Spiritual oils, also known as anointing oils, have been used for centuries in sacred practices to bless, protect, and channel energy. Whether you’re anointing candles, crystals, ritual tools, or your own body, these oils are a powerful way to direct your intentions and amplify your spiritual work. In this blog, we’ll dive into how you can use spiritual oils in various ways, from ritual work to self-care, and how different oils and applications can help enhance your personal growth, meditation, and manifestation practices.
The Power of Spiritual Oils: Setting Intentions in Motion
At the core of working with spiritual oils is intention setting. Intention is the seed you plant, and through focused action, it blooms into manifestation. When you anoint yourself, your tools, or your space with oil, you’re sealing your intentions in a sensory, energetic, and often sacred way. The connection between scent and the subconscious is powerful. Smelling an oil can anchor you in the present moment, triggering the energies you wish to cultivate.
Whether you're working on protection, love, abundance, or spiritual clarity, selecting the right oil to match your goal can be an integral part of your ritual. The oil acts as a conduit, helping you to direct and focus energy where it’s needed most.
Our Protection Oil: Guard Oil Blend
Our Clarity / Meditation Oil: Ascend Oil Blend
How to Use Spiritual Oils in Rituals
Anointing Candles: Candles are a staple in ritual and spell work. When anointing candles, rub the oil from the base upwards if you wish to bring something into your life, or from the wick downward to release or remove unwanted energies. Match the oil’s properties with your candle’s colour and intention—use a protective oil on black candles for banishing, or a love oil on pink or red candles for attracting affection.
Crystals and Tools: Pairing spiritual oils with crystals can greatly enhance their vibrations. For instance, lavender oil complements amethyst’s calming energy. Anoint your crystals before meditations, rituals, or simply place them on your altar to amplify their properties. Similarly, tools like tarot cards or scrying mirrors can be anointed to cleanse and prepare them for divination.
Personal Anointing: Anointing yourself with spiritual oils invites their energy directly into your aura. For oils with protective properties, apply to the soles of your feet and crown of your head to shield your energy field. For love and compassion, anoint your heart chakra or wear the oil as a ritual perfume. The areas of your body where you apply oil can help direct your energy. For example, applying oils to your temples can assist with clarity and focus, while anointing the sacral chakra with a sensuality oil can help with creativity and confidence.
Using Oils for Meditation, Breathwork, and Journaling
Meditation and visualisation practices are perfect times to incorporate spiritual oils. The olfactory system (sense of smell) links directly to your brain’s limbic system, which governs memory and emotion. When you use oils in meditation, they help deepen your connection to your subconscious, making your visualisations more vivid and real. You can apply a few drops to your pulse points or use a diffuser to fill the space with the oil’s energy.
To start, apply a grounding oil to your wrists and heart chakra before meditating. Inhale deeply, allowing the scent to centre your mind and body. If you’re journaling, try anointing your third eye with oils that aid clarity, like rosemary or frankincense, to sharpen your insight and awareness.
Our Grounding oil: Root Chakra Oil Blend
Our Third Eye Oil: Ajna Oil Blend
Energetic and Spell Work with Spiritual Oils
For those practicing spell work, spiritual oils can greatly enhance your rituals. Oils like road opener or clearing blends are particularly useful for opening pathways and removing obstacles. When using these oils, anoint items related to your intention—such as money for abundance spells, or your front door to symbolically open the way for new opportunities.
Protection oils are excellent for boundary-setting and energetic shielding. Anoint your doorframes, windows, and the corners of your room to create a protective barrier around your home. For ancestral work or offerings to spirit guides, protective oils can be offered to deities associated with safeguarding, such as Archangel Michael or Kali, by anointing your altar, candles, or sacred objects.
Applying Spiritual Oils: The Body as a Temple
Your body can be anointed with spiritual oils as part of your daily self-care or ritual practices. Different areas of your body align with specific intentions:
Crown of the Head: For divine connection and spiritual protection.
Third Eye (Forehead): To enhance intuition, vision, and insight during divination or meditation.
Heart Chakra (Centre of the Chest): To cultivate love, compassion, and self-healing.
Soles of the Feet: For grounding and protection, especially when venturing into unknown spaces.
Wrists and Palms: For easy inhalation and to carry the energy of the oil with you throughout the day.
You can also anoint yourself before specific events or rituals. For example, applying road opener oil to your feet and legs can energetically set you on a path of success and confidence. Or, if you’re feeling unbalanced, a few drops of grounding oil rubbed into your neck or soles can help you reconnect with the earth’s energy.
Our Road Opener / Confidence Oil: Valour Oil Blend
Our Love Oil: Eros Oil Blend
Ritual Baths and Beyond
Ritual baths are another powerful way to integrate spiritual oils. Adding a few drops of oil to your bathwater transforms a regular soak into a purifying, meditative experience. Use oils that align with your current needs—lavender for relaxation, rose for self-love, or patchouli for grounding. Bathing in these oils allows you to fully immerse in their energy, helping you to cleanse your aura and refocus your intentions.
Oils can also be added to lotions or massage oils, particularly if you’re doing self-massage as part of your self-care or healing work. Applying oils to your body with intention heightens your awareness and connection to the ritual.
Bringing It All Together
Working with spiritual oils allows you to integrate intention, scent, and ritual in a powerful and meaningful way. Whether you're anointing candles, crystals, or your own body, these oils amplify your intentions, grounding them in sensory experience. From meditation and visualisation to energetic spell work and ancestor offerings, spiritual oils provide the added dimension that can make your rituals more potent and aligned with your goals.
By incorporating spiritual oils into your daily life, you create sacred moments that help you stay grounded, focused, and intentional. No matter where your spiritual path takes you, these oils are here to guide you, enhancing your practice and keeping your energy aligned with your highest aspirations.
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