How to Use It
Hoodoo & Rootwork
- Write the two names on paper back to back, anoint the paper and tear it in two between them.
- Dress two figure candles, set them back to back and move them a little further apart each night.
- Add a drop to a jar of vinegar and pepper holding the two names.
Demonology & Black Magick
- Dress a separation seal or sigil before asking a spirit to drive the couple apart.
Witchcraft & Folk Magick
- Anoint a cord tied between two poppets and cut it at the end of the working.
A Simple Working
- On a Saturday, write each person’s name on its own square of parchment.
- Anoint both papers with Love Breaker oil.
- Place them back to back.
- Dress two black chime candles with the oil, one for each person.
- Set them back to back on the papers and light them.
- Each night, move them further apart and burn them again.
- On the last night, separate the papers and dispose of them in two different places.
Pairs Well With
- Black dog hair and black cat hair, the classic hoodoo pairing for enmity.
- Black chime candles for separation.
- Vinegar, to sour a relationship.
- Black pepper and cayenne, for heat and argument.
What You Receive
Love Breaker oil, available in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz bottles.
Origin & Lore
Love Breaker belongs to the break-up and separation branch of hoodoo condition oils. It is used to cause quarrels, cool affection and finally separate two lovers. It is worked on name papers, back-to-back figure candles and in the items of the couple.
For every love spell in the old books there is its mirror: the work that drives two people apart.
Break-up work is extensively recorded in Southern conjure, with the hair of a black dog and a black cat being the best-known ingredient because the two animals are said to fight. 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. Break Up and Love Breaker formulas were part of that stock.
Did You Know?
The Greek Magical Papyri include separation spells, known as diakopoi, written to drive apart a couple or friends.



