Candle Magic: A Coveted Collection of Spells, Rituals, and Magical Paradigms

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This could be an issue for many Witches since it can take up to 2 hours for a candle to burn all the way and because it’s not safe to leave candles burning without supervision. The meanings below correspond to those found in the Western world, as many neo-pagan beliefs can be traced back to Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, Ireland, and the Nordic countries.

Candles symbolize light and the Spirit being brought to life through the Element Fire, burning in the hearth, a symbol of home. Light a white candle the first day of the month, or even the first day of the week in the morning to receive clean energies and a prosperous start of the week. To make it all crystal clear, let's just say that The Witches Of Eastwick are Wiccans, Sabrina is a hedge witch and, if Harry Potter is anything, then he is probably a wizard. If you want to change them, you need to communicate to the unconscious in a way it'll respond to - with symbols and archetypes and ritual. We will discuss the magical properties of certain colors for candle magic, the sizes and types of candles and their applications, dressing a candle, and how to do a basic candle spell.Claiming to have been initiated in the "Old Ways" by a crone named Dorothy Clutterbuck in the New Forest in 1939, Gardner published Witchcraft Today soon after the repeal of the Witchcraft Act in 1951 and effectively founded what has become Wicca, the witches' religion. If the flame is big: Quinn tells mbg that the flame size can tell you a lot about how much energy you're working with. Consider taking a relaxing bath or meditating before you begin so that you start your candle magic from a centered space.

Pay attention to the speed, direction, and shape of the smoke to determine if your magick is on track. Beyond those basic elements, you can then incorporate whatever colors, herbs, oils, crystals and other candle dressings you want that best serve your desired result. When you’re working with candles, it’s pretty typical for them to get some black soot around the top. This is also done to eliminate all residual energies from any person who handled the candles before you bought them. Tying a coloured ribbon around the base of the candle jar or writing your wish on a corresponding coloured paper and safety burning, can help bring in the energies of the colour you are wishing to draw in.

The main ingredient here are egg shells, which represent the protective layer, as a shield around the unborn life that resides in the egg. Every time we step over cracks in the pavement, don our lucky ties for the job interview, spit on the dice before we throw, we have fallen under magic's spell. Having spent 20years as a scientist, technician and businessman, King now devotes his life to witchery. Vivianne Crowley, senior lecturer in the psychology of religion at London University, puts it like this: "Magical thinking gives us a sense of control in a world of random events.