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THE HISTORY OF HONEY JAR AND SUGAR BOX SPELLS IN THE HOODOO ROOTWORK TRADITION

The Honey Jar Spell is one of the oldest forms of bottle spell in the world. There are so many variations that i call it a "spell family." Most of them consist of a jar or box of liquid or solid sweetener into which you place the personal concerns of the person you want to influence, along with spiritually powerful magical herbs, wrapped in a name-paper or petition packet, and then burning a candle on top of the jar after dressing it with an appropriate conjure oil.

This form of hoodoo spell casting is employed when you want to set up a powerful sweetening spell in a small place and keep it working for as long as you wish. Honey jars are extremely convenient and one reason for their continued popularity is that although they can be worked on an altar like other forms of bottle spell, they can also be literally hidden in plain sight in a kitchen cabinet.

In the oldest version of the Honey Jar spell that i know, there is actually no "honey-jar," just a plain white tea cup saucer or coffee cup saucer in the center of which you burn a candle on the person's name, dressed with hoodoo oils and surrounded by a poured-out ring of pancake syrup or mollasses. This old-fashioned method has the disadvantage of eventually drawing flies, but it is extremely easy to work on a short-term basis, say for one to three days. Be careful, though, if the candle burns too hot, it may crack your saucer.

Another early version of the homey jar bottle spell employs a hollowed-out red apple or red onion to hold honey and the name-paper of the person on whom you are working. The apple or onion may be shut up in a tin and a candle burned on the tin's lid -- or it can be placed in the bottom of a flower pot, with a plant grown on top of it to hide the spell. The plant takes the place of candle, but it radiates the intent of the spell just the same. It can be given as a gift to the person on whom you are working, and can spread its sweetness throughout their home.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as packaged sugars, syrups, and sweeteners became available from grocery stores, another variant of this spell that developed employed a box of sugar instead of a jar of honey. The advantage to this method is that you can use the sugar in cooking, to sweeten the person on whom you are working. A similar effect can be obtained by working the spell in a sugar bowl, either with granular sugar or with sugar cubes.

By the mid 20th century, the honey-jar version of the spell gradually became more popular the old cream-saucer, cored apple, hollowed onion, and sugar box versions. The two honey-jar spells given on this web page are probably the most common bottle spell variations of this spell-family that you will encounter these days.

A HONEY JAR AND CANDLE SPELL
TO SWEETEN SOMEONE TO YOU

This magic bottle spell can be worked on anyone's name you want to sweeten. Depending on what relationship the person has to you, what special items you put into the name-packet, the colour of the candle you choose, and the hoodoo oil you dress it with, this trick will cause the person you name to like you more, to love you more, to favour your petition, to want to help you, to be sympathetic to your cause, or to forgive any wrongs you have committed. It can be used to influence and sweeten a judge in a court case, a loan officer at the bank, a boss from whom you want a raise, a teacher in your school from whom you want a good grade, a lover with whom you want a reconciliation, an in-law who has been back-biting you, or friend who has cut you off because of a foolish quarrel.

You will need:

a jar of sweetener (see below)
a piece of paper (see below)
a pen or pencil
optional herbs, curios, and/or bodily concerns (see below)
a candle (choose the appropriate colour at the candle magic page)
an all-purpose candle-dressing conjure oil such as Special Oil No. 20 or a specific condition oil such as Kiss Me Now, Return To Me, Court Case, Crown of Success, or whatever expresses your wish and suits your needs.

Get a small jar of sweetener. This can be honey, Karo Syrup, Crystal Syrup, home-made brown sugar syrup, Log Cabin Syrup, Vermont maple syrup, Bre'r Rabbit Blackstrap Molasses or whatever you desire -- as long as it is in a container with a metal lid. You can buy the goods in a pint-size glass Mason jar or pour the sweetening of your choice into a jar of your own at home. All that matters is that it should be a short, squat jar with a metal lid, filled up to the shoulder of the jar.

