| The importance charging and anointing your candles | | | | 'Dress' it. This is optional, your choice entirely, but it's |
| before you use them for spells and rituals cannot be | | | | easy and again adds to the potency of your spell. |
| overlooked. | | | | Anointing Your Ritual Candle |
| If you wish for your rituals and spells to work to full | | | | Anointing your candle would be the next step to |
| effect, charging and anointing a candle with a | | | | properly charged your ritual candles. As stated above, |
| particular oil, or inscribing symbols and words on | | | | you should anoint with oils that are specific to your |
| them, will make the candle and it's purpose all that | | | | desired outcome. There for if you are looking for |
| more potent. | | | | love and attraction, you would use those types of |
| For example, if you are performing a love spell or | | | | oils. |
| attraction spell to try and find love or to strengthen | | | | The method for anointing your candle is pretty |
| love you already have, you would use a pink colored | | | | specific. The most general method is to hold the ritual |
| candle(pink represents love) and then inscribed love | | | | candle in one hand, dip the first two fingers of the |
| based symbols. After inscribing, you would then | | | | other hand in oil and starting at the top (the end with |
| anoint that candle with a love based or attraction | | | | the wick) run your oiled finger down toward the |
| based oil. | | | | centre of the ritual candle. Stop at the centre, lift |
| The same could be said to prosperity or wealth | | | | your finger off, turn the candle slightly and repeat |
| based spells and rituals. A green candle would be | | | | the process until all the top half of the candle is |
| used(to represent prosperity, wealth, and money) | | | | covered. Then starting at the base of the candle, run |
| and then inscriptions towards prosperity and wealth | | | | the oiled fingers toward the centre. Again stop at the |
| would be drawn onto the candle. Afterword, an oil | | | | centre, lift the fingers off, turn the candle slightly and |
| would be anointed that focuses on prosperity. | | | | repeat the process until the entire bottom of the |
| Inscribing Your Ritual Candle | | | | candle has been coated. |
| After cleansing and blessing a spell candle, you should | | | | The whole time your are anointing the candle, |
| begin to inscribed the candle with symbols or words | | | | concentrate on the outcome you wish to achieve |
| towards whatever it is your ritual or spell is on. | | | | with your spell. Experienced spell weavers often |
| For example, if you are using a love spell and you | | | | anoint the candle in a specific direction depending on |
| wish to obtain the love of someone you know, you | | | | the type of spell they are performing. For spells to |
| can inscribed your initials and their initials onto the | | | | attract something to the spell weaver, the candle is |
| candle, or you can even use the full name of the | | | | anointed from top to middle, then from bottom to |
| quarent and yourself. You can add the names along | | | | middle. For banishing or sending something away i.e.. |
| side with symbols that represent love as well, such | | | | getting rid of bad habits, negative energy, breaking |
| as a heart or even ancient symbols of love such as | | | | jinxes or hexes, the candle is dressed from the |
| the Reiki love symbol. | | | | centre out to the top, and then from the center out |
| You will need something with a fine point to scratch | | | | to the bottom. |
| the surface of the candle. It can be a pin, a specialist | | | | Once the candle is coated in oil, it can be rolled in |
| scribing tool, a cocktail stick or anything else your | | | | herbs relevant to the particular spell you are |
| imagination can dream up. Once you have chosen | | | | performing. For example, use Agrimony for breaking |
| your tool though, dedicate it properly, then tuck it | | | | hexes and returning them to sender, use Chamomile |
| away in your magical tool chest and reserve it for | | | | for attracting friendship, Hyssop for purification and |
| just this purpose. | | | | cleansing, Patchouli for wealth and so on. Once you |
| As you are inscribing your candle, visualise the | | | | have lit your spell candle and performed your spell, |
| outcome. Make it a small ritual in it's own right. Once | | | | allow the candle to burn itself out completely. |
| you have inscribed your candle, you may wish to | | | | |