Here is a great reason for a “Road Opener” Candle Spell!

Hello Jacqueline,

I stumbled upon your site and found it to be very informative. Thank you for this site.

I am having a slight problem and I was wondering if you could suggest a spell for me to try.

I am trying to sell a property and it is very important for me to sell this property. The house has been under contract for over 60 days and after 60 days, the (name of institution removed) underwriter who kept finding problems with the loan decided she needed to redo all the paperwork because it was too old. So, the broker from (name of institution removed) sent the loan file to another bank.

In the mean time, the buyers are anxious and I am worried that more problems will arise with the new bank.

During the (name of institution removed) process, I lit purple candles with the psalm 115 to try and control the situation. Is there something stronger that I can do to cause this loan to close quickly??

As the sale of the property keeps being extended, I am being forced to put off the purchase of another property. I have to ask the sellers for another extension. Is there anything I can do to ensure the sellers give me the time I need to purchase their property??

Thank you so much
Manda

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I am going to assume that you have considered or even performed the Saint Joseph ‘Sell a House’ statue and prayer ritual that has had mixed results and is published all over the Internet.  I have not used it, so I cannot vouch for its’ efficacy in selling a home.

One of the ways you can get things moving is by using a “Road Opener” candle spell, especially when there are obstacles and blockages in your dealings with projects. Another to consider is using Saint Expedite, patron Saint of old residents of New Orleans, to ‘hurry things up’. I will discuss both of them so you can decide which one would be more to your liking.

For the “Road Opener” candle spell, you would need a yellow or orange glass vigil or novena-type 7 -day candle (I have seen both colors used) for each participant PLUS a red candle in glass. In your case, I would suggest one candle for you, the property and each one of the major lenders or institutions.

Take a copy of the original documents (in case of spillage) and place in large Pyrex pie pan or baking dish for fire protection. Clean all candles with lemon juice or to call in the good spirits, Florida Water. You can buy Florida Water from the local botanica and sometimes you can find it at Walmart over by the Jean Nate and Calgon bath products (go figure!). Let all candles dry. Take a white sheet of paper and briefly write your intention regarding your proposition. Lay this upon the copies and place all in bottom of Pyrex pan. Label with sticker or small piece of paper each candle for the participants (you, banks, properties, etc.) and place them equal distance around inside the dish, with the candle labeled for you at the 12 o’clock position. Anoint all with “Road Opener” (available at www.lucky13clover.com) Condition Oil and anoint the red candle with “Fast Luck” Condition Oil

Anointing a Yellow Candle with "Road Opener" Condition Oil

Your second option is to dedicate the process to Saint Expedite (San Expedito), a much loved New Orleans saint that has been reputed to be effective on bringing things to completion or fruition with a quickness. For more about him, read about the Saint Expedite Fast Luck Candle Spell located in the far right hand column under “Categories”. You may follow the same candle spell, but remember to promise him red wine and pound cake (I keep a Sara Lee cake in the freezer, just in case). Read about what happened when I shortchanged St. Expedite by reading the blog posts under the Saint Expedite “Categories” column.

To boost your ‘bargaining power’, I always suggest for matters of money to make a small donation to a church or other organization that is near and dear to you. For myself personally, when I am to undertake something that deals with big money, I always make a small donation to Reverend Ike, an interesting pastor of a a church that mails you inspirational material and also, for me and others I know, does something that makes my financial windfalls come in like clockwork.

Good Luck in your endeavors and if these candle spells worked for you, let us know!

From time to time, I sit and post something that is candle burning spell related, but has no actual spell or ingredients in it. This is one of them. Enjoy and ponder.

A question that is repeated frequently to me and as I am sure, to other spiritual workers is this: How many candles should someone burn to make changes to a situation or a person?

There are many factors that go into a calculated guess (because that is really what it is) on how long someone should burn candles for a person or enact change in something. It depends on the situation. Let’s take money as an example. I use this a lot when conversing with clients considering candle burning. How often to you need money? Only on June 27th? Only for Christmas 1999? No, the answer is more likely to be always, which it is a fact – people need money constantly – for clothing, food, shelter, children, transportation, vices (yes, that too, whether it is chocolate or cigarettes!) and what have you. So, it would be in a person’s best interest to burn a green money drawing, wealthy way or prosperity candle constantly in the home in order to continuously bring money in the house. Your cost: Green candles at the grocery store, a couple of dollars for some money drawing oil and your time and energy. Your benefits? Let’s see – talk of gas stretches for whole week (how did THAT happen?), scanned price is wrong at store so you get item free (whoopie!), someone takes you out to lunch or dinner (one meal free), girlfriend pays you back for something you got her last time you were out (she’s a keeper in the friend department) or you get a gift card from Starbucks (lattes for your secret passion days), as well as the regular things like you have something left in the bank at the end of the month. These are examples of money drawing candle spell power.

