Cedar oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Protection: anoint the frames of doors and windows, or a cedar chip hung over the threshold.
• Cleansing: add a few drops to salt water and wipe down a new home before moving in.
• Consecration: rub a drop into a wooden wand, box or altar to seal it for magickal use.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Money and stability: cedar is used to dress green candles and to scent money mojo bags meant to build lasting wealth rather than quick cash.
• Floor wash: a few drops in a wash for the house or business are used to clear bad luck and draw steadier fortune.

A Simple Working

• Choose a Sunday and a wooden box that will hold your ritual tools or charms.
• Wipe the box inside and out with a cloth dampened with salt water.
• Dry it, then rub a few drops of cedar oil into each inside corner.
• Light a white chime candle beside it.
• Say, “This box is set apart; what rests here is kept safe.”
• Place your tools inside and close the lid while the candle burns down.

Pairs Well With

• Cedar chips: for sachets and threshold charms.
• Sea salt: to cleanse before consecrating.
• Frankincense resin: the classic temple partner to cedar.
• A green chime candle: for lasting money work.

What You Receive

Cedar oil, a scented anointing oil, available in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz.

Origin & Lore

The cedar of Lebanon was the prestige timber of the ancient Near East, sent to Egypt for ships and coffins and used to build Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. Cedar resin and oil were also used by Egyptian embalmers. Today cedarwood lines chests and closets for its scent and durability.

Gilgamesh and Enkidu travelled to the Cedar Forest to kill its guardian Humbaba and carry off the great trees; cedar was worth a quest in the world’s oldest epic.

According to 1 Kings, Hiram of Tyre sent cedar from Lebanon for Solomon’s Temple and palace, floated down the coast in rafts. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Cedar Forest is the home of the gods, guarded by the monster Humbaba.