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Candle magic is one of the simplest forms of spell casting. Considered sympathetic magic, it's a method which doesn’t require a lot of fancy ritual or expensive ceremonial artifacts. In other words, anyone with a candle can cast a spell. After all, remember when you were a child and you made a wish before you blew out the candles on your cake? Same theory, only now instead of just hoping, you're declaring your intent (and by now you've probably stopped hoping for a pony). If you think about it, the birthday-candle ritual is based on three key magical principles:
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Decide on a goal
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Visualize the end result
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Focus your intent, or will, to manifest that result
You are doing magic every year...
Your parents taught you magic from the day you were born!
Candle Rituals have been around for centuries in many aspects of our lives. perhaps is was a candle vigil for someone who died or is in need of healing.
Do you remember your first candle ritual when you were 2 years old on your birthday. The candles were lit and you were told to close your eyes, make a wish and blow out the candles. Candle spells are pretty much the same principle. You light the candles, maybe close your eyes while repeating a spell or that which you wish for and visualizing it coming true. It is a combination of the need or desire, and the ability to visualize the outcome.
Candle burning spells and rituals are very easy to do and to have success with if they are done correctly and you truly believe. The different colors of candles each have their own symbolism. Here is a table of the colors and their meanings:
White: truth, purity
Red: love, health, sex, strength
Green: money, luck, fertility
Black: discord, evil, negativity, confusion
Brown: neutrality, uncertainty, hesitation
Pink: love, morality, honor
Purple: power, business progress, ambition
Orange: attraction, stimulation
Greenish Yellow: jealousy, anger, discord
Gray: neutrality, stalemate, negativity
Light Blue: tranquility, patience, health
Dark Blue: depression, changeability
A Simple Candle Spell Ritual
You will need the following items for this spell:
Candle spells can be very easy or complicated. It all depends on how much time you want to put into a ritual. It can be as simple as lighting a green candle and chanting, money money come to me. It can also be very long and complicated lasting several days with the repositioning of the candles each day. The choice is always yours. The first thing you want to do is get the appropriate color candles for your particular desire. Then you need to anoint the candle.
Anointing the Candle:
There are many different oils that can be purchased or made for your particular desired outcome. But if you don't have the means to find or make these oils then Olive oil will do fine.
For things you want to attract to you:
Picture yourself at the center of the candle. You will want to rub from the outer ends of the candle toward the center of it just as if you were bringing the oil to you. As you are doing this you need to be thinking of the desires that you wish to come to you. Makes sense right? This is very easy to remember.
For things you want to go away:
Picture yourself at the center of the candle. You need to rub the candle with the oil from the middle outward to the ends. As you are doing this you need to be thinking of the things you want to go away. Once again you see how this movement make sense and we ar pushing the oil away from us on the candle.
Then sit and meditate on your desire after lighting the candles, then read your spell or chant your appropriate incantation or mantra/decree.
You don't need some elaborate spell with a bunch of big words or words you don't even know how to pronounce. You can make your own spells or rituals. Think of your desire then make a simple little rhyme that tells about your desire in it. It doesn't even have to rhyme. This is all about will power, the power of positive thinking, and creative visualization.
Size & Type Of Candle
What sort of candle should I use?
Most practitioners of magical systems will tell you that, much like a few other aspects of life, size really isn't important.
In fact, really big candles may be counterproductive --
a candle that takes too long to burn down can be highly distracting to someone working a spell that instructs you to wait until the candle burns out on its own.
Typically, a short taper candle or a votive candle work the best.
In some cases, a spell might call for a specific type of candle, such as a seven-day candle or a figure candle, which may represent a particular person.
One of the most popular candles, believe it or not, is in fact the little menorah candles which are sold by the box in the kosher section of the grocery store. They're about 4" long, white, unscented, and thin -- perfect for spell work.
You should always use a brand new candle for spell work -- in other words, virgin materials.
Don't use the candles that you burned at the dinner table or in the bathroom yesterday for spell work.
In some magical traditions, once a candle is burned it picks up vibrations from things around it -- in other words, a used candle is already tainted by vibrations, and so will lead to a negative or ineffective magical outcome.
Basic Candle Magic Spell
You will need the following items for this spell:
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Coloured paper
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Candle same colour as paper
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attract a lover oil or amulet
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paper and pen
The most basic form of candle magic uses a piece of colored paper that matches the intent of your candle. Decide what your goal is, and write it on the piece of paper -- just for an example, let's say we're going to do a money working. Write down your intent -- something like I will become financially prosperous. In some traditions, you would write your intent in a magical alphabet, such as Theban or Enochian. Because this is a money-oriented working, we would select either a gold or green piece of paper, and a candle of the same color. As you write down your goal, visualize yourself achieving that goal. Think about the different ways in which your goal might manifest -- could you be getting a raise at work? Perhaps someone who owed you money will arrive out of the blue to repay their debt.
Once you've written down your goal, fold the paper, concentrating on your intent the whole time. Some people like to say a small incantation as they do this -- if you're one of those people, this is a good place to do it. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. You can use something as simple as:
Extra money come my way,
I could use a little cash today.
Extra money come to me,
As I will, so it shall be.
Place one corned of the folded paper into the candle's flame and allow it to catch fire. Hold the paper as long as possible (without burning your fingers) and then place it in a fire-safe bowl or cauldron to burn the rest of the way on its own. Allow the candle to burn out completely. When the candle has burned out completely, dispose of it, rather than saving it to use again for another working. Usually there's not much left of a candle except a stub of wax, and you can either bury it outdoors or dispose of it in whatever manner you choose.