Note: I used foil rather than a plate for several reasons: a) I don't have that many plates going spare, or enough space to store them specificlly for candles b) Wax on plates/glass can be difficult to remove unless you add them to the freezer and my freezer isn't big enough to be holding plates while they freeze c) Foil gives me a good flat surface that I can recycle after use, I can adapt it to the size I need.
Sounds like a pain to clean. I don't mind the foil, I'm planning on using the wax in other workings anyway, so I really need to cleanly get it off a surface, which is why I quite enjoy foil as an easy alternative.
I have watched you grow and transform into such a beautiful professional young witch… helping me find myself transforming into the witch I always knew I was, although I am much older than you, your videos gave me the chance to release my true self. Thank you so much. I do not know your age but I do believe I have watched you for two years and it’s as if I have watched a bab crawling begin to walk and now you are dancing with such grace and spirit it is truly beautiful transformation to have had the chance to behold. I think this is your best video yet!
I love making and using sigils, but it is very time consuming. Yes, I would very much like to see videos about sigils and candle carvings. I always use candles and often sigils for my practice
Hearth, thank you for telling us that magick is messy. I can't have an altar in the open at home because my family is Catholic. They're still accepting one step at a time that I do Tarot readings, hence why I have a portable altar only. To be honest, my portable altar is quite simple and far from being Instagram-perfect. I like it a lot but sometimes I feel the pressure of having something perfect to please my archangels and deities. Anyway, your peaceful transformation altar looks amazing and is very inspiring! PS: Hearth: [Confused about the Summer weather in the UK] Me: [Living perpetually in the heat of Mexico] Huh...
Never feel pressure. When I became a practicing witch I decided right. Forgot my first enchanting moments with a well known book. Merlin was arcane and a wild possessor of magic. I was definite in my destiny. Confusion of studying and now facing the fact that I chased deity after deity. It got boring and felt useless sometimes. Because I lost what I had. My true beginning was at about thirteen. In a book. Wizardology book of secrets... Blessed be
So please take a breath and know we can help to ease the stress. I have ptsd and I find myself awkwardly following the moon here and there by chance.. Mere accidents and first thoughts will always get the better of us. Be strong and we love you guys!
Oh hearth, you remind me a lot of a friend of mine from primary school. You look like her, but she's a Christian. She's really into Renaissance stuff and used to love vampires. Once she hand made me a Harry Potter crushed velvet journal as a child! You have a very whimsical, but learned way about you that has always put me at ease. You're one of the first witches I found and helped so much. I love getting your perspective and this came just in time! Many thanks.💜 you're amazing. Stay safe
Now THAT is a 🕯 candle! Your sigil is gorgeous on there. It looks so nice and professional. I would love to see a video watching you make another. Mine always look very willy-nilly. I am very lucky. I have five special areas where I can set up different alters. Blessings!
This is a really great idea for an Altar. My husband and I are going through a weird transformation/move and this gave me a lot of inspiration! I would also love to see a video on carving the sigil into the candle!
Posted in perfect time. Taking my first break of work day and can watch second half on next break. This weekend I plan to set up my alter and need some help for a peaceful transformation as I left a relationship, moved, started a new job and got injured. So I need some peace. Hugs to you Hearth 💛
I honestly think this is my favourite vid of yours and altar , i found it interesting to see the spark in you when talking about your friends and your desire to help and seeing your process including you saying how much time and effort it takes to raise the energy needed..... ps i just found out about the wax run from the starchild candle ( all over brand new carpet) rookie error but i adored the candle all the same
who cares if its aesthetically pleasing!! As much as I am an ASMAR and artsy type of person, and adhd so love ALL things shiny(can't stress this enough lmao...) I love all of the mundane work that is put into this. The purpose especially, it's one of the reasons why I want to become more into this practice. I originally wanted to get a degree in psychology to help people. However, college didn't work out for me, and I heard lots of witch's help people, past and present, so I figured not only would it be good spiritually to start a new journey, I could also help people in this way, even if there is no actual contact with the person, which is also perfect for me. I get social anxiety real bad every now and then. It makes me happy a witchy RU-vidr is putting things out there, even with the editing, that shows this much work and how you go about it. It's EXTREMELY helpful for the baby witchies out here!! Lots of inspiration I'm getting from these types of videos as well. I'm not a complete baby witch, I've been doing deep studies for a bit now. However I haven't yet to set up any altar for any celebration, I'm also a slow learner and so I knew it was going to take a while to remember each holiday and to decide which ones were important enough and that resembles with me so I can motivate myself even more to remember them. That part hasn't been a clear "in the green" or figured out yet lol. I love altar videos. I would love to see more in depth ones like these for each seasonal holiday or festival/celebration!!! Or whichever ones you celebrate more. It makes me feel actually pretty special being in this practice, I am and always have been very artsy, I practice and sketch something on an every other day basis, and occasionally crafty already!! I plan on setting my Imbolc altar up hopefully either today or tomorrow and are leaving it up until the end of Feb, I just can't decide where to put it. I'm not a Broomcloset Witch, thankfully I don't have to be. My parents(especially mom, can't thank her enough!!) are very accepting of my practice. However, my stuff is already all over the place. I'm a complete, 100% homebody, & with unfortunately no job right now due to mental health circumstances, and don't need to be cluttering it up even more. I'd put it in my room, I have the perfect desk, but it's where I keep my cat's food so she doesn't have any trouble reaching it, and doesn't knock it accidentally. Anyone have any ideas? I am currently mostly residing on the couch. I go to my room on occasion, I do have my own spot at the kitchen table, mainly I store my paint supplies and other mail here. A note: since i"ve had covid, (thank God no more, I got over it around Fri/Sat of last week) I had been isolated up there for a week and a half and I really don't want to be up there so much anymore lol. If anyone sees this comment, I know this is an old video, thanks for the ideas guys!!! Happy Imbolc, and many blessings!! 🕯💜🔥❄
This was a wonderful video. I’d love to see more on how you carved the sigil into your candle. Stunning 🤩 Sorry to hear people close to you are going through difficult transitions. I’m sure your support and your altar will help their transitions to occur peacefully. Blessed be ✨
I didn't celebrate Mobon either this year. And for the same reasons. It just didn't feel like mabon. We still have rose buds still blooming in our garden. England just hasn't felt like it's entered autumn yet. I'll celebrate it when I feel it's actually here.
