THE USE OF CANDLES
Set the mood and set it right with any of our handmade candles! Each candle is made with intention, and they are a great asset during readings, meditations, spell-working, and channeling. When using a candle to aid in your journey there are two things to keep in mind; color and aroma, below are a list of what each color and aroma represents to help you determine the candle best suited to your needs. Every spirit arsenal needs a candle or two! So come on in and find the candles for you.
Colors
White
The color of purity and new beginnings. Use a white candle for rituals involving healing, new beginnings, and spiritual growth. Also appropriate for Lunar and Goddess workings. Church candles are usually white, thus white candles are associated with prayer, remembrance, and devotion. White may be substituted for any other color candle when that color is not available.
Black
A strong, banishing color, black is associated with transition and rest. Burn a black candle to absorb negativity, break a bad habit, or mark the end of a phase in your life. Many protective spells include a black candle.
Red
Red is the color of sex, love, power and vitality. A red candle draws these qualities to you, and aids you in any spellwork that requires strong, fiery energy. A red candle is often used in conjunction with black—burn the black candle first to banish negativity, then the red candle to draw in fresh energy. (So-called "dual action" or "reversible" candles combine red and black into one candle.)
Blue
Blue helps you call upon the peace and patience of the element of Water. Blue carries a gentle, but powerful energy. Choose a blue candle for spells involving emotional healing, truth and justice. A very spiritual color, blue can help awaken and heal the psychic mind.
Yellow
Yellow is associated with the element of Air and the powers of the mind. Burn a yellow candle for success in school or the arts, or to enhance communication in a relationship. Yellow also increases focus and intuition. Yellow is a great choice for business spells, especially when you need fresh ideas and inspiration.
Green
Traditionally the color of money magic, green symbolizes growth in every sense. A green candle attracts abundance and earthly well-being. Use for prosperity, health, and workings involving Nature. Green is also a popular choice for luck-drawing spells.
Orange
The vibrant hue of orange evokes ambition and creativity. Orange candles are well-suited for career workings, or any other time you need to assert your strength and individuality.
Purple
The color of mystery and magic, purple is associated with psychic matters. Use a purple candle for divination, astral travel, and to strengthen your connection with the unseen realms. Historically the color of royalty, purple is also suitable for magic related to wishes, ambition, power and authority.
Pink
Pink is the color of emotional well-being, sensuality, and matters of the heart. Choose a pink candle when you wish to grow in compassion and self-love, or attract the love of others. Forgiveness and reconciliation spells also call for gentle pink.
Grey
Resting halfway between white and black, grey is the color of neutrality and balance. A grey candle may be used in protective magic, when you wish to neutralize negative energy that may be directed at you. Also used to gain discernment and wisdom.
Light Blue
The calming, cleansing energy of light blue is used for spells of healing, and also to dispel anger. Light blue invokes the soothing qualities of the element of Water without its deeper, more dangerous properties. The color of unclouded daylight, light blue is also good for truth-seeking.
Turquoise
Turquoise is a greenish tint of blue. It is the color of the famous desert gem, or the Caribbean sea. Turquoise shares many of the calming, healing qualities of light blue. Turquoise also stimulates creativity and the spirit of exploration. Sea-blue candles are sometimes used to connect with Undines and water Fae.
Lavender
Lavender combines the innocence of white with the spirituality and passion of purple. Lavender candles are used for spells of love, intimacy and friendship, as well as wishes of all kinds.
Ivory
Similar in meaning to white, but with a tinge of earthy brown. Ivory is good for Full Moon workings, initiations, or any time you want an alternative to bright white. Because it corresponds to precious things like ivory, pearl, and cream, this color is also used to attract luxury and abundance.
Light Green
Light Green is used to invoke the lighter qualities of the Earth element—good luck, prosperity, and celebration. Light green is a good choice for Faery workings and rites of Springtime.
