Reversible oil

Reversing candles are dipped: red at the core, black on the outside, so that as the black burns away, the original work of your enemy is burned back to them.

Origin & Traditional Use

Reversible oil belongs to the reversing family of hoodoo condition oils, sometimes sold as Reversing or Return to Sender. It is used when you believe someone has worked against you and you want what they sent returned to its source.

Uses by Tradition

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint a small mirror and hang it facing outward on the front door.
• Tie a knot in a black cord for each thing you are returning.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Dress a red-and-black reversing candle and burn it on a mirror.
• Anoint a petition naming the sender and set it face down on a mirror.
• Add to a bath, washing downward, and throw the water toward the west.

Demonology & Black Magick

• Dress a black candle carved with the sender’s name upside down to drive the work back harder.
• Anoint a mirror box holding the sender’s name or image.

A Simple Working

• Take a black chime candle, a small mirror and a square of parchment.
• Write “Return to sender” and, if you know it, the person’s name.
• Anoint the paper with Reversible oil and lay it face down on the mirror.
• Dress the candle from wick to base, pushing away from you.
• Set the candle on the paper and light it.
• Speak clearly that all harm sent to you goes back where it came from.
• When the candle has burned out, bury the paper and wax away from your home.

Pairs Well With

• Reversing candles, red inside and black outside.
• Small mirrors, for reflecting work back.
• Agrimony, the hoodoo herb for reversing jinxes.
• Black candles, for banishing and returning.

Lore & History

Reversing work is well documented in hoodoo literature, and the double-action candles used for it were widely sold by spiritual-supply companies by the mid-20th century. The principle is old: European folk magick also used mirrors and charms to turn the evil eye back on its source.

What You Receive

Reversible oil, available in 2 dram and 1 oz bottles.