Let’s take a relationships that has been broken up for some time. First, you have to consider what was the reason for the breakup and the severity of the offense (out drinking with the friends and getting pulled over or just plain ole’ cheating) and if that is morally acceptable for you or not (that is your own heart talking). So for sake of the article, we will say you have considered to get back with the other person. There are STILL other factors you may have not considered.

First, is the other person around and/or can you contact them? What about their attitude (if you have been able to contact them?) Are they still hurting or have moved onto another person? IS there another person? Is there influential family members or friends that may be ‘stirring the pot’, so to speak? OK, so maybe you have already considered all these ideas as well and let’s say you have seen enough validation to go forth with the candle spell.

Next consideration is the cost. We all know that love don’t pay the rent and you have to factor this additional expense into your monthly budget. There are many fine spiritual workers around, but my warning to you is this; IF YOU ARE PAYING MORE THAN $10.00 FOR EACH CANDLE BEING BURNED FOR YOU YOU MUST RUN LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL! (I am talking about the gypsy scam artists). These are the people who say things like “100% Guaranteed! My candles cost $100.00 but they always work”, or “Don’t worry my dear, we WILL get him back”. I say this because you are on a delicate emotional situation and there are people out there that hear your plight and the sound of ka-CHING! is going off in their heads. There are some unscrupulous workers out there so please, PLEASE be careful. You must determine what you can afford and what your heart tells you when you talk with that spiritual person. If the hair on the back of your neck or arms raise, go home and sit in quiet meditation and ask for Divine Guidance on the matter of the person you talked with. A good worker will not push you into something – they should be ethical enough to give you advice and allow you time to ponder it; not cajole or force you into something that you might not feel comfortable with doing.

Another thing to think about is your own personal timeline. How long is ‘too long’ to wait for Jimmy Mack to come hurry back? Traditional candle spells take from as soon as three days (I have had ones work within 24 hours sometimes) to three months. The longer you have ben apart from them, the longer it will take to get them back. I say this daily to clients. If you waited three months before making up your mind, you have three months of candle burnings just to get back to “Ground Zero” (the moment the breakup happened).So, for your sake, if you can take 24 to 48 hours of undistracted time (if possible), without suggestions from girlfriends and family, and just pray, meditate and sit in silence to determine if the relationships is ‘worth it’, and your answer is “YES!”, then get to burning candles RIGHT AWAY!

Please take time to consider all factors before committing to candle work. You must be comfortable in your mind and your heart that you can accept the outcome either way – positive or negatively, and trust that the Universe has the right things in store for you! Even when things do not go your way, you may not be aware of the outcomes of your candle spell wish, nor the lost chances of even better possibilities coming your way in the future.

This is part three of our interview with Stan Morey, candle maker and owner of Wizardcraft Technologies (www.wizardcandles.com), who gives us insight about the properties of candles, the use of herbs and oils in the candles and the debate of soy vs. paraffin vs. beeswax for candles that are used in candle burning spells

FIRST QUESTION:
Stan, almost all candles that are burned for magical and spiritual purposes are made from paraffin and since this material is petroleum based and subject to oil price increases and environmental and health issues, could you give us some ideas on the nature of paraffin and some good advice on how to keep safe with using these candles?

I would burn the paraffin candle in a fairly large area with lots of air space to dilute the particles that come off the wick in the smoke of the flame. Air movement of any kind should be minimal to allow the flame to consume the wax straight down. That way you get more value from the burning. Paraffin is a refined petroleum product made from decayed organic matter (plants, birds, dinosaurs, ex-lovers, ect.). As a result, when it burns, it releases hydrocarbons and water and scent, if it has any. Basically, I would say if you light it and a few minutes later you react to it, asthma, allergies, ect. Then burning a candle of any kind indoors or maybe outdoors would not be a good idea for you. Here is a little epiphany about the nature of paraffin that I realized a few nights ago. Oh, and by the way, it may not be the pure paraffin that’s causing the trouble. It might be whatever additives that were mixed with the wax to make it burn longer or look nicer.