In the old days, when skin colour was a lot more important to people than it is now, it was recommended that the colour of the sweetener match the skin of the person you wanted to sweeten. Thus, for a white judge, you might use Crystal Syrup, and for a Latino loan officer you might use light brown sugar syrup, and for a dark-skinned lover you might use Bre'r Rabbit Blackstrap Molasses. Frankly, these days specifying a person's skin colour is not as meaningful as it once was (for which we can all be thankful), and today many folks prefer to use honey for the spell, no matter what the target's skin colour is, because it is a natural sweetener and not man-made. I believe that if you just follow your own intuition and decide which sweetener you like the best, you can be confident that you have made the right choice.

Next, prepare your paper. Again, in the old days, we would be told to use white paper for a white person, tan paper for a high-brown, and rough old grocery-bag paper for a person of dark colour, but these days the type of paper you use can simply be a matter of personal style. Manu people prefer the kind of cream-coloured parchment paper that comes with the Lucky Mojo hoodoo honey jar mini spell kit shown above. I often use a smooth, tan-coloured light-weight shopping bag paper because that is my choice, based on the way i was taught, which was that such paper is "pure paper." No matter which kind of paper i use, i prepare my paper by tearing it neatly on all four sides so there is no machine-cut edge. Of course some folks trim their paper square with scissors -- and the spell still works for them. So go ahead and prepare your paper just as you wish and that will suffice.

Once you have got your paper together, write the person's name three times on it, one name under the other like so

John Russell Brown
John Russell Brown
John Russell Brown

Abigail Samantha Little
Abigail Samantha Little
Abigail Samantha Little

Now all around the crossed names, write your specific wish in a circle. If you need a guideline, lightly sketch the circle-shape with a pencil and then follow around it when writing with your ink pen. You must write your wish in one continuous run of script letters, with no spaces -- AND WITHOUT LIFTING YOUR PEN FROM THE PAPER. Do not cross your t's or dot your i's. Just write the words in one run and be sure to join up the end of the last word with the beginning of the first word so the circle is complete. Then you can go back and cross your t's and dot your i's. To make it easy to connect the word together at the end, i have found it best to make my petition in the form of short commands, such as "help me favour me help me favour me" or "love me love me love me" or "forgive me come back forgive me come back."

If you make a mistake -- for instance, if you lift your pen in the middle of writing your petition-circle -- throw away the paper and start it all over again. You want it to be perfect.

Other ingredients can be added to the name-paper if you wish -- a piece of court case root for a court case spell, two rose petals for a love spell, a lump of sugar for a family member, two clove buds for friendship, bayberry root or sassafras root for a money spell, a pair of Adam-and-Eve roots for love, two small Lodestones for sexuality, a pinch of deer's tongue leaves for a proposal of marriage, a square of camphor for cleaning out bad things of the past, and so forth.

If you are sweetening someone for love, then in addition to the name-paper and whatever optional herbs, roots, or minerals you choose, you must also get one of the person's hairs and one of your hairs. If the hairs are long enough, tie them together. Otherwise, just lay them crosswise to each other. In either case, place them on the name-paper. Don't ask me what to do if you can't get their hairs 'cause i can't help with that. Either work the spell without the hairs and expect a much lower rate of success or get the hairs! Don't load the paper up with lots of other stuff thinking that if you can't get the hairs that six different love-herbs and two lodestones will be as strong as two hairs. They won't be.

Fold the paper toward you to bring what you want your way and speak aloud your wish as you do so. Turn the paper and fold it again, and again, always folding toward you, to bring what you want your way. Speak aloud your wish each time you fold the paper toward you. Fold it until it will not fold any more.

Open the jar of honey or syrup. To make room for the folded paper packet, you will need to eat some of the contents. Take out a spoon's worth, and as you eat it, say, "As this honey [or syrup] is sweet to me, so will i become sweet to John Russell Brown [or the name of the person you are working this on]." You can do this three times -- taking out three small spoonsful of sweetener and speaking your wish aloud each time. Push the folded paper packet down into the jar and close up the lid.