Magenta
Magenta, dark pink, and hot pink candles take the loving energy of pink and kick it up a notch! While pink candles draw compassion and tenderness, stronger pinks are all about the passion. Use a dark pink candle for spells of sexuality, sexual confidence, and flirtation. Dark pink candles are used to attract a lover (especially a female lover).
Brown
Brown is a strongly grounding, Earthy color. It aids in emotional stability, balance, and building trust. Some Witches also use brown for manifestation magic and connecting with the realm of animals.
Burgundy
Half-way between the two colors, burgundy tempers the passion of red with the practicality of brown. Use burgundy for magic related to determination, strength, and personal power. Burgundy resonates with the blood, and helps in grounding and bringing your passions to fruition.
Silver
Silver is associated with the Moon, psychic receptivity, dreaming, love, rest and healing. On a Wiccan altar, a silver candle is often used to represent the Goddess.
Gold
Gold corresponds with the Sun, wealth, confidence, willpower, generosity and optimism. A gold candle may be used to represent the God. A grey or white candle may be substituted for silver, but there is really no substitute for the eye-catching gleam of gold!
Aromas
Apple
Peace of mind, relaxation, love, wisdom.
Bayberry
Luck to the home, money to the pocket.
Bergamot
Protection from harm.
Cedar
Instills confidence, protection from misery and misfortune.
Cinnamon
raise and enhance spiritual vibrations, stimulate clairvoyance, aids focus and concentration, good for personal protection.
Citronella
Attracts friends and customers, protection from insects.
Clove
Strengthens memory, protects from hostile negative forces.
Eucalyptus
Promotes healing of any hurt, depression or illness. Especially good for colds or flu.
Frankencense
Frees one of obsessions and destructive habits, brings spiritual blessings, protects, exorcises, purifies.
Heliotrope
Increases clairvoyance, assists meditation, protects from physical harm.
Honeysuckle
Aids in understanding non-physical realities, sharpens intuition, brings prosperity.
Jasmine
Psychic protection, cleanses the aura, stimulates - creativity and originality, attracts spiritual love.
Lavender
Frees from emotional stress, brings inner calm and peace, gives increased awareness, brings stability and permanence, good for headaches.
Lemon
Evokes protective spirits.
Lilac
Helps recall past lives, draws good spirits, helps decision making, improves memory.
Musk
Instills self assurance, confidence and strength, heightens passions.
Myrrh
Guards against evil, brings peace, assists in understanding personal sorrow.
Orange
Brings harmony, raises power.
Pine
Cleanses, ends useless recriminations.
Rose
Unconditional love, peace, harmony, tranquillity.
Sage
Powerful clearing and cleansing, removes negative energy.
Sandalwood
Stimulates clairvoyance, aids in seeing past lives, healing, clearing, protection, calms the mind.
Sweetgrass
Invokes spiritual blessings, aids transformation.
Vanilla
Vitalizes energy, brings happy occasions to the premises, and draws good fortune.
Love and Relationship Scents
Apple, Cinnamon, Clove, Copal, Gardenia, Jasmine, Lavender, Musk, Orange, Patchouli, Peppermint, Rain, Rose, Vanilla, White Jasmine, and Ylang Ylang.
Money and Success Scents
Allspice, Almond, Bergamont, Basil, Cinnamon, Clover, Dill, Honeysuckle, Lemon, Pine, Red Ginger, and Sage.
Protection and Well Being Scents
Angelica, Basil, Bay, Bayberry, Carnation, Cinnamon, Clove, Coconut, Dill, Dragon's Blood, Eucalyptus, Frankincense, Gardenia, Geranium, Heather, Juniper, Lilac, Myrrh, Narcissi's, Sandalwood, and Violet.
Psychic Awareness and Intuition
Anise, Cedar, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Eucalyptus, Frankincense, Green Tea, Lavender, Lemongrass, Lime, Lotus, Musk, Myrrh, Peppermint, Pine, Rosemary, Sandalwood, and Valerian.