That candle carving is GORGEOUS and I must try it! I feel like I need to add a bit to my altar to honor the first big snow we"re getting today. Maybe I'll switch my fall fireweed stalk with empty branches with the ends painted white, and a light blue table runner :)
Such a wonderful thing to do. I am working on one targeted towards one person in particular for their peace and while I know what I will use now it never hurts to draw in more inspiration. Thank you 🙏
Wow this alter is amazing. Aesthetics thankfully aren’t the be all and end all. But this alter absolutely has homely and peaceful feel to it and that candle !! Wow ❤️. I really loved watching this kind of video and would absolutely watch this kind of thing again. Thank you sharing and sending you many blessings and lots of love from New Zealand 🌸❤️
Loved this video, Hearth! And your altar is lovely in its simplicity and sense of purpose. I would love to see more of your work with carving on on those candles.
Two altars here, one is my kitchen altar set up on a Morrison's melamine sandwich tray. The other is a crafty altar next to where I stitch, and it's some repurposed items on an old wooden tray I got from a workplace; ie a wood crochet hook to represent Wands, etc. I put a rose on each and a tarot card for Mabon.
Hi Hearth I don't usually add a comment but this video was amazing I'm new to witchcraft and to see you with the candle I was transfixed I actually had to go back and watch a few times and the energy was so strong. I would love to see more videos like this please. Hope your friends and family are ok through this transformational time.Blessed be x
I completely understand what your feeling, I have not been happy with the seasonal change. Growing up as a little girl by mid August it was starting to cool down & you could feel the cool autumn air starting to creep in with thunderstorms & all. Now it’s October & still 100 degrees outside 🥺 no rain, 😭 I don’t know what’s going on-people says it’s “climate change” but I have faith that Mother Nature is stronger, is more magical than this mess-so it’s like I am losing what faith I have left….in this planet. Which makes me feel hopeless & depressed. I am fighting it though🤯 everyday✨ trying to stay positive.
I love how well you explain things Hearth, and your altar is simple and beautiful 🖤 it’s just been ostara here and I’m going to redo my altar this weekend to reflect the beautiful spring energies 🌷💚🔮🧙♀️🍀
I am moving back to a place where there are four seasons and I can actually feel in the mood for Sabbats. I'm so excited! Beautiful idea, beautiful candle, and I like the haphazard alters - those are generally what I do, and it works for me. Magick certainly can be messy, just like life. Thank you for the excellent content, as always!
I would love to see how you carved your candle, specifically how you got the color in it. Thank you for all your videos, this one was particularly inspiring as I'm struggling to adjust to many major changes in my life.
This is one of the most beautiful altars you have shown us. The unique & heartfelt pieces and symbolism give it an energy that is beams through the screen. Il love it, and that Dark Goddess statue... WOW!
Yes, more about candles with sigils, please! Any detail that you can share would be lovely. What colour did you use for the sigil, and what do you use to carve the sigil in, since it looks very precise and beautiful?
Blessed be, Lady Hearth. Looking lovely as always, I see. Lol. 😍 Hope your day goes easy and peaceful. Love and light to thee, High Priestess. Sending good vibes your way. Merry meet. 🧙♀️🌹
Would love to hear a follow up video on how it went and any (if at all) adjustments to the working that you did. Hope your loved ones are staying safe and do indeed find peace in their transformations.
I loved watching this, your practices are very different from mine, but its lovely to be inspired by someone elses work. I am literally buying myself some oracle cards!! on a sidenote though - I love your makuep, and I would love to know what it is :)
This is so helpful! Thank you! I’ve been going through a hard time so I too will be creating a manifesting/ peace altar! Thank you so much for this information!! Gratitude 💗🙏🏽
I love the altar setup and think it's very pretty! I keep a section on my altar for other people (prayer requests, anything people have asked for, health, finance &c.) And like you I use cards- I have a small easel and some place card holders. Still hot and rainy here. Hopefully Autumn actually comes soon!🍁🍃🎃 thank you for all the videos
Thank you for being real. I've been kind of stuck in such a grey space lately. My alters are just taking up space and collecting dust. To hear you share not feeling Mabon festive makes this seem "normal" and ok. I started studying about 6 months ago and had so much fire, I think I burned myself out. Your alter is beautiful and the candle is totally gorgeous. Thank you for sharing this with us. 🥰
I love love LOVE this style of video AND the slightly different take on it. When you make videos or change the usual style to fit and share what's going on in your life it makes me like 1000000% more interested!! Thank you for sharing and I hope you and your loved ones do well during these transformative times hearth :)
Love the dark goddess statue! You should find a nice platter or plate that you could use under that candle stand to catch the wax. Time to visit a second hand store or pound shop- lol. Beautiful altar- filled with meaning. Many blessings
I totally agree about forgetting. I've found that my spells work best when I forget about them. :D Also, I love the choices of cards from the living altar deck. I've recently started using the cards regularly on my altar too. They've brought in so many changes :)
Hearth!! Love this video. Your videos are so practical, down to earth and real. Your videos help me along my journey in ways you can't begin to imagine. THANK YOU. Keep up the wonderful work.
Beautiful video, Hearth, and you look gorgeous 😍 wishing you lots of luck with your transformative journey. I always learn so much from you. Would love more sigil videos!
Sometimes, I can set up my altar in an hour. Other times, it can take up to two weeks because I need to sit with things and allow my intuition to guide me. For the most part, I have everything I need. The odd time, I have to pick something up (usually a candle or two). Currently, I am moving into a new aspect of my practice, so my altar is much different than it has been in the last couple of years and I absolutely love it. Magic is definitely messy both internally and externally.
The candle is beautiful!!! Candle magic is some thing that I’m just recently becoming more interested in. Previously I was working more with herbs, and Magick just within the home. I still love those forms of magic, but I would like to expand. Honestly, I really just want to learn everything. 😂🤣 Anyway, the making of that sigil would be a fantastic video! Anything that you are willing to teach? Honestly, I will be happy to learn. You never know what technique is going to work until you try it.
👋🏼 Hello just chiming in. I’m not a witch or warlock, but if I was, You would definitely be the go to person. I truly enjoy listening to all of your great knowledge. 😊🙏🏼
Hi Hearth . I absolutely loved this video , as I watched you set your intentions into candle and then set altar and with the music and the reason for this altar just really touched me and I could feel my eyes filling up as such a beautiful thing and with everything that has happened on last 2 years , so many people have lost loved ones , life’s have changed , everything, what a truly beautiful thing and i now have been inspired to do the same . Also yes ! Yes yes! to seeing more videos of sigils and carving into candle as it is something I’d love to be able to do and definitely see more of please ! Also I think to sell these candles in your shop would be great! So it’s a yes all round for me and thank you for sharing this . Loved it x
You should quite a few very personal clips in this video and I rlly rlly appreciate! Actually watching someone put together their own altar is personal in general it helps someone who is somewhat new to this rlly learn and have something to go off of!
I felt very much like you regarding Mabon , and I understand it was a common feeling! Thank you so much for inspiring me: a manifestation altar is a really great idea! 💖🙏🏻💫
Thank you for this really nice and useful video (and nice altar, imperfection included!). I think it's good to see someone like you doing things and not only talking about them, it helps in turning words into reality, at least for me.
Hello! Thank you for sharing. I agree spell work and ritual are often messy and not pretty and take a good deal of time to build up the energy. I like the “tin foil boat” not only for protecting your altar space from wax but for it’s reflective qualities. Really enjoy your channel! Bright blessings🌺
Thank you for this video! I am in need of a transformation ritual and was also not feeling Mabon. You could add some nature to your alter. Maybe something out right now. I have acorns, and pine needles as well as autumn flowers.
I can see that this video has inspired q lot of people and I love how you admitted it took you hours to do and didn't just act like it was something you just 'whipped up'. What software would I use to be able to draw my own sigil? Xx
Beautiful altar 🔥 🕯 Love the tin foil idea 💡 this was fun to watch. I would totally love to see a video with the sigil making. I love your channel its very inspiring. Glastonbury is the best place 🧚♀️ Have you been to Chalice Well? That is my most favourite place 🌎
What did you use to color the candle sigil? I would love to do this, and was thinking of using ink or something similar, but I’m worried about fire safety, etc! :)
You can use coloured wax from another candle or even crayons. Heat it with another candle or lighter so it's pliable but not liquid and draw it within the sigil.
I think walking us through techniques are sleays useful. And you discussing Sigil methodology was cool I am seeing the same season of change, so i have bere making loads of Road Opening.
Love this it’s very organic feeling and simple very similar to how I like to set up mine also , I just adore your channel and the wealth of information you share thank you for what you contribute to the community Hearth 💖
