Note: this is a different edition
Practical Color Magick
Raymond Buckland
Introduction
Color is used in every part of our lives
Red, green, and blue-violet are the 3 most basic light colors
Chromology = the study of color
Chromopathy = the use of color for therapy
Color in Meditation
Mediation is used for growth and advancement
It’s listening to your inner self or higher consciousness
Using meditation and Yoga, we send healing to vital centers or chakras
Perineum = red
Suprarenal = orange
Lyden = yellow
Thymus = green
Thyroid = blue
Pineal - indigo
Pituitary = violet
Meditate at the same time every day
Sit or lay with your spine straight
Tip your head in each direction and breathe deeply 3 times
Rotate your head clockwise and then counterclockwise 3 times
Relax and imagine your body encased in white light
Let it slowly turn red and into a cone, pointed at your perineum
Let yourself absorb the light as it turns back to white
Repeat this process for all 7 chakras
Color in Psychic Development
Take 7 colored pieces of the same size, shape, and material
Go through the breathing exercise outlined earlier
Close your eyes and mix up the pieces
Keeping your eyes closed, pick one up and try to sense the color
Warm vs cool, pleasant vs unpleasant, etc.
Open your eyes and take note of the actual color
Keep a chart (Color, Sense, and Sensations) of the actual color, what you sensed, and what you felt
Colors do have traditional meanings
Red (strength, health, vigor, sexual love, danger, charity)
Orange (encouragement, adaptability, stimulation, attraction, plenty, kindness)
Yellow (persuasion, charm, confidence, jealousy, joy, comfort)
Green (finance, fertility, luck, energy, charity, growth)
Blue (tranquility, understanding, patience, health, truth, devotion, sincerity)
Indigo (changeability, impulsiveness, depression, ambition, dignity)
Violet (tension, power, sadness, piety, sentimentality)
Take 7 different color pieces and put them each in an envelope
Put an envelope under your pillow and just before going to sleep (hypnogenic) try to sense the color
Write it down quickly
In the morning, try to sense the color as you wake up (hypnopompic) and write it down along with any feelings or sensations
Then look at the actual color
Repeat for 21 nights
Pull all the eights, nines, and tens from a deck of playing cards
Place them face down and try to sense which is red and which is black
Work left to right, do it at least 10 times, and keep track of results
Color in Divination
Is it accurate?
Does it work for you?
Book: "A Pocket Guide to the Supernatural" by Raymond Buckland
Have a specific divination area
Use different color lights to see what color you work best with
It should make you feel calm
For crystal ball gazing
- Have an object, person, or feeling in mind
- Think of a question and pinpoint it down to a specific feeling or emotion
- Connect that with a color
- Try to project that color onto the crystal ball
Colors of the alphabet
- Red; A, J, S
- Orange; B, K, T
- Yellow; C, L, U
- Green; D, M, V
- Blue; E, N, W
- Indigo; F, O, X
- Violet; G, P, Y
- Rose; H, Q, Z
- Gold; I, R
Color in Magick(i)
Make something happen that you want to happen
Health, wealth, power, protection
Incense is useful - sets the mood
Known to carry prayers to the gods
Make colored “Plackets” or pockets to insert photos or other items that represent someone
To Bring Health to Someone Sick
2 red ritual candles
2 white altar candles
Red and green placket
Light the altar candles and incense
Spend a few minutes in quiet meditation
May recite the Lord’s Prayer or other relevant text
Say, “I am here to bring renowned health to (Name). Through the Powers that be, working their will through me, I would bring about a body and mind fit and well; healed of all infirmities and happy and joyous in life and love.”
Light ritual candles
Take a photo of the person and hold it in the incense smoke
Say, “Here is (Name). This is them.”