I have come to realize that in the 25 plus years of candle making, working with several different mediums of wax, that there are certain properties of different waxes THAT EXPLAIN why scent and color differ in the results of the pouring of these waxes.

For example, the most common wax in candle making is paraffin. This is a natural petroleum product, from the earth and is a fairly stable solid fuel. The most noticeable characteristic of this wax is that as it cools in the mold, regardless of the type of mold, the wax shrinks towards the wick. I feel that the reason for this is on the molecular level. Paraffin is a long-chain hydrocarbon. So as it melts, the heat expands the spaces betwixt the molecules and within them. This is where the scent and dye molecules attach themselves. So as the wax loses heat, the space contracts and the wax pulls in on itself. This is why multi-colored “layered” candles have a day per color pouring time. If the next layer isn’t poured at a “Cold” Temperature, i.e. just around the melting point, it flows into the space left by the shrinking first pour and the mold, forming a thin coat over it. This is known as “Flashing”, and usually has to be picked off to reveal the color wax underneath. The problem with this is that if the next pour isn’t hot enough, it will not melt the surface of the hardened wax under it and WON’T “fuse” the layer to the one being poured on. So what might happen is you have layers of colored wax that separate from each other, ONLY HELD together by the wick. The taller the candle, like a pillar, the bigger the problem. Natural waxes, like soy, palm, and beeswax have shorter molecular chains, so while they too, expand in the heating, they usually don’t shrink as much.

So, one could top off a paraffin candle with soy of the same color to fill in the “Well” or cavitation that happens when paraffin cools. Slight problem is getting the plant wax to color at the same shade as the paraffin. SOY TENDS to “pastel” or lighten the dye color as it cools. Beeswax tends TO DARKEN it, and palm tends to “mottle” or create sections of light and dark shades. Of course there are additives like Vybar, Stearic Acid, and others that enhance the burn TIME, surface appearance, and color depth by adding to the chain of molecules in the wax.

LAST QUESTION:

What about using oils, roots, herbs, minerals and the like in candle burning? Does it really boost the energy? How do you insert these items in the candle if it is store bought? How does your candles from Wizard Candles differ from others? Can you explain to us how you introduce oils and herbs into the making of your candles?

Anything that you connect with that helps you focus on the energy you are working with is helpful. Oils, Herbs, Crystals, even colored candle dye carries and transmits a specific frequency of energy. By choosing the items of like energy, it re-enforces the waveform, thus amplifying it and making the energy sent off stronger. It is best if the items were “infused” or made part of the wax at the time of pouring, but dressing the candle as mentioned earlier, is a good start for personalizing a store bought candle and setting it up to use for a specific working. If you wish to use crystals, the simplest way to do this is to place the stones and crystals you want to use, as well as some of the powdered herbs on and around the edge of the plate that your candle is on will work just fine. You could carve a hole in the bottom and stuff the items in at the base of the wick, but good luck sealing it so it doesn’t come out on you. Also “rolling” the candle in herbs is not that effective and looks rather tacky. Not like a powerful transmitter it’s suppose to be. Our candles here at WizardCraft Technologies differ from most candles you will find in store and online in the following ways (as I understand, so far).

1. We hand measure and blend the wax, scent, color and additives to a strict scientific formula to provide superior burning and a consistent appearance in each candle we make. (Though since it is hand made, there will be variations from candle to candle.

2. We select the right size wick for the diameter of the candle and hand set it in the mold.

3. Herbs and stones are sealed in the base of the candle, by the wick so the flame acts as a converter for the energy it releases.

4. We hand finish each candle for maximum visual impact. If I hear “Your candles are too pretty to burn”, one more time, I swear, I’ll scream!!!!! Besides, the first bite is always with the eyes!
5. Finally, all spell or intention based products are place in a specially created crystal accelerator that charges the entire candle at the sub atomic level, so when it is lit, a burst of energy starts you off right!

Now I’m sure there are other candle companies that do things the same way, basically, if not totally similar, and that’s fine. Our focus and intention is to provide tools that will enable and enhance living a dynamic, successful, magickal life, both in your private spiritual time and in your mundane everyday routine.

Stan Morey, creator of Wizard Candles , has been gracious enough to answers some questions regarding candles and such. It is an honor to ask an artisan who works with these materials and substances on a daily basis to give us a different perspective on candles and spiritual work.

