Protection from Magick oil

People who believed in witchcraft rarely tried to prove it; they built defences, from blue eye beads to bottles of bent pins buried by the hearth.

Origin & Traditional Use

Protection from Magick is a named oil in the folk-magick and hoodoo style, made to stand between you and work done against you. It is used when someone suspects jinxing, evil eye or targeted spellwork and wants a barrier rather than an attack.

Uses by Tradition

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint the back of a small mirror and hang it facing the door so ill intent is turned back.
• Dress a black candle to absorb any working aimed at you, then dispose of the remains off your property.
• Draw a protective rune or sigil in oil on a stone and keep it in your pocket.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Dress a mojo bag of rue, agrimony and salt to carry daily.
• Add a few drops to a protective bath, washing downward from head to feet.
• Anoint the soles of your shoes so you do not step into foot-track work laid for you.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Anoint the boundary of your working space before ritual so the circle holds against outside influence.
• Consecrate a protective seal or pentacle drawn on parchment and keep it with your tools.

A Simple Working

• Take a black chime candle, a small mirror and a pinch of salt.
• Dress the candle with Protection from Magick oil from the wick down to the base.
• Stand the candle in front of the mirror so the mirror faces outward, away from you.
• Ring the base with salt.
• Light the candle and state that anything sent against you is stopped and returned.
• Let it burn out, then wrap the wax and salt and throw them away at a crossroads or outside your property.
• Wipe the mirror with a drop of oil and keep it facing the front door.

Pairs Well With

• Rue, worn in the Italian cimaruta charm against the evil eye.
• Agrimony, an old hoodoo herb for turning back jinxes.
• Black candles, for absorbing and neutralising hostile work.
• A nazar or blue eye bead, the familiar Mediterranean ward against envy.
• Reversible oil, when you want to actively send the work back.

Lore & History

Defensive magick against witchcraft is well documented. Hundreds of witch bottles, stoneware jars filled with pins, nails, hair and urine, have been found buried under hearths and thresholds across Britain, most from the 16th to 18th centuries, made to trap and torment a witch’s spell before it reached the household.

What You Receive

Protection from Magick oil, available in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz bottles.