Place the photo in the Placket
Hold the placket in your hands and picture the person happy and well (already better, not getting better)
See the power of Red light (health and strength) and Green light (energy, growth, healing) flowing into the recipient
Do this as long as possible, and then place the Placket down on the altar
Clear your mind and see a ball of white cleansing everything
Extinguish the ritual candles, then the altar candles
Leave the altar as is until the same time the next day
Repeat the ritual another day (3 days total)
Leave the photo in the Placket until the person is better
To Bring Good Fortune
2 green ritual candles
2 white altar candles
Blue and green Placket
Light altar candles and incense
Spend a few moments in quiet meditation, reciting the Lord’s Prayer or other relevant text
Say “(Name) has been a stranger to good fortune. Whatever the reason may it now be that the forces may change. Let all that is good be their lot from henceforth. Let new life flow that they may partake of the joys and rewards of this life, from this day forth.”
Light ritual candles
Hold the photo of the person in the smoke
“Here is (Name). This is them.”
Place the photo in the Placket and hold the Placket in your hands
See them happy and content. See the power of green light (luck and good fortune) and blue light (patience and truth) flow into them
Do this as long as you can, then lay the Placket on the altar
See a ball of white light cleansing the room
Extinguish the candles and leave the altar as is until the same time the next day
Repeat the ritual 3 times
Leave the photo in the Placket for 7 more days
To Bring Needed Wealth
2 white altar candles
2 orange ritual candles
Green Placket
Light altar candles and incense
Say, “Great is the need of (Name). They have striven and labored long and hard in search of that which is needed so desperately. The need is great; the desire is here. Grant that those forces which must come into play will do so, to bring about just ends for (Name).”
Light ritual candles
Take the photo and hold it in the incense smoke
Say “Here do I present (Name)”
Place the photo in the Placket and hold it between your hands. Picture the person with the needed wealth. Picture the green light of finance flowing into them. Do this as long as you can, then lay the Placket on the altar.
See a white light cleansing everything
Blow out the candles
Repeat ritual 3 days
Leave the photo in the Placket for 7 more days
To Bring Happiness
2 white altar candles
2 orange ritual candles
Yellow Placket
Light altar candles and incense
Say, “I am here to channel happiness to (Name), one who is presently without that vivid spark of life. I would bring a smile to their face and laughter to their heart, in all that they might do.”
Light ritual candles
Take a photo and hold it in the incense smoke
Say, “Here is (Name), the one for whom I speak.”
Place the photo in the Placket and hold it between your hands. See the power of the yellow light of joy, happiness, and comfort flow into them. Do this as long as you can, then lay the Placket on the altar.
See a white light cleansing everything
Blow out the candles
Repeat the ritual 3 days
Leave the photo in the Placket for 9 more days
To Cause Love Between 2 People
**start on a Friday**
2 white altar candles
2 red ritual candles
Red and orange plackets
Light altar candles and incense
Meditate on the goal
Say, “Let the light of love pour through equally between (name) and another. I am here to direct that light, in purity and truth, that it might attract and seal them together in perfect harmony of life and love, heart and heart, mind and mind.
Light ritual candles
Take a photograph of the one seeking love and hold it in the incense smoke
Say, “Here I do present (name) who would be as one with another.”
Place the photo in a placket, hold it, and meditate on it
Think about the power of light - red for love and strength, and orange for attraction, stimulation, adaptability, and kindness
Put the placket on the altar and envision a white light cleansing everything
Extinguish ritual candles, then altar candles
Leave the photo in the placket until the same time, the next day
Repeat the ritual 2 more days
Leave the photo in the placket for another 21 days
To Bring Love to Fulfillment (Sex)
**start on a Friday**
2 white altar candles
2 red ritual candles
Red placket
Light altar candles and incense
Meditate on the goal
Say “that the love that exists by (name) should be brought to fruition is the desire of this practitioner. I would bring about the physical union of these 2 people, in joy and love; in trust and devotion.”
