The magic of colour and mood

 Each of us is a unique human specimen. A being with a particular personality, having one temperament, taste, musical, culinary and other preferences. We may also feel a certain fondness for particular colours, without even knowing why. We just like them, that's all. It may be that particular colours particularly resonate with our personality. The explanation for this is that the colours have a certain level of energetic vibration, which can particularly harmonise with the energetic vibrations that we ourselves send out to other people and the environment in general. Similarly, by choosing to wear a piece of clothing in a particular colour, we can show what is in our soul. As well as effectively influence our mood, unless we happen to be in top form that day.

Let's start with one of the noblest of colours, white. It is the colour of elegance, symbolising class as well as aspiration to higher social strata. In Christianity, it is a symbol of innocence, purity and the start of a new phase in life. It can also indicate openness to new experiences.

Red is often the favourite colour of people with an extrovert personality, with a fiery temperament, including sexuality. The colour of love, passion, lust, aggression. Red has a strong stimulating effect, which is why it is often found as a design element in restaurants and pleasure centres. Red as an item of clothing is meant to make someone appear more feisty.

Orange is also a stimulating colour, although less so than red. Orange has antidepressant properties and is therefore recommended as a remedy for states of chronic fatigue, overwork, job burnout and depression. As an addition in wardrobe or interior design, the colour orange is said to symbolise an optimistic attitude towards oneself and life in general.

Yellow - the colour of sunshine, joy and optimism. It has a stimulating effect and encourages action. It is often chosen by people with a lot of creativity and a desire for creative fulfilment. It is often chosen by so-called social souls craving attention and the presence of other people. On the negative side, a tendency to surround oneself with yellow may suggest nervousness, alienation and jealousy.

The colour gold is chosen by those wishing to affirm their (often high) material and social status. Associated with wealth, power and might, in everyday life gold can signify a (sometimes desperate) attempt to draw attention to oneself.

Green is chosen by those seeking inner harmony, wishing to live in harmony with themselves and the world around them. Green symbolises life, vitality, the forces of nature. It is not without reason that environmentalists are colloquially referred to as green. Green is chosen by sensitive people with an unobtrusive, calm and introverted character. It is also sometimes the case that a love of green may indicate a predisposition to neuroticism.

Elements of blue in clothing or surroundings indicate that the person who has chosen this colour is creative and unconventional, has an artistic predisposition or is even an artist (and not always and not everywhere can give expression to this). They often express themselves through an unconventional choice of colours, accessories. They may be the type of sensitive idealist, a dreamer. Sometimes their artistic activities are a kind of escape from themselves, but not from themselves, but from loneliness.

The colour navy blue helps to maintain inner rigour, discipline emphasises the responsibility, neatness and reliability of the person who wears it. But it can also be the case that someone wears navy blue as if "to spare" or, in other words, "over the top", wishing to develop the qualities that the colour symbolises.

Pink is perhaps indicative of a hidden longing for the safe, magical world of childhood, romantic elation and the search for a sense of security. A sharper pink, which is more candy-like, can betray a love of things tasteful otherwise, or simply kitsch.

The colour filet - symbolises a move away from material matters and a turning of attention to spiritual matters. On an esoteric level, it symbolises contact with the inner, third eye, clairvoyant abilities and parapsychological predispositions.

As an intermediate colour between black and white, grey is often chosen by those seeking inner harmony.

The colour brown - is chosen by people full of inner inhibitions, perhaps complexes. This colour means that they are looking for stability and a sense of security.

Silver colour - stands for chivalrous character, sensitivity, nobility. It is liked by people who are extremely sensitive, sensitive to various signals invisible to others, spiritual, emotional, expecting support. High sensitivity and emotionality can make them push away, alienate (which does not serve them at all).

The colour black - on the one hand is a symbol of elegance, on the other, it is sometimes associated with the dark side of human nature, negative experiences.

Charming endings - about magical ways to break up

 Love is beautiful and wonderful, but unfortunately it is not always eternal. Even the most passionate feeling can burn out. If it ends on both sides it is not a problem, people part ways keeping the memory in their hearts of a fiery passion or a sincere relationship. Even if love turns into hatred it is not a problem, because ex-lovers simply throw themselves into each other's arms to get oblivion. The problem, however, is when two people are driven by completely different feelings, when love is extinguished on one side only. When we love someone we give them our heart, and with a painful break-up we find that we are condemned to a life without a heart, and although this is only a metaphor the pain and suffering of the abandoned lover is as real as it gets.

The relationship between two people is a fusion of their energies, even if one person falls out of love, the other continues to be stuck in an emotional relationship. An energetic imbalance occurs. One person takes their energy away, but the other person who is not ready to separate does not do so - so they condemn themselves to an energetic deficit. Help in such a situation can be sought in magic. Of course, it is not essential, because people who do not believe in or rely on magic also regain peace of mind after a while, but it undoubtedly takes much longer. Every person deals with a broken heart differently. One can lie in bed and cry, and one can throw oneself into the arms of ever more fleeting lovers. Often, however, this leads to committing foolishness, because our view of things is clouded. It is safer, therefore, to use magic - not to keep your partner with you by force, but to let him or her go and yourself regain harmony and the possibility of falling in love again.

