Bewitching oil

Bewitching was once the very word for what a love spell does: to cast a charm on someone so they cannot look away.

Origin & Traditional Use

Bewitching oil is a love and binding condition oil in the folk-magick and hoodoo tradition. It is worked to bind the one you love to you in love and affection, to strengthen other love spells and to win the heart of the person you desire above all others.

Uses by Tradition

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Wear as a perfume oil when you will be with the one you want.
• Anoint a pair of red candles tied together with red thread.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Anoint a name paper with both your names and wrap it around a lodestone, binding it with red thread.
• Dress a red figure candle representing the person, and burn it over the name paper.
• Add a few drops to a honey jar to sweeten and bind.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Anoint a Venus talisman made in the hour of Venus on a Friday.

A Simple Working

• On a Friday, write your name and your beloved’s name on a square of parchment, so that the names cross.
• Anoint the paper with Bewitching oil in a heart shape.
• Fold it toward you and tie it with red thread, knotting it three times.
• Dress a red chime candle from base to wick.
• Set the bound paper before the candle and light it, saying your intention to bind your love to you.
• Keep the bundle in a red bag under your pillow.

Pairs Well With

• A pair of lodestones, to bind a couple.
• Red thread, for tying and binding.
• Rose petals, for love.
• Honey, for sweetening.
• Come To Me oil, to draw before you bind.

Lore & History

English writers used “bewitch” for love charms as far back as the medieval period, and early modern witch trials often included accusations of bewitching a person into love. Hoodoo’s love-binding formulas, sold under names such as Bewitching, Stay With Me and Lavender Love Drops, carry on that old intention.

What You Receive

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