Sacred Balms: Spells You Wear on Your Skin

What are Sacred Balms?

Sacred Balms are herbal-infused solid salves designed for both body and spirit. Each balm is crafted around a specific intention—such as love, protection, or peace—using carefully selected herbs and essential oils blended into a nourishing, skin-safe base. These aren’t just for moisturizing—they’re portable spells you can wear.

A Brief History of Herbal Balms in Folk Magic

Herbal balms have long been a staple in both healing and witchcraft. In medieval folk medicine, salves were used to treat physical wounds and prevent spiritual ones. Traditional witches crafted protective or flying ointments by infusing herbs into animal fat or oil. In European and Appalachian traditions, salves and liniments were often prayed over, blessed, and used as ritual aids—applied to the body to invoke protection, attraction, or healing. In modern practice, balms have evolved into wearable magick: subtle, intentional, and ideal for everyday energy work.

How to Use Sacred Balms by Intention

Each Sacred Balms is charged with a particular purpose. Below are examples of how to use each in daily and ritual contexts:

Love & Self-Love

Use for:

• Enhancing self-image and inner radiance
• Encouraging intimacy, affection, and personal magnetism
• Supporting heart chakra work and emotional healing

Ways to Use:

• Apply to your heart, collarbones, or throat before a date or ritual
• Rub into your hands before mirror affirmations or beauty rituals
• Use during glamour magic or attraction spells
• Carry in your bag and reapply throughout the day as an act of devotion
• Incantation: "By touch of balm, my heart I heal. Love surrounds, my worth is real."

• How Often:

  • Apply daily to lips, wrists, or heart center while reciting.

  • Repeat before self-care routines or affirmations.

Peace & Calm

Use for:

• Soothing stress, anxiety, or emotional unrest
• Grounding during conflict or overstimulation
• Promoting restful sleep and gentle presence

Ways to Use:

• Rub onto temples, chest, or the back of your neck before bed
• Use during guided meditations, yoga, or breathwork
• Apply before stressful events like travel, work meetings, or hard conversations
• Carry in your pocket and use as a ritual pause button
• Incantation: "This balm of peace restores my mind. Calm within, serenity I find."

• How Often:

  • Apply before meditation, sleep, or during stress.

  • Whisper when soothing yourself or others.

Protection & Clearing

Use for:

• Creating a psychic shield throughout the day
• Fortifying the auric field after spiritual cleansing
• Repelling negativity and energetic interference

Ways to Use:

• Anoint soles of the feet, solar plexus, and back of the neck before leaving the house
• Use before divination or spiritual work for energetic protection
• Rub onto tools or jewelry before use
• Apply during warding rituals or banishing spells
• Incantation: "By sacred balm, my shield is made. No harm may linger, all ill shall fade."

• How Often:

  • Apply daily to wrists, feet, or over the heart.

  • Repeat before leaving home or entering ritual space.

Abundance & Success

Use for:

• Activating motivation, confidence, and manifestation energy
• Supporting business, creative projects, or goal-setting rituals
• Encouraging a positive money mindset

Ways to Use:

• Rub into hands and forearms before working on your craft, packing orders, or creating content
• Apply to your wallet, business cards, or planner edges
• Use during intention journaling or candle magic for prosperity
• Anoint yourself before client meetings, interviews, or launches
• Incantation: "With every touch, prosperity grows. Abundance shines, my fortune flows."

• How Often:

  • Use in the morning when preparing for work or business.

  • Repeat before handling money, signing papers, or beginning projects.

Shadow Work & Inner Wisdom

Use for:

• Grounding and emotional processing
• Supporting dreamwork, grief rituals, and deep healing
• Enhancing inner reflection and past-life exploration

Ways to Use:

• Massage into your heart space or third eye before tarot or journaling
• Use before rituals of release or moon phases of waning and darkness
• Apply before sleep to encourage emotional insights through dreams
• Keep nearby during therapy or intense emotional work for gentle energetic support
• Incantation: "Through balm I touch what lies inside. Wisdom and shadow walk side by side."

• How Often:

  • Use before journaling, tarot, or meditation.

  • Best repeated on the Dark/New Moon for inner work.

Ritual Tips & Practical Use

• Use in place of anointing oils when you need a more discreet or mess-free option
• Carry in your purse, altar bag, or car for portable magic
• Apply intentionally, speaking your goal or mantra as you rub it in
• Pair with candles, incense, or affirmations for layered rituals
• Use in body-based spell work, like drawing sigils into your skin with balm as your medium
• Multi-Use Magic: Balms may be applied as lip balm, skin salve, or intention-based anointing.
• Gesture Matters: Apply with mindful touch — clockwise for drawing energy in, counter-clockwise for releasing.
• Moon Charging: Leave balms on a windowsill under the aligned moon phase to recharge.

  • Love & Peace → Full Moon 

  • Abundance → Waxing Moon 

  • Protection → Waning Moon 

  • Shadow Work → Dark/New Moon 

Daily Magic You Can Wear

Sacred Balms are designed for those who want to carry their practice into everyday life. Whether you’re heading to work, going on a date, or performing deep spiritual work, your balm becomes a wearable spell—quietly empowering you through scent, sensation, and sacred intention.