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Candle Magick
Anita Burns
With Special Thanks to Carol Ann Shang for her assistance

You may have performed your first act of candle magic as a small child. Blowing out the tiny candles on your first birthday cake and making a wish 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 the wish) and hope that it will come true( will power). Candle Magick works in much the same way. -

Candle magick is one of the simplest of the natural magickal arts. It requires little ritual and few ceremonial artifacts. The supplies for candle magic can easily be obtained. And candle magick can be practiced anywhere.

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 yourself through a primal sensory experience. Physically touching the candle during the dressing procedure charges it with your personal vibrations and focuses your desire into the wax. The candle becomes an extension of your mental power and life energy.

When you dress your candles for magical use, imagine it as 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 for dressing candles are natural and can be obtained from magick or new age supply stores. From the Source's oils are of the purest quality and are used by practitioners throughout the world.

The color of your candles should be compatible with your magickal purpose.
Use them alone or in combinations for more complex purposes.

White: A balance of all colors; Spiritual enlightenment, cleansing, clairvoyance, healing, truth seeking; Rituals involving lunar energy' May be used as a substitute for any color candle.

Yellow: Activity, Creativity, unity; brings concentration and imagination; to gain another's confidence or persuade someone, or to increase solar energy.

Gold: Fosters understanding and attracts the powers of cosmic influences; beneficial in bringing fast luck or money, to increase solar energy.

Pink: Promotes romance, friendship; standard color to draw affections; a color of femininity, honor, service, brings friendly, lively conversation.

Red: Health, passion, love, fertility, strength, courage, will power; increases magnetism; increases Aries and Scorpio energy.

Silver: Removes negativity and encourages stability; helps develop psychic abilities; attracts the influence of the Mother Goddess.

Purple: Power, success, idealism, psychic manifestations; to secure ambitions, independence, financial rewards, or to make contact with the spiritual other world; increases Neptune energy.

Magenta: Energizes rituals where immediate action and high levels of power or spiritual healing are required. Increases Aries and Neptune energy.

Brown: For material increase; eliminates indecisiveness; improves concentration, study, telepathy; increases financial success; locates objects that have been lost. Increases Taurus energy.

Indigo: Stops situations or people; use in rituals that require a deep meditations spiritual; or in rituals that demand Saturn energy.

Royal Blue: Promotes laughter and joviality; color or loyalty; attracts Jupiter energy, or to increase anything.

Light Blue: For devotional or inspirational purposes; brings peace and tranquility to the home; increases Aquarius energy; use when a situation must be synthesized.

Blue: To obtain wisdom, harmony, inner light, or peace; confers truth and guidance.

Emerald Green: Important component in Venus rituals; attracts love, social delights, and fertility.

Dark Green: To counteract ambition, greed, and jealousy.

Green: Promotes prosperity, fertility, success; stimulates rituals for good luck, money, harmony, and rejuvenation.

Grey: Sparks confusion; negates or neutralizes a negative influence.

Black: Opens deep unconscious levels; to induce deep meditation, or to banish evil and negativity, as in uncrossing rituals; attracts Saturn energy.

After you have dressed your candles. Light them, keeping your intent and wishes in mind. You can even write out your desired outcome on a piece of paper and burn it in the candle flame. Either leave the candle(s) lit until they burn out or snuff them after a half hour or so (don’t blow). Relight them the next day and repeat the written desires and burn the paper. TIP: The waning moon helps move things out of your life—blocks, obstacles, people, etc. The waxing moon helps bring things into your life—money, love, objects, etc. Time your candle ritual accordingly for the most effectiveness.

This is candle magick at its simplest. For more information on purchasing my book on Candle Magick, visit www.metastudies.com.

 

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