Free Candle Spells | Readers Questions | About Candle Burning Safety
Posted by Jacqueline on May 6th, 2008 in Readers Questions | Comments Off on Free Candle Spells | Readers Questions | About Candle Burning Safety
Rosa from New York asks about candle burning safety
I want to burn candles for love, but I am afraid of fire. I blow them out when I go out, but relight them when I come back home. Is this the proper way to burn petition candles? How can I burn candles safely without causing a fire? I live in an apartment building and I am afraid of burning the whole place down
Rosa, that is a very good question and one that I am sure many people wonder about when lighting their petition candles. There are many ways that you can secure the candle in a safe area and burn your candles without the possibility of fire. Here are some of the ways:
Make sure there are no fabrics, papers or anything within the air above the candle opening and flame. Sometimes when working with condition oils on your candles, you may get a high flame on your candle, which could ignite any items above your candle. I have had candle flames as high as 4 inches above the wick before!
Set your candle in a saucer, small cereal bowl, Pyrex baking dish. or decorative plate to catch wax in the event of a cracked candle glass. I learned this early on in my candle practice. I had went to a family members home, not too far away, for a Sunday barbeque. We had eaten a great meal and were sitting in the last few hours of the setting sun. The children were playing in the yard while adults made small talk around the table. All of a sudden, I got this gripping fear of something about to happen. I had to rush home. I left the party, promising to return once I visited my home, just a few blocks away. When I had arrived, I went to the bedroom where I was burning a 7 African Powers candle, which had cracked and the liquid wax had poured over my glass top table and onto the hardwood floor. Never again did I leave home with candles burning without setting them in a container to catch wax in the event of the very same thing that happened to me.
If you are using a name paper, petition paper or photograph with your candle, remember to affix it to the lowest point of the glass of the candle (not to be used in free standing candles). For name papers and petitions, you may place them under the candle, sandwiched between the candle and the plate or saucer.
If leaving your candle lit while unattended, you may set your candle on the area between the burners on the stove, the kitchen counter top or even inside an enamel bathtub (I STRONGLY do not recommend setting a candle in a fiberglass tub).
If you have pets who jump up on counters or like to brush their tail about, making sure your candle is up high or in an area that they are not likely to jump is something to consider.
Using these safety measures should give you peace of mind when burning your candles for your desired outcomes.
J.
