Aloe oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint the doors of the house to keep misfortune out, in the spirit of the aloe hung behind the door.
• Add a few drops to a bath for calm and emotional balance after a difficult day.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Dress a white candle for peace and protection and burn it on a petition for a quiet home.
• Mix a little into a floor wash for a household that has been full of quarrels.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Anoint a lunar talisman or the seal of the Moon on a Monday.
• Dress candles for rites of emotional healing timed to the waning moon.

A Simple Working

• Take a red ribbon and a white chime candle.
• Anoint the ribbon along its length with aloe oil.
• Dress the candle with the oil and light it near your front door.
• Tie the ribbon around a living aloe plant, or around a sprig of rue if you have no aloe.
• Ask that the plant guard the house and bring luck through the door.
• Keep the plant near the entrance and dab the ribbon with oil each new moon.

Pairs Well With

• A living aloe plant, for a household guardian.
• A red ribbon, the colour of protection in Mexican folk practice.
• Rue, another doorway guardian.
• Moonstone, for emotional balance.
• A white candle, for peace and protection.

What You Receive

Aloe oil, available in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz bottles.

Origin & Lore

This is a single-note oil named for aloe, the succulent Aloe vera, long kept in homes and gardens in hot climates around the world. In folk magick aloe is a plant of protection and luck, grown by doorways and windows, and magickal herbals list it under the Moon and Water.

In homes across Mexico you will find an aloe plant hung behind the front door with a red ribbon around it, guarding the house and drawing good luck.

The Mexican custom of the sábila hung by the door, often tied with a red ribbon and sometimes decorated with coins or saint cards, is still widely kept, and the plant is said to absorb envy and bad energy until it withers and must be replaced. In parts of the Middle East aloe was hung over doorways for protection and to ensure the household returned safely from journeys.