Light ritual candles
Take photos of both recipients (or just the other person if the practitioner is a recipient) and hold them in the incense smoke
Say, “Here are (name) and (name) to be brought together in the joys of love
Place the photos in a placket, hold them, and meditate on them
Think about the power of light, red being sexual love
Put the placket on the altar and envision a white light cleansing everything
Extinguish ritual candles, then altar candles
Leave the photo in the placket until the same time, the next day
Repeat the ritual 2 more days
Leave the photo in the placket for another 21 days
To Consecrate a Talisman
**Start on the day and use colors that correspond with the purpose**
Light altar candles and incense
Meditate on goal
Say, “I am here to consecrate this talisman. Let it be imbued with all the power that I would have it possess. Let that power forever be with its bearer, focusing through this object to enhance and magnify their natural elements, wherein they may use it.”
Light ritual candles
Hold the talisman in the smoke
Say, “By the smoke of this incense do I cleanse this Talisman of all impurities, preparing it for the reception of its own awesome power.”
Place the Talisman in a placket, hold it, and meditate on it
Think about the power of light - whatever color is appropriate
Put the placket on the altar and envision a white light cleansing everything
Extinguish ritual candles, then altar candles
Leave the photo in the placket until the same time, the next day
Repeat the ritual 2 more days
Leave the photo in the placket for another 21 days
To Protect Against Evil
**Start on a Saturday**
2 white altar candles
2 white ritual candles
Blue and violet placket
Light altar candles and incense
Meditate on goal
Say “Evil shall not touch upon (Name) for they shall be protected by the all-encompassing power of light. Let that light so shine that naught that is evil may enter the sphere of their being, but be rejected and sent into the everlasting darkness.”
Light ritual candles
Take a photo of the recipient and hold it in the incense smoke
Say, “Here I do present (name) in purity.”
Place the photos in a placket, hold them, and meditate on them
Think about the power of light, blue being patience, truth, and devotion, and violet being power and piety
Leave the photo in the placket until the same time, the next day
Repeat the ritual 2 more days
Leave the photo in the placket for another 7 days
To Drive Out Evil Influences (Exorcise)
**Start on a Saturday**
2 white altar candles
2 violet ritual candles
White placket
Light altar candles and incense
Meditate on goal
Say “I seek to cleanse and purify (name) of aught that is Evil abiding within or about them. Let only good enter in and let purity abound. Drive out and exorcise these forces, which are not 1 with the Light, that the Gods may hold true dominion over all.”
Light ritual candles
Take a photo of the recipient and hold it in the incense smoke
Say, “Here is (name), I seek to purify.”
Place the photo in a placket, hold it, and meditate on it
Think about the power of light - white being purity, goodness, and truth
Put the placket on the altar and envision a white light cleansing everything
Extinguish ritual candles, then altar candles
Leave the photo in the placket until the same time, the next day
Repeat the ritual 2 more days
Leave the photo in the placket for another 21 days
Basics
- Statement of purpose
- Cleansing and naming with incense
- Consecration of power through light
Color in Magick(ii)
Magick is making something happen that you want to happen
By building power and releasing it
“The Cone of Power”
Color Cone
Meditation - Meditate on what you want to achieve
Concentration
Visualization - Visualize the circle/cone filled with white light
Gradually change into a pale blue for tranquility, sincerity, and understanding
Gradually darken the blue to indigo, and then to violet for power
Finally, change to the color most suitable for your workings
Color Carrier Beam
When it’s time to release, release in a beam and send it to a target
Candle Magick
Poppet Magick
- Represents a specific person
- Cut out the basic shape of a person
- Concentrate on picturing the person while you cut
Fill the poppet with the appropriate filling - Decorate the poppet as the person
- Name
- Astrological signs
- Bday
- Hair
- Write in a magickal alphabet
Set up the altar as mentioned in the previous chapter, except switch Placket with the poppet
Say: “Here is (name). This is them in every way. All that I do to this Poppet I do to them.”
