Salt is easily found, yet mysterious. It has pursued down through the ages & across cultures. Homer called it a "divine substance," & Plato described it as "especially dear to the gods." It has been important in religion & magic, from baptism to a charm against the Devil. It has played a role in the medieval Latin Church as sal sapientiae & in alchemical mysticism as the heavenly Sophia. The image of salt has touched human behaviour, feeling & expression, from marriage rites & customs to economics, from fertility to friendship, from superstition to being the basic stuff of human life. Not surprisingly, salt has become the focus of depth psychology. SALT & THE ALCHEMICAL SOUL is a collection of three papers from Freudian, Jungian & Archetypal psychology, newly reprinted, edited & introduced. Each work reflects a way of seeing the substance & psyche of salt. And salt seems to have become not only the substance, but the seasoning of depth psychology, giving each psychology a unique flavor.