Philosopher’s Stone

The Tower Card and A Free Protection Spell

What happens when the tower card comes into your life?

A complete and instantaneous change in the daily events in your life: A car wreck. A broken

foot. Extreme behavior by your loved ones or their health issues, or yours. A divorce. Getting

the opportunity (getting laid off) to look for new employment. Each of these things brings

immediate changes as to how you conduct you daily life. These are just a few of the

circumstances that, as a tarot card reader in Denver,  I have come across when the Tower

is active in someone’s life.

Why does the Tower come?

To shake the very roots of your soul. To call you into action. The Tower is represented by the

element of fire. Fire can also relate to ‘spirit’.  Your spirit. Your soul. If you are not

walking your life’s true path the Tower card is there to rock your world.  Fire is also

cleansing. The Tower can destroy that which is no longer of use, by fire. Harsh, but so

effective. The Tower forces you into attention.

So how does one deal with the rigors of the Tower Card?

I have found that being active and doing magick is empowering for me. So, I take

responsibility for my life and I actively participate in getting back on course.

I ground myself. I protect me and mine. I resolve to remain flexible and creative.

Ground & Center

I ground myself first so that I am clear on the situation(s) at hand. Rushing into magick is

never a good idea. These things take time. So a hot salt water bath is in order. I use Dragon’s

Blood bath salts. This bath has a two-fold purpose. First, to cleanse the body before

entering into sacred space. Second, to set the tone for the rite. This bath can be as elaborate

or as simple as you like. Let your imagination be your guide.

How to do protection magick.

I love candle magick! It is so empowering to me to call the elements into a cleansed and

blessed space and work my magick!  I believe you will find it to be so as well.

I use the color blue for protection. (You use the color that seems appropriate for you.) A

crayola blue, not too light and not too dark. There are many different scents that can be used

in for protection. I choose to use Dragon’s Blood Oil to anoint the candle before I light it.

And I burn Dragon’s Blood Incense (just a pinch) on charcoal to fill the space with the

vibration of protection. Why do I use Dragon’s Blood above all others for protection magick?

Imagine if you will the power and the force behind a fire breathing dragon! The dragon fears

nothing!  Just like us after we have finished our spell of protection. Now I focus my attention

on the candle flame. I see in my mind’s eye the protective armor of the dragon’s skin forming

an orb around me that is translucent. I can see through the dragon scales of protection. But

naught can penetrate the scales of the dragon without my permission! Only love and light may

pass into the orb. As I bask in the protection of the orb of dragon skin I have created around

me, I can then feel the protection of the dragon itself. I sit and relish in the protection I

have manifested for myself. I stay as long as I wish.

To keep the protection with me I wear the Dragon’s Blood Oil and I place the wax left from

the candle I burned in a conjure bag for protection with other roots and items of

protection. I anoint the bag with the Dragon’s Blood Oil and I charge the bag with

Dragon’s Blood Incense. I carry this bag with me until I feel the need for protection

has passed. Does this seem too simplistic for you? Then by all means, beef it up! However,

if you are new to spell casting, this will fill your plate.

Remain flexible & be creative.

Remember; the changes you have to face are not the focus of the Tower Card. The focus is the

spiritual transformation that the changes of the Tower Card bring. The aftermath of the Tower

Card is likened to the plight of the Phoenix; it is not about the consumption of one’s self

bursting into flames. It is about rising again from the ashes of seeming destruction and

becoming more beautiful, more full of grace, more of who you are meant to become. Much

better than you were before the process began. The same, but, more marvelous than you

were before the total destruction of life as you knew it.

Each spell I cast is different from the last. Each spell is unique.

Anointing Your Candle

When anointing your central altar candle for your rites always begin in the middle. At the center of the candle make one full circle around it with your finger that has your oil of purpose on it. Then, anoint the top of the candle by moving your oiled finger around it in a circle. The bottom of the candle is anointed the same as the top. Then anoint the top half of the candle. Start in the middle at the spot where you began and make upward strokes, As Above, until the whole top half of the candle has oil on it. Move to the bottom half of the candle. Start where you began in the middle and make downward strokes, So Below, along the candle with your finger that has oil on it. Now your candle has been anointed and is ready to be lit.

About the Candle

The candle represents all four of the elements when it is burning:
It may be made of many different types of waxes; earth.
Once lit; fire.
As it burns it releases smoke; air.
& as it melts; water.

Choose your candle color by your purpose.

Personal Power – Purple
Health – Yellow (sun) or Pink (healthy tissue)
Prosperity – Gold or Green
Love – Red (sexual) or Pink (friendship)
Home & Hearth – Brown
Spiritual – White, Silver or any of the pastels
Protection – Blue
Scrying – Dark Blue or Dark Purple
To Attract – Orange
To Repel – Black

Your ‘How To’ Guide on Using Self-Igniting Charcoal

 Obtain a container made of any material you like & fill the bottom with unscented cat litter, dirt or ashes. This provides the necessary insulation that will prevent the heat of the charcoal from breaking your incense burner & marring the surface of the table it’s on. The charcoal becomes extremely hot.

Hold the charcoal tablet with a pair of tweezers & light it. A lighter is very handy because you only need one hand to strike it. Hold the edge of the tablet over the flame. It will begin to spark after a moment, just like a sparkler on the 4th of July. Watch it closely because it must sparkle completely across the whole charcoal tablet. It is often necessary to light the charcoal 3 or 4 times. Once you have accomplished this allow the tablet to burn for 3 to 5 minutes before placing the incense upon it. Placing the incense upon it too soon will smother the charcoal.

When burning Better Hags & Gargoyles incenses inside, use only a small amount at a time. The incenses do not contain fillers so you are burning herbs, roots, barks, resins, oils and other materials that smoke when burning & may smolder quite nicely. You might even want to open a window before you begin your rite. 

Store unused charcoals that have been open in an airtight container. They absorb moisture from the air and can be quite difficult, if not impossible to light if they have been left out for too long.

Light the charcoal at the very beginning of your rite. Getting it lit is often a ritual unto itself!

Much Success to Your Workings!

Ivy