The Free Library
Free guides for the practice.
Six booklets on the tools, symbols, and materials of modern intention work, free to read online with no sign-up. Start with the beginner's guide, or open the one that fits what you're working on.
The booklets
Booklet 1
The Beginner's Guide to Intention Work
Choosing candles, oils, herbs, incense, crystals, and altar tools
Where to start: what each kind of tool is for, how practitioners pick one for a purpose, and how the pieces work together on an altar.
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Booklet 2
Candle Magic Basics
Candle forms, colors, and their uses
Chime, taper, pillar, seven-day, and figure candles, the colors tradition assigns them, and how to choose, prepare, and work with each.
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Booklet 3
Prosperity & Abundance Tools
Herbs, crystals, candles, and oils for wealth, success, and growth
The traditional money-drawing materials, from green candles and pyrite to the herbs and oils kept for opportunity and plenty.
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Booklet 4
Protection & Cleansing Tools
Herbs, candles, oils, and rituals for protection and purification
Clearing a space and keeping it clear: smoke, salt, stones, and the candles and oils practitioners reach for when warding a home.
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Booklet 5
Magical Correspondences for Everyday Practice
Planetary, elemental, herbal, crystal, color, number, day, and zodiac
The reference tables in one place: which planet, day, color, element, and stone go with which purpose.
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Booklet 6
A Beginner's Guide to Working with Deities and Ancient Spirits
Honoring, connecting, and working with the divine
An introduction to the figures practitioners honor, from Hekate and Thoth to Isis and Anubis, and how offerings and devotion have traditionally been kept.
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Correspondences by intention
Candle colors, herbs, roots, resins, stones, and oils that practitioners have paired with each purpose, with the tradition and source that recorded them.
For spiritual and entertainment purposes. Correspondences describe traditions and beliefs; no results are guaranteed. Not a substitute for legal, medical, or financial advice. Our products are not for human or animal consumption. Use caution with herbs and oils, follow every product label, and keep them away from children and pets. Ask the Sage is an AI guide drawing on our correspondence library.