It is possible to explain why a church candle cracks from the point of view of faith and with completely earthly reasons. But one thing is obvious: a candle made of high-quality wax should not crack.

What does a church candle represent? Why are candles always lit in sacred places during prayers?

Saint Seraphim once compared a burning candle to human life. Faith in the Lord represents soft wax, fire represents love for Him, and light represents the hopes placed in prayers. A lit candle represents divine light on earth; it is a parishioner’s sacrifice to the one God, a reinforcement of prayer.

The fire of a church candle has the property of cleansing. It is impossible to expel evil forces without lighting church candles in the room.

There are very few truly right people in the world. Even monks periodically sin in their thoughts, immediately atone for involuntary sins. An ordinary person, through his thoughts and actions, attracts not only the forces of good into his home. Who, even if sometimes unwittingly, did not envy others or express negative emotions? Each such action attracts creatures from the other world to the home. They may be neutral for the time being, but when a lot of them accumulate, they cause damage to the owner and negatively affect health. If you light church candles in the house once a week, then these evil spirits will not accumulate.

Sometimes you have to deal with a strange incident. In the church, the church candle burned evenly. At home, the same church candle crackles. Why? And this just means that there is a negative aura in the home. It's time to clean and consecrate the room. And it is hardly possible to do this on your own; you need to invite a church minister to perform the full ceremony, sprinkle the room with holy water, and read a prayer.

Sometimes candles that burn evenly begin to smoke and smoke with a crash when a certain person approaches them. He must understand that he probably has some sins, and he needs to go to confession. If it is not possible to attend confession, you can tell shameful secrets and open your soul by the flame of a candle, in front of an icon, while alone. And you will notice that by the end of confession the candle will stop crackling.

But sometimes it happens that a church candle cracks for reasons not related to lofty matters. This may be due to poor-quality wax or incorrect casting of the candle. Sometimes candles are melted down. Unfortunately, there are unscrupulous clergymen. They cast the candles themselves, and the wet wick crackles.

It is easy to distinguish low-quality candles. They do not emit a pleasant smell when burning, have a darker color, and their flame is uneven.

Even atheists wonder. The grandmother brought home a blessed candle, and it burned brightly and cleanly. And at home the church candle began to crackle. Maybe higher powers really exist?

Lately, I have received many questions from you regarding the diagnosis of negative impact.

1. How to diagnose by candles?
2. What does it mean when candles crackle?
3. The candles go out - what to do?
4. How can you diagnose damage?
5. Why do candles smoke? etc. etc.

Well, let's try to understand everything in as much detail as possible. It just so happened that the gods gave man everything and even more for his happy life. Every average person has a head, willpower, desires and aspirations, but, alas, not everyone has knowledge. Today, not everyone can boast of how, for example, it is necessary to correctly interact with the Primary Elements: Earth, Fire, Air, Water. People don’t know how to read a prayer or a conspiracy correctly, much less have any idea how to make a conspiracy. Issues related to negative influence are even worse here. Some craftsmen are only capable of inflicting clumsy damage, which can return to them at any moment. The craftswomen from the “Crazy Head” circle, having read on the Internet some kind of love spell or damage to death that is done in a cemetery, immediately run to the graveyard and sculpt something there, not bothering at all with the consequences.

Diagnostic questions are also a blank sheet in the head. someone heard something somewhere, but doesn’t know anything for sure and can’t repeat it. Information posted on the Internet is diverse and often contradictory. And there are also those who don’t believe in anything at all. As if the final result will depend on their faith. Like, I don’t really believe in corruption, so nothing bad will ever happen to me. Yes, of course, keep up the good work.

Our material is not for them, but for those who want to understand how the presence of a negative effect can be determined by the behavior of a candle. So, we want you to clearly understand that by the flame of a candle (in this case there is interaction with the element of Fire) you can determine the presence of damage.

Diagnostics by candles

In fact, there are quite a few ways to determine the presence of a negative impact. A candle is just one of them. For diagnosis, it is best to take a thin wax candle, such as they sell in churches. It is not at all necessary that it be specifically church. You can buy ordinary wax candles at the market or bazaar from those who deal with honey.

