NOTE #21.............the God!
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     I speak not of a jealous God who claims all for Himself, nor does He strike fear in the Pagan heart. He does not punish indiscriminately nor command complete subservience of His followers. He is not a total evil entity, such as is claimed by an ignorant bigotry. Nor a recent persona, for He has been here for thousands of years uncounted.
     He is the equal half of the two sides of Divine Power; consort to the Goddess and Her son as well. And They are equal, and together make One. Where She is the Moon, He is the Sun whose life is celebrated in our celebrations, throughout the Wheel Year.
     He is the Green God of Summer and the Horned God of Winter. His antlered or horned helmet speaks His connection to the wild animals of forest and field. He is the Great Hunter and Lusty Lover. And as the Sun is His, so are the distant stars, as well as all lands untouched by humans. He is the rich harvest and the heady wines. His lust is celebrated, along with the Goddesses fertility, both needed for LIFE!
     All war weapons, such as swords and spears are his symbols, as well as numerous crystals and herbs. The bull, dragon, dog, snake, wolf, boar and stag are his, and the eagle, falcon and numerous others.
     The Lord is born of the Goddess at Yule. At Imbolc She has recovered and He is a growing, healthy lad, whose power grows with the lengthening daylight. By Ostara, Mother Earth is greening and fertile and the God is maturing. At Beltane the mature God reaches manhood, and seeing the Goddess, He lies with Her among the grasses and flowers; and Their union results in Her pregnancy. Midsummer finds the Lord's powers at their peak; and the peak of Mother Earth's fertility. But by Lughnasadh, He weakens; harvest time has come; and as the light grows weaker, so too does our Lord. Nature is declining by Mabon, the world readies itself for the Winter time and rest; so too does the God prepare Himself to leave his aging body. And at Samhain, we bid the God a temporary 'farewell'. He goes to rest and rejuvenate for His rebirth...
     To many Covens, there is only Goddess worship. But how can this be balanced? To me, it's as lopsided as only worshipping a God. It just seems to make sense to worship both for a balance that was meant to be, instead of worshipping one to the exclusion of the other. But YOU must decide your path for yourself.
     He is God and Lord; the Sky Father; He is Pan and Robin of the Woods; He is Cernunnos. By thousands of names is He known.

Note #22.
.This is an odd note to make you think.
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A light year is how far light can travel in one year, or 10 trillion killometers.
Our universe has no known limits but within it, there are millions of galaxies, some of which contain hundreds of billions of stars.
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Stars shine by their own heat, which can be more than 55,000 degrees. And there are stars 600,000 times brighter than our own sun. A Nova, is an exploding super-star. And a Red Supergiant like Antares, is less dense than Earth's atmosphere. White Dwarf stars, are hundreds of times denser than lead. Stars come in groups called Clusters, Globular Clusters which are even denser. Stars form Constellations, and glow with gas and dust, with what is called Nebulosity.
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Our Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years across and spirals with 400 billion stars. It turns every quarter billion years & we live in the Coreanas Cygnus spiral arm, out near its end.
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On a dark night, we can see maybe 2,000 stars. Sirius, the Dog Star is the brightest we can see and 8.8 light years away. You might see 'falling stars' or meteorites. You can gaze upon the moon and its crators, and watch it and the stars move across Father Sky. You might see satelites or the shuttle. Or a comet, with its tail of blue burning gases and its tail of white reflected light. You can see other worlds, and maybe a visitor from one! <G>
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During the summer of 1908, in Siberia, something hit the Earth. One theory is: Comet Enkey (him kay) broke into 2 big pieces and one, speeding at 100,000 mph hit. A mountain of ice, 1 million tons in weight, the size of a football field; it was too large to burn up completely in our atmosphere.
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The Arizona meteor caused crator, was caused by another space travelor of 50,000 tons which then vaporized on impact. Could other crators be around? Look at places like the Gulf of Mexico and the Hudson Bay area. Who can say?
