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	Color Symbolism of Candles

	BLACK Aids in uncrossing (absorbs negativity). It can also be used for work involving the ancestors or mourning. BLUE Used for healing. Blue promotes peace, tranquility, patience, calmness. It aids in spiritual understanding, and increases perception when used in meditation. BROWN Earth, hearth and home, grounding. GOLD Used to symbolize the God. Use as a magnetic drawing aid in rituals involving other candles. It's also burned for personal success and riches. GRAY A mixture of black and white, gray candles are used for grounding, reversing negativity, and neutrality. GREEN Use for money, material success, prosperity, abundance, fertility, and new beginnings. ORANGE Enhances concentration (clear headedness), courage, adaptability, joy. PINK Romantic love, affection, and friendship. PURPLE Royal authority (Court cases), protection, and acts as an aid in overcoming obstacles, Spirituality. Also used for business progress (power in worldly affairs). RED Promotes vigor, sexual love or energy, physical strength, strength (power). SILVER Used to symbolize the Goddess. WHITE Spiritual strength, purity, peace, and protection from dark forces (absorbs negativity). YELLOW Drawing, used to add solar power to rituals. It is also used as an aid in mediumistic work (clear mental facilities). Enhances communication.

	Types of Candles

	Cat Candles Burned to reverse bad luck. Cross or Crucifix Candles Used as altar candles to uplift one's consciousness, cleanse the atmospheres and attract positive spirits from which you will receive aid. Devil Candles Burned to exorcise or release negative holds on individuals. As the candle burns, the negative condition burns away also. Image Candles Candles in the shape of a man or a woman act as an aid in the visualization process to associate the candle with the person toward whom the spell is directed. Novena or 7 Day Candle A 9" tall, glass encased candle which burns for approximately 7 days. They are generally given very particular purposes, according to the designs and symbols on the glass jar. Regular Candles Plain, straight round candles come in many sizes, which affect their burning time. These include: "minis" which burn a few hours; small votives types which burn 10 hours; jumbos which burn 15 hours; seven day (and even 14 day!) candles which burn for more than an entire week. Reversible Action Candles Two-color candles where one end is red, white, or green and the other end is black or where the inside is red, green, or white and the outside is coated with a layer of black wax. Burned to dispel evil influences and to send them back from wherever they came. Usually, red is used for love conditions, green is used for money conditions, and white is used for all other conditions. Seven-Knob (Or Wishing) Candles Using the appropriate color for your intention, burn an entire candle for a wish, one knob each day for a week. Write your wish down on a piece of parchment paper and place it under the candleholder before starting your ritual. Skull Candles Generally used for revenge, to break hexes & reverse adverse circumstances, and to banish death. The symbolism is that as the "face of death" burns away the practitioner will grow stronger.

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