High John Oil: Overcoming Obstacles, Strength, and Being in Charge

What High John oil is, in plain language

High John oil, as offered here, is proper and pure High John oil. The root is properly steeped in a natural oil.

Properly steeped means the root has actually spent time in the oil, long enough for the oil to take up the character of the root, rather than being scented to resemble it. A natural oil base means the carrier itself is a real oil, not a synthetic scent in a cheap base. Pure means no extraneous ingredients, no fillers, and no synthetics standing in for the root. Those three words, proper, pure, and steeped, are a claim about making, and they are the claim this oil is judged by.

If you have ever opened a bottle that claimed a root name and smelled only perfume, you will know the difference at once. The real thing smells like a root in oil: earthy, deep, and unmistakably plant, not like a fragrance designed to suggest a plant. That difference matters in practice, not as a luxury, but as a matter of attention. An oil made for work should smell like work, not like a shop.

The uses given for this oil

High John oil is used for overcoming obstacles, for boss fix work, for strength, and to help with being in charge. Each of those is a distinct matter, and they should not be blurred together, because a working aimed at one of them when you really mean another will not do the work you actually need done.

Overcoming obstacles is the broadest of the four. An obstacle can be a person, a rule, a delay, a habit, or a set of circumstances that stands between you and a thing you need to do. Before any anointing, name the obstacle, in one clear sentence. Is it a specific blockage, or is it a general feeling of being stuck? Those are different workings, and they call for different petitions, and for different ordinary-world action alongside the ritual work.

Boss fix work is narrower. It concerns a person in authority over you, or over a situation you are in, and the relationship between you and that authority. Strength is narrower still, and more personal: the strength to stand, to speak, to persist, or to carry a burden that cannot simply be set down. Being in charge is the widest of the personal uses: not merely enduring a situation, but directing it, taking responsibility for it, and being recognised, by yourself and by others, as the person who is directing it.

Starting with the work, not with the tool

Oil work is not shopping, and anointing does not do the work for you. Before you anoint anything with High John oil, be clear about which of the four uses you mean, and what you are actually asking to change. A vague purpose produces a vague working, and a vague working is hard to read afterwards. If you cannot state the matter in one clear sentence, write it down, leave it overnight, and come back to see if it still reads true. That pause is part of the work, not a delay in it.

Be specific about what you want, in the sense this site always recommends. Reflection about being specific about what you want is part of doing this work well. Do you want a particular obstacle removed, a particular relationship with a boss improved, strength for a particular task, or charge of a particular situation? Name it. Name the situation, the people involved, and what a good outcome would actually look like, in ordinary terms, not only in ritual terms.

And ask, honestly, what ordinary-world work belongs alongside the ritual work. If the obstacle is a skill you lack, study is part of the work. If the boss matter is a conversation you have been avoiding, that conversation is part of the work. If being in charge means taking responsibility you have been avoiding, taking it is part of the work. Oil does not replace those steps. It gathers them.

Why anointing, and why oil at all

Anointing is a way of marking something, or someone, for a purpose. In practice, it is often done on the hands, the forehead, or on a tool, candle, or petition paper that will be used in the working. The act itself is simple, and that simplicity is the point. You are not hiding the work behind complicated gestures. You are touching the thing, naming the purpose, and doing it deliberately.

Oil is used for anointing because it stays. It does not evaporate in a moment like a scent on the air, and it does not wash off at the first touch. It remains on the skin or on the tool while you work, and that staying quality is part of how it functions in a ritual setting. You can smell it, you can feel it, and you are reminded, through the whole working, of what you set out to do.

For High John work in particular, that staying quality fits the uses. Overcoming an obstacle is not a momentary act. Strength is not a momentary feeling. Being in charge is not a momentary posture. All of them are sustained states, and an oil that stays with you through the day, on the hands or on a tool you carry, matches the sustained character of the work itself.

Boss fix work, in particular

Boss fix work deserves a section of its own, because it is easily misunderstood. It is not, in the sense used here, about harming a person in authority, or about tricking one. It is about fixing a relationship with authority that is not working: a boss who does not hear you, a decision that is stuck, a situation in which you are overlooked, or a workplace dynamic that has become rigid and unhelpful.

