CANDLE COLORS

• Black: bad habits, banishing, stop gossip and lies, wisdom, repels negative energy, defense, protection, grounding, meditation

• Blue: clarity, healing, increase psychic powers, communication (creative writing, difficult conversations, business communiques), peace, stress relief, protection

• Brown: animal magick, grounding, stability, common sense, decision making, finding lost objects, security, centering

• Gold: wealth, good fortune, success, victory, justice, prosperity

• Green: fertility, abundance, healing, new beginnings, prosperity, financial success, employment, money, rejuvenation, growth

• Lavender: offsets depression, releases tension, relieves stress and anxiety, improves mood, reveals inner beauty

• Orange: energy, creativity, joy, motivation, fun, success, achieve business goals, victory in legal matters

• Pink: friendship, romance, forgiveness, compassion, love, harmony

• Purple: spiritual awakening, psychic abilities, divination, clairvoyance, intuition

• Red: fertility, lust, power, strength, courage, vitality, health, energy

• Silver: moon magick, dreams, psychic abilities

• White: cleansing, protection, purification, healing, peace, purity, can be used in place of any other color

• Yellow: knowledge, intellect, memory, success, creativity, inspiration, joy, cheerfulness

LUCKY 13 VANQUISHING SPELL

This home keeping spell is the perfect antidote to the worries of the world —- financial woes, bad news, workplace issues. It works well during any waxing moon, or on lucky Friday the 13th. Find a rock that is flat with a slight concave upon which to work. This will be your rock altar.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Large Black Candle

• Black Crystal

• Piece of White Paper

• Cancellation Stamp

WHAT TO DO

• On the paper, write what you would like to rid yourself and your home of (your release request)

• Place the candle and the black crystal on your rock altar and light the candle. If working indoors, light the candle near an open window to allow released negativity to flow outward.

• Say:

Waxing moon, most wise Cybele, From me this burden please dispel. Upon this night so clear and bright, I release (say whatever you’re releasing) to the moon tonight.

• Place the rock altar on the ground and visualize a clear and peaceful home filled only with positivity.

• Burn the candle for 13 minutes.

• Stamp the paper with the cancellation stamp.

• Snuff the candle.

• Fold the paper away from your body and place it under the rock.

• Speak your thanks to the moon for its assistance.

• For serious issues and problems, repeat this spell for 13 consecutive nights and all will be vanquished.

WARD OFF UNWANTED PEOPLE

ITEMS NEEDED

• 1 black candle

• 1 white envelope

• 1 plastic bottle

• 1 sheet of papyrus

• black ink

• water source

WHAT TO DO

• Light the candle.

• On the papyrus, write in black ink the name of the person you wish to banish.

• Place the scroll inside the envelope

• Fill the bottle with water and say:

It is my wish that (say their name) forget me. forget my family. Forget my life. Forget that I exist.

• Place the bottle in the freezer and say:

That my request is carried out, such is my will.

• After three days, remove the bottle from the freezer and bury the bottle in barren ground. After some time you will see that person gradually ceases to bother you.

GET OVER YOUR EX / MOVE ON

ITEMS NEEDED

• 3 d. clove essential oil

• 1 tables. olive oil

• 1 small dish

• 1 black pillar candle

• lighter or matches

• pen and paper

• large bowl

• small bowl

• 1/2 c. water

WHAT TO DO

• Cleanse and organize your spiritual workspace

• Mix the clove and olive oil in a small dish

• Use your fingers to anoint the candle with the oil mixture. Because this is a release ritual, apply oil from the bottom of the candle all the way up to the top.

• Light the candle and focus your intentions to cut ties with your ex.

• Write a goodbye message to the feelings (not the person) that no longer serve you., and place the message in a large bowl.

• Fill a small bowl with water and place your hands into the water. Cleanse away any pain, anger, and resentment.

• Lift some of the water out of the bowl with your hands and throw it onto the paper, reinforcing your goodbye.

• Squeeze the paper and discard it, removing it from your life.

• Staring into the flame of the candle, repeat several times:

I release you and I decree, this is best for you and me.

• Extinguish the candle and save it for repeated use until these feelings have passed.

