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The soft, mellow glow of candlelight creates romantic moods, invokes spirits and utilizes the ancient element of Fire, which is known as the sacred element of magickal transformation.

The dancing flame of a candle gives off mystical power and has been used for centuries by Witches and magicians as a tool for setting the proper atmosphere or spellcasting, divination and meditation, banishing darkness, and as a means of communicating with the dead. The symbolism of creating light in darkness also lies behind the use of the candle in rituals of magick.

The candle is also an image of humanity. The wax of the candle corresponds to the physical body; the wick corresponds to the mind, and the flame corresponds to the spirit or soul.

Candles come in all different sizes, shapes and colors, and can be bought in candle shops, gift shops, occult shops and Witchcraft supply mail order catalogues (see Chapter Ten: Resources); however, many Witches and magicians prefer to work magick with their own homemade candles rather than store bought ones for it is believed that hand-crafted candles with pentagrams and/or other magickal symbols and sigils cut into the wax are more magickally powerful than mass-produced ones since they absorb the Witch’s or magician’s own psychic energies. (The ancient craft of candlemaking is discussed in Chapter One.)

Candle colors are very important when it comes to performing magick, for each color emits a special vibration and attracts different spiritual influences. (See Chapter Three for the symbolism of candle colors.)

The shape that the candle is fashioned in also possesses significance in candleburning magick. Black cat-shaped candles are burned in magick spells to increase luck and psychic power. White cat-shaped candles are burned to make wishes come true and to protect pregnant women. Moon-shaped candles (or candles decorated with lunar symbols) are burned to add power to moon-magick and Goddess invocations. Human image candles made in both male and female figures are used to represent the man or woman whom the power of a spell is directed at. Phallic-shaped candles are powerful when used in fertility rites and sex-magick. Mummy-shaped candles, which are difficult to obtain, are burned in spells to acquire power and success and to invoke ancient Egyptian deities. Devil-shaped candles are used in both black and white magick Voodoo spells. Black skull-shaped candles are burned to cast or reverse hexes, and in rituals of separation. White skull-shaped candles are used in healing rituals and seances. Seven-Knob candles, which consist of seven balls of wax strung together with one wick, are burned as daily meditation candles or as wish-magick candles with each segment of the candle burned daily as the wish to be granted is concentrated upon.

Candle-gazing, or fire-scrying, is a form of divination practiced by Witches, Gypsies and seers long before candles first became popular in Europe in the Middle Ages.

To divine using a candle, clear your mind and then gaze into the flame of the candle until you enter a trance-like state in which images, symbols, people or words will begin to appear as part of a psychic communication.

THE GODDESS IS ALIVE

MAGICK IS AFOOT

BLESSED BE!