★ Sacred Groves, Goddess Nemetona, For rebirth, spirits of the dark forest, alchemising pain into purpose, decomposing the old shadow wounds into nourishment. ★
 
250ml black tin candle with a lid - black soy spell candle with fern and moss scent, a fly agaric soy mushroom embedded with gold tigers eye crystals, and chlorophyll! Actual plant blood flowing through there. How cool is that?
 
This beautiful soy candle is the pure artistry of the forest spaces, designed to capture the essence of a hedge witch in the dark forest.
It honours the spirit of mushrooms - those spirits who connect and alchemize all life, all energy, lending us their great wisdom and power.
People overlook them all the time, but they carry on regardless.
 
The soy wax has been thrice deepened to give it a rich midnight sky effect, and the fly agaric toadstool is all wax, crafted and hand painted (with wax) by myself. Add beautifully hand pressed ferns and a drizzle of chlorophyll and biodegradable shimmy, and you have the third beauty in the dark forest range.
 
Channelled sacred poetry: 
 
“I have walked steps of death
Bleeding over jagged stones
In each crevice a toadstool blooms
The twist of it could have been
End incarnate
As I hesitantly, achingly, tiptoe
Through the darkest of forests
Lulled by promises of sleep
Moss rich boughs
Pillared gateways all
Whispering of otherness
Dew drops of old tears
Woven into thread canopies
And dried in frost curled ferns
Glittering in the sun
Here I have been unmade
Time and time again
This dark forest is both
My enemy and dearest friend
As mushrooms from my bones descend
For we all decompose in the end.”
- Joey Morris 2023 all rights reserved
 
This beautiful candle can be used to invoke the protection and liminal power of the sacred grove, and dedicated to Gods and Goddesses of these spaces, especially the Goddess of the Groves, Nemetona.
 
★ Fern in Witchcraft - an ancient plant revered throughout time for its connection to liminal spaces, ancient knowledge and the fae. Thought to be protective and incredibly lucky, it can be used in spells to unearth treasure (even when that's internal treasure toward healing!)
 
★ Chlorophyll in Witchcraft - the life blood of plants that absorbs the sunlight, connecting it to vitality, life-force, solar energies and renewal.
 
My own work, recipe and design all rights reserved. ©
 
Tin can get hot when candle is burning, please burn with care and use a heatproof mat underneath
Never leave a burning candle unattended
Remove herbs to lessen the heat / burn prior to burning
 
All my own work recipe and design all rights reserved ©
Burn with care, do not leave a burning candle unattended 
Burn with care! Place on a heatproof dish
 
All my own work recipe and design all rights reserved ©
 
250ml tin candle
Burn time approx 5-6 hours