• Whenever old feelings creep up with regard to this person or the situation, relight the same candle and allow it to burn until you feel better.

END AN UNWANTED RELATIONSHIP

Remember the song, Breaking Up is Hard to Do? Be prepared to perform this ritual two or three times, or more. It often works after just once, but sometimes we aren’t as ready as we think to end things.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Nail

• 2 white candles

• 2 candle holders

• a piece of string (twine is good)

WHAT TO DO

• Using a nail, engrave your name on one of the white candles, and the other person’s name on the second white candle.

• Place the candles in holders and position 7” apart.

• Tie one end of the string around one candle holder, and the other end around the second candle holder.

• Stare into the flames of the candles and say aloud:

As the fire burns this twine, you go your way and I’ll go mine. with peace between us for all time.”

• Repeat this ritual as often as you feel necessary until the relationship is completely severed.

BANISHING

ITEMS NEEDED

• 1 black candle

• 1 white envelope

• 1 plastic bottle

• 1 sheet of papyrus

• Black ink pen

• Water source (faucet, ocean, lake, pool)

WHAT TO DO

• Light the candle.

• Write the name of the person you wish to banish in black ink on the sheet of papyrus.

• Place the scroll inside the envelope, and that inside the bottle.

• Fill the bottle with water and say:

It is my wish that (say their name) forget me, forget my family, forget my life, and forget that I exist.

• Place the bottle in the freezer and say:

That my request is carried out, such is my will.

• After 3 days remove the bottle from the freezer, and bury the bottle in barren ground.

• After some time you will see that the person's presence or their undesirable behavior eventually fades away.

PROTECT YOURSELF

This protection ritual will protect your person and deflect negativity, fear, and unwanted energy and entities.

ITEMS NEEDED

• 1 white candle

• 1 clove

• 1 c. basil (fresh or dried)

• pure water

• matches or lighter

WHAT TO DO

• Soak cloves in a bowl of water.

• Place the basil in front of the white candle.

• Light the candle and take a few deep breaths to clear your mind.

• Begin to focus on protective powers. Visualize a strong, glowing shell on all sides of you.

• Say:

I invite the Guardians and the power of the Lord and Lady. I surround myself with the protection of Fire. I am supported by the strength and grace of the earth. The winds bring me soft changes. Water flow facilitates energy at this time. I believe in that protection and I release my fears so I can keep in touch with the pulse of life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And so it is.

ACTIVATE YOUR CHAKRAS

Here is a powerful call-and-response exercise to pull in full moon energy to brighten the aura and recharge your entire energy field and chakra system.

ITEMS NEEDED

• white candle

• Clean rainbow moonstone (optional)

• Glass of pure drinking water

WHAT TO DO

• Sit comfortably, facing north, outside under the energy of the full moon.

• Take a few minutes to get relaxed from head to toe. Feel each muscle in your body grow limp as you relieve tension. If you are having trouble relaxing, talk to your body. For example: “My eyes and ears are completely relaxed. My ears, head and neck feel no tension. My shoulders are relaxed and loose.”

• Once you are relaxed, light the candle.

• Place the moonstone in a glass of drinking water.

• Recite the following to begin your ritual:

Moon Goddess shining bright, fill my aura with your light. Down to me and back to you, we will awaken and strengthen my chakras, too. And so it is. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

• Take one sip of the moonstone water. Visualize the fluid moving through every cell of your body like white light.

• Now visualize a clear crystal ball being sent down from the moon and entering your Crown Chakra. Say:

I trust the guidance of my Higher power. My life flows with ease.

• Take another sip of water. See a clear crystal ball coming from the moon and entering your 3rd Eye Chakra. Say:

Peace and love surround me.

• Take another sip of water. Visualize a clear crystal ball coming from the moon and entering your Throat Chakra. Say:

I honor myself by speaking my truth. I express my feelings easily.

• Drink a sip of water. See a clear crystal ball coming from the moon into your Heart Chakra. Say:

I embrace life and all its experiences with love and joy.

• Take another sip of water. This time, welcome a clear crystal ball from the mooning your Solar Plexus Chakra. Say:

I create a life of sweetness and joy. Giving and receiving are balanced in my life.

