I am thinking of making some candles. I am researching online about the different types of candles that can be made. Soy, BW, Parafin etc..dust want a couple opinions before I waste a bunch of wax..
Go for the 100% pure beeswax. Not only do they smell great when burning, they also burn quite free of soot.
But the burning of the beeswax also releases vapors which I believe include ether’s. These vapors seem to have a very medicinal effect on human tissue. Witness the ear candles that are all the rage at the moment. They really do work, as amazing as that seems.
I also suspect that when the Catholic church abandoned their traditional use of pure beeswax candles in their cathedrals, much of the impact of their act was lost.
Just imagine going to church with a headache, some sinus pain or hay fever, then after sitting in that beeswax infused environment, to emerge feeling free of pain, relaxed, invigorated by each breath. Wouldn’t that make you want to go back to church next Sunday? Instead go there now, with all the same problems, and come out with soot in your nose and more tar in your lungs………
Beeswax is great to touch, too. Just the handling of it in the candle making process is a pleasure. Then every time you caress that candle, you will enjoy it again.
If you make you candle thick enough, the wax will pool up instead of dripping all over your tablecloth, and you will get a lot of burning out of it. This is affected by the ambient temperature when you burn the candle, of course.
Go for the 100% pure beeswax. Not only do they smell great when burning, they also burn quite free of soot.
But the burning of the beeswax also releases vapors which I believe include ether’s. These vapors seem to have a very medicinal effect on human tissue. Witness the ear candles that are all the rage at the moment. They really do work, as amazing as that seems.
I also suspect that when the Catholic church abandoned their traditional use of pure beeswax candles in their cathedrals, much of the impact of their act was lost.
Just imagine going to church with a headache, some sinus pain or hay fever, then after sitting in that beeswax infused environment, to emerge feeling free of pain, relaxed, invigorated by each breath. Wouldn’t that make you want to go back to church next Sunday? Instead go there now, with all the same problems, and come out with soot in your nose and more tar in your lungs………
Beeswax is great to touch, too. Just the handling of it in the candle making process is a pleasure. Then every time you caress that candle, you will enjoy it again.
If you make you candle thick enough, the wax will pool up instead of dripping all over your tablecloth, and you will get a lot of burning out of it. This is affected by the ambient temperature when you burn the candle, of course.
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