Using oils as spells?

[PrincessKLS]

How do you do this? Just rub the oil on various parts of you, or do ya cast a spell as well, how does the use of oils work?

[mtpathy]

the oil thats extracted from a plant is considered that plants essence, i would imagine that study of aromatherapy as well as herbology would be a relevent place to start, from the little that ive researched on it, it seems that its relevence in magick would either be associating the aroma or plant to perticular diety, emotion, healing properties, wealthy, prosperity as a addition to spell casting but not so much as a method of casting magick; unless your speaking of sympathetic magick as in lighting a green candle for money, then perhaps scent could be categorized within that magickal form.
i can see its relevence in using a perticular scent as a method of calling fourth a animal familier example:within the appropriate point of meditation smelling honeysuckle might conjure the animal thats most associated with that plant or the like, but then if this is the case it would be a highly individualized method and i speak of this example because it is the way i call upon a entity for shapeshifting purposes.

[PrincessKLS]

Well it was moved here from Just Talk.

[WynterWynd]

You use oils to dress candles for a specific purpose. You can use oils on yourself in ritual work also. If you are going to use essential oils on your body, I would use a carrier oil as some of the essential oils are very strong and can cause allergic reactions on your skin. Some are very strongly scented too....so if you are sensitive to strong odors, a carrier oil with a few drops of the essential oil will save your sinuses (and your wallet as some essential oils are very expensive)

[Shanti]

It can be used as many ways as can be thought of! :)

Use a drop even on paper with a written spell to enhance the magic!!
Rub a dab on a talisman your using.
Rub a dab on your athame if you use one, or any tool.
The list can go on and on....:)

[Brigid Rowan]

As Shanti wisely said, the uses are limited by your imagination, only. BUT....dont injest anything unless you know its safe to eat. A LOT of oils are too strong for consumption and can be poison to us. And as V'room also said, due to their strength of concentration, a few drops go a long way.

Some ways to use oils:

Mix with holy water to spritz and purify a space, or cleanse an area
Use a few drops in a bath for cleansing
Add some to a candle (rub the candle down with a few drops)
add some to a potpourri
apply to your body during a spell to enhance your concentration, or the effects of what you are trying to cast
use as an annointing oil on your tools (as long as you wont be using those tools for cutting or prepping food)
apply some to your alter, or in a dish on your alter
annoint your home/doorways with the oil, perhaps drawing a rune shape with your finger dipped in oil
annoint your besom (which somehow sounds naughty..lol)

[PrincessKLS]

I wasn't thinking of using as food, and not only for spells and rituals but I was thinking of using them occassionally as perfume.

But what's a carrier oil and where can I get one?

[alwaysfallingup]

A carrier oil is an oil that is gentle and usually has no scent of its own or a very mild scent, that essential oils can be diluted in. Common ones are apricot kernel oil, almond oil, fractionated coconut oil, olive oil, or plain old vegetable oil. You can usually get them at health food stores, some grocery stores, and any place that sells supplies for blending perfume mixes or massage oils.

[PrincessKLS]

Okay thanks.

[Shanti]

I wasn't thinking of using as food, and not only for spells and rituals but I was thinking of using them occassionally as perfume.

But what's a carrier oil and where can I get one?

I use all different oils as perfumes!
I'm allergic to regular perfume.
Scented oils are all I can use. :)

[Meadhbh]

Well, ti depends on the type of oil your going to use and what you want to use it for. Some oils are not meant for skin at all. Some don't have the perfume smell either.

[PrincessKLS]

http://lasvegasbbc.com/productCat19606.ctlg

What do you think of these? Someone on here, suggested these to me when I was asking about tossing out an old perfume of mine and wanting a new one.

[Teresa]

Some good carrier oils would be grapeseed, jojoba, sunflower, olive. The kind would dpend on what you plan to do with the EO.

Some essences can be used a perfume. Vanilla and Cinnamon are very popular used as perfumes.

