3” glass encased candle infused with herbs, resins and oils
The witches' sabbat is the nocturnal congregation of all manner of spirits and magical practitioners. It is here that we meet our brothers and sisters in arte, and the spirits that inform our work. To travel to the sabbat is to travel to the otherworld, and over the centuries numerous methods of doing just that have arisen. Plants are one of the means by which magical practitioners alter consciousness to enter into this liminal place. This candle is infused with the very same herbs used in the medieval witches' flying ointment, as well as other herbs associated with the Sabbat. Burn during spirit flight and hedgeriding to serve as a guide there and back, as well as to stand sentry over your body while you are away.
Deadly nightshade: Atropa belladonna: a baneful and saturnian herb with a long history of association with witchcraft and the Devil. One of the main ingredients in medieval flying ointment.
Centaury: Centaurea erythraea was said to make all who compass about it believe themselves to be witches. It is also an important herb for plant workers.
Mullein: Verbascum thapsis when used as a "witch's taper," it is dipped in wax and burned. at the boundary as a luminary for our rites. It is also used to communicate with spirits.
Vervain: Verbena hastata is another herb associated with sorcery and spirit work, commonly it is called sorcerer's violet.
Myrrh: Commiphora myrrha which adds a dark and lunar energy to the blend, once used in ancient funerary and embalming rituals.
Poplar buds: Populus alba: A tree of the underworld, sacred to hekate. Poplar protects us while we journey.
3” glass encased candle infused with herbs, resins and oils
The witches' sabbat is the nocturnal congregation of all manner of spirits and magical practitioners. It is here that we meet our brothers and sisters in arte, and the spirits that inform our work. To travel to the sabbat is to travel to the otherworld, and over the centuries numerous methods of doing just that have arisen. Plants are one of the means by which magical practitioners alter consciousness to enter into this liminal place. This candle is infused with the very same herbs used in the medieval witches' flying ointment, as well as other herbs associated with the Sabbat. Burn during spirit flight and hedgeriding to serve as a guide there and back, as well as to stand sentry over your body while you are away.
Deadly nightshade: Atropa belladonna: a baneful and saturnian herb with a long history of association with witchcraft and the Devil. One of the main ingredients in medieval flying ointment.
Centaury: Centaurea erythraea was said to make all who compass about it believe themselves to be witches. It is also an important herb for plant workers.
Mullein: Verbascum thapsis when used as a "witch's taper," it is dipped in wax and burned. at the boundary as a luminary for our rites. It is also used to communicate with spirits.
Vervain: Verbena hastata is another herb associated with sorcery and spirit work, commonly it is called sorcerer's violet.
Myrrh: Commiphora myrrha which adds a dark and lunar energy to the blend, once used in ancient funerary and embalming rituals.
Poplar buds: Populus alba: A tree of the underworld, sacred to hekate. Poplar protects us while we journey.
