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Why use candles in magick
There is no end to what can be used as an ingredient for magickal practise. If an object can be used in a symbolic way, or can be used to represent an outcome, then it can be used as a magickal ingredient.
Working with candles is both useful and beautiful. You will notice that the simple act of lighting a candle can change the mood of a room.
You will notice that candles have been used in many rituals for hundreds of years, such as deity worship or remembering the dead, or even more recently as simply making a ‘birthday wish’. Candles make the perfect choice for a simple healing or calming ritual.
How to use candles in magick
Candles are one of the simplest ways of getting ‘hands on’ with your magickal practise and seeing magick at work. Candles can be used to scribe words upon, as part of a ritual. Carving “calm” or “joy” on the side of candle before using it for that purpose. Candles can then be used as a meditative tool for quiet reflection, focusing on the single word.
Candles can also be used in a symbolic way, arguably through the use of the melted coloured wax as a close connection, correspondence or equivalence, with a desired outcome. Perhaps sealing something in, as part of a manifesting ritual.
Choosing coloured candles for use in magick
Aesthetically, culturally and psychologically colour affects us. Carl Jung wrote about colour symbolism and this work has real-world applications today. This all means that when you choose coloured candles for your magick, you should choose candles where the colour means something to you.
Aleister Crowley first published the Liber 777 with all the correspondences that the Golden Dawn believed were right and Western magick has been heavily influenced by its tables and explanations of the correspondences spanning many hundreds of pages.
You can choose the colours that mean something to you and ignore the internet, if you choose to!
References
Credit where credit is due, we aim to cite our sources because we value truthful content. 2 sources were referenced during research to write this, but you are encouraged to follow our other links as well.
- neurolaunch.com/carl-jung-color-psychology/
- Crowley, A. (1986). 777 And Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley. United States: Weiser Books.
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