• Take another sip of water. visualize a clear crystal ball flowing from the moon into your Sacral Chakra.

I am safe and trust in the flow of life.

• Take another sip of water. Visualize a clear crystal ball flowing from the moon into your Root Chakra. Say:

I feel at peace in my heart and my mind. I am safe.

• Drink the remaining rainbow moonstone infused water.

• Sit for a moment and feel the crystal balls restoring energy to each chakra as they absorb anything that is not serving you in a positive way.

• Now, one-by-one, you will draw each crystal ball from its place in each chakra and out of your Heart Chakra.

• Take a deep breath and feel the crystal ball move from your Root Chakra, up past your abdomen, and out of your heart, stopping and hovering at eye level in front of you — suspended in air. Say:

I feel secure in who I am. My boundaries are strong and secure.

• Inhale again. When you exhale, draw the crystal ball from your Sacral Chakra. Say:

I process events and emotions in my life with ease. I release what no longer serves me.

• See this crystal ball joining with the Root Chakra ball in front of you. Together, they form one larger ball.

• Breathe in and focus on your Solar Plexus Chakra. When you exhale, draw the crystal ball from this chakra and join it with the others. Say:

I lovingly move forward. I feel free to release guilt and resentment.

• Continuing this inhaling, visualizing, and exhaling, draw out each chakra’s crystal ball through the heart. One-by-one join each with the others —- each time seeing the ball in front of you grow in diameter.

• Heart Chakra affirmation:

I lovingly communicate what I mean. My decisions are based on what is true for me.

• Third Eye Chakra affirmation:

I love the life I have created. I see clearly with eyes of love.

• Crown Chakra affirmation:

I trust the the guidance of my Higher Power. My life flows ease.

• With all 7 balls now joined into one large crystal ball, draw in a deep breath. Imagine your lungs filling with white light. When you exhale, blow the large crystal ball back to the moon.

• Give thanks for the phenomenal healing that has take place. Extinguish your candle and feel free to reuse it in future chakra healing rituals and spells.

WEALTH

This spell will work powerfully during a new moon, or on any Thursday.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Altar Candle

• Frankincense & Myrrh Incense

• Golden Fruit (apples, peaches)

• 3rd Eye Essential Oil (myrrh, frankincense, apple or peach)

• Say aloud:

This offering I make as my blessing to all, Greatest of gods, Lord Jove of the sky. From you, all heavenly gifts to fall. Most generous of all, you never deny. To you I am grateful, and so mote it be.

• Using common sense and extreme caution, place the altar candle in a safe, fireproof place (maybe the fireplace) and allow to burn overnight.

CHECK FOR EFFICACY

• You will dream of your loved ones, including yourself, receiving a bounty of material and spiritual wealth.

SELF-ACCEPTANCE

Work this ritual in your bathroom during any new moon, or on a Monday.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Mirror

• large plate

• White or pink pillar candle

• 2 tbs. carrier oil (olive, almond, etc.)

• 1 tbs. dried lavender

• fire-safe plate

• Lighter or matches

WHAT TO DO

• Clean your bathroom.

• Sit or stand in front of a mirror.

• Using a large plate to catch any spills, coat the candle in carrier oil.

• Gently roll the candle in dried lavender while focusing on your intentions.

• Place the candle on a fire-safe plate in front of you and light it.

• Stare at your reflection and say:

I am perfect, I am whole. I love myself in mind body and soul.

• Repeat several times.

• Extinguish the candle and save for later use any time you need to embrace yourself, your body, and all of your self.

PROSPERITY RITUAL FOR A GROUP

ITEMS NEEDED

• White Rose Petals

• 1 White Candle

• Piece of Paper

• Matches

WHAT TO DO

• Use the white rose petals to make a circle.

• Place the candle in the center of the circle.

• On a piece of paper write the names of the people in your group who want prosperity.

• Burn the paper in the flame of the candle as everyone says:

Great Goddess Maiden, give me energy and willingness to learn, overcome steps, and see beyond. Great Goddess Mother, given me strength to help all who ask me for help, and strength to bear out fears. Great Goddess Crone, give me wisdom and unwavering spirit to accept the outcome. Thank you. And so it is.

