Go Away oil

Price range: $3.25 through $80.25

Go Away oil is a hoodoo banishing formula used to drive off evil and to get rid of a troublesome person.

Sometimes a problem has a name and a face, and all you want is for it to leave.

Origin & Traditional Use

Go Away oil belongs to the family of named banishing and moving formulas in hoodoo, used to send unwanted people, spirits and situations out of your life. It is worked on candles, doorsteps and in the footprints of the person who must go. It is part of the same branch of work as Hot Foot and Go Away Evil.

Uses by Tradition

Hoodoo & Rootwork

Anoint a black candle with the target’s name carved into it, dressing it from wick to base to push them away.
Dress a name paper and place it in a jar of vinegar with hot pepper, then throw it in running water.
Wipe a drop on the doorstep after the person has left so they do not return.

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

Sweep a room out the front door, then anoint the threshold.
Dress a black candle on a Saturday, the day of Saturn and endings.

Demonology & Black Magick

Use it in a working to dismiss a spirit that has outstayed its welcome.

A Simple Working

On a Saturday, write the person’s name on a square of parchment.
Anoint the paper with Go Away oil.
Fold it away from you, turning the paper each time.
Dress a black chime candle with the oil from wick to base.
Set the candle on the folded paper and light it, telling them firmly to go.
When the candle is out, take the paper and wax to running water or a crossroads and leave them there.
Walk home without looking back.

Pairs Well With

Hot Foot powder, the classic hoodoo companion for moving someone on.
Black chime candles for banishing.
Black pepper and cayenne, for heat and pressure.
Vinegar, for souring a person’s stay.

Lore & History

Moving and banishing work is one of the best documented branches of Southern conjure, and spiritual-supply houses sold Go Away, Hot Foot and Get Away formulas as oils, powders and candles. Throwing work into running water to carry it away is one of the commonest endings recorded for this kind of working.