The obvious thing to do is to get rid of all objects that are associated with the former partner. Leaving yourself mementos will never be a good decision. If for some reason your partner hasn't taken all their belongings with them, for example clothes or photos, let's not worry but simply throw them away. The space you are in plays a huge part in the magic, so do not let it distract you or arouse bad emotions, especially if they are related to the person who hurt you and for whom you want to perform the ritual. Both a redecorating according to feng shui principles and a cleansing ritual will be helpful. We need to prepare sage or a mixture of various herbs, which by burning will remove the bad energy from our home. However, as with any ritual, the most important part is our action. We sit comfortably in the middle of the room, free our mind of all thoughts and begin to meditate. Once we have reached the right calm we begin to imagine a white luminous ball. In our mind we make the sphere as white as possible, as if by cleansing it we are getting rid of all the stains from our lives. Then slowly in our imagination we change the colour of the sphere to green.

When the process is complete, together with the burning herbs, we go round our home in an anti-clockwise direction. We have to go carefully around the whole house, slowly and carefully so that the bad energy drains out of every nook and cranny. The rituals must not be rushed. When we have done this, we extinguish the herbs and light an incense stick or warm an oil with the scent of lavender or ylang ylang and go round the house again, but in the opposite direction. This time our action is aimed at restoring positive energy. The right effect, however, will be when we do not limit ourselves to mechanical exhumation, but work with our mind together with this activity. We need to imagine the harmony that will fill our surroundings once the ritual has been finalised.

In rituals related to the desire to distance someone or something from us, we use the black candle, because it has this effect in itself. The simplest ritual is to cut that energetic bond that further connects us to the person who has left us. Unfortunately, this ritual is only simple in theory, as it requires a great deal of concentration and willpower - we have to clear our mind, meditate for a long time and then finally imagine this connecting thread and cut it. It is important, however, that we are really concentrated and that we properly visualise this action. Sometimes it will be necessary to repeat this ritual several times, or even more physically cut the bond. Instead of just imagining the act of cutting itself, we can cut it in the air with a pendulum or a rock crystal. The attributes must, of course, be washed with cold water afterwards so that they do not take on negative energy.

Therapist Colin Tipping suggests another way of dealing with a break-up, namely Radical Forgiveness. This is based on the idea that we will only be able to forget when we get rid of the negative emotions. So it is not enough to cut ties with a particular person if anger or regret remains in us, paralysing us from opening up to the future. We need to look at the hurt that has happened to us from a much broader perspective. There is a meaning to everything, maybe we will meet someone who will be the love of our life, which would never have happened if we were stuck further in a previous relationship. Every suffering is also a lesson that will enrich us forever, and according to karmic law, after suffering will come happiness. So there is no need to wallow in excessive grief, just accept that life is made up of both ups and downs.

Some people to get rid of their negative emotions shout, cry or throw things - it actually has a very good effect. We throw away what makes us angry in a short space of time and regain our composure after a while. A more subtle but equally effective way is to draw a mandala. A mandala is a symbol that is a combination of a circle - the transcendental, spiritual - and a square - the earthly, corporeal. The very act of creating a mandala in Tantric Buddhism replaces meditation. When creating a mandala, our consciousness comes to the fore and we should do it mechanically, not consciously choosing colours or a pattern, but allowing our emotions and thoughts to be reflected in the mandala. With each successive pattern, they will become calmer, and so will our emotions. However, we must not forget that creating a mandala is only half of the meditation - the destruction of the mandala is the other half. We burn the card with our symbol on it, so that everything bad goes away with the smoke. If you don't feel up to creating a mandala, you can simply write your emotions on a piece of paper and then burn it, in the same way you would do with a mandala. The effect will be similar, although weaker, so you will have to repeat the ritual more times.

It is also good to perform a ritual to console our broken heart, so not only cutting ties with our ex-partner, but fully restoring peace of mind. In this ritual there will also be a cutting of symbolic ties, but the main reason for performing it will be to regain harmony, so we will not use a black candle, but a blue and a pink one. The pink one is to open us the chance of a new love, and the blue one - symbolising contact with the beyond - will give us the support of good spirits in this ritual. We write the name of the person who hurt us on the candles, tie the candles with a green ribbon, light them and begin to meditate. Out loud we say goodbye to our partner and cut the ribbon. We meditate until the candles are all burned out, and then we bury their remains.

Each of these rituals is meant to give us peace and a chance to improve our lot. Probably the first emotion that will accompany us during the parting will be anger, but we must not give in to it. Trying to use spells against a person can turn against us, so it is better to use those rituals that will restore our inner harmony and bring us the reward of new love. In difficult situations, you can also always go to a specialist for help, in which case the effect of the rituals will be stronger and you will get the desired result much faster.