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I run my own candle business. That aside I know that there are many uses for candles. I am going to ask are they important to have if casting or doing a ritual? What are the other ways you like to use candles.

Candles are good for blinding people, and make push ups more fun.

All you need is a person above you, using a candle to drip hot wax onto your back. lol

Or have small candles beneath you so that if you fail to push up or are tiring and your torso is getting to low, you get burnt....of course the generated heat going up will burn you anyway but still its good for a psychological kick that can give an adrenal boost.

I like candles though, but then I like fire too, it is the flame of the candle I enjoy.

I prefer a dark room but if I had to choose the type of lighting i.e candles or fire vs electric lights, I would choose the former since it gives a nice atmosphere.

You might want to target Reiki healers and energist.


They usually have a lot of candles.

I use them for meditation. Help with relaxing my panic attacks. Camping BBQs gifts . The name of my business is Haven Of The Stars. We are on Facebook.

Candles are good for ambiance. I personally prefer scented candles.

FallenAngel.
Some candles, especially scented can be dangerous in terms of toxicity, the fumes are really not good and have even been said to be equal to smoke that gives you cancer, so I would recommend a fully ventilated room before setting them up.

Funny really, humans use some candles as part of a therapy and all are doing is poisoning themselves.

I use essential oils and all natural oils nothing toxic in my candles. But thank you for putting out the reminder. The toxic substances are paints that shouldn't be burned. I use liquid wax to have different colors on the candles. I can assure you that the candles I make are safe .

Heh long as the oils are not flammable, mind you it is funny to see someone on fire.

A bit of cliche but I have always fancied candles on genuine human skulls. I always love a horror look.

i literally only use them for ambiance.black or red candles burning matches the theme of my living room or my bedroom. movie night its especially cool. thats about all i use them for. i burn incense so the scented ones dont do much

The oils get mixed into the wax as it melts

Candles are good for a lot of reasons it helps you to see if there is a bad storm out an all the power goes out, it's good for medatition, kinky stuff of course,

Good for testing pain endurance as well, a little game I like is how long you can keep your flesh on the tip of the flame before the pain becomes too much.

i have also heard that depending on the color of the candle they can be used in certain instances

Good point MoonlitGodess, the following are some of the colors and the influence that it can create during a ritual.

White----Purity, Truth and Sincerity.
Red-------Strength, Health, Vigor and Sexual Love.
Light Blue---Tranquility, Understanding, Patience and Health.
Dark Blue----Impulsiveness, Depression and Chageability.
green---Finance, Fertility and Luck
Gold Yellow---Attraction, Persuasion, Charm and Confidence
Brown---Hesitation, Uncertainly and neutrality.
pink---Honor, Love and Morality
Black---Evil, Loss, Discord and Confusion
Purple---Tension, Ambition, Business progress and Power.
Silver/Gray---Cancellation, Neutrality and stalemate.
Orange---Encouragement, Adaptability, Stimulation and Attraction.
Greenish Yellow--Sickness, Cowardice, Anger, jealousy and Discord.

One important aspec is the day of the week. The following are the color for the week:

Sunday---Yellow
Monday----White
Tuesday---Red
Wednesday--Purple
Thursday---Blue
Friday---Green
Saturday--Black

Remind me to get black, purple and red candles in that case. haha

A lot objects in this world are assigned meanings based on color, shape etc. Kind of amusing since something does not actually need meaning to function.

Ive always wanted a home (very large) that i can light with nothing but candles and torches...

I do like using candles in ritual/and to help what ever i may be doing at my alter.

Well with that terrible and unnecessary event/holiday coming up, I imagine a lot of candles are going to get bought and out of some pathetic "romantic" gesture.

Why should romance and love matter? Just mate for the night and move on. Humans are animals just like any other, they possess the same drive as them. I suppose in the event of something going wrong, a candle may make a good weapon.

I am afraid of using scented candles after reading something some years back that scented candles have cancer-causing properties. But, I wish I had some scented candles right now. If I want scent, I just an air-freshner or a spray on favourite perfume. In reality, scented candles are safe... it's just that age-old sentiment... "too much of something is not good".

I use candles of only 3 colours for relaxing purposes and focus sessions. Sometimes, I use candles to read into the wee hours of the morning, sometimes, even till sunrise. I love the old conventional feeling... I mean I am truly appreciative of electricity and would die without it... but, I love my candles as well.

I burn scented candles everyday. Also we burn Shabbat candles every Friday night and during Hanukkah

Besides for rituals
I use scented candles in spells
And on certain days of the year I light a special scented candle as I gave all those that are no longer among the living a scent to represent them
I light the candle on these special days and let it burn for awhile
as it burns I remember them and the good and bad times while they were with the living

Candles remind me of most living organisms, a flame that is slowly burning itself to nothing.

As said above, some candles can be dangerous but its easy to avoid.

No idea why some people think they may need a certain candles for rituals though, a candle is a candle no matter what.

It is not from lack of understanding because I am aware of those rituals and expressions, I just don't see why it matters in the bigger picture, mind you I don't find much meaning in anything really.

