Candle Magick

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Candle Magic has been around for many, many years, being traced as far back as the Palaeolithic era. It is a very powerful form of sympathetic magic.

There are many factors that play into the art of candle magic. As we know any type of magic that is performed will return to you three fold, whether it be positive or negative. Always keep the Wiccan Rede “An harm to none do what thou wilt” in mind when considering your work. Always keep in mind that magic effect’s the entire world around you. Be very careful what you ask for, for it may well come true. The wording in any type of magic must not be taken lightly, be very careful, concise , and precise, make sure you have covered all possible bases.

Keep in mind that some candle magic has to be repeated over a period of days. Therefore, you will want to place them in an area that will not be disturbed. Do not choose a place where there is a tv, radio noise or disturbances of any kind. Keep in mind to not put candles near curtains and such, as you would not want to burn your house down. Candle magic should always be performed in a low traffic area. That is why a bedroom is really nice for such work.

Your Altar:

You may use anything that has a flat top.. I use an old trunk with a piece of plywood on it. Be creative.. As for a cover I use white because of it’s kind of a multipurpose color. Although some magic specifies a color then what ever color is specified should be used. Again, be creative... Keep in mind that candle magic is usually done in condensed areas so keep things as simplistic as you can, especially your candlesticks and censors.

Incense:

There are some who believe that incense is unimportant in candle magic. I cannot imagine performing candle magick without the incense. The type that you use may be specified in a specific spell, if that is the case by all means use that. Generally, I use three kings incense as well as vervain. Vervain gives the spell working a little umph. But then again nothing is set in stone.. Be creative.

Incense symbolizes Air... as the smoke rises our thoughts are carried up into the universe.

Preparing of the Practitioner:

Prior to your spell working prepare yourself a nice relaxing bath. Add a hand full of sea salt to get your charges set where they need to be. Light a few candles, turn off the light and relax. Clear your mind of the junk you have picked up through out the day. Visualize the water washing all the negativity away from you. It is very important that your mind be at ease and clear prior to any spell working.

Types of candles:

Any type of candle can be used for candle magic as long as it has been cleansed and consecrated prior to use. Although beeswax candles are higher in price than store bought candles, they are more powerful because they are produced from nature. As with any other tool, the candle made by the practitioner for a specific purpose captures the energy of the practitioner. Many experienced Witches will use only candles they have crafted themselves because of this.

Cleansing & Consecrating:

This is a very important step and should not be omitted. Cleansing removes all the negative energies that the candle has picked up along the way. As with all supplies you want your candles to to be as free of psychic debris as possible. Submerge the candle in sea salt and the ask The Lord and lady to bless it. I could give you the phrasing but I think it is better when it comes from your own heart.

Dressing Candles:

Dressing the candle with oil is as important as any other step. Use whatever oil you prefer or what a specific spell asks you to use. Personally, I use lotus a lot... but again that is my preference. what is important is the direction you dress the candle. To bring something to you, rub oil on the candle in a downward motion from the top to the middle and then from the bottom to the middle.

To send something away from you...you rub the oil from the middle of the candle out to the ends. Never make a back and forth motion as this defeats the purpose. Dab the remaining oil from your fingers onto your third eye and on your breast bone. Then say the following:

“I cleanse and consecrate this candle in the name of the Lord and the Lady. May it burn with strength in the service of the light.”

Then state your intent or the purpose of the candle.

Inscribing:

If you inscribe a candle you should use your Athame. The same principle as dressing the candle is used...

To draw something to you, write from the top to the middle, and then from the bottom to the middle.

To repel things, write from the middle to the ends.

Annointing, Charging, & Empowering Candles

Candle Annointing

Annoint your candle with the oil that you have chosen. This is done by placing a little of the oil on your fingertips. Grasp the candle at its midpoint with your left index finger and thumb, and use your right index finger and thumb to stroke oil on the candle from the midpoint up to the top of the candle. Next, grasp the candle at its midpoint with your right index finger and thumb, and use your left index finger and thumb to stroke oil on the candle from the midpoint down to the bottom of the candle. Continue in this fashion until the entire candle has been annointed.

All-purpose Candle Annointing Oil

1 cup rose petals

1 cup violets

1 cup water

1 cup olive oil

1 tablespoon clove oil

2 teaspoons powdered cinnamon

1 tablespoon powdered myrrh

1/4 cup wild fennel seeds

For more recipes See Oils

Charging a candle with your personal energy

While ritually annointing your candle, visualize a pure white beam of light coming up from Mother Earth, entering your body through the soles of your feet and another beam of white light coming down from the Universe and entering your body through the top of your head. Envision the energy of these beams of light flowing throughout your body and mingling together, finally concentrating in your hands, causing them to feel warm and to tingle. Now continue to stroke your candle until you feel the energy from your hands transfer to the candle. Your candle is now charged with your personal energy and magickal intent.

