Lilac, French oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint the front door and windowsills in spring to keep unwelcome influences away.
• Dress a lavender or white candle on the full moon for a gentle lunar blessing.
• Wear a drop as a perfume oil for beauty and attraction.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Dress the candles of an exorcism or house-clearing rite, following lilac’s reputation for driving away spirits.
• Anoint a Venus talisman for beauty and harmony.

A Simple Working

• On a Friday evening, take a lavender or white chime candle into the room that feels heaviest.
• Dress the candle with lilac oil from wick to base.
• Light it and open a window a little.
• Walk the room with the candle, saying, “What does not belong here, go”.
• Anoint the door frame of the room with the oil.
• Let the candle burn out in the room and leave the window open for a while afterward.

Pairs Well With

• Fresh lilac blossoms, for a spring altar.
• A lavender candle, for gentle peace.
• Lavender, for calm and blessing.
• Amethyst, for a quiet, protected home.
• Rose oil, to add warmth to Venusian work.

What You Receive

French Lilac oil, in a 16 oz bottle.

Origin & Lore

This is a single-note oil named for the common or French lilac, Syringa vulgaris, a flowering shrub native to the Balkans and grown across Europe and North America. Magickal herbals list lilac under Venus and Water and credit it with driving away evil and ghosts, as well as with love and beauty.

In old New England, lilacs were planted beside the farmhouse door, and folk belief held that their scent kept evil from crossing the threshold.

Lilac reached Western Europe from the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century and was carried to America by colonists. English folk belief often held it unlucky to bring lilac indoors, while in New England it was planted near houses for protection and became a symbol of memory; it is the state flower of New Hampshire.