True, in some situations, diagnostics may require a large and thick candle, which usually burns for eight hours. Why and why? The thing is that by the time the candle burns you can also diagnose negativity. If a candle burned for six hours or even less instead of the eight prescribed hours, this is clearly a bad sign.

It is also worth remembering that in the absence of negative programs, a lit candle burns quietly and evenly, its flame has a yellow tint (also called lunar), there is no crackling or soot, and the burning time always - we repeat - corresponds to the declared one.

When negativity takes place, all sorts of miracles begin. We will consider them now.

15 signs of damage

Sign one. The burning time of the candle is much shorter than it should be. (For example, instead of three hours, a candle burns out in one and a half or even an hour). This may indicate the presence of the following negative:

Sign two. While the candle is burning, you feel unpleasant odors. (In a word, you feel a stench, as if wool is burning or nails are burning, or some other organic matter). This may indicate the presence of the following negative:

Sign three. The candle spreads unnaturally quickly and strangely. This may indicate the presence of the following negative:

Sign four. The candle melts quickly and unnaturally (For example, some strange swells appear on it, it is especially worth paying attention to large swells and those swells that have changed their color - darkened). This may indicate the presence of the following negative:

If suddenly you see that the largest influx has formed at the top of the candle, this may indicate that someone has tried or is trying to reprogram your destiny. If the influxes have formed exclusively on one side, this is a sure sign that someone is very smartly sucking energy from you.

Sign five. While burning, the candle fell. (Yes, oddly enough, but such an event is possible. It seems that you installed it properly, but suddenly it could not stand, and you see that the candle leg looks as if someone tried to set it on fire from below, it is melted ). This state of affairs always indicates that rituals were performed aimed at destroying the life and health of a person, and may also indicate the introduction of entities.

Sign six. Black soot has formed on the candle wick. (In such a case, the candle becomes like a fungus). This may indicate the presence of the following negative:

Sign seven. During burning, the wick went down (In this case, the candle may go out, which most often happens. If a person is next to the candle and watches it, then, of course, he can prevent it from going out, but at the same time time, he can, as it were, brush aside what the wick itself shows directly). This may indicate the presence of the following negative:

Sign eight. The candles go out, and then it is not possible to light them the first time (For example, instead of three hours, a candle burns out in one and a half or even an hour). This may indicate the presence of the following negative:

1. damage to death,
2. magic, black magic,
3. settlement of lower religious forms,
4. energy channels are broken,
5. there is active pressure on the will of a person,
6. settlement of high-energy forms (demons),
7. obsession.

Sign nine. During combustion, the wick twisted or broke, or split in two. (Note that nothing like this has ever happened before. In such a situation, a person is very surprised by what happened, naively believing that perhaps this is just a defect in the candle. It also happens when the wick breaks and one end of it continues to burn, and the second one goes out - this is also a bad sign). Such signs always indicate that black magic rituals were performed on you.

Sign tenth. The candle crackles. (By the way, this is the symptom that is most often found in people in practice). This may indicate the presence of the following negative:

Sign eleventh. While burning, the candle makes a sound. (No, it doesn’t crackle, it’s as if it’s humming or whistling.) This sound cannot be ignored; it is truly unnatural. If this is your case, then one hundred percent that a black magic ritual was performed to enslave your will, perhaps a strong love spell.

Sign twelfth. The candle smokes or even separate pieces of soot fly from it. (This anomaly is also very common - we are talking about smoking. Many have observed such phenomena, but not everyone knows what this can mean. Soot does not always form, but sometimes this happens). Meanwhile, everything is simple, this may indicate the presence of the following negative:

1. strongest love spell
2. influence from photography,
3. pumping energy through channels,
4. using runes to cause damage,
5. damage through the house and things,
6. energy vampirism,
7. crown of celibacy,
8. health related damage.