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Halley's Comet has been seen at least 28 sure times, last in its poor performance of 1986. And 1910 brought end-of-the-world terror. Montezuma & Cortez also saw it, and
probably changed world history because of it. Seen in 1056 and even earlier in 240 BC. Perhaps it was THE Star of Bethlehem, and maybe not.
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Our Sun is unusual in being alone, but then - it almost wasn't. This Yellow Dwarf, 93 million miles away; almost had its twin in Jupitor. The 'red spot' of Jupiter is a giant hurricane. Uranus has rings along with the famous Saturn ones, as discovered by Voyager in 1977. BTW: Uranus is only a mere 80 light minutes away, while Neptune is a little further at 4 light hours. There are over 2,000 asteroids between Mars and Jupiter; possible remnants of another planet/s?
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.NOTE #23.....continued Think Note!
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In 1976, after traveling for a year, two robot space craft landed on Mars. They found the Mt.Olympus volcanoe which is wider than the state of Arizona and three times higher than Mt.Everest. Dry river beds, odd stone formations.
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Our small to average sized Yellow Star can hold over a million Earths in its 860,000 mile diameter.
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Do you know that if you took a picture of each planet, at the same exact time each day, from the exact same place - the design of planet if combined would form what is called, an Analemma. Circles, ovals, off figure - eights, and near teardrop shapes.
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If we compressed the Universes time frame into that
          of one year, as we know it:
1 month  = 1 1/4 billion years
1 day    =  40 million years
1 minute = 30,000 years
1 second =   500 years
And our Universe is 15 billion years old.
NOW, here's what happens, when:
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Jan. 1st   - the universe began.
May        - the Milky Way formed.
summer     - other planetory systems were forming.
mid. Sept. - our Sun & planets were born.
late Sept. - LIFE developed.
Dec. 31st  - 10:30 pm the first humans came into being.
  at 11:32 pm they tamed fire.
  by 11:59 pm they were taming wild animals & farming &
                 using tools.
  at 11:35 pm the first cities came into existence.
  now it's 11:59 and 50 seconds, and in these last 10 seconds, all of our known history has occured. Confucius and Galileo, Jesus and Mohammed, Genghis Khan, Ceasar and Cleopatra, and wars unnumbered. Drags to wagon wheels to space shuttles.
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NOW, I wonder - how many of you will get the point of these past two notes.  And how many will wonder what the heck all this has to do with Wicca...
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...............THINK ABOUT IT...............
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Note #24...Much to the dismay of the adults, there has been much questioning of late for spells to make one more attractive; get revenge; make another love one; enhance one's appearance; and a myriad of such as this that causes those who know better; to reach for their hair and SCREAM! Well with the screaming done, let's discuss responsibility and warnings...
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Magick is for healing, helping and harmonious endeavors. HOWEVER, you must have permission! And the subject must know AND understand WHAT KIND of healing/help you wish to provide. Understand you are talking Witchcraft.
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If you do scrying and divination for others -
   BE HONEST!  Tell them if your skills are limited.
   Tell them if you feel a pending catastrophe.
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Never use Magick to trespass into another's mind or home or in any other manner. Come invited or not at all!
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Just because you can read minds, DON'T! It's trespassing.
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Just because you can AP to another person, DON'T unless you know you are permitted. If you feel ANY BARRIER or SHIELD then immediately STOP! Respect such as these.
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Magick is NOT an EASY WAY OUT!
If you want to look nice: eat right and exercise, etc.
If you want that person to like you: act nice, engage
   them in conversation, etc. Be 'likable'.
Want good grades: sure herbs and crystals can help BUT
   STUDY, eat right, get enough sleep.
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Want to get even? Get revenge?
Well that's NOT Wicca no matter what some money making
   advertising scam says.
Wicca has the Rede, and assume you have heard of it by
   this point. So sit back, and watch Threefold Law do its thing. Because I assure you - IT WILL come back to ANYBODY. And YOU don't want to be THE FOOL it comes back on, now do you?
