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Mystic Spiral Podcast Episode 2: Candle Magick · Laura and Lauren Podcast

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  SPEAKER_02: Welcome to the Mystic Spiral,
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  SPEAKER_02: the podcast where earth-rooted magic,
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  SPEAKER_02: animal wisdom,
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  and ancient enchantment twist together like a serpent and a
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  snail in the moss.
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  Join us as we explore the unseen,
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  the intuitive,
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  and the beautifully strange.
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  SPEAKER_01: Each episode invites you deeper into the spiral,
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  SPEAKER_01: into the myth,
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  SPEAKER_01: and into the wild magic that lives within and around all of us.
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  SPEAKER_02: Hi,
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm Lauren,
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  SPEAKER_02: crystal healer,
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  SPEAKER_02: earth-rooted mystic,
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  SPEAKER_02: and friend of snails and mossy feyfolk magic.
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  And I'm Laura,
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  animal communicator,
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  serpent kinponowich,
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  and solitary social practitioner.
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  SPEAKER_02: Welcome back to the Mystic Spiral Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_02: Today we'll be lighting a tiny sun together.
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  SPEAKER_02: because we're talking about candle magic,
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  SPEAKER_02: the soft,
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  SPEAKER_02: steady,
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  ancient kind of magic that humans have been doing long before
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  we had words for it.
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  If you're listening at home and you want to light a candle with
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  us,
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  this is your moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: No pressure, just an invitation.
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  SPEAKER_02: As a friendly reminder,
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  SPEAKER_02: if any questions should arise during this episode,
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  you can send them to us at mysticspiralpodcast at gmail.com and
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  we will address
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  SPEAKER_02: them in the next Q&A episode.
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  SPEAKER_02: So let's start simple.
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  SPEAKER_02: Candle magic is one of the most accessible forms of magic.
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  SPEAKER_02: Its intention carried by flame.
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  SPEAKER_02: Its focus made visible.
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  SPEAKER_01: Fire is one of the oldest allies humans have.
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  SPEAKER_01: We've always gathered around it for warmth, for safety, for storytelling.
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  SPEAKER_01: So of course it became a magical tool.
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  SPEAKER_02: I always think of candle as a tiny universe.
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  SPEAKER_02: The wax is the body, the wick is the spine, and the flame is the spirit.
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  Yes and the flame is honest it shows you things it reacts it
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  teaches Do you
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  SPEAKER_01: remember the first time a candle felt magical to you?
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  Actually yes so it was probably I think okay it was definitely
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  Christmas Eve we
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  used to go to my great Aunt Millie's house when I was a child
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  like I'm talking like
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  SPEAKER_02: four years old five years old and um
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  she had one of those uh brass candle holders that like you put
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  multiple candles in
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  the bottom and then they kind of like windmill and spiral and
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  like it was so
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  intricate and it had all these little moving parts and um that
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  sounds amazing it
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  was amazing and she had like this whole tiny like uh holiday
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  village set up and
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  like this massive thing in the center where the candles lit up
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  and I just remember
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  SPEAKER_02: it um
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  like the room was dark but everything was lit up from this one
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  candle piece this
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  one magical candle piece yeah it was really cool that sounds
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  awesome so um yeah I
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  can like envision it it was a core memory it's a core memory
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  yeah that and parochie
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  you know just well anything in a doughy center filled
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  deliciousness and and that in
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  SPEAKER_02: those candles I guess
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  SPEAKER_01: What about you?
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  SPEAKER_02: Can you think of anything for a candle?
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  SPEAKER_01: I can't think of anything specific.
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  I am envisioning an early memory of just being entranced by a
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  dancing flame.
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  I guess I've always been called to fire and that kind of energy
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  and magic but I
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  SPEAKER_01: can't think of a specific memory.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's okay though.
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  SPEAKER_02: I mean fire and all the elements have their own specific types of magic.
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  Yeah,
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  for instance,
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  along with fire scrying,
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  I also like to do water scrying.
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  SPEAKER_02: I love scrying.
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  SPEAKER_02: Period.
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  SPEAKER_01: Mirrors, water, fire, whatever.
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  SPEAKER_02: It just works.
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  SPEAKER_02: But scrying is a topic for a different day.
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  SPEAKER_02: Let's talk about candle colors.
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  Because people get so stressed out about,
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  like,
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  I don't have a green candle.
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  SPEAKER_02: Can I still do abundance work?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you can.
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  SPEAKER_01: Color correspondences are helpful, but they're not rules.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're suggestions.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're like energetic flavors.
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  SPEAKER_02: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_02: Green is traditionally growth,
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  SPEAKER_02: money,
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  SPEAKER_02: healing,
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  SPEAKER_02: but if green isn't readily available,
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  SPEAKER_02: you could also sub for white.
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  SPEAKER_02: Also use your intuition.
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  SPEAKER_02: You might call to a different color usage.
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  So when I think of candle colors,
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  I think of temperature,
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  sensation,
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  instinct.
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  SPEAKER_01: Animals definitely respond differently.
