Black candles can be used if you want to banish the negativity surrounding those accused.
Blue candles can be used if you want to wish all the people of Africa honesty, peace, empathy and harmony.
Brown candles could be used for banishing sorrow.
Gray candles could be used for stabilizing negative influences.
Orange candles can be used for things related to the law - perhaps helping to outlaw the accusations of witchcraft.
Pink candles stand for friendship and emotional healing.
A purple candle could stand for spirituality and tolerance.
Magenta candles are used for spiritual healing.
Choose silver candles for understanding and female power.
White candles can be used for anything, but can be used specifically for purification, purity, harmony or enlightenment.
Yellow is the color of wisdom, communication and action.
If you are a member of Twitter, "follow" and re-tweet TouchstoneAdvocacy who will be tweeting daily the names of those murdered in South Africa during 2010 as a result of being accused of witchcraft.
Read about what else you can do this month at the South African Pagan Rights website .
As long as there are people in the world who are unsafe from the accusations of witchcraft, none of us are truly safe.
Here are some links for even more information (more to come):
- Witchcraft Legal Aid in Africa
- Missionaries May be Encouraging Accusations of Witchcraft (Via Christianity Today)
- Did Missionaries Trigger the Witch-Hunts (Via The Wild Hunt)
- Witchcraft and Statecraft by the Georgetown Law Journal
And while the 30 Days of Advocacy focuses on Africa, don't forget these things happen in other parts of the world as well:
- Rampant Witch Killings in Orissa District Causes Concern (India)
- Gaza Woman Murdered for Witchcraft
- Fawza Falih (Saudi Arabia)
- Haitian Cholera Epidemic Sparks Witchcraft Killings
- Tribal Woman Killed by Nephew in Witchcraft Case (India)
- Three brother's lynched, buried alive for witchcraft (Bolivia)
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6 Comments:
Thank you for this post. You are the one person I know that doesn't save this topic for a special month.
Thanks, Angie! Besides the "witchcraft" angel, I have a small love affair going on with Africa, for a number of reasons. I'm so affected by this subject at so many levels.
I hope to get the chance to open the eyes of one or two people this month who might not know this is going on.
This makes me so sad. I have had family from the past accused of being a witch and murderd in our own dark ages. I didnt know this was still going on in other places. I will light a candle :(
It is a shame that stuff like this can go on. I am not a witch, but my sister practices, that is how i stumbled upon your post. Now, my eyes are open. Very sad to hear of such igorance going on in the world.
love that you do this, Mrs. B!! You are such an inspiration! hugs!
It is so awesome that you are doing this... It's so hard to believe this stuff still happens in the 21st century. But you've definitely got my attention...
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