Sign thirteen. During combustion, the height of the flame and its light intensity change. (This anomaly also occurs quite often. Even being a naturally inattentive person, you can notice that such exercises have been observed more than once. The flame will flare up, then suddenly begin to burn very dimly, then rise high, then barely glow and it seems that - it will go out). This may indicate the presence of the following negative:

Sign fourteen. As the candle burns, it breaks. (It doesn’t happen often, but it still happens. Sometimes a candle can really break, and sometimes crack. Such things are hard to believe, but when you see them in a real diagnosis, the hair on your body can stand on end. You always need to look carefully so that strange defects do not form on the candle itself. If they appear, this is a bad sign). Such phenomena may indicate the presence of the following negative:

1. black magic,
2. settlements of lower religious forms,
3. infestation of demonic entities,
4. inhabitation of demons,
5. cemetery love spell,
6. love spell on menstrual blood,
7. damage to fate programming,
8. damage to death

Sign fifteen. While burning, the candle suddenly bends and does not stand, as if it were made of plasticine. (Such a “miracle,” fortunately, does not occur very often, but sometimes it happens. If suddenly this happened in your situation, then know that someone performed a ritual of black magic on you, aimed at suppressing your will , perhaps a powerful love spell was cast. It is worth thinking about where your thoughts are directed and about whom your heart is suffering. Much less often it may indicate the infiltration of low entities.

This is exactly the kind of oil painting we came up with. If, while conducting diagnostics, you suddenly discovered more than three of the signs we described, it’s time to do something that will allow you to get rid of the negative as quickly as possible. There are many ways, here, as they say, you hold the cards in your hands. Try everything to remove the negativity. And you can start, for example, with elementary Annealing, we talked about it quite recently.

For many centuries in a row, a candle has been a magical instrument. It is used in both white and black rituals. How can candles help cleanse the house? Often lower entities from the subtle world settle in living quarters. They are afraid of fire, so a church candle is used in the ritual of cleansing the house. Its flame burns destructive, negative energy. Fire helps to cleanse the surrounding space and human thoughts. After the ritual, the house becomes much calmer and easier.

The power of the flame

Most rituals to eliminate negative energy are performed using the element of fire. The flame helps not only to neutralize a house or work space, but also to cleanse the human biofield. Since ancient times, church candles have been used in Rus' to get rid of negative vibrations.

At different times, together with the power of fire, holy water, prayers, salt, herbs, and silver crosses were used to cleanse the home. A church candle is a consecrated object. It will help create a positive aura in the house, saturated with higher vibrations.

Usually, to clean your home, you buy a large, thick candle from the temple. It is believed that the greater its volume and duration of combustion, the longer the house will be in a favorable energy state.

It is best to choose one day of the week for the ceremony. On this day, candles should be lit throughout the house - negative thoughts, incipient diseases, and clots of negative energy will burn in their flame.

Church candle: rituals

To perform rituals, sorcerers and ordinary people use candles of different shades. Each color has its own semantics and helps enhance the magic of the flame. The most commonly used is a white candle. This color is neutral, it is suitable for any rituals. Its main task is protection and cleansing.

• Black candles are more suitable for black magic. They are used in rituals to induce damage and curses. They can also be used for contact with the deceased.
• All shades of red (orange, pink) will help improve your destiny. Such candles are used in love magic to attract attention, sympathy, and friendship.
• Shades of blue (purple, cyan) help strengthen abilities, strengthen the spirit, and relieve diseases.
• Green candles are suitable for attracting material wealth, and yellow ones are suitable for removing obstacles in endeavors.

In addition, there are special rituals in which a church candle helps cleanse the chakras or “burn out” an emerging disease from a certain organ. You can perform a ritual to make a dream come true or get rid of painful thoughts. With the help of a candle, rituals are performed to increase attractiveness and improve interpersonal relationships. There are actions with a candle that will help in new endeavors and bring success in work.

What day is best to do this? Almost all rituals are carried out in accordance with the lunar phase. For example, to attract love, it is better to start rituals on the waxing Moon, and lapels - on the waning Moon.

Why do they “clean” the house?

The ritual for cleansing the room is best performed on the waning moon. This is a time of deliverance and liberation. All negative energy will leave the house along with dirt and garbage. It arises at the moment of quarrels and conflicts, grievances and scandals.

