Keep Away Trouble oil

How to Use It

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Anoint the four corners of the house and the front door.
• Dress a white or black candle and burn it whenever trouble seems to be gathering.
• Add a few drops to a protective mojo bag.

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint a protective charm or amulet worn daily.
• Tie red thread around a sprig of rowan and anoint it before hanging it over the door.

A Simple Working

• Sweep the house out the front door.
• Dress a white candle with Keep Away Trouble oil and light it by the door.
• Anoint the front doorframe at the top and both sides.
• Lay a line of salt across the threshold.
• Ask that trouble pass your house by.
• Let the candle burn out and leave the salt overnight.

Pairs Well With

• Rowan and red thread, the Scottish charm against harm.
• Sea salt, for threshold lines.
• Black tourmaline, for warding.
• Red brick dust, for the doorstep.

What You Receive

Keep Away Trouble oil, available in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz bottles.

Origin & Lore

Keep Away Trouble belongs to the family of named protection oils from the hoodoo and spiritual-supply tradition. It is used to guard a home, a business or a person against trouble of all kinds. Practitioners anoint doors, carry it and dress candles with it.

Folk protection is often about the threshold: what is kept out never has to be dealt with.

Protection formulas like this were sold through spiritual-supply catalogs for customers who wanted to keep away police, enemies and bad luck, and similar names appear for powders and incenses. They follow folk methods found worldwide: marking thresholds and carrying charms.