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If you are a beginner, understand that there is such a thing as 'binding spells' that bind another's negativity, to them. These spells are for those more experienced. You see, when you do such action, you MUST NOT put any of your OWN anger, hatred, dislike, and other negative emotions into it.
    Because THEN, YOUR negativity will COME BACK to YOU!
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Magick works, don't have any doubts about that! But it often works in unthought ways. So the person who wants to 'spell', must first study the matter ever so careful. I've mentioned it's like playing chess, do this, that may happen and then these could happen. One wrong word and you have Power out of control.
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Do I mean to scare you with this little tirade? DAMN RIGHT! Because YOU are responsible! If it was an accident, if you misspoke, if you let a little anger slip in -
        IT'S STILL YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!    You alone!
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Note #25...I hope I've still got your attention and you've just told yourself, after reading #24 --
   but M'Lady I'm not interested in that stuff, I'm serious, and I want to be responsible!
   But if you are one of those game players on an ego trip; ignoring the warnings -- well you are due for a good dose of Threefold Law and it will serve well to teach you better where I have now failed.
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Being a Witch is being more alive and able to sense the more subtle, than your average person. All of Life becomes Holy, becomes alive and YOU are now PART of the Great Circle. So live fully and completely, BE HONORABLE! knowing that living in a positive manner will become its own reward.
     You can now cast aside your doubts, for you know that EVERYTHING works out for the better one way or another. There are very few accidents, very few coincidences - if any! For everything has purpose, so except it and don't waste thought and strength and worry on - what if?
     Cast away FEAR! 'God' is not going to 'get you'. You are not going to be punished in eternal fires for 'whatever'. Yes, YOU ARE responsible for your negativity, and correction can be a painful lesson but the penalty will fit the crime, and when corrected it's DONE!  OVER!  Taking responsibility doesn't mean you have to cripple yourself with guilt. Does something 'go wrong'? Then realize you are correcting Karma, or being corrected for negativity; or it's meant this way for something better in the future.  TRUST!
     As a Witch you can harmonize with Mother Nature. And without spells or great knowledge. Simply walk in the field and wood, breathe deep, respect Nature. Gaze on the Moon, and give thought to the changing Wheel on Sabbats. You don't need all the 'tools of the trade', nor elaborate 'ritual'. You don't even need to be an 'official' Witch for this. Just listen with your heart and soul. Feel within Self the Life Force of this small planet and all things on it.
     Open your heart to LOVE!  You can love another person even if their skin isn't the same as yours. They can even be your friend if their sexual preference isn't considered normal by others. Why, you can even invite in people who have a different path to the Divine. How about that?!  YOU have NO REASON to HATE ANYBODY anymore. Isn't that wonderful?
     And what's more --  you have many reasons to LOVE that obnoxious idiot who you've despised in the past. You know the one. She calls you names or he beats you up. Because YOU now KNOW, they are going to pay for their negativity. If not in this life, then surely in one to come. And the WORSE they treat others, the WORSE they themselves will receive correction. And how you handle them, will reflect on YOU!
     It's not always easy being a 'nice person'. Sometimes it's awful hard to think charitable when all you want to do is throttle some jerk. <VBG> Just think lemons, I got lemons, I got LOTS of lemons! UGH! Now, how do I make lemonade?
     LISTEN WELL, if you put yourself to the task of thinking positive; it soon becomes a natural way to think. Your capacity for love and compassion will grow. And as you send it off around the Great Circle, it will come back bigger and better.   I swear to you - this is so.
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Note #26...To live in harmony with Mother Earth and Father Sky, you need to know when astrological events are happening. Not an absolute but it DOES enhance your rituals, magicking and spells.
     First, you need to know what 'Time Zone' you live in. Each Time Zone has a different time, from each other. Many calendars & lists give a time in a certain Time Zone, it is then up to you to figure out the difference to get your own correct time. The following then is the name of the Time Zone and the Time. You then add or subtract as needed.
