Ceridwen’s Handbook of Incense Oils and Candles; A Guide to the Magical and Spiritual uses of Oils, Incence, Candles and the like - Words of Wizdom International

124 Pages·2016·14.62 MB·English

by  Heath M.

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:Bring agllidr to thr magickal and spiritualllsrs of
oils, incrnsr, candlrs and thr likr
by Maya Heath
Cover art by Steve Goins
Typesetting and Illustrations by Wade Berlin
Words of Wizdom International, Inc.
P.O. Box 700830
San Antonio, TX 78270
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acknomlEdgments
A project of this magnitude cannot be accomplished alone.
Although one pen may write the words, many hands are
needed to bring those words into a finished work.
I am deeply grateful to my family and friends for their
continued love and support through this project, and to Bob
Isaac for his support and encouragement. Many thanks and
deep appreciation goes to Nick Nuessle for his invaluable
technical assistance when all seemed lost. To Sandra Roberson
for her patient and careful editing. And especially to Wade
Berlin who brought this whole project from potential to re-
ality with both his extraordinary creative talent and techni-
cal expertise. I would like to thank Steve Goins for the cover
art. My thanks to Timothy Morefield of Wax Dragon Candle
Co. in St Louis, Mo for his valuable input in the discussion of
sympathetic magic using various candle shapes.
This book is dedicated to Ed Peach and Sybil Leek who
laid its foundation for me.
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Acknowledgments .......................................................................... 5 Healing & Transformation.
The Magick of Color.........
The Cottage in the Wood ............................................................... 8
Your Inner RainbO\\' ......... .
The Power of Fragrance ................................................................ 11
Chakras ................................ .
Essential Oils ................................................................................. 12
Chakra Healing & Streng+~""
The Powers of Essential Oils ............................................................... 14
The Universe of Spirit & .-\1
The Harmonies of Fragrance ............................................................... 22
Spiritual Magick ........... ..
The Elements of Magick .............................................................. 23
Spiritual Formulas ........... ..
Creating a Universe ...................................................................... 25
African Powers ........... ·····
The Essence Portrait ............................................................................. 25 Angels .................................. .
Air ................................................................................................... 27 Enochian ....................... .
Incense .................................................................................................... 27 Tree of Life (Kaballah) ..... .
Fire .................................................................................................. 29 Arthurian ....................... .
Candles ................................................................................................... 29 Assyro-Babylonian Deitic;
In The Light ............................................................................................ 30 British and Celtic Deitie,; .
The Shape of Your Candles .................................................................. 31 Christian ...................... .
Preparing Your Candles ....................................................................... 33 Egyptian Deities And E,;~'
A Simple Candle Spell .......................................................................... 33 Hindu Deities and Lege:'.d.
Water ............................................................................................... 34 Mythical Creatures ....... .
Bath Crystals .......................................................................................... 34 Mythical Places .......... ·..
Earth ...........~ ................................................................................... 36 Norse Deities and Lege:;.'::2
The Energies of Stones .......................................................................... 37 Greco-Roman Deities ac.": .
Spirit ............................................................................................... 41 Oriental Wisdom ......... .
Tarot ................................................................................................ 43 Shamanic ................... .
Major Arcana Symbology .................................................................... 43 Shamanic Essential Fra~a
Working by the Stars .................................................................... 45 Welsh Deities and Lege:'.":,
Planetary Attributes Chart ................................................................... 47 Wiccan Archetypes.... .
Astrological Candles & Oils ................................................................ 48 Bibliography .................. .
Timing Your Work by the Planets .......................................................50 About the Author ............ .
Planetary Hour Charts ......................................................................... 50 About the Cover Artist ... .
The Moon's Influence ........................................................................... 51 About Ceridwen's ........... .
Your magickal wish spell ..................................................................... 52 Ceridwen's Magickal ~ \:
Magickal Blends ............................................................................ 56 Copyright Notice ....... .
