O is for Oil - Creating Your Own Anointing Oil

Witchcraft From A to Z

Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This week’s episode is all about oil and its uses and significance in witchcraft!

Although I can’t quite find the exact time frame when oils first started appearing in the toolboxes of those practicing rituals for one religion or another, there are references of different kinds of anointing oils being used in rituals going back as far as 300-600 A.D. These oils were and still are used during rituals of the Christian and Jewish religions. As we look specifically for oils in witchcraft, we are brought to information on Abramelin Oil. This oil, was also the inspiration of Aleister Crowley’s early 20th century essential oil based “Oil of Abramelin” which was also called the “Holy Oil of Aspiration”. Which starts the common trend in anointing and dressing oils in modern witchcraft.

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Sources used:

https://agirlworthsaving.net/an-introduction-to-magical-essential-oils/

https://www.learnreligions.com/magical-oils-101-2562328

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abramelin_oil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_anointing_oil

https://medium.com/witchology-magazine/magickal-oils-101-1caaf88bb61d

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