Jezebel Root Pieces, 1 oz (Picea abies)

Jezebel Root is one of the classic love-and-money roots of Hoodoo, and this one-ounce bag is the everyday working size. Named for the biblical queen, Jezebel root has long been a woman's root, reached for to draw love, to win favor and the upper hand with a lover, and to draw money and support from a partner. An ounce is plenty to fill a mojo bag or two, sweeten a jar, and dress a few candles.

The root in this bag is spruce (Picea abies), cut into pieces and dried for ritual use rather than for the kitchen. You work it the way Hoodoo has always worked its roots: cleanse it, name your intention over it, and set it to its task in a charm bag, a honey or sugar jar, a dressed candle, or simply carried on you. It is a drawing and commanding root, used to pull what you want closer and to tip a situation in your favor.

This is the size to reach for when you want Jezebel root for a specific working or two rather than a standing supply. If you find yourself coming back to it often, or you fill bags for a group, the one-pound size will serve you better.

Key Features

A traditional Hoodoo love and money root. Jezebel root is worked to draw love, to gain favor and the upper hand with a partner, and to pull money and material support toward you. It carries one of the most specific reputations in the rootwork materia, a root for getting your way in matters of the heart and the purse.

A one-ounce working size. This is the right amount for a focused working or a couple of mojo bags, enough to get to know the root without committing to a full pound. Keep it sealed and it will hold for many sessions.

A spruce substitute for hard-to-source iris root. Traditionally, the root sold as Jezebel root comes from an iris, the same rhizome that perfumers call orris root, which is toxic and can irritate the skin to handle and is not always easy to source. This version is dried spruce (Picea abies) root, a safer and more practical stand-in that carries the same name and the same ritual role. It is a curio for external work, not for eating.

Product Details

• Quantity: 1 ounce of dried Jezebel Root pieces
• Botanical: spruce (Picea abies)
• Substitution: a spruce-based stand-in for traditional iris (orris) Jezebel root, which is toxic and tricky to handle
• Form: cut and dried root pieces; size varies piece to piece
• Tradition: Hoodoo and Southern folk magic love and money rootwork
• Use: mojo bags, honey and sugar jars, sachets, candle dressings, and carried curios
• Note: sold as a ritual curio for external use only; not for consumption

The Spiritual Significance

In Hoodoo, the African American folk magic of the American South, Jezebel root holds a very particular place. It is traditionally a woman's root, named after the biblical Jezebel, and it is worked above all to command favor in love and money. The classic uses run together: drawing a lover, holding a lover's attention and devotion, gaining the upper hand in a relationship, and drawing money and material support from a partner. Where some roots simply attract, Jezebel root is understood as a commanding root, one that bends a situation your way.

Rootworkers carry it in mojo bags, sweeten it in honey jars to soften a person toward them, dress it with condition oils, and add it to candles burned for love and money workings. As with all conjure, the spoken intention matters as much as the material: you tell the root plainly what you want it to do.

How To Use

1. Cleanse and name it. Pass the root through cleansing smoke or leave it under the moon, then hold a piece and state plainly what you want it to draw to you, in love, in money, or in favor.
2. Make a mojo bag. Tuck a piece or two into a charm bag with other love or money curios, dress it with a condition oil, and carry it on you or keep it close to your bed or workspace.
3. Work a sweetening jar. Place a piece in a honey or sugar jar with your petition to draw and soften a person toward you, feeding the jar with a candle over time.
4. Dress your candles. Add small pieces around the base of a love or money candle, or grind a little to sprinkle, to carry Jezebel root's pull into the burn.
5. Store what is left. Keep the rest sealed in a cool, dark place out of sunlight so it stays ready for your next working.

Pairs Well With

Attraction Anointing Oil, 2 Dram: Dress your Jezebel root or its mojo bag with attraction oil to push the love-drawing side of the work. Oil and root together make a stronger draw than either alone.

Money Drawing Green Jar Candle: Burn this beside your root for the money side of a Jezebel working, tucking a few pieces around the base to carry the root's pull into the flame.

Pyrite (Fool's Gold), 1 Pound: A classic money-drawing crystal for your altar. Keep a piece beside your Jezebel root or in your money bag to anchor steady prosperity work.

Money Drawing (Ven Dinero) Wash, 8oz: Wash your hands, doorway, or register with this to open the way for money while your Jezebel root draws it closer.

Florida Water Cologne, 7.5 oz: Cleanse the root and your hands before you begin, a simple way to clear old energy off a curio before you set it to work.

History & Occult Background

Jezebel root takes its name from the biblical Jezebel, the Phoenician queen of the Hebrew scriptures whose name became a byword for a bold and worldly woman. Hoodoo, the African American folk magic that grew in the American South from West and Central African practice, biblical influence, and Native American and European herb lore, gave that name to a root used by women to take charge of love and money. The naming is pointed: this is a root for the woman who intends to get her way.

In the classic rootwork sources, Jezebel root appears again and again in workings to draw a lover, to keep a partner attentive and giving, and to draw money and support from men. Traditionally the root behind the name is an iris, the same fragrant rhizome perfumers call orris root, but iris rhizome is toxic and can irritate the skin to handle, and it is not always easy to source. For that reason workers have long turned to substitute roots, and spruce, like pine, is a common and far more practical stand-in. What has stayed constant is not the species but the work the root is asked to do. When you set this root to a love or money task, you are joining a long line of practitioners who reached for Jezebel root to tip the scales in their favor.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Jezebel root used for? In Hoodoo it is a love and money root, traditionally worked by women to draw a lover, hold a partner's devotion, gain favor and the upper hand in a relationship, and draw money and support. It is considered a commanding root, used to tip a situation your way.

What plant is this root, and is it the traditional iris? No. Traditionally, Jezebel root is an iris, the same rhizome perfumers know as orris root. True iris root is toxic and can irritate the skin to handle, and it is not always easy to source, so many workers use a substitute. This version is dried spruce (Picea abies) root, a practical stand-in that carries the Jezebel root name and its ritual role in love and money work.

How is this different from the 1 pound Jezebel root? This is the one-ounce size, the right amount for a working or two, and it is cut from spruce (Picea abies). The 1 pound bulk size is cut from pine (Pinus). Both are substitute roots sold under the Jezebel name for the same love and money work, so choose by how much you need: the ounce for a single working, the pound for steady or group practice.

How do I use Jezebel root in a working? Cleanse it, name your intention, then carry it in a mojo bag, sweeten it in a honey jar, dress it with a condition oil, or add pieces to a love or money candle. As with all conjure, speak plainly to the root about what you want it to do.

Can I eat or brew this root? No. It is sold as a ritual curio for external work only, not as food, tea, or medicine. Keep it for mojo bags, jars, dressings, and carried work, and store it sealed in a cool, dark place away from children and pets.

Where does Jezebel root come from in tradition? It belongs to Hoodoo, the African American folk magic of the American South, where it is named for the biblical Jezebel and worked as a woman's root for love and money. It is most at home in mojo bags, sweetening jars, and candle work.