Ritual .............................................................................................. 77
Ritual Formulas ..................................................................................... 77
Celebrations & Sabbats ......................................................................... 79
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............................................. 5 Healing & Transformation ........................................................... 80
............................................. 8 The Magick of Color ............................................................................. 80
·.. ·· .. ·.. · ................................. 11 Your Inner Rainbow .............................................................................. 80
·.. ····· .. ······ .. · ........................ 12 Chakras ................................................................................................... 82
.. ·· .. ·.. ·· .. ·. ......... ·. ....................... 14 Chakra Healing & Strengthening Process ......................................... 84
······ .... ···· .. ·· .............................. 22 The Universe of Spirit & Archetypes ......................................... 85
........................................... 23 Spiritual Magick .................................................................................... 87
····· .. ·.. ·. ... · .. ·. ....................... 25 Spiritual Formulas ........................................................................ 89
······ .. ········· .... · .......................... 25 African Powers ...................................................................................... 89
.... ···· .. ··· .... ···· ...................... 27 Angels ..................................................................................................... 90
.... ·· .. ·· .. ·.. · ................................ 27 Enochian ................................................................................................. 91
.......................................... 29 Tree of Life (Kaballah) .......................................................................... 92
·· .. ········ .. ·.. ······· ........................ 29 Arthurian ................................................................................................ 93
.... ················· ........................... 30 Assyro-Babylonian Deities .................................................................. 95
.... ····· .. ····· .... ·· .. ·. ...................... 31 British and Celtic Deities ...................................................................... 96
.... ··· .. ·· ...... ·.... ·. ... · .................... 33 Christian ................................................................................................. 97
.. ··············· ...... · ........................ 33 Egyptian Deities And Essences ........................................................... 98
Hindu Deities and Legendary Persons ............................................ 102
.. ········ .. ·.. · ...... · ................... 34
···· ...... · ................................ 34 Mythical Creatures .............................................................................. 106
Mythical Places .................................................................................... 106
........................................... 36
Norse Deities and Legendary Persons ............................................. 107
··· ...... · .................................. 37
Greco-Roman Deities and Legendary Persons ............................... 110
.. ··· .. ·.. ····· .......................... 41 Oriental Wisdom ................................................................................. 113
......................................... 43 Shamanic .............................................................................................. 114
··· .. ·· .. · ................................ 43 Shamanic Essential Fragrances ......................................................... 116
......................................... 45 Welsh Deities and Legendary Persons ............................................. 117
·········· .. ···· ........................ 47 Wiccan Archetypes .............................................................................. 119
····· .. ·.. ·· .. ·. ......................... 48 Bibliography ................................................................................ 121
·· .. ····· .. ···· ......................50 About the Author ........................................................................ 123
···· .. ·........ · .......................... 50
About the Cover Artist.. ............................................................. 123
·.. ······ .... · ........................ 51
AboutCeridwen's ....................................................................... 124
··· .... ·. ............................ 52
Ceridwen's Magickal & New Age Supplies .................................... 125
................................... 56
Copyright Notice ................................................................................. 125
···· .. ·. ................................ 77
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tion. Those eyes looked into m~
because I knew she had alreaj~
"I want to know." I said .•
About the herbs and the healin§
know what the root does in 5C'\
fire in the void. I came all tllli
beautiful eyes knew my heart.
had walked since first light from the village beyond the wood
before she spoke I have neyer t
and it was nearly dark when I came to the old woman's door.
me out the door, deny my sea
They had told me the wise woman lived there, whispering
that. I had come so far. But 3h
that she was a witch who dealt with forbidden things. But,
warmth of a thousand sum..'11€
they had also told in stronger tones how she could cool a fever, or treat a
festering wound with a poultice made of herbs, so I knew she was the one time mornings.
