10 Must Have Oils for Witches

We have been selling oils for many decades now and I’m often asked which oils I recommend to people just starting off in witchcraft. Also, a common question will be what oils are the most popular?

In this post, I will talk about the 10 oils you should consider for your witch cupboard. I’ll take it a step further and give you some recipes so that you can make the oils yourself if you so desire. As many of the witches we have trained over the years are also dipping their foot into occultism, I have added a specific oil that is popular for ceremonial magic style rituals.

Any recipe that you read on any website or in any book should be considered the building blocks for your own creation. There is truly not one best oil recipe, but over the years you will develop your own recipes that suit you, and utilise the ingredients that are within your own local environment.

Making the oils yourself can be costly but if you plan to practice magic for a long time it might be worth your investment. Making oils yourself is quite easy. I believe many people make the mistake of feeling like they need to make bottles of oils, but in truth, unless you’re performing a specific type of spell all the time, you only need such a small amount of oil.

You’ll notice under each heading I may have several suggestions but in all honesty, you will only need one oil under this category. For example, under the love attraction oils, you don’t need a come to me and the love attraction oil because both of them are for the same purpose. When you’re creating your own oils you should research what herb or ingredient is best for you and the situation.

So here are my suggested 10 witchcraft oils you should consider for your magical spell kit! I should add to hear that most of these oils are available for purchase on this website but if you can’t see them it could mean that it is currently out of stock. Feel free to email me or put a comment below so I can let you know.

1. Love Attraction Oils

Here are two suggestions for recipes on how you can make your own attraction style oil.

Love Attraction

A hoodoo Attraction oil for drawing love. Blend equal parts of the following:

Rose scent, which can be one or more of these:

Essential Oil of Roses (Rose Otto)

Essential Oil of Rose Geranium

Lavender oil

Vanilla oil

Sandalwood oil

Touch to pulse points when in the presence of the one you want to attract.

Come To Me Oil

rose

jasmine

gardenia

lemon oil

2. Money Attraction Oil

BWC has a specific series of several money style oils which are designed to focus the energy on a specific area.

When it comes to money attraction, we use herbs that are known to attract or draw in money. In our formulas for money attraction, we love 5-Finger Grass (cinquefoil), Bergamot, galangal, and barberry. Pyrite is also added to the bottle.

A hoodoo Attraction oil for drawing money and love. Mix equal parts of:

Grated Lemon Peel or Lemon Flowers

Lovage Herb

Add a small piece of lodestone to each bottle, and add 2 tablespoons of this mix to 2 oz. of grape seed oil.

3. Anointing oil – for blessing and consecration of objects

There are various styles of anointing oils, and they suit the various reasons for anointing such as anointing yourself or anointing your objects. I have various recipes for you. In our Black Witch Coven formula we add Rose geranium and sometimes Angelica as we believe these are both great for a blessing style anointing of oil.

Here is a very basic formula for anointing oil that is perfect for acts of consecration and blessings. Just use an equal blend:

Frankincense

Myrrh

Blend with one ounce of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

This is good oil for blessing oneself or another, ritual objects, or anything that resides on the altar.

4 drops frankincense

2 drops Myrrh

1 drop cedar (we believe see that is very good for deterring negative spirits, so it could be a good addition to your anointing oil)
Add 2 tablespoons of the following resins to 2 ounces of oil.
- 2 parts Frankincense
- 1 part Benzoin gum
(from “Charms, Spells, and Formulas” by Ray Malbrough, Copyright © 1999 Ray Malbrough)

If you’re from a religious background this might be a better formula for you. This is a biblical recipe given to Moses by God (Exodus 30:21-29). It can be used to anoint or bless anything you wish to consecrate. To make, blend equal parts of myrrh oil, cassia oil, Calamus oil, cinnamon oil, and olive oil.

4. Bend-Over Oil

This extremely potent oil makes other people do your bidding. Use it to break any hexes and to order evil spirits to return to their sender. This oil is suitable for anointing candles and Voodoo dolls.