Dress an offertory candle (a 50 cent, 6" long candle or a 25 cent 4" long one, nothing fancy) with an appropriate anointing oil or a combination of hoodoo or conjure oils, or use Special Oil No. 20, which is a ready-made combination specifically indicated in this type of bottle spell. Use a white candle for general blessing and healing, a red one for sexual love, a pink one for reconciliation, a brown one for a court case, and so forth. (For a longer list of colour symbolism, see the page on candle magic.)

Stand the candle on the lid of the closed-up jar and light it. You can melt the candle to the lid with hot wax if need be.

Let the candle burn all the way out. Do this every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for as long as it takes. Add teach new candle on top of the remains of the last one. I have seen people's syrup-jar bottle spells like this done for court cases that were continued for so long and required so many candles that you could not see the jar under all the dripped-on wax!

A DOMINICAN HONEY JAR SPELL
FOUND IN ITALY

In December 2003, a person posting from Italy inquired in Usenet about a bottle spell that was found in a recently vacated apartment:

Hi,

I'm ignorant concerning jinxes and other types of spells. So i describe you what happened to me. I found a leaflet conserved in a jar full of honey, in a flat previously occupied by a Dominican girl. The leaflet says:

"Ana Plenagua" (a list of names follows) "que como son el nombre che cada uno de esta persona se enfrien asi tenga que carma la ira con migo y con mi copate"

I apologize for the untranslated Spanish (I don't understand Spanish) and for the probable errors of words (some words are not clear). I thank in advance everybody can give me the meaning of this leaflet and, in the case of jinx, the way to rid of this.

Thanks,

andrea. (andrea_gazze at yahoo.it)

I think some of the Spanish words may be spelled wrong, so i am a little unclear on what is intended, but it is a honey jar spell, a type of spell usually used to sweeten people -- that is, to make them ameliorate their hostility, or treat one better, or even to love one.

Your name is not on the list of names, and no ill or jinx was intended for you. You may simply dispose of the materials as you wish and as you feel most comfortable. For numerous examples of how to dispose of ritual remains such as this honey jar in a variety of magically traditional manners, see my web page on Laying Tricks and Disposing of Ritual Remains in the Hoodoo Rootwork Tradition.

Another poster, familiar with Dominican Spanish dialect, clarified the wording of this honey jar bottle spell in a subsequent Usenet post:

Good job, but let me add to it. The Spanish is phonetic and nearly illiterate. Note that some unlettered Dominicans aspirate their S or drop it, and interchange R and L, final R of infinitive dropped completely. Sloppy speech, like a Midwesterner "gonna" instead of "going to." Hence:

"que como son el nombre che cada uno de esta persona se enfrien asi tenga que carma la ira con migo y con mi copate"

should read

"que como es el nombre, que cada uno de estas personas se enfrie asi tenga que calmar la ira conmigo y con mi compadre"

"that everybody named should chill and have to calm down his/her anger against me and my partner"

Regards,

--M (mephistopheles132002NOSPAM at yahoo.com)

A SUGAR JAR SPELL FOR HUD OR SECTION 8 HOUSING

Because there are no down-home or old timey hoodoo spells for getting HUD, HUD-VASH, or Section 8 Housing, some modern workers advise clients to treat these cases the same as for anyone wanting to move in to a new apartment or house. However, there is an additional issue, namely the bureaucracy and red tape associated with governmental assistance -- and we do have a hoodoo heritage of spells for breaking through governmental and bureaucratic logjams. In doing this work, you will call upon God's help and ask for compassion from specific people, in an attempt to get someone at the housing agency to act on your behalf.

