| “ | Imagine a salt circle a mile wide. No ghosts get in, no ghosts get out. | ” |
The Soul Containment Barrier Spell is a spell that creates a magical barrier a mile wide that traps any souls within that radius.
Overview
After God begins the end of the world and releases all of the souls of Hell upon the world, the demon Belphegor suggests casting the spell to contain the ghosts to the area around the cemetery where they were released to buy time. After evacuating the nearby town of Harlan, Kansas, Dean and Belphegor gather a bag of rock salt and the heart of the local sheriff who was killed by the ghost of Constance Welch. Belphegor casts the spell, putting up a barrier around the town that contains the ghosts within. Sam, Castiel and a mother and daughter manage to escape to the other side of the barrier while chased by John Wayne Gacy, Mary Worthington, Lizzie Borden and another ghost who are unable to follow them, proving the effectiveness of the spell.
Procedure
The spell requires "a big bag of salt" and a fresh human heart. The entire bag of salt is poured out on the ground and the heart is placed in the middle. The following incantation must be said:
- Animi... infernoroum... spiritus abyssi surrecti... defigo... vos intra confinia. Vinciamni!
The caster then strikes the ground near the salt and heart causing a line of red energy to run from their hand to the salt and heart. The salt and heart pulse several times before sending out a wave of red energy in all directions, stopping when they have reached a one-mile radius and forming a red energy barrier that becomes invisible. Living beings can cross the barrier, but ghosts are stopped from crossing it in either direction, effectively containing them.