Ceromancy: The Fine Art of Candle Reading
Lately, I have been asked a lot of questions in the Psychic
Realm chatroom about "ceromancy". That is the fine art of
reading a situation by studying the way a candle burns. Are the
flames leaping high? Is the wax sizzling and crackling and
popping? What does it mean when the flame goes out? Many people
in the Realm over the last year have become avid candle-burners
and realized quite instinctively that the way a candle is
behaving is often a mirror of the situation as it presently
exists and its outcome. It is, after all, one of the world's
most ancient forms of divination. The leaping and reaching
candle flames are seen to represent the souls of the individuals
involved in the situation being read. For instance, one member,
the other day asked me what it meant when the wax from the
candle she was burning for love melted into the shape of a
heart. Anyone who is used to reading wax drippings knows that is
extremely good news and probably means the other person is
thinking of you. Another phenomenon that I am constantly asked
about is what I call "accelerated magic." This is when a candle,
that usually lasts about four hours, starts smoking and seems to
burn down very rapidly