Truth Serum oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint a blue candle and burn it while you think of the person you want honesty from.
• Dress your throat with a drop before a difficult conversation, so your own words are clear and direct.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Dress a petition naming the person and the question you need answered, then burn a candle on top of it.
• Anoint a figure candle representing the person, focusing on the mouth.
• Add a drop to a court-case or justice working when you need testimony to be truthful.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Anoint a Mercury talisman, Mercury being the planet of speech and communication, during a Mercury hour.
• Dress a scrying mirror or crystal before divination meant to uncover what is hidden.

A Simple Working

• Write the question you want answered truthfully on a square of parchment.
• Dress a blue or white chime candle with Truth Serum oil.
• Draw an open eye over the question with a drop of oil.
• Set the candle on the paper, light it and say, “What is hidden, come to light”.
• Let the candle burn out.
• Fold the paper and keep it near you when you next speak with the person involved.

Pairs Well With

• Calamus root, used in hoodoo to influence what others say and do.
• A blue candle, for honest communication.
• Bay leaves, for writing petitions and for clear sight.
• Clear quartz, for clarity in divination.
• Court Case or Justice oil, when the truth is needed in a legal matter.

What You Receive

Truth Serum oil, in a 4 dram bottle.

Origin & Lore

Truth Serum belongs to the tradition of named condition oils, where each formula carries one precise intention in its name. This one is worked when you suspect deceit, from a partner, a business associate or a witness, and want the truth spoken or revealed.

Lies have a way of coming out in the end; Truth Serum oil is worked to hurry that day along.

Named condition oils of this kind spread through African American hoodoo and the spiritual-supply catalogs of the early twentieth century, which offered a bottle for nearly every human situation, from court cases to unfaithful lovers. Formulas for compelling honest speech fit within that long line of influence and justice work.