Candle Rituals employing 7-day candles are an excellent starting point for beginners. When used correctly, burning long-burning prayer candles proves to be a secure and powerful method for manifesting desired outcomes. It merges your intention with action, infusing momentum into your spell, ritual, or prayer.
What is a 7-Day Candle?
A 7-day candle, enclosed within a jar, is designed to burn continuously over the span of 7 days. Typically crafted from beeswax, alternatives include soy and paraffin wax candles. The jar serves to contain the melting wax, enabling the candle to remain alight for several days.
While often utilized as standalone tools for individual rituals, they can also complement other implements. Available in various colors, each is associated with specific intentions such as love, protection, wealth, health, astral travel, energy release, and more (See our different prayer candles in our shop) Many practitioners enhance their efficacy by incorporating oils, herbs, and crystals on seven-day prayer candles, while some carve their intentions onto the candle before lighting it.
Though conventionally burned to completion over approximately 7 days, safety concerns arise. Many fear the risk of accidental fires if left unattended. This is a valid concern to address. Your focus should be on your intention to channel your energy towards successful manifestation, not on worries. Several safety measures exist to mitigate risks, such as burning the candle in a fireplace, bathtub, or sink while asleep or away from home. It’s unnecessary to relocate your entire altar; simply return the candle when attending to it. Furthermore, ensure children and pets are kept away from the flame.
Alternatively, adjusting the burning period offers a safer approach. Continuous burning is not imperative; you can extinguish and relight the candle at your convenience until fully consumed. This practice minimizes hazards significantly.
How you utilize 7-day vigil candles remains at your discretion, with safety and positive intentions being paramount.
Interpreting the Results
Burnt candles offer insight into ritual effectiveness. For beginners, interpreting a burning candle, particularly by its soot, proves most accessible. Here’s how to interpret your results:
*Black Soot: Signifies negativity. If confined to the top or midsection of the jar, the obstacle has been removed. Covering the jar entirely indicates a blocked working.
*White Soot: Symbolizes spiritual communication, exorcism, or purity. Absence of negativity suggests an unimpeded working, particularly in unhexing rituals. If present on one side, it may indicate an error in your practice or displeasure with the candle from the spirits. Soot exclusively at the bottom hints at external assistance, spiritual or physical.