Calamus root

Licorice root

Bergamot leaf or essential oil of bergamot

Blend together with a few grains of frankincense in almond oil and a bit of vitamin E oil.

Confusion Oil is different from the bend over oil, and is used when one wants to mess up the mind of another and their ability to think clearly. The common herb is the licorice root, so now you have two different ideas depending on your situation.

Guinea Pepper

Chicory Root

Licorice Root

Add a pinch of each to a base of mineral oil to cause confusion in your rival.

5. Revenge Oil

BWC has been making a very powerful oil that we call DUME. This literally means death unto my enemy. It’s a reason our website has been flagged many times for various reasons, but I guess with so many magical websites now talking about cursing and hexing, we are left alone or at least tolerated. The recipe for this oil it’s not shared as ingredients could cause us some issues if we talk about them on the website.

A basic cursing or revenge oil:

Red Pepper
Sulfur
Wormwood
Ground ivy root

Add equal amounts of each to two ounces of base oil.

Black Arts Oil is one of the more potent black magic oils with many uses and is brown in colour. Here is a recipe for Black Arts Oil.

patchouli
black pepper or peppercorns
valerian root
black mustard seeds
mullein
sulphur

6. Lucky Lottery oil

The Universe often has ways of taking care of us in times of need, but it will draw the line at excess.

Idea:

Use this oil to add power to any spell or charms you use for playing the lottery.
Anoint this oil on vanilla or orange-scented votive candles, and light them while you are picking your lottery numbers.

Lucky Lottery Oil

Use this oil on all works related to gambling. You can also anoint your palms with the oil and rub them together right before playing games of chance.

Mix three parts cinnamon, 1 part carnation petals, and 1 part anise seed.

Add two ounces of this mixture to two ounces of base oil. Place a small piece of High John the Conqueror root in each bottle of oil made.

Fast Luck Oil

To make a fast luck style oil which would be suitable for playing lottery awful when you’re gambling…

Cinnamon

Vanilla

Patchouli

Wintergreen

Nutmeg

High John the Conqueror Root

Flakes of Alkanet

Blend in carrier oil such as almond oil. Add several flakes of alkanet to bring love and luck drawing qualities and to create the characteristic red color. You may add chips of pyrite or lodestone to supercharge the oil even further.

Quick Hoodoo trick: Anoint your money before you spend it or put it on the doorknob at your place of business.

7. Uncrossing oil

Uncrossing is one of the most important areas of witchcraft that you will ever study. Uncrossing can handle many situations. Doing Uncrossing rituals will help to undo these destructive patterns in your life but also in the lives of people you care about.

In witchcraft and hoodoo, a crossed condition is seen as a spiritual problem. The difference between a Hex and a Crossed Condition is that a Hex is a sudden attack while a Crossed Condition is something that goes unnoticed for years as a simple but more permanent problem. No matter what the root of the crossed condition might stem from, the results are always the same. Nothing in life seems to work out for the person that’s Crossed.

The classic Uncrossing recipe is:

Rose
Bay Laurel
Lavender
Verbena

Each of the herbs in this recipe relates to a specific need of the Uncrossing process

The Rose is “spirituality and love”.
The Bay Laurel is “strongly protective with commanding aspects” to help the person come thru the Uncrossing.
The Lavender is to “calm and bring peace” to the afflicted.
The Verbena is the “cleanser” of the recipe.

8. Protection Oils

Wear this oil as a perfume or anoint charms to protect from evil and negativity.

Few drops of sandalwood oil

Frankincense resin

Few drops of sage oil

Patchouli leaves

Gardenia petals

Blend equal parts of the leaves and add to two ounces of olive oil.

9. Hecate

In actual fact there are several god style oils which are very popular on our website. Lucifer, Baphomet, Astaroth are very popular. Hecate is one of the goddesses most witches enjoy working with and therefore I recommend this oil especially if you’re looking to begin to work with witchcraft.