An adaptation of a classic Southern sweetening trick, this is a sugar jar spell with a house key in it, to get you housing assistance. Here's how to make one:

Write your case worker's name on an image of the HUD logo (from their web site) or, better yet, on the case worker's business card, and place it in the bottom of a sugar bowl or a one-pint Mason jar. Add sugar into which you have mixed a small amount of Cinnamon powder (for money and for "heat" on the agency), Allspice powder (for money), Cloves powder (for friendship and for money), and powdered Five Finger Grass (for the granting of favours). There should only be enough powder in the sugar to lightly speckle it -- not to discolour it, because you will be eating it.

Get a house key (any key -- i prefer the old-fashioned skeleton key, but any key will do.

Pour the doctored sugar into the jar, on top of the agency or case-worker's name and insert the key, as you would stick a key into a lock. Turn the key, as if you were opening the locked door. As you do this, say Psalms 23. Do this three times per day (all at once or spaced out during the day).

PSALM 23

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul.
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil for thou art with me.
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil.
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, 
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 
Amen. 

LUKE 6:31

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Amen.

When you are approved, use all the sugar to bake a cake or a batch of cookies and distribute the sweet treats to anyone who also needs financial assistance of some kind.

Dispose of the petition paper by carrying it to your new home and burying it in the ground or in a potted plant there, with thanks. <

A HONEY JAR SPELL TO GET CHILD SUPPORT
FROM A BABY'S DADDY

Many women who are faced with a situation where their baby's father will not pay child support try to hurt the man, or rule him, or control him, but there is a better way, and that is to cause him to WANT to pay what the law says he must pay -- and to love his baby while he pays, as well.

To work the sweet side of a case like this, you can make a honey jar bottle spell on the mama, the baby and the daddy -- all of them in one honey jar. Try to get something personal from each individual -- a hair, for instance. If the daddy is estranged or lives far away, his hair may be hard to capture, but do try to get it -- and if that won't be possible, then get his handwriting, or something he touched, like maybe a fiber from a stuffed animal that he gave to the child.

Put the personal items in a name paper with the mama and the daddy names written 9 times each, side by side in two columns (because they are no longer a couple) and the baby name crossed over both, holding them all together. Then, around and around the names write: "We are family, forever and in all ways, and let no one put this family asunder."

Next, in the corners of the paper, draw four eye-shapes, but just the outlines with no eye-lashes or iris and pupil in the centers. Now, inside each eye-shape, draw a heart (one heart in each eye-shape) and inside each heart, write a dollar sign. Then, using the eye-shapes as a guide, write, in very tiny letters, like the eye-lashes of the eyes, top and bottom, the words "PAY CHILD" (on the top line) and "SUPPORT" (on the bottom). If you do it neatly, it'll look like an eye is in each corner with a heart for the iris of each eye and a dollar sign for the pupil of each eyeball, and the words "PAY CHILD SUPPORT" as the eyelashes of each eye. The meaning of this symbol in each corner is GOD IS WATCHING YOU (the eye shape) -- SO LOVE THE CHILD (the heart) AND PAY THE MONEY (the dollar sign).

After you have prepared the paper, dress it with Pay Me Sachet Powder and put it in a honey jar as explained above. Use a green candle for money or a pink one for the father to care more for the child, and dress it with Pay Me Oil.

A SUGAR BOX SPELL
TO SWEETEN IN-LAWS

This is an old-fashioned sugar spell to bring peace to a family in which two siblings are being kept apart by the quarrelsome spouse of one sibling, who will not allow family members into the house, thus isolating that sibling from the family.

No matter how many people are involved, this spell should be crafted with at least two generations of family member pictures and names, including both living and dead, as explained below.

Print out pictures of all family members about the same size and at the bottom of each picture, write the person's full name and birthdate, if known. These pictures should be no more than 3 inches square, printed on 4 inch square paper.

If you are missing a picture for any family member, then write the missing person's name and birthdate, if known, on a square of paper the same size as the pictures.

You will now literally sew or stitch the siblings together into a little booklet. Use white thread for peace and/or red thread for blood ties. Work slowly and leave the stitches a bit on the loose side, as there will be other pages interleaved into the booklet, as described below.

With each stitch, call the person's names and state their relationship to one another.