Guests in the house can also leave behind an unpleasant mark. And if the apartment was purchased recently, you should definitely clean it of the energy of the previous owners. After the deceased, it is also customary to do a general cleaning of the house in order to get rid of “dead” vibrations.

The energy information field of every object in the house is capable of absorbing both positive and negative. Therefore, it is very important to arrange wet cleaning and a ritual with a candle once a month (or a week). This will help renew the energy of the house and the objects that live in it.

How to cleanse the house with a church candle? First of all, you need to visit the church shop. There are as many candles purchased as there are rooms in the house (this also includes all utility rooms, toilet, shower).

Is there damage in the house?

Sometimes people don’t even realize that in their apartment there is a whole hotbed of clots of negative energy. There are several signs by which you can determine whether there is damage in the house.

1. Dishes constantly break, chains break, buttons fly off.
2. Electrical appliances burn out, furniture (stools, chairs) breaks.
3. The plaster is crumbling, the wallpaper is cracking and tearing.
4. There are often scandals and quarrels in the family.
5. Plants dry out and die for no apparent reason.

If these signs appear, you should carry out a general cleaning of the room. A burning candle (especially a church candle) will help to carry out a ceremony to cleanse the house of negativity.

But even after the ritual is completed, for the future it is necessary to remember that:

• at night it is necessary to remove crumbs and leftover food from the dining table;
• do not leave dirty dishes;
• Immediately after coming home, wash the soles of your shoes.

Such simple tips will help minimize the appearance of an alien energy information field in the house.

Preparing for the ritual

How to clean your apartment with a church candle? First of all, you should free yourself from negative energy. Sometimes magicians advise fasting for 2-3 days before the ritual. But you can just take a shower and wash away the negativity. To enhance the effect, rub the body with salt (lightly so as not to injure the skin) and rinse with running water.

You should first remove chains, rings, bracelets, and earrings. Metal also accumulates negativity, so all jewelry can be kept in water.

Wear comfortable clothes (without numerous buttons, zippers, fasteners) - such that they do not restrict movement. Open the windows and doors (if it is a private house) - this is done so that energy can circulate freely throughout the home.

Before cleaning the house with a church candle, you should wipe all reflective surfaces (especially mirrors) with a damp cloth. Every object in the house is a carrier of one energy or another. Water will help neutralize negative vibrations.

You need to throw away trash, old shoes, and unnecessary things from your home. There should be no broken dishes or broken pieces of furniture left in the room - positive energy leaks through such defects.

Cleansing options

There are several cleaning methods that involve a church candle. But their essence is to go around the entire apartment and burn out negative energy. Therefore, it is very important to go around all corners - especially the joints of the floor and wall, ceiling and wall. This is where you can most often see black smoke from a church candle.

The walk starts from the front door. Carefully treat the hallway (even the door handle) and move counterclockwise around the apartment. Move the candle along walls, furniture, and household appliances. Clean all the corners, dark corners of the house, toilet and bathroom. Such a ritual is the basis for all other methods of neutralizing a home from negative vibrations.

Method 1. For the office, living room, kitchen, nursery, use a new candle. After the room has been cleansed with flame, leave a candle in it. Light a new one and go to the next apartment. This will leave one burning candle in each room. They must burn to the end. The remaining cinder must be removed from the apartment (ideally, buried).

Way 2 . While walking around the apartment with a candle, you can read a prayer. And the assistant following should sprinkle every corner with holy water. Leave the candle to burn out at the front door, from which the round began.

Method 3. To cleanse yourself after an unpleasant guest or scandal, pour a handful of salt into the room where the negativity was released. It can be placed on a table or chair. Place a candle on the salt and light it. The wax, flowing down, will fall on the salt. After the candle burns out, it and the salt should be immediately removed from the house.

Working with a candle

When performing a ritual with a candle, you should protect yourself and the room. The wax, melting, absorbs all the evil vibrations of the surrounding space. Therefore, it should not get on your hands or floor. The candle can be placed on a saucer. Or cut out a circle from whatman paper and put it on a candle - so the wax will flow onto the paper. After the ritual, all attributes must be removed from the premises.