Empowering

To empower a stone, place it in your left hand (your right hand, if left-handed) and place against your "third eye" chakra (this is located on your forehead between your eyebrows). Now concentrate strongly on what power you want the stone to have (to help you quit smoking, to bring peace, to attract success, to draw love, etc.). You may wish to verbalize this, such as "amethyst, I empower you with the ability to help me quit smoking", or "aventurine, I empower you with the ability to draw good luck to me", etc. When you feel the stone has been properly empowered, it is ready for use in your magick.

Here is some very easy Candle Magick 101:

CANDLE MAGIC

1. One of the simplest of magical arts which comes uner the deading of natural magic is candle burning. It is simple because it employs little ritual and few cremonial artifacts. The theatrical props of candle magic can be purchased at any department store and its rituals can be practiced in any sitting room or bedroom.

2. Most of us have performed our first act of candle magic by the we are two years old. Blowing out the tiny candles on our first birthday cake and making a wish is pure magic. This childhood custom is based on the three magical principals of concentration, will power and visualization. In simple terms, the child who wants his wish to come true has to concentrate {blow out the candles}, visualize the end result {make a wish} and hope that i will come true {will power}.

3. The size and shape of the candles you use is unimportant, although highly decorative, extra large, or unusually shaped candles will not be suitable as these may create distractions when the magician wants to concentrate on the important work in hand. Most magicians prefer to use candles of standard or uniform size if possible. Those wichare sold in different colors for domestic use afe ideal.

4. The candles you use for any type of magical use should be virgin, that is unused. Under no circumstances use a candle which has already adorned a dinner table or been used as a bedroom candle or night-light. There is a very good occult reason for not using anything but virgin materials in magic..Vibrations picked up by secondhand materials or equipment my disturb your workings and negate their effectiveness.

5. Some magicians who are artistically inclined prefer to make their own candles for ritual and magical use. This is a very practical exercise because not only does it impergnate the candle with your own personal vibrations, but the mere act of making your own candle is magically potent. Specialist shops sell candle was and moulds together with wicks, perfumes, and other equipment.

6. The hot was is heated until liquid and then poured into the mold through which a suitably sized wick has already been threaded. The wax is then left to cool and once is thishas occured the mold is removed, leaving a perfectly formed candle. Special oil-soluble dyes and prefumes can be added to the wax before the cooling process is complete to provide suitable colors and scents for a particular magical ritual. Craft shops which sell candlemaking supplies can also provide do-it-yourself books explaining the technicalities of the art to the beginner.

7. Once you have purchased or made your ritual candle it has to be oiled or 'dressed' before burning. The purpose of dressing the candle is to extablish a psychic link between it and the magician through a primal sensory expreience. By phsically touching the candle during the dressing procedure, you are charging it with our pwn personal vibrations and also concentrationg the desire of your magical act into the wax. The candle is becoming an sxtension of the magician's mental power and life energy.

8. When you dress a candle for magical use, imgine that it is a psychic magnet with a North and a South pole. Rub the oil into the candle beginning at the top or North end and work downwards to the half-way point. Always brush the same direction downwards. This process is then repeated by beginning at the bottom or shouth end and working up to the middle.

9. The best type of oils to use for dressing a candles are natural ones which can be obtained quite easily. Some occult suppliers will provide candle magic oils with exotic names. If the magician does not want to use these, he can select soluble perfumes sold by craft shops for inclusion in candles can be recommended.

10. The candles you use can be colored in accordance with the following magical uses: white-spirituality and peace red-health, energy, strength, courage, sexual potency. pink-love affection and romance. yellow-intellectualism, immagination, memory and creativity green-fertility, abundance, good luck and harmony blue-inspiration, occult wisdom, protection and devotion purple-material wealth, higher psychic ability, spiritual power and idealism silver-clairvoyance, inspiration, astral energy and intuition orange-ambition, carrer matters and the law.

11. If you wanted to use candle magic for healing, you would select a red candle to burn. To pass an exam, burn a yellow candle, to gain esotreic knowledge burn a blue candle or for material gain, burn a purple one. Its is obvious these colors relate to the sighns of the zodiac and the planetary forces.

