Magick is quite simple, once you understand the basics.
First, make sure that you are completely and totally sure of what you want to do. Your intent is a very important aspect of magick, and it must be strong and focused.
Second, clear your mind of outside influences as much as possible. Forget about your daily worries for a little while. They will still be there when you come back.
Third, the key to magick is raising energy.
This can be done in several ways, such as breathing, dancing, singing, listening to or playing drums, music in general, meditation, chanting, etc. Find the method you use best by trying several and then practice it for a while.
I'm going to write you a sort of create-your-own minispell. This way, you can personalize the spell and practice it in different ways. As you study more, you will learn that all candle spells follow a loosely similar format such as this.
Decide the purpose of your spell.
Find one candle. (For a list of which colors will best correspond to your purpose, click here)
Select your method of energy raising. It should be conducive to your space requirements, etc.
Don't try to set a time limit, but you also don't need to spend hours on this. Raise energy until you feel it is strong enough. This means you need to focus on your goal while you are intentionally causing the magickal power in your immediate environment to rise.
When you are finished, release it into the candle by holding your hands around the flame and mentally directing all the power from your hands into the light.
Say: "By the power of three times three, as I will so let it be."
Clap your hands once loudly over the candle to ground and dispurse the energy.
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