The violet flame is practical and easy to use. Find a place where you won't be disturbed, and sit comfortably in a straight chair, with your spine and head erect, legs and arms uncrossed and feet flat on the floor. Rest your hands on your upper legs, with palms facing upwards. Ask your Higher Self in a fervent prayer to help you invoke the violet flame, and to show you the value of the violet flame in your life.

The violet flame is invoked through "decrees" - unique forms of prayer utilizing prayer and meditation. One of the simplest decrees to the violet flame is: "I AM a being of violet fire! I AM the purity God desires!" Take a few, slow deep breaths, and speak the decree aloud, slowly and deliberately. Concentrate on the natural rhythm of the decree, and repeat it three or nine times to begin with.

Repeating the decree strengthens its power and draws down more light. You can gradually increase it to 36, 72 or even 144 repetitions. In the East, mantras are often repeated thousands of times a day. Center in your heart and give the decree with love, devotion and feeling. Once you have memorised the decree, you can close your eyes while giving it and concentrate on visualizing the violet flame. Visualization is essential to successful invocation of the violet flame. When you decree, you are actually creating by using God's/Goddesses energy within you.

You cannot create what you cannot visualize, just as an artist cannot paint a picture he cannot see. See yourself before a large bonfire, about nine feet high and six feet wide. Colour it violet in your imagination, and see the flames undulating in endless shades of violet with gradations of purple and pink. Then see yourself stepping into the flame, so the violet flame is where you physically are. See your body as transparent, with the flames curling up from beneath your feet, passing through and around your body, clear up over your head. To those who have developed their spiritual sight, the violet flame appears as a physical violet fire. You may also be able to "see" the violet flame at work with your inner eye, by concentrating on the spiritual center between your eyebrows.

You can also use the violet flame to help family and friends. You can visualize them, someone you need to forgive, or even an entire city, nation or planet within a brilliant sphere of the violet flame. Change the decree to match the visualization, for example: "Earth is a planet of violet fire! Earth is the purity God/Goddess desires!" The violet flame can also help others that you might not be aware of.

After you have finished decreeing, you can ask: "In the name of the God/Goddess within me, I ask that this violet flame be multiplied and used to assist all souls on this planet who are in need. I thank you and accept it done according to the will of God/Goddess." Even a few minutes of violet flame will produce results, but persistence is needed to penetrate age-old bad habits. It is best to allow for at least five to fifteen minutes of violet flame in the morning, and you can add the violet flame to whatever prayers or meditations you currently practice.

You can use the violet flame and experience the healing, transformation and spiritual uplifting that alchemists of the Spirit have sought for centuries. But if you want the violet flame to help you, you have to work with it. Try it for yourself!