"Incense & Candles"
"Incense"
Incense has been used in all types of ritual for centuries. Many commen
types of
Incense have properties or uses accociated with them, the following are
some of
these
Apple Blossum: love, new ventures and the arts
Carnation: divination
Clove: protection
Cinnamin: love
Frankincense: purifying and working with the dark moon
Heliotrope: success
Jasmine: protection
Lavander: purifying
Lotus: working with the dark moon and past life memory
Mint: success and purifying
Myrrh: working with the dark moon
Patchouli: success
Pine: protection
Rose: love and friendship
Sandalwood: divination and protection
Vanilla: emotional growth and pleasure
Wisteria: success and divination
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"Candles"
Candles have many purposes in ritual as well as in daily life. They provide
heat,
light and can change the atmosphere of a room. Candles can be used as a
representation of the fire element, or of Goddess and God figures.
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"Candle Colors"
Red - maintaining physical health and strength, passion, energy, courage, for
representing the element of fire, and defensive magick
Orange - to bring joy, for the Sun God and for specific purposes
Yellow - for luck, representing the element of air, or the east, or the
sun, or travel
Green - prosperity, the Earth, healing the Earth, the element of Earth, spells
having to do with plants, faeries, and healing
Blue - healing and health of the body and spirit and for luck
Purple - for representing the charkas, and astral travel
Pink - love, friendship, relationships, the family, and romance
Brown - for protecting or healing pets or other animals, or to connet with the
earth
Black - to repel or absorb negitivity, the dark of the moon, and night
White - for purifying, white candles may be substitued for any other color
Silver - representing the Goddess
Gold - representing the God
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"Annointing Candles"
Candles may be annointed with essential oils, salt water or other liquids to
enhance their effectivness
To draw something to you: (such as love, money or health) anniont the candle,
starting at the wick and working downwards to cover the base
To push or repel something away from you: (such as negitivity, bad luck, or
gossip) annoint the candle from base to wick
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"Extinguishing Candles"
Some witches will tell you that how you put out a candle has no effect on the
working, others will tell you never to blow out a candle put to always
pinch it out.
Those who argue that candles should only be snuffed and not blown out have two
main arguments: that blowing out a candle is like pitting fire against air,
and that
blowing out a candle blows the magick away from you, while snuffing it
holds the
magick inside. What you decide to do is a personal desicion.
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