Against Evil scented jar candle

How to Use It

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Protection: burn the candle on the altar or near the front door while reading the prayer on the glass aloud at each lighting.
• Hot foot support: lay a line of red pepper across the threshold while the candle burns inside, then sweep it out when the candle is done.
• Uncrossing: take an uncrossing bath, then light the candle and burn it over consecutive days.

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Psychic attack: set the jar on a mirror in the bedroom when you feel someone is working on you at night.
• Envy: write the name of the envious person on paper and set it under the jar so the heat pushes their attention away.

A Simple Working

• Wipe the jar down with Florida water.
• Set it on a small mirror near your front door.
• Sprinkle a pinch of black salt around the base.
• Light the candle and read the prayer on the glass aloud.
• State plainly that all evil sent to you is turned away and returned.
• Let it burn for a few hours each day until it is spent, then throw the salt out the front door.

Pairs Well With

• Against Evil oil: the matching oil for dressing doorways and yourself.
• Black salt: for the base and the threshold.
• Red pepper flakes: for hot foot lines at the door.
• A small mirror: to set beneath the jar and reflect harm away.

What You Receive

One Against Evil ritual jar candle with skull imagery and a prayer on the glass, topped with black snake root and red pepper; burns approximately 3 1/2 days.

Origin & Lore

Against Evil is a modern ritual candle built from old protective materials. Black snake root is a rootwork staple carried for protection, and hot red pepper is the classic ingredient for driving unwanted people and spirits away; the skull image and printed prayer turn the jar into a ready-made protective setting.

Red pepper on the top and a skull on the glass: this candle makes no attempt to be gentle with whatever is working against you.

Hot peppers have a long history against the evil eye: the Italian cornicello, a twisted red horn charm, is also made in the shape of a red chilli, worn and hung to ward off malocchio. In Southern rootwork, red pepper is a core ingredient in hot foot powders laid down to drive enemies off and keep them away.