Candle Spell Work
As a southerner, I’ve been rollin candles in the dirt and shit since I gained consciousness.
Note: This was an old draft I found and I thought it held up well. Enjoy!
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Candle Work is multi-purpose. If I need to set a mood or alter energy in the room, I light candles for intention setting all the time! This can be a quick option if you are in a rush and need assistance, but be aware that the results can be short lived. Intention setting is a mindful practice that benefits the most from consistency, gratitude and vision. Spell candles are more time consuming and often are burned over a jar or to seal something.
Light offerings and petitions to:
Your guides
Ancestors
Deities
Saints
Candles are one of our most ancient sources of magic. We have used them since fire was discovered for its element. We can ignite chaos and warmth, comfort and sensuality, celebration and vigil. My flames stood vigil with me many a time…the energetic link to helping me let go or bring in something new.
These candle workings are recorded in my Book of Shadows. I started it in 2019 and ended it Dec 2021. It is so amazing to see the channelling that happened as well as the growth in both myself and my practice. I highly recommend recording the spellwork you did so you can refer to what went right/wrong etc. Make note of ingredients, how the flame and wax behaved, anything else you notice or messages you receive.
Love Candle
From the beginning, I have been wary of love spells. When they work…they WORK, but the ethics involved can be very blurry. I don’t like interfering with others free will unless they wish me harm. I do think love spells can be beneficial in growing your own relationship to love itself and how you see yourself and show up in your partnerships. Sometimes it can be useful if you need a boost of optimism as well or your sex drive has been low.
LOVE CANDLE: To attract/spark romance
I used this one to work on my own confidence before going away with my gf at the time in 2019. Probably the first time I really did love work and I was so nervous!
1 red candle
Salt (regular is fine but if you have pink salt that can be great here)
Sugar + Honey for sweetness and pleasure
Other items I used if you wish to invest but are not required:
Marshmallow Root Herb (sexuality)
Coltsfoot (confidence and good fortune)
Rose petals to wrap around or place with candle. Any dried ones that are personally yours from a loved one or special occasion can be extra potent
Red/Pink Glitter
Sacral Chakra oil
Crystals for confidence/romance include yellow citrine, tigers eye, rose quartz
As a rule of thumb, I cleanse my candles with any items I have on hand such as Moon, Rain, Florida or Holy Water.
Next, I put on music that makes me feel the way I want the outcome to feel.
I rolled the candle in honey and sugar and any oils I felt aligned with my intention. Next, I rolled it on top of the herbs I had collected.I placed the candle on my altar and put crystals that promote the themes of the working.
Placing protective salt around the candle is a must in any working. Decide not to do it and your unprotected self is gonna regret that. ;)
Make sure you’ve cleansed your whole space energetically before you spark it up. I then light the candle and let myself be led to do whatever my Body is asking for. Sometimes I meditate on the flame, say/write my intentions and burn them over the flame. Other times, I do yoga or dance! I always record my findings and pull a card or two (or 20 lmao) to help inform me how things are going to go and what I will learn.
For this spell I wrote: “The flame was HUGE and unwavering. No wax drippings which is unusual. I meditated after yoga and felt so much power and peace.
Oracle Card: Baby Steps
The spell was much better than my first love candle, because I was methodical and organized. The results were meant to steadily grow over time and looking back, I had definitely been putting in that type of growth and energy to aid in the working.
Money Candle:
I’m not gonna lie….I’m pretty damn good at money candles. Maybe it’s all the Cap in me, but in a pinch I make an offering and a money candle to unblock any energy around me or in me that’s keeping me stuck. Money is a form of currency (literally) it is an exchange and anything exchanged is energy.
Your money working may show YOU where you could tighten up your spending habits, other times it can help free any money owed to you or bring a new opportunity your way. Spiritual capitalism is real (and a rant from me for another day), but that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve to have your needs cared for and it’s okay to ask for help with that.
Money Candle: To attract new financial opportunities
Ingredients:
Green Candle
YOUR SALT HELLOOOOO
Thyme + Oregano + Cinnamon + Cloves are all pantry stables and great for this
Honey
Extras if you got em:
Frankincense oil/money drawing oils
Green Glitter
Cleanse and dress the candle. If you want extra oomph, carve $ signs or sigils invoking abundance/money. Circle of salt to protect your $$ and endeavors is essential!
I burned the candle in a bowl surrounded by quartz and green stones that promote prosperity. It’s important to offer coins/dollar bills etc towards your working.
My observations: IMMEDIATELY after I finished the working, I got a text from my friend asking for a paid tarot reading. That was the first paid reading I ever did!
I had recently lost my job due to COVID and had been studying tarot and doing it for friends for about a year. My gf at the time encouraged me to offer it as a service and from there it became the main way I kept myself afloat during the worst months of the pandemic.
Cord Cutting Candle:
This one was deeply personal. I closed out my Book of Shadows with a cord cutting from my father. It was one of the most intense spells I’ve ever done and the videos and pictures speak to it too. I ended up channeling while I watched the cord travel to my fathers candle and break my candle apart from his. This is what I wrote:
10.20.21
One is carrying all the weight leaning under the burden.
Wax drops to gently intertwine the cords to the candles spikes like a fortress or tower. Entrapment.
The right stands placid and unassuming, wax trails down the cord congealing to the candle so subtly you almost don’t see it’s even there. Conditioned to blend in.
Slowly, the right begins to add its own weight, albeit less dramatically…a slow steady drip doesn’t disturb the status quo
More wax creeps up the candle on right like it wants to knock it down to the left candles level. Both level out looking more alike. Opponents. Two sides of the same coin.
The left candle wax has buried the cord. Stagnant.
After this spell, I felt a disconnect like I had asked for. I was able to begin separating my life and my emotions from my father. I accepted there was no saving him, that he did not deserve to take over my life more than than the burden I already carry from his destruction. I took my power back from him and while I will always have moments of grief and anger, he does not rule over my day to day life. It also gave me the confidence to tell him he could no longer speak to me and he couldn’t come near my partner because it was not a safe situation for her. This spell will always be a special but bittersweet memory. It was one of the last I did at my childhood home and altar.