If the ritual is carried out with salt, it will help to “seal” negative energy. After cleaning the house, you should also get rid of it. All attributes can be thrown into a trash container or buried. But under no circumstances should you leave them at home (even in the trash can).

When “burning” a negative, you should definitely pay attention to the smoke and color of the wax. If a church candle smokes, an accumulation of negative energy has been detected at home or in an apartment. After the ritual, be sure to wash and rinse your hands with running water. This way the energetic dirt will be washed away.

Black smoke and soot

While carrying out a ritual to cleanse the house, you can notice how in some places a candle begins to crack and black smoke appears. Or the dripping wax becomes dark, almost black.

Why does a church candle smoke? What does black smoke mean? Such features of the ritual indicate that a clot of negative energy information field was discovered. Places where this occurs should be treated especially carefully. Until the black smoke disappears or the candle stops smoking (crackling).

How to protect your home?

You can protect your home from negative energy-informational influences with the help of amulets. After cleaning the apartment is completed, you can hang an amulet above the front door (or place it in the red corner). The most effective talismans are prepared with your own hands. This could be a herbal sachet, a braided cord or an amulet.

Recently, the fashion for doll amulets has returned. Sewn with your own hands, they can protect the whole family or a specific relative.

Minerals, wooden or metal amulets are often used to neutralize bad emissions. But all amulets need cleaning. They take the negative impact on themselves, so once every six months they should be kept in running water.

If the amulet cannot be washed (for example, a sachet made of herbs), it is enough to bury it in coarse salt. Leave the amulet there for about a day, take it out and return it to its original place. And throw the salt into the street.

Ways to protect yourself from negative energy

• When you come home, wash your hands and wash your face.
• Do wet cleaning more often - water washes away negative vibrations.
• Don't let unkind people into your home.
• Breeding cacti - all the negativity will be broken on their thorns.
• Leave work squabbles and worries at the door.
• Discard dishes and mirrors with cracks immediately.
• Throw away unnecessary, broken items.

The opinion of the clergy

The Holy Fathers are outraged by the fact that magicians, psychics, and sorcerers mercilessly exploit church paraphernalia. The Church has negative experience of the consequences that arise for everyone who interacts with occult practices. The clergy consider the combination of Orthodox attributes and magical rituals unacceptable.

That is why the church opposes all kinds of treatments and cleansing with the help of candles. The latter are sacrifices to God. By lighting a candle, a person turns to the Lord with prayer. And by betting on sorcerers, he can lose his faith, his soul, and his life. The priest must heal the soul, and the body must be healed by the aesculapian. By turning to magicians and their methods, a person exposes himself to danger and spreads traditions unacceptable to a Christian.

The clergy answered the question: “Why does a church candle smoke at home?” They answer that an Orthodox Christian is obliged to take care of his soul (with prayers and repentance), and not to search for “secret signs” and cleanse the “mythical aura.” If the candle crackles or black smoke comes from it, this only indicates the low quality of the product.

Church candle: signs

There are many signs associated with candles. Since ancient times, there has been a belief that they (especially the sanctified ones) protect against evil spirits and have good powers. According to popular belief, if you intertwine two candles and light them, the spouses will live happily ever after. And if during the wedding the bride or groom’s candle goes out, this signifies imminent death.

1. A wedding candle will facilitate childbirth and reduce the suffering of the patient.
2. If a newborn appears in the house, it will help drive away evil spirits.
3. If there is a dying person in the house, she will drive away the demons so that they do not steal the soul.
4. A “Thursday” candle (brought from church on Maundy Thursday) will drive away witches and neutralize the gifts of sorcerers.
5. Church candles cannot be given as gifts.
6. In order to prevent evil spirits from entering the house, crosses are burned on windows and door frames with a “Thursday” candle.
7. If the candle burns calmly and clearly, there is happiness in the house.
8. If it suddenly goes out, it means uninvited guests.
9. If there are 3 burning candles on the table, misfortune awaits the owners.
10. You can’t blow it out - misfortune will come.

