Making reversal candles

August here in Sweden is Crayfish time. We have  parties in the warm evenings to celebrate the start of the crayfishing, feasting on Crayfish and singing. Colorful lamps light up the august darkness.

In Hoodoo the crayfish is sometimes used as a reversing curio, because they walk backwards. Therefor I thought this was a wonderful time to show how to make your own reversing candles. In these parts of the world it can sometimes be hard to find them ready made, but it is  easy enough to do them yourself.

For the reversal candles you need some single color candles. And one black candle. You need a empty tin, that is higher then half the length of the longest of your candles, a wooden skewer can be good, a knife. And a saucepan that you aren't afraid to get melted stearin in.

Scrape the black candle, so you get little shavings of stearin. It is good if they are approximately the same size.

 The tin is going to be in a double boiler with water. Don't use to much water in the pan.

 Put the pan on the stove and heat up water, use some already warm water, but not boiling, in the tin and place the shavings in on top. Place the tin in the pan. And let the shavings melt.

 When all the shavings are melted take the pan of the heat and start dipping the candles. Dip half way up. For half way reversals, and all the way down, just leaving the top part red for black over red reversal candles.

Take each candle once, letting the candle cool down a bit before the next dipping.


Finished Candles

The top candle, is used to reverse all types of work. If curses has caused you to loose life's blessings this candle can be used to reverse that.

The second, Black over green candle is used when your money or business success have been crossed.

The third half red, half black candle is used when you are cursed in love matters.

The all over black over red is used in all types of
reversal work.


How to use a reversal candle 

I'm going to show how to use a reversal candle, using  money curse reversing as an example.


When you want to use a reversal candle you start with taking the wick end of and carving a new wick from the bottom. Actually reversing the candle.

Write your enemies name in reverse writing, or mirror writing, on the black part of the candle and your own name in normal writing on the green part of the candle. Dress the black part of the candle with reversing oil stroking the candle away from you while turning toward where your enemy lives. State that all the evil works of N.N be returned unto them and may they have all the bad money luck that the had cast unto you. Use your left hand to dress the green half of the candle drawing towards you while stating that all the money that you lost because of N.N will come to you etc


Take a pocket mirror that you don't look in.
Make a cone of Reversing incense powder (the incense powder in the top picture is from Lucky Mojo Curio Company).
Light the candle and place it on the mirror, light the incense.
Sprinkle crab shell powder, or crayfish powder in a counter clockwise circle around the candle.

May all the good things that have been withheld because of your enemies be received unto you!