You can anoint mojo or medicine bags and also any sachets or dolls you have made for specific purposes. Even the door handles to your home and rooms can be anointed, as well as pieces of jewelry. The possibilities are endless. I anoint window frames, door ways, door knobs, doors, different paraphenila hanging on the walls, statues, my Mr Dinero, a special ring, certain stones I carry with me, etc.

[PrincessKLS]

Well I went ahead and bought some of the oils, someone from the company emailed me some of the meanings and uses of the oils.

[Godgifu]

In the hoodoo tradition it's usual to buy or prepare specific Condition Oils for use in spells. They can be worked by just wearing them as a perfume, anointing the head or other body parts (often accompanied by a prayer or statement of intent) or they commonly are used to dress candles before burning, or are sometimes mixed with talc or epsom salts to make sachet powders and bath salts respectively. Also sometimes items like money, or wish-papers in spells, are anointed with the oils, usually on the 4 corners is applicable; and often mojo hands are "fed" using appropriate oils. If a spell is being worked on another person (especially without their knowledge) it might be applied on doorknobs or other things they might touch, or mixed into their shampoo or body wash.

So, those are a few ideas on how they might be used.

[Darbla]

Godgifu, do you (or anyone else reading this) have any experience with Motor City Hoodoo oils? I read the ingredients on a bottle and it said olive oil and essential and/or fragrance oils. That seems pretty standard, so I was wondering if they had an extra 'kick' from the makers? For example, if someone wasn't confident in his/her own abilities to infuse the oils with power, would these be any help to them.

And how are they scent wise? Strong? Weak?

[Astara Seague]

I use Eo's when I dont have the herb I need
also I think almond oil is one of the best and less expensive carrier oils you can get

[Godgifu]

Godgifu, do you (or anyone else reading this) have any experience with Motor City Hoodoo oils? I read the ingredients on a bottle and it said olive oil and essential and/or fragrance oils. That seems pretty standard, so I was wondering if they had an extra 'kick' from the makers? For example, if someone wasn't confident in his/her own abilities to infuse the oils with power, would these be any help to them.

And how are they scent wise? Strong? Weak?

I've never used that brand yet. Myself, I have tried Indio, Lucky Mojo, New Orleans Mistic and 7 Sisters of New Orleans brands; and a friend of mine also has tried some Augustine's brand oils which she told me all about.

I know Lucky Mojo does some additional charging/consecration of their products, but I've never seen it to improve the reliability of them magically speaking -- I've had as many duds from Lucky Mojo as I have from the much lower-end 7 Sisters of New Orleans.

In terms of fragrance strength, they're all pretty similar -- my friend tells me Augustine's is a lot stronger though. She anointed herself with some of it and kept getting asked about her "perfume" which never happened with any Lucky Mojo oils she tried.

[Darbla]

Thanks for the reply. I forgot about Augustine's, which I have heard of and checked out the web site, but I was not aware of the others you mentioned. Do you have web sites?

To the original poster and others interested there is
www.lovepotionperfume.com
www.twilightalchemylab.com

I use the Love Potions primarily for the scent, and I don't have any experience with the Twilight Alchemy Lab ones. LPs are not really expensive (nice sized samples are $5 and no shipping fees), but TALs might be beyond some budgets.

[Godgifu]

Both Indio and 7 Sisters oils can be bought from www.indioproducts.com (http://www.indioproducts.com)
Keep in mind both of those are low-end -- artificial fragrances in mineral oil base. If you think the naturalness of the ingredients is important then these might not be for you.

http://www.neworleansmistic.com/main.htm is the place to get New Orleans Mistic oils; and they do carry some Indio and 7 Sisters brand products as well, but not the oils.

http://www.luckymojo.com/mojocatoils.html is the Lucky Mojo's oils selection. They are generally considered the Gold Standard in hoodoo condition oils, as they offer a large selection, good packaging and the aforementioned blessings of their items, plus they use natural ingredients where feasible (I believe that when they use artificial fragrances they try to at least include some of the genuine herb in the bottle.)