Include the parents as the covers for the little booklet, for this is the book of THEIR children, the siblings.

Next, get photos of the children of those siblings, if any.(This would be the third generation.) Stitch the children to the pictures of the siblings, as fold-out pages in the booklet, because these children are the offspring of the siblings. These can be group pictures or individual pictures, connected in a row from oldest to youngest. If any of the siblings has no children, skip this step for that sibling only.

Then, get photos of the spouses of the siblings and stitch them to the far end of the fold-outs of the children, as they are the "other half" of each sibling's group of children -- and they will fold in as a gate-fold. If any sibling has a spouse but no children, stich the sibling's spouse directly to the sibling. If any sibling has no spouse, skip this step for that sibling only.

Additionally, if any of the children of the siblings have children (this would be the 4th generation), stitch their children, followed by their spouses, to their pictures as you did above, but array them going downward instead of side-to-side. Fold those pictures inward as well.

Remember to call each name and bless each person as you stitch the booklet together.

Now get a jar, bowl, or box for sugar, one with a lid. I think that one of these square ribbed refrigerator containers is perfect in size and shape:

Lay down a layer of sugar. Place the booklet into the jar and sprinkle sugar between all the pages and fold-outs. Finish by completely covering the booklet with a layer of sugar.

Place the lid on the container and top it with a small candle stand. Dress a white candle with a combination of oils suitable to your purpose -- in this case selecting any or all of the following: Peaceful Home Oil, Clarity Oil, Tranquility Oil, Healing Oil, Blessing Oil, Stop Gossip Oil, and / or House Blessing Oil.

Burn candles on the container for at least three days, to trick the sugar, then open the lid and remove some of the sugar. Use the sugar to bake cookies for the isolated family member to bring as a gift. If at all possible, these cookies should be made according to a beloved family recipe known to the brother -- that is, a recipe his mother made.

Replace the sugar you removed from the container with fresh sugar, pray for peace, and light another candle on top of the container while you bake the cookies.

Have the friend show up at the brother's home with the gift of cookies. If the friend is not allowed in the house, have her leave the cookies as a gift. I recommend against making cakes or pies in this spell because they are large and unitary and may be refused on the grounds of being ""too much." A few small cookies are generally more easy to present as a gift, especially if obviously home-made according to a cherished family recipe.

If this does not succeed the first time, do it again, repeatedly, always using sugar from the container. Eventually the combination of candle magic and tricked-sugar cookie gifts will sweeten the situation.

ANSWERING INTERNET QUERIES
ABOUT SWEETENING SPELLS

People who come to conjure through the internet often have no traditional or family background of working with sugar or honey spells, and they often come up with questions about how to do the work that seem, as far as i can see, to be based on ideas unconnected to African American folk magic. Because these questions are asked repeatedly at the Lucky Mojo Forum, i am posting some replies here, in order to be able to point readers here:

DO I HAVE TO LIGHT A CANDLE ON MY HONEY JAR?

You do not "have to" burn a candle on a honey jar. This is a bogus issue.

Let's look at history: Candles are a fairly recent invention. Prior to candles, people made oil lamps. They also made sweet jars -- but i can find no record that they set oil lamps on top of sweet jars. Just too awkward, i guess.

So what connects candles to sweet jars?

Well, the invention of candles, obviously. So let's look at candle spells.

The invention of candles has given rise to a whole class of magic called, naturally, candle magic. Candle magic is popular, and over the years the burning of candles has become synthesized with other forms of magic. Thus we now see people burning candles while performing rituals of bathing, altar work with lodestones, or burning and manipulating figural candles as a form of doll-baby magic.

Candles are adaptable, and in one form or another, they can fit into many classes of magical practice which did not originally include them. The addition of candles to these spells, however, does not make them candle-spells per se, and the spells can still be worked without the use of candles.

Here's an example of an old Spiritualist candle spell to draw someone to you:

Dress and pray over a white candle named for someone you love, and they will come to you.

