Making Herbal Oils

Oil examples, blends and recipes:
 

Third Eye Oil	Sabbat Oil	Magnet Oil
Loisiana Van Van Oil	Calendula Oil	Money Drawing Oil
Dream Oil	Love Drawing Oil	Protection Oil
Happy Heart Oil	Binding Oils	Communion Oils
Healing Oils	Initiation or Past Lives Oils	Love
Mental and Physical Health	Prosperity and Luck	Protection
Psychic Ability	Spiritual Healing

For General Oil Making Instruction, See Also: Witch Crafts : Making Oils

An excerpt from The Master Book of Herbalism by Paul Beyerl:

There are several approaches to creating a magickal herbal oil.  One, the  most difficult, is to use an extractor and extract the pure essential oils yourself.  It involves complex equipment, but is rewarding for the serious practitioner.  The results are pure, essential oils which can be used in a variety of ways.

 Pure oils of an essential, volatile nature may also be purchased commercially.  It is important to know that many of these are too strong to use directly upon the skin, but make excellent incense by merely placing a couple drops upon a burning piece of charcoal.  These oils may also be used with a fixative, or carrier, such as olive, sunflower, or other oils.

The simplest means of making your own oil is to begin with a fixative oil.  This is placed in a sturdy pan, and to it are added herbaceous parts which have a high content of natural oil within the cellular structure.  You may wish to use the flowering parts, or leaves, and in some cases the root. Gently bring this to warmth, stirring carefully.  Never allow it to boil, and you may accomplish excellent results by avoiding even a "hot"  temperature.  This process may be repeated several times over a day or more.  Thus, the natural oils within the herbe are released into solution with the fixative, as they are soluble in oil.

There are many recipes for oils.  The herbs are chosen according to their meaning and attributes.  A personal mixture may be made by combining equal parts of three herbs: one for the Sun sign, one for the Moon sign, and one for the ascendant, or rising sign.  One might also make a protective oil,  by combining several herbes known for their ability to give protection, the  individual choices made by preferences of scent.

 It is important to experiment.  One means of trial and error for finding  compatible scents is to take small amounts of the dried herbes and grind them together.  Smell deeply of the aroma, and feel how it suits you.

To make these, fill a jar to within ½ inch from the top with almond oil. Then add crushed herbs till it is full. Steep in a sunny window for 1 moon cycle, rotating each day.Strain out the herb and bottle. These can be added to bathsalts. Soaps or for annointing candles.

Third Eye Oil
Equal parts of star anise,clove, nutmeg,deerstoung , bay leaves and vanilla bean. 
Can be placed on your third eye to increase visions

Sabbat Oil
Equal parts frankensense.myrrh and sandalwood, and equal half parts cinnamon, lemon peel and orange peel.

Begin on the New moon.Place both in a small covered jar, and place in a windowsill. Once a day  shake the jar... first day clockwise, next day  counterclockwise - repeat. When the moon is new again, remove from the windowsill , remove the stone and store in a dark place.
 

Loisiana VanVan oil
( use to annoint candles, doorways . amulets for extra power)
1/4 c extra virgin olive oil
1 oz lemon grass
pinch of salt.

Place in a jar, cover and steep in dark place for 3 weeks. Shake the jar daily, and visualize power pouring into the oil. Strain out the herb,  add more herb and repeat till the oil is strongly scented of the herb.. When it is to your liking, strian out the herb, bottle and store in dark place.

Calendula Oil

Calendula oil usually has to be made yourself, unless you pay an arm and leg for it. It is very easy to make:

steep calendula petals in sweet almond oil over very low heat for a long time.  The long the better, but be careful not to burn it.  It should smell like toast sort of. It is a pleasant aroma.  If you want it to be stronger,  then strain the oil off and add it back to the pan with more calendula petals.  Up to three times will get you pretty strong stuff.  I usually only do it once for using in my salves and soaps and such.  It is GREAT stuff.
 
 

Money Drawing Oil  Mix equal parts of the following - frankincense, myrrh, and sandalwood. Add a  touch of bayberry to liven it up.	Dream Oil  Grated lemon peel or lemon flowers with frankincense and myrrh. If you can find it, add five-finger grass to each bottle.
Love Drawing Oil Equal parts jasmine, red rose or lavendar. Orris root for a kick OR two parts red rose petals with one part cinnamon. Use orris root also in this one.	Protection Oil  Equal parts of sandalwood, patchouli and gardenia petals. Use blessed salt to enhance in oil.
Happy Heart Oil  Use wisteria flowers in oil.	Cleansing Oil Lotus, Frankincense, Cedarwood, Amber
Blessing Oil Myrrh, Cedarwood, Frankincense, Lemon, Verbena	All-Purpose Anointing Oil Patchouli (1/4 oz.), Verbena (1/32 oz.), Cinnamon (1/16 oz.)  [8:1:2]

 

Binding Oils

Dark Huntress: Jasmine 1/4 oz. Verbena 1/8 oz. Dragon's Blood 1/8 oz.