@ Vitiosus

You sound to be from the existentialist school of thought. I don't think you truly do not find meaning in anything. What do you mean by no meaning? Do you not see a purpose? Or do you not see a deeper significance to things?

I do not mean to come across as being a nag, but, you should think about it....

Is it because you do not identify a purpose, in which philosophical sense, you do not truly understand what is happening, making it as a reason for the lack of understanding, or you do not find significance in what is happening, in which philosophical sense, you do not truly care about what is happening, making it intentional?

Ponder on this.... Just a thought from me.

"You sound to be from the existentialist school of thought. I don't think you truly do not find meaning in anything. What do you mean by no meaning? Do you not see a purpose? Or do you not see a deeper significance to things?"

I understand how it can mean something to someone personally, but I don't see any purpose or meaning to it in the larger picture. A candle is a candle and life is just life, I don't see any greater meaning or purpose to it.

"Is it because you do not identify a purpose, in which philosophical sense, you do not truly understand what is happening, making it as a reason for the lack of understanding, or you do not find significance in what is happening, in which philosophical sense, you do not truly care about what is happening, making it intentional?"

It is not from a lack of understanding, I can understand its meaning to others, I just don't think it matters in the grand scheme of things, so it is closer to the latter in that it just doesn't matter to me. I don't really care for labels but I am what you would call a Nihilist. I simply do not care or see any deeper meaning to the world.

Unless I can consume it or use it for surviving, I won't care much for it beyond any practical use. A candle won't do me much good.

I see where you are coming from... existential nihilism. Very fascinating. As Li has mentioned, candles are tangible objwcts of focus for a larger, more potent significance, metaphorically and symbolically. It is just an alternate mode of a school of thought. :)

I think it is just that humans try so hard to find significance in everything. They give off a certain ambience that can be either gentle and soothing or dark and creepy. But in reality they are merely a catalyst for the mood of the mind. I think it is all in the perception of the situation in which we use them. For most, a dinner or bath by candle light would be perceived as calming, romantic, and peaceful. On the other hand, the same candles in a haunted house, gothic castle or occult ritual would be perceived as creepy and unnerving for most.

true I believe that most use candles in rituals or spellwork, meditate is that they find light to bright distracting
well I do and that is why use candles

I like use candles in cleansing with some sage for my house. As well we use them around my house for healing purpouses. In the evening I tend to light candles whenever I read although its not really good on the eyes. But with my current job profession and being either inside or outside all day bright light tends to hurt my eyes more after being around it all day.

I can see how it can inspire certain emotions by its cosmetic look but it still doesn't change that it is a candle, I do like them, I just don't hold them to higher purpose unless it can prove it deserves to be.
Certain candles being needed for specific things may just be a placebo effect.

growing up my mom"dabbled" with wiccan spells and such (i know that its a bad thing to do) she literally had candels in every color but i never noticed anything special result from having them. the only thing she managed to do was open many doors between worlds and allow other wordly beings into the house. and alot of them were not good

everyone is entitled to their pwn opinion. to me candels just smell nice but are expensive unless you get the from a dollar store.

I only use soy, vegan candles. I don't use them for ritualistic crap (because I think it's that - crap) - I light them because they're pretty and smell nice, the flickering at night is soothing, and I can use the smell for mindfulness meditation.

I used candles in a ritual once that seemed to work but have not tried since.

Thanks for posting that article LI. Candles are great for meditation and getting a piece of mind. Helps focus as well subtle things such as the flicker of the flame and all.

I use candles in pretty much anything ritual. If they aren't actively part of the ritual itself, they are a mood setting device. Lighting candles and incense is a standard part of setting myself up in the proper mindset. Overhead lighting is too harsh, and tends to remove me mentally from what I am doing.

Pretty much anything I do after-hours, I prefer to do by candlelight. Something about it just feels more normal to me than having a ton of fluorescent bulbs to light the way.

Lights can give you headaches, so candle light is a good alternative.

It really is. I used to have really chronic migranes, so I seem to have picked up a habit of just avoiding lights in general.

People has done well enough with fire, candles and torches for centuries, its worked well enough and it saves electricity and keeps you warm at the same time.

Very true. And given my general respect for what fire can do if left to it's own devices, I generally don't burn anything down in the process. I do have a number of lanterns that work quite well.

Indeed, it keeps you on clock. Typical lights encourage laziness which results in a waste of energy. Lanterns were good for the old ships, really gave them a good look at night.

Haha, I'd never attributed them to laziness prior to now, but I suppose you're right there. Nothing like operating on pure candlelight to keep all your sleep cycles in order.

The world is such a dark place at night that humans have forgotten that fact. Turn every single light off at night even the street lights and assuming there is no moonlight, you will find a world of pitch black with nothing but your ears to help you. Some may have good low light vision but your eyes need some level of light to reflect and see.

I hear that, there's a lot to be said for learning to trust only what you can hear when out in the dark. It's a challenge, but one worth trying to learn.