Simple, clean, effective -- and the only tools you need are the candle and the dressing oil.

Oh, yes, and a candle stand. And therein lies a world of embellishment: You need a candle stand.

The candle stand can be a traditional candlestick, as shown here. If you want to, and if the candlestick is hollow at the base, you can write your petition on a sugar packet (yes, a regular sugar packet like you would get in a restaurant) and tape it up inside the candle stand. Dress the candle with appropriate spiritual dressing oils and you are good to go.

But let's take this idea a bit further. You may not have a brass candlestick -- and it just so happens that candles are easy to melt onto a chinaware plate to burn. The plate catches the wax drippings, making it a convenient and easily cleaned candle stand.

In the Spiritualist Church, white chinaware, clear glass, white cloths, and white candles are often used as symbols of Spirit. So, in the Spiritual Church, we find people practicing a version of the old white candle drawing spell that, by the addition of a sweetener, has been amplified into sweetening spell.

In this candle spell, the sweetener -- honey, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, sorghum syrup, or molasses -- is poured or sprinkled in a thin ring around a white candle which has been melted to the white plate candle stand. The candle may have been previously loaded with personal concerns of the person whom the work is intended to affect -- a hair will suffice. When the candle is done burning, the plate is ceremonially washed clean.

This spell -- a ring of molasses on a white plate with a white candle in the center -- is a nice, old, 19th century way of performing a sweetening spell. The honey jar is not central to the work. In fact, there is no honey jar, just a candle standing in a ring of sweetener.

So in that version of the spell, the candle is the leading principle of the work and the honey follows.

Now you can see that the candle-on-a-honey-jar form of the spell is a hybrid, that is, is combination of two forms of magic. So let's approach it from the other direction -- from the sweetener side.

Looking back in time, we see many sweetening spells in which there never was -- and still never is -- a candle included in the work.

For instance, we have the sugar bowl. Nobody burns a candle on their sugar bowl, because it's, you know, the lidded bowl that sits on the table that you keep the sugar in for coffee or tea. Instead, you hide a fingernail down in the bottom of the sugar container or tape it to the bottom of the sugar jar with a petition, and you let folks serve their sugar right out of it to sweeten their own coffee or tea. No candle there, and there never will be a candle there.

Then we have the spell family in which a plant is set to growing out of sugared or honeyed red onions or red apples buried in soil. No candles there -- the living plant spreads the spell abroad and grows from the petition paper and personal concerns buried within the soil. Again, no candle.

So, looking at this type of work strictly from the sweetening side, candles are optional additions: We start with a sweetener, and we get something personal of the person, and we bury it in our chosen sweet substance.

CAN I BURN TEA LIGHTS OR VIGIL LIGHTS ON A HONEY JAR?

Please do not use tea lights on a honey jar. If you do, you will soon learn that they will not embrace your honey jar with melted wax for the purpose of candle wax divination. In other words, you will be doing the work, but you won't see the measure of your success. If you want a small, quick burning light, try a 4" altar light instead. It will burn for about an hour, and if you need to extinguish it and to burn it in sections, you can lick your fingers and pinch out the flame, a procedure that old-timers always recommend because it does not "kill" the spell like blowing out the flame does, but rather keeps it "on hold"until you come back and relight the wick.

Vigil lights (8-inch tall glass encased candles) are also not recommended for use on honey jars; they do not embrace the jar with wax, and they are simply too tall, heavy, and unstable to balance safely on top of a small jar. If they get knocked over, you may have a major fire on hand.

CAN I MAKE A HONEY JAR IF I DON'T HAVE A PERSONAL CONCERN OF MY TARGET?

The second most often mentioned point of confusion is the personal item.

"Can i make a honey jar if i don't have anything personal of my target?" is a pathetic plea for influence over someone you really don't know well or with whom you have very little contact. Do it, but expect to get results in proportion to the intimacy of the item that represents the person.

"What if it's a judge or a boss i want to sweeten?"

Good question.

