quinta-feira, 31 de março de 2011

Simbolism of Candle magic


Photo taken by me
 


Useful so you should memorize!

There is a list of the simbolism of colours:

WHITE - Purity, Truth, Sincerity
RED - Strength, Health, Vigor, Sexual Love
LIGHT BLUE - Tranquility, Understanding, Patience, Health
DARK BLUE - Impulsiveness, Depression, Changeability
GREEN - Finance, Fertility, Luck
GOLD/YELLOW - Attraction, Persuasion, Charm, Confidence
BROWN - Hesitation, Uncertainty, Neutrality
PINK - Honor, Love, Morality
BLACK - Evil, Loss, Discord, Confusion
PURPLE - Tension, Ambition, Business Progress, Power
SILVER/GRAY - Cancellation, Neutrality, Stalemate
ORANGE - Encouragement, Adaptability, Stimulation, Attraction
GREENISH- YELLOW - Sickness, Cowardice, Anger, jealousy, Discord


In some rituals you could also anointing the candles with special oils. These oils you could buy in every magic shop or you could make your own.
I have a very interesting book of Scott Cunningham (The complete book of incense, oils and brews) which explains all that process of making oils, inks and herb baths. If you have any interest in that topic you probably should buy it.

segunda-feira, 28 de março de 2011

Herb recipe II

This morning I woke up at 5am with a weird feeling about today. Guess I was right! Have no inspiration to finish some works and also have one book report to do.

Photo: Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra

Well, here is a mixture for nervous cases like hysteria from a book of Raymond Buckland:

Nerve mixture:
Tine, of Pimpernel—Vz oz.
Mint Water (Menths virdis)—iVz oz.
Tine. Valerian—1 dr.
Comp. Tine. Cardamon—Vz oz.
Mix well. Dose: 2 tablespoonsful, 3
times a day.

Valerian is easy to find in every herbal store but I warn you the smell of valerian is not so good anyway that's very effective.
If you find the mixture too difficult you also could make just a simple valerian tea.

quinta-feira, 24 de março de 2011

Herb recipe

Recently I've been reading a lot about healing properties of herbs and it have been very usefull.
Here a simple recipe you could try for loss of appetite and debility
And please do not use aluminum I truly recomment a pyrex to boil the water.

Dose: ad. lib.
Wood Betony—1 oz Barberry
bark—1 oz Bogbean—1 oz
Boil in half a gallon of water for 15 minutes.
Sweeten with honey and leave to cool. Then stir in 2
teaspoonfuls of good Brewers Yeast. Let the whole
Stand for 12 hours. Skim off the top and bottle the
remainder, do not use for 24 hours.


Then let me know if it works fine with you.