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            * TIME ZONES *
Easter   Time Zone........ 5:00 pm
Central  Time Zone........ 4:00 pm
Mountain Time Zone........ 3:00 pm
Pacific  Time Zone........ 2:00 pm
Alaska   Time Zone........ 1:00 pm
Hawaii & Aleutian Islands Time Zone ... noon
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    NOTE: take into account Daylight Savings Time!
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Next thing to know is Sabbat dates. And you need to understand that because Wicca is celebrating Solar and Lunar dates, these dates are called 'floating holidays'. The Lunar ones are Full or Esbat; and New Moons and will be dealt with in the next note. The Sabbats are on Equinoxes, when the sunlight and dark hours are of equal duration; and Solstices, shortest and longest daylight hours. And other more stable dates are harvest and animal husbandry dates; like when lambs are born or meat slaughtered for the coming winter. And furthermore a Sabbat is a festival and time of rejoicing and celebration, when no work is done, except in an emergency.
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SABBATs:
Yule          c. Dec.     21 st,  Winter Solstice
Imbolc           Feb.      2 nd
Ostara        c. March    21 st,  Spring Equinox
Beltane          April    30 th
Midsummer     c. June     21 st,  Summer Solstice
Lughnasadh       August    1 st
Mabon         c. Sept.    21 st,  Autumnal Equinox
Samhain           October 31 st
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     Now the turning of the season's is referred to as a Wheel. You can look on it as the farmer would, or as the God & Goddess life cycle, or as a confirmation of reincarnation, OR any and all of the above. But by what belief or name of your Sabbats: YOU DECIDE!
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The God is born of His Mother/Lover at Yule. Imbolc find the Youth growing stronger, and at Ostara He is reaching Manhood while the Goddess blossoms in fertility. At Beltane the Adult God 'loves' the Goddess, impregnating Her with Himself. But Midsummer is the peak of His strength for he now weakens as Lughnasadh brings the harvesting season. Mabon finds Him readying to temporarily depart the Goddess who feels Him both dying without and growing within. She bids farewell at Samhain.
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Note #27      NEW & FULL MOONS  1993.
The times posted are for Eastern STANDARD Time:

Jan.   8  New Moon   Cancer         7:38 am
      22  New Moon   Aquarius       8:01 am
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Feb.   6  Full Moon  Leo            6:57 pm
      21  New Moon   Pisces         2:13 am
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March  8  Full Moon  Virgo          4:47 am
      22  New Moon   Aries          2:15 am
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April  6  Full Moon  Libra          1:44 pm
      21  New Moon   Taurus         6:50 pm
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May    5  Full Moon  Scorpio       10:35 pm
      21  New Moon   Gemini         8:08 am   *
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June   4  Full Moon  Sagittarius    8:03 am   *
      19  New Moon   Gemini         8:54 pm
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July   3  Full Moon  Capricorn      6:46 pm
      19  New Moon   Cancer         6:25 am
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August 2  Full Moon  Aquarius       7:11 am
      17  New Moon   Leo           12:29 pm
      31  Full Moon  Pisces         9:34 pm   Blue Moon
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Sept. 15  New Moon   Virgo         10:11 pm
      30  Full Moon  Aries          1:55 pm   Harvest Moon
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Oct.  15  New Moon   Libra          6:37 am
      30  Full Moon  Taurus         7:38 am
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Nov.  13  New Moon   Scorpio        4:35 pm   *
      28  Full Moon  Gemini        11:32 pm   *
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Dec.  13    New Moon , Sagittarius 10:50 am
      28    Full Moon, Cancer       6:06 pm

*...from above:
May  21    7:18 am, 11:19 am  partial Solar Eclipse, Gemini
Nov. 13   12:46 pm,  4:43 pm  partial Solar Eclipse, Scorpio

June  4    3:10 am,  6:00 am, 8:50 am  total Lunar Eclipse
                                           Sagittarius
Nov.28-29  6:27 pm, 11:26 pm, 2:25 am  total Lunar Eclipse
                                             Gemini
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.I've run out of space for more on Luna, see next note.