"Yes, you have come ~ lOl
I sought. I had come such a long way to get here and I was so tired, but as
have a great hunger there 1l\51~
I knocked onher door my mind was blank. What would I say to her? How
not have it all at once. You mt:
could I ask for what I needed? What ailed me was something so much
you want so badly. Y~u mU3t_l
deeper than a poultice could ever draw. My fever was of the heart, not the
simple things the things de;:
body.
body tell you? Do you. e\"en p;:
I heard the bolt draw aside, the hinges protesting as the door was
this place? Your nose IS the ~.
drawn back. Then, she stood there silhouetted by the firelight, a bent
instincts and your other seTI5
shape in a shawl. Without a word she moved aside motioning me to
You remember with your nos
enter. As I stepped across the threshold into the warmth of the fire-lit
you have no words for. It trig
room, I saw herbs hanging inbundles from hooks set in the heavy wooden
rafters, saw jars on ranks of shelves against the wall, saw the small iron see, humans are also arum~
One smell can make you ha~
cauldron simmering on a hook over the fire, smelled the rich heady aroma
other can make you fall in 10'
of the place. After the cold and dark of the forest it made my head swim
you sleep. Yes, just a sn:e11. S
a little and I drew a deep breath to savor the countless fragrances. With a
"What else does this s:e
gesture she motioned me to a seat by the fire, then drew her own seat
know, even though you can
and sat confronting me.
morning light. It touch.es ::0
"And what brings you so far from home?" She asked. It was not the
ible it touches your skin ail
cracked voice of the crone I had expected, but rich and deep, full of intel-
Wh~, your skin drinks it in
ligence and power. UTa have walked all this way; you cannot be ailing.
keep your bones from f~li:1
You are young, perhaps a charm to bring you luck in life? Perhaps to
self. With a thousand hny
bring you the love of one who does not see you? Perhaps to bring ven-
your sweat it cleanses ~e rc
geance on a rival?"
in a thousand ways. It IS you
There was laughter in her voice, a kind of mockery that told me she
else does this scent do. be51
knew I came for none of these things nothing so simple. My voice had
left me and I could only shake my head. The time had come to speak, but your body through ~our skl
because of it. The Me cum
I had lost the words for what I wanted more than anything in the world.
because of it. So powerful;.
I drew a breath, I raised my head, and then my eyes met hers. And such
what you want to know. H,
eyes they were in such a face. A thousand years looked back at me in
thing? How do we use it t(
humor and in strength. Eyes the color of moss, of peat, of night, of morn-
its spirit rest that we can n:
ing. She was ageless old, her features shaped by all the years and by
She reached upward :.
knowledge such as I could only imagine, but beautiful as few women
shadows above us. Her 2..:"1
dream of. There was such wisdom there, such compassion, such percep-
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tion. Those eyes looked into my soul and suddenly my tongue was free
because I knew she had already discerned the purpose of my quest.
"I want to know." I said. "I want to know about these things here.
About the herbs and the healing and the things beyond all that. I want to
know what the root does in secret in the earth and what the stars do in
fire in the void. I came all this way and I want to know." Those ageless
.! rom the village beyond the wood
beautiful eyes knew my heart, knew the hunger there. In that moment
'11 I (arne to the old woman's door.
before she spoke I have never been so afraid. I feared that she would set
~ Ko.m~ lived there, whispering
me out the door, deny my search and close her door. I could not bear
;e~, wIth forbidden things. But,
that. I had come so far. But she laughed instead, a laugh that held the
. "he could cool a fever, or treat a
warmth of a thousand summer suns and the joy of a thousand spring-
)t herbs, so I knew she was the one
time mornings.
