1 Candle of your color choice (To represents the person traveling)
Vegetable Oil
Powered sandalwood
Sandalwood incense
Cloth handkerchief (for travel charm)
Inscribe your name on the "personality" candle.
Then anoint all candles with
vegetable oil and roll in powdered sandalwood. Place the personality candle
in the center of the altar, with a white candle on the left and the purple
candle on the right.
Place the second white candle in front of the first
white one, and the incense in front of the purple candle. Light the two
white candles, the personality candle, the purple candle, and the incense in
that order.
Chant:
Mother of the World, arise
Watch over me/us with keenest eyes
As I/we travel, shed Your light
And keep me/us safe both day and night
Watch over my/our belongings, please,
And grant my/our trip be filled with peace
Protect me/us for I/we am/are Your own
Then guide me/us safely back to home
Let the candles burn down completely. Collect the burned wicks or left over
wax if there is any in a cloth handkerchief. Tie the upper right-hand and
lower left-hand corners together, then the lower right-hand and upper
left-hand corners together to secure. Carry the handkerchief with you as a
safe travel charm.
