White Candle

Published: April 9, 2024 at 8:06:48 AM

White symbolizes spirituality, divine power, purification, health, honesty, peace, and tranquility. It always represents enlightenment, sincere actions, and wise decisions.

What makes white interesting is that it simultaneously represents two opposing things:

On one hand, it symbolizes the sky — support for people of various professions, especially teachers, and help in achieving one's goals.
On the other hand, it symbolizes the lake — the joy of others. For example, if a childless woman lights a white candle, its flame may bring her the joy of motherhood.

White wax candles are universal in spiritual and magical practices.

White represents the sum of all colors in the spectrum. In magic, this implies a balanced presence of all influences and harmony manifested in matter.

White candles carry a very strong and positive vibration. They can easily substitute candles of any other color.

When to Use White Candles

White candles are ideal for cleansing the home of negative energy.

They are also helpful in healing, clairvoyance, and seeking truth.

A white candle is often used as an additional candle in ritual magic when invoking light forces.

It enhances prayers and mantras, helps establish contact with angels, spirit guides, and the Higher Self.

Which Chakra It Supports

The white candle is used to work with the 7th chakra, the Crown Chakra (Sahasrara).

How to Work with a White Candle

№1. For Meditation and Spiritual Guidance

White is connected with the Crown Chakra, which links the energetic body to the divine, the concept of the Higher Self, and other spiritual energies.

A white candle can be a valuable tool for activating this energy center and establishing a connection with divine entities.

For greater effect, you can anoint the candle with essential oils associated with the crown chakra — such as lavender or frankincense.

Steps:

Place the candle in a safe spot where you can sit comfortably in front of it.
Light the wick and focus on the flame.
Inhale the aroma and try to relax your body.
Close your eyes.

Now, visualize the candle's energy — a white halo around the flame. Let this energy enter you through the crown of your head, opening and purifying this chakra. Focus on the sensations at the top of your head.

You may now ask questions to your angels, Higher Self, or Divine Consciousness. Allow yourself time to receive signs or images. Once you feel ready to finish, extinguish the candle. Any remaining wax, wick, or symbols can be interpreted as messages for you.

№2. For Energy Cleansing

If you are cleansing your home of negative energy:

First, walk through all rooms counterclockwise with a black candle, holding it in each corner with the intention: “Let the fire burn all negativity and drive out all evil entities.”
Then light a white candle and walk through the house clockwise, asking your ancestors, angels, and spiritual guides to protect you and your family, to fill the space with light energy, harmony, and abundance.

To enhance the ritual, anoint the white candle with a drop of frankincense, rosemary, or sage oil.

What to do with the candles afterward:

After banishing negativity, extinguish the black candle (do not touch it with your hands!) and either wrap the remains in foil and throw it away, or flush them down the toilet.
Allow the white candle to burn completely.

№3. To Bless the Home

After cleansing your space, it is important to perform a blessing ritual. This allows positive energy to take the place of the negative that was just removed.

What you need:

Take an unlit white candle and hold it with both hands.
Imagine yourself drawing pure golden light up from the earth and down from the sky, channeling it through your hands into the candle.
Feel in your heart that this energy is good and capable of attracting miracles.
When you sense the candle is filled with the right energy, place it down and shake your hands.

5. Now anoint the top of the candle with "House Blessing" oil and place it in the center of your home. (Note: the center doesn’t always mean the physical center — it may be the spot where your family most often gathers.)

Place the candle there and say the following words:

With fire and light, with wick and wax,
May only good things come to pass.
With this white and warming flame,
Bless and protect this home from harm.

6. Light the candle and let it burn completely.

Note:

There is no such thing as truly white beeswax. A wax candle may have a slight bluish, grayish, or other tint — and that’s perfectly normal! If you see a perfectly white candle, it’s likely paraffin, which is not natural. Paraffin candles are useless in spiritual work because they cannot serve as energy conductors.

Author: Kuli Hanna