Readers,

I know from your e-mails and questions that you have concerns about the different candles that are available today to use for your candle spell rituals. I thought it would be best to go to the source, someone who is in the field of candle making.

This is part one of a three part interview with Stan Morey, artisan and owner of Wizard Candles. He is a frequent exhibitor at area psychic conventions and metaphysical fairs, and is a wonderful resource for all kinds of candle burning questions.

FIRST QUESTION:
The Catholic Church rules that the candles used in Mass are to be at least 51% beeswax.    What are the advantages and disadvantages of using beeswax candles or beeswax-blend candles for candle ritual work?

As far as I can tell, there are few, if any problems with beeswax or a blend.  Most traditions agree that your tools should be made of natural materials, so beeswax and soy fill that need.  In fact, we have several kinds of candles that are made with this blend that is hand measured.
The advantage to beeswax is that’s it’s long burning and mostly self consuming leaving very little, if any residual wax.  Also, it’s almost dripless, depending on the air movement around the candle.  The stiller the air, the straighter the burn.

SECOND QUESTION:
What about using soy candles for ritual work? What are the advantages of using these?   Are they really healthier for use in chapels or small enclosed ritual spaces?

Soy has the same advantages as beeswax.  It’s natural, clean burning, and long burning, in most cases.  There are fewer by-products that you get from refined paraffin, which is a petroleum-based product, so it is believed to be a cleaner, “greener” wax.

THIRD QUESTION:
The 7-day novena/vigil candles in glass that we used to get from the local markets do not burn for 7 days anymore.    Do you have any idea?    Is there something we can do?

I have not really used those kinds of candles, but I would think that they changed things to cut cost and improve the profit-margin.  As to the burn, I think, perhaps, the wax blend has changed.  From what to what, I couldn’t really tell you, I’m not a chemist.  But I do know that the wick is far too thin for the diameter of the wax.  So it cannot “suck up” the liquid wax pool at the base of the flame fast enough to consume at a consistent rate.  Also, with a cylindrical container, there is the problem of oxygen deprivation when the candle flame gets to half-way or below.  The heat pushes the air up faster than it can be replaced.  Also, any air movement across the mouth of the container creates a vacuum effect and suck the air away from the fire.  So in those cases, the flame either drowns or suffocates.

FOURTH QUESTION:
Asking from a purely technical standpoint, what would cause candles to go out by themselves? (Ruling out any spiritual things).

Fire needs three things to survive, air, heat, and fuel.  Take away any one of those and the fire dies.  It’s called the “Fire Triangle”.  Humans are similar with a triangle of mind, body, and spirit.  Too much air movement around the candle or its container causes either the air to be sucked away from the flame (suffocation) or it bends the flame to the side, causing the sides to melt away faster than the middle around the wick.  Usually, depending on the wick’s thickness, a pool and then as it continues to burn, a well of liquid wax will form around the base of the wick from ¾ of an inch to 1 and ½ inches or even 3 inches.  So the wax from the candles sides either flow over the erosion area of the bent flame (dripping) or the wax flows into the center of the candle, adding to the pool already there, (drowning).  Not all, but most candles have to be “poured off” occasionally to prevent the pool from drowning out the flame.

FIFTH QUESTION: How did you get into candle making?

Since the late 1900s, “Scientific Support for the Spiritual Seeker” has been the focus of the work here. Started in Omaha, NE and now head-quartered in Sacramento, CA, we have expanded the factory from one-room to a 60 foot outdoor facility.
This all started the day after Imbolc, 1989, when I learned how to colour candles with Bob and Marsha Clark as part of my English Tradition training.  When I got home, I noticed the dipped coloured candles I made were too thick for the average candle holder.  So I measured the inside diameter of a few different ones I had and discovered they all had a ¾ inch diameter.  after some thought, I realized that PVC piping came in that diameter and so WizardCraft Technologies was born.  Since then, I’ve switched to copper tubing and have expanded greatly on the molds and types of wax I use, but the Scientific approach to the craft, the use of exclusive formularies based on the Laws of Magick and Quantum Physics has not changed since the beginning.
We are very proud to offer the community with over 90 different products, all hand made and hand finished. We also offer an impressive line of decorative candles for home décor or as unique gifts!

These can be viewed at our new website, www.wizardcandles.com.
We invite you to come and visit us!

