Course One: Wizardry 21
The 12 Colors of Wizardry
Color Practice Element Direction- Arts & Practices
YELLOW Divination Air East
RED Alchemy Fire South
BLUE Healing Arts Water West
GREEN Wortcunning Earth North - Magicks & Wizardries
GREY Lore Mastery Knowledge Center
WHITE Ceremonial Spirits/Soul Above
BLACK Sorcery Matter/Energy Below
CLEAR Mathemagicks Numbers Everywhere - Sciences & Disciplines
AQUA Meditation Inner Northwest
ORANGE Conjury Outer Southwest
BROWN Beast Mastery Life/Death Northeast
VIOLET Cosmology Time/Space Southeast
music or silence. Pale green, as in the color of new
grass, aids the healing process. Use green also for
balance in relationships, compassion, and self-ac-
ceptance.
Blue—(Water) Emotional work; love, peace, and pro-
tection. Considered the color of wisdom, thought-
fulness, and celestial regions, blue shares Friday
and the planet Venus with green (as in aqua, or
blue-green). A feeling of youthfulness fills this
color. Blue is an excellent hue for peacefulness
and profound reflection. Use it also for harmony,
creativity, communication, and resonance.
Indigo—Perception, imagination, illusion, and the
ability to see patterns. Wizardry in general. Indigo
is associated with nightmares, hallucinations, and
madness. Indigo shading to ultraviolet is often
called “the color of magick.” This is a popular color
for Wizard’s robes—often emblazoned with stars,
moons, and other astronomical symbols.
Violet (Purple)—Power, wealth, and good fortune.
Considered the color of royalty, purple represents
judgement, industry, and religious thought. Violet
is the color of spirit, etheric realms, higher eso-
teric learning, ancient wisdom, and deeper Mys-
teries. Use violet as your focus specifically for
spiritual centering and meditation, as well as ex-
panded consciousness and cosmic awareness.
Brown—Everything to do with animals of all kinds,
especially animal communication. Brown is the
most common color of fur and feathers and repre-
sents all things soft and fuzzy. Brown is for “horse
whisperers,” animal trainers, pet psychics, and all
people who seem to have an uncanny ability to
communicate with animals.
Black—Blighting or binding; protection. As the color
of night, black represents foreboding, fortitude,
and consistency because of the need to “make it
through the darkness.” Black is sometimes used
as a protective color for magickal tools—especially
handles and wrappings. It is also used when try-
ing to banish a bad habit, turn negativity, or make
drastic life changes. Black is also, of course, the
color of Sorcery and the “Dark Arts.”
White—Blessing, or anything you want! The color
of purity, white represents friendship, sincerity, di-
vinity, transformation and singular focused sounds
such as a gong or bell. White is the color of the
Goddess, and so used in all forms of blessings.
Gold—Masculine energies; strength, leadership, vi-
tality. Gold represents adolescence, joy, fruitfulness,
and nobility. Men of magick often prefer tools, amu-
lets and jewelry made of gold, bronze, or brass.
Silver—Feminine energies; intuition, insight, dreams,
psychic gifts, and divination. Silver represents
women’s Mysteries and magicks, secrets, and
Witchcraft. Witches’ jewelry is made of silver or
sometimes copper (the metal of Venus).Lesson 8: Color-Coded Wizardry
Throughout history and legend, a number of
“Schools,” Orders, and specialized practices of
magick and Wizardry have been designated. Many of
these have distinguished themselves by colors such
as listed above. Much as the students of Hogwarts are
entered into the respective Houses of Gryffindor (red),
Ravenclaw (blue), Hufflepuff (yellow), or Slytherin
(green), the work and teachings of these schools have
focused on such color-coded categories of practice.
Wizards following those schools have conse-
quently adopted those colors also, so we have Red
Wizards, Green Wizards, White Wizards, Black Wiz-
ards (these tend to be sorcerers), and so on. Grey
Wizards (or, as some call themselves, “Rainbow Wiz-
ards”) are non-specialized, being adept in many ar-
eas. Some Witches have also adopted color identifi-
cations—particularly white and green. And similar
colors are also accorded to Faeries.Quest: Choose Your Color
As you begin your Apprenticeship, I would like you
to consider these colors of Wizardry, and choose for
yourself which color you feel most connected with.
Check 1.IV.3: “Color-Coded Practices” for more in-
formation on them. This will become your starting
point, and you will thus become an Apprentice (Color)
Wizard. Using your magickal name, you will be
known as “(Name) the (Color)”—like Gandalf the
Grey. Now go to the section of this Grimoire (Courses
5 and 6: “Spectrum”) that deals with that color, and
study those lessons. Later, as you advance in your
mastery of Wizardry, you will be able to claim addi-
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