Hold the poppet in the smoke and see the person it represents
Proceed to continue to follow what was done for the Placket with the Poppet
Astrological sign colors
Aries - Red
Taurus - Yellow
Gemini - Violet
Cancer - Green
Leo - Orange
Virgo - Violet
Libra - Yellow
Scorpio - Red
Sagittarius - Purple
Capricorn - Blue
Aquarius - Indigo
Pisces - Indigo
Talismans
- Man-made objects given magickal powers
Averting evil or bringing luck
Most powerful when made by the person who needs it
Charged by inscription and consecration
Follow the correspondences to make talismans
Inscribe something personal
Personalize with name and DoB; can also include astrological signs
On the reverse side, put symbols associated with what you’re looking for
Consecrate the talisman during the waxing phase of the moon
Wash in salt water and hold it in incense smoke
Use color on the cord or with paint
Days and Planets and Metals and Colors
Sunday - Sun - Gold - Yellow
Monday - Moon - Silver - White
Tuesday - Mars - Iron - Red
Wednesday - Mercury - Mercury - Purple
Thursday - Jupiter - Tin - Blue
Friday - Venus - Copper - Green
Saturday - Saturn - Lead - Indigo (or black)
Magick Squares
Rules to Follow
- Symbols should all be the same size
- Should not touch the lines
- Should not let your shadow cover the square while working on it (face the sun)
- Symbols should be written in sequence
- Concentrate on the purpose of the talisman as you construct it (the end product)
- Be confident in your success
Pages 70-71
Chromotherapy - Color in Healing(i)
Color Projection
- Project light through filters or gels
- Project the colored light onto the body to absorb
- Artificial light will work as well as sunlight
- Window or projector
Properties of Colors
Red - sensory stimulant; liver energizer; irritant; vesicant (blisters); pustulant; rubefacient; caustic; hemoglobin builder
Orange - respiratory stimulant; parathyroid depressant; thyroid energizer; antispasmodic; galactagogue; antirachitic; emetic; carminative; stomachic; aromatic; lung builder
Yellow - motor stimulant; alimentary tract energizer; lymphatic activator; splenic depressant; digestant; cathartic; cholagogue; antielmintic; nerve builder
Lemon - cerebral stimulant; thymus activator; antacid; chronic alternative; antiscorbutic; laxative; expectorant; bone builder
Green - pituitary stimulant; disinfectant; purificatory; antiseptic; germicide; bactericide; detergent; muscle and tissue builder
Turquoise - cerebral depressant; acute alternative; acid; tonic; skin builder
Blue - antipruritic; diaphoretic; febrifuge; counter-irritant; anodyne; demulcent; vitality builder
Indigo - parathyroid stimulant; thyroid depressant; respiratory depressant; astringent; sedative; pain reliever; hemostatic; inspissate; phagocyte builder
Violet - splenic stimulant; cardiac depressant; lymphatic depressant; motor depressant; leucocyte builder
Purple - venous stimulant; renal depressant; antimalarial; vasodilator; anaphrodisiac; narcotic; hypnotic; antipyretic; analgesic
Magenta - suprarenal stimulant; cardiac energzer; diuretic; emotional equilibrium; auric builder
Scarlet - arterial stimulant; renal energizer; genital excitant; aphrodisiac; emmenagogue; vasoconstrictor; ecbolic
Length of Treatment
At least 30 minutes a day
Days to Treat
Humans have biorhythms
Diet
Red: beetroot, red cabbage, radishes, red currants, red plums
Orange: carrots, pumpkins, rutabagas, oranges, apricots, tangerines, peaches
Yellow: Corn, parsnips, yams, sweet potatoes, honeydew, pineapples, bananas, lemons, grapefruit
Green: Green veggies and fruits that are not too acidic or basic
Blue: blueberries, damsons, blue plums, bilberries
Indigo: alternate between blue and purple
Purple: purple broccoli, beet tops, grapes, blackberries
Color Breathing
- Important to visualize the air being colored
- Breathing exercise as previously described, but picture the air being each color and see it swirling around the chakra area
- Picture the colored ball of light surrounding you and direct it to the problem area
