Hoodoo, Rootwork, Conjure
Candle Magick and Color
Correspondences
A basic magick ritual using candles and the proper color correspondence.
Candle magick is one of the simplest magickal rituals you can perform.
You can make it as simple or complicated as you feel necessary. Most
every ritual uses a candle as it helps to invoke the element of fire.
The lighting of a candle can also help in focusing the mind. A focused
mind equals focused intent.As with any magick ritual or spell, the
practitioner should always adopt its practice with there own specific
needs in mind .In other words, what might work for me may be a little
different for you.
Candle magick can be used to add strength or power to any ritual or
spell. You can also use it by itself without getting real extravagant.
Simple candle magick can consist of one candle, and its corresponding
oil .In most cases the candle used will be allowed to completely burn
down in one sitting.
Choosing Your Candle
Each color represents something different. You want to carefully choose
the proper color for the work at hand.
White
If your ever not sure of what color to use, white is always a safe
bet.This is also a good color to correspond with any rituals or spell
work used on a full moon. A white candle is great for any matters
concerning peace, protection, purification, innocence, and truth. This
is also a great candle for balance, and destroying negative influences.
On a alter the white candle can also represent God/Goddess. This is a
great candle for bringing positive energy into your life, contacting
spirit helpers, and getting in touch with your higher power.
Black
The black candle is a very powerful candle and should only be used with
extreme caution. For the most part the black candle has really received
a bad rap. Many people associate this candle with black magic and evil.
It can be used for evil purposes and ill intent but it can also be used
for good. You want to use this candle when you are warding off evil
spirits, ridding yourself of slander, reversing or removing hexes,
neutralizing another's magick, and removing or reversing very powerful
negative energy. This candle can also be used to bring confusion and
discord to enemies, binding negative forces, revenge, and calling forth
dark energy. Be very careful on how you use this candle. If used
correctly this candle can accomplish much good. If used incorrectly this
candle can have disastrous results.
Gray
This is the perfect candle for spell and hex reversals, and the
destruction of negative energies. In my humble opinion the gray candle
is a better alternative to the black candle. This is more of a candle of
neutrality. The perfect balance of both black and white, light and dark.
The gray candle can absorb and repel negative energy. This candle can be
used to ask universe or mother earth to diffuse the negative energy
without all the negative karmic repercussions.
Green
This is a good candle to use for luck, abundance, good fortune,
fertility, growth, success and wealth. Excellent for fertility rites,
hand fasting and blessing a marriage. Can also be used for successful
farming and gardening. Great for anything to do with nature spirits. Be
clear on your intent when using this candle for luck, or wealth.
Gold
The gold candle is another good candle for prosperity, good luck and
financial gain. You can also use this candle for good health, physical
and emotional strength, healing and attracting happiness into your life.
Also a great candle for most things sun related.
Silver
Great candle for meditation. Silver candles are great for anything
dealing with moon magick. These candles will help in the removal of
negative forces and energies, repels chaos and disaster, and increases
psychic abilities. This is also an excellent candle to burn when asking
for success, victory, and stability.
Pink
This is the ultimate love, passion and romance candle. This is the
candle of unconditional love and pure intent on an emotional and
spiritual level. This candle is also excellent for spiritual healing,
neutralizing hatred, and bringing peace into your life. The pink candle
is always used for magick with the purest and highest moral intent.
Purple
This is another color that I feel is best to deal with the lighter and
brighter shades. The lighter shades of purple are used for healing,
empowerment, peace, knowledge, and just about anything dealing with self
improvement. Also used for meditation, divination, increasing psychic
abilities, spiritual awareness, spiritual protection, and success in
most endeavors. Burn with a green candle to increase luck quickly. The
darker shades again can be used for hex removal, getting rid of dark
energy and evil influences, jinx removal, ending slander, neutralizing
another's magick. Purple is a very ambitious color, this candle can be
used alone, but works best when used with others to help increase speedy
results.
Orange
This is the candle of positive energy. Excellent candle for increasing
prosperity , stamina, mental agility, and creativity. Helps in gaining
control of a situation, increases adaptability and changes luck. This is
another color that works great with others or used alone. Orange is a
very powerful color for bringing and attracting positive change into
your life.
Brown - Earth
The brown candle is aligned with earth energies. This is a great candle
to use when working with earth elementals and anything to do with
nature. This is also a good candle to attract physical objects, and
manifest good health. Helps to remove uncertainty, and hesitation. If
used for prosperity it can help to attract money and customers for
business. Also a good candle to enhance psychic ability, divination, and
intuition.
Yellow - Air
This is a great candle to use for all positive things associated with
the mind. Helps to increase confidence, power of persuasion, intellect,
knowledge, and charm. Increases mental clarity and good for meditation.
Excellent candle for attracting knowledge and positivity into your life.
