What is a Subtractive Spell?
For many of us, we begin our journey in magic practice by engaging in attractant spells. Much like learning math, we learn addition before we learn subtraction.
Subtractive magic works by removing or reducing. While it can be about an unwanted pattern, an unwanted person’s influence or presence, a harmful policy, or something else that has grown beyond its life-giving proportion, the fundamental quality of this style of spell is about removing it one degree at a time, working with allies that are suited to the task.
How Conjure Oils and Ritual Candles Work in Spell Casting and Mediumship
How to Cast Spells, Effectively: Function, Methods of Application and Best Practices for Candles, Conjure Oils, and Other Ritual Tools
The Purpose of Conjure Oils and Magic Candles in Witchcraft and Spirit Reading (Mediumship)
In both traditional and contemporary occult work, ritual tools act as technology—deliberate interfaces that structure and anchor the practitioner’s will, intention, facilitate altered states, and mediate spirit contact. Materia magica such as plants, minerals, body fluids that are then made into oils, candles, and effigies (I’ve written a dedicated post about effigies) serve multiple functions: focusing the practitioner’s intention, marking liminal thresholds, storing energetic charge, and offering a “body” through which spirits or energetic currents can be attracted, contained, or banished. Their use is especially pronounced in witchcraft, where precise handling of energy is critical through a spell.