Candle Colour - Brown

Planet: Moon (tan browns), Venus (all), Saturn (dark browns)Day: Monday/ Friday/ Saturday Colors: Browns, earth tones Used For: Spells to locate lost objects and improve powers of concentration and telepathy, protection of the familiars and household pets, ground and center your conciseness with the earth, to attune with trees and communicate with their intelligence, (to influence) friendships, (special) favours. The home (ex peace in the home), to attract the power of the cosmic influences, balanced colour, herb magic, neutrality.

For rituals of material increase; eliminates indecisiveness; study; increases financial success; stability, fertility, thrift, work, control, conquering, success in business, grounding, long term achievements, growth, determination, planting, spells that involve animals, friendship, hesitation, uncertainty.

To help bones, teeth, recuperation from chronic illness.

North direction. Earth energy, like black it represents Earth, also soil, trees bark and herbs, feminine in nature. Brown is one of the more complex colors, with varied associations.

It can be associated with Saturn for long term gains and family heritage.

Dark Brown - Invoking Earth for benefits
Pale Brown - Material benefits in the home

candle colour - blues

Planet: Moon, Venus, Saturn, JupiterDay: Monday, Friday, Saturday, Thursday Energy: Female (sometimes male when used with Jupiter/Thursday) Colors: Blue Whites/ Moon, Blues/ Venus, Dark Blues/ Saturn, Royal Blue/JupiterUsed for: Magick that involves honour, loyalty, peace, tranquility, healing, peace, truth, patience, happiness, wisdom, protection during sleep, general protection, astral projection and spells to induce prophetic dreams, psychism, harmony, inner light, confers guidance, justice, meditation, kindness, depresses excess energy, fidelity, relieves worry and stress, helps insomnia, high blood pressure, and minor wounds.

Creativity, communication, calm, good fortune, spiritual inspiration.

West Cardinal Point, water or air, Goddess energy

Blue transforms violence, anger, and hate, while it soothes and cools, to give one peace, calm, harmony, satisfaction, bliss, oneness, and understanding of the spiritual realms.

It is predominately feminine in energy, and is ruled, depending on the hue, by either the Moon, Venus, or Saturn. Many consider the royal blues belonging to the male energies of Jupiter. Use it to promote Jupiter energy and whenever an influence needs to be increased.

Royal Blue - Promotes laughter, power, joviality, loyalty, protection; use to attract Jupiter energy, or whenever an influence needs to be increased.

Dark Blue – Change, Flexibility, Healing, Psychism, The subconscious mind

Is the color of Loyalty and is used to promote Laughter and Joviality. Use it to promote Sagittarius energy. Adding control and structure

Pale/Light Blue - Spiritual color; helpful in devotional or inspirational meditations; brings peace, protection and tranquillity to the home; radiates Aquarius energy; employ where a situation must be synthesized. Happiness, healing, patience, clearing of the mind, invoking calmness, sending good dreams, tranquility, understanding, health

Indigo Blue - To reveal deep secrets; protection on the astral levels; defenses

Candle Colour - Black

Planet: Saturn and plutoDay: SaturdayEnergy: FemaleUsed For: Meditation rituals, uncrossing rituals and spells to banish evil and negativity, to break up a blocked or stagnant situation, transformation.

The Crone, the unconscious, binding, protection – most proctrective of the colours, banishing/repels negativity, shapeshifting, healing severe diseases, absorbing and destroying negativity, hexwork.

Mourning a loss; aids in the loss, feminine divinity, and Samhain

An intense concentration of all colors, it absorbs light and reflects very little, if any, light back to the viewer. So it can give the false impression that there is no colour, but it is the absence of color reflection. When properly used, black can be one of the most useful and powerful colors. However, when or if misused, it can cause disaster.

Black opens up the deeper levels of the unconscious. Use in rituals to induce a deep meditational state, or to banish evil or negativity as in uncrossing rituals

It can create a void and vacuum that you can fill with another wanted energy. Black represents fertile, rich black soil for which new life/things can be created. It represents mystery and secrets, the direction is North. You can use it to clear away blocks, break unwanted patterns, understand karma, for releasing energy or exorcisms. In healings, it can be used to cleanse a condition.