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  SPEAKER_01: Snakes, for example, don't see the color the way that we do.
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  SPEAKER_01: Many of them see and feel heat signatures.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's really awesome.
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  SPEAKER_02: So they're using their intuition to kind of guide them through life.
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  SPEAKER_02: Just like if we wanted to
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  SPEAKER_02: change a different color candle.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're using our intuition to guide us.
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  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_01: If you were a candle color today, what would you be and why?
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  SPEAKER_02: Hmm.
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  Honestly,
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  I'm thinking I'd be pink because pink is all about harmony,
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  being in sync.
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  SPEAKER_02: And today I'm feeling pretty good.
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  SPEAKER_02: Like not quite balanced like a like my solar plexus chakra,
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  SPEAKER_02: but like more balanced in my like emotional chakra.
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  yeah pink's a great color for that yeah what color would you be
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  if you could choose
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  today hmm you know I don't feel drawn to any specific color at
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  the moment so I
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  guess that I would substitute with white excellent choice white
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  can always be
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  substituted for any color so any color it's perfect it's
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  perfect I will post a full
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  SPEAKER_02: list of candle magic colors and correspondences and
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  But if you're not following us,
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  please check us out at the Mystic Spiral Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're on Facebook, Instagram, and Substack.
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  SPEAKER_02: The most common colors, I would say, are white and black for candles.
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  SPEAKER_02: In candle magic, the white is higher self, purity, peace, truth.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's usually used for like cleansing and clearing.
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  SPEAKER_02: And then black is for protection, absorption of negative energy and
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  destruction of negative energy,
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  repelling,
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  cutting cords,
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  things of that nature.
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  SPEAKER_01: The other two common colors that I think about are red and pink.
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  SPEAKER_01: Red is passion and lust and career goals and courage.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's a very strong and bold color.
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  SPEAKER_01: And pink is more kind of self-love and harmony,
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  SPEAKER_01: like you mentioned,
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  SPEAKER_01: nurturing,
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  SPEAKER_01: friendship,
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  SPEAKER_01: that kind of stuff.
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  SPEAKER_02: Again, you can't go wrong choosing your colors.
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  SPEAKER_02: Always use your intuition to guide you.
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  SPEAKER_02: Let's get into the sensory part.
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  SPEAKER_02: Dressing and charging candles.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is where the magic becomes tactile.
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  SPEAKER_01: Loils are like whispers.
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  SPEAKER_01: Herbs are like tiny allies.
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  SPEAKER_01: Carving symbols is like etching attention into the spine of the flame.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're going to talk about sigils in a later episode,
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  SPEAKER_01: but this is also a place where you can carve your sigils into the candle.
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  SPEAKER_02: I love that.
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  SPEAKER_02: And you don't need a fancy tool or anything like that.
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  SPEAKER_02: You can just use a toothpick or a pin to carve.
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  SPEAKER_02: You can use olive oil from your kitchen.
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  SPEAKER_02: And you can use herbs that you already have.
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  And you can go full witchcraft goblin and make it elaborate if
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  that's your joy.
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  SPEAKER_02: That is my joy.
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  SPEAKER_02: I love being witchcraft goblin.
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  SPEAKER_02: Me too.
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  SPEAKER_02: What is your favorite herb to dress your candle with?
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  SPEAKER_01: The first thing I think of is rosemary.
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  It's a very protective herb and it also offers a lot of clarity
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  for intentions.
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  SPEAKER_02: Rosemary is always a solid choice.
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  SPEAKER_01: What about you?
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  SPEAKER_02: I get a wee bit bougie with mine.
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  I usually use frankincense oil that has been charged with clear
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  quartz or black
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  SPEAKER_02: spot quartz,
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  SPEAKER_02: which black spot quartz carries the ohm vibration.
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  SPEAKER_02: This helps amplify the intention.
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  SPEAKER_02: And as for herbs, it really depends on the intention or ritual.
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  SPEAKER_02: I tend to lean towards palisanto, rose petals,
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  Bay leaves I use bay leaves a lot too Yeah and I like to use
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  bay leaves also like
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  if you're doing candle magic and you want to set extra
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  intentions you can write on
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  the bay leaf and then set that aflame which is nice Yeah that's
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  what I use it for
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  too So always a go-to Here's a random thought tangent What
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  about scent memories?
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  SPEAKER_02: Is there any herbs that feel like home?
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  SPEAKER_01: The first scent memory I remember having was a really strong coconut
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  but the herbs that really feel like home for me are again
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  rosemary but also
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  cinnamon that really like earthy kind of warm feeling you know
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  it's so funny
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  because like when I think back to childhood I always think of
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  that it was like a
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  bath and body work smell it was like that um it was like a
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  specific raspberry smell
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  SPEAKER_02: that was the coconut for me that's where that memory came from yes
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  and I can't you know every time I smell that specific raspberry
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  oh it was sun
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  SPEAKER_02: ripened raspberry that's what it was oh yes I remember that one and they
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  discontinued it for the longest time and like years later they
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  brought it back but
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  like for whatever reason that scent like always makes me feel
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  protected and safe
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  whenever I smell that specific type of coconut it always brings
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  me right back to a
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  SPEAKER_01: memory that I had when I was a child mm-hmm
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  Memories Anywho,
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  let's talk about fire as a teacher,
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  because flame readings is a whole thing.
