The humble soybean is becoming one of the most useful crops in the world. It can feed us, feed our livestock, help make bio-fuel and soybean oil can be used to make candles. Soy candles are becoming more and more popular, especially with vegans, who can’t use beeswax candles. If you want [...]

One of the fastest growing (but unorganized) religion is Wicca, also known as Witchcraft. Many people prefer to use the term Wicca, because the word Witchcraft has so many negative associations. But where do we get the word Wicca? As anything else having to do with Wicca, the origin of the name [...]

You can’t just any old scissors to as a candle wick trimmer. They are usually so big that they may break your candle and they often can’t make a nice even trim line. It can be very hard for a badly cut or crushed candle wick end to catch on fire. If [...]

Although you can get everything you need for candle making at an arts and craft stores or an online supplier, it is nice to be able to not really need them. If you are thinking o making your own candles, then you are probably interested in how to do it in the most economic [...]

Over the centuries, our ancestors used a lot of different materials for oil candle wicks. Oil candles were probably used a lot longer than wax candles. Even in Tibet, yak butter candles have been used for thousands of years and are considered the traditional lighting. When the yak butter melts, it’s basically [...]