Description

Origin & Traditional Use

A pillar candle is a thick, free-standing candle that burns for many hours, the traditional altar candle of churches and temples. Pillars suit long workings and are often carved and dressed over several sessions. Red and black candles are burned in conjure to reverse curses and send harm back to its source: the red stands for the power being returned, the black for the harm being drawn off.

Uses in the Work

A tall ritual pillar for long rites, temple work and devotional flame. Red and black combines Mars and Saturn: reversal, return to sender, and martial force driving harm back to its source. Burn it on a Tuesday or Saturday. Use pillars as the two pillars of the temple, black for Boaz and white for Jachin, or set them at the four quarters. Carve sigils deep into the wax, since pillars burn long enough for the work to settle.

Pairs Well With

Brass Taper & Pillar Candle Holder; Candle Carving Set; Banishing Oil – 1 oz

Lore

Boaz and Jachin, the black and white pillars of Solomon’s Temple, stand on the threshold of every Masonic and Golden Dawn temple. They mark the polarity the initiate passes between.

What You Receive

9″ x 1 1/2″