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  Yeah,
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  the way the flame moves can reflect your emotional state,
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  your clarity,
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  your resistance.
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  SPEAKER_02: A steady flame often means alignment.
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  SPEAKER_02: A dancing flame can mean energy is moving.
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  SPEAKER_02: A struggling flame can mean something needs attention.
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  SPEAKER_01: Snakes and fire have a lot in common.
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  SPEAKER_01: Shedding, transforming, illuminating.
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  SPEAKER_01: Fire is a mirror.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah it is.
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  SPEAKER_02: What has fire taught you about yourself?
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  Fire makes me think of resilience and the saying light a fire
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  under you to get some
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  SPEAKER_01: energy going and motivation.
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  SPEAKER_01: What about you?
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  Well I feel like I'm a lot of water in my chart but I also have
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  a lot of fire in my
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  SPEAKER_02: chart and I feel like the fire kind of propels me forward.
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  like it keeps me out of that kind of dreamy state and more in
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  this like kind of
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  like resilience strong kind of forward motion of a state
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  instead of just kind of
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  like dreaming about yeah that water sign stuff can take you
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  away down the stream it
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  can take you way down the stream so I'm thankful for my fire
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  okay quick grounding
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  SPEAKER_01: moment candle magic is beautiful but fire is fire
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  SPEAKER_01: Never leave a candle unattended.
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  SPEAKER_01: Keep it away from pets, curtains, and your witchy piles of dried herbs.
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  SPEAKER_02: Oh yeah, don't get those herbs on fire.
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  SPEAKER_02: And ethically,
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  SPEAKER_02: candle magic is best used for clarity,
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  SPEAKER_02: healing,
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  SPEAKER_02: empowerment,
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  SPEAKER_02: protection,
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  SPEAKER_02: not for manipulating others and other people's choices.
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  SPEAKER_01: Consent matters and energy work just as much as in physical life.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yes, it does.
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  SPEAKER_02: Period.
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  If you feel called to do so,
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  I invite you now to join us in a candle ritual.
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  SPEAKER_02: If you have a candle nearby, if not, just imagine the flame.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's begin by taking one deep breath in to your body.
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  SPEAKER_00: One breath in for your heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: And one breath in for the path ahead.
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  SPEAKER_01: Let your intention rise gently like smoke.
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  SPEAKER_01: No forcing, just offering.
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  Whisper your intention into the flame,
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  like you're telling a secret to an old friend.
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  SPEAKER_00: Allow your candle to completely burn down,
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  allowing all of the intentions to go into the universe to
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  manifest for your highest
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  SPEAKER_00: good.
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  SPEAKER_01: Before we leave today, we're going to pull a card.
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  SPEAKER_01: Today we were called to use the Sacred Rebels Oracle by Alana Fairchild.
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  As a friendly reminder,
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  please take what resonates with you and leave the rest.
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  SPEAKER_02: Alright, let's shuffle this baby up and see who we got.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be the hunter, not the hunted.
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  SPEAKER_02: Stay focused on what is important to you.
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  SPEAKER_02: Don't allow distraction, doubt, or fear make you waver from your course.
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  SPEAKER_02: Your passion for your purpose can cut through manipulative and sabotaging
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  SPEAKER_02: tendencies in yourself or others.
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  SPEAKER_02: Revealing truth and liberating you
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  into even greater accomplishment Owl hears what is not spoken
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  and sees in the
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  darkness when it is of benefit for you to unravel a mystery or
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  unveil a hidden
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  truth you will do so instinctively you are empowered and
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  protected trust your
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  SPEAKER_02: vision bide your time and keep going that's a gorgeous card
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, this card is amazing.
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  SPEAKER_02: There's like a beautiful white snowy owl.
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  SPEAKER_02: Or is it a barn owl actually?
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  SPEAKER_01: It's a white, I would say it's probably a barn owl.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: But it's got a really pretty pattern over it.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, there's like a flower of life pattern over it.
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  SPEAKER_02: A golden flower of life pattern.
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  SPEAKER_02: And like the eyes on the owl are just so bright and beautiful.
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  SPEAKER_02: We will definitely be posting this on our Mystic Spiral podcast socials,
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  SPEAKER_02: Facebook,
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  SPEAKER_02: Instagram,
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  SPEAKER_02: and Substack.
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  SPEAKER_02: Thank you for tending this little flame with us today.
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  SPEAKER_01: If you try a candle ritual this week, tell us about it.
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  SPEAKER_01: We love hearing your stories.
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  SPEAKER_01: And next time on the Mystic Spiral, we'll be exploring sigils.
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  Until then,
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  mythlings,
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  keep listening and keep your magic soft and steady.
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  SPEAKER_02: Bye!