Peppermint oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Cleansing: add a few drops to a floor wash or a spray bottle of water and clear the house after illness or bad news.
• Mind and study: rub a drop on the temples or a yellow candle before exams, writing or divination to keep the head clear.
• Healing work: dress a blue or white candle with peppermint for the spiritual wellbeing of someone recovering.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Money and business: mint is a common herb in money drawing; a few drops of peppermint in a floor wash for a shop or office are used to keep custom coming in.
• Cleansing baths: a drop or two in a bath with salt to wash off stale or crossed conditions.

A Simple Working

• On a Wednesday, set a yellow chime candle on your desk or study table.
• Dress it with peppermint oil from the middle out to both ends.
• Write the subject you are studying or the question you need answered on a slip of paper.
• Place the paper under the candle holder and light the candle.
• Work or read until the candle burns down.
• Keep the paper in your notes or textbook until the test or decision is past.

Pairs Well With

• A yellow chime candle: Mercury’s colour for study and clear thinking.
• Spearmint oil: a softer mint for healing and love work.
• Rosemary oil: a second herb of memory for study workings.
• Sea salt: with peppermint in a cleansing bath.

What You Receive

Peppermint oil in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz (1 lb) sizes.

Origin & Lore

Peppermint (Mentha x piperita) is a natural hybrid of water mint and spearmint, prized for its strong menthol bite. From the eighteenth century it was farmed on a large scale around Mitcham in Surrey, and the distilled oil went into sweets, toothpastes, liqueurs and household cleaners.

Peppermint is a mint that was not formally noticed until 1696, when the English naturalist John Ray described it from a plant found growing in Hertfordshire.

Mitcham peppermint oil was considered the finest in the world in the nineteenth century, and the plant crossed to America where Michigan and later the Pacific Northwest became major growers. Cunningham places peppermint under Mercury and Air and lists it for purification, healing, love and psychic powers, while mints in general have been used in money drawing in folk magick for generations.