Ebony Opium essences oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint the brow and pillow before dream travel.
• Dress a black or purple candle before tarot or scrying at night.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Anoint the third eye and a dark scrying mirror before visionary work.
• Dress candles at the edge of a spirit-viewing triangle.

Demonology & Black Magick

• Anoint a black candle before calling on a spirit to appear in a mirror or smoke.
• Dress offerings and seals at night for spirit visitation.

A Simple Working

• At night, dim the lights and set a black or purple candle before a dark mirror or bowl of water.
• Anoint the candle with the oil.
• Touch a drop to your brow.
• Light the candle and soften your eyes on the surface of the mirror or water.
• Let images arise without forcing them.
• Close by putting out the candle and writing what you saw.

Pairs Well With

• Mugwort for dreams and vision.
• A black scrying mirror.
• Purple candles for psychic work.
• Amethyst for dreams.
• Wormwood, a traditional spirit-calling herb.

What You Receive

Ebony Opium perfume oil, in a 1/2 oz bottle, blended in cosmetic-grade oils.

Origin & Lore

Opium here names the style of scent, dark and heavy, rather than any content of the poppy itself. The oil is made for deep, visionary work at night: dream travel, prophetic dreams, and calling spirits to be seen. Use it for psychic and spirit work in the dark.

The Greek gods of sleep and dreams were often shown carrying poppy heads, and the opium poppy has been linked to sleep and vision since antiquity.

Hesiod named Hypnos, Sleep, and his twin Thanatos, Death, as children of Nyx, Night. Ovid placed the god of sleep in a cave where poppies grew at the entrance, and his son Morpheus took human shape in dreams. The opium poppy itself was cultivated in the Mediterranean and Near East for thousands of years.