Rue oil (Espiritu blend)

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Dress a white candle for removing a curse.
• Anoint a cimaruta or protective amulet.
• Draw a cross or ward in oil on the inside of windows.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Add to a bath with salt for uncrossing, washing downward.
• Add to a floor wash for a home under a jinx.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Anoint protective seals and talismans of Mars.
• Dress candles before a banishing ritual.

A Simple Working

• Take a white chime candle and a bowl of water with a pinch of salt.
• Add a few drops of Rue oil to the water.
• Dress the candle from wick to base.
• Light the candle and sprinkle the water in every corner of the room.
• Command any jinx or curse to leave the home.
• Let the candle burn out and pour the water out the front door.

Pairs Well With

• Hyssop, for cleansing after the curse is lifted.
• Salt, for baths and thresholds.
• White candles, for cleansing.
• Spell Breaking oil, for stronger curse-breaking work.

What You Receive

Rue oil, an Espiritu blend, available in 2 dram and 1 oz bottles.

Origin & Lore

Rue oil is named for Ruta graveolens, a strong-smelling Mediterranean herb used against witchcraft and the evil eye since ancient times. In Latin American curanderismo it is used in limpias, and in hoodoo and folk magick it is a classic jinx-removing herb.

Italian witches wore the cimaruta, a silver charm shaped like a sprig of rue, to guard against the evil eye, and the tradition goes back centuries.

Rue was called the Herb of Grace in England, and Ophelia in Hamlet gives it away saying, “There’s rue for you, and here’s some for me”. Its use against the evil eye runs from ancient Rome to modern Mexico and Italy.