Hecate is the Goddess of the Moon and of the Crossroads. She is the mother of the Underworld, the goddess of magic and mystery. Invoke her powers for council and wise wisdom. Where there is a problem that is too difficult for you to handle, ask her guidance and protection from harm.

Ideas:

Wear hecate oil during rituals of defensive magick.
Also wear during the Waning Moon in honor of Hecate, goddess of the fading Crescent.

10. Abramelin Oil

Abramelin oil is used in many magical rituals and its recipe derives from the Grimoire “The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This oil is popular on our website because some of our plans are working from this book.

This blend is most sacred among Ceremonial Magicians, Thelemites, and members of the Gnostic Catholic Church. Its popularity became widespread after the publication of “The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage”, by S. L. MacGregor Mathers in 1897, and its use by Aleister Crowley in 1904. The blend is used to consecrate both the Magician and his or her tools. Prior to any working, one should place a drop of Abramelin Oil upon the forehead, in the location of the third eye.

There has been much written about this oil. In the Jewish tradition, from whence came the original Biblical recipe upon which Abramelin Oil is based, the Olive is a symbol of domestic felicity and stability, Myrrh is believed to be sacred to the Lord, Calamus is known for its sweetness and phalliform fruiting body and represents male sexuality and love, while Cinnamon is favored for its warming ability.

Crowley also had a symbolic view of the ingredients that he found in the Mathers translation:

This oil is compounded of four substances. The basis of all is the oil of the olive. The olive is, traditionally, the gift of Minerva, the Wisdom of God, the Logos. In this are dissolved three other oils; oil of myrrh, oil of cinnamon, oil of galangal. The Myrrh is attributed to Binah, the Great Mother, who is both the understanding of the Magician and that sorrow and compassion which results from the contemplation of the Universe. The Cinnamon represents Tiphereth, the Sun — the Son, in whom Glory and Suffering are identical. The Galangal represents both Kether and Malkuth, the First and the Last, the One and the Many, since in this Oil they are One. […] These oils taken together represent therefore the whole Tree of Life. The ten Sephiroth are blended into the perfect gold.

In hoodoo folk magic, these symbolisms are somewhat changed: Myrrh and Olive remain the same, but Cinnamon is for money, good fortune in business, and luck, and Calamus is used to break jinxes, control others, and luck. Galangal root is employed in protective work, especially that involving court cases.

Here are a couple of recipes for making Abramelin oil. The first employs the maceration (crushing and soaking) of herbs and the second employs the blending of essential oils. Which recipe you choose is purely a matter of personal preference.

A recipe for macerated Abramelin oil is as follows:

4 parts powdered Cinnamon bark

2 parts finely ground Myrrh resin

1 part Calamus chopped root, reduced to powder

7 parts Olive oil

The mixture is macerated for one month, then decanted and bottled for use, producing a fragranced oil suitable for anointing any portion of the body, and will not burn the skin. It may be applied liberally, after the manner of traditional Jewish Holy Oils, such as the one which was poured on Aaron’s head until it ran down his beard. It is not, however, made “according unto the art of the apothecary”, since it is not distilled after the maceration but decanted into bottles.

A recipe for Abramelin oil using essential oils is as follows:

half part Cinnamon essential oil

1 parts Myrrh essential oil

1 part Calamus essential oil

1 part Cassia essential oil

7 parts Olive oil

Keep it in a clean container until you need it. This oil should be stored under the altar. This is highly fragranced oil that may be applied to the skin in more liberal amounts; it is a close, modern approximation of the oil described by Abramelin to Abraham of Worms.

Another recipe for Abramelin oil substitutes galangal root for Calamus root.

4 parts Cinnamon bark quills, reduced to powder

2 parts Myrrh resin tears, finely ground

1 part Galangal sliced root, reduced to powder

7 parts Olive oil

This mixture is macerated for one month, and then strained through cheesecloth and bottled for use. The result is a fragranced oil suitable for anointing any portion of the body, and it will not burn the skin.