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Prior to using any candle in your magical workings you should cleanse the candle and anoint it with a small amount of oil during the waxing phase of the moon. This consecrates the candle and charges it with magical energy. You can also carve or paint appropriate magical symbols onto your candles, to further empower the candles with those energies. The heated tip of your athame works well for this purpose. It is best to use one candle per ritual or spell, and to not use a candle that has been used previously for another purpose. It is also best to allow the candle to burn out by itself, as blowing it out may disperse the energy contained within. One of the simplest of magical arts which comes under the heading of natural magic is candle burning. It is simple because it employs little ritual and few ceremonial 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. Most of us have performed our first act of candle magic by the time 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 it will come true( will power). 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 which are sold in different colors for domestic use are ideal. 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 may disturb your workings and negate their effectiveness. 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 impregnate the candle with your own personal vibrations, but the mere act of making your own candle is magically potent. Specialist shops sell candle wax and moulds together with wicks, perfumes, and other equipment. 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 establish a psychic link between it and the magician through a primal sensory experience. By physically touching the candle during the dressing procedure, you are charging it with our own personal vibrations and also concentrating the desire of your magical act into the wax. The candle is becoming an extension of the magician's mental power and life energy. When you dress a candle for magical use, imagine 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 in the same direction downwards. This process is then repeated by beginning at the bottom or south end and working up to the middle. The best type of oils to use for dressing 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 suitable oils or perfumes from his own sources. The oils soluble perfumes sold by craft shops for inclusion in candles can be recommended.
a taper candle of an appropriate color. now, looking at your wishes White is the color of the moon and the lunar aspects of the goddess Yellow is the color of the sun, which is all about growth, creative expression, and the manifestation of your true will. Use this color for new beginnings, enterprises, and special wishes that may take a gradual period of steady growth. Orange is the color for Mercury. interestingly orange and yellow can be used for the sun and for mercury, but it is important to know your intent. Mercury is for short range travel plans, communication, thinking, education, tests, job interviews Red is the color of Mars, which is about striving, ambition, dedication to achieve, aggression, and victory. when you feel you need help in achievement, use a red candle, for mars. when you are looking for the passionate love, again, look to Mars and red. Green, and also pink, are the colors for Venus. use this for aid in the artistic, in entertaining, for attracting help and aid to you, and of course, in love, especially romantic love, where I recommend pink. Blue is the color of Neptune. This is all about spirituality, sacrifice, self healing of behavioral problems, nurturing, fantasy, and dreams. it's also for peace, tranquility, and inner sight and resourcefulness. Be careful though, as Neptune gets caught in fancy. Purple is the color of Jupiter. use this one for expansion, long range travel, long distance communication, higher learning, and your job promotion or raise; also use for luck, as Jupiter is the great beneficent. Electric blue, I mean really bright and vibrant blue, is the color for Uranus. This power is for breaking habits, making changes, and inviting innovation to come into your life. Brown is the color of Saturn. Use this to help you attain self discipline and a conservative but steady outlook. it has its foundations in the most solid and earthy areas of growth. Expect the Saturn candle to bring you the slow and but sure way to your goals, particularly in work, career, and important business Black is the color of Pluto. This is the color of self revitalization, of regeneration, of tearing the walls down so that the highest of principles can be rebuilt in its place. Use it to negate harm and danger, to break down life threatening or self destructive habits, and to strengthen your resolve to follow your true will. Okay, you've got your intent, you've got your correctly colored candle. Now here's the days of the week that correspond with that : Monday for the Moon. You can use the color of the candle to manifest the action of your goal, and the day of the week to manifest the circumstances of said goal. Take note of the moon as well, waxing is good for bring new influences in, waning is good for breaking down old influences and expressing yourself to the world. The full moon, of course, rocks. Now, the salt and water: "Anointing" Now you can begin. in the area where you are going to leave the candle, take it, the container, and your fire and set them down. Pause to empty your mind of chatter and get yourself ready to perform magic. *I gave an exercise here for visualization that I recommended for use in the shower; well surprise! It's the same exercise you do to prepare yourself for magical work. * The difference is that you don't use the energy you gather to harden up your auric body, you use it to charge the candle with your intent. Take the candle in your hands, and start taking the energy in, but DON'T let it overflow! Hold it in until you're fit to burst. Then, direct it all through your hands and into the candle, just after saying aloud Place the candle in its container
WHITE: A balance of all colors. Symbolizes peace, purity , innocence and power of a higher nature. Promotes peace, tranquility, purification; truth, spirituality, and sincerity. Also used for meditation, truth seeking, spiritual enlightenment, summoning spirit guides, astral travel, and to enhance psychic abilities. Can be as protective as black and may be substituted for any color candle. Healing properties include treating broken bones, relieving dental pain and increasing milk production in nursing mothers. White is also a Goddess symbol. YELLOW: A stimulating and uplifting color that is the color of creativity; intelligence, confidence; movement and energy. Connects to clairvoyance, divination, wisdom, learning; imagination, and inspiration as well as the power of concentration and communication. Used in healing skin conditions as well as stomach complaints and menstrual cramps. Yellow symbolizes the element of Air. ORANGE: Is a stimulating and energizing color. It connects to attraction, stimulation, control, personal strength, authority, and power. Also encouragement, adaptability, luck, and sudden changes. It attracts