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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....
Latesha from Mississippi writes: Miss Jacqueline, I really like your candle spells. Can I ask how I should use petition papers? What is their purpose? I’ve heard about them but I’m not quite sure how to go about writing one or using it when I burn my candle. Do I have to use a free standing candle, or can I also use the glass encased kind? God bless, Latesha Thank you for your thoughtful comments and a very important question. The history of the petition paper is to give some “grounding” or labeling of the candle in use. This is especially important if you are burning more than one candle at a time for a situation. Imagine this, there are times when you are to move a candle in a certain direction towards or away from another candle, like lovers’ candles. Now, if you have a candle meant for “you”, one for “him” and one for “her” (the other love interest), you definitely want to know which candle is yours so you can move “his” closer to “your” and away from “hers”. Another reason to use a petition paper is when you are specifically requesting a sum of money or if you want your desires to be a secret while burning the candle in a home where others live with you. It is possible to fold the paper so tiny that it fits under the candle and no one knows it is there. For a sum of money, you do not want everyone to know that you are in need of that money or how you received it when you do receive it, either. There is a passage in the Bible about keeping your prayers to yourself, which applies here as well. You ask whether you should use free standing or glass encased candles, in which both are fine. Free standing are a nice change, especially when you are desiring an answer or an outcome and you would like so sign to let you know how things are going. I change them up from time to time, but because of the many candles I burn for others on my altars, I mostly use the glass encased candles. Your petition paper can be drawn or written either with an elaborate script or a simple couple of words or a dollar figure on it. It is in the intention that gives it the power. A good rule of thumb is to give the final decision that this petition come to pass with writing the closing words, “That my cause be justified, Oh Lord”. This is especially good for candles that you are burning when you want to change the will or mind of another. You are asking your Higher Power to allow it to be, it is should be in your favor. this way, no retribution should come to you for your candle burning efforts. You also ask whether to use petition papers with every candle. This is best, however, I have used candles without petition papers, just praying over my candle before lighting it, especially when I am burning it for another in my household. I have either been in a bit of a hurry or just wanting my petition to be a secret, I have lit candles that I have prayed over, but did not put a petition paper down. I have had success in either circumstance. Good question, Latesha! I hope that others will send in questions about their candle burning problems. I also would like to hear and post some of YOUR successful candle spells. Please send these in to: tarotbyjacqueline (at) yahoo.com and I will post...
Free Candle Spells | Readers Comments and Questions May 23, 2008
Posted by Jacqueline on May 23rd, 2008 in Readers Questions, Special Announcements | Comments Off on Free Candle Spells | Readers Comments and Questions May 23, 2008 The first free-candle-spells.com newsletter went out this week and I have received some great comments on its’ content for this week that I would like to share. Gloria in CA says : Awesome little newsletter! I forget how easy it is to do all these things…… 🙂 Here is another e-mail I got this week… Greetings Jacqueline: I just want to tell you how much I enjoyed your first newsletter. It was a coincidence that I received it today, because I really need to increase my finances. I am new to candle work, but do want to learn more and I find your blog very informative. Anyway, I was wondering what herbs I might use to make my candle spell more powerful and voila! There was your newsletter in my inbox. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us. I look forward to your next issue. Have a blessed day. Veronica K. Illinois If you have not signed up to receive my bi-weekly newsletter chock full of ideas about your candle magic, just use the peel down tab at the upper right hand side of this page, click on the link, fill out the two spaces and a confirmation will be sent to you in your e-mail. Plus, you get to download my free e-book, “Making Magic with Salt”. A great read for a long weekend like this weekend! Have a great Memorial Day weekend,...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....Free Candle Spells | Readers Question About Petition Papers with Candles
Posted by Jacqueline on Apr 29th, 2008 in Readers Questions | Comments Off on Free Candle Spells | Readers Question About Petition Papers with Candles
Latesha from Mississippi writes: Miss Jacqueline, I really like your candle spells. Can I ask how I should use petition papers? What is their purpose? I’ve heard about them but I’m not quite sure how to go about writing one or using it when I burn my candle. Do I have to use a free standing candle, or can I also use the glass encased kind? God bless, Latesha Thank you for your thoughtful comments and a very important question. The history of the petition paper is to give some “grounding” or labeling of the candle in use. This is especially important if you are burning more than one candle at a time for a situation. Imagine this, there are times when you are to move a candle in a certain direction towards or away from another candle, like lovers’ candles. Now, if you have a candle meant for “you”, one for “him” and one for “her” (the other love interest), you definitely want to know which candle is yours so you can move “his” closer to “your” and away from “hers”. Another reason to use a petition paper is when you are specifically requesting a sum of money or if you want your desires to be a secret while burning the candle in a home where others live with you. It is possible to fold the paper so tiny that it fits under the candle and no one knows it is there. For a sum of money, you do not want everyone to know that you are in need of that money or how you received it when you do receive it, either. There is a passage in the Bible about keeping your prayers to yourself, which applies here as well. You ask whether you should use free standing or glass encased candles, in which both are fine. Free standing are a nice change, especially when you are desiring an answer or an outcome and you would like so sign to let you know how things are going. I change them up from time to time, but because of the many candles I burn for others on my altars, I mostly use the glass encased candles. Your petition paper can be drawn or written either with an elaborate script or a simple couple of words or a dollar figure on it. It is in the intention that gives it the power. A good rule of thumb is to give the final decision that this petition come to pass with writing the closing words, “That my cause be justified, Oh Lord”. This is especially good for candles that you are burning when you want to change the will or mind of another. You are asking your Higher Power to allow it to be, it is should be in your favor. this way, no retribution should come to you for your candle burning efforts. You also ask whether to use petition papers with every candle. This is best, however, I have used candles without petition papers, just praying over my candle before lighting it, especially when I am burning it for another in my household. I have either been in a bit of a hurry or just wanting my petition to be a secret, I have lit candles that I have prayed over, but did not put a petition paper down. I have had success in either circumstance. Good question, Latesha! I hope that others will send in questions about their candle burning problems. I also would like to hear and post some of YOUR successful candle spells. Please send these in to: tarotbyjacqueline (at) yahoo.com and I will post...