How to Use Ritual Oils in Spell Work

With proper application, ritual oils can take your manifestations to the next level. In addition to spell work, ritual oils also great for reiki, energy work, intention-setting, and more. They're very versatile! Ultimately, all the ways in which ritual oils can enhance your practice comes with experience and experimentation - but here's a guide to get you started!

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. 

Handmade ritual oils usually are the most powerful and perform the best. This is because handmade ritual oils are mindfully formulated and charged with intention.

(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.

(Ostara formula by Fate and Flame)

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! That's what I do now, although there are other practitioners that make ritual oils that I really like too. 

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 then burn it as an offering. The same can be done with wax melts. Just add the oil to your warmer, or check out ritual wax melts that already have ritual oils inside them. 
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. Ritual baths and showers - Ritual oils can be put in baths with intention and prayers to charge the water with energy. The same can be done in the shower, just apply the ritual oil to yourself instead of the shower water. 
6. 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. 
7. 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 more 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.

(Pluto in Aquarius Ritual Oil by Fate and Flame)

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

• 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.