Merry meet all,
Candles are the purest form of Magick. I love staring at a pure bright candle flame. It just stirs my heart and warms my heart. I want to share tips and to burn candles magically and safely this Samhain:
- Burn a white candle on the windowsill this Samhain to guide lost spirits.
- Store candles in the freezer for a while. The wax will drip less.
- Burn a candle for one hour and remember to trim the wick. Never leave a candle unattended.
- Carve symbols or sigils into the candle wax for an added boost of Magick.
- Carve symbols or sigils into your pumpkin to keep bad spirits away or to empower the pumpkin wtih protective Magick.
- Use coloured candles for certain spells: black is a psychic energy and draws in energy, blue is for emotion & intuition, orange is for creativity, white is for Spirit, purple is for psychic energy, brown is for earth-related matters, red is for Mars energy and fire.
- To release the energy of a candle, blow the candle out when you’re finished a spell. To keep the energy of a spell in the candle, snuff the candle out with a candle snuffer.
- Clean your candlesticks to keep them ready to use for new spell casting.
- Gaze into a candle flame to scry your future or a message from Spirit.
- Burn essential oils on candles or buy the scented candles. Try not to use synthetic oils. Use natural essential oils. They don’t always cost a fortune.
- Keep your familiars away from candles. Burn candles where your furr-milairs can’t get to them. Always practice safety when burning candles.
- Don’t burn your candles at your altar while wearing long billowing sleeves or near the curtains. Safety first.
- Grind herbs to a powder if you want to burn herbs on your candles first. The candles will sputter less.
- Bury the wax out in the garden when the candle is finished burning.
- If you do burn a lot of candles indoors or outdoors this Samhain, keep sand, a fire extinguisher or a pitcher of water nearby to avoid a fire. Getting evicted is not cool!
- Put your intention into the candle. That will add extra power to your spell. For example, I wanted a pet cat. I burned a cat-shaped candle. Sympathetic magic! Like attracts like.
- Always put a positive intention into your spell workings, never negative. You want bad, you get bad. You want good Magick, you get good Magick! So be positive always! Energy always returns to the sender!
- Spirits are around us everywhere this Samhain! Burn a candle you made yourself. Add graveyard dirt and clary sage essential oils to the candle at your altar to attract the spirits.
- Gather a lot of oak leaves and dry them. Once they are thoroughly dry, grind the leaves to a powder. Use the powder like an ash for your cauldron. Nestle a cauldron or a charcoal disc in the oak ash. Store the unused oak leaf ash in the fridge or the freezer to keep it from spoiling. Oak leaves have a strong energy, and represent longevity, strength, stability, endurance, fertility, power, justice and honesty.
I hope the above tips help when you cast candle Magick this Samhain!
Blessed be, Spiderwitch
