{"collection":"bos","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bos/bos658.htm","path":"bos/bos658.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bos/bos658.htm","text":"Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999]\n \n \n CANDLE BLESSING\n ===============\n Coven of New Gwynedd\n \n Blessings be upon thee, O creature of light! Thrice blessed\n little herb! Herb o' grease, with thy waxen stem and thy blossom\n of flame! Thou art more potent against spells and terrors and the\n invisible menace than fennel or dittany or rue. Hail! antidote to\n the dealy nightshade! Blossoming in the darkness, thy virtues are\n heartsease and quiet sleep. Sick people bless thee, and women in\n travail, and people with haunted minds, and all children.\n \n <to be spoken when a new candle is annointed with oil, or when\n candles are being made -- when wax is being poured or the candle\n dipped -- preferrably on Candlemas>\n \n Blessed Be,\n Gwydion\n 3307","title":"Internet Book of Shadows: Candle Blessing (Coven of New G...","type":"page"}