Road opener herbs9/6/2023 Needless to say, there are no official recipes for these traditional oils. Or an initiate’s first batch will be “seeded” from the master (or mama) bottle owned by the initiating priest or priestess. A new batch of oil will be started from the last of the previous batch. Oftentimes, even the contents of the oil bottles have a lineage. Practitioners use these pre-blended oils to anoint the body for specific purposes, dress candles and charms, bless, curse, cleanse, and basically perform all varieties of spells and fixes. The result was some very powerful homegrown formulas, some of which have been around for decades, even centuries. Instead, they used what they could get their hands on from their own gardens and kitchens. And if they did, they wouldn’t have been able to source the rare, expensive, and mostly Old World ingredients in those recipes. And yet, poor country folks didn’t normally have access to the recipes recorded in obscure books by European occultists. It’s not hard to see the shadow of the old medieval grimoires hanging over many of these formulas. Families might hang on to a formula for generations, or an apprentice of the magickal arts could learn them from an elder teacher.Ĭonjure oils are often partially descended from-and yet distinct from-Western high magick. They were developed by magick workers in rural and minority communities, and the recipes were often passed down by word of mouth. Most of these oils have their origins in American rootwork, Hoodoo, or Conjure. A row of little potions with colorful names and indescribable fragrances: Uncrossing Oil, Black Cat Oil, Four Thieves…where did they come from, and what are they used for?
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