Summer Solstice essences oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint a gold or yellow candle at sunrise on the solstice.
• Dress the Midsummer bonfire offerings or a sun wheel with the oil.
• Anoint herbs gathered on Midsummer Eve before drying them.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Anoint the altar and tools for a solstice rite of the Sun.
• Dress a solar talisman made on the longest day.

A Simple Working

• Rise early on the solstice, or the nearest day you can.
• Anoint a yellow or gold candle with the oil.
• Light it as the sun rises and greet the Sun.
• Anoint your brow and heart.
• Name something you want to grow strong in the coming half of the year.
• Let the candle burn while you share food or drink in celebration.

Pairs Well With

• St John’s wort, the classic Midsummer herb.
• Yellow candles, for the Sun.
• Sunflowers, for the altar.
• Oak leaves, the tree of the summer king.
• Citrine, a sunny stone.

What You Receive

Summer Solstice perfume oil, in a 1/2 oz bottle, blended in cosmetic-grade oils.

Origin & Lore

The summer solstice, around 21 June in the northern hemisphere, is the longest day of the year. Across Europe it was celebrated with bonfires, dancing and the gathering of herbs, much of it later attached to the feast of St John the Baptist on 24 June. This oil is made for those festivities and for any solar working of joy and strength.

On Midsummer Eve, European folklore held that fern seed gathered at midnight could make a person invisible, and that St John’s wort picked that night was at its most powerful.

Midsummer bonfires were lit across Europe from Ireland to Russia, and people leapt over them for luck. In Scandinavia the maypole, or midsommarstång, is still raised at Midsummer rather than on May Day.