I spent several days meditating on this challenge. I did four rituals. One to bring prosperity in my home. One to promote communication in my family. One to encourage collaboration between family members. And the last for acceptance of change. The following are my grimour pages I made while working on this challenge.
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Hey, Pretty woman (@JollyStar ) I think your Altar is Perfect. You donāt need to spend the bank. The best part of an altar is the mental work you put into it. I.E. you can cut out pictures or draw the thing you want, like an athame, a broom, etc.
When and if you can afford such things, then you can buy them.
Another idea with baking clay is to form what you need, candle holders, offering dish, Elemental chips, even the sign for God and or Goddess on a round plate (1-1.5 "). In my 1st traveling altar, I made a small cauldron and filled it with tiny balls of clay, baked it and painted the cauldron black and the ball green to look like bubbles.
Clay is great, very versatile and fun to work with.
Love ya
Blessings
Garnet
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Thanks, love!
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Please know that I have read every entry & I am so sorry if I miss anyone because I have loved everyoneās so far & itās helping me with what my entry will be for the challenge
I use candles & as we are discussing the topic Candles 
History, Materials, and My Adventure? I use them in different ways with different styles of candles.
@Jessica72, I may actually do a version of this spell for myselfā¦ it is wonderfully written & where I am right now, I think it will give me that little extra gentle push forward. So thank you for that wonderful entry!
@Torista I love that you spent so much time on finding what was right for your entry & adding it to your grimoire! I am currently using meditation a lot in my practice & healing. I have learned to trust what comes forward more without resistance. 
@Rowan I know that candles & Hekate a large part of your practice & this is a wonderful look into how you work with them on a daily basis. I recently learned & started dressing candles as well! I think it adds so much more to the intention behind the work coupled with the energy from the candle. I have seen that book mentioned a few times now in the past week, so I am going to check it out & see what else I may be missing from my candle practice.
@Phoenix_Fire wonderful entries that you have put a lot of thought into & finding what works for you in your practice.
@JollyStar, I love your altar & that you are using more personal items for your cloth & such. Itās okay to set it up how it feels right & absolutely if you love it then itās perfect! I think it looks beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Iām sorry if I missed any entries, they were all great & influenced what I am planning for my entry later today/tomorrow morning. There is some good questions & answers in these topics as well as they relate to the subject of this weekās challenge:
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This is how I use the chime holders - with a ceramic saucer. I usually dress my candles, but for some reason I never thought of circling them with herbs. I mean, duh. Learn something new today - check!
But seriously, why isnāt there a chime and saucer holder out there as one product? Wouldnāt that make sense? ā¦and if it makes sense, it will make dollarsā¦ I mean yeah, I can do it this way, but it would be more convenient to not have to.
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From the beginning, candles have always been a huge part of my practice. I started with a free ebook, Lisa Chamberlainās Wicca Little Book of Spells. If there were a Little Golden Book of Witchcraft, this might have been it. At least for me it was. Candles were and have been a part of pretty much everything I do. I got a box of colored candles from Amazon, and learned about dressing them. Now I go through candles faster than toilet paper (well, I am a guy Edit: this intended to be funny, not offensive). Mostly I use 4" chime candles, but I also now have two pillar candles, one for Danu and one for āgeneral magic success,ā but I feel like this one is becoming associated with Brigid (though I donāt generally work her [yet?]). I might need separate box just for storing candles, and I am looking into making my own candle holders. Even if it is just Gorilla gluing a chime holder to a terra cotta saucer - but I have ideas about how to customize this without a kiln - stay tuned!
Lately, my pillar candles have been flickering - suggests change, but weāll see?
@christina4, so sorry to hear things are difficult for you now. Please know that we all love you and you always have our support, no matter what. You are explosively awesome, C4!
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Today is Saturday so Fenrir and black candles. I also set up some sticks and feather Iād found yesterday. I set up todayās candle before left for family gathering.
