May 29, 2025
Good afternoon, friends. Someone close to me isn’t feeling well, and he’s actually having surgery done tomorrow. In addition to the prayers I’ve said for him, I also wanted to light a candle.
This isn’t, however, your average everyday candle lighting; it’s more candle magik. In this case, it’s important to begin with intent. Intent is everything. I went to the dollar store, and I bought a white candle for $1.25, but I already knew why and for what purpose I was buying this candle.
That’s a lot different than going to the store and picking up a candle nonchalantly.
The color of the candle is important, as is the type of candle, and my intent for purchasing this candle is for health and healing. The next thing I do is pick out the runic symbols that correlate with my intent, and again, it’s health and healing.
With a knife, I carve the runic symbols into the candle, and then to make the symbols more prominent, I fill in the grooves with black paint. The color of paint is significant.
The next step is to pick any herbs that correlate with my intent, and for this candle, I’m using Thyme. I poured out my Thyme into an open file folder, and the reason why I’m using an open file folder is to prevent a mess.
An open file folder gives me enough room to roll the candle thoroughly back and forth so the herb sticks to the candle.
At this point, the candle is pretty much prepared, and the only thing left for me to do is bless it.
So, this specific candle (color and type) was picked with intent, it was marked with runic symbols, rolled in Thyme, and blessed.
It’s now ready to be lit by itself or used in ritual or ceremony.
Nooz Buffet 