Beeswax captured our attention ten years ago. We have researched bees and their relationship with humans all the way back to the pharaohs, who were buried with clay jars of honey to prepare for a sweeter afterlife. Prehistoric people raided hive trees, and ate the honey with beeswax in its comb form. Bees have pollinated our crops and provided us with wax to burn, though in Western Europe it was mainly burned by churches, and in Medieval France, forbidden to any but kings.
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The first candle that Kathryn and I ever worked on together was a large white paraffin candle that Kathryn had ‘rescued.’ It needed three wicks to burn well but only had two, so Kathryn researched wicks and finally found a third wick to thread into the candle. She then brought the candle to an impromptu gathering the day before the wedding of a friend’s daughter. The four us sat around the candle for most of the afternoon taking care of its new wick and dipping simple flowers into the molten wax. We made a border of waxed flowers, and brought the candle that night to an outdoor café. It was the much-admired sensation of the evening. At the end of our dinner, we presented the candle to the bride-to-be who couldn’t have been happier with this memento. Kathryn met her future partner that night, as he was also drawn to the candle, and she to him by his evident courage in approaching a table full of laughing women.
Kathryn and I have talked many times about how a candle helps to create a sacred space, and helps us to recognize any space as sacred. We also work as facilitators of groups and leaders, and use Purest Light candles during meetings. Whether we are coaching clients through difficult situations, or helping them develop to their next level, a lighted candle seems to bring out the best in all of us. We have been able to witness first-hand how people naturally congregate towards the flame, and how it seems to bring calm and focus to these sessions.
Purest Light candles are for celebration, to light in vigil, or for special intentions. They’re perfect for meditation and to help us through our daily lives. At home, I like to keep a candle burning in whatever room I’m working. This reminds me that no matter what I’m doing, I have the choice to be acting out my highest vision of myself. Whenever I trim the wick or look over at the inviting flame or stop to enjoy the calming scent of beeswax, it is a cue to me to be awake to the moment I am experiencing.
Kathryn and I have great affection and respect for the bees and the wax they provide us. Beeswax candles are good clean fun, and we throw in our personal magic to make you the best candle we can create. Our aim is to produce consciously-made candles, and we have made it our practice to pour candles only when we are most balanced. Our customers have told us they can feel this calming and energizing force in the candles. We hope you will experience these candles as a treat to yourself, or as a gift you can give with confidence in its quality and practicality.
--Elle Newman