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   * http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols.htm   * http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols.htm
   * http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols/color.htm   * http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols/color.htm
-  - Blue +  - Blue: coolness, infinity, ascension, purity, healing/ Emotion, Action: killing, anger 
-  - Black +  - Black: primordial darkness, hate/ Emotion, Action: killing, hatred  
-  - White +  - White: learning, knowledge, purity, longevity/ Emotion, Action: rest and thinking 
-  - Red +  - Red: life force, preservation, the sacred, blood, fire/ Emotion, Action: subjugation and summoning  
-  - Yellow +  - Yellow: rootedness, renunciation, earth/ Emotion, Action: restraining and nourishing  
-  - Green+  - Green:  balance, harmony, vigor, youth, action/ Emotion, Action: exorcism
  
   * http://www.globalpsychics.com/empowering-you/practical-magic/colors.shtml   * http://www.globalpsychics.com/empowering-you/practical-magic/colors.shtml
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   - Color Yellow is inner wisdom   - Color Yellow is inner wisdom
   - Color White is all colors   - Color White is all colors
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   * http://www.angelfire.com/tx/wiccanfeatherwood/colors.html   * http://www.angelfire.com/tx/wiccanfeatherwood/colors.html
 +Color Information according to:
 +__Cunningham & Harrington__ 
 +
 +  - RED: Maintaining health, strength, physical energy, sex, passion, courage, protection. Widely used in defensive magic. The color of the element of Fire. Red is associated with blood (and thus, life and death), birth, volcanoes, and intense emotions. The Zuni of America linked this color with the South. Throughout Polynesia, red was sacred color associated with both the deities and with the highest social classes. 
 +  - PINK: Love, friendship, compassion, relaxation. Pink is symbolic of gentle emotions and of emotional unions. It's less intense then red. 
 +  - ORANGE: General attraction, energy. Orange is a lesser aspect of red. 
 +  - YELLOW: Intellect, confidence, divination, communication, eloquence, travel, movement. Yellow is the color of the element of Air. It symbolizes the sun, grain, and the power of thought. To the Zuni, it symbolized the North. In polynesia, yellow was a color of royalty and divinity. 
 +  - GREEN: Money, prosperity, employment, fertility, healing, growth. Green is the color of the element of the Earth and symbolizes our planet's fertility (it's the color of chlorophyll) as well as life itself. 
 +  - BLUE: Healing, peace, psychism, patience, happiness. Blue is the color of the element of Water. Symbolic of the ocean, sleep, twilight, and the sky. The Zuni employed this color to represent the west. 
 +  - PURPLE: Power, healing severe disease, spirituality, meditation, religion. Purple was once a European symbol of royalty; today it symbolizes the divine. 
 +  - WHITE: Protection, purification, all purposes. Symbolic of the Moon, freshness, snow, cold, and potential. Because white contains all colors, it can be utilized for every magical purpose. White symbolized the East to the Zuni. 
 +  - BLACK: Banishing negativity, absorbing negativity. Symbolizes outer space and the universe. Black is the absence of colors. In some cultures, black represented fertility (as in quite fruitful black earth); in others, wisdom. In our culture it has been curiously linked with evil, due to religious associations. It is not an evil color. 
 +  - BROWN: Animals. Used for spells involving animals, usually in combination with other colors. Brown represents soil and, to a lesser degree, fertilit of the Earth. 
 +
 +__Malbrough__
 +
   - WHITE: Adds to spiritual strength, breaks curses or crossed conditions, represents faith, purity, truth and sincerity.    - WHITE: Adds to spiritual strength, breaks curses or crossed conditions, represents faith, purity, truth and sincerity. 
   - PINK: Overcomes evil, represents honor, love, morality, friendship, general success.    - PINK: Overcomes evil, represents honor, love, morality, friendship, general success. 
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   - GRAY: Cancellation, stalemate, neutrality.    - GRAY: Cancellation, stalemate, neutrality. 
   - GREENISH YELLOW: Jealousy and anger, sickness, quarrels, discord, cowardice.    - GREENISH YELLOW: Jealousy and anger, sickness, quarrels, discord, cowardice. 
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 + 
   * http://rampant-griffon.net/paganplace/basics/colors.html   * http://rampant-griffon.net/paganplace/basics/colors.html
   * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue   * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue
 +  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black
 +  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White
 +  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red
 +  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow
 +  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green
 +
 +**Plant Symbolism** 
 +
 +__Flower Symbols and Meanings:__
 +http://livingartsoriginals.com/infoflowersymbolism.htm
 +
 +  - Cherry Blossom Flower Symbolism: The flower symbolism associated with the cherry blossom is education. In China, the cherry blossom is also a symbol of feminine beauty. It also represents the feminine principle and love. In Japan, cherry blossoms symbolize the transience of life because of their short blooming times. Falling blossoms are metaphors for fallen warriors who died bravely in battle. This connotation links them with the samarai.
 +
 +Recommended Books
 +For books related to cherry blossoms, see the following books on Amazon:
 +The Cherry Blossom Festival: Sakura Celebration
 +Japanese Traditions: Rice Cakes, Cherry Blossoms and Matsuri
 +Japanese Celebrations: Cherry Blossoms, Lanterns and Stars!
 +Cherry Blossoms: Traditional Patterns in Japanese Design
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 +
 +  - Dandelion Flower Symbolism: The flower symbolism associated with the dandelion is love me, affection returned, desire, sympathy, faithfulness, happiness and love's oracle. The dandelion is native to Europe and Asia, and has been introduced to many other places. In northern areas and places where the dandelion is not native, it has become a weed, exploiting disturbed ground in human environments.
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 +
 +Recommended Books
 +For more information about wildflowers, see the following books on Amazon:
 +A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America
 +Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
 +Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
 +
  
 + __Meanings of Flowers, Trees and Plants__
 +http://www.uponreflection.co.uk/ogham/plant_lore_qz.htm
  
  
 +  -Clover: With its three-fold leaves it was very special to the celts symbolising balance and the triad. A four leaf clover is very lucky, and it is said that wearing one within your hat will allow you to see fairies.
  
  
 +[[lirec:colour and emotion]]
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