How to Use It
Hoodoo & Rootwork
- Put a drop on your wrists, throat and palms before you go into court.
- Write the judge’s name on paper, anoint it and place it in your shoe.
- Dress a brown candle and burn it each day before the hearing.
Witchcraft & Folk Magick
- Anoint a bay leaf with the judge’s name written on it and carry it in your pocket.
Ceremonial & Occult Magick
- Dress a Jupiter talisman for justice and the favour of authority.
A Simple Working
- Write the judge’s name on a bay leaf or a small square of parchment.
- Anoint it with Judge Be For Me oil.
- Dress a brown chime candle with the oil and burn it on the night before court.
- Ask aloud for the judge to rule in your favour.
- On the morning of court, put a drop of oil on your wrists and throat.
- Place the bay leaf or paper in your shoe.
- Walk into court and speak calmly.
Pairs Well With
- Galangal root, the classic court case root.
- Brown candles, for justice and legal matters.
- Bay leaves, for writing names and victory.
- Calendula, carried in the pocket for favour in court.
What You Receive
Judge Be For Me oil, available in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz bottles.
Origin & Lore
Judge Be For Me belongs to the court case branch of hoodoo condition oils, made to win the favour of a judge. It is meant to be worn: on the hands, the throat and the wrists before entering court. It is also used on candles and name papers in the days before a hearing.
Court work in hoodoo is often done on the body, so that the one standing before the judge carries the working in with them.
Wearing an oil into court is one of the most direct court practices recorded in Southern conjure, alongside chewing galangal and placing papers in the shoe. In the early twentieth century, spiritual-supply houses in cities such as Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans sold named condition oils by mail order, each label promising help with one specific need. Court formulas were a reliable part of that stock.
Did You Know?
In hoodoo, galangal root is known as Little John to Chew, a name that comes from the custom of chewing it in court.