• Allow the candle to burn completely, or snuff it out and save the remainder for use in another prosperity spell.

INVISIBILITY

This is not about physically 'vanishing into thin air.’ This ritual is for when you want to go unseen and unnoticed by others. IMHO, it shifts, increases or decreases your vibrations to a frequency that is out of the perception of those you wish to avoid, and one that is not apparent to most.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Black candle

• Circle of black silk

• Fern seeds (best if collected just before midnight on the day of the summer solstice -- if you have access to a nearby natural source)

• Small crystal (snowflake obsidian, black tourmaline, or smoky quartz)

• Black cord, thread or string

WHAT TO DO

• Light the candle. Place the seeds and the stone in the center of the cloth.

• Tie and fasten the cloth with the cord, string, or thread. Tie 7 knots. As you tie each know, say:

I am free to come and go. Magick shields me. None will know.

• Allow the candle to burn completely or, if this is not possible, allow it to burn for 10 minutes and then snuff it out.

• Stare into the flame of the burning candle and visualize yourself shrouded in a cloak of darkness or transparency (however you perceive invisibility). Give thanks and go about your business as usual.

CHARGE & CLEANSE YOUR ALTAR CRYSTALS

This ritual is for any time you purchase a new crystal or add a crystal to your crystal altar.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Salt - Earth

• Incense - Air

• Candle - Fire

• Cup of Water

WHAT TO DO

• Gather your items for this ritual and place them in front of you on a stable surface.

• Light the incense.

• Pass the crystal through the smoke of the incense. Say

Inspired with the breath of air.

• Pass the crystal very swiftly through the flame of the candle. Say:

Burnished by fire.

• Sprinkle the crystal with water. Say:

Purified by Water

• Dip the crystal into the bowl of salt. Say:

Empowered by the Earth.

• Hold the crystal in front of you with both hands. Visualize a warm white light cleansing and protecting the crystal. Say:

Steeped in spirit and bright with light.

• Place the crystal upon your altar and say:

By craft made and by craft charged and changed,

This crystal I will use for the purpose of good in this world.

In the realm of the gods and goddesses,

I hereby consecrate this crystal.

Blessings to all, blessed be.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT CANDLE FOR YOUR NEEDS

WHICH CANDLE, WHEN?

Candle spells and rituals run a full gamut in terms of timing and repetition. Here are a few good rules of thumb for selecting the right sized candle for your needs.

• Birthday candles, chime candles: use when your spell calls for one execution, one time. This will ensure the candle burns down ompletely.

• Small tapers (4-5 inches): use when you wish to inscribe runes, sigils, names or other messages during your ritual. They will burn for a few hours, so they are good for single use.

• Large pillar candles: use when the results of your request will occur over time. Think weight loss, studying for an important exam. Once the energy is set, this candle can be used several times for repetitive intentions.

CANDLE SHAPES

• Round candles activate and facilitate change. They add a jolt to energy and situations that lie dormant (as in a sleeping state).

• Cylindrical candles are used for growth and guidance. They add strength and help to break barriers, overcome limitations, and for spiritual purification.

• Spiral candles are great when seeking greater objectivity and separating fantasy from reality. These are for inner wisdom and mental clarity.

• Square candles mobilize energies and proposed material content. Use when you want to cement something practical and objective. They add solidity and strength.

• Triangular or hexagonal candles initiate combat and power struggles. These come in handy when you are entering a competition or when you want to have victory in a commercial or legal dispute.

CANDLES - DAYS OF THE WEEK

• Black / Saturday: The color black is used for rituals to induce a deep meditative state, to protect or to ward off negativity. It can also be used to banish evil or negativity as in uncrossing rituals; attracts Saturn energy. Burning black with any other color is said to dissolve all negative energies.

• Blue / Thursday & Saturday: This is the primary spiritual color, It’s used to obtain wisdom, harmony, inner light and peace; brings out truth and guidance. Other uses include healing, sleep, creativity, perception, calming wisdom, truth, loyalty, dreams, and the examination of emotions. Some say it represents the Divine Mother.

