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| Candle Magic Candles have been used in magic rituals for ages, simply lighting a candle is a ritual in its self. Candles are sacred as they are used to symbolize fire which is an energy used for magical workings. Candles of different colours are chosen for different purposes with the use of colour correspondances in ritual and spell work. White is used for psychic matters, beginning of new phases and general magical workings. Red represents the life force and are used to promote power, vitality, determination and luck. Pink is used for love, friendship, happiness and harmony. Orange is used for joy, optimism and for the will tio suceed. Brown is used to symbolise nature and the natural world. Yellow is used for learning and represents the intellect. Green is us used for family matters, relationships, prosperity and fertility. Blue is used for healing, idealism and protection. Purple is used for spiritual matters and trance work. Black is used for retribution and used to achieve endings and new beginnings. Silver is used to symbolise the moon, and for psychic workings. Gold is used for wealth and longevity. |
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| Dream Dictionary A Abandon - If you are abandoned it means a quarrel with a friend, if you desert someone a renewl of friendship. Abbey - Present troubles will soon pass. Abortion - A dream of abortion by a man reflects guilt, not necessarly connected with this topic. If a woman dreams of this it can indicate anxiety about starting something new. Abroad - A dream of foreign travel may indicate a desire of wanting to be free of the constraints of the dreamer's present environment, whether making new friends or altering their lifestyle. Abyss - You will be in danger but you can avoid it. Accident - Misplaced trust in others. Adultery/Affairs - This may relate to a similar situation in life, or maybe a sign of unresolved guilt about something. A dream abot ones partner commiting adultery may indicate a fear of this actually happening or may be the dreamers fear of their own actions. Altars - A happy love affair if you are decorating it, if standing before it losses and affliction. Angels - If you're in a relationship then marriage or a proof of faithfulness will be shown. Animals - Dreaming of animals may be a reflection of the 'animal within' the dreamer. Baby animals show needs of nurturing and needing attention. Bears represent motherhood and possesiveness. Bulls represent sexual desires and aggressive impulsiveness. Dogs either represent faithfullness and frienship either of the dreamer or another person if they are friendly and if they are vicious this can represent aggressiveness and betrayl. Horses - represent human energy either mental/physical Lions represent power and strength brought on by anger or aggression. Snakes represent fears of plots against the dreamer or sexual anxiety. Assassin - You will meet one who will help in finacial matters. B Baby - A crying baby represents illness. Babies also represent the dreamers responsibilities. Dreaming of looking after a baby and something bad happening to it may indicate a fear of messing things up. Dreaming of giving a baby away indicates letting go of one's responsibilites and giving them away to others. Bath - You will fail through your laziness if the water is warm, you will find success if the water is cold. Bells - Bad news concerning a friend. If it is silent then a quarrel among married persons. Birds - For a wealthy person, loss of money. For a humble person, sudden financial success. Birth - Dreams about births being taken place can indicate new beginnings or a major change in the dreamers life. For women these dreams may also be a wish fulfilment. Body - Parts of the body are representive to the individual. Arms represent the potential of the individual and showth warmth and compassion. Blood represents menstruation and womanhood. Eyes symbolize the perceptive abilities of the dreamer. Hands signify creativity perhaps sexual. Head symbolizes the dreamers wishes, intentions and beliefs. Mouth represents the dreamers needs. Nose represents the intuitive qualities of the dreamer. Teeth, dreams of teeth falling out indicates a fear of losing power, growing old and dying. Burial - Good news from a relative that will affect you positively. To lovers it might mean a speedy marriage. C Cage - Marriage, elopement. Castle - If your inside you will be burdened with some worrying responsibility. If you are viewing a castle from a distance, you will climb up the ladder at work. Cave - Harmful gossip about you. Cemeteries - Dreams of cemeteries either represent a period of the individuals life that is over with and may also show spirituality and religion if the dreamer is dreaming of the afterlife. Chase - If you are involved in a chase it is said that you will have a comfortable old age. If you are being chased maybe you are running away from something in your life that is unpleasant. D Dead people - When one dreams of a person that has already passed away it may indicate a yearning to resolve issues with that person that remained unresolved. Death - Dreaming about death of another person may indicate feelings of anger towards that person. Dreaming of your own death may be an attempt to deal with your own