The History and Origins of Wiccan Candle Forms

Wiccan candle forms are an important aspect of Wiccan magical practices. Candles are commonly used in Wicca for various purposes such as rituals, spellwork, meditation, and divination. The shape, color, and size of the candle can all hold significance in Wiccan practices. One of the most commonly used candle forms in Wicca is the tapered candle. Tapered candles are long and slender, typically wider at the base and narrower at the top. These candles are often used for general rituals and spellwork.

Icy wears a light yellow robe and a lime headband. Her hairstyle does not change. The other witches are dressed the same as her, only with their own hairstyles.

When she freed herself from the ice in the Omega Dimension, she sarcastically remarked that her heart was very cold that even the Omega Dimension could not freeze it anymore the essence of the Omega Dimension was supposed to be such that its cold froze even the heart of those imprisoned there, as mentioned by the pilots of the ship who threw the ice blocks containing the Trix into the Omega Dimension. At the bottom was a picture of Prompto giving his super hype happy selfie face as the rest of the party was stumbling in critical HP in the ill-conceived Blizzaga I cast.

These candles are often used for general rituals and spellwork. The narrow top of the candle makes it easy to carve symbols or names into the wax, adding intent and personalization to the spell or ritual. Pillar candles are another popular form in Wicca.

What's your favorite ice-based spell, ability, or technique in a game?

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SolVanderlyn

I love pineapple on pizza!

It's the heart of Winter now, and we're getting deep into the snowy part of the season. And where I live, there's ice everywhere, too.

I love Blizzard in World of Warcraft. It's so simple, yet so satisfying. You just rain icicles down upon your foes. Area of Effect spells feel so good in that game, and Blizzard is - perhaps fittingly so, considering the developer's name - the staple AoE spell of WoW.

My favorite ice-based moveset as a whole, though, goes to Veigue Lungberg from Tales of Rebirth. Most ice users are mages, but Veigue is a warrior, using his two handed broadsword alongside his "Force of Ice" to make himself into a sort of mage-knight. He stands out even more because most Tales heroes use a variation of the same similar swordsmanship style, while Veigue's is entirely unique.

What's your favorite ice-based move?

Insaniac

atlans89

Whatever Jin Kisaragi from Blazblue uses.

Not this shit though

Maxina

DeckardWintermute

Final Fantasy 10's Shiva overdrive has always stuck with me for whatever reason (it's the finger snap I think)

DyslexicAlucard

Shiva summon from Final Fantasy VIII.

Kindekuma

Ice Spreader in Metroid Prime. Honest to god one of if not the most powerful beam weapon you got and had this cool AoE with freezing over the area.

Admiral Woofington

Morrigan

Spear of the Metal Church

Anri, Freeze Level 4, Shining Force

Edit: unless someone can make a gif of this part :) (2:57 if timestamp doesn't work)

swirlyglasses

Grimmjow

One Winged Slayer

Whatever Jin Kisaragi from Blazblue uses.

Not this shit though

NoReasonReally

Kcarstel

PK Freeze from MOTHER/Earthbound, I love all the PK attack animations in this series, and freeze is no exception.

Undeniablybiased

Cryonis from Breath of the Wild is real real good. It does one thing and one thing only, but that one thing is applicable in many different scenarios and fits perfectly into the 3 core pillars of Zelda: Exploration, Puzzle Solving, and Combat. It seems kinda dumb at first, just summoning a pillar of ice, but its application throughout the whole game is so natural and varied. It's a great ability.

werezompire

Zeboyd Games

Old-school Arctic Armour in Path of Exile. Turned mana regen into defenses and completely shut down rapid-fire fire attacks (which were a big deal at the time).

Tagyhag

MK 3/UMK3 Sub-Zero ice is always good stuff.

I also forgot the name but the ice cone spell from Dragon Age Origins was insanely OP.

Mcfrank

Death Knight Howling Blast back in Wotlk when you could tank as frost. Just instant aggro in everything in the area. Loved it.

mopinks

Gundam

Yep, this one is the first that came to mind.

Optinator

FFXIV Diamond Dust. When the second half of the track kicks in.. perfection.

Hoo-doo

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WarAdept

It's a mighty hot ~40 degrees in Aus.

But to answer your question, Frost Nova from WoW.

Simple, elegant, useful.

Plus it doesn't take 50 billion years to cast, nor does it take another 50 billion for the animation to play out.

