The History of Honey Jar Spells in the Hoodoo Rootwork Tradition

[SunKat]

The Honey Jar Spell is one 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 of sweetener (honey, karo syrup, corn sweetener, molasses) into which you place the personal concerns of the person you want to influence, along with spiritually powerful magickal herbs wrapped in a name-paper or petition packet, and then burning a candle on top of the jar after dressing it with the appropriate conjure oil.

This form of hoodoo spell casting is employed when you want to set up a powerful sweetening spell in a small space 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 spells, 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 molasses. 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 honey 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 the 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 it's sweetness throughout their home.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as packaged sugars, syrups and sweeteners became available from grocery stores, another varient of this spell that developed employed a box of sugar instead of a jar of honey. By the mid 20th century, the honey-jar version of the spell gradually replaced the old cream-saucer, cored apple hollowed onion and sugar box versions.

Honey Jar Spells are considered good magick when one wants to bring good things to someone or to themselves.

[2iatme2skhoya]

I  love honey jars, although in my experience you always need to make sure to make your intentions as clear as possible, because with any type of magick there is room for error and ties and connections can be made that you did not anticipate that will later make you spell manifest in ways you didnt think it would...