For positive purposes when burned, this colour opens up the deeper levels of the unconscious. It connects to self control, quiet power, and resilience, as it absorbs negativity and destroys it; offers strength and support in spells.

The black candle is very powerful. It can be used to bring a person back down to earth. It stabilizes and awakens greater responsibility. When burnt with a white candle it is most effective.

Blue-Black - For wounded pride; broken bones; angelic protection

“The Castles of King Ludwig II,” Ernest Wrba & Michael Kühler

“The Castles of King Ludwig II,” Ernest Wrba & Michael Kühler, Stürtz, 2008, Verlagshaus Würzburg GmbH & Co, Leipzig, Germany

This is a hardcover book about his castles, under a series “Castles & Palaces.” As per title, this book focuses on his castles and has many photographs in the book, from small images to full two page spreads. The photographs and images are beautiful of himself and his castles. There is background/ history of the castles and the relation to Ludwig and even Richard Wagner – more between him and Ludwig. At the back there is a map showing where the castles and other locations are situated. The photos tell of their history, what they mean, and/or what they are made of. Instead of a textbook telling you what they look like and you having to image it from the text, this book gives you a blast of images to look at when going from Neuschwanstein to Linderhof to Herrenchiemsee. You see the detail he wanted in his castles and what was put in, how they fit into the landscape – more Neuschwanstein then the others. This book is not only for those who love Ludwig but have an interest or love for castles and how these castles are put together and loved and awed by many.

“The Swan King Ludwig II of Bavaria,” Christopher McIntosh

I find great interest with King Ludwig. This is a book I have found years ago for a school project. This edition I got awhile back so I could have a copy of my own. Here is a review of the book - I also did a video on my YouTube channel.

 

“The Swan King Ludwig II of Bavaria,” Christopher McIntosh, new revised edition 2012, I. B. Tauris

It was first published in 1982, and had a few published editions since. A few images place in the middle of the book. He has a preface to the 2012 edition and of what has happened since his first edition of the book in 1982. With the limited English books of biographies that I found available to me, I feel that McIntosh does a very good job st describing his life from birth, to his relationship with Richard Wagner, Sophie to the wars he had to deal with to his castle and death, as well as after his death. If looking for direct quotes it is not the book; there is a merge of quotes and retelling to a way telling it almost as a story with no dialogue. But it is a good thing that he has done this because the reader gets the information straight up and no interruptions of the quotes, whether it is just a line or letter, even an image. Any book related to Ludwig is good, and any book about him is great.

Tarot School Newsletter

For those interested in tarot, I would suggest something that I have been doing for a few years now, as of writing, is being subscribed to the Tarot School's newsletter. It's free, just enter in your email and your subscribed.

Each month you will get a newsletter, except for May when they are getting ready for the Reader's Studio. In each you will find information on one card, a link to a blog to look at, and a few other interesting things to read.

 

All of the newsletters they have done since 2009 is on the Tarot School's website. So you can do what I did and have a look at each since they started. It is a good start and free source for those interested in tarot without paying online or in person for. Of course like any other business they include information and links about upcoming classes and events.

http://www.tarotschool.com/Newsletter.html

Mini tarot decks

Mini tarot decks can be very useful in ones practice. Whether you are just a tarot reader or use it in some sort of ritual mini decks can, I believe, just as much impact as regular sized decks. Though the images are sized down it can still be a good deck and be good to do a reading. But if you have the mini deck in a regular size you know what the image is.

Mini decks are easier to carry in ones purse, briefcase, or anything you carry that a regular one will not fit or you do not want in. You can put a card in your wallet, if you do daily draws and want to carry it with you throughout the day. Also, if you are not ready to have other people know you read tarot a mini deck could fit almost anywhere. The size of these decks may be helpful to some because it may be easier to shuffle, but when you are reading for someone they may expect you to read with a regular sized deck – tell them adhead of time when using a small one. Again, the smaller decks are just as great as the regular sized deck.

You can find these decks in different place like a bookstore or online.

a small list of site to get a start looking at.
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/small-size-decks.shtml
https://www.usgamesinc.com/Miniature-Rider-Waite-Tarot/
http://www.paganpresence.com/Mini-Tarot-Decks-001.html#.V0cL9uQUXIU
http://www.llewellyn.com
http://www.loscarabeo.com