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October 27, 2007 6:37 PM

The 6 Day Miracle Candle

The Practicality and Ambiance of Candles

 
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I am a collector of candles. I have long loved the beautiful light that fills a room and softens the edges of my reality. Scented, unscented, plain, colorful, practical; some so beautiful you would never want to burn them; tall tapers, short and fat cylinders, single wicks, triple wicks.

 

Candles are near the top of my list for necessities: Food, water, shelter, candles! Throughout the years, the one that I consistently use is housed in a tall cylinder of glass- the 6 day miracle candle, so it is called; inexpensive and easily obtainable. I first learned about these in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where the Hispanic Catholic tradition is strong and ever present.

 

The typical "miracle candle" has screened images of various saints along with a special prayer. The story has it that you recite the prayer as you are lighting the candle, and when the candle goes out, your prayer will be answered. How wonderful!

 

These same candles are available without any images or prayers, just clear glass in a range of colors: white, dark blue, light blue, pink, green, red, yellow, and the occasional purple or orange. You can find them in most any grocery store.  They're shelved in the International Food aisle where the Hispanic foods are located. Typically on the top shelf. Expect to pay $1.00 to $1.50 per candle. I recently "clocked" the burn time of one of these and it burned continuously for 152 hours or 6.2 days. If you only burn them from time to time, you'll need a long match or incense stick to light them once they've burned further down into the glass.

 

Unlike the plastic version of these long burning candles, I like the fact that I can reuse the glass for a tall drink of ice-tea, as a vase, or for making new candles. Here's just one site that you can visit to learn about recycling your candles and making new ones. http://www.candlehelp.com/?content=recycle

 

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By Louise SaintOnge on October 27, 2007 6:37 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

October 2, 2007 12:18 PM

Voices from Around the World-New Zealand Prepares

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A READER FROM NEW ZEALAND responded to my review of the film The 11th Hour.
I replied, and then asked if she'd give us her input on what she was doing to prepare,
what her concerns were, etc. Here's a perspective from another part of the world.

 

Hi Louise - just heard something on TV about the new film The 11th Hour - so we will get it here in New Zealand soon.

 

Re Earth changes - We were fortunate to get a report from Ed Wiltsie, especially for New Zealand, from a brief visit to our country. Very interesting, and together with Ramtha's lecture we know things could be pretty "shaky" - which is the title of the report - New Zealand Islands in Motion.

 

Most of the masters here are already living in rural areas and are familiar with "self sufficiency".  For myself, I am choosing to move to another part of New Zealand (currently I live in the north of the North Island). This is for two reasons, one is my current relationship has "fallen apart" where we were sharing the property, and the other is the weather patterns, which have been producing increasing storms, high winds etc. Our home on this land is very exposed to the wind, so I'm planning on an area in New Zealand that I know is more sheltered.

 

We have had three quite bad storms this winter and were without power and phone for several days.  This is an interesting situation which was a reminder of things to come, and we got a bit of a worry with a freezer full of home kill meat and no power - so we straight away looked at purchasing a generator, which until now hasn't been an issue.

 

Food and cooking was not a problem as we grow and can our own produce and can cook on a woodstove.  Didn't realize at the time the cell phones would be affected as they (the cell  phone towers) had to run on battery power, making it a very short-term service if faced with a long power outage.

 

The other interesting thing that has happened is that since your e-mail arrived we have had a volcanic eruption and a series of earthquakes in another part of the country! Neither of these events are "out of character" as they are prone to this activity anyway, but it seems quite synchronistic. More like a friendly reminder!!!

 

I guess the bottom line is to keep in touch with the God within and follow what is best for you - create surviving the earth changes and moving through the chaos.

 

Regards,

Christine, from New Zealand

 

Thank you for letting me put your thoughts in the Blog, Christine.

 

READERS! YOUR INPUT IS IMPORTANT, WHEREVER YOU ARE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANET! YOU CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL OR CLICK THE COMMENT BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM OF A POSTING TO MAKE A DIRECT COMMENT.

 

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