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..........Imbolc......Febuary    2  Sun  Rise
..........Ostara......March     20   9:42 am
..........Beltane.....May        1  Sun  Rise
..........Midsummer...June      21   4:01 am
..........Lughnasadh..August     1  Sun   Set
..........Mabon.......September 22   7:24 pm
..........Samhain.....October   31  Sun   Set
..........Yule........December  21   3:27 pm
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Note #28...Just as the Sabbats are representative of a Solar God, the Esbats fall to a Lunar Goddess. This because of the first humans realizing the connection between Moon cycles and women's monthly cycle. There are 13 Esbats in the year.
     So we often take notice of the times of full and new moons, in some manner. WAXING means the moon has appeared in it's first crescent stage through to a full viewing. WANING is the cycle of full through the stages of lessening view until it is completely gone from sight. Scientifically, we can see ocean tides rise and fall; and police talk of added violence at full moons but of course this could be because a thief would have more light to see by. <VBG> But we know gravity effects our Magicking.
     Keeping the above cycle, size, and gravity, etc in mind you now know the start of timing. Next you plan your spells accordingly. Constructive spells: would be protective and the kinds to better yourself, like love, wealth, and health. Destructive spells: are the type like breaking a bad habit, eliminating or separating.
Just remember: 
WAXING.....GROWING.....CON structive
WANING.....SHRINKING...DE  structive
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     Now your Esbat can be as simple as just gazing on Her, or a full-blown candle, incense, chanting ritual. YOU dictate how YOU enjoy celebrating, if indeed you do at all. No matter how I take notice of Esbat, I ALWAYS take my crystal scrying sphere out for a Moon Bath, which is raising it in both hands as offering to the Lunar Goddess. Often I sit for a long while meditating in Her light. It's beautiful when I'm able to light my candles outside with Moonlight shining down. <sigh>
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A few Lunar Goddesses are Luna, Selene, Artemis, Phoebe, Diana, and Cynthia. Other names can be found, some 'rightful' Moon Goddesses like Selene, others like Phoebe who evolved from Titan to Goddess status. I leave the searching to YOU, so that you do some of the work here! <VBG>
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Excerpts from Song of Hiawatha,  by Longfellow:
Downward through the evening twilight,
In the days that are forgotten,
In the unremembered ages,
From the full Moon fell Nokomis,
Fell the beautiful Nokomis,
She a wife but not a mother.
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She was sporting with her women,
Swinging in a swing of grape vines,
When her rival the rejected,
Full of jealousy and hatred,
Cut the leafy swing asunder,
Cut in twain the twisted grape vines,
And Nokomis fell affrighted
Downward through the evening twilight ....
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....later verses: By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
                  By the shining Big-Sea Water,
                  Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, 
                  Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.
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Note #29...With this note I am going into the subject of Fire and Candle Magick and its associated Color Magick. But a reminder from note #7...
     And do you know that Candle Magick is FIRE Magick? And how many places keep an 'eternal flame'? Being near DC, Kennedy's tomb in Arlington Cemetery comes to mind. And how many churches and shrines also use candles, etc? From candle flame to smudge pots to balefires, Fire Magick is involved. Fire the Great Cleanser. And forget the trashy propaganda that often links it to sex orgies! 
     Write a note with your wish and throw it in the fire; or a fault or problem, and let it be burned away. Stare into the flames and be mesmerized; scry; and remember past times of other lives.
     BUT BEWARE, lest you burn down the house! When using ANY kind of fire, keep pets away; curtains from blowing into the flame; or objects from falling in. Is the container fire proof? What if the container gets hot, is it sitting on something also fire proof?  Cleanse yourself and objects in its smoke, let it release fragrances into the Air -
           but DON'T GET CARELESS!!!