uncertainities and fears about death and a wish to free oneself from current problems in your life. D'ej'a Vu - 'Seen before' experience where the individual may have seen something that they have seen or experienced in life. It is believed that some experiences are connected with reincarnation and are to do with the dreamers previous life. E Eating - The sharing of food may be symbolic of giving and receiving love and the sharing of affection. Enclosure - Dreams of enclosure may have connections of the barriers that individuals put up against the world, their protective shell which protects against hurt. If unpleasant feelings are felt, the dreamer could be facing restrictions to their actions in life and may be frustrated at this. Exams - Dreams of exams may show and indication of real-life stress and that there is a problem to the dreamer that need to be dealt with. F Falling - Dreams of falling are common. A fall in a dream may indicate 'a fall from grace' in the dreamers life and approaching an edge and falling over it may indicate the dreamer is heading for some problems in their life. Floating - Dreams of floating suggest a loss of control and showing that you are letting yourself be ruled by life rather than following your own ideas. Flowers - Except white, mean a delightful surprise. Flying - Dreams of flying shows a need to be released from the influences that are holding you back these could be practical difficulties and may also symbolize repressive emotions or a lack of belief in yourself. Flying signifies freedom and independance and been able to follow your own instincts rather than other peoples. Fighting - This symbolizez anger and confusion in times of change. If nothing is changing in your life at the moment, it may be a clue that change is needed or that you are changing internally. G Garden - This may be a symbol of loss of innocence and youth. Seeing beautiful gardens shows great happiness and love while wild gardens shows that you will have difficulties that can be overcome with care. Ghosts - Ghosts in dreams may either represent the dreamers self, memories of the past or things that they feel guilty about. Dreaming of seeing a gost of a person that is known may indicate that the dreamer is still influenced, consciously or subconsciously by the attitudes and opinions which the dead person had. Gifts - Giving presents in a dream is a sign that difficulties will pass with positive outcomes. Recieving presents shows that you are feeling lucky. H Hair - Someone dreaming abou having long hair may have a deep yearning for freedom that they don't have in their life. Homosexuality - Dreams of homesexual love may indicate a wish-fulfilment to do this it may also indicate the love of friendship, brotherhood, sisterhood and the love between parents and children. I Illness - Dreaming of illness is the subconscious way of telling us to take care of our health, emotions and feelings. Insects - Buzzing flies may indicate a nagging problem of the dreamer that need to be dealt with. In some dreams insects or small creatures may symbolize one's children too. J Journey - Dream journeys can represent the journey of life, or a particular stage of life and a journey that is hard will reflect a difficult period in life. Those that feel lost and bewildered on their journey may have a lack of direction in their lives. Aeroplane Journey may stand for a swift transition between one part of the dreamers life and another. Journey by bicycle can refer to a difficult phase of life that has to be overcome. Boat jouney can show the extent of the difficulty that has to be experienced and what bounderies have arisen in the dreamers life. Car this can either be a symbol of desire or sexuality. K Key - A key can indicate the solution to a problem that opens up the door of sucess. it may also point out something that has been keeping repressed emotions locked up within the dreamer. Killing - A dream of killing someone may sybolise part of the dreamers self that wishes to repress, cange or eradicate. Dreams of killing may refer to self-loathing. Dreaming of being killed may indicate that there is something in the dreamers life that is making them feel helpless. Kiss - A kiss in a dream may be seen as a general acknowledgement or acceptance of something. L Ladder - May represent a path in life that the dreamer is about to take. Climbing a ladder in a dream suggests that the dreamer is aware that there are hazards that need to be faced in life if goals want to be achieved. Lost - Dreaming of being lost indicates a sense of confusion in the dreamers mind, a lack of direction of life or perhaps mixed feelings towards a person or situation in life. Love - This may be spiritual or practical love but it has something to do with ourselves and how we feeled loved and how we love others. M Marriage - In case of a single person this may indicate a wish fulfilment, it can also be an exploration of ones' feeling towards marriage. Symbolically marriage may represent the 'marriage' of two different parts of the self such as the consciousness and unconciousness or personality attributes of gentleness and courage. Monster - A monster always represent fears in a dream. This may be a fear that the person has within themself. Murder - Committing muredr or desiring to do so in a dream points to the expression of