Four Elements essences oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint the four quarter candles when casting a circle.
• Dress the centre of the altar or a pentacle to bring the elements into balance.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Anoint the elemental tools: pentacle, wand, dagger and cup.
• Dress the candles of the four watchtowers before a ritual.

A Simple Working

• Place four candles at the four directions around your altar.
• Anoint each candle with the oil, naming the element of each direction.
• Light them in turn, starting in the east with air and moving sunwise.
• At each candle, speak a short invitation to the element.
• Stand in the centre and anoint your own brow to join yourself to the four.
• At the close, thank each element and put out the candles in reverse order.

Pairs Well With

• A pentacle for the altar.
• Four candles in the elemental colours.
• Salt for earth and incense for air.
• A bowl of water and a candle flame for the other two elements.
• Clear quartz to balance them.

What You Receive

Four Elements altar blend perfume oil, in a 1/2 oz bottle, blended in cosmetic-grade oils.

Origin & Lore

The four elements were set out by the Greek philosopher Empedocles in the fifth century BCE and became the foundation of alchemy, astrology and ceremonial magick. This oil is made for the altar itself, for balancing and honouring all four at once in ritual.

For roughly two thousand years, Western thought held that everything in the world was made from four elements, earth, air, fire and water, mixed in different proportions.

Empedocles called the four elements roots and linked them with gods: Zeus, Hera, Aidoneus and Nestis. Aristotle added the qualities of hot, cold, wet and dry, and the medieval world built medicine, alchemy and magick on that framework. In modern ceremonial and Wiccan practice the four elements are invoked at the quarters of the circle.