Description

Origin & Traditional Use

Lailokens Awen candles are hand-poured intention candles made with herbs, oils and symbols for a particular purpose or sabbat. Awen is the Welsh word for the flowing spirit of poetic and divine inspiration. Beltane candles are burned at the Gaelic fire festival of 1 May, celebrating fertility, passion and the full return of summer.

Uses in the Work

For Beltane, the fire festival of May, when the earth is fertile and the fae walk abroad. It is used for passion, fertility, union and vitality. Burn it outdoors or at a hearth and jump a small flame or pass between two candles for purification. Leave milk and honey for the fair folk.

Pairs Well With

Damiana Leaf – 1 oz; Red Rose Buds & Petals – 1 oz; Hawthorn Berries – 1 oz

Lore

Cattle were driven between two Beltane fires in Ireland and Scotland to protect them through the summer.

What You Receive

Red beeswax pillar candle anointed with Beltane Anointing Oil. 4″ x 1 3/4″