Evil Eye Tincture: Melancholia
Inspired by Éva Pócs’s The Evil Eye in Hungary: Belief, Ritual, Incantation and the four humours, I decided to create a Saturnian tincture from astringent herbs. This is my own recipe. It is meant to have drying and parasitic properties (thus a tincture instead of an oil).
I opted to put this together in ritual with Hekate and the Fates (focus on Atropos) on a Saturday during the hour of Saturn on the Full Moon in Pisces. I will finish the extraction on the Dark Moon, to symbolise waning energy and health.
Ingredients
- Rose Petals
- Black Tea
- Sage
- Mullein
- Lady’s Mantle
- Myrhh
- Dragonsblood
- Vodka
I did not have Yarrow, Blackberry Leaves, Witch Hazel, Ground Ivy, Mistletoe, Plantain, Cobwebs, or Spanish Moss on hand. I would have included them if I did. I will probably add them, in ritual, at a later date.
The tincture is currently sitting in my “underworld” in a jar covered in sigils, next to my incubating Atropos Oil. I will recite The Sick Rose by William Blake over it during the hour of Saturn (nearly) every night until then.
Shout out to @Czar for advice, information, and input
Edit: intuitively, I have decided to combine the tincture with belladonna flying oil for vampiric works. I will experiment with this on the Dark Moon.