12. The simplest form of candle magic is to write down the objective of your ritual on a virgin piece of paper. You can use color paper which matches the candle. Write your petition on the paper using a magical alphabet, such as theban, enochian, malachain, etc. As you write down what you want to accomplish through candle magic--a new job, healing for a friend , a change of residence, a new love affair, etc.--visualize your dream coming true. Visualize the circumstances under which you employer telling you that your salary has been increased or conjure up a vision of your perfect love partner.

13. When you have completed writing down your petition, carefully fold up the paper in a deliberately show fashion. Place the end of the folded paper in the candle flame and set light to it. As you do this concentrate once more on what you want from life.

14. When you have completed your ritual, allow the candle to have completely burned away. you do not need to stay with the candle ater the ritual, but make sure that it is safe and that red-hot was will not cause damage or fire. Never re-use a candle which has been lit in any magical ritual. It should be only be used in that ritual and then allowed to burn away or be disposed of afterwards.

15. If you are conductiong a magical ritual which involves two people {e.g. an absent healing for a person some distance away} then the second person can be symbollically repersented during the ritual by antoher candle. All you need to do is find out the subject's birth date and burn the appropriate candle for that zodiacal sign. If you can, also write there name in the candle with a burin (see picture below) and if possible, create an empathic link, if possible with a picture, some hair, a finger nail etc. Also, if you can, get a candle the appropriate shape (male/female) or inscribe a female sign - d or a male sign - e. If you want, you can inscribe all this below the candle. Remember, to dress a cande, dress from the middle to the top, then from the middle to the bottom.

The zodiacal correspondences are as follows:

Aries	Red
Taurus	Green
Gemini	Yellow
Cancer	Silver
Leo	Orange
Virgo	Yellow
Libra	Pink
Scorpio	Red
Sagittarius	Purple
Capricorn	Black
Aquarius	Blue
Pisces	Mauve

An All-Purpose Candle Spell

This is a quick, uncomplicated ritual designed to be used for all positive purposes. You'll need one candle of the appropriate color, one holder, and matches.

When you're ready to begin, hold the candle between the palms of your hands.

Breathe deeply. Visualize your goal. Push personal, programmed power into the candle between your hands.

Feel the energy streaming into it. Say appropriate words if you wish simply stating what you need to occur.

Place the candle in its holder.

Strike a match above the candle and draw down the flame toward the candle.

Light the wick.

Put the still-flaming match into a heat-proof container (or extinguish its flame with a quick flip of the wrist).

Hold your hands around the candle's flame. Feel the energy. Visualize strongly.

Leave the area. Let the candle do its work.

Color Meanings

Red: Stength, Energy, Passion, Love, Courage, Career Goals,Healing,Power,Willpower

Blue: Peace,Truth, Sleep, Healing, Hope, Friendship,Protection,Calm,Creativity,Patience,Wisdom

Yellow: Mental Powers, New Home,Charm, Confidence,Visions, Attraction,Mental Powers

Orange: Success,Sitmulate energy, Justice, Attraction,Seal a Spell

Green: Healing, Succes, Good Luck, Beauty, Money,

Pink: Love, Fidelity, Friendship, Honor,Harmony

Gold: Solar Deities,Attraction

Brown: Animal Magick, Locate Lost Objects, Home,Herb Magick,Friendship

Gray: Neutral,Glamories

Purple: Psychic Ability, Success, Wisdom,Power, Spiritualy Growth,Independence

White: Truth,Peace, Purity, Lunar Magick,Proetection,Happiness, Masculine Divine

Silver: Encourage,Remove Negativity,Quick Money,Gambling,Monn magick

Black: Binding, Repelling,Protection

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These are the colors of the week:

