Purpose or Intention Cemetery Dirt is a good general purpose dirt for any kind of activity that requires assistance from the dead. This can be communication, protection, offensive magic. It has no particular religious affiliation and is used primarily as a link between the land of the living and the spirit realms. It can be used for communication, strengthening almost any working, developing/strengthening psychic abilities, and much more. Graveyards are burial grounds within a churchyard and cemetery dirt, which is used intechangeably with graveyard dirt just denotes that it was taken from a burial ground not attached to a churchyard. Dirt holds a secret power that has been utilized in magical practices for centuries.