“I who am the beauty of the green earth, and the white moon among the stars.” The Charge of the Goddess gave modern witches a voice for her, and this oil is made to sit at her altar.
Origin & Traditional Use
In Wicca and much of modern witchcraft, the Goddess is the great divine feminine, honoured as moon, earth and mother, and often worshipped alongside the Horned God. Goddess oil is a modern blend made for her worship: to anoint the priestess, the altar, the chalice and the candles of esbat rites, and for personal work with feminine power.
Uses by Tradition
Witchcraft & Folk Magick
- Esbats: anoint the brow and the altar candle at the full moon before drawing down the moon or reading the Charge.
- Consecration: dress the chalice, cauldron and any lunar tools with a small cross of oil.
- Self-blessing: anoint the brow, breasts or heart, womb and feet in a five-fold blessing.
Ceremonial & Occult Magick
- Lunar work: dress a silver or white candle on a Monday at the start of a lunar cycle of devotion.
- Image work: anoint a statue of a particular goddess, Isis, Diana or Brigid for example, when bringing her onto the altar.
A Simple Working
- At the full moon, run a bath and add a handful of sea salt.
- Light a white or silver candle anointed with Goddess oil.
- Bathe, and before leaving the water read or speak the Charge of the Goddess.
- Dry off and anoint your brow, heart and feet with the oil.
- Sit by the candle and ask the Goddess what she wants of you this month.
- Write down what comes and let the candle burn out.
Pairs Well With
- A white or silver candle: for esbats and lunar devotion.
- Moonstone: a traditional Goddess and lunar stone.
- Jasmine incense: a night-blooming scent linked to the moon.
- Horned God oil: for rites honouring both the Goddess and the God.
Lore & History
Gerald Gardner brought Wicca into public view with Witchcraft Today in 1954. Doreen Valiente rewrote the Charge of the Goddess for Gardner’s coven in the 1950s, drawing in part on Charles Godfrey Leland’s Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches of 1899. Robert Graves’s The White Goddess of 1948 helped shape the modern image of the triple goddess as maiden, mother and crone. Goddess oil is a modern blend.
What You Receive
Goddess oil, available in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz sizes.
Did You Know?
In Leland’s Aradia, Diana tells her followers to meet once a month at the full moon and to be naked in their rites as a sign that they are free.
| Weight | N/A |
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| Size | 2 dram, 1 oz, 16 oz |
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