This practice is so easy and widely used because it utilises few ceremonial tools but still turns around the same amount of magic that is needed. Also the fact that you can literally create candle magic anywhere- from your bedroom, the backyard or the beach makes it desirable and mobile.

Because of this candle magic has seen a major increase in popularity if practice within modern witchcraft.

Candle magic can be used to manifest or dispel, attract or protect, increase or decrease needed or wanted things in your life. Examples are health, healing, prosperity, wealth, development of knowledge, protection of self.

The wish and ritual can be as simple or as complicated as you desire- there is no right or wrong way about things. Because of this, candle magic offers us a chance to interact and participate with the universal energy and divine power in our lives.

Anyone can practice this as there is no set beliefs to practice this primordial art.

In order to manifest or dispel the right energy the use of candle colours come into play as there are certain colours which are used for the right purposes. The premeditated use of colours serves to fasten the intent behind doing candle magic and makes it easier to focus on the result.

Any type of candle can be used as long as it has been cleansed and consecrated prior to use as vibrations and energies given by the candle needs to be pure and new. Consecration of candles is created through the use of specific oils or herbs for specific purposes.

The general colour correspondence for candle magic is as follows:

Red- courage, love, health, lust

Pink- friendship, sweet love

Orange- attraction, encouragement

Gold- financial gain, abundance, fertility

Silver- reflection, intuition, lunar connections

Light blue- health, patience, understanding, communication

Dark blue- depression, vulnerability,

Purple- ambition, power, psychics’ ability, divination use

Brown- earth related, animal related

Black- negativity, banishment, grounding

White- purity, truth, (overall generic candle colour used for any situation)

If you are considering using candle magic here are some handy tips:

· It is best to leave a candle burning continuously until the candle burns itself out completely as it gives the magic time to grow in strength as time goes by without disruptions.

· If you do need to extinguish the candle, wet your fingers and extinguish the candle that way instead of blowing it out. Blowing the candle expels the concentrated magic and energy lowers in strength.

· Some rituals need to be repeated over a period of days to gain in strength.

· With acquired knowledge magic can be even more powerful with the use of corresponding days.

· Concentration and meditation are important as it sets the mood and balances the universal energy for a neutral and honest start to the candle magic ritual.