But what is magic? Well, no one really knows, but received wisdom defines it as the use of the will to effect change, and recognises two types: natural and high, or ritualistic. In natural magic, witches emphasise folk wisdom. They may cast spells and use candles, herbs, wax images, crystals and scrying or divination objects such as crystal balls and dowsing rods, as well as more familiar psychological techniques such as meditation, visualisation and repetition to focus their minds on the effects they want to manifest. Natural magic is craftwork, and its practitioners regard themselves as craftsmen and women. They are in The Craft. Pink candles should be burned for spells connected to unconditional love, romance, affection, warmth, joy, friendship and self-love. You can also use pink colored candles to enhance overall happiness, harmony, empathy, connection, intimacy, to strengthen new relationships, and to facilitate relationship healing, reconciliation, forgiveness, and emotional healing. Blue

Unfortunately, discrimination against Wiccans and pagans is alive and well, tinged with ignorance and paranoia. Drama teacher Ralph Morse was recently suspended from his job at Shenfield high school in Essex after admitting to being youth officer for the Pagan Federation and a practising witch (he was later reinstated). The school's headteacher, John Fairhurst, issued a statement saying, "We completely and unequivocally reject their world of witchcraft and magic." Rands was asked to leave her post as a nanny after her journalist employer accused her of using witchcraft to "steal the children". Cassandra Latham doesn't follow "the normal rules", but her clients - she sees about 200 a year - tend to be regular Joes and Joannas with all the usual problems. "The reasons people used to go to cunning folk in the past are the same as the reasons people come to me now. Relationships, jobs, money, health. People often ask me to cleanse their homes of psychic debris. One of the most common things I get asked to do is to remove curses, but no one ever asks me for anything ridiculous. It's pastoral work, just like the vicar, really." If you have blown out a candle when you shouldn’t have, don’t worry. This is not so important, it’s mostly superstition.If you really believe that blowing out the candle will cancel your spell, then probably your mind and intentions are not fully aligned. There should be no trace of doubt that your spell will work in your mind. How long do you leave the candles burning?Interpreting candle signs is a broad folkloric practice that encompasses at least three types of divination: Pyromancy (divination by fire), ceromancy (divination by wax) and capromancy (divination by smoke).

I just wanted to let anyone looking to start learning basic magic,candle magic is a great place to start!And just knowing about how important colors are to everything in magic,and have fun bettering your life and the ones in you’re circle 🤟✌️🙏 Chrisha Greene on Jan 02, 2022 Yellow represents intellect, imagination, memory, and open and clear communication. Yellow is associated with the East and the power of Air. Yellow candles are used in spellwork to enhance communication in a relationship and to increase focus. You can light a candle and meditate to seek the wisdom of the ages. Burning a yellow candle brings one closer to attaining a state of perpetual happiness. They are often used in rituals to represent the sun or one of the many Sun Gods. Summary 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 Smoke that moves dramatically away from you represents energies that are outward bound. In most spells, this is not a good omen. It means that something is escaping your grasp. Rubbing the oil from the top of the candle down to the bottom will call in energies to you (like for money or abundance spells). However, rubbing the oil from the bottom to the top of the candle removes or calls things away for you (like for removing hexes or negative energy).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. Then there's the responsibility. "If people think I'm going to wave a magic wand and whisk their problems away, they have to think again," says Latham. "I can help you to help yourself is all. If I waved a wand, I'd just be disempowering you." If that sounds a bit like self-help waffle, witches insist they get results. King recently cast spells for a couple who were finding it hard to conceive, and "baby Sean arrived nine months later". On the other hand, "I only get involved with things where there's real need. Someone who just wants a new boyfriend can sort themselves out."