Description

Origin & Traditional Use

A figure candle is a candle moulded in the shape of a person, animal or symbol, so that the candle itself stands for what the working is about. Figure candles grew from the ancient practice of the wax image, in which what is done to the image is done to the one it represents. Male and female figure candles represent a specific person, and are named, carved and dressed to work on them for love, healing, domination, protection or cursing, depending on the colour. In candle magic a white candle is burned for purity, blessing and spirit contact, and it can stand in for any colour.

Uses in the Work

A male figure candle used to represent a specific man in sympathetic magic: to draw, bind, heal, influence or hex. White serves every purpose. It stands for illumination, consecration, purification and the Morning Star aspect, and it can substitute for any other color in a pinch. Burn it on a Monday or Sunday. Carve his name and birthdate into the wax, dress the candle with oil chosen for your intent, and lay a taglock beneath it. To dominate, write your name over his on the petition.

Pairs Well With

Candle Carving Set; Black Arts Oil – 4 dram; King Solomon Oil – 1 oz

Lore

Writing your name crossed over another’s is the conjure method of domination, used to put your will on top of theirs.