Description

Origin & Traditional Use

Herbal and soy votives are small candles that burn for several hours in a glass holder, scented or infused with herbs for a particular intention.

Uses in the Work

Burn it on the first night in a new home or temple to bless the space and announce your presence to the spirits of the place. Red-brown joins the warmth of red with the stability of brown, so it suits workings for a settled, protected household. Burn it before consecrating a new altar.

Pairs Well With

White Sage – 1 oz; Basil Leaf – 1 oz; Frankincense & Myrrh Resin – 1 oz

Lore

Housewarming customs once meant literally warming a new house with fires lit in every hearth, to drive out spirits and welcome new ones. Bread and salt were carried in so the household would never lack.