Beltane is a Celtic word meaning ‘fires of Bel’ (a Celtic deity). It is a fire festival that celebrates of the coming of summer and the fertility of the year ahead.
Beltane rituals would often include courting: for example, young men and women collecting blossoms in the woods and lighting fires in the evening. These rituals would often lead to matches and marriages, either immediately in the coming summer or autumn.
Other festivities involved fire which was thought to cleanse, purify and increase fertility. Cattle were often passed between two fires and the properties of the flame and the smoke were seen to ensure the fertility of the herd. Fire is still the most important element of most Beltane celebrations and there are many traditions associated with it. It is seen to have purifying qualities which cleanse and revitalise. People leap over the Beltane fire to bring good fortune, fertility (of mind, body and spirit) and happiness through the coming year.
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The next full moon is the 8th of March at 4:39am
The Moon enters Libra at 11:50pm
Colour of the day is Green.
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Bay is bound the Jupiter and Fire.
Uses in Magick:
- Wisdom
- Protection
- Clairvoyance
- Purification
How the leaves can be used:
- Can be burnt to increase psychic powers
- For Divination
- Can be made into a weak tea to increase wisdom and clairvoyance
- I can be hung at the highest point in the house for protection
- For the protection and banishment of evil within the home.
- Place it in a pillowcase for safe sleep and prophetic dreams.
- Write wishes on them and then burn them to make it come true.
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It bothers me that when politicans and public speakers talk about religious segregation and discrimination they mention every other religion/way of life excpt for Pagan religions.
Did a young boy not get tortured to death here in England because the people he lived with thought he was practicing African witchcraft? And yet that’s never mentioned as religious discrimination? All that’s mentioned is the word withcraft, instantly creating a hosility to any practitioner of the Craft.
They talk about the offences towards the Jewish, Seik, Islamic etc. but never Pagan religions.
Pagan religions get just as much discrimination as any other. Those who practice witchcraft are more often than not viewed as evil and satanic, when they are the exact opposite. Heck, ‘witches’ were burnt alive, pricked, tortured and throw off of cliffs. But of course, that’s the past, people are totally different now, right? (yea, whatever.)
Politicans say that every religion is biased towards eachother, and yet I have never see anything biased in Pagan religions. I never see statments about homosexuality being worty of a execution, or that there is only one God which you must belive in and worship or you will be sent to Hell when you die.
No one ever speaks about any form of witchcraft or indigenous polytheistic religious traditions because they are nothing more than scared.
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Black – For; Banishing evil/ negativity as, Crone Magic, Mourning a loss, Meditation, Feminine Divinity, Samhain. Also used in rituals to induce a deep meditational state. This candle attracts Saturn energy. Light Blue - Is a spiritual colour and is helpful in devotional or inspirational meditations. It brings peace and tranquillity to the home and radiates Aquarius energy. Use in situations that need to be synthesized. Royal Blue - Is the colour of Loyalty and is used to promote Laughter and Joviality. Use it to promote Jupiter energy and whenever an influence needs to be increased. Blue – Is symbolic of the spirits of the West, and the elements of Water. It is used in rituals to obtain Wisdom, Peace, Healing, Tranquillity, Truth, Sleep, Prophetic Dreams, Friendship, Physical Protection and Hope. Brown – Is symbolic of the spirits of the North, and the elements Earth. It is used for rituals involving Animal Magic and the Home in regards to Material Increase. It eliminates Indecisiveness and improves the Powers of Concentration, Study and Telepathy. Use it also for increasing Financial Success and for locating Lost Objects. Gold – Fosters understanding and attracts the power of cosmic influences. Use it in rites intended to bring about fast luck or money. When communicating with Solar Deities and for honouring the Gods. This candle generates solar energy. Grey – Is a neutral colour and is useful when pondering complex issues during meditation. In magic, this colour often sparks confusion. It also negates and/or neutralizes a negative influence.
Emerald Green - This candle is important in Venusian rituals. It attracts Love, Social Delights and Fertility.
Dark Green – Are used for Beauty, Employment, Fertility, Healing, Success, Good Luck, Prosperity, Heart Matters, Money and Masculine Divinity. Being the colour of Ambition, Greed and Jealousy, it can be used to counteract these influences in a ritual.
Orange – Are used for Creativity, Attraction, Stimulating Energy, Legal Matters, Success, New Home, Intelligence and Mental Clarity. It charges and recharges the intellect and combines with any other candles to stimulate their actions. Use for rituals stipulating Mercury energy, and sometimes-solar energy. Also used during Samhain.
Pink – Promotes Romance and Friendship, and is the standard colour used for rituals to draw affections. It is used for Love, Honour, Friendship and Fidelity. A colour of femininity, it brings lively conversation to the dinner table.
Purple – Are used for Psychic Ability, Wisdom, Spirituality, Success, Independence, Spiritual Growth, Power, Healing and the Feminine Divine. Ideal for rituals to secure Ambitions and Financial Rewards. Increases Neptune energy.
Red – Is symbolic of the spirits of the South, and the elements of Fire. It is used for Strength, Courage, Power, Passion, Health, Energy, Vitality, Love and Will Power. It increases magnetism in rituals and draws on Aries and Scorpio energy.
Silver – Is used to remove Negativity, encourage Stability and helps to develop Psychic abilities. Use for Protection, Honouring the Goddess, Telepathy and Clairvoyance. This candle attracts the influence of the Goddess.
White – Is a balance of all colours and is used for Meditation, Healing, Truth Seeking, Peace, Spiritual Strength and Enlightenment, Rituals involving “Lunar” energy, Purity, Protection, Happiness, Masculine Divinity, and may be substituted for any other colours.
Yellow – Is symbolic of the spirits of the East, and the elements of Air. It is used for Charms, Confidence, Attraction, Wisdom, Visions, Psychic Powers, Mental Powers, Activity, Creativity and Unity. Use it to bring the power of concentration and imagination to the success of a ritual. Also used in rituals where you need to gain someone’s confidence or need to persuade someone. This candle generates solar energy.
Magenta - Is a combination of Red and Violet that oscillates on a high frequency. It energizes rituals where immediate action is needed, or high levels of power and spiritual healing are required.
Indigo - Is the colour of inertia. It is used to stop situations or people’s intentions. Use it in rituals that require deep meditation and rituals that require Saturn energy.
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Candles and insence have always had a deep association with magick and have been adopted and used by many other religions for spiritual communication.
The use of differently coloured candles symbolises the nature of intent and therefore influence the outcome of a particular spell. Coloured candles are used to pinpoint our focus on a particular deity or planetary association.
Candle Magick is a popular and powerful form of sympathetic magic use by alot Witches. It has been around for many years (as far as the Palaeolithic era), and is probably the oldest and simplest form of ritual magick still performed today.
Many Witches belive that Candles say what you cannot put into words yourself. Your words are expressed through the fickering and dancing flames, the popping wax, the smoke they create and the heat waves channeling your magick. Fire remains the finest and easiest means of focusing in on power and energy.
The moon is an important influence on when, where and which types of Magick you should perform during different phases.