Got to end of gathering and I could of cried. My sister gave me a bag of candle making stuff. Id been wanting to make my own candles esp as a part not only my own practice but a buisness Iāve been working on for years. I finally got an ABN and buisness name and paid for website n logo but because of work n all the workload n study load my buisness ( which was a part of dream n passion and also a way to supplement pay until I could get it off the ground and then take over as my job role. But it had been put on hold, though Iāve tried to make it a priority cause Iāll be at get anywhere if Iām not still making time to work on it, Iāll never get unstuck if I let everything else push it to the side all the time. Iād done alot of planning for it when I could but I felt discouraged that i couldnāt get much done cause of all the work I was doing even when I was only supposed to be working 3 days. But so excited I was n cause of this weekās challenge I thought Iād share my bag of goodies to make candles. My sister had got the stuff to make candles but said it had been too much effort and wanted to give the bag to me. I really wanted to cry cause I was so touched and also Iād really wanted to make my own candles but I could afford to go get candle making supplies. Now I have some. Iād had so much being taken or expected of me and my resources and energy and time drained, but to be gifted a bag of candle making stuff was just such a beautiful gesture and sooo appreciated. I said Iāll make her a candle 
itās even soy was as well which his cool .
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Itās time for a friendly reminder!
Thank you so much to everyone who has shared their warm and shiny candle magick so far! If you want to share but havenāt done so already, please know that you have one more day left to do so:
This challenge will close TOMORROW
If you would like to participate and havenāt done so already, please post about your challenge experience(s) by the deadline: Tomorrow: April 12th, 7:00 AM CET (Central European Time)
Blessed be! 
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Totally had it planned to do this over the weekend, but the weekend had other plans 
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I definitely agree 
so nice of you @jessica72 you really made me smile when I read your spell work. Good job.
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This part speaks volume for me, your work is very detailed as well, your words in this spell is very peaceful and well assured. You did a great job @Ostara
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Oh, thank you for such kind words! 
I would love to see how your candle holders go. And I also use chimes.
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Draconic Candle Prayer For Manifestation
1 Green Candle
1 Bay leaf
1 Cauldron
1 Marker
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Light a green candle on your altar and meditate on what you want to manifest.
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When youāre finished, write down what that is on the bayleaf.
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Set the bay leaf in the cauldron and light it with the green candle.
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As the bay leaf burns, focus on what you wrote and say the following:
Gneicht, Draconic male facet of Hecate,
Ruler of the Night, and Opener of Doors,
hear my plea, for [what you wrote] to be consigned, all in due time,
safe and benign -
Once the bay leaf has burned and cooled down, take the ashes and let them blow away in the wind (or blow them away yourself) releasing your wish out in to the universe.
EDIT: I did a tarot reading with just the Major Arcana afterwards to ask Gneicht about the outcome of the strike and I drew Death (in reverse), The Hanged Man, and The Star. Change is inevitable, and resistance is counterproductive, the current problems are ofā¦someoneās makingā¦but in the end, there will be a chance for healing, forgiveness, and success.
After some meditation, I think the first two cards are about the employers. They have been resisting change (created by the pandemic), the problems they created are not their employeesā fault. I pray that in the end, the outcome will be positive, as suggested by The Star.
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I had thought about doing so many things & I will get to those things in time, but for this entry, I decided that I would use my white candle to honor Brighid 
this morning when I did my devotional to bring cleansing & healing light while I spoke to Brighid with gratitude & asked for guidance.
One of the first things I did when I got home & everyone was where they needed to be, I set up my altar for Brighid. Then I got ready to do my Brighid Meditation 
& I felt ready for the day once I was finished.
I navigated okay for quite some time, but since I had been up since 3 AM, I was getting tired & it was time for a break. So I took a nap. When I woke up, I checked the time & got an email. So I checked it & it was from the Circuit Court regarding my motherās estate, which as of Friday is being handled by a lawyer. However, it still triggered an anxiety response to almost panic levels just getting the email.
I needed air. On my way out the door, I asked Google Home to play Celtic Music then when I came back in I was ready to Tend Brighidās Flame for today with it still playing. The card that was drawn seemed very fitting for the situation. Even while typing this I have been taking slow deep breaths listening to the softness of the music from the speaker beside me.
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I am so very proud of myself! Hereās my first witchy thing that I have ever intentionally done! I am brand new to all of this, so I thought this challenge was a lovely way to begin! I started with candle magick 101 and decided to use a purple candle to set the intention of opening myself up to new spiritual growth and awakening. I dressed the candle with lavender oil (rubbing the oil from top to bottom to bring growth and awakening to me!) and placed it in a tiny bunny holder on what I imagine is going to turn into my altar. I chose the rabbit to remind me of new life and growth. Then I enjoyed the lovely purple candle meditation. I noticed the flame would stretch and grow slowly again and again and found myself reassured that I donāt have to know and do everything all at onceā¦ Iām free to stretch and grow as I need to. I felt so at peace, yet energized. It was delightful. How amazing to take just a few minutes and come away with exactly what I needed to hear!
