Aromatherapy to Reduce Stress in Your Home

Aromatherapy to Reduce Stress in Your Home

Banish Bad Vibes

Banish Bad Vibes

Show Kindness Spell

The Art and Science of Rejuvenation

The Art and Science of Rejuvenation

The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

Sending Magic with Candle Stubs

Sending Magic with Candle Stubs: Saturday | Color of the day: Blue | Incense of the day: Pine | Most Witches and magical practitioners save the ends of their candles after they've burned down completely. Additionally, many people store dripped wax from candles used in magical ceremonies. Sometimes these candles are only those that had specific spells and prayers enchanted in them (which are usually first anointed and carved with symbols), but you can also save the wax from any candle that's been used in sacred space (such as those used on altars, or those that illuminate nighttime circles). If you've stored up an abundance of wax, you've basically got a spell on your hands! Make use of the wax by completely melting it in a pot on a double-boiler (this is essential, so the wax doesn't burn or destroy the pot). Pour the wax into a mason jar, putting a candlewick in the center and suspending the top of it with a chopstick (so the wick stays perfectly straight). Once completely cooled, ignite the candle and, keeping an eye on it, allow it to burn to the base. If you wish, add some energy to the candle by visualizing the vaporized wax sending its pent-up energy up to the cosmos. Once burnt out, sprinkle a bit of water and sea salt in the jar and toss it in the trash! | Holiday lore: According to Shinto belief, during the month of October the gods gather to hold their annual convention. All of the kami converge on the great temple of Isumo in western Honshu, and there they relax, compare notes on crucial god business, and make decisions about humankind. At the end of this month, all over Japan, people make visits to their local Shinto shrines to welcome the regular resident gods back home. But until then, all through the month, the gods are missing--as a Japanese poet once wrote: | The god is absent; | the dead leaves are | piling up, | and all is deserted. |