Dragon’s Blood essences oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Add a drop to any spell candle to strengthen it.
• Anoint a blue eye charm or a protective amulet against the evil eye.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Dress a red candle for love or a black candle for protection, naming what you want protected as you work.
• Anoint the corners of a room or the threshold to keep out harm.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Anoint tools, seals and sigils to empower them before use.
• Mix a drop into ink for writing seals and talismans.

Demonology & Black Magick

• Dress the candles of an evocation circle to add force and protection.
• Anoint a spirit’s seal before an offering.

A Simple Working

• Write what you want protected on a square of parchment.
• Anoint the corners of the paper with the oil.
• Dress a black or red candle, rubbing the oil from the centre to each end.
• Place the paper under the candle holder.
• Light the candle and state clearly what must be kept safe.
• Let the candle burn out and keep the paper in a safe place in your home.

Pairs Well With

• Dragon’s blood resin to burn as incense.
• Black candles for protection.
• Red candles for love and power.
• Black salt for warding.
• Frankincense for consecration and power.

What You Receive

Dragon’s Blood perfume oil, in a 1/2 oz bottle, blended in cosmetic-grade oils.

Origin & Lore

Dragon’s blood is a deep red resin from several plants, among them rattan palms of the genus Daemonorops and the dragon trees of Socotra and the Canary Islands. It has been traded since antiquity as a pigment, varnish and incense, and in magick it adds power to any working. This oil brings that scent to protection, love and purification work.

Pliny the Elder believed the red resin called dragon’s blood came from a battle between a dragon and an elephant, the blood of both mingling as they died together.

Dragon’s blood was traded around the Mediterranean in classical times, and Socotra was a major source. Medieval illuminators used it as a red pigment, and later folk magick books, including American hoodoo manuals, prescribe it for love, luck and protection. It became a common ingredient in Dove’s Blood and Dragon’s Blood inks used for writing petitions and seals.