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Colors are listed in no particular order
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Colors
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The following colors can be used in candle magic,
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alter clothes, robes, capes, and much more.
Colors are listed in no particular order
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colors
WHITE - Protection, purification, peace, truth, sincerity
COPPER - money and business seeking goals and gains
SILVER - The power, safety, protectiveness and sexuality of the female, astral
energy, communication
RED - Protection, energy, survival, blood of the moon phases, fast action, strength,
health, vigor, lust, sex, passion, courage, exorcism, energy, element of fire
GOLD - The power, safety, protectiveness and sexuality of the male,
wealth in general, winning, humor
BLACK - Absorbing and destroying negativity, healing severe diseases, banishing, binding,
shapeshifting
LIGHT BLUE - Tranquility, healing, patience, happiness, calm, element of water,
creativity, communication
DARK BLUE - Change, flexibility, the subconscious mind, psychism, healing, spiritual
inspirations
GREEN - Mother Earth, tree and plant magic, fertility, prosperity, growth, luck,
employment
GRAY - Neutrality, balance, equality
YELLOW - Intellect, the sun, attraction, study, persuasion, confidence, learning,
divination, happiness
BROWN - Working magic for animals, healing animals, the home, special favors
PINK - Love, honor, morality, friendships, romance, caring, nurturing, love of the self,
peace, healing emotions
ORANGE - Adaptability, justice, life force, goals, ambition, business, stimulation,
attraction, sales
PURPLE - Power, healing severe diseases, spirituality, meditation, hidden knowledge,
influencing people in high places
COLORS
Based on a Native American Legend - author unknown
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel: all claimed
that they were the best, the most important, the most useful, the favorite.
GREEN said: "Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of
life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees, leaves - without me, all animals would
die. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority."
YELLOW chuckled: "You are all so serious. I bring laughter,
gaiety, and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are
yellow. Every time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me
there would be no fun."
BLUE interrupted: "You only think about the
earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the basis of life and
drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. The sky gives space and peace and serenity.
Without my peace, you would all be nothing."
ORANGE started next to blow her trumpet: "I am the
color of health and strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of
human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges,
mangoes, and papaws. I don't hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise
or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you."
RED could stand it no longer. He shouted out: "I am the ruler
of all of you - I am blood - life's blood! I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am
willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me, the earth would be
as empty as the moon. I am the color of passion and of love, the red rose, the poinsettia
and the poppy."
PURPLE rose up to his full height. He was very tall and spoke with
great pomp: "I am the color of royalty and power. Kings, chiefs, and bishops have
always chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me -
they listen and obey."
Finally, INDIGO spoke, much more quietly than all the others, but
with just as much determination: "Think of me. I am the color of silence. You hardly
notice me, but without me you all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection,
twilight and deep water. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner
peace."
And so the colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own superiority. Their
quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright
lightening - thunder rolled and boomed. Rain started to pour down relentlessly The colors
crouched down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort.
In the midst of the clamor, rain began to speak: "You foolish colors, fighting
amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Don't you know that you were each
made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to
me."
Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands. The rain continued:
"From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow
of color as a reminder that you can all live in peace. The rainbow is a sign of hope for
tomorrow." And so, whenever a good rain washes the world, and a rainbow appears
in the sky, let us remember to appreciate one another.