The Hoodoo Truth: Why We Dress Candles With Oil

To put it simply, we dress candles with oil in the practice of hoodoo/rootwork/conjure to seal in the prayer and energy we have put into the candle as well as to allow powdered roots and herbs to cling to the candle if we roll them in such. If we use a specialized spiritual oil, such as money-drawing oil, then the oil itself will add power to the work.