Ms. Boyle, 51, will appear in "The Christmas Candle," a film based on the novella by Max Lucado about a magic candle that changes life for people at the turn of the 20th century in a dull village with a skeptical minister.
Get the following supplies: matches, small magic candle (self relighting kind), drier lint, fishing hook, fishing line, small size Swiss army knife, and electrical tape.
At least not any more than necessary to keep his inventory of nearly 7,000 magic candles, oils, essences, soaps, aerosols, and floor washes flowing to distributors throughout the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Japan.
Mayer, who does not speak Spanish, prefers to describe his inventory with mainstream labels such as "New Age" or "spiritual". He became involved in the business as a boy in Chicago, where he stocked the shelves of his uncle's drugstore with magic candles and oils produced by Lama Temple (a mystical-sounding name for a third-floor factory occupying a rundown Southside building).
Stepping out into a stifling South London summer afternoon, our first stop was Brixton Village, formerly Granville Arcade, a rundown, ramshackle consumer favela where shops selling phone cards, cow feet, magic candles and toilet brushes once stood incongruously among each other; unloved, uncared for and unappreciated by even the long-term residents.
The flickering magic of candles has created a strong market of late.
As part of my magical practice I do candle magic and focusing prayer, alongside holding women's and men's circles, and co-ed circles.
Candle magic is where you're using the elements of fire to transform your prayer into a reality, burning them with different colours and different intentions.
I caught up with Sarah through her solar WiFi connection to find out more about those witches, the festival, "candle magic" and what it means to "come out of the broom closet".
When his mother was still at home, he had a party (the only children's party he remembers attending) that featured a candle-powered magic lantern with comic slides, to which he added his own joking commentary.
Little do any of them know that the Demon of Political Turmoil is also on hand -- and soon he's working his naughty magic, extinguishing the holiday candles each time they're lighted.