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So I have final completed my witchy CHALLENGE for this week. After work today I came straight home with the intention of casting this beautiful candle spell.
I have been meditating on this spell for a while now. I chose to do a spiritual protection cleansing spell, cause I have been through a bit from late year 
still kinda trying to push through. I do believe this spell can help since white candles brings positive energy for a fresh start.
Since I have not done much meditation spell hence why I decided to use the white candle spell on Spells8 a link to the descriptions are below 
Source:Spells8.com
While meditating thinking about the positive outcome of my candle spell
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I rearranged a little and lit my sandlewood incense for cleansing my space.
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I dressed my tea light with olive
oil and I also added a few drops and some cinnamon oil as well in my Chinese defuser -
I added 3 small pinch of salt the my glass of moon water that I had left from a few full
moon a back -
I then lit my white candle while I say a little chant. I made a 4 line chant which represents the four (4) corners
and 
As I light you up and I light you right,
I light you good with all my might.
For all good things may you shine bright
As I light you up today & throughout the night
Chant Created By:
N ck Wā:candle: ck
- As I continue to meditate on bringing positive Energies for a fresh start and a more subtle mind I allow the candle to burn its way out with all good intentions.
A quick pic of my work, I am still in the process of decorating and rearranging a bit. Still have some flowers and so on to it I just try to make it simple and clear base on how I wanted my spell to turn out and how I felt at the moment 
I may check out Pinterest for some cool ideasā:bulb:
Blessed BešŖ
N ck W ck
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I hope your coworkers going on strike stay safe I think it would nice to do a protection spell over them and even one for communication between them and the employers so your coworkers can get what they need!
It definitely counts! I hope the spell was lovely and that he will have work at home soon
I think thatās an amazing analogy with the sunset rather than sunrise 
It was nice to read you reminiscing on the past with your dad I really like your candle holder setup you have there and I donāt think the black heart means youāre becoming black hearted I think itās a good indication of letting things go and moving on ā leaving the darkness in the past, so to speak.
Oh, yes! Many people cleanse candles, especially if they come from a store where a lot of people might have touched them! It isnāt always necessarily and definitely depends on the witch in question
Your candle setup is very pretty I love that youāve personalized your altar setup and used what you correspond with each deity! Also, I especially love the initiative to use what you have before getting more 
but thatās the sustainable witch in me!
I have that one sitting in my TBR pile and just havenāt gotten around to it, yet! Iāll have to add it up next (after the three (?) Iām currently reading lol) Thanks for that candle magic video, too! Two hours is a really long time and I donāt know if I can watch it all but it looks very informative!
I hope youāre doing much better I also associate blue with calm energy!
I doubt it, though Iāve never tried. Thatās very clever of you! You created a beautiful spell, too 
I hope your head cold has gone away! I know Iām a little late to this post but itās been a few days and Iām crossing my fingers 
that you feel better!
That is so cool! 
I love it!
Welcome to the party! 
I hope you enjoyed your first witchy challenge here in the Infinite Roots Coven 
Even though your altar is simple, it fits YOU and thatās what matters! That doily is gorgeous, by the way 
Itās a beautiful setup! Everyone has these really pretty trays for their chime candles and Iām just likeā¦melting the end of mine and putting it on a dinner plate 
Thanks for sharing the video, too!
Same! Well, when I have enough candles I need to make a trip to my local store for some local beeswax candles, I thinkā¦havenāt decided yet! I like your holder, though! Itās really interesting. It looks like a vase thatās been turned upside down? Iām probably way off
And may they each be successful!
I look forward to whatever you have planned!
Slow deep breaths are the way to go
Congratulations! How exciting! Iām so proud of you! (Yes, I know we just met but thatās okay!) I think the purple candle was definitely the way to go and the bunny 
was a great addition!
I love this! Itās good to see you back in the forum
I have loved reading everyoneās entries so far! If I missed someone, Iām so sorry!
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