, get here and I was so tired but as
"Yes, you have come a long way indeed." She chuckled "And you
~. \"hat would I say to he;? How
have a great hunger there inside you. But like the starving man you can-
:iled :ne was something so much
not have it all at once. You must find out first how to learn these things
:\f~' tever was of the heart, not the
you want so badly. You must find the first teachers. You must start with
simple things - the things closest to you like your body. What does your
nges protesting as the door was
body tell you? Do you even know? What does your nose tell you about
nouetted by the firelight, a bent
this place? Your nose is the doorway to your inner self. It talks to your
~ mO\"ed aside motioning me to
instincts and your other senses long before it ever talks to your brain.
d mto the warmth of the fire-lit
You remember with your nose. You taste with it. It tells you things that
~ hooks set in the heavy wooden
you have no words for. It triggers the impulses sleeping inside you. You
lllit the wall, saw the small iron
see, humans are also animals, child, animals with noses with instincts.
iIf', smelled the rich heady aroma
One smell can make you happy, another can make you quiet, still an-
he wrest it made my head swim
other can make you fall in love. Smells can strengthen the heart or make
the countless fragrances. With a
you sleep. Yes, just a smell. Something you can't even see.
1e rue, then drew her own seat
"What else does this scent do as it surrounds you? It is there, you
know, even though you cannot see it. It is there like the wind, like the
~rr:e:" She asked. It was not the
morning light. It touches you all over, does it not, like the wind. Invis-
- bt rich and deep, full of intel-
ible, it touches your skin all over your body. And what does it do then?
~~ way, yo~ c~nnot be ailing.
Why, your skin drinks it in. Did you think that all your skin did was
l~ ~ ou luck In hfe? Perhaps to
keep your bones from falling apart? No child, your skin breathes by it-
:;.e,:. you? Perhaps to bring ven-
self. With a thousand tiny mouths it drinks the air around you. With
your sweat it cleanses the poisons from you. Your skin touches the world
ndof mockery that told me she
in a thousand ways. It is your connection to everything around you. What
Ith:ng 50 simple. My voice had
else does this scent do, besides enter your heart through your nose and
h.e time had come to speak, but
your body through your skin? Why, the very energy around you changes
'n:2 than anything in the World.
because of it. The life currents of your body move with it and change
~ :;" Yeyes met hers. And such
because of it. So powerful is this thing you cannot even see. Now this is
Id :.-ears looked back at me in
what you want to know. How do we harness this powerful and invisible
l<"".S, of peat, of night, of morn-
thing? How do we use it to heal, to hearten and to change? Where does
2.~d by all the years and by
its spirit rest that we can find it and waken it to our purpose?"
, b,'1t beautiful as few women
She reached upward to where a bunch of dried plants hung in the
U':::1 compassion, such percep-
shadows above us. Her ancient hands were graceful as birds. Her prac-
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ticed and skillful fingers twisted a leaf from the dried and withered The powcr
branch. She brought it dose to my face and crushed it beneath my nose.
Instantly my heart lightened. The fatigue of the journey that had dragged
so heavily only a moment before lifted and the soreness in my muscles cents and smel~ f
began to release. She chuckled again enjoying the joke and my wonder that surrounds y,
at it. paratus of you: :1
"Yes, even when it looks so dead as though there could not be an by triggering :::-,0
ounce of life left in it. There it is still - sleeping - waiting for us to call on reactions that carry messa§:,
it when we need. Such a little thing, a leaf and nothing more, or it might perceive whether pleasant_~
have been a flower, or perhaps a root." She gestured again and I saw cal reactions in your bram ~­
other bundles, some with withered petals hanging down along with their conscious of it or not. You ~,.c
faded foliage. There on the shelf I saw jars holding bundles of brown is sweet. You breathe in the:
gnarled sticks. This is what I had come for. I knew it now. But how did it inhale deeply of the sea a1T- 1
work? What was this power that hid so skillfully in such unassuming Each of these smells came5
things? She saw the wonder in my eyes. She must have felt my heart much deeper. You react to s
longing for it in the stillness between us because she laughed again, her affect your memory and :-,
eyes dancing in the firelight winked with green and gold lights. rather than your consClOUS
"You know that the plants move with the seasons. Yes, you know all secret responses, bypass~"1§:
that. Anyone knows that. But who can know how else they move? They by passing throu~h the ~~
are rooted in the very earth itself. What else do they drink through those meopathically to mtera,-,,'
roots besides moisture from the rain? They take in the life of the earth, Since the dawn ('t .