strong feelings that are repressed in life that the person can't express satisfactorily. N Night - If it is a very dark night it suggests that you are hiding something or are not willing to see things clearly. Minimizing and hiding your problems. Numbers - Numbers in dreams can be meaningful in relation to the person. One may mean unity, wholeness or the self and also may be the male symbol. Two means balance between two things. Three may symbolize the Holy Trinity or bonds between parents and children. Four stands for stability and the four elements. Five represents the human body Six is associated with balance. Seven represents spirituality. Eight is symbolic of death and rebirth. Nine is a symbol of pregnancy. Ten is a symbol of male and female union. Twelve is a symbol of time or a year. Twenty-Four is a symbol of the night and day Zero is a symbol of the female. O Ocean - This represents the unconscious mind. Obstacles - Obstacles that the dreamer encounters in their dreams represent inhibitions, uncertainties or restrictions in their life. Confronting an obstacle may indicate the need to overcome a fear in life. P Parents - To dream of your father/mother if they are dead means great joy and guidance. Past - Dreams of past people and objects may indicate a need to work on unresolved inner conflicts and issues that have been repressed. Path - A difficult, narrow or winding path indicate troubles that lie ahead in life. A smooth, well trodden path indicatews that the dreamer is adopting a 'secure' path in life by following in the footsteps of others. Pill - Dreaming of swallowing pills indicate that the dreamer is doing something in their life that they don't wish to do but are doing it because they feel that it is necessary. Q Quarrel - Dreams about quarreling or fighting indicate that the dreamer is going through an internal struggle of some kind. Quicksand - You may be experiencing feelings of helplessness and an inability to get out of a situation in your life. R Rain - Dreams of torrential rain may point to feelings of depression or may indicate a way of getting rid of guilt, sadness or long-repressed emotions. Recurring dreams - This is quite common. Recurrence of dreams pointo out the recurrence of certain situations, or emotions in the dreamers life. When the dreamer changes their reaction to these things the dream will no longer occur. Rose - These are seen as friendly dream symbols. They represent feminity, beauty, love and romance, they are used to express both positive and negative emotions. S Searching - Dreams of searching may indicate some feeling of loss in life, it can also indicate a search for a new path in life that is a new start. Snow - This symbolizes unexpressed emotions.Someone or yourself is emotionally cold, unresponsive and indifferent. Clean white snow shoews innocence, truth, peace and relaxation. Stars - Walking up stairs signifies a positive change in your fortunes. Falling down stairs is a warning to be cautious in love matters. T Tests - Dreaming of tests may be a reflection of the dreamers awareness of being judged by their own actions in life. They may also be general stress induced anxiety dreams. Tunnel - A dream of crawling through a tunnel may indicate a subconcious wish for 'rebirth' of some sort. A tunnel may also indicate a positive passage or route from one phase of life to another. U Umbrella - This may show our unwillingness to deal with our negative emotions or traumas. If the umbrella is open it may be a sign of protection from unwanted things in your unconscious and also that you are willing to discover yourself. Undressing - A dream of undressing suggests the revelation of something that has been kept hidden or the baring of the soul. V Vampire - Images of vampires appear in dreams that may be caused by watching scary movies. Dreaming of being attacked by a vampire suggests a feeling of being drained by another's dependency or being weakened by another person's stronger will. Volcano - This represents the emotions, if you are dreaming about an erupting volcano you may have negative emotions building up inside you, your subconcious is trying to tell you to release these feelings slowly. W Water - Dreaming of the sea may indicate an awareness of the depth of unconsciousness, the knowledge of our inner selves. Waves and the tide may represent the flow of human emotions from positive to negative. Images of swimming in a pool may repressent images of being in the womb and coming out of a poll may indicate a new start. To dream of drowning may indicate a fear of death and images of washing may indicate a need for spiritual or maoral cleansing. Wedding - Dreams of a wedding could either be a wish fulfilment or may indicate a close spiritual/emotional tie. Women - If you are a man dreaming of many women, upcoming lies and betrayl. If you're a woman then you will soon be buying clothes. Z Zombie - If you are walking around like a zombie it means that you are detached from evrything around you you might not be able to feel any emotions at this time. Zoo - Dreams of a zoo where animals are contented may indicate a desire that the dreamer may have not expressed in their life. If the animals are distressed this indicates unhappiness and a sense of frustration with their present life. |
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