Hag Torches 🔥
What is a Hag Torch🔥?
A torch can burn bigger and stronger than a candle. Imagine that a Hag or Mullein Torch is like a “candle”, but instead of being mostly wax, it is mostly “wick”, or plant fiber material in the middle. The center is a Mullein flower stock, which is naturally fuzzy like velvet with small yellow blossoms and loads of tiny dark seeds.
Mullein torches go by many different folk names and have been used in different cultures throughout history in rituals to serve as a practical light source, a form of protection to ward off evil spirits, a support for divination, and an amplifier for intentions to deepen magical practices and align our energy as we work with spirit.
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What makes April Beila Studio’s Mullein Torches special?
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This is a limited edition Mullein Torch/Hag Taper. Each batch is totally unique.
These flower wands are wild harvested and hand dried by me in the state of Massachusetts, USA.
I used recycled candle wax from previous rituals for both sustainability and magical purposes to invoke the spirit and power of goddesses and rituals I’ve personally worked with in my own spiritual practice.
This year, I worked Lilith, Chava (aka Eve), Bastet, and recycled Shabbat candle wax into the Hag Tapers, so these particular torches are fiercely supported by ancient Hebrew and Egyptian divine feminine energies as well as kitty familiars!
I use all natural, sustainably harvested essential oils such as Tansy selected with magical intention.
I use a sustainably harvested herb and flower mix, carefully selected & blended with reverence for plant allies such as Catnip and Rue!
The glitter is 100% natural and biodegradable.
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What does the word *hag* really mean?
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While it might sound like a derogatory term for an older woman, the word “hag” actually has a complex and empowered history.
In Old English, it meant “witch, sorceress, enchantress, or fury.”
Another one of the original meanings was "diviner, soothsayer,” or “woman of prophetic and oracular powers.” In Middle English, it even meant “goddess”.
The word referred to a “portion of woodland marked off for cutting.” In Old Norse and Old High German, both native terms literally meant “hedge-rider," used for witches and ghosts. Prehistoric meanings that may be connected with Norwegian meant “fairy; crippled woman," "demon," and in Lithuanian, it meant, “spirit," “to fly about, smoke, be scattered, or to vanish."
https://www.etymonline.com/word/hag