A little more about Stan Moray
Practioner of the Olde Ways for over 25 years.
• member of the Order of the Batalatuer,(Fr. Worley, Co),
• 3rd degree English Tradition,
• Ordained minister of “The Church of Universal Life”, Modesto, CA,
And the ”Church of Spiritual Humanism”,
• Member of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids, Wales, UK,
• Organizer of “Sacramento Tarot Society” on Meetup.com,
• Organizer of “The Broom Closet” on Meetup.com,
• High Priest and elder of the English Tradition, and Elder of Omaha, NE based Training Coven, “Fellowship of the Sacred Flame”,
(Under the leadership of Glenna Hecate Moonweaver, Daughters of the Moon, San Diego, CA),
• Tarot Reader (25 + years),
• Master level Wizard,
• Founder of WizardCraft Technologies, Inc.,
• Poet and Technical Writer,
• Theosophist, and
• All around, nice guy!!!!
(in spite of any rumours to the contrary)

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This candle spell uses three anointed and blessed candles in the colors designated for money drawing super power. Red is the traditional colors for “fast luck” and drawing money for games of chance and other winnings-type money areas. White is the candle color associated with success in mental clarity in dealing with business matters and achievement in knowledge or testing that gives you a raise. Green is the old-tyme color of all types of money, wealth and prosperity drawing candle burning spells. Here is how you create some powerful money drawing candle spells to help you take care of your family and advance your life.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Green glass 7-day ‘novena type’ candle

1 White glass 7-day ‘novena type’ candle

1 Red glass 7-day ‘novena type’ candle

1 bank deposit slip from your checking account with your signature signed in red ink and an amount you would like to bring into your home every month (i.e. $2000.00 )

1 large Pyrex glass pie pan or large dinner plate (large enough to hold three candles)

1 bottle of “Fast Luck” Condition or Anointing Oil

1 bottle of “Money Drawing” Condition or Anointing Oil

1 bottle of “Crowning Glory” or “Crown of Success” Condition or Anointing Oil

Lemon Juice or Florida Water

Box of Sea Salt

First, clean the candles with lemon juice to ‘cut and clear’ our all factory dirt and any negativity. You may also use Florida Water in the same manner. Clan the outside of the glass container, the inside glass lip, the top of the wax and the wick. Make sure there are not impurities that has embedded itself in the candle wax. Set aside to dry.

Write on the deposit slip the amount of money you would like to have coming into your home on a monthly basis. Consider your current sources of income and a little bit more. Write that number on the deposit slip, adding dollar signs at each corner, and sign it as if paying yourself, with a red ink pen. Place in the center of the Pyrex pie plate or large glass plate. Cover the deposit slip with sea salt. Pray over the salt before adding candles (salt does what you tell it to do). Use the Psalm 23 (“The Lord is my Shepherd” or “Our Father”).

Anoint the white candle with “Crowning Glory” or “Crown of Success” Condition oil. Place white candle at the “12 o’clock” position. Anoint the green candle with the “Money Drawing” Condition Oil and place the green candle at the “4 o’clock” position. Anoint the red candle with “Fast Luck” Condition oil and place the red candle at the “8 o’clock” position (see photo).

Light candles, preferably on a Sunday morning as the sun is rising or on a New Moon, when it is the time for ‘bringing in’ good things such as prosperity, money, opportunities and love!

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This New Moon in Gemini occurs at 8:12 am E.D.T on Sunday, May 24, 2009. The Gemini Moon is a “Mutable” Air sign, meaning it can fluctuate between activity and passiveness, especially in the matters of logic, the powers of the mind and the intellect.

This is an excellent time for preparing your candle burning spells and making sure you have all the right ingredients. Re-think the instructions given to you and also reconsider other options. Now is the best opportunity for candle charging and infusing as your mental powers of creativity are at their highest capacity. This is the time to use logical thinking and keep emotions to a minimum.

If your students are taking their finals exams as they do at this time of the year, give them a boost by burning a yellow “Crown of Success” or “Crowning Glory” candle on their behalf on their exam days. Clean the candle as usual with lemon juice and anoint with “Crown of Success” or “Crowning Glory” condition and anointing oil and write their name and the name of the exams or the name of the teacher on a piece of white paper and place it under the candle. Always remember to place a lit candle in a fire proof dish.

You can purchase your Crown of Success products at www.lucky13clover.com

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Whether it is a mojo bag, love charm, condition oil or custom blended oil, order all your candle burning needs  at Lucky Clover Spiritual Supply. Click here to go to their website!

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