If we have nothing of the person's body -- that is, no hair, no sexual fluids, finger nails, skin-scrapings, or sweat -- we ask ourselves what next-best item we can use to create a spiritual link with them and thus affect them as we work. A piece of their writing is fine, and their signature is, of course, the central expression of self in their writing, so a signature is always good to use. Failing that, a photo or a business card may provide some form of contact.

"Do i cut or tear their signature off the paper -- or should use the whole page or paper" is a non-starter of a question. You are making a honey jar, not entombing manuscripts or file folders of correspondence in honey!

Your objective is to capture a piece of that person's spiritual essence, not to build a giant leak-proof vault filled with everything the guy ever wrote and then pour a tanker truck load of honey into it.

Conjure is not a role-playing game. There are traditions, and while it is true that a few very firm rules are embedded in those traditions, for the most part the spell work is performed through contact with spirit, not through the exercise of rules. By failing to understand the tradition, and looking for rules as a condition of success or failure, folks can lose track of the point of the work.

CAN I ADD ESSENCE OF BEND OVER OIL TO MY HONEY JAR?

In 2011, this question began to erupt at the Lucky Mojo Forum, probably because the author of some web site or book had recommended pouring hoodoo oils -- and specifically Essence of Bend Over Oil -- into a honey jar to rule and control a lover.

This idea is wrong on two counts:

First, Essence of Bend Over Oil is a coercive forumla. It is not a formula used for sweetening, for harmonious pleasure, for reconciliation, for peaceful conjugation, or for forgiveness. It is used to dominate and over-ride another person. Therefore, its very nature conflicts with the intention of a sugar jar or honey jar.

Because a coercive conjure oil doesn't really have the same sort of intention as a sugar bowl, sweet jar, sugar box, honey jar, or honey-apple container spell, i suggest that you would be better advised to consider using an Influence Honey Jar Spell Kit.

Second, why on Earth would someone pour dressing oils into honey?

Remember, hoodoo conjure oils are used to anoint candles -- and as you learned above, a candle magic spell is not even a necessary component of a sweetening spell. I mean, candles are great, and their power can add some push to a sugar spell, but the real reason to bring conjure oils into a sweetening spell would be to dress the petition paper or to dress the candles.

Furthermore, depending on which essential oils and which magic herbs are used in making a given dressing oil, the resultant mixture may be toxic or poisonous to eat -- but the honey or sugar is supposed to be TASTED while you make the spell; in fact, eating some of the honey is part and parcel of the work ("As honey is sweet to me, so will So-And-So be sweet to me" et cetera).

Also, since many people take out and use the sugar or honey from the jar to prepare magical foods for their loved ones as part of their spell casting, contaminating the honey or sugar with potentially toxic essential oils is counter to their magical interests.

HOW CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT SUGAR AND HONEY SPELLS?

In 2013, the Lucky Mojo Curio Company published an entire book devoted to the subject of spells made with honey, sugar, molasses, syrup, and other easily-obtained ingredients. The name of the book is "Hoodoo Honey and Sugar Spells: Sweet Love Magic in the Conjure Tradition" by Deacon Millett

Easily accessible to the beginning or newbie practitioner of Southern style conjure and filled with valuable introductory information about the true African American hoodoo heritage of sweetening spells, this practical guide to to folk magic contains sections on

• The History of Hoodoo Sweetening Spells
• The Right Sweetener For Every Purpose
• How to Fix a Sugar Bowl for Love or Influence
• How to Make Your Own Sweet Baths and Sugar Scrubs
• Recipes for Edible Sweet Conjure Cookery
• How to Choose the Proper Herbs and Spiritual Supplies
• How to Prepare Honey Jars with Candles and Oils
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Sweet Spells