     A 'smudge pot', is often thought of in connection to Shamanism and Native Peoples. It's generally a small clay 'pot' or bowl. You place 'smudge sticks', small bundles of herbals such as sweetgrass, or cedar; inside and light them with fire. Then fan gently with your hand or gently waft the bundle through the air to spread the cleansing smoke, and keep the bundle burning. Left alone without moving air and they tend to 'go out'.  Great purifiers!
          MAKE SURE THE POT SUITS THIS PURPOSE!
     Now to Candle Magick. First, understand these are just tools like anything else. You don't HAVE TO HAVE a candle to work Magick. Candles can be powerful tools, however; to be taken advantage of in your magicking, spell working, and rituals. When properly made of beeswax, which is terribly expensive BTW; you will incorporate Water (in the wax), Air (smoke), Fire (obviously!), and Earth by adding crushed crystals. I often surround my candles with crystals AND herbs, instead of adding the crystals to the candle wax. It works just as well for me, and I've not ruined the stones for future use.    NOTE: beeswax is best because it is naturally made but don't worry, not many Folk can afford to use it except in very special occasions.
     In the next notes, I've worked color charts. Remember that individuals differ in what color, means what, to them. One culture marries in white, another mourns in white.
     Candles come in many sizes and shapes - this isn't important! Most of the type you find today, burn away without drips - which is a big improvement! 
             CAREFUL, hot wax CAN BURN!
     Candles are best left to burn themselves out HOWEVER remember the warnings I already mentioned. And never blow the candle out, SNUFF IT! Blowing, is an insult (Air to Fire), it scatters the energies you were working with and ruining the exercise. Some say to even snuff the match, rather than shake or blow it out. Personally, my matches get blown out! <VBG>
     Now to two color notes, then a bit more on this subject.   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Note #30...Color Magick will work with crystals, candles, cords, even glass spheres to a small extent. And although I've given color & property lists here, remember color is just another 'tool'. The REAL POWER is in your own Mind. And too, when in doubt or lack, just use white or any other color you've got to visualize with for your need. And if you want to get elaborate, add crystals and herbs, etc.to your layout.
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SILVER GRAY: breaks stalemates and helps you make up your mind; neutralizes when need be.
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WHITE: can be as protective as black; promotes peace, tranquillity, purity and/or purification; truth; aides and enhance psychism. GODDESS SYMBOL.
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GREEN: connect to Nature & gardening, fertility; financial issues and money; aids prosperity and luck; bringer of love; an emotional soother and balancer. EARTH ELEMENT. GODDESS SYMBOL.
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BROWN: stops uncertainties, to aid in feeling secure and at ease, emotional stabilized; connects to physical objects like your possessions and gifts, either given or received; also and aide in animal healing.
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PINK: good for emotions of loving, like romance; calming and soothing; the emotional love and loving attitudes, like friendships and nurturing relationships; involved with honor and morality.
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RED: always connected to blood, birth and death; sex and sexual love, passion, physical energy, courage and enthusiasm are emotions of this color as are, arguments and hatred. Good in health, strength and vigor spells and defensive magick. FIRE ELEMENT. GOD SYMBOL.
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ORANGE: is a gentler color than red; connects to personal strength, authority, and power, stimulating & encourages in all these aspects; being lucky; being attractive. It attracts the characteristics wanted from other tools, spells and rituals.
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YELLOW: the color of change; mental awareness & confidence; movement and energy; connects to clairvoyance, divination, as well as, wisdom and learning; also communication. Good for students. AIR ELEMENT. SUN SYMBOL.
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GOLD YELLOW: connects to attraction, persuasion, charm and confidence.
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GREEN YELLOW: connects to sickness, jealousy, and discord.
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VIOLET/PURPLE: traditionally connected to mysticism & spirituality; purification; healing, especially the healing of serious diseases; peace; and power; aid to sensitivity and intuitive talents; but also to ambition and progress.
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