Don't Burn the Curtains

Candle magick sounds simple enough right? You choose a candle, light it with intention, gaze meaningfully into the flame, and absolutely do not set fire to the curtains, your altar cloth, your sleeve, your palo santo, your dog’s tail, or your own eyebrows. In Don’t Burn the Curtains: A Sensible Witch’s Guide to Candle Magick, Morven “Nym” Marsh takes you by the spiritually flammable hand and leads you through the glowing, wax-splattered world of candle craft with equal parts reverence, common sense, and affectionate side-eye. Inside, you’ll discover the history of candle magick, colour correspondences, wax types, sigils, anointing, flame reading, smoke signs, wax shapes, beginner spell workings, and the quiet but crucial wisdom of not treating a tealight like an unattended portal to destiny. This is a guide for witches, seekers, spiritual dabblers, chaos gremlins with altar space, and anyone who has ever bought a candle “for the vibes” and later wondered if the melted wax was trying to send a message or simply judging their life choices. Practical, funny, magical, and refreshingly human, this book honours the old ways without vanishing up its own incense smoke. Light the candle. Set the intention. Keep water nearby.