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ALL OF THEM
I just love ice/snow aesthetics in general. Aesthetics wise it's very hard to choose just one.

If I have to choose one, it would thus have to be gameplay wise. In which case, gotta go with Uesugi Kenshin's "God Region" gimmick from Sengoku Basara 3 Utage and Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi.

Essentially, if you use one of their specials (all but one are ice based) and follow it up with a different special, and assuming both hit, the ENTIRE LEVEL will temporarily slow to a near standstill except for Kenshin for a few seconds and be stained a frosty blue, implying that they're freezing time itself. At higher levels, the effect grows, and you can get a special equip item that doubles the length. Given the effect is refreshed whenever you link another new special, as long as you have enemies to attack, you can basically make the whole game run on slo-mo.

LOCALIZE BASARA CAPCOM, GRRRR

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dadjumper

I love Blizzard in World of Warcraft. It's so simple, yet so satisfying. You just rain icicles down upon your foes. Area of Effect spells feel so good in that game, and Blizzard is - perhaps fittingly so, considering the developer's name - the staple AoE spell of WoW.

Lol, well you stole mine. I think I preferred it a bit in War3, but I got a lot of use out of it in WoW too.
Other than that, I like a good ice spell that slows. Diablo is good at this.

Strings

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Aurica

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I was always partial to Ice 2 in Chrono Trigger personally. So often ice attacks tend to be dainty things, like enemies freezing and then the ice breaking, an icy wind, shards of ice, etc. CT had the right idea by dropping massive chunks of ice on the screen with some really strong sound effects to go with it(which really is the case for all the techs in CT). Timestamped below.

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Boring answer, but Ice Beam from Pokemon's always been one of my favorites.

Tales of the Abyss had some great Ice Based artes that you could get via Field of Fonons. Guy's Frigid Moon and Final Glacier are two of my favorites:

Psyrgery

How about Lord of Vermillion from Ragnarok Online?

Also known as Lag of Vermillion, WHY CAN'T I FUCKING MOVE or WTF THE SERVER CRASHED AGAIN!

Sioul

Hero of Bowerstone

How about Lord of Vermillion from Ragnarok Online?

Also known as Lag of Vermillion, WHY CAN'T I FUCKING MOVE or WTF THE SERVER CRASHED AGAIN!

WarAdept

How about Lord of Vermillion from Ragnarok Online?

Also known as Lag of Vermillion, WHY CAN'T I FUCKING MOVE or WTF THE SERVER CRASHED AGAIN!

ScrewyAurum

Psyrgery

Damn that's right, I thought the thread was based around ice, fire and lightning elemental spells.

My choice goes with, as Sioul mentioned, Storm gust.

About 90% of the wizard used that in the server along with Lord of Vermillion in order to stop rush attacks.

MrBS

Dnomla

My nostalgic choice is Final Fantasy VIII Shiva's Diamond Dust.

A more recent one is Dahlia's (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) Level 3 and 4 Specials.

Seneset

Final Fantasy 10's Shiva overdrive has always stuck with me for whatever reason (it's the finger snap I think)

Agreed, this has stuck with me for a long time too. I think this also the reason why I liked the Awakened Witch in Black Desert Online.

Aztechnology

Community Resettler

There generally isn't a game with cooler magic, wish I could have gotten into it. I just wasn't feeling it.

OwOtacon

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Cryonis is the most underrated rune in Breath of the Wild. It allowed for a lot of early sequence breaking when my stamina wasn't good. Also - flipping over enemies with it in shrines is so satisfying.

Saint of Killers

Codosbuya

Dark_Castle

Tales of Vesperia - Yuri's Frigid Blast. The animation is sweet

Path of Exile has many cool cold spells. Currently one of the most meta/strongest dps skill in the game is cold-based, Winter Orb.

Spaceroast

Cryonis from Breath of the Wild is real real good. It does one thing and one thing only, but that one thing is applicable in many different scenarios and fits perfectly into the 3 core pillars of Zelda: Exploration, Puzzle Solving, and Combat. It seems kinda dumb at first, just summoning a pillar of ice, but its application throughout the whole game is so natural and varied. It's a great ability.

Easily this. This so much.

It was like Christmas when I got this at the beginning of the game. You give me this huge open world and I can make ice blocks anywhere? There are so many fun ways to play with it. I've wished for a cane of somaria in a 3d Zelda for so many years, and this is the next best thing.

