Reversing oil

How to Use It

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Dress a red-over-black double-action candle.
• Anoint a mirror facing outward.
• Dab on a petition with the sender’s name.

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Dress a black candle on the waning moon.
• Anoint a mirror box.

Demonology & Black Magick

• Dress a candle for a spirit you work with, asking it to return the harm.
• Anoint a mirror and set it facing the direction of the attack while calling on a protective spirit to send the harm home.

A Simple Working

• Write Return to Sender on a square of paper.
• Dab the oil on it.
• Place it under a small mirror facing outward.
• Anoint a black candle and light it.
• Say that all harm returns to its source.
• Let the candle burn down.

Pairs Well With

• A small mirror, for reflecting.
• A red and black double-action candle.
• Black salt, for warding.
• Rue, for protection.

What You Receive

Reversing oil, in a 4 dram bottle.

Origin & Lore

Reversing is a hoodoo intention used to send back curses, ill will and spiritual attack to their source. It is famously worked with double-action red and black candles and with mirrors.

Return to sender: the idea that harm should go back to whoever sent it is one of the cornerstones of protective magick.

Double-action reversing candles, red on top and black underneath, became one of the signature tools of American hoodoo, sold by spiritual supply houses through the twentieth century.

Mirror magick for reflecting harm is found in many traditions, from mirrors hung facing outward on houses in China to mirror boxes in modern witchcraft.