• Blue (Dark) / Thursday & Saturday: Blue promotes laughter and joy as well as loyalty. Can be used to attract Jupiter energy, or whenever an influence needs to be increased. Confers wisdom and self-awareness. Can be calming and assist sleep. Also used to influence truth, dreams, emotions, and loyalty.

• Blue (Light) / Thursday & Saturday: Light blue is another very spiritual color: it is used to increase peace, tranquility, patience, and calmness. It radiates Aquarian energy and can be used in devotional or inspirational meditations; employ where a situation must be synthesized.

• Blue (Royal) / Thursday & Saturday: The color of royal blue mostly used to confer wisdom, protection, and good fortune. Increases spiritual awareness. Also increases communication, which can cause change. Can bring about a deep meditative state. Used in rituals that need increased Saturn energy.

• Brown / Thursday: Brown is an earthy, well-balanced color It is used for rituals of material increase. It is said to eliminate indecisiveness and improve powers of concentration, study, and/or telepathy. Said to increases financial success. Also represents the home. Some say those born under Capricorn will be more potent in their work using it.

• Gold: Gold is said to foster understanding and is said to bring about fast luck or money. Represents solar energy. It is used to heal all inner wounds, also to confer money smarts. Prosperity, wealth, money, attraction. Some also say it represents enlightenment, protection and the Divine Mother.

• Green / Friday: Green promotes prosperity, fertility, and success. Stimulates good luck, can increase money, harmony, and rejuvenation. Also represents healing, health, and growth. Can be an important component in rituals involving Venus; attracts love and social delights.

• Green (Dark) / Friday: Dark green is the color of ambition, greed, and jealousy. Used to counteract these influences in a ritual. Also relates to personal goals.

• Gray / Monday, Wednesday, Saturday: Gray is very useful when pondering complex issues. Can neutralize negative influences without repercussions. Represents balance, encourages stability, helps develop psychic abilities. In magic, this color often sparks confusion; it also can negate or neutralize a negative influence.

• Indigo: The color of Indigo is the color of inertia; stops situations or people; best used in rituals that require a deep meditational state. Also stimulates Saturnine energy.
  Magenta: It is a combination of red and violet that oscillates on a high frequency. It’s used to energize rituals where immediate action and high levels of power or spiritual healing are required.

• Orange / Wednesday, Sunday: Orange is often used as a balancing element. Promotes mental agility, energy, success and stamina. It’s used to affect legal matters, success, action and promotion. Gives encouragement, adaptability and stimulation. Cleanses negative attitudes, situations and places.

• Peach / Any Day: Pretty peach promotes relaxation, restoration and rejuvenation. Confers a softness and gentleness.

• Pink / Friday or Any Day: Pink represents emotions from the heart and raises energies. This is the standard for all rituals that are used to draw love.

• Pink (Dark) / Any Day: Dark or hot pink represents friends and family, and healing in the family. Promotes romance, and friendship, brings hope. Can promote restful sleep.

• Pink (Light) / Any Day: Light or baby pink represents devotion, love, tenderness and faith. Feminine energy.

• Purple / Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday: This color is used to obtain desires, power and success. Can stimulate idealism and psychic manifestations and help make contact with the spiritual world. Increases enthusiasm, desire and power. Is also powerful for healing, and spiritual development. Some attempt to use it for power over others.

• Red / Tuesday: True red represents physical pleasures. It can stimulate lust, courage, or strength against enemies. Can confer passion, love, and/or respect. Stimulates energy, health, fertility and will power. Draws Aries and Scorpio energy. Increases magnetism in rituals. Infers sex, vibrancy, and survival.

• Rose / Any Day: The color rose is great for treating heart ailments, anxiety, depression. Good for people who suffer from nightmares. This graceful color increases admiration, love, friendship, fidelity, and calmness. Can also arouse emotions. It stimulates compassion for self and others, higher mystical powers and humor.

• Silver / Any Day: Silver encourages stability; helps develop psychic abilities; attracts the influence of the Mother Goddess. Also used to stimulate mental telepathy, clairvoyance, and intuition. Can be used for cancellations and neutrality. Stimulates psycho-metrics, dreams, female power, and astral energies/projection.

