Candle Magic

Candle magic is a wonderful way to manifest your desires. All you need is a candle in the color representing your intention. (Red=Passion, Pink=Love Green=Money, Blue=Communication etc)

If compelled to do so, carving the candle with words or symbols that are special to you also increase its power. As does anointing it with a special oil or bathing it in the smoke of incense. Crystals also increase the energy of magic, feel free to add a grid that supports your intent.

Working with a specific deity, one that supports your wish, also intensifies your manifestation power. If not compelled to work with a deity you don’t have to.

What to do:

Sit with candle in your hands, and charge it with your energy. Keeping your intention strong. You can visualize your intent or chant your intent aloud. When you feel ready open your eyes and light the candle, while doing so say something like:

“As this fire burns so does my desire

Take this fire________ (name of god/goddess/diety)

I thank you for hearing my wishes

Please carry them up

Please give me the strength & determination I need to make my wish of _____ a reality.

Thank you _____

As I will it, So shall it be.”

The above photograph and chant are my original words and work. You can make your own chant of course, and use this as a starting point. Depending on how strict you are with ceremony you can perform a whole opening your space for magic ritual, silently call in your protection or simply draw the protective pentagram into the air around the space you are working in. Everyone practices differently, so this part is really up to you. After the work is done you can close your circle and bid farewell to any helping energies and guides you asked to be with you.

Make the ritual of candle burning for magic your own, own your power, and make sure your intention is strong. Blessed Be Blessed Be Blessed Be.

Lilith

The Dark Goddess, the Owl Goddess, The Temptress, The Dark Maid, Mother of Demons...

Lilith is a Sumerian Goddess, a Goddess of many names and stories. Little is known of this mysterious powerful goddess, and the stories available to us are not written in stone. I have learned the best way to learn about Lilith is to tune in to her, to listen to her, to connect to your inner Lilith. 

There are many stories about Lilith's beginnings. In Hebrew legends Lilith is a dangerous and beautiful goddess who was Adams first wife. She refused to submit to Adam, to perform the way a woman was expected too. Lilith was punished for her crime of disobedience by being banished from Paradise. From that moment on she was the known as the unruly "goddess of demons." Sound familiar? In our times a women who does not confirm, or submit, or just lay down and shut up is labeled a number of unpleasant things as well. Furthermore in Jewish folklore, Lilith is known as a sexual vampire, a Succubus who would come to men at night and cause wet dreams. 

Lilith is associated with freedom, playfulness, pleasure and sexuality. Her symbols are the Owl, snake and apples. 

Currently, Lilith has better word of mouth. She is known as an independent Goddess, a confident and proudly sexual woman who refused to submit to her husband. A woman who would rather leave Paradise than submit to a man's wills.  

Has Lilith come to you? Ask yourself what are you afraid of? Where do you need to regain your freedom? What is your relationship to your sexuality and your power? 

"I'm not afraid of you anymore." She said as she stepped into the darkness.

I encountered Lilith a number of years ago. I was younger, just out of a very mentally abusive but sexually exciting relationship and deep into a bad run of relationships with males. I was at the point where I realized how much of myself I was giving away, I was dis-empowered, angry and disconnected from my sexuality. I started to read the wonderful book Women Who Run With Wolves and made a point to erect a Goddess alter. I tried at least 5 different Goddesses, none of them were right. One night, up late listening to music I had a short story idea. My main characters name would be Lilith. I wrote it in one night, the healing and release that happened with this story was life changing. I looked up the name after the story was complete, I could not pin at that time where I knew the name from. During my work with Lilith I felt like Eve encountering Lilith in the Garden. Eve being given the power, support and information she needed to break free.

Now, in present time I have a deep, healing and energizing connection to Lilith, and to myself. I've worked heavily with her, and she is always present. 

Lilith & Eve

"Goddess of the night

I feel your wings support me

and your ancient knowledge flow within me

I am power

I am history

I am sexual

I am goddess."

My original chant to Lilith

For more on Lilith's history check out these links:

http://loveofthegoddess.blogspot.com/2011/11/lilith-mesopatamian-bird-goddess-of.html

http://gnosis.org/lilith.htm

http://www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/lilith.php

The Sirens have left the sea to play on land: Pisces Full Moon 9/2014

This is a very special Full Moon for me, for various reasons. I'm a Pisces, with Mercury and Lilith conjunct my Pisces Sun ... I know. I'm a siren living life on land this time around. It's also special because I had a downright awful and painful Aquarius Full Moon and an okay, one foot back on the ground Virgo New Moon. Now, the powerful mother is in my sign, and I know the painful cycle that was this summer has to be over. The moon will fill me with her healing and magical light, I will become renewed and regain my footing.

This Full Moon will also conjunct the wounded Healer Chiron. Talk about strong themes of healing, spirituality and salvation. This Chiron conjunct also tells us it's time to let go of something, to heal, to release the pain. It may be hard to make the ending final, but this powerful lunar trio is fully supporting us.

Surround yourself with those you feel safe with, sensitivity is high.., be careful of picking up unwanted energy or taking on others emotions. In magic work CALL IN PROTECTION, this is always important but even more so with a Full Moon in psychic and all feeling Pisces. Strong boundaries are essential to feel the full effect of the positive vibes of this moon.

As for the low vibes of this moon, watch for extreme escapism, alcoholism, drugs, disillusion, feeling like a victim, wearing rose colored glasses or over emotionalism. Be careful if you feel the need to self medicate or escape (all too easy with the combination) because you can go farther down the hole than you even have before. Instead go to a healer, practice healing work or play in the realm of spirit.

In the realm of Pisces...

Ways to tap into the ether (highest possible positive vibes) of Full Moon Pisces:

Dance under the moon, conduct a ritual, magic work, connect to Gaia, go to the ocean, create art/music, go on a spiritual journey, connect to spirit world/ancestors, shamanism, dream magic/astral travel, sex magic, ethereal love making, learn a divination skill, learn a healing modality, get a healing, go to a spiritual event.

Tarot Cards for this moon:

The Moon - Pisces - Emotions, Intuition, Water, other worlds

The Hanged Man - Pisces Ruler Neptune - Confusion, disillusionment, surrender, inspiration

The Hierophant - Chiron - The teacher, wisdom through experience, the gatekeeper, the healer

Pisces is ideal for these types of Spell work:

Spells for increasing intuition, psychic abilities, connecting with spirit, traveling to other worlds, psychedelics, high magic, water, endings, healing the past, making potions and elixirs.

Enjoy the Full Moon! It is exact on 9/8/14 at 9:38pm EDT.

)0( Anais )0(

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Welcome to In the Temple of Lilith

Welcome to my Magick sharing blog. The intention of this blog is to share thoughts, writings, art and rituals of a magical nature. I do not encourage one to try something they don't want to do, or guarantee results for any spells that will be shared here. I will share a little about my results but please remember Magick work is deeply rooted in INTENTION, it is essentially MANIFESTATION work. And no one can manifest your desires but you.

I reconnected with my strong ancestral history of Witchcraft at the age of 13. Thanks to a little beaten up book in the neighborhood library I was home again. These days much of my work is heavily involved in Native American or Shamanic practice. I am a practicing, mostly solitary, Shamanic Earth Witch.

I love the work, and when I was growing up I traveled the road alone. My hope is some of the information shared on here, no matter how tiny will help inspire, empower or reassure another powerful witch out there who has not yet reclaimed her power.

Good vibes, love, empowerment and support are welcomed here. Negative vibes, hate or pure internet nonsense is banned from entering this space. 

As I will it so shall it be. Blessed be. Blessed be. Blessed be.