the pulse of it, the power of it. Their very lives are the song of the days, tures whose survival deFt'!"
the seasons. Their life and death are all of one piece with the clockwork you are the product of thi;;.
of the universe. They turn with the sun's light, they grow with the moon's Because it is connected to '.
tides. They sing the song of the planets and the elemental currents of the out your conscious know.e
earth. They take these powers, these forces and weave them into their way to making changes IT
own special song - each kind so different from the rest. They take all and higher awareness. )~)'
these forces and bind them into their innermost natures, distill them into memory. The most casua.
the oils that hold them, some in the leaf, or flower or branch or root. relaxation, or wariness aT
They hide them well, their powers woven from the song of the world sciously aware that you an:
and the universe it moves through. You see, child, when you know the you of.
plants, you'll know the larger world. They'll tell you; they'll teach you, Your skin also rea
but, first, you must know how to listen. That's why you've come. And I gan and the largest oIgar
think you'll stay awhile. There's work here for you." variety of functions .beyo
She took my hand then and opened it. On my open palm she dusted nates toxins along wIth Ft'
the fragments of the leaf she had crushed. So simple so infinite. mit elements into the ~.
affect its delicate chemist
Your physical bO:
are the manifestation in t
of awareness. These are t
tional, spiritual and ph~-:
affected by this mole~3
cense and scented smoo;,·
sire, you can create the
your energies on all leY'::
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~ :<?i:i from the dried and withered
ta~", ai'1~ cru.shed it beneath my nose.
The )pamer of Fragrance
~c~e ottheJourney that had dragged
~ an~ the soreness in my muscles
n trlJoymg the joke and my wonder cents and smells form an invisible molecular cloud
that surrounds your whole body. The sensory ap-
~~,as t~ough there could not be an paratus of your nose reacts to the scent molecules
- ~.eepmg - waiting for us to call on by triggering thousands of microscopic chemical
a leat and nothing more, or it might reactions that carry messages to the brain. Every odor you
)Ot She gestured again and I saw perceive whether pleasant or noxious, causes minute chemi-
et.:Ls hanging down along with their cal reactions in your brain causing a reaction whether you are
;.(1". holding bundles of brown conscious of it or not. You know when food is rotten or a flower
rk:,!or. rk~ew it now. But how did it is sweet. You breathe in the multitude of forest fragrances or
d ::-0 s~ltully in such unassuming inhale deeply of the sea air. You sniff the kitchen for cookies or pot roast.
ey~~ ::,he must have felt my heart Each of these smells carries many messages, some conscious and some
. us. E'ecause she laughed again, her much deeper. You react to smells on many levels, in many ways. They
~\'l:~'1 green and gold lights. affect your memory and your subconscious, triggering your instincts
"":.:1 the seasons. Yes, you know all rather than your conscious reactions. Your nose contacts your brain's
n ~'1~'w how else they move? They secret responses, bypassing your reasoning self entirely. They also react
~t :~. do th~y drink through those by passing through the skin itself in minute amounts, acting almost ho-
-.:n:~: take m the life of the earth, meopathically to interact with your body chemistry.
't:'r1: 1.1\ 'es. ar e the song of the d ays, Since the dawn of time, the human animal evolved from crea-
Ii ~t ~ne pJece with the clockwork tures whose survival depended in part on their sense of smell. Because
S .l?ht they grow with the moon's you are the product of this evolutionary process, you retain this facility.
; a'1d the elemental currents of the Because it is connected to you on such a primal level, smell reacts with-
. and weave them into their out your conscious knowledge or will. It is both a subtle and direct path-
re~: trom the rest. They take all way to making changes in both physical health, emotional well-being
nernost natures, distill them into and higher awareness. Your sense of smell is the sense tied closest to
eal o! tlm-ver or branch or root. memory. The most casual whiff of certain smells can cause pleasure or
n·.:':1 trom the song of the world relaxation, or wariness and revulsion although you may not be con-
II 562. child, when you know the sciously aware that you are smelling anything or what that smell reminds
he;, : U, tell "v ou' they'll te ach you, you of.
