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Why We Burn Candles
Volume 1, entries 2776–2777. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → SHRINES: ALTARS - CANDLES - SAINTS; NEW ORLEANS AREA → (2) CANDLES. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2776
If yo' were livin' heah in dis house an' someone wanted tuh make yo' leave without a cause, then they [a hoodoo] would git yo' tuh stay in dis house. Dis a true fact because - yo' want some Bible facts on it erzactly how it's done? De way yo' do, yo' git chew three of these gold candles, gold-colored candles, an' yo' burn dem gold-colored candles, burn three until yo' have burn nine. An' when yo' have burnt de nine, yo'll have perfect peace, because de Bible says dat dey'd burn candles upon candlesticks. [See my comment on Bible and candles, p.361.] But chew have de instrument whut chew burn dese candles in of gold, an' have de gold- colored candles. An' ah guarantee it'll bring peace an' satisfaction heah, an' de proof is by de Bible. No one kin move yo' out. [These are gilded candles. I found no golden candlestick or container of any kind in the following rites.]
Entry 2777
And jest like if you goin't to a job - If you want dis job, you kin jest burn dis white candle fo' success and make yore wish and it will favor yo Yo' know dey burned candles when Christ died. [The Rev. Mr. Young has already said something similiar, "We understand dat de candles represent something in the life of Christ possibly," see 2735, p.745, line 1.]