FIRST QUESTION:
Since you told us that you are also a spiritual practitioner, do you have some basic candle preparation techniques to share?

According to my training in the English Tradition, and as I understand most traditions in the Craft follow these ideas,  The first thing one would do with a blank candle is scribe or draw glyphs (symbols), or their intention for the candle in some magickal alphabet (Elder Futhark  is quite popular, but you can Google and find several other rune styles that are True-Type fonts that you can download, usually for free, and work it on paper in Word or whatever word processing software you might have to print it out first to use as a guide).  The scribing should be done with the atheme, or a crystal, or even a bamboo skewer, cut to a comfortable length to carve the symbols into the wax.  Up or Down, Clockwise (Deosil, pronounced “Jess-ill”) or Counterclockwise (Widdershins) only matters in how you are shaping the energy in the first place.  After you are done with that, clean off any residual bits of wax and you are ready to anoint or “dress” the candle.   This is done to charge the candle with your energy and connected it more directly to you and your thought energy.  The easiest way to do this is to take a little oil that you use for this purpose (essential oils work best) and put some in the palm of your receptive hand (the one you don’t use to eat or write with).  Take the candle in your “Power” or dominant hand, wrap your oiled hand around it and starting about half-way or in the middle of the candle, gently pull and twist (going “deosil” (Jess-il) or clockwise) until you reach the end, focusing your thought or intention as you do.  Note:  It’s very helpful to visualize the end result as though it has already happened or more like a memory and you’re just catching up to the event.  Then turn the candle around and do the same to the other half.  Your candle is dressed and ready to go!  Always burn your candle in a heat proof holder, and never burn it unattended!!!  If you have one of those candle holders with a round base, put a ring of table or sea salt around the candle to shield it from stray energies that could “muddy up”  the waters of your work, so to speak.  If you don’t have one of these kinds of holders, just a holder on a saucer with a salt ring works just as well.  When you are ready to use the candle, put it somewhere where it won’t be disturbed or bumped into during the burning.  Every so often, like every 5-10 minutes, check on it and send your thought energy to it.

SECOND QUESTION:
Can you share with us a positive outcome to one of your candle burnings? (Identities kept Secret)

I sometimes have burned a specific candle for inspiration (red) when writing poetry, or other things and it works fairly well so far.  Since most of my magick work is done by direct thought energy and intention,  I don’t use that much pyromancy (fire magick) in my workings.  I have noticed, for example, that if I’m doing some form of divination, (like Tarot, Runes, or even D and D percentile dice), I’ll light a candle I feel will enhance access to wisdom.

THIRD QUESTION:
Have you had any negative, unusual or even just plain odd candle burning outcomes or experiences?

Indeed! Particularly when I forget to grind the herbs in the wax into a power before putting them into the hot wax. I tried this once with whole rose petals and when the flame reached them, they became wicks that made a very large flame! When I came into the room 10, 15 minutes later. My 12 inch tall power candle was shrinking in height about as fast as the flame was getting higher. It was quite the race! Even though the candle sat in a metal bowl, the wax overflowed onto the table and then the wood floor. Quite the mess, indeed! I now make sure that any herbs I use are well ground in a spice grinder!!!

FOURTH QUESTION:
Is there anything that you could impart to our readers about burning candles?

Even though this is believed to be “common sense”, I’ll be obvious and say, always burn your candle in a tip-proof, heat resistance holder. If you need to, put a larger plate under holders like candelabras and the like. It’s like putting a cookie sheet under a casserole dish in the oven. Also, it is extremely unwise to light a candle where air movement can bend the flame and catch something flammable, (like your curtains). Never light a candle and then leave the house, thinking it’s quite safe! Fire is a living creature with a mind of its own, so it needs to be watched occasionally. Finally, since it is considered by most to be a living thing, treat it with some respect due a living thing. Snuff the flame out, rather than blowing it out. The force of your breath can spray the hot liquid wax where you may not want it. And most traditions consider it an insult to the flame. Simply snuff it out with a good metal or ceramic snuffer and say something like, “Until you live again, go in love”, is fairly respectful and insures fewer mishaps.

TOMMOROW:

Stan will give us some insight on the properties of paraffin wax, which is the most prevalent type in candle shops and grocery stores and his thoughts on mixing items into the wax (herbs, oils, and other materials). Stan will give us some general ideas about the boosting power of these items and he will describe how these are inserted in the creation of wizard Candles, his own product line that can be found at www.wizardcandles.com

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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