mixture. Spiritually, its purpose is to absorb the pain and suffering you release as you heal during your ritual bath. 

Orchid is included here as the embodiment of the Last Laugh: beauty, joy, and laughter that blossoms from the blood spilt when justice is enacted upon a cruel villain. Pine calls in wild spaces in nature and in our hearts and a freedom from shame that can only be found when separated from polite society. It calls in an unapologetic love for even the most feral parts of ourselves and a gentle, unflinching hand outstretched to the wounded animal inside us: one Dionysos extends and one he teaches us to extend to ourselves. Dragon’s blood calls in the draconic Devourer of Rot, who gently cleanses us of the infection and rot that builds up when deep wounds cannot be fully healed but fester instead. It nurtures our trust and healing by righting the scales, enacting a fair justice that brings peace to the wounded, knowing that cruelty doesn’t have to be the law of the land.

Salt purifies & protects but can be worked with in many more ways. Tell salt what you would ask of it & it will take to most tasks readily. These salts have been taught the work they're aimed towards by the essential oils baked into them.

Ritual bath salts can of course be added to baths, but also worked with in many more ways. Salts are an easy and portable way to make holy, consecrated, and/or ritual waters wherever you are. You can use moon, river, lake, or even tap water to add your salt to. Pray over them to wake the water: to the materia magica involved and spirits/deities you’d like to call in. Add additional herbs or flowers, as seen above, for added potency.

With your water made, its uses are endless! Wipe down or wash items in it to cleanse or consecrate them (as long as they won’t be harmed by salt or water). Wash your face or hands for ritual purposes. Use the water as a door/window/floor wash. Dip a leafy branch in and asperge your space. You’re limited only by your creativity.

To see the other offerings in our Last Laugh Collection and how all offerings included were consecrated, as well as inspiration for how to work with them yourself, please refer to our Last Laugh Collection Catalogue. Included in this series are prayer cards ideal for prayer uttered before, during, and after ritual baths. The Catalogue is available HERE