๐ฅ Fire Safety Tips โ For Witches ๐
I just want to share some of my tips, as someone who has been practicing witchcraft for almost 20 years, for working with fire (as it relates to safety):
๐ฅ Buy a cauldron : I use mine for burning herbs, incense, candles, paper, fabric etc. I have one with just salt in it that I use to burn my small tapered candles and incense. Itโs one of the most useful tools in my practice.
โCan Salt Burn? No, salt does not burn. It can melt at an extremely high temperature (800ยฐC/1472ยฐF), but this is unlikely to happen in everyday surroundings. Salt is made up of sodium and chloride, which come together to form a highly reactive bond.โ
๐ฅ Donโt burn candles for more than 4 hours : Even if youโre in the room the entire time, itโs recommended that you donโt burn a candle for longer than 4 hours.
โIf you burn your candle for more than 4 hours at a time, carbon will collect on the wick, and your wick will begin to "mushroom." This can cause the wick to become unstable, the flame to get too large, your candle to smoke, and soot to be released into the air and around your candle container.โ
๐ฅ When burning things like paper, in your cauldron, fill the bottom with sand first : Iโve found that it helps avoid any flames from getting too high or out of control.
โBecause its primary constituent is silica (SiO2), which is already oxidized, sand cannot burn. This is why it works as an effective firefighting method, which can extinguish fires by cutting off the oxygen supply and absorbing flammable liquids.โ
๐ฅ Make sure that you triple check that nothing in the immediate area of any open flame is combustible or flammable : This means donโt burn something on a plate thatโs sitting on an alter cloth lol. Or donโt spray anything into the air (like perfume or air freshener) around an open flame.
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