Monday: White

Tuesday: Red

Wednesday: Purple

Thursday: Green

Friday: Blue

Saturday: Black

Sunday: Yellow

COLORS FOR MAGICK

Abstinence or Sobriety: PURPLE, BLACK

Children or Fertility: GREEN, especially a lt. spring green

Confidence: ROYAL BLUE

Courage: BRIGHT RED

Friendship: ROYAL BLUE, GOLD, GOLDEN BROWN, TAN

Healing or Health: Med. GREEN, ROSE

Home (new): BRIGHT ORANGE, SUNLIGHT YELLOW

Home (blessing): ROSE, GOLD

Home (purification): WHITE, Lt. BLUE

Hope: SKY BLUE

Inner Peace: Lt. BLUE, LAVENDER, WHITE

Joy: RAINBOW

Love: ROSE

Money, Propserity, Wealth: GOLD, EMERALD GREEN

Protection (physical): BLUE

Protection (pyschic): SILVER

Spiritual Growth: VIOLET, PURPLE, LAVENDER

Success: GOLD, ROYAL BLUE

COLORS OF THE ZODIAC

Aquarius: Lt. Blue

Pisces: Aquamarine

Aires: Red

Taurus: Green

Gemini: Yellow, Silver

Cancer: White

Leo: Gold

Virgo: Gray

Libra: Royal Blue

Scorpio: Red, Black

Sagitarius: Dk. Blue, Purple

Capricorn: Black, Dk. Brown

All Purpose Candle Spell

This spell is used for positive purposes. It calls for one candle of the appropriate color, SeeColorMeanings a candle holder and a match.

When you are ready to begin the spell, hold the candle between your palms. Visualize your goal and push all your programed and personal enery into the candle.

State what it is you need to occur and place the candle in it's holder. Strike the match above the wick and light the candle. Then put out the match. Then, hold your hands around the flame (not too close!) and visualize your goal strongly. Leave the room and you are to let the candle work its magick.

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To guard against accidents...purple & orange

To achieve for yourself...orange & red

To help others achieve...white & red

To be given advice...white & blue

For someone to have affection for you...white & yellow

To receive alimony...green

To have babies...pink

To release pain in your back...orange

To obtain a loan from a bank...blue & green

To see your own beauty...pink

To bring back a lost love...yellow & pink

To receive a call from a certain man...yellow

To receive a call from a certain woman...yellow & pink

To Improve where you are in your career...yellow & white

To win at the casino...Green (I have personally won Thousands doing this

one!)

To protect yourself from danger...purple

To release your fear of death...white

Release your need for delay...pink & yellow

To eat a healthy diet...blue

To divorce and remain friends...White

to have energy...Red & blue

To enjoy life...blue & pink

To take and pass an Exam...blue & yellow

To be faithful...pink & purple

To have a close Family...Blue

Release the need to fight...yellow & white

To get a job...green & blue

To get a car...white & green

To get money...green

To stop gossip...white & black

To release habits...yellow & pink

To find happiness within yourself...pink & white

To have hope...Pink & purple

Release the need for an emotional imbalance...blue

To have the ability to use your imagination...pink & yellow

To improve the quality of your relationship...pink

The ability to use your intuition...orange

To find a job...green

To have joy in your life...yellow & blue

To find a lost keepsake...blue

Release your need for laziness...orange

For good luck...yellow

to have a lover...pink & yellow

To perform magic...brown & yellow ;-)

The ability to afford and move...green

To get married...yellow & pink

Release nicotine addiction...orange & brown

To release your need to be negative...pink

To have an opportunity...blue

To be outgoing...red & white

To be peaceful...blue

To get a promotion...blue & white

To be preceptive...orange

To have some peace and quiet...white

To have the truth Revealed...white

To have an increase in salary...green

To have sex...red

To pass a test...yellow

To resist temptation...white & purple

The ability to travel...Blue & yellow

To go on vacation...yellow & white

To have a visitor...blue

To get your wish...pink

To find yourself...white

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Candle powders are a great addition when preparing spell candles. They're easy to make, and add extra kick to spell work when the powder has been properly charged during it's making. Good bases for candle powders are:

unscented talcum powder,cornstarch, fine saw dust or baking powder. The herbs must finely ground before mixing them with the base.

To use, 1st anoint the candle with the appropriate oil, then either lightly dust the candle by sprinkliing it with the appropriate powder, or pour some of the powder out on a flat surface and roll the oiled candle in it.

HEALING: 1/4 cup base, 1/2 tspn each of rosemary, sandalwood, vervain and basil.

LOVE: 1/4 cup base, 1/2 tspn each of catnip, basil, yarrow and jasmine.

MAGICK: 1/4 cup base, 1/2 tspn each of dragon's blood, cinnamon, patchouly and rosemary

PROSPERITY: 1/4 cup base, 1/2 tspn each of nutmeg, jasmine, cinnamon and bayberry.

BANISHING: 1/4 cup base, 1/2 tspn each of clove, frankincense, ginger and pepper.

DRAGON'S BLOOD INK: You can purchase Dragon's Blood ink, although it usually has to be ordered from a catalog or you can make your own. The recipe is as follows:

Combine 2-3 ounces of red india ink with 3 teaspoons of Dragon's Blood powder and 10-15

drops Dragon's blood oil. Store in a dark bottle.

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