Deepest blue midnight sky. Fields of rock rose and blue cornflowers. Salt spray from the ocean. Craggy cliffs where dittany grows. This is what I imagine Medusa saw when she was exiled to Sarpedon. I didn’t find many associations for her that didn’t pander to her as an evil Gorgon, so I tried to see her world in isolation as she might have. With a little digging I found herbs and plants that she likely would have encountered on her island; Dittany of Crete, rosemary, rock rose, sage, thyme, oregano. To these I added geranium and olibanum, thinking she would smell herbaceous and maybe a little resinous and sweet from brushing against the rock rose from her walks around her lonely island.

Deciding on a color that would either represent her or please her was challenging; people associate her with green because Gorgons are sometimes green, but I wanted more depth and when I think of her I think of deep blue night skies; maybe she’s standing above the shore looking across the ocean under a blanket of stars, the wind swirling around her, waves crashing below. That’s how I like to think of her.

These candles are hand dipped. Each pair of candles is unique.

DO NOT LEAVING CANDLES BURNING UNATTENDED. Candles must be placed on a heatproof surface and wicks must be kept trimmed to 1/4 inch to prevent uneven burning and to prevent herbs from burning.

This purchase is for one pair of Medusa Beeswax Ritual Candles.