Druid Curse: Dill 1/16 oz. Galangal 1/4 oz. Anise 1/8 oz. Hyssop 1/16 oz. Myrrh 1/4 oz.

Sacred Shield: Bergamot 1/4 oz. Cedar 1/32 oz. Dragon's Blood 1/4 oz. Myrrh 1/16 oz. 
 

Communion With Animals and Astral Beings

Crystal Woodlands: Fir 1/4 oz. Juniper 1/4 oz. Pine 1/8 oz.

Sacred Garden: Bergamot 1/4 oz. Juniper 1/4 oz. Lemon 1/8 oz.

Star Daughter: Rose 1/4 oz. Verbena 1/8 oz. Lilac 1/4 oz. 
 

Healing

Arch Druid: Apple Blossom 1/4 oz. Vanilla 1/4 oz. Cherry 1/4 oz.

Great Goddess: Myrrh 1/4 oz. Lotus 1/4 oz. Lily 1/4 oz.

The Phoenix: Bay 1/4 oz. Lemon 1/8 oz. Lavender 1/4 oz. 
 

Initiation or Past Lives

Ancient Shrines: Sandalwood 1/4 oz. Cinnamon 1/16 oz. Frankincense 1/4 oz.

Magus: Lotus 1/4 Narcissus 1/4 oz. Orris 1/8 oz.

Vision Seeker: Vanilla 1/8 oz. Gardenia 1/8 oz. Violet 1/8 oz.
 

Love

Attraction: Musk, Cassia, Sndalwood, Myrrh

Circle of Flame: Rose 1/4 oz. Musk 1/8 oz. Violet 1/4 oz.

Desert Nights: Frankincense 1/8 oz. Honeysuckle 1/4 oz. Gardenia 1/4 oz.

Enchantress: Acacia 1/8 oz. Wisteria 1/4 oz.

Love: Gardenia, Jasmine, Muguet, Sandalwood, Musk 
 

Mental and Physical Health

Anti-Stress: Bergamont, Spikenard, Jasmine, Orange, Apple, Cedarwood,  Camphor

Bronchitis: Lemon, Sandalwood, Lavender, Camphor

Bruises Oil and Colds: Lavender, Orange, Rosemary, Rose,
               Eucalyptus,Camphor

Cough:Benzoin, Galangal, Frankincense, Jasmine, Eucalyptus, Peppermint

Depression: Jasmine, Lavender, Orange, Oakmoss, Pine

Sexual Stamina: Jasmine, Musk, Vanilla 
 

Prosperity and Luck

Cavern Treasures: Sandalwood 1/4 oz. Allspice 1/8 oz. Myrrh 1/4 oz. Cinnamon 1/16 oz.

Fast Luck: Patchouli, Carnation, Mimosa

Gambler's Oil: Lily of the Valley, Rose, Sandalwood, Mimosa, Cinnamon

Gold Buddah: Frankincense 1/16 oz. Heliotrope 1/4 oz. Cinnamon 1/32 oz. Bay 1/8 oz.

Money Drawing: Patchouli, Pine, Bay

Prosperity: Patchouli, Gardenia, Cinnamon

Success: Heliotrope, Patchouli, Lavender

Sun Gold: Allspice 1/8 oz. Juniper 1/4 oz.
 

Protection

Double Justice: Sandalwood 1/4 oz. Lily 1/4 oz.

Protection: Frankincense, Sandalwood, Amber

Sorceress: Patchouli 1/4 oz. Galangal 1/4 oz.

Spell Weaver: Dragons Blood 1/4 oz. Myrrh 1/4. Pine 1/16 oz.
 

 Psychic Ability

Astral Traveling:Frankincense, Myrrh, Cypress, Jasmine

Divination: Musk, Ambergris, Vetivert, Violet, Lilac

Egyptian Oracle: Acacia 1/8 oz. Sandalwood 1/4 oz. Patchouli 1/4 oz. Cinnamon 1/8 oz.

Mystic Wand: Heliotrope 1/4 oz. Sandalwood 1/8 oz. Violet 1/4 oz.

Olympian Oracle: Cinnamon 1/16 oz. Myrrh 1/8 oz. Vetavert 1/4 oz. Clove 1/16 oz.
 

Spiritual Healing

Crystal Temple: Frankincense 1/8 oz. Orris 1/8 oz. sandalwood 1/4 oz. Lotus 1/4 oz.

High Priestess: Wisteria 1/4 oz. Lavender 1/8 oz. Rose 1/4 oz.

Mysic Hermit: Allspice 1/16 oz. Ylang Ylang 1/4 oz. Cinnamon 1/16 oz.  Galangal 1/4 oz.