Color Magick for Quilters

I am a Good Witch after all - and while I am not a practicing Witch, I do find Wicca / Witchcraft very interesting and powerful, and I have spent a lot of time reading about this spirituality. As we make our ways through this chaotic world, I find it helpful to have some symbolism and narratives to ground me and to help me understand reality. Many religions and spiritual paths do this for people.

As a quilter, I work in a color filled wonderland. For each quilt, I meticulously select the color of the fabrics and thread that I use. There are many strategies for selecting color, from color wheel theory, color palettes or just intuition. Through my explorations as a Good Witch Quilter, I have tried to look deeply at color to find some deeper meanings behind the shades and hues. And the Color Magick principles in Witchcraft are a great model to provide spiritual guidance when selecting colors in my quilts.

According to Raymond Buckland in Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft, “light is radiant energy traveling in the form of waves… Your body selects, from the sunlight, whatever colors needed for balance, the vibrations being absorbed into you. The principle of healing with color (chromopathy or chromotherapy…) is to give the ailing body an extra dose of any color(s) lacking. One of the joys of chromopathy is its practicability. It is something anyone can do with no danger, being the use of a natural element.”

So with that permission to use Color Magick, here is a breakdown of different colors and their properties.

Maybe next time you make a quilt, or even pick an outfit to wear, think about what color vibrations you may be lacking in order to balance your system.