How to Use Ritual Oils in Spell Work

Knowing how to use ritual oils in spell work comes from experience and experimentation.  Used with proper application, ritual oils can take your manifestations to the next level! In addition to spell work, they're also great for reiki, energy work, intention-setting, and more. Let's dive in.

1. What Are Ritual Oils?

Ritual oils are a tangible form of energy expressed through herbs, essential oils, crystals, and carrier oils. Ritual oils are created to manifest a specific intention, such as love, prosperity, protection, or success! They're a powerful tool for deepening spiritual practices like spell work and manifestation. 

Since handmade ritual oils are mindfully formulated and charged with intention, they usually perform the best.

(Ice Queen Solar Eclipse Astrological Ritual Oil by Fate and Flame)

2. How Ritual Oils Work

Ritual oils work by harnessing the energy of each ingredient to create a synthesis. Think of a ritual oil like baking a cake: all the ingredients have to work together to create the intended cake.

With ritual oils, the nature of each ingredient creates the intended energetic effects. A prosperity oil is intended to bring prosperity, so ingredients aligned with prosperity must be used.

Skilled spiritual practitioners understand the magical properties of each ritual oil ingredient. They also know how to use moon phases, astrological timing, and how to layer all these together to create kick-ass results!

Kick-ass results are never guaranteed with ritual oils, but they have a much higher chance of succeeding if you buy them from a skilled practitioner. Another option is to experiment and make ritual oils yourself! 

3. Ways to Use Ritual Oils in Your Practice

You can use ritual oils in your spiritual practice in many different ways. Here are some ideas to experiment with: 

1. Anointing candles - Ritual oils are commonly used to anoint candles for spells and candle magic. Adding anointing oils to candles makes the ritual so much more powerful!
2. Blessing altars and tools - Ritual oils can anoint altars and tools. For instance, a protection oil can be used on an athame to cast a circle.
3. Offerings - If you give offerings to deities and spirits, ritual oils make a lovely gift. Try anointing a candle with a ritual oil and burn it as an offering.
4. Anointing yourself - Ritual oils can be worn on the body and aura to draw the intended energy to you. For instance, anointing the body with a Crown of Success oil before an interview!
5. Add to spell jars, wards, petitions, charm bags - Ritual oils are extremely versatile and can be used wherever magic is needed. Add some oomph to your spell work and use ritual oils inside jars, to create wards, on petitions for spell work, and inside charm / mojo bags. 
6. Use in your home & business- Add ritual oils to floor washes, doors, or windows to bless your home and work with good energy.
   

(Beltane Ritual Oil by Fate and Flame)

4. Choosing the Right Oil for Your Intention

Choosing the right ritual oil for your intention is all about intuition and discernment. Here are some ideas to get you started:

1. Intention: Protection → Ritual oils: Fiery Wall of Protection, evil eye protection, warding, astral protection, psychic protection
2. Intention: Getting a new job → Ritual oils: Crown of success, money oils, luck oils, prosperity oils, or certain tarot card oils.
3. Intention: Love or friendship → Ritual oils: attraction, self-love, The Lovers, or commitment oils.
4. Intention: Healing → Ritual oils: Heart chakra, reiki oils, or any oil aligned with lunar planetary energies (comforting, motherly).
5. Intention: Cleansing & new beginnings → Ritual oils: purification, cleansing,  uncrossing, cord cutting, dark moon, and Pluto in Aquarius ritual oils.

When in doubt, ask the creator of the ritual oil for their recommendations. Ritual oil creators know their formulas better than anyone! 

5. More Tips for Using Ritual Oils

Ritual oils can be delicate things. Here are some more tips for using ritual oils: 

• Allergies: Refer to the ingredients or ask the practitioner if your allergen is in the ritual oil. Not every practitioner publicly lists each ingredient of their ritual oils, and for good reason! When unsure, ask. 
• Don’t use on fabric: Some ritual oils contain high levels of essential oils, which can stain or bleach fabric.
• Storage: Store your ritual oils upright with the cap secured. This will reduce the chance of spillage and will keep bacteria out. Store ritual oils out of direct sunlight; sunlight can degrade oils more quickly.

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Conclusion

Using ritual oils can take your spiritual practice to the next level. Ritual oils enhance rituals, spell work, energy work, manifestation, and many other spiritual practices. Ultimately, how you use ritual oils is up to you! Experiment and see what works best for you / your spiritual practice.