. T: 1at s why you've come. And I Your skin also reacts to this molecular cloud. Both a sensory or-
lere tor \'ou." gan and the largest organ of your body, your skin serves a wonderful
it ?n ~Y open palm she dusted variety of functions beyond the sense of touch. Being porous, it elimi-
-d. ::.0 sImple - so infinite. nates toxins along with perspiration. This porosity also allows it to trans-
mit elements into the body on a microscopic level that ever so subtly
affect its delicate chemistry.
Your physical body is surrounded by subtle fields of energy that
are the manifestation in this universe of your connection to higher states
of awareness. These are the physical manifestation of your mental, emo-
tional, spiritual and physical energy levels. These energy fields are also
affected by this molecular cloud. By using scented oils, bath crystals, in-
cense and scented smoke to create whatever cloud of fragrance you de-
sire, you can create the type of energy and reaction you want to tune
your energies on all levels to a specific purpose.
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If you find a fragrance that y.:
put a few drops of it on a c:~
vour clothes or linens. !hi" ~
bed infused with a resttul 0~ ~
that will be gent1 Y re1 e aseu-1 -"-"
Sometimes wearing e;;.~
. t Put a drop or two or t,'1,
nlen. ,
ssential oils are the distilled powers of the plants' potency. bag to hang around your n~
Each plant has its own unique fragrance that is as distinct in body's energies will not b€ a"
its identity and energy pattern as the lattice of a crystal. with the skin, but the fragra."'1.:'
Through their life processes, plants take the energies from act as an enhancement ~c
and 1:~'t
moonlight and the earth they are rooted in and transform There are an almost 11118
them into their own life force. This vital essence is stored in their oil ' ti'ons to choose from, de~
blna " 11,.
glands. Just as no two species of animals are exactly alike, each plant is of them are listed m t~e tou':,.
unique in its identity and in the energy characteristics it creates in its of possibilities for then use. 1
essential oils. Each concentrated essence represents the soul of the plant, . and the elements that ::'I
slgn . '
the distillation of its very life essence, the carrier of its energy. The life of easily integrate them m yOU!
a plant is intimately connected with the cycles and seasons of the uni-
verse. Its life and death are determined by the cycles of the sun and
moon. It is integrated in its deepest fibre with the clockwork of the uni-
verse. When an oil is taken from the plant, this sensitivity is part of its
essence and is carried with the other energies in its makeup. So we say
that plants are ruled by certain stars and have the traits of one of the four
elements. They exhibit the characteristics embodied by those planets and
elements that rule them.
Essential oils can be used in a variety of ways to make this essential
energy available. You can release them in smoke by using incense. This
will fill an entire room with their fragrance. Continued use of incense in
an enclosed space will permeate the curtains and walls with their fra-
grance so that the room will smell pleasantly even if you do not have the
incense burning. Ifyou are sensitive to smoke or wish a lighter fragrance,
you may use an infuser in place of incense. This is a small pot usually
with a candle flame underneath it. Fill the pot with water and put a few
drops of the oil in it. As the candle flame warms the water, the oil's
fragrance is released.
You can wear them as perfume oils by putting small amounts of them
on the body's pulse points where the skin's warmth will activate their
scent and subtle energies. This effect can be increased by putting a few
drops in your bath water. While the fragrance fills the space and acts on
the subtle senses, the oil itself coats and penetrates the skin acting
throughout the body to carry the oil's benefit. Essential oils are extremely
concentrated; small amounts of them are very powerful. One drop from
the rim of a vial can go a long way and last for hours. It is possible that
some concentrated oils can irritate the skin. Before using them in large
quantities you should test them individually on the soft skin inside the
elbow. Just a touch will do to be sure that they will not irritate your skin.
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