Before such work, look honestly at your own part in the situation. Have you stated your case clearly? Have you done the work you were asked to do, well and on time? Have you spoken to the person directly, or have you only complained about them to others? Ritual work that is used to avoid a direct conversation will not fix the relationship, because the relationship lives in conversation, not only in anointing.

If the direct steps have been taken, or are being taken alongside the work, then anointing for boss fix work has a clear place: anoint the hands before a meeting, anoint a petition or a letter before it is sent, anoint a candle that will burn during the time you are preparing what you will say. Do it deliberately, naming the outcome you seek in plain terms, and then go and do the meeting, send the letter, and have the conversation. The oil marks the work. The conversation is the work.

Strength, and being in charge

Strength, as a use for this oil, is not about feeling powerful for an evening. It is about the capacity to stand, to speak, and to persist when a situation is difficult, tiring, or frightening. That capacity is built, in ordinary life, by rest, by preparation, and by doing hard things in small steps, and the oil belongs alongside those steps, not instead of them.

Anoint before a task that requires strength, not after you have already given up on it. Anoint the hands before work that will test you, the forehead before a decision that requires steadiness, or a tool you will use in the task itself. Then do the task, in the ordinary world, with the attention the anointing gathered. If the task is too large for one day, break it into steps, and anoint for each step, rather than anointing once and hoping the whole matter resolves itself.

Being in charge follows from strength, but it is not the same thing. Being in charge means taking responsibility, making decisions, and standing behind them when they are questioned. It also means being willing to be blamed when a decision goes wrong, and to correct it plainly rather than hiding it. Anointing for charge, then, is also a commitment: to decide, to speak, to act, and to answer for what follows. If you are not willing to make that commitment, the anointing is only scent.

A simple working order, to adapt to your own practice

The following is a general order, not a fixed script. Adapt it to the system you already work in. First, name the matter in one clear sentence, and write it down. Second, prepare yourself: wash the hands and face, and change into clothes you do not wear for ordinary errands, if that is part of your practice. Third, set out the oil and whatever you will anoint: hands, forehead, tool, candle, or petition. Fourth, anoint deliberately, naming the purpose in your own words. Fifth, do the ordinary-world step that belongs to the matter, whether that is a conversation, a piece of work, or a decision. Sixth, write down what you did, when you did it, and what you noticed, over days rather than only on the day itself.

Afterwards, keep the record, and return to it. If nothing changes, that is also information. It may mean the petition was unclear, the timing was wrong, the work was not appropriate, or simply that the situation needs a different approach. Do not repeat the same working endlessly in the hope that repetition alone will force a result. Do the work properly, once, observe, and then decide, calmly, whether a second working, a different approach, or no further working is the right next step.

Do not use the oil internally, and do not use it on broken skin. It is made for anointing and ritual use, from a root steeped in natural oil, and it should be treated as a ritual oil, not as a food, a medicine, or a skin treatment. If you have sensitivities to oils, test a small amount first, or do not use it on skin at all, and anoint a tool or candle instead.

When this is not the right work

Sometimes the right answer is not a ritual working at all. If the situation is a legal matter, a safety matter, or a medical matter, deal with that matter in the ordinary world first, or at the same time. Ritual work is not a substitute for a lawyer, a doctor, or for leaving a dangerous situation. If a boss situation involves harassment, discrimination, or danger, deal with it through the proper channels, and seek advice from someone qualified to give it, alongside any ritual work you do.

It is also worth asking, honestly, whether the obstacle you want removed is an obstacle you yourself maintain, by habit, by avoidance, or by a decision you have not yet made. A working aimed outward, at a person or a circumstance, when the real blockage is a habit you keep repeating, will not do the work you actually need done. Look inward first, and be willing to be corrected by what you find.

And as with all work of this kind, the oil is made for the work, blessed before sending, and sent to you to use in your own practice. What follows from that practice, in terms of magical result, is yours to observe, not mine to guarantee. That is about the work itself, not about delivery dates for physical items.

High John oil, for overcoming obstacles, boss fix work, strength, and being in charge

If you want an oil for those uses, this is the oil I offer: proper and pure High John oil, the root properly steeped in a natural oil.

It is used for overcoming obstacles, for boss fix work, for strength, and to help with being in charge. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is made by hand, for this work, and not mass produced.

If you want the oil for that work, this is the one I offer: High John oil, $44 CAD. View the product

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