the characteristics wanted from other tools, spells and rituals. Very good for healing coughs, colds and asthma as well as arthritis and exhaustion. GOLD: Color that promotes understanding and attracts the powers of cosmic influences; intuition, persuasion, charm and confidence. Beneficial in rituals intended to bring about fast luck or financial benefits, or in rituals honoring solar deities. PINK / ROSE: A positive color symbolic of emotional love, nurturing relationships and romance. Promotes spiritual awakening, healing of the spirit, femininity, friendships, honor and morality. It is the standard color of rituals to draw affections and brings friendly, lively conversation to the dinner table. Excellent for treating anxiety and depression, as well as ailments of the heart. RED: The fiery, invigorating color of energy and life. Always connected to blood, birth and death; and sex. Connects with love, passion, fertility, physical energy and strength. Increases magnetism in rituals and is used in defensive magic. Also emotes courage and enthusiasm. Good in health, strength and vigor spells and defensive magic. Used in healing neuralgias and exhaustion. Red symbolizes the element of Fire as well as being a God Symbol. PURPLE/VIOLET: Vibrating color that is highly spiritual and traditionally connected to mysticism, inspiration, wisdom, idealism, purification; success, peace; and power. Aids in meditation, sensitivity and higher psychic talents; as well as connecting to idealism, ambition, power, success and household protection. Healing properties include the treatment of allergies, sleep disorders and stress-related disorders. MAGENTA: A combination of red and violet that is a very high vibration frequency that tends to work fast. This color energizes rituals where immediate action and high levels of power or spiritual healing are required, such as quick changes, exorcism or spiritual healing. BROWN: An earthy, balanced color, used to attract money and financial success. It aids in emotional stability and balance, eliminates indecisiveness, improves powers of concentration, study, intuition, and telepathy. Also connects also to finding lost objects. Aids in the protection of familiars and household pets as well as animal healing. INDIGO: A vitalizing color of inertia; used to cleanse the spirit and remove fear. Used in rituals that require a deep meditative state, to neutralize another's magic, or to counteract negative energy. Healing properties include dementia, depression, and mental disorders. BLUE: A cool color that soothes and relaxes. Blue is a primary spiritual color, used in rituals to obtain wisdom, tranquility, harmony, peace, inner light and truth. Connects to inspiration, occult power, protection, understanding, good health, patience and loyalty. Aids in meditation as it connects to intellect and mind. Promotes happiness, laughter and joviality. Used in treating insomnia, high blood pressure, and minor wounds. Blue symbolizes the element of Water. GREEN: The color that connects to nature, fertility, and rejuvenation. Stimulates work involving financial issues and money; aids good fortune, prosperity, luck; ambition and success. Bringer of love and renewal, it is an emotional soother and balancer, used to counteract greed and jealousy. A good color for treating headaches, colds and nervousness. Green is the color of the Earth element and is a Goddess Symbol. SILVER / GRAY: Neutral color that removes negative energy or influences and encourages stability. Useful when pondering complex issues during meditation and in magic, this color often sparks confusion; it also negates or neutralizes when needed. Helps develop psychic abilities and attracts the influence of the Goddess. BLACK: Burned for positive purposes, this color opens up the deeper levels of the unconscious. Black is used in rituals to induce a deep meditation state and is good for banishing evil or negativity. Connects to self control, quiet power, and resilience, as it absorbs negativity and destroys it; offers strength and support in spells; protects from retribution and is also an aid during loss. SABBAT CANDLE COLORS: Samhain : Black, orange ASTROLOGICAL CANDLE COLORS Aquarius (January 20 - February 18) : Light Blue or Pale Yellow DAY OF THE WEEK CANDLE COLOURS Sunday : Yellow Candle colors White Black Brown Silver Purple Blue Green Pink Red Orange Copper Gold Yellow Example of Uses
� RED - Maintaining health; bodily strength; physical energy; sex; passion; courage; protection, and defensive magic. This color is the element of Fire. Throughout the world, red is associated with life and death.
� PINK - Love; friendship; compassion relaxation. Pink candles can be burned during rituals designed to improve self-love. They're ideal for weddings and for all forms of emotional union.
� ORANGE - Attraction, energy, increasing personal physical energy. Burn to attract specific influences or objects.
� YELLOW - Intellect; confidence; divination; communication; eloquence; travel; movement. Yellow is the color of the element of Air. Burn yellow candles during rituals designed to heighten your visualization abilities. Before studying for any purpose, program a yellow candle to stimulate your conscious mind. Light the candle and let it burn while you study. If you are in the performing arts, yellow is a great color to burn before each event.
� GREEN - Money; prosperity; employment; fertility; healing; growth; abundance. Green is the color of the element of Earth. Burn when looking for a job or seeking a needed raise.
� BLUE - Healing; peace; patience; psychic realm, happiness. Blue is the color of the element of Water. Blue is also used in the realm of sleep and of twilight. If you have trouble sleeping, charge a small blue candle with the visualization of yourself sleeping through the night. Burn it a few moments before you get into bed, then extinguish its flame. Blue candles can also be charged and burned to awaken the psychic mind.
� PURPLE - Power; healing severe diseases; spirituality; meditation; religion. Purple candles can be burned to enhance all spiritual activities, to increase your magical power, and as a part of intense healing rituals, in combination with blue candles.
� WHITE - Protection; purification; all purposes. White contains all colors. It's linked with the Moon. White candles are specifically burned during purification and protection rituals. If you're to keep but one candle on hand for magical purposes, choose a white one. Before use, charge it with personal per and it will work for all positive purposes.
� BLACK - Banishing negativity, absorbing negativity, transition; the ending of something that is the beginning of something else. Black is the absence of color. In magic, it's also representative of outer space. Despite what you may have heard, black candles are burned for positive purposes, such as casting out baneful energies or to absorb illness and nasty habits.
� BROWN - Burned for spells invoking animals, usually in combination with other colors. A brown candle and a red candle for animal protection; brown and blue for healing, and so on.
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transcribed from handwritten BoS
© Aislinn O'Faelan
