Candles

Candles and incense are a great part of rituals and ceremonies. The warmth of light the lit candle gives off can set a soothing mood!

I will start with candles and their uses.

Colors always have a meaning:

Green:


Abundance, growth, money, success, wealth, physical healing, health, marriage, fertility, employment, balance, Stimulates growth, healing, financial success, good luck, new job, good harvest, nature appreciation, love.


Yellow:


Intellect, wisdom and honor, action, inspiration and creativity, studying and intelligence, concentration, memory, logic, learning, attraction, confidence, Mental powers, intellect, inspiration, concentration, retention of memory, energy, cheerfulness, sunny disposition, changes, endurance, stability and security.


Yellow strengthens the imagination and concentration in a ritual. Is used in rituals in which the trust of a person is gained or in which one wants to convince someone.


Red:


Energy, vitality, and strength, health, passion, sex, love, protection, fire, fertility, fast action, strength, potency, lust, blood, Physical love and passion, courage, warmth, energy, attraction, magnetism, desire, action, physical strength, power, willpower.


Strengthens magnetism in a ritual, creates Ram and Scorpio energies.


White:


The Balance of all colors: Spiritual enlightenment, cleansing, clairvoyance, healing, truth-seeking, purity, innocence, clarity and unity, Dawn, purification, peace, truth, protection, spirituality, General work, cleansing, repels negativity; use to bring peace, spiritual strength, truth, purity; heals emotions, and provides protection.


Note: White can be used in place of any other candle color and is suitable for any ritual.


Pink:


Devotion, love, tenderness and faith, friendship, romance, honor, spiritual healing, caring, affection, forming partnerships, peace, emotional healing, Universal love, purest form of love, love that is unconditional, spiritual love without sex connotation, raises vibrations, sensitivity, healing.


Designed to attract attention and achieve a purpose in rituals. The color of femininity, Honor, Pleasantness – enhances joyful and lively conversation.


Gold:


Enlightenment, protection, success, wealth, money, masculinity, playfulness, luck, divination, victory.


Enhances communication and attracts the power of cosmic influences; Useful in rituals which are designed to gain fortune or money


Lavender:


Mother consciousness, manifestation and selflessness, Spirituality, compassion, understanding, inspiration, make contact with Higher-Self, attract spiritual assistance, very calming.


Blue:


Communication, truth, peace, calm, loosing weight, wisdom, understanding, protection, harmony, inspiration, truth, patience, health and happiness, luck, communication, loyalty, peaceful, cooling, contentment, healing, idealism, harmony, devotion, meditation,


Orange:


Cleanses negative attitudes, situations and places, Happiness, business deals, attracting good things, success, career, goals, stimulation, attraction, power, luck, sudden changes, Warmth, energy building, enthusiasm, attracts success and prosperity, emotional healing, attracts friends, courage and ambition.


Brown:


Earth, a balanced color. Rituals for material gain, eliminates indecisiveness, furthers powers of concentration, learning, telepathy. Expands financial success, finds lost items. Material prosperity, Home, friendships, balance, animal magic, earth magic, concentration and studying, wealth, success, intuition, psychic powers and ESP. Protecting pets, Said to help find lost items.


Purple:


Use with white candle to neutralize effects of karma and ego. Ancient wisdom, the third eye, psychic powers, meditation, spirituality, success, confidence, hidden knowledge, protection, divination, All forms of expansion, expands what you already have, spiritual protection, power, wisdom, healing, recognition, enhances psychic ability, Recognition in work, contact with spirit world.


Rose:


Compassion for self and others, higher mystical powers, humor, Love, romance, opening the heart, forgiveness, compassion, healing, joy, creativity, endurance, strength, stability and security.


Peach:


restoration and rejuvenation


Violet:


Strength, Success, Idealism, psychic revelation; Ideal for rituals which are designed to secure Ambition, Independence and financial success or to establish contact with the other, spiritual world; Enhances Neptune energy.


Ivory:


(beige): neutrality, balance and harmlessness


Black:


Burning black with any other color disolves negative energies! Protection, hex-breaking, reversing, banishing, destroying evil or negativity, binding, and repelling. Also used for healing very powerful illnesses.


Silver: (Light Grey)


Victory, Stability, Mmeditation, Developing


Psychic Ability, Removal of Negative Power, Repelling Destruction,


Cancellation, Neutrality, Stalemate.


Silver is primarily associated with female deities.



The Goddess candle is usually white or silver and the God candle can be white, black, or gold.



The quarters also have their corresponding color candle as well.


When inscribing a candle for a ritual for gain carve it from the outside towards the middle, and for banishing carve it from the middle toward the outside. When candles are used they should be properly anointed and consecrated before the ritual begins. Candles should have only one purpose and should never be reused for another purpose ever. This would cross energies. Candles used for the quarters should only be used for that, candles burned during rituals should be allowed to burn out completely on their own. I suggest large pillar candles for the Goddess, God, and quarter candles because they can be re-lit each ritual, and votive or tea light candles for spells and rituals. Jar candles are great for duration rituals as the wax is contained and if the candle is knocked over the liquid wax will extinguish the flame.






Blessed be,


Lady Alice