Best tool in Zelda history. Best ice power in gaming history.

Yossarian

I LOVE the ice spell from Dead Cells:

Zealuu

Death Knight Howling Blast back in Wotlk when you could tank as frost. Just instant aggro in everything in the area. Loved it.

Oh yes. This. Man, I miss 2h frost tanking.

My favourite current ice ability is technically a fire spell - Diablo 3 Meteor (Wizard), but with the Comet rune that turns it into cold damage. It's a fun testament to the game's creativity that you can turn Blizzard into a firestorm and meteor into a huge ball of ice.

Aexact

Cryonis is the most underrated rune in Breath of the Wild. It allowed for a lot of early sequence breaking when my stamina wasn't good. Also - flipping over enemies with it in shrines is so satisfying.

I have definitely laboriously crossed lengthy rivers by painstakingly laying a leapfrog of Cryonis bridge blocks down. Nothing is going to get in my way!

Anyway not my favorite ice spell but favorite memory related to an ice spell was Final Fantasy XV. I was 60 hours into the game and never really messed with magic. I was having a problem killing an enemy and I think Ignis analyze said it was weak to ice.

So I cast Blizzaga and hoooo boy magic does not work the same way in FFXV than other FFs I played. The whole screen got covered in a huge visibility destroying storm and it nearly killed everyone in the party, because spells do friendly fire in FFXV.

But that wasn’t the best part.

When I crawled back to town to recover, they showed me the pictures Prompto took. At the bottom was a picture of Prompto giving his super hype happy selfie face as the rest of the party was stumbling in critical HP in the ill-conceived Blizzaga I cast.

Lol, well you stole mine. I think I preferred it a bit in War3, but I got a lot of use out of it in WoW too.
Other than that, I like a good ice spell that slows. Diablo is good at this.

These candles are wider and shorter than tapered candles, with a cylindrical shape. Pillar candles are often used for protection spells, grounding, and creating sacred space. They provide a steady and strong flame, making them ideal for longer rituals or ceremonies. Votive candles are small, usually less than 3 inches in height, and are commonly used in Wiccan practices. These candles are often placed on altars or used in spellwork to represent specific intentions or prayers. Votive candles are relatively quick-burning and can be easily found in a variety of colors, allowing practitioners to choose the appropriate color for their specific intention. Tea lights are another common form of candle used in Wicca. These small, circular candles are typically encased in metal or plastic cups. Tea lights are versatile and can be used for various purposes, such as creating an ambiance during meditation or adding a touch of light to a divination session. In addition to these candle forms, there are also specialty candles used in specific Wiccan rituals or traditions. For example, chime candles are small, thin, and typically burned in sets of different colors to represent various intentions or desires. Birthday candles are sometimes used in Wiccan practices as well, particularly for personal spellwork or celebrations. Overall, the form of the candle plays a significant role in Wiccan practices. Practitioners carefully select the appropriate candle form based on their specific intentions and desired outcomes. The choice of candle shape, color, and size adds depth and intention to the magical workings within Wicca..

Reviews for "Using Wiccan Candle Forms for Protection and Banishing"

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I was really disappointed with the Wiccan candle forms I purchased. They are advertised as being high-quality and durable, but that couldn't be further from the truth. The molds are flimsy and easily breakable, and the candles that I made turned out to be nothing but a mess. Not only did the candles not hold their shape properly, but they burned unevenly and quickly. I definitely wouldn't recommend these candle forms to anyone.

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I had high hopes for the Wiccan candle forms I ordered, but unfortunately, they didn't live up to my expectations. While the molds themselves were decent, the instructions provided were confusing and hard to follow. It took me multiple attempts to get the right consistency of the wax, and even then, I struggled to remove the candles from the molds without damaging them. Additionally, the size of the molds was much smaller than I anticipated, making it difficult to create the desired candle size. Overall, I was left feeling frustrated and unsatisfied with my purchase.

3. Jessica - ★★☆☆☆

I was excited to try my hand at candle-making with the Wiccan candle forms, but I found them to be quite disappointing. The quality of the molds was average at best, but what really bothered me was the lack of variety in the available shapes. The selection was limited and didn't include some of the popular Wiccan symbols and designs that I was looking for. Additionally, the molds seemed flimsy and didn't hold their shape well during the candle-making process. I won't be purchasing these candle forms again.

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