• Turquoise / Thursday & Saturday: This is a color that can be used for healing, prosperity, peace, growth, awareness, meditation, creativity, neutrality and cancellation. Often used to represent the Goddess.

• White / Sunday & Monday: White has the highest consciousness to protect, purify, and heal. Represents truth, unity, protection, peace, purification, happiness, and spirituality. Some say it can be used to replace any color candle in rituals. Used for concentration rituals and meditation work. Lunar energy.

• Yellow / Sunday: Yellow represents attraction, charm, confidence and persuasion. Used to stimulate mental clarity, knowledge and concentration. Also used in healing. Like gold, it can serve for magic and rituals involving solar energies and deities associated with the sun. Stimulates logic, aids in overcoming mental blocks and promoting the self.

ABOUT CANDLE READINGS

Pyromancy is divination by fire involving reading smoke and flames.

Ceromancia is interpreting the meaning of a burning candle's flame or the melting wax. “Cero” means wax, and “mancia” means divination.

Do not attempt to use pyromancy or ceromancia if you do not believe in magick. Half-hearted attempts to gain information this way will result in incorrect results.

Readings can be done by burning a candle wax and casting it on a flat surface such as dry wood and observing the formed figures after cooling, or by interpreting the meaning of the candle flame. Ceromancia requires concentration in a quiet and peaceful place.

Below are a few examples of how to interpret candle wax and flame.

When reading candles, it's best to use good quality white candles.

Whichever method you use, relax, close your eyes, and ask for what you desire, then open your eyes and analyze the meaning of the wax or flame.

• Blue Flame: patience, your request will be answered soon

• Rapidly Flickering Flame: concentrate, ask quickly. Be sure to see if there is wind in the environment, which may skew the reading.

• Reddish Yellow Flame: your request is being carried out, wait for the next few days.

• High Flame: happiness will come soon.

• Very Bright Flame: the answer to your question is, "it's going to work."

• Lots of Leftover Wax: you are in need of an energy cleaning to dispel negative forces around you.

• Spiral Flame: no comment to your desire; there are people around you who wish you harm.

• Very Low Flame: review everything. The question needs to be more objective and sincere. If it is a request, it will not manifest right now. Look into all possibilities to resolve the issue yourself.

• Split Wick When Extinguished: If you asked a question, ask again another day. If it was a wish, it will come true but probably not in the way you want.

• When Candle Takes Too Long to Light: perform energy clearing in the room with incense and prayers. check for air currents that may obstruct lighting.

• All the Wax Burns; Flame Extinguishes But Wick Takes Time to Extinguish: your answer is yes. If you made a wish, results will be better than you asked.

• When too Much Wax Drips (candle cries): there is a lot of emotion involved or there is very energy from you. Work to increase your energy by having more faith. If you are not 100% committed to the issue, wait for another day.

• When Sparks Fly From Flame: before your wish comes true, there will be an obstacle, a problem or intrigue. Someone may appear to help, but do not stand idly by.

INTERPRETING FLAME DIRECTION

• North: If the flame flickers toward the north, it's said to be an indication that the cause is a physical one, not from a spirit.

• East: A flame flickering toward the east indicates the mental part of your spell is working.

• South: The bending of the flame toward the south demonstrates a great deal of physical energy surrounds your intent.

• West: When the candle flame tilts to the west, it reveals the depth and energy of very strong emotions that are part of the spell work.

ABOUT CANDLE MAGICK

Candle Magick

Candle magic and pyromancy are ancient practices. Candle magic involves instilling a specific energy into a candle, then burning the candle to send that energy and purpose to out to the universe toward the carrying out of your intention.

Pyromancy is the art of divination through observing a candle’s burning flame and smoke.

Together, candle magic and pyromancy form a powerful alliance, joining creation and insight to manifest your intentions.

While preparing your items for use, remember to use as many of your senses as possible to draw energy toward your intentions.

The power behind candle (and all) magick is your own focus and intention. Feel free to alter any of these spells with your own personal touches.

Finally, use your magick for good. Enjoy.

MAGICKAL CANDLE TIPS

• Never light candles near windows with curtains that can blow about and catch fire.