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	Boss Fix, Manager Fix, Co-Workers Fix Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Boss Fix Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Boss Fix Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-BOSS
	4"black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen White Use white for spiritual practices, marriage, prayer. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-WHIT
	Court Cases, ARBITRATIONS, CHILD CUSTODY Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit Those who are called into Court on charges have long sought spells whereby to influence the Judge and Jury. Certain herbs and roots are well known for this purpose and we include them in all of our COURT CASE Powder, Oil, Bath Crystals, and Incense. This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Court Case Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Court Case Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-COUR
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Brown Use brown for court cases and finding lost things.  4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-BROW
	CROWN OF SUCCESS, PUT OTHERS IN SERVICE TO YOU Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Crown of Success Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Crown of Success Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-CROW
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Yellow Use yellow for devotion to saints and for gold. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-YELL
	Forestall Home Foreclosure, Refinance a Loan Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going.	$18.00 SPL-HON-FORE
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Green Use green for drawing money and for a good harvest. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-GREE
	Influence Another's Mind FOR ANY GOOD PURPOSE Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Influence Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Influence Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-INFL
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Purple Use purple for conquering, mastery, and success. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-PURP
	King Solomon Wisdom, Good Grades On Tests Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit Power is that ineffable quality that brings those who enjoy it success in all they venture; it is strength, health, courage, and force of will combined with initiative, determination, and tenacity. It has been said that 'with great power comes great responsibility,' and truer words were never spoken. This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All King Solomon Wisdom Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about King Solomon Wisdom Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-KING
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Yellow Use yellow for devotion to saints and for gold. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-YELL
	Love, ROMANCE, FRIENDSHIP, SEXUALITY, FERTILITY Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Love Me Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Love Me Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-LOVE
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Red Use red for drawing sexual love and passion.  4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-REDD
	Money VENTURES, BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP SUCCESS Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Money Drawing Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Money Drawing Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-MONE
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Green Use green for drawing money and for a good harvest. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-GREE
	Peaceful Home & Family, CALM DOWN RELATIVES Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell KitMany folks tell us that they want satisfying conjugal relations, happy children, steady money, pleasant in-laws, and above all, a PEACEFUL HOME. If you love your family but are overwhelmed by spats, fights, and grudges, try PEACEFUL HOME to soothe hot tempers and help bring about a harmonious home life. This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Peaceful Home Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Peaceful Home Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-PEAC
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Blue Use blue for spirituality, health, a peaceful home. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-BLUE
	Reconciliation & Return, HEAL EMOTIONAL DISTANCE Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit Have you and your lover had a foolish quarrel? Has someone else jinxed your romance? Do you sincerely long for RECONCILIATION? This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Reconciliation Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Reconciliation Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-RECO
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Pink Use pink for drawing romance and love. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-PINK
	Stay With Me, Stay At Home, NO RUNNING AROUND Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Stay With Me Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Stay With Me Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-STAH
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Blue Use blue for spirituality, health, a peaceful home. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-BLUE
	Job Getting, STEADY WORK, AVOID BEING LAID OFF Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Steady Work Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Steady Work Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-STEA
	4" black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen Blue Use blue for spirituality, health, a peaceful home. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-BLUE
	Stop Gossip & Slander, PUT AN END TO BACKBITING Honey Jar Mini Hoodoo Spell Kit As most folks know, the worst places in the world for gossip, slander, back-biting, and malicious talk are the work place, school, and, yes, in church. If people are talking about you, and not in a good way, you owe it to yourself to stop that mess. This honey jar spell kit comes complete with 1 candle, 1 star candle holder, 1 dram of ritual oil, 1 packet of herbs, 1 sheet parchment paper, and 1 jar of honey, plus full instructions. Order an extra dozen altar-light candles here to keep the good work going. •  See All Stop Gossip Spiritual Supplies For Sale at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. •  Read about Stop Gossip Spiritual Supplies with Free Magic Spells and Prayers	$18.00 SPL-HON-STOP
	4"black cat brand Altar Candles, Dozen White Use white for spiritual practices, marriage, prayer. 4 inches tall, 1/2 inches in diameter, burns for up to 1 1/2 hours. Get 12 for the price of 10 when you order ONE DOZEN PER COLOUR.	$3.00 CAN-412-WHIT

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