Fun with Candles

Recently a friend of mine asked me about candle magick. Even though it is one of the most basic types of spell casting most beginning witches don’t know HOW it works. Everyone knows how to do it, but in witchcraft you will never be as powerful just following directions as if you know how everything works. I figured that being a part of the craft that generally has its meaning ignored candle magick is a perfect subject for a discussion.

Candle magick has two main energy components: you and the fire. The “you” in the equation is self explainable. It means your individual will power and how you shape the energies around you. The fire is simply the energy of the wick going into the universe. Why this is such a powerful type of spell casting is that you’re grabbing a hold on the energy of the fire with your will power and shaping the universe. Another reason it is so successful is that it take years and years to have a spiritual technique steady enough for a well done spell. The fire from a candle is steady. Therefore your spell casting will be more even and successful work.

There are many ways to spice up candle spells so that you add a bit of extra oomph to the spell. Some people anoint candles with oils. I prefer a different technique. This is something I recently came up with and I would love for feedback on the idea.

First you need an old fashion candle making set. One that you have to dip the wick in the wax a few hundred times before it’s done. While making the candle empower it with your will with every dip while saying what you want. Once you are done with the candle you will have enchanted it a hundred times over. If you are not completely exhausted then you aren’t doing this properly. It will take immense amounts of spiritual energy for this. The results are worth every bit of energy spent. The spell is completely in the candle. It should remain there, if you seal it, until you burn the candle. When you do more energy than you can imagine in a single spell will be released. Not only is it immensely powerful it also lasts for hours. This is perfect if you can’t put every once of energy into a spell for hours, which most people cant. This way you only have to give it in short bursts.

If anyone has any other ideas I would love to hear them. Thanks for reading. :)

Where it came from

Earlier I was thinking of just waiting for my first topic to come along, but yesterday afternoon my other half suggested that many may not yet know where our craft originates from. I thought, at first that it was too much of a tutorial. I want this to be a place of constructive conversation instead of lecture. However when I thought of her idea I realized, as I often do, that she was right. How can you truly work with a way of life if you do not know its roots?

Many believe that Wicca originates from the Celts. Truth be told there are two major parts of the craft that come from two different sources, the second much broader than the first. When it comes to religious concept concerning the God and the Goddess it seems to have originated from the Celtic isles.

Pre-Christian religion in the area involved the two main gods, the horned god and the mother goddess. These Celtic religions also hosted a number of lesser Gods and Goddesses, though unlike the continental religions they centered their worship and rituals on the God and the Goddess.

When it comes to the personal growth and spiritual development of an individual we draw from a much larger source, the entire world. There are many meditation techniques that come from the Far East. There are many spiritual guides that we use help us become closer to ourselves that are from different cultures that you would not think to have been taken into witchcraft at all. One such example is the Kabala from the Jewish faith. There are also many meditations calling on Greek and roman gods and many spiritual techniques taken from Native Americans. This is why I personally connect so well with Wicca. Although it does originate from the Celts, it also teaches you through the wisdom of points of view from all over the globe.

I just want to add a few more things in this post. I want to reiterate that I am still learning so there must be things that I don’t know. I encourage anyone reading this to go out and look on your own for something that I haven’t found. This was a very brief synopsis of the origins of Wicca and dealt only with its base origins and not with how it rose to popularity. I again encourage anyone reading to go out and find out more, and most importantly don’t take this for absolute truth. I’m telling you what I know but I may not be completely accurate. Go and find out for yourself. A good place to start is www.ladyoftheearth.com