- Hold your breath as long as you can while visualizing the end product
Auric Healing
We are composed of 7 elements: solid, liquid, gas, etheric (outside of body), astral (several inches beyond etheric), mental, and spiritual
Not everyone can see the etheric/astral bodies
Nervous system - violet/lavender for soothing, green for invigorating, yellow/orange for inspiring
Blood and Organs - dark blue for soothing, green for invigorating, red for stimulating
Fever, high blood pressure, hysteria - blue
Chill, lack of warmth - red
Chromotherapy - Color in Healing(ii)
Hydro chromotherapy
Fill a colored glass bottle with water and hold it in your hands to charge it
Should sit in a window for at least 1-3 hours to absorb the light
Graphochromopathy
Project color onto a person via a photo
Gem Therapy
Agate - vision and hardening gums
Amber - throat problems, asthma, catarrh, and aiding the kidneys and liver
Amethyst - sobering, expelling poison, and toning the body
Beryl - liver
Bloodstone - hemorrhages
Carnelian - blood purifier
Chrystolyte (peridot) - prevents fevers and nightmares
Coral - red and white prevent bleeding; avert “evil eye”; good for health; good for scars and ulcers
Crystal - purity; spiritual protector
Diamond - good for cough and mucus problems
Emerald - anecdote for poisons; good for eyes
Garnet - good for the heart; general stimulant
Jade - soothing; good for eye, kidney, and urinary problems; strengthens muscles
Lapis Lingus (azurite) - meditating; bringing out psychic abilities
Lapis Lingurius (malachite) - protection from “evil eye”; good for rheumatism and cholera
Moonstone - affections of watery nature
Opal - good for children and mental illness
Pearl - a cure for irritability; soothing qualities
Ruby - good for chills and lack of body warmth, poor circulation, constipation, ulcers, and boils
Sardonyx - good for hemorrhages, used for emotional states
Topaz - soothing/calming, helps insomnia, prevents nightmares
Turquoise - general healing, lowering fevers, calming nerves
Days of the Week and Gems
Sunday - gold/yellow gems
Monday - pearls and white stones
Tuesday - rubies and red stones
Wednesday - turquoise, sapphire, and blue stones
Thursday - amethyst and purple stones
Friday - emerald and green stones
Saturday - diamond and black stones
Zodiacs and Gems
Aries - red; rubies, red jasper, bloodstone; iron
Taurus - yellow; golden topaz, coral; emerald; copper
Gemini - violet; crystal, carbuncle, aquamarine; mercury
Cancer - green; emerald, moonstone; silver
Leo - orange; ruby, sardonyx, amber; gold
Virgo - violet; pink jasper;, turquoise, zircon; mercury
Libra - yellow; opal, diamond; copper
Scorpio - red; agate, garnet, topaz; iron
Saggitarus - purple; amethyst; tin
Capricorn - blue; black-and-white onyx, beryl, jet; lead
Aquarius - indigo; blue sapphire; lead
Pisces - indigo; diamond, jade, tin
Music and Sound
- Middle C - red
- D - orange
- E - yellow
- F - green
- G - blue
- A - indigo
- B - violet
Aries - D-flat major; head, ears, eyes, nose, subrenal glands
Taurus - E-flat major; neck, throat, organs of speech, thyroid gland
Gemini - F-sharp major; lungs, arms, shoulders, nerves
Cancer - G-sharp major; breasts, stomach, alimentary canal
Leo - A-sharp major; heart, spine, back
Virgo - C major; intestines, nervous system
Libra - D major; kidneys
Scorpio - E major; sex organs
Sagittarius - F major; liver, hips, thighs
Capricorn - G major; knees, bones, teeth
Aquarius - A major; ankles, shins, circulation
Pisces - B major; feet
Color in Everyday Living
Overall, I felt that Buckland's "Practical Color Magic" was a great introduction to colors and magic(k). Colors correlate to everything in our lives and provide us with interesting images. They make life more meaningful and exciting. Unfortunately, Buckland doesn't mention anything about how to practice color magic(k) if a person is colorblind. Find what speaks to you. Use your gift of intuition, and then ask someone to help identify the color(s).
What's a way you want to practice color magic(k) in your life?
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