Proposed hotspots for further perusing for the individuals who need to investigate candle magic spells further Dual flame. This generally means another presence has entered the working, and generally not in a good way. You’ll find many spiritual practitioners prefer to burn a candle down entirely for the spell or intention to release and be complete fully. Due to this, they’ll often buy smaller candles. An erratic, dancing flame signifies high energy in a spell—but also chaotic energy. A large dancing flame suggests success, but with potential complications. A small one means the spell may be overwhelmed by opposing forces. There may be other wills consciously or unconsciously working against you. Watch the flame closely to see if its shape or motion reveals anything to you. You can do this with Moon Water, smoke, crystals, moonlight, or the cleansing method of your choice. Some practitioners feel that simply focusing your gratitude and positive energy on your candle is enough to cleanse it thoroughly.

While you carve, load, anoint, and dress with herbs, visualize your intention for this candle ritual. Do you need healing? Are you attracting love? A new job? Friendship? Justice in a legal matter? Envision yourself having whatever your desire/need is while dressing the candle. This adds extra power to your ritual. Here’s the different ways to dress your candles: Gold candles are one of the candle colors that draws on male energy or the energy of the God. It’s best to burn if you need help with success, happiness, enlightenment, confidence, prosperity, wealth, personal power, and wisdom. Silver

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Light a golden candle during a spell in which you want to work with masculine energies, attract personal recognition from the outside world bringing prosperity, success, and abundance. Debate as to whether magic is a psychological or supernatural power, or a bit of both, boils like a brothy cauldron in the witching community. Vivianne Crowley (no relation to Aleister, incidentally) is in no doubt. "The power of magic is 90% psychological and 10% anomalous events not beyond scientific understanding but beyond current scientific understanding. Even the British Psychological Society has become interested in the ability of spiritual practices to manifest healing powers, and in clairvoyance, psychometry [the ability to divine by touching something] and telepathy, those techniques psychologists call parapsychology." She points out that there is now a chair of parapsychology at Edinburgh University, it's that respectable. If you are petitioning for something, the candle alone is not going to do the work. Everything depends on what you ask for and how you do it. The color of the candle matters for a few reasons. One is symbolic. The brain has a subconscious response to certain colors. That response is rooted in your personal experience with that color as well as what meanings your culture assigned to it. Other types of rituals that use purple candles are invocations and requestsfor change. If you need to perform a deep cleanse, transform a very important aspect of your life, or even ask for a miracle, a purple candle is your best ally.

You may also choose to add spit or blood to your candle. Many spiritual practitioners prefer this method because not only is it very personal, but also free! I like to add some coffee grounds to hurry the spell along. These slender candles are smaller than tapered candles and are sometimes known as spell candles or ritual candles. They are ideal for focused rituals and shorter spells. Chime candles come in a variety of colors to align with your desired spell or intention. To make your spells unique, you will need to create your own associations. Ideally, each color should have a personal connection that talks to you on a much deeper level than a simple color chart could ever do. White CandlesCandles are often incorporated into various rituals, everywhere from churches to temples to at home in your own sacred space or altar. But candles themselves can actually be at the forefront of your rituals and spells, with different candle colors being ideal for different things. A low-burning flame indicates less energy is fueling the spell. A small but steadily burning flame is still a good sign—though it signals a need for patience and focus. A positive result is likely, though there may be a delay. Be persistent and keep your eye on the goal. If the candle flame increases in size during the working, it means the energy behind the spell is growing. It got curiouser and curiouser. During my research for this article, I found a tarantula on my doorstep. Sometime later, a live crow in a knotted dustbin bag appeared (and flew to its freedom the moment I opened the bag). Now, crows and tarantulas don't wash up on my doorstep every day, but life is plump with coincidence, weirdness happens, and though intrigued and slightly ruffled I carried on all the same. Even now, in our secular age, we can't quite make up our minds about The Craft. Though the Witchcraft Act was repealed in 1951, we're still edgy about witching. Lest we forget, it was only 15 years ago that we had our own Salem, with the tabloids screaming blue murder over supposed acts of satanic abuse by witches and Devil worshippers. Even though a 1994 government enquiry into the whole affair found that ritual abuse "has never been substantiated by empirical evidence", the public remains willing to lump witchcraft in with Satanism, as though the two were some devilish double act. (For the record, witches do not believe in the existence of Satan, so it would be a little eccentric of them to worship him/her/it.)