• Use a snuffer or damper to extinguish candles. Blowing may break the magick by interfering with the flow of energy between the spiritual planes.

• It is best to use a single candle per invocation. Whenever possible, allow a candle to burn out completely, or relight the same candle for the same invocation in the future.

• It is best to light candles with matches. However, a good rule of thumb is to use matches (fire and wood) for earthly actions, and a lighter can be used for spiritual actions.

• When several people are lighting candles for ceremonial purposes in a group (marriages, parties, NYE celebrations), use the flame of one candle to light another.

• If individual desires are sought, even in groups, each individual should light their own candle.

• If your wish is to release energy, or to free yourself from something, throw candle remains in the trash outside your home.

• If your wish is to attract something, stimulate something, or encourage increase, place the candle in the garden or keep for reuse in another personal request ritual.

• Never, ever, ever, reuse candles that have been used in rituals or spells for others.

  It is OK to recycle paraffin to repeat a request, renew a request, make a new candle, or mix colors as long as it is personal, involving the same person and the same magick.

HOW TO ANOINT A CANDLE

Some spells call for the use of intention oils or essential oils for an added boost. Here are a few ways to anoint a candle.

• If using inscribed runes or sigils, anoint the candle after inscribing. Put a few drops of the oil on the tips of your fingers. Beginning in the center of the candle, work the oil upwards toward the wick. Then, starting from the center again, stroke downward to the bottom. This will draw energy up from the earth’s core and down from the Universe, bringing your intention into the material world.

• If your desired outcome is release, it is good to anoint the candle from the bottom all the way to the top. This will draw energy from the earth’s core, collect the unwanted energy on this plane, and release it out to the Universe through the flame.

ABUNDANCE & WEALTH

This ritual should be performed every day at the same time for 9 consecutive days.

Items Needed

• a green candle

• a white candle

• blue sage bundle or leaves

In this spell, the green candle represents the money/wealth that you hope to acquire and the white candle represents you. The blue sage is to amplify energy to attract wealth and abundance. Start on day one with new candles.

What to do

• Smudge the candles with the sage. While smudging, focus on your intention. Visualize the abundance or wealth you wish to manifest.

• Place the candles on your altar, nine inches apart from each other. Exactly where or what position is not important, but they must be nine inches apart.

• Continue to burn the blue sage throughout this ritual.

Light the candles and chant these words:

Money, money come to me, In abundance three times three, May I be enriched in the best of ways, Harming none on its way, This I accept, so mote it be, Bring me money three times three.

• Move the white candle one inch closer to the green candle as you chant.

• After the chanting, extinguish the flames.

• Repeat this spell for a total of nine days, each day moving the white candle one inch closer to the green candle. It is important to continually visualize the wealth you desire with each step of the spell.

• On the ninth day, when the candles touch, your spell is finished. On this last day, you may let the candles burn until there is nothing left.

BREAK BAD HABITS

Best performed during a waning moon.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Black pillar candle to burn every day for at least a week

• Cedar, cinnamon, dragon’s blood, or frankincense essential oil (optional)

Find a quiet place to work where you will not be disturbed or interrupted.

WHAT TO DO

• Center, ground, and focus on the habit you wish to break. Why do you want to end this habit? How has having this habit harmed you or held you back? What do you need to change to rid yourself of this habit for good?

• Light the candle and stare into the flame, thinking about the habit you wish to banish.

• Say:

I call upon the cleansing fire, to unmake that which I desire. I rid myself of (habit to break) evermore. This habit of mine shall be no more.

• Visualize the flame flaring and roaring up like an inferno. Open yourself to this blaze, inviting it to burn through you, cleansing you of your unwanted habit. As the candle wick burns, so your bad habit burns away.

• Spend a few minutes meditating on ridding yourself of the unwanted habit.

• snuff the candle out and store it someplace safe.

• The next night, take out the candle and repeat the ritual.

• Repeat every night for a week. On the last night, allow the candle to burn completely down.

• Bury any remnants and ashes in the earth.

• If the habit persists, continue the spell longer if needed, until wither the habit is broken or the candle burns down completely.