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Often people come to church to light a candle for health, for peace, and thus help themselves, their family, loved ones in worldly life, or to remember their blessed memory. But there are times when they find themselves in a rather awkward situation: the candle they installed falls, goes out or begins to crack. In such cases, a person feels awkward, but most importantly, he begins to fear that this event may be an omen of something bad. This article will tell you what to do and how to behave if a candle in a church falls, if a candle in a church goes out, or if a candle in a church cracks.

If the candle fell

As for the candle that fell in the temple, the clergy have their own explanations for this. Firstly, you need to understand that the reason for such an action can be various events that do not depend on the person himself and are random. Therefore, before you start worrying about this, you need to carefully look at what actually happened.

And the reasons may be the following:

• the man dropped the candle from his hands because he was pushed. This is how it happened, and you shouldn’t pay special attention to it;
• The candle fell due to the simple inability to install it. This is also not scary, you just don’t need to rush in the future, but first lightly melt the base - then it will attach well and will not stand tightly.

If you came to your family and friends, at the same time you strengthened it well and it fell, then you need to think about it, because this could become a sign of their further indisposition. This is far from the fault of the person who lit the candle, just a fact of life that does not depend on him. In this case, all that remains is to pray often and ask the Lord to give health and grace to the sick person.

Regardless of what caused the candle to fall in the temple, there is one church rule that all believers adhere to in such cases: the candle itself must be picked up, crossed three times, ask God for forgiveness and light it again. This is only if it does not go out on its own. Then put it in its original place or hold it in your hands - do it as it was when it fell. Then do everything that was planned and calmly go home.

The candle in the church went out, a sign

Despite the fact that almost all church ministers deny any negative meaning of a fallen or extinguished candle, many still tend to believe in this fact. In the church this is called a sign, and people themselves think that such events are church superstitions and take place.

The line between such meanings is quite thin, therefore, over the years, both signs and superstitions have taken their strong place in matters of Orthodox canons and to this day are ambiguously perceived by those who have come to the faith.

The opinion is very firmly established that if a candle goes out in a church, it is always an unkind sign. After all, she is the conductor of a person’s messages and thoughts addressed to God, and if this happened, it means the Almighty simply did not hear him or thus showed that something bad would soon happen.

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Therefore, it is believed that if a candle set for repose goes out, then the deceased is offended for something on behalf of a specific person; if a candle set for health goes out, this symbolizes a life that could end, or serious health problems.

In both cases, certain measures need to be taken:

• in the first: sincerely ask for forgiveness from the deceased, read it three times and light the candle again;
• in the second: forgive all your offenders, wish them well and health, turn to the Lord through prayers for several days and then light the candle again.

If, after all the actions taken, the candle burns calmly and evenly, it means the Lord accepted forgiveness and heeded the prayers, which means he gave hope for good and good. It is also worth remembering that a candle goes out in a church in most cases for a variety of reasons, so there is no need to immediately panic and define this as a negative incident that entails the worst. Faith always saves a person and gives him strength.

In addition, you can often hear the following question: “Why do the candles crackle in the church?” There is also no exact answer to this, because this fact is quite ambiguous. Anything can cause cracking, and often it depends directly on the quality of the wax from which they are made. And yet, the sign suggests that this sign leads to a serious illness, which can only be gotten rid of with the help of prayers and a person’s unshakable faith.

Priest's opinion

Generally speaking, any priest will never refer to folk superstitions in this matter and will say that such superstitions have no place in an Orthodox church. After all, signs and church canons are different concepts.

If a person is a true believer, then he will respect the laws of the temple and not pay attention to what is impossible even to prove, because the main thing is the power of God, his grace, and where it is, there is real truth. Therefore, a fallen, crackling or extinguished candle in a church has absolutely no important meaning.

When discussing various signs, you need to remember one thing: a person comes to church to God in order to, through prayer and lit candles, accept his blessing and ask for help. This means that everything that happens is a sacrament, the basis of which is righteous faith, and it is always truthful and honest.

The Lord is always with you!

