#burning candles

[huariqueje]

Hand with Candles - Kiriakos Tompolidis , 2025.

German , b. 1997 -

Oil and acrylic on linen , 40 x 30 cm. 15.7 x 11.8 in.

[seasons-in-hell]

Laurits Anderson Ring

Interior with Burning Candles (1898)

[dumpsterphoenixcombusting]

February 01 2026 | Full Moon/Sun-Moon Opposition ritual

burning beeswax candle and lavender incense. rose quartz and selenite. my grimoire.

[mywitchcraftdiary]

Spell for overcoming and transmutating fear, shame, anxiety, and trauma regarding being perceived and being seen

@mywitchcraftdiary | performed: June 04 2026

intentions: Overcoming fear, shame, anxiety, and trauma regarding being perceived and being seen. Transmutate my fear, shame, anxiety, and trauma into success, confidence, focus, empowerment, recognition, support, abidance of success, praise, love, self love, self-actualization, and financial abundance. Emancipate myself from trauma, fear, anxiety, shame regarding my art and self-expression. Aligning with Higher Self and Highest Creative Vision and Purpose. Strength, Good Luck, prosperity, optimism, courage.

@mywitchcraftdiary @dumpsterphoenixcombusting

Tools Used:

Basil

Lavender incense

Cinnamon

Cloves

Ginger

Black salt

Yellow beeswax candle

2 tea light candles

fireproof dish

piece of paper

Purpose of Tools Used:

Basil ⟵ Transmutation, abundance, prosperity of wealth. Good Luck.

Lavender incense ⟵ Release energy of past traumas, clear energetic blockages, emotional healing, align with Higher Self, and Higher Consciousness.

Cinnamon ⟵ Good Luck. Abundance of wealth, protection, positivity, optimism, focus, remove harmful influences.

Cloves ⟵ Abundance of wealth, Good Luck, protection.

Ginger ⟵ courage, strength, passion, power, protection, transformation. Quickens the spell.

Black salt ⟵ Protection, transmutation. Amplifying spell/ritual.

Fireproof dish ⟵ to burn herbs, spices, Black Salt, and piece of paper.

piece of paper ⟵ to write down: energies you're working with and spell/prayer/petition; and to burn at the end.

Energies I Called Upon:

Mother Earth and Freyja

My ancestors: [specific names]**

The Elements: Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and Sacred Love (Spirit)

The Sun + Uranus in Taurus**

Moon in Sagittarius

Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter in Gemini

Mars in Aries

Saturn + Neptune in Pisces

Pluto Retrograde in Capricornus

the power and properties of these tools used

"I call upon Mother Earth, Freyja, my ancestors: [specific names], and The Elements: Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and Sacred Love. I call upon The Sun and Uranus in Taurus, Moon in Sagittarius, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter in Gemini, Mars in Aries, Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, Pluto Retrograde in Capricornus; and the power and properties of these tools used."

** instead call upon astronomical events that are currently happening: Stellarium-web.org or in-the-sky.org

** if you don't know specific names of ancestors, you can instead say: "I call upon my ancestors aligned with sacred love, sacred growth, and sacred justice."

Spell/prayer/petition:

I emancipate myself from fear, trauma, anxiety, and shame rooted in how others perceive me and being misunderstood.

I let go of my fear, trauma, anxiety, and shame rooted in being misunderstood and misperceived.

I emancipate myself from fear, trauma, anxiety, and shame regarding my art and self-expression.

I transmutate all my fear, trauma, anxiety, and shame into success, confidence, focus, self-love, empowerment, recognition, support, abundance of success and wealth, praise, love, and self-actualization.

I transmutate all pain, fear, trauma, and anxiety into financial abundance and prosperity, Good Luck, optimism, courage, motivation, strength, emotional healing.

I align myself with my Highest Creative Self and my Highest, Most Authentic Creative Vision and Purpose.

How To Perform:

Light candles and the Lavender incense.

Put herbs, spices, and Black Salt into the fireproof dish

Write down on a piece of paper: the energies you're working with and the spell/prayer/petition.

Call upon the energies you're working with

Recite the spell/prayer/petition 3-9 times (or as many times as feel right to you)

Fold the piece of paper, then light it in the candle flame. Put it in the fireproof dish (along with the herbs, spices, and Black Salt) and let it burn to ash.

As it all burns in the fireproof dish, focus your eyes on the flame and your intentions of the spell.

*Optional: add the ashes to your Black Salt.

[hellsfavored]

[mourning-the-dove]

Flickering Memories ~

Light from the candle

dances across the room

My heart alone feels

the flickering warmth

Memories of nights

with you in the dark

Watching the flames

slowly die in the hearth

[newenglandbookclub]

[kaylabrowncreative]