Candles: Gold

by | Inspiration

Gold both as a stone and as a color has been venerated by man for eons.  Burials thousands of years old contain beautifully crafted gold worked into fantastic masks, cloaks, shoes and personal items.    Associated with strong masculine Gods such as the Egyptian God...

Happy Samhain!

by | Happiness

Is Samhain’s Ancient Past Seen In Modern Halloween Observances? The festival of Samhain (literally “summer’s end” – pronounced Sow-en) represents literally millennia of observance and standing among the Celtic peoples of Northern Europe.  Samhain was the...

Candles: Brown

by | Inspiration

Brown has long been associated with Mother Earth.  It is used as an alternative color for the north in many nature based belief systems.   Brown truly represents the soul of the earth – the very soil within which the Earth gives forth her bounty of nature.  Soil can...

Candles: Black

by | Spiritual Growth

Black is a much aligned and misunderstood color, especially in the realm of candles.  Many people have the misconception that Black is the color of dark forces and evil.  (The bad guy always wore the black hats in the movies… Dracula is dressed in black and red…what...