Signs and superstitions keep up with the times. A frequently asked question is “why do church candles crackle in the house?” Candles were also used in ancient times. When there was no electricity yet, they were used to illuminate rooms. Candles have always accompanied various magical and church rituals. Over the centuries, they have acquired superstitions and signs that have survived to this day.

What is the reason why in some houses the church candle burns evenly, but in others it crackles, smokes, and sometimes goes out altogether? Should we be afraid of such signs? Is this bad or should we not pay attention? Almost every person is looking for answers to such questions.

Folk signs and speculations about cod, smoking and falling candles

Typically, church candles are used to cleanse the house. Purchased from a church, it has special powers. Usually, when a person is worried about something in his home, they are advised to walk around the house with a lit candle. There are scandals in the house, bad dreams, illnesses; all this can first of all be cleansed with candle fire.

While cleaning the room, the candle began to crackle violently and scatter sparks. This is where you need to understand what is happening. Several reasons are likely. The first, most common one is that the house has been damaged. Damage can be different. It could be a lining, maybe a charmed thing got into the house. You need to remember some recent gifts or acquisitions. The worst thing that can happen in the house is an entity that has taken root. The essence is a clot of negative otherworldly energy.

Maybe this is one of the former residents of the house, who died long ago. But there may be a restless soul that has no connection to home. Old things also attract bad energy. The older the thing, the greater the likelihood that it is the one that collects negative energy. By the way a candle burns, you can determine what is happening in the house.

If the candle burns evenly, there is no crackling noise, no smoke - everything is fine in the house. There are no serious problems. The flame is weak - there is illness in the house or someone living will soon get sick. When a candle cracks, there is bad energy in the house. In this case, there may be damage and a warning about a bad person on the path of the one in whose hands the candle is. In any case, you will need to carry out a ritual of cleansing the house.

The candle falls

The candle placed for health tilts and falls. If this happens more than once, it means that the person will soon become ill. The falling of a candle placed for the repose means the concern of the deceased soul. If a candle falls during a wedding, then the marriage will be unhappy and short-lived.

The candle keeps going out

Somewhere, a man holding a candle has angered God. And God doesn’t want to hear the words, doesn’t want to help. You need to try to correct and atone for your sin. If a candle placed near a patient goes out, it foretells his imminent death.

The candle smokes black smoke

This directly indicates the accumulation of negative energy in the room. When the flame jumps, the wax that flows turns black, which means the fire burns and absorbs bad energy. You need to clean the room until the candle burns evenly. The same goes for human diseases. If the smoke started when the fire was brought to a specific area on the body, this is the place where the disease has accumulated.

Based on various signs, you can understand what kind of atmosphere reigns in your home. And what steps need to be taken to correct all the bad things. You can cleanse the house using the same church candles. The easiest way is to periodically walk through the entire house with a burning candle. Linger where the candle crackles or smokes. Even if the candle burned evenly, this cleansing should be repeated sometimes. This has a beneficial effect on the atmosphere in the house.

What does the church think about these superstitions?

The Orthodox Church believes that these signs have nothing to do with reality. There is no reason to believe that there is damage or other heresy in the house if a candle cracks, smokes or falls.

In Orthodoxy, it is believed that the flame of a candle has a beneficial effect on a person and his energy. Candles are lit in gratitude, for help, on holidays. The deceased are seen off, a newly born child is baptized - again candles. Wedding candles are lit during childbirth. It is believed that this will relieve pain and help avoid complications. A candle is a symbol of the spiritual connection between man and God. While the flame burns, God hears the one praying. Buying candles in a temple also has its own meaning. This is considered a voluntary sacrifice to the church and God.

Should you be afraid of candle crackling?

There are many signs associated with church candles. Everyone chooses for themselves whether to believe or not. Particularly ardent opponents of superstitions write about charlatans and the poor chemical composition of candles. All signs have come to our time from ancient times. They were carried through the years by our grandparents. And they preserved it in its original form for posterity. Therefore, it is difficult for many to ignore these signs and superstitions. An Orthodox person needs to understand that these are just superstitions.