What is a Candle Wax Reading?
A candle wax reading is a VERY intuitive type of candle magic divination where a witch or spiritual practitioner observes the delicate drips and folds of wax to understand messages from the spiritual realm.
A candle wax reading may also be called –
- Ceromancy
- Ceroscopy
- Carromancy
According to Collins Dictionary, the word mancy originates from the Greek word manteia which means soothsaying (prophecy).
When candle wax melts, it can make a variety of shapes, patterns, and symbols. Each drip and curve carries hidden messages. The moon guides the tides, stars whisper ancient tales, and a candle wax reading pulls us to an otherwordly realm where the mundane and spiritual come together to reveal the secrets of the cosmos.
Molybdomancy [is] a system of divination based on the shapes produced by dropping melted lead or tin into water. Interpretations depended upon the psychic ability of the diviner, much as in tasseography (divination by tea leaves).
A related system of divination was ceroscopy (or ceromancy), in which molten wax was dripped into water and interpreted in a similar way.
Candle Wax Reading in Water
There are two different ways to do a Candle wax reading in water. The first method involves holding a lit candle over a cold bowl of water and allowing the wax to drip until shapes, symbols, or patterns appear. This can be a very slow method as you wait for each drip to fall into the water.
The second method involves the use of a double broiler (aka balneum Mariae or Miriam’s bath, which I discussed in the Magical Elements article). Place the wax in a double broiler and heat until it’s completely melted. Then slowly pour the melted wax into a cold bowl of water and watch as it forms symbols and unveils hidden secrets. I’ll discuss these further in the section below – Interpreting Wax Patterns.
Divination with wax has long been replaced by divination in tea leaves and coffee [grounds], but it has the advantage of superior antiquity over these methods, and is further removed from the commonplace.
Wax of the purest quality was melted in a brazen vase and stirred into a liquid of uniform consistence. It was then poured into another vase filled with cold water, but slowly, and in such a manner that it congealed in tiny discs upon the aqueous surface.
A variety of figures were thus presented to the eye of the seer, and interpreted according to the impulse of his intuitive powers. This is an exceedingly harmless practice, which might be productive of clairvoyant results.