
100% Beeswax Scented Pillar Candles
These locally hand crafted beeswax scented pillar candles are 4"h x 3"d and are approximately 12 oz. each. These candles release negative ions when they burn, which purifies the air. They are made with 100% pure, gently triple-filtered, unbleached beeswax and 100% pure cotton wicks.
Available in 2 scents:
Holy Cross Scent (Lavender+Cypress+Sandalwood): Biblically, sandalwood was one of the “spices” used by the Jews in burial. The cypress tree is one of the tallest trees to be found in the Holy Land, so for the Jews it was a symbol of striving towards Heaven and eternal life. This was why Solomon used cypress to build the first temple. Lavender is a floral scent, known well for its calming effects. this combination of scents in in honor of the Holy Cross, since the Cross is a symbol of death (sandalwood) transformed by Christ’s sacrifice into a symbol of eternal life (cypress). Its strong wood undertones are sweetened by the Lavender: “Sweet the wood, sweet the nails, sweet the load that hangs thereon” (from Good Friday liturgy). It was through Christ’s Cross that we are given the promise of peace and eternal happiness in Heaven.
Flos Carmeli Scent (Fleur de Provence): This candle is scented with clementine, white osmanthus, lemon leaf, lily of the valley, star jasmine, heliotrope, vanilla orchid, ambrette, cashmere musk. Flos Carmeli, Latin for “flower of Carmel” and one of the titles the Carmelites use to address Our Lady in prayers and hymns. Mount Carmel is in a small chain of mountains running across Palestine. It was here St. Elias made his dwelling, and foresaw the Blessed Mother in a vision of a little cloud rising out of blue waters. The Carmelite order took its name from this mountain, its founder’s home, and so Our Lady, who is Queen of Carmel is also invoked under this title. The mountain is one of natural beauty. In Hebrew, the word Carmel signified a “garden, a beautiful hill, choice and cultivated ground, the garden mount.” It is covered in a multitude of flowers. It has been said that there is not a flower blooming in all of Palestine that could not also be found on the slopes of Mount Carmel, and so Carmel is also a symbol of the “fertile ground” of Our Lady’s Order that has produced such an abundance of the flower of sanctity.
These candles do not burn all the way to the edge, so as the candle burns, when the edges of the candle get soft enough, you gently hug, or pinch, in the sides toward the wick. They take approximately 50 hours to burn.
1 candle per pack
Please note: The candle is not blessed, but if you would like us to have it blessed before shipping it to you, we will be more than happy to have that done. Please put a note in the comment section of your order at checkout.
These scents are also available as a Holy Cross incense and Flos Carmeli incense