Blue - Water
The blue candles are very calming. These are great candles for dealing
with peace, tranquility, harmony, and helping to transform depression,
anger and violence. This is another great candle for meditation and
increasing intuition. Blue candles are great for healing, happiness, and
bringing positive change into your life. Also great to help keep a
lovers loyalty, and protecting those we love.
Red - Fire
The lighter and brighter shades of red candles are great for love
spells, and anything dealing with sensuality and sexual potency. This is
also a good candle for protection, courage, and strength. The darker
shades of red are for hate, dealing with enemies, and psychic battles.
Once again I feel its important to remind you that when utilizing the
darker colors you must take into consideration the fact that what you
put out will be returned to you many times over.
Voodoo Hoodoo Candles
You can also incorporate voodoo or hoodoo candles into your magick work.
These candles are great because they come in different shapes like
figures of people, couples together, skulls, snakes, mummies and various
other shapes and sizes. These can help in visualization of spell work
and rituals.
Image Candle
The image candle comes in the shape of a man or woman. These come in a
variety of different colors and are used pretty much the same way the
above mentioned color correspondences work. The image candle is good to
use if you need to visualize a person for the magick work.
Marriage Candle
Molded in the shape of a couple together. These also come in different
colors. Used for love spells, break up spells, and to bring peace to a
relationship.
Snake Candle
Candle has snakes on it. The snake candles are used to rid evil, break
spells , bring luck.
Seven Knob Candle
Works similar to a seven day votive. You carve your intention into each
knob and then burn one knob each day. These also come in different
colors. Used to remove bothersome people, bring luck, peace, success ,
help finding a job, end slander. This is pretty much an all purpose type
thing that can be used for just about any situation.
Mummy Candle
Looks like an egyptian mummy. Used for uncrossing, removing a jinx,
power, success, bindings.
Skull Candle
This is an ominous looking candle in the shape of a human skull. Get rid
of problems caused by others, cause problems to enemies, collect money,
heal the sick.
I've seen these candles in all different types of shapes. You can find
them on ebay, and some in the internet hoodoo and voodoo shops. If your
fortunate enough to have a neighborhood pagan or voodoo shop, most will
carry these items. These are very powerful candles and should not be
abused.
Getting Creative
You can also make your own candles. Not only will this empower your
candles with your own energy, you can create them in any shape you want,
infuse them with your own magickal blends of essential oils, and make
them any size you want. Find some shape molds that fit your needs and
incorporate them into your magickal workings.
Things You Don't Want To Do
Don't use a match to light your candle. The Sulfur acts as a banishment.
Never use a previously burned candle. The candle must be new and
previously unburned. This is called a virgin candle.
Never re-use a candle used in a magickal ritual of any kind unless the
spellwork requires it.
NEVER BLOW OUT THE CANDLE. If your worried about fire hazards place the
candle on top of your stove or in a sink, or someplace safe until the
candle burns out.
I feel it is also important to note that you should always try to use
the moon phases in any spell work of attraction or removal. Waxing moon
when your trying to attract something and waning moon when your trying
to remove something. Not only is this good practice but it will also
help to further empower your spell work.
What You Want To Do
Focus on your intention. Know what you want to accomplish.
Carefully plan out your ritual or spell work.
Meditate, clear your mind of all obstacles, and relax.
After the ritual or spell work is performed, immediately remove any
thoughts of it from your mind. It is now in the hands of Spirit, God,
Goddess, further thoughts will only weaken the magic.
Dressing The Candle
Once you have chosen the proper candles, you want to "dress" the
candles. This is done by rubbing the outside of the candles with the
proper consecrated natural essential oils.If your not sure which oil to
use you can alway use olive oil. The focus of this is to place your
energy and intent into the candles to be used. A candle that you have
meditated over, carved with the desired inscriptions, and blessed will
have more power than a candle that you just purchased from a store and
slapped down on your alter or workspace. Plus , you're removing any old
energies that candle may have picked up from other folks handling it.
You want to take the oil while focusing on your intent and start in the
middle. Spread the oil from middle to top if your looking to increase,
manifest, or bring things into your life. Then do the same from the
bottom to the middle.
If your intent is to remove things, reverse a spell, or cause decrease
you again work from the middle to the top and then back down to the
middle and then from the middle to the bottom.
The key to this process is the focus of your intent on your desired
outcome. The most important part of this step is to visualize your
desired outcome, and focus your will and intent on the candles you are
working with. When you accomplish this you will eventually manifest the
desired reality you have chosen.
Using Your Candles
Once you have dressed your candles and focused your intent on them, it
is now time to use them. You can incorporate these candles into your
rituals, or simply light one, meditate over it for a little while and
then say your spell. To make your magickal work more powerful use the
proper moon phase for your ritual. You can also sprinkle your alter or
workplace with any special herbs you might be using, power objects, or
gems and special stones. That's about all there is to candle magick. I
hope you use this knowledge with pure and good intentions in mind.
