Jakin & Boaz Candle Set

The Tree of Life is comprised of so many important elements.  The Sephirah.  The Supernal Realm.  The Four Worlds.  The Paths.  The formless realm.

And the pillars!  The pillars that form the bounds of reality in this formed world.  The pillars that hold severity and mercy.  The pillars that – by their existence, by their power, by their presence – help us, the seeker, to find that glorious road, the Middle Pillar.

Kabbalah teaches us all about balance.  Where are we in balance with some part of divinity?  Where are we out of balance?  Where are we in alignment?  Out of alignment?

The pillars form the edges of reality, of our lived experience, and they give us the opportunity to more deeply see ourselves.  Through reflecting on them, through relating to them, through working with their power, they help us to see ourselves more deeply.  To Know Ourselves.

But, more than that, the pillars offer us the opportunity to truly find balance.  To truly stand in harmony with the universe.  To truly live the path of unity.

The Middle Pillar is more than just a ritual you practice.  It is a mystical path in its own right; the Path of the Arrow – straight up, the beautiful way, uniting Kingdom and Crown, supported by a strong Foundation and a glorious vision of ineffable Beauty.  This path is only accessible through an incredibly balanced being.  And how do we achieve balance?  By unifying the pillars within ourselves.

For this journey up the Tree, we have created for you candles that hold the energies of Jakin and Boaz, the two great pillars of creation.  By working with these in your spiritual practice, you will

• Come into a deeper understanding of severity and of mercy
• Come into a deeper understanding of the masculine polarity and the feminine polarity
• Come to an experience of polarity – one of the fundamental building blocks of this reality – and you will understand it at a deeper, visceral felt sense
• Have the opportunity to more deeply align with the Middle Pillar
• Have a magickal experience of the Middle Way

You might use these candles:

• When you are doing your Kabbalah rituals
• When you are listening to Kabbalah teachings
• When you need to activate a Kabbalah altar
• When you are attending to Questions for Contemplation
• When you are contemplating the Five Questions
• When you are meditating
• When you are striving for balance
• When you are contemplating any polarity
• When you are seeking to know yourself more deeply

These are not candles you burn all the time; these are purposeful magickal creations which you illuminate and bring forth their energy when you wish to engage with their magick.

Construction Note

Heads up that these candles are engineered to be burned intermittently.  If you burn them constantly, they will smoke significantly and eventually the wick will fail.  The candles are designed to be burned for 20-45 minutes while you do your ritual work and then be extinguished.