Domination oil

How to Use It

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Write the target’s name on paper, cross it with your own name written over it, anoint it and keep it under your shoe.
• Dress a purple or black candle and burn it with the target’s name carved down its length.
• Add a few drops to calamus and licorice root in a mojo bag for commanding influence.

Demonology & Black Magick

• Anoint a seal or sigil before calling on spirits to enforce your will.
• Dress candles used in compelling work so the spirit knows what you command.

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Dress a poppet or name-paper to bind someone to your direction.

A Simple Working

• Write the name of the person or situation on a square of parchment.
• Write your own name over it, crossing it, so yours sits on top.
• Anoint the paper with Domination oil at each corner and in the centre.
• Fold it away from you and place it under a purple candle dressed with the oil.
• Light the candle and state your command firmly.
• Let the candle burn out.
• Put the folded paper in your left shoe and wear it when you deal with them.

Pairs Well With

• Calamus root, the classic hoodoo root for commanding and controlling.
• Licorice root, used to dominate and to sweeten someone into compliance.
• Purple candles, for mastery and power.
• Black mustard seed, for confusion and pressure on an opponent.

What You Receive

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

Origin & Lore

Domination oil belongs to the family of named commanding and compelling oils in hoodoo, used when a situation or a person needs to be brought under your influence. It is worked for leadership, control in relationships or business, and for bending stubborn people. It is often used alongside court and success formulas.

Commanding work is one of the oldest corners of conjure: the art of being the one whose word carries.

Commanding and compelling formulas were steady sellers in twentieth-century spiritual-supply catalogs, under names such as Domination, Commanding and Compelling. Calamus, licorice root and High John are the herbs most often recorded in Southern conjure for this kind of work.