...as a part of the healing journeys I would hold for clients.  Some of those early candles are pictured below. I was guided by Spirit to hold candlelight transmissions with each healing and I witnessed how potent this medicine is.  I decided to begin making my own candles and tools for my work with clients to ensure the energies that were being amplified on their behalf were intentional from start to finish.  And one day, I was guided to begin sharing them with the world (with Illume as the first). And here we are!

I began

This always starts with inspired healing.  By that I mean, I may be immersed in an energy so healing, so rich that I want to intentionally craft a ritual & tool to help us continue to invoke that energy long after its visit with me.  Or I may hear a voice from Spirit (or simply feel its guidance) leading me toward our next creation together.  

Crafting and working with sacred tools is one way to embody and mentor with that Spirit's medicine.  To honor that, the creation process is one layered with channeling & trusting soul wisdom, element & plant medicine, and the healing potential of stones.  I mentor with the energy deeply myself, allowing it to reveal itself to me, name itself, and declare its purpose.  I allow them to be my teachers. 

Each batch is created in sacred ritual - with the presence of spirit guides invoked, intention stated and held with me riding its current in some way during the process as a way to attune them to their unique medicine. 

co-creation

On many new and full moons, I will be led to attune a particular candle under the energy of the moon. Typically this will be a candle whose energy aligns with what is happening cosmically and with the healing needs of the collective at that time. Both Illume and Dark Moon were created and attuned during these lunar phases.

Following the guidance, I will either create a new candle or make a special batch of an existing candle to be blessed under the moon. These ceremonies are held outdoors, in nature for 12 or more hours. The candles are arranged geometrically and a crystal and flower grid are created around them to anchor in Spirit messages and intentions. These items also serve as a way to amplify those intentions, like a beacon to the Unseen world. For hours, we sit together in prayer, meditation, and union until our time feels complete. I leave them with the moon and the elements until they call me to close the ceremony.

Pre-orders are usually taken. This allows me to dedicate a particular candle to a particular person. And to call in Spirit support (guides, angels, higher self) to attune the candle to what that person's soul is most in need of.

the lunar