Here is a note I received this morning regarding my most recent posts by a very observant reader:

Hello Ms. Jacqueline,

I have read with interest your most recent blog post and am confused. How are we supposed to “label” our candles? Do we tape the piece of paper on the candle — you just say to use the piece of paper for the black candle?

And what do you do with the papers? Do they burn up with the candle when it burns?

I have read you can carve or scratch the name(s) in the candle numerous times. And I’ve read that the petition papers are folded either towards you or away from you, depending on the kind of spell you are doing, and then set under the candle somehow, like under the saucer the candle sits on.

I don’t want to do this wrong as I am a beginner.

Thanks! Lawanda – TX

This is a photo of Pink St. Jude Candles used for Love Spells

This is not to say that you could not use candles that are known as free standing candles, but attaching name papers, petitions or photos to free standing would almost assuredly bring about a fire – something no one wants!

How I attach a name paper is to place it at the base of the candle with a piece of scotch tape. This way, the candle is “labeled” but not at the top, where it will scorch and possibly catch fire. By the time the flame gets to the base of the candle, very little flammable wax is in the the glass, and less likely to catch the paper on fire.

For petitions and photos, I lay them under the edge of the glass, with the glass rim of the candle along the edge of the paper, so that in the last few hours of the candle’s burning, it does not damage the photo (sometimes you want to re-use the photo, as in love spells)

Thank you for a great question!

I received this e-mail the other day wanted to post it for everyone to use to sour a relationship between two people or cause trouble for someone. – Thank you!

I wanted to send you this because it has worked for me, even with the use of the candle! I thought others might want to use this spell to cause troubles for an enemy or just stir up trouble for those who have been causing you grief. Thank you Jacqueline for providing all the spells that you have written here. Keep up the good work!  Carissa – Georgia

Take a jar and fill it with dried red peppers, black peppercorns, dried crushed snail shells, snake skin sheds (if you can get them), needles, pins, nails, small pieces of glass or any other sharp objects and white vinegar. If you can get some graveyard dirt, that can go in there as well.

Place as much items as you can about the person in the jar with all of this. You can write their name on a piece of white paper, birthdate, a photo, a piece of hair, a fingernail clipping, a snip of their old smelly sock (unwashed) – anything that  personalizes it.

Keep this hidden away somewhere dark and bring it out daily or every few days and shake it hard so that the pins poke the paper and the glass scratches it. You can even say out loud while shaking your own personal curse and what you would like the Universe to do to them for their evil actions towards you.

Remember it is always better to bless – but in this case, a little vinegar won’t hurt either! – J.

Read the blog post Candle Success | Lighting Candles with Confidence for Success – Part 1 to find out what happened first …..

The young woman left my home and proceeded to go purchase the candles. I received a telephone call the next morning at 7:30 am. It was the young lady and she was trembling as we spoke. This is what happened to her after leaving me.

She went to the candle shop to buy the white and black candles as I had supplied her with the oils, but not the candles. She went home and started to proceed with the ritual but forgot to buy lemon juice. She told me that she decided she would call me the next day after she bought some lemon juice and have me reiterate the spell over the phone. She left the candles on her bedroom dresser.

She told me she received a call in the middle of the night from her boyfriend. He had been drinking with his buddies, drove off on his motorcycle (all predicted in my tarot card reading; specifically I told her he was to either get into a crash or a DUI arrest sometime before the upcoming holiday – just two days away from the day of her visit). He had some minor scrapes and bumps and could not go to the hospital. He was crying and telling her that realized that he was a fool for treating her in such a manner as he sat stunned on the side of the road. He was remorseful of his actions regarding her.

She told me that she he is now behaving as he should with her and he has told her he only wants to be with her. The power of candle magic worked even when a flame wasn’t put to the wick. Intention can be such a powerful force that if harnessed in the right way, as in this young womans case, the affairs of the heart and the possibility of “getting burned